Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orin Smith

Our third-quarter financial results demonstrate the ongoing strength of our business, ... Starbucks operations are functioning at a more sophisticated level than ever before. Our consistently strong performance positions us well to achieve our aggressive fiscal 2005 goals -- including an acceleration of store growth as we pursue the Company's expanding global opportunity.

Brad Blew

Our seniors have made it to this game every year, if not farther. This has been a successful group and I'm certainly disappointed for them that we didn't win, because we played so hard, but I could never be disappointed in this group. They've achieved so much this year and have done so much as a group, they'll always be special.

Pamela Dixon

Our families and staff share a common bond to protect and nurture these vulnerable children. The prospect of this type of crime in our midst is contrary to everything we believe in and strive to achieve every day.

Yuriko Koike

People are worried that in order to achieve structural reform and postal privatization, LDP politicians will be less engaged in pork barrel politics.

John Kim

Defined contribution plans are extremely popular with American workers, most of whom use them as their primary retirement-savings vehicle. Despite this popularity, however, most workers are not saving enough or investing wisely, and many are increasingly at risk of not being able to achieve a worry-free retirement. We can and must do a better job of helping them.

Robert Mckain

Decide that you really want to achieve the goal...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

defend the rights and interest of our people and our country ... we do not humble ourselves in the poisoned atmosphere created by foreign sources. We will remain strong and vigilant and work to overcome the obstacles in our way to achieve our goals and objectives.

John Patterson

Compared to the Bay Area, it was a better place to raise children and to achieve a better work-life balance.

Anna Riordan

Coach has set goals for us to focus on. As long as we achieve those goals and play our game, we'll be prepared for this weekend.

Ryan Ford

A shoulder pad on T-shirts, in sweaters, in shirts, in jackets, in everything. It's not a huge overwhelming pad, but it's a very defined shoulder.

Patrick Wilson

You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.

Bruce Lee

Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.

Tom Hiddleston

Thor and Loki are defined by each other.

Mark Stevenson

We have to stop being defined by what we own, and start being defined by what we create.

Lee Evans

I'm a lot more confident, ... I think more so this year, my role is defined and I know what they expect of me.

LeBron James

I don't think so. I got the first two years out of the way, and that's when you usually do it. I don't want to be defined as being in the slam dunk contest, it's just not me.

Peter Morgan

Since (Koizumi) defined party membership exclusively in terms of members' views on postal privatization, this does not necessarily imply that the party agrees on much else.

Samuel Huntington

Before that we had thought of ourselves in large part as being defined religiously: 98 percent of Americans were Protestant.

Joe Humasti

Radford had a really good run. He skied really well despite the conditions.

Kenny Tang

Profit-taking dragged the index lower. But funds are still in Hong Kong and are helping support the index despite the pressure on stocks to trade lower after the weak showing of overseas markets.

Al Goldman

Our economy is doing well despite what is going on in Asia, and with any signs of improvement from there, it could be up, up and away for us.

Kent Early

Offensively I was more pleased with her than her pitching. She led off and went 2 for 3. She competed, despite all this (bad weather) that's going on. I'm proud of her. She's a competitor.

Gurinder Kalra

Despite the stock's strong performance in recent months, we are reiterating our outperform rating and are raising our price target from 660,000 won ($ 673.43) to 770,000 won.

David Townsend

Despite the sound of 40,000 gallons, not a whole lot of stuff was released here through that hole.

Kenny Tang

Despite the rise, there was consolidation and profit-taking after an eight-day surge.

Alan Greenspan

Despite the rise in oil prices through mid-August, inflation and inflation expectations have eased in recent months,

Alberto Ramos

Despite the recent pickup, total investment spending in the economy is still lower than the level of 2001 and, as a share of GDP...below the 1997-2000 average.

Roma Downey

People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile.

Jose Maria

is extremely solid, strong. It's firm, and we want it to be that way, not only now, but also in the future.

Joe Gibbs

I've been proud of our guys, the way they fight. We fight extremely hard.

Ram Shriram

I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.

John Sutherland

These are six extremely different novels, all of them good in a very different way.

Joan Bonvicini

This is an extremely tragic situation, and we don't know all the details. But our thoughts and prayers are with Marie and her family right now.

Daniel Roling

The outlook for steel is still extremely difficult.

Kevin Stallings

While we are extremely disappointed that this means the end of Davis' playing career, we're very grateful that the prognosis for the rest of his life is good. Mike Meyer is truly a hero. He single-handedly saved the life of Davis.

Shane Valdez

Luke is extremely hard to score on. He's got good solid takedowns, he's solid on top and he's very hard to take down.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Javier Solana

The solution of this problem is not only military, the solution has to be political.... We are prepared for the possibility of helping with a cease-fire,

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Mike Sanders

The stock numbers and political problems around the world aren't helping pull this market back at all. We've reached last year's peak summer highs and it's only April. That's somewhat scary.

Paul Tagliabue

The state of Texas, and San Antonio, are helping shelter hurricane victims. That is the most important mission right now.

Fred Couples

You're on the International side, and you're helping me out?

Arthur Ashe

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

Aung San Suu Kyi

When you feel helpless, help someone.

Booker T. Washington

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.

Rob Reiner

This isn't about Republicans or Democrats. It's about investing in our children.

Larry Woolsey

Before investing in snowshoes, rent some to get an idea of what you want.

Edward Tenthoff

Biotech investing is no longer a pie-in-the-sky game.

Theo Epstein

We think investing in Coco was a wise move.

Daniel S. Loeb

Timing is everything in this markets.

Robert Reich

Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.

Thorstein Veblen

Instead of investing in the goods as they pass between producer and consumer, as the merchant does, the businessman now invests in the processes of industry.

Steven Spielberg

I'd love to build a company that will continue to make movies well beyond me someday. And I'd like to help start something great, even investing in it myself.

John Templeton

If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.

Chris Shays

No, what I wanted you to do was do your job,

Emily Edmonston

Sandra played exceptionally for us today. I patted her on the back and told her she did her job well today.

Sophia Amoruso

I've never worked in a retail store, but I did sell shoes at Gimme Shoes in San Francisco, a job I was fired from.

Joseph Biden

It was to say to the United Nations, 'By your standards ... you have not done your job relative to Saddam Hussein,'

Ann Strother

It was a little frustrating, but I think for the most part we did a poor job defensively. We kind of slapped at them and let them go by us.

Ben Howland

It was another outstanding job defensively. In the second half, we did a much better job of getting to the line and getting fouled.

Craig Bellamy

I've been told to do a job for the team... but I'm playing out of position and want to go up front.

Anthony Williams

I've been doing the same job for the last 10 years and I just feel that I'm getting a little bored. I'd like to do something that allows me to remain in the tech industry, but at the same time I'm not sure I'd be making what I make now. I'm not necessarily looking for something that would pay me more, just something that I will like doing more and if that means making less, so be it.

Lesley Manville

It would never occur to me not to look dreadful if that's the job description.

Frans Ludeke

We have had to prepare plans for all eventualities.

Spike Milligan

We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong!

Mila Kunis

Always have a backup plan.

Kevin Reilly

It's not dead, but I don't have any plans on it.

Joshua Chamberlain

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

Gil Reyes

It's just not in our plans yet to retire.

Walter Kirn

My mother used to push 'Wuthering Heights' on me as a boy, and I sensed from her breathy description of the story that it would make me laugh. I have no plans to find out if this is true.

David Dreier

We know it may not be the single most popular thing, but it's the right thing to do.

Michael Moore

You know he's [George W. Bush] there illegally. You know he was not elected either by the popular vote or by the vote in Florida.

Janie Allen

Murals were very popular then and the idea was pretty well received.

Sam Martin

He was a very popular young man. The students are taking it hard.

Bob Beatty

She's ahead, she's popular -- she's not completely unbeatable.

Mike Smith

Some of the more popular schools could be filled.

Amanda Lenhart

Text messaging is popular for two reasons: It's mobile, and it's quiet,

Vance Havner

Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did.

Kathleen Hanna

Popularity is totally overrated.

Maggie Mermin

The risk is not zero. But it's low.

William Schmitt

This is probably one (company) where that risk is the greatest.

Brian Tracy

The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the comfort-seekers .

Lou Jiwei

There is a lot of risk in the tech sector.

Dana Delany

Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.

Brenda Blethyn

At the risk of sounding naff, it is having hope fulfilled

Edward Norton

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

Edward Snowden

You will never be completely free from risk, if you're free. The only time you can be free from risk is when you're in prison.

Brian Ferneyhough

If nothing is at risk, nothing is established.

Dan Ariely

What reminds you in your environment about saving? Nothing.

Amy Tan

You can't have intentions without consequences. The question is, who pays for the consequences? Saving fish from drowning. Same thing. Who’s saved? Who’s not?

Richard Thaler

A company invites their employees to sign up for a plan where every time they get a raise, some part of that raise goes to increasing their contribution rate to the 401k plan. In the first company we convinced to adopt this plan, saving rates tripled.

Vin Diesel

When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.

John Stott

Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.

Jean Piaget

Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual.

Jack McDevitt

If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving.

Jack Kerouac

They spent all week saving pennies and went out Saturdays to spend fifty bucks in three hours.

Bill Vaughan

Who's going to manage (health savings accounts)?. It's not going to be your local accountant, it's going to be Fidelity.

Paul Lopez

Every workers should be honored, every worker should be respected.

Daryl Hall

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.