Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Mislak

Jon is a gifted athlete who likes to take the big shots. He is popular among his teammates, has a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. His versatility is a great strength and causes match-up problems for other teams.

Stephen Gengaro

Halliburton's product and services, down at the operating level, are among the best in the business. He leaves it in a better position than when he began his career there.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

HALF, n. One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided, or considered as divided. In the fourteenth century a heated discussion arose among theologists and philosophers as to whether Omniscience could part an object into three halves; and the pious Father Aldrovinus publicly prayed in the cathedral at Rouen that God would demonstrate the affirmative of the proposition in some signal and unmistakable way, and particularly (if it should please Him) upon the body of that hardy blasphemer, Manutius Procinus, who maintained the negative. Procinus, however, was spared to die of the bite of a viper.

Marc Basnight

Ham was a great senator and a great North Carolinian, but first and foremost he was a great American. He was the most special among us and he will be missed - God gave us the greatest when he gave us Ham.

George Ryan

Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. What effect was race having? What effect was poverty having?

Trevor Noah

If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.

Tim Crawford

There are still signs that Scotland is faring better than the U.K. as a whole, with pessimism among businesses less widespread and new order levels rising.

Drew Gilpin Faust

The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.

Unknown

Here's to health, peace and prosperity. May the flower of love never be nipped by the frost of disappointment, nor shadow of grief fall among your family and friends.

Adrian Moss

I wouldn't say Anthony whipped him, but he taught him. You're defending Anthony Roberson every day, and there's probably no better scorer that's come through this program than Peep. When you're defending him every day, you have no choice but to get better.

Ani Difranco

Here's a toast to all those nurses and doctors who daily provide women with a choice, who stare down a threat the size of Oklahoma City just to listen to a young woman's voice.

LaVerne Knox

I think that's a good choice. He didn't want to go far from home.

Lana Stanley

What is encouraging to us is a lot of people seem to recognize that if they don't support the 'mom and pop stores' they will go away and then their only choices will be the 'big boxes' and they know that they won't be happy with those as their only choices.

Kurt Campbell

We (the U.S.) face a fundamental choice between a fundamentally flawed deal and no deal.

Tom Wood

I think we showed a little character. We kind of hung in there and that was nice to see. We missed some shots and made some funny choices with what we wanted to do with the basketball, but we managed to win the game.

Brian Iannessa

I think by helping alleviate the cost of veterinary care, we are giving pet owners peace of mind. It allows them to have a choice about their pets care.

Fergus Clydesdale

I think it's wonderful that people have a choice and have the money. But not all people have the money or the choice, and we have to be concerned with those people, too.

Christie Hefner

It gives no more choice or control to parents, but it takes away the choice of millions of adults who enjoy watching Playboy-TV before 10 o'clock at night,

William Temple

Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is more sense than wit; more good nature than good humor; and more wealth than pleasure; where a man would choose rather to travel than t

Pat Jr

We've got to look at what Georgia did and what led to a successful decision there. The one thing about our leadership in Texas Gov. Perry and some others they don't necessarily put the most money on the table, because we pride ourselves here in this state on having other competitive factors that make a company choose Texas.

Veronica Roth

I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.

Vikram Seth

I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

Brian Townsend

Our real goal is to really make our city where people choose to live, regardless of their demographic or social makeup,

Kelli Johnson

Passengers have to choose another route or another airport. We've seen a dramatic loss in seats.

Jill Pendley

Our lives a series of defining moments,strung together by passing time.Surrender fully to this moment,because it is not the moment itself that defines us,but how we choose to live in it.

John Lubbock

In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking

Mark Ambrose

In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, I could tell you your future.

Nancy Pelosi

I would not want any president - Democrat or Republican - to have the expanded power the administration is claiming in this case.

Todd Berry

I think I probably wasn't as strong as I thought I was, but I never claimed I could do an hour and a half, because I just knew I couldn't.

William Wilkinson

He continues to issue press releases claiming that the court has already ruled that Mr. Noe committed a fraud. That's false.

Robby Hirst

I think the one from this year will be claimed by my wife.

Norman Sandler

There is no credible, reliable scientific evidence to support a claim on the injuries that have been put forward,

James Yonts

There is no evidence to prove the involvement of hostile fire in helicopter crash. We have no evidence to support the claim of Taliban,

Chris Christiansen

We've felt for sometime that IM is next big wave. If you claim to offer a total messaging solution, you have to have a solution for IM.

Mikhail Kamynin

We are far from claiming a monopolist role in the post-Soviet space. At the same time, we feel sure that enforcing models of development from outside won't lead to any good. We have seen examples of that in the post-Soviet space, in the Middle East and in Africa.

Dick Pound

I think that is errant nonsense, as is the claim that 'Oh well, if we let management put in these requirements it is a downward slide and pretty soon labor will have no strength,'

Bill Thompson

Harrah's is a good corporate citizen, but they have priorities,

Andy Schultheiss

Representative Cuellar has voted repeatedly to let corporate polluters off the hook.

Shukla Bose

I'm not a trained academic. Neither am I a veteran social worker. I was 26 years in the corporate world, trying to make organizations profitable. And then in 2003 I started Parikrma Humanity Foundation from my kitchen table.

Craig Barrett

I know we've seen relatively strong announcements of GDP growth in the U.S., but as far as I can tell, that hasn't translated into corporate profitability or corporate IT investment growth, ... I wish I had something better to tell you.

Sung Sohn

The corporate tax cuts may not have an economic impact until months later.

David Cush

The corporate players that pulled their horns in on travel back in 2002 and 2003 are getting back out on the road pretty significantly.

David Wu

The corporate PC upgrade cycle hasn't really started yet.

Drew Brosseau

The corporate PC market is increasingly mature, and Microsoft has a dominant share of that market, so they are running out of room to grow faster than the market.

Gareth Williams

The emphasis is now more on corporate earnings,

Jerry Mathers

I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series.

Mr Howard

I think it is the obligation of senior executives of Telstra to talk up the company's interest, not to talk them down.

Lumkile Mondi

The laws effectively require that white executives replace themselves.

William Crawford

We have executives running this city. We need to wait for a master plan to make a decision? It's part of my frustration.

Bill Cosby

Network executives never did understand what made our show work,

Lumkile Mondi

Such executives are unlikely to be willing to look at new ways of doing business.

Mike Cooke

I was very surprised. I assumed, probably like most senior executives in most organizations, that I knew all of what was going on around here,

Howard Stern

I didn't listen to executives.

Joe Nathan

Over the last 18 months that this issue has developed, we have been talking with various IBM executives at many levels, and just had not gotten anywhere, ... We're frustrated.

Christopher Cox

Our purpose here today is to help investors keep an eye on how much of their money is being paid to the top executives who work for them. It is about wage clarity, not wage controls.

D.J. Shockley

I hope people look at Georgia and say they have the guy who can lead them there, ... I hope when they speak about quarterbacks in this league and around the country, they mention me.

Neil Callaway

(D.J.) being patient and being the kind of person that wanted to be at Georgia says more for his leadership and the kind of person he is than anything he's done or said on the field. He didn't want to just do something on a whim. He wanted to do things for the right reasons.

Alec Baldwin

I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.

Raymond Johnson

Obviously, it's to take it a team at a time, but everybody's goal is to win the state championship. We just want to prove people wrong. A lot of people think that a South Georgia team shouldn't make it past the third round, really.

Bobby Cremins

I feel strongly about Georgia Tech. I love Georgia Tech and I'm pretty good at communicating that. If they want me, I'd be honored.

Mark Richt

Georgia's our home, period. That's just the way it is. I've said it since the day I got here, unless Georgia wants us to leave, this is where we're going to be.

Paul Hewitt

Thaddeus didn't shoot really well the other night, but the good thing about him is that he's not just a scorer. He can do other things, too. We also really liked his transcript. He's a Georgia Tech-type of kid.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

James Leal

What would BBVA do with Lloyds? Will it improve the cost/income ratio, which is already very low? There are lots of unanswered questions there.

William Butler Yeats

For men improve with the years;And yet, and yet,Is this my dream, or the truth?

Kevin Johnson

I think it shows in our free-throw shooting. We were 12 out of 26 from the free-throw line. It took us too long to get into our offensive sets. We will improve on that by next season.

Jane Garvey

I think with every increased security measure that we put in place ... that will improve as well.

Martha Stewart

I think that the lady who is waiting on me at the local diner, who has kids in school and the mouths to feed, I think she probably has as nice a life as I have. And she only wants to improve her life, her lifestyle.

Jim Tracy

We talked about the things that are necessary in order to dramatically improve this club. That was the gist of what I was trying to get across. There are intangible things that are necessary. There is a different mindset that we have to take on.

Ron Jirsa

We've been through the league and we've seen what we need to do to improve and we've addressed those needs (in recruiting).

Drew Neitzel

We just have to learn from this and improve with that lineup.

Eric Cantor

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

Frances Mayes

When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.

Kay Redfield Jamison

It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy.

Mack Strong

Just things that I've never experienced in my life.

Tom Arnold

I swear on my life that is true.

Quentin Blake

You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

William Ellery Channing

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

Chris Stapleton

I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paintsville.

Cate Blanchett

It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.

John Hawkes

I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.

Carine Roitfeld

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

Saul Bellow

It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality.

Buddy Bell

It wasn't one of his better starts. The location wasn't as good, but (the Yankees) have a tough lineup.

Andrew Barker

Telecoms support for this kind of operation was traditionally a problem. In the new world, people just take their phone to the new location and plug it in.

Brian Byrd

We wanted a better location and a better facility. But now we're out of room.

Mike Scott

We just make sure we have enough locations designated for the waste types.

Roy Halladay

The biggest thing I've learned is location.

Vanilla Ice

Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.

Christopher Smith

Police responded to that location -- found, or sighted, the vehicle that was used in the robbery.

David Strow

Because of the location of this property, there will not be any unobstructed, safe views for members of the public.

Harold Vogel

In reality, that was going to be very messy from an antitrust standpoint and meet a lot of resistance from the top management at Hasbro. That was a whole different story,

Palle Pedersen

In Iowa, we have a 32,000-an-acre plant population, spray, and harvest. There is no in-season management. It's all in the seeds.

John Challenger

Summer is always a slow job-cut time. Management is away, and vacations are going on,

Sam Bhavnani

It's an uphill battle, but they seem poised to be able to do it. And the reason I say that is they have a strong management team in place.

David Packard

Management by Walking Around

Tom Felton

The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management.

Ian Morrison

CBC management is unaccountable for their poor performance because of Prime Ministerial patronage.

Mark Horstman

From a management perspective, if it surprises you that someone leaves, it's because you weren't in touch with them.

Howard Davidowitz

Kohl's is struggling badly. Not only are the not meeting sales targets, there are several questions swirling about recent management changes,

Mike Kemp

I think that might have been a turning point in the game.

John Higgins

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.

Ben Kay

I was worried I might end up on a pizza advert.

Brian Smith

I think they might have some more to come yet. You never know, do you?

Lena Headey

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

Fred Couples

Unless we get rain to soften it up, if it's windy then 2 or 3 under might not win.

David Reilly

We may be in a period you might not get your 10% a year.

Bob Benson

We make them sweat, but we don't overdo it. You can overload anyone. But once you overload a crew, you might as well stop. They won't be learning.

Siri Hustvedt

Hysteria is something that I've been interested for a very long time. I thought I might have it, but it seems that it's unlikely.

John LaMattina

I think this will be the norm. When you have something new, there is the theoretical potential for harm.

Alex Wong

PCCW still has more upside potential but I think we will see some resistance when it reaches HK$15.5,

Jerry Jones

It has the potential to have that kind of impact.

Hines Ward

It's tough to go undefeated, but they have the potential.

James Raia

This race has the potential to be around for a while. Right out of the chute, it's prestigious.

Bill Carr

And we'll be sensitive to that as we look at the potential changes.

Susan Hayward

There's so much potential here in Huron and the fairgrounds are beautiful,

Cody Wright

If we have a week of temperatures in the 50s when it's rainy and overcast that turns right around and it's 75 and sunny for a week - that's a situation when the potential can be pretty great.

James Armstrong

I feel we were proactive to prevent any potential problems, ... In 10 years, I've never seen anything like this.

Steve Mills

It's not the preferred style for enterprise-class operation.

Reinhard Selten

I did several types of work about several investigations of application of game theory to international relations.

John Allen

I had talked to several other guys, but (Jones) was, in my opinion, a better candidate.

Rob Hartman

It's been several years since we've had this widespread of flooding, and we're not done.

Dan Smith

They're always tough. Several years ago everyone used us as a measuring stick. Now everyone uses them as the measuring stick.

Scott Kim

What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy.

Paul Sadorf

We should do well in several of them.

Alex Knott

Those are several times more than the average. It shows you that this is going to be a very costly election.

Rachel Carpenter

Right now I'm wearing several hats, and she's wearing several hats, and we will share.

Bruce Raynor

On several occasions, we intervened with the mayor. We had several conversations with Roger.

Edmund Hillary

I am hell-bent for the South Pole-God willing and crevasses permitting.

Cal Brown

Ah, to be young and in love, in Southern California.

Joe Tex

Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.

Mike Colter

You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.

Peter Mayle

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

Kami Garcia

...south of Somewhere and north of Nowhere...

John Oliver

A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.

Luke Grimes

I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?

George Mason

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

Bruce Sterling

Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of Postmodern skyscrapers.

David Guterson

I'm not an urban person.

Aubrey O'Day

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

Melanie Fiona

Canada can be tough for urban music.

Nalo Hopkinson

I’m going to check the world’s best source for spawning new urban legends, the Internet. What, you thought I couldn’t even type? The Web is just another threshold between one world and another.