Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kelvin Frazier

We have rules we have to go by to make the case. You may know he did it but I still have rules I have to abide by to put my case together and for me that's the hardest thing of the job you have to let this guy go.

Eric Schwartz

We want Russia in the WTO, but they must first abide by the rules and obligations.

Mary Schrade

Our honest partners have asked us to intervene to help protect those who abide by laws and rules governing software use and distribution. We want to protect the business of honest resellers and try to ensure a level playing field for our partners.

Zhu Rongji

Our country will abide by its commitments and further open up domestic markets and open up in a step-by-step manner banking, insurance, telecommunications, foreign and internal trade, tourism and other service sectors.

David Cone

The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the rules of the just-expired contract after the season ended. Believing we had no choice, the players went on strike in August of 1994.

Eduardo Paes

Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era.

Fraser Neill

You have to abide by the tournament rules. It said basically that they've now made a tournament rule that you have to have a number on your back. That's the way we read the letter. I haven't seen the amended page in the tournament handbook but I'm sure that's coming through.

Shivan Barwari

You have to abide by the quiet or courtesy hours specific to your living arrangement. On one hand you should be able to play at a reasonable volume for a decent period of time, but then again you can't be rocking out for six hours a day every day.

David Thurtell

The demand for uranium is very strong, and countries are trying to diversify away from oil and coal which contributes to global warming. It appears Australia is happy to sell it to China, or anyone else, so long as they abide by specific guidelines.

Brian Johnston

My role will be largely a support to him in his capacity, ... He's going to be expecting me to provide some guidance for him in terms of our paper-making activities in all the mills.

Geno Auriemma

It's been kind of hectic in some ways because you're here, there and everywhere trying to cram as many activities in as you can in a short period of time. But I think the closer you get to the actual event, the more it hits home with what's real about it opposed to in the beginning it's just an idea, just a thought.

Eric Grant

It is the Post's practice to avoid activities that might lead readers to question the objectivity of the Post's news coverage,

J. M. Roberts

I want to assure the public that the center is continuing its operation of activities for those with visual problems. Negotiations are under way for sale of the property, which was donated by the Sturges family. The center is remaining open.

John Fernandes

I try to be respectful and get out of the way of the local candidates, making sure my activities don't district from their efforts. They deserve the right to campaign without distraction.

Karen Evans

It underscores the importance for agencies to reflect in sufficient detail, through their exhibit 300 submissions, their activities and leadership in the area of health IT in relationship to implementation of presidential initiatives and the national strategic framework for health IT,

Jacques Chirac

The use of civilian nuclear energy, which is perfectly legitimate, must not serve as a pretext for pursuing activities that could actually be aimed at building up a military nuclear arsenal,

Tracy Anderson

The U.S. could win eight or even nine medals in snowboarding alone. It's hip. It's youthful. There are a lot of activities in the Winter Olympics that don't appeal to the younger demographic.

Duncan Clark

They want to have leverage over the activities of foreign companies.

Paul Haggis

As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.

David Orton

Profitability for the quarter was affected by the lower revenue and a reduction in average selling prices for the company's board products.

Jim Albaugh

People touching product and programs won't be affected much.

Coby Karl

I sort of took a page out of his book. I don't think it would have affected (the team) too much, but I didn't want outside stories wandering around. I wanted the focus to be on our team and not some outside situation.

Jim Forbes

This is not a contract about big wage gains. The big issue is to make sure that people affected by plant closings are looked after.

Brad Jackson

We've got a bunch of guys that want to go and run. The pace of the game they (NNU) used was different and it definitely affected us.

Gary Powers

Everyone was there and went through the drills we had and they did it with a lot of energy. The players are doing OK, as well as can be expected under the circumstances. We are not placing a lot of demands on them right now. It's hard on everyone. All of our guys knew him pretty well. Everybody has been affected by it.

Mose Allison

At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.

Irwin Redlener

Disasters like Oklahoma City and 9/11 were time-limited. The children who were affected psychologically could go to a place of normalcy.

Rick Sherlund

While not that material to the company, it is a step in the right direction. The bigger opportunity to Microsoft might be to encourage corporate customers in China to sign up for enterprise agreements to help better manage the implementation of new software such as Vista and Office 2007, although we see no reason to be encouraged at this stage.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Niklas Zennstrom

People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

Kevin Rollins

Dell's business model is potent in all economic cycles,

Jeffrey Immelt

The strength of the GE model really shines during slower parts of the business cycle, ... have reduced GE's sensitivity to business cycles.

Tom Flynn

The strength of small business is clear and is the focus of this study.

Ivan Clark

The strategy is still the same. We are going to buy up where the business is doing well.

Michelle Jones

The technology may get there quicker than the business arrangements do.

Michael Lynton

The teams that worked on the innovative distribution of 'The Interview' are just a few of the many that put in long hours over our studio holiday to ensure business continuity, rebuild our systems, and protect our company.

Jennifer Franklin

The team is here and they're going about their business of winning the game. There's really nothing that we do differently for them.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

Lee Brown

Teams can register to compete on our Web site. We're also still taking applications from craft and vendors.

Dave Schutter

You're only as good as the competition you wrestle. If we wanted to, we could probably go undefeated every year in duals if we wanted to go find the weakest teams to compete against, but that's not our objective. Our objective is to go out and find the toughest competition to see what we're made of, and hopefully that improves us when we get down near the end.

Soren Petersen

You need scale that is just immense in order to compete in this area.

Ashley Wagner

When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous, and it's very difficult for me to get into the mindset for it.

Mirko Mikelic

Through their product offering, price-competitiveness, and moving production overseas, Whirlpool has been able to compete on price. That's how they've been winning.

Al Borges

We're going to try to get him where he can compete for the No. 2 spot. It's going to be very important this spring to see him come around and take that next step. From a fundamental standpoint, he's has gotten much better. Now, he's just got to understand the offense, make good decisions and show it under pressure and he can make a push for that spot.

Kimberly Dietz

We're going out with motivation and tons of confidence. Being such a young team, we have so much to look forward to, and we know we can compete with anybody. We've proven that. We're going to be so excited for next year.

Kevin Constantine

Vancouver is really good, and I was glad we were playing them because you have to elevate your game just to compete with them. This game was good for us right now.

Hiroshi Arano

The recent loss in Tokyo was triggered by factors like the reshuffle of the Nikkei components and tumbles in U.S. shares. It has nothing to do with economic fundamentals in Japan, which have not worsened at all.

Claire Babrowski

One of the key components of sustainability is having enough of the right products to sell. That starts with making room in our stores for products and customers.

Tony Fadell

I used to work about 100 hours a week; now it's about 70. But 40 hours? Forget about it. Either you're all in, or your not.

Rod Thorn

We've started looking at other options because players that we may have an interest in are either signing every day or they are about to sign.

John Carver

We could've won it after either slam, simply by saying (Teague) couldn't continue. But that's not the way we want to do things.

Libby Turner

Either purposely or inadvertently, they were abusing the system.

Mike Huckabee

I never, ever, had a person who could come up with the name of a person who could not get a job because an illegal immigrant had stepped in front of them, because it was either a job that person didn't want to do or didn't exist.

Tom Owens

You either wise up or you kiss your family goodbye, and you go on to eventual self-destruction. ...But don't take your kids with you.

Lee Raymond

You either retire or die, and I'd just as soon not die.

Mahmoud Abbas

You either provide me support so that I can be loyal to this trust you have put in me, or you take it back,

Donna Martin

You either move on or you don't. If you don't, you're not getting better. We moved on today.

Jo Handelsman

Some of it is outright illegal behavior, but most of it is subtle. It makes women feel undervalued and not respected.

Nick Faldo

One thing America hasn't had is good partnership.

Arthur Henderson

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Mark Pincus

I've been good at product entrepreneuring.

Steve Mahoney

Landowners can use these products for beautification or for conservation purposes.

Marco Arment

Making a product better often requires removing features.

Jeremy Robinson

Getting 10,000 listeners for a free podcast novel is a lot easier than selling 10,000 hardcover novels at $25 a pop.

Shane Smith

If not doing VICE, I probably would be selling Cokes on the beach in Vietnam. I like the sea.

Kay Granger

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

Vint Cerf

Writing software is a very intense, very personal thing. You have to have time to work your way through it, to understand it. Then debug it.