Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Bennett

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

Al Ries

It's better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.

Akio Morita

An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.

Akio Morita

The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.

Akio Morita

The public does not know what is possible. We do.

George Foster

We want the players to have a framework to evaluate business opportunities put in front of them. The sporting theme (inspires) much more passion for a lot of people, but a lot of sporting ideas go bankrupt, so passion is not enough. You've got to have revenues come through the door and you've got to contain your cost.

Richard Williams

We want them to have a real-world experience, which means working with people from other schools and cultures, which gives them an experience of diversity. Some students never would have considered a career in international business and exportation without this kind of exposure.

Mike Clasper

We want to streamline the management and admin staff of the business and get our managers closer to the business to deliver that better leadership and get the right people in the right jobs.

Ido Hartuv

We want to see who in the group supports his (Robertson's) statements. Those who support the statements cannot do business with us. Those that publicly support Ariel Sharon's recovery ... are welcome to do business with us.

David Douglass

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

Himanshu Patel

We still see more downside than upside risk to 2007 consensus earnings.

Jeffrey Edelman

While management will likely continue to guide conservatively, we expect 2006 outlook will be at least in-line with (analysts' consensus estimate of) $4.18. JC Penney's stepped up branding campaign, which kicks off March 2 and includes a temporary NY store, should drive some sales and more importantly position them for market share gains as industry rationalization frees up share.

Hugo Chavez

What a great truth and how good it is that in Mar del Plata President Kirchner has come to say it to millions: the Washington consensus is broken; we are looking for a new model,

Bill Carrick

We're seeing the Democrats moving toward that position. Senator Kerry will be joined by others. There's going to be a consensus around phased withdrawal.

Leonard Susskind

Why is there space rather than no space? Why is space three-dimensional? Why is space big? We have a lot of room to move around in. How come it's not tiny? We have no consensus about these things. We're still exploring them.

Derek Halpenny

A consensus reading is not going to continue to support the dollar.

Ping Chew

Already, the market consensus is for inflation to fall. We are expecting that too.

Barbara Ryan

They made the consensus numbers even after taking that charge. The stock has already been pummeled in the last few years. I think with all things taken into account, the earnings were a little better than expected.

Joseph P. Bradley

The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent with perspicuity, at the same time having regard to appropriateness and harmony of expression. Its greater excellencies are directness, accuracy, appropriateness and perspicuity.

Bobby Labonte

We are pretty good. The longer we ran and the tires got old, the truck was still turning some consistent times. I think we are going to race very well. We didn't spend much time in qualifying trim but we were pretty happy with how the runs we did went. I am looking forward to qualifying and then tomorrow's race.

Adam Luchterhand

We started the game well and then things fell apart. Losing (Greg) Marty to foul trouble hurt because he was our one consistent scorer.

Jerome Bettis

We are a tough-minded, physical, hard-nosed team, and I think we reflect our coach's character. That's why we're consistent year in and year out.

Robert Rohanna

We still need to work on putting three good rounds together. We played really good the first round; the second was bad, and the third wasn't that good. We need three consistent rounds.

Richie Williams

We still need to be more consistent on offense. But at least the road monkey is off our back. This gives us some momentum and a lot of confidence.

Nayvadius Cash

I wouldn't say I'm underrated, but more reserved. Only time will tell, but I've been good so far in being consistent and making hit after hit writing for myself and other artists, from rap to R&B, and being able to make those different records.

Herb Trimpe

The only thing that remained consistent over the years was my ability and enthusiasm to tell the story.

Damon Lindelof

Whenever we do a story or we show the monster or we find the hatch, that all has to be consistent with what we know the ending to be. We have a goal that we are working towards.

Gordon Nixon

We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter.

Jim Roche

We are pleased with the performance in the quarter, with the return of sequential revenue growth and with the solid earnings results,

Steve Previs

There are some disappointments in earnings and obviously Hewlett-Packard is a big one.

Chuck Hill

We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter.

Frank Gannon

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Brad Pleimann

Until we see earnings impacted by oil, I don't think the market is going to be responsive.

Scotty George

What we're looking at generally is whether the market can get past these levels. We think there's enough strong sentiment and stimulus in the pipeline for that to happen and that the earnings will ultimately lead the market, but it's a process, and it's going to take time.

Russ Koesterich

We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out.

Peter Oppenheimer

Year-over-year revenue growth of 34 percent and earnings growth of 41 percent were the second highest in any given quarter in Apple's history.

Euben Paracuelles

We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in the fourth quarter to 5.1 percent.

Gretchen Dykstra

Until you go out into the real world, the estimates are just that.

Mike Rann

World Health Organisation estimates suggest we prepare for a situation where one quarter of our population is infected,

Rob Binns

World Airways will operate five international round trips a week under the contract, which has an estimated value of $11 million.

Steven Kosiak

This estimate has, unfortunately, proven to be overly optimistic.

Henry Paulson

Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.

Peter Piot

The number of people living with HIV globally has reached its highest level ever at an estimated 40.3 million people.

Terri Smith

They are estimated higher than what they will actually be,

Richard Kelly

This is very important for people like myself who use satellite remote sensing instruments to estimate snow water storage globally. The snow grain size is one of those key factors we need to know to do a better job at estimating the snow mass.

Chuck D.

It's no longer 'run to the park' on your own. Parents want to feel secure where they are and what they'll be doing.

John Jordan

It's no longer in our faces. The lynching is still being done, it's just being done covertly.

David Cardwell

It's no longer being done to be better than the other guy, but to keep up with the other guy.

Tom Stehn

It's now in its second year; it's no longer a juvenile. But this one particular whooping crane doesn't know where Aransas is. Its parents never showed it.

Diane Arbus

They are the proof of something was there and no longer is.Like a stain. And the stillness of them is boggling. You can turn away but when you come back they'll still be there looking at you.

Tom Stehn

You don't find them, but they're no longer with their parents.

Jim Barnett

This man is proven to be an ineffective extremist. We're no longer talking about one out of 435. We're talking about a very powerful position, as one of 100 in the United States Senate.

Stephanie Ferlita

I tried to tell them they accomplished a lot. Their season went on longer than a lot of other teams. And they made it through some tough times that a lot of other teams didn't have to face.

Allen Staggers

It's a little tougher because you're spanning such a distance. It takes a little longer to do.

Charles Caleb Colton

The policy that can strike only while the iron is hot will be overcome by that perseverance, which ... can make that iron hot by striking and he that can only rule the storm must yield to him who can both raise and rule it.

Charles Stanley

Focusing on difficulties intensifies and enlarges the problem. When we focus our attention on God, the problem is put into its proper perspective and it no longer overwhelms us.

Charles Stanley

No matter how far we may wander from the Lord’s perfect will for our lives, we are always welcome back.

Charles Spurgeon

If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.

Charles Spurgeon

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. A mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.

Charles Spurgeon

Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God.

Charles Spurgeon

If there is one doctrine I have preached more than another, it is the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints even to the end.

Charles Spurgeon

Final perseverance is the necessary evidence of genuine conversion.

Alanis Morissette

In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement.

Cyrus Broacha

As much I can stay away from people, I remain happy.

Guy Tauer

All other things being equal, we should remain in that 100,000 range, or slightly above.

John Prendergast

Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.

George Davis

They're kind of saying that it's going to be OK, but that remains to be seen,

Rick Adams

They're in situations where they remain on our list, but that's not for the public.

Jim Peters

a recognition that runway safety should remain a top priority.

Bryan Sierra

The team that Noel put together is going to remain together. The investigation should not be impacted.

Charles de Gaulle

Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation.

Bill Morrow

Terminals remain the single most important part of any proposition in Japan.

Tyler Oakley

You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience.

Ernie Grunfeld

It is unfortunate that Jarvis sustained this injury. I know he is very frustrated, and we share in Jarvis' disappointment.

Ilse Hartung

Teaching Spanish is such a wonderful opportunity. I have so much to share with them because of my background.

Kristi Boese

We did it on our own. We didn't want to share anything.

Jane Austen

I must have my share in the conversation…

Manfred Guellner

Even if many of the undecided end up not voting, this share of 'don't knows' suggests voters are still wavering right up to the election.

Roger Simmons

We've had more than our share of winners, for being a small state.

Miles Avery

We had our share of not doing well.

Paul Reid

We don't want to share it. We want to win it outright.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Left to ourselves we tend immediately to reduce God to manageable terms.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I have always been very fortunate in my working life in terms of the, I say that like I've not been fortunate at all in my private life.

Cheryl Strayed

You get to define the terms of your life.

Joe Lhota

Would I be the 3rd term of Rudy Giuliani or the 4th term of Mike Bloomberg? It'll be neither. It'll be the first term of Joe Lhota. We're all different.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.

Joe Mathis

We are already tapped out in terms of volunteers and staff.

David Lange

Death is very, very terminal.

Bruce Cutler

You never used the term 'bulls' in all your testimony!

Bridget Riley

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

Carl Lewis

I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.

Carl Jung

But India did not pass me by without a trace: it left tracks which lead me from one infinity to another infinity.

Ed Helms

So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track.

Edwin Moses

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.

Arthur Conan Doyle

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

Bob Seger

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.

Bill Kurtis

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

Jeff Hawkins

This is a better way for us to keep track

David Mitchell

But no, we cross, crisscross, and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.