Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Whetsell

As Blackstone started to look at some of our assets they made an offer for the whole company which we felt was very attractive.

Scott Benesch

The cable assets are growing the fastest. There's not a whole lot of growth in the rest of the business, which is why the stock is not going anywhere.

David Bernstein

Companies can bring their own assets in the form of Java code and Web services and stitch those into this product.

Naomi Hasegawa

Deposits stopped growing and household money is heading increasingly to risk assets and will continue to do so as long as Japanese interest rates are zero.

Bernie Schaeffer

The so-called risky assets are continuing to outperform.

Madeline Albright

The struggle to reveal and deal with the full truth surrounding the handling of Holocaust-era assets is wrenching, but also cathartic, ... Only by knowing and being honest about the past, can we gain peace in the present and confidence in the future.

Steven Bangert

The strong growth in our assets under management during the first quarter sets us up for improved revenues in the second quarter.

Robert Stovall

The tech sector is where the money seems to want to flow. You can just look at last week's action, when all the averages were up, the money flows into technology, primarily in telecommunications. And even though the valuations have been high all of these quarters and still are, I guess if you want to do well in the market you've got to have some of your assets in technology, definitely.

John Whitehead

The teams bring diverse assets to the table. Some bring expertise in retail and residential developments; some offer experience in the design of large public infrastructure projects; others are best known for designing museums and cultural institutions.

Ralph Boyd

There are well settled provisions of federal law that guarantee bilingual assistance at the polls for those of Puerto Rican origin and others,

Rick Robertson

The people of Michigan are generous in their concern and assistance in times of need. We pull together as a community to help in any way we can.

James Wolfensohn

We can only have success in partnership with others in the development community, including civil society and the private sector. There must be effective performance in utilizing development assistance -- corruption-free and reaching the poor.

Terri Teuber

We want to ensure that all who are eligible know about the program and receive nutrition assistance with dignity and respect.

Joe Becker

We are building an IT (information technology) infrastructure to be able to support 2 million families that have need of financial assistance and we will have that in place by July 1.

Michael Bolch

Those who had uninsured or underinsured losses as a result of the hurricane should register without delay. Even if you already repaired the damage, replaced the property, or received partial reimbursement from your insurance company, make the call before the March 11 date. Registering with FEMA will also determine what housing assistance you may qualify for.

Pam Dorr

Many of our families have had difficulty unraveling the red tape involved in accessing assistance. We'll work with these families to make sure they are aware of everything they're entitled to. We are committed to supporting Hale County and displaced families recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. With the support and technical assistance from HAC, we can make a difference for our rural families.

Bill Foster

Getting help to our colleagues is problematic at this time due to emergency restrictions. However we are preparing our plan and will be ready with immediate assistance when supply routes are open.

Robert Latham

If any family has suffered losses or damages as a result of Hurricane Katrina and has not registered for assistance yet, I urge them to call and register before the March 11 deadline and learn what types of assistance they may be eligible for.

John Proctor

I think it's going to be close, ... Two-thirds, though, is a lot of votes. I wouldn't say I'm confident by any stretch of the imagination. I do feel like it has a lot of support statewide.

Arun Sarin

We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years. I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.

Tim Funkhouser

We're pretty confident up and down the order. It's definitely a plus when you can get offense from anybody.

Stephanie Beacham

What I mean to say is that I'm old enough now and confident enough now not to be frightened of any of the possibilities life might offer.

Michael Perkins

We've done pretty well with it all year, and we're still confident with it.

Jim Hunter

I am confident they will do a splendid job.

John Negroponte

I am confident that with the creation of the NCS, the U.S. government will have a more cohesive and truly national human intelligence capability.

Jayantha Dhanapala

I am hopeful, confident and optimistic that with goodwill on all sides we will be able to implement the memorandum of understanding signed by (U.N.) Secretary-General (Kofi Annan) and Iraq.

Van Shaver

I am just excited to death. I am also confident that I can do the job, and I guarantee that I will work for you.

Jody Grove

We must have our freshmen step up and contribute to the team right away. We must keep working everyday to get better.

Robert Plant

I'm very, very pleased to contribute in some form or another,

Jalen Rose

Everybody wants to contribute and help the team get a win, and obviously I'm no different,

Ginette Hemley

Problems that threaten species like the destruction of habitats and natural resources often contribute to poverty.

Jimmy Roy

Definitely, you have to think you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you shouldn't be at this level. I think I can still contribute and help this team win.

Robert Freeman

An uninformed public can do no good. Only with information can we contribute and improve the way we live. Ignorance really is not bliss. The more secrecy we have within our government, the less accountability.

Fred Eckhard

The secretary-general hopes that Prime Minister Vajpayee's visit to Pakistan will contribute to the improvement of bilateral relations.

Marisa Fassler

The strong focus on infrastructure delivery in the budget, together with an intention to improve the quality of government spending, means fiscal policy should ultimately contribute to sustained higher growth in the economy.

Diane Lane

I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.

Tom Renney

Just something we have to deal with internally as a team when it comes to penalties.

Joe Torre

He deals with the stress and pressure very well,

Maria Rodriguez

What we want is the deal they promised us -- if we paid them, we were covered.

Rebecca Loos

He's a stranger to me now. He looks very different to how I knew him. And the way he dealt with the whole thing. He's just a very different man.

Albert Smith

It is a good deal better to be seventy-nine years young than it is to be fifty years old

Iain Gray

It is a hugely important deal for Airbus in what is a very important market,

Jeremy Roenick

I think the owners got a deal very favorable to them, ... It gives them leeway to do more than they should be able to do with our salaries.

John Underwood

I thought by Thanksgiving 2004 we'd have a system in place. My worst nightmare was if we couldn't get the deal done.

John Podesta

I think you've got to deal with it on a one-step-at-a-time basis. We don't want to see a long timeout, if you will, from the peace-making process, ... Late Edition.

John Snow

While this will elevate spending levels for '06, primarily because that's when the major effects will hit, we're going to stay on track with the president's deficit-reduction program,

John Snow

While this will elevate spending levels for '06 - primarily because that's when the major effects will hit - we're going to stay on track with the president's deficit-reduction program,

Pearl Bailey

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us -- not our effects on others.

Anne Enright

It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

Scott Ransom

We know in the past that there are effects that have hurt our surveys.

Davis III

I was right back to work the middle of the day Monday, in the gym, and practiced yesterday with no lingering effects from last week. And that's a major step for me, that I'm feeling better, I'm stronger.

Brian Archer

I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really understand how much the weather really effects our energy consumption and our energy supply.

Wendy Wright

Is this safe for women, when in fact there have been no studies done on the long-term effects on women who take the morning-after pill, and there are no studies that have been done on multiple use -- if a woman uses it more than once.

Bogan Durr

We are going to throw it into a big pile on the ground and everyone has to walk through it and really see the effects of what they are doing.

Gerald Myers

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Doc Rivers

I thought some guys gave good effort tonight, but some have their luggage in mind on the plane already. Turnovers and shot selection killed us.

Rob Ciarlo

He?s going to give you a good effort every time he goes out there.

Larry Brown

We made some hustle plays that got us back. We played hard. The effort was there, and that was big.

Tim Duncan

I don't even know how he got it off, honestly. I think he shot it with his left hand. I went after his right hand, thinking he was going to float it with the time going down like that, but somehow he got it up there and it stayed up there on the rim and went in. It was just a great shot, a great effort by those guys to turn a turnover into a fast-break that quickly and get it to the rim.

Bob Hartley

He handles it well, but to give him a five-goal cushion, I'm sure he appreciates the effort from the boys.

Steve Strand

He has put a lot of time and effort into his game. He has made the most of his opportunities and put himself in position to perform. He spent hours working on his shooting, and when you see him in games it's paid off.

Brian Mackler

He expressed to me that the community, the city, everything about the team was a very important part of his life. But you have to have two parties in this, and I made every effort to get something done with them.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Mike Hammond

I think it's a great opportunity for people to come out and have fun. They're not running a marathon. It's great for people who want to come out and test themselves.

Steve Sanchez

I think it's a great idea for the city.

Paul Taylor

I think that's a Jewish trait, ... It's also a human trait.

Toussaint Tyler

He talks to you like a normal human being and tells you what he wants you to do.

Wayne Rooney

I'm only a human being.

Rick Steves

As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity.

Sun Yuxi

In some Western countries, including in the United States, some people have ignored the overall development of China's human rights.

Adrian Molina

Immigrants are not felons. They are human beings.

Stephen Evans

I know all human beings will be successful. How do I know? They all die.

Salvador Reza

The message is we are human beings, not criminals.

Jose Saramago

There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity.

Daniel Breaker

I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.

Phil Goff

It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house,

Alan Greenspan

Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11.

Waverly Person

It's a major earthquake, but it's quite a ways away from population,

Roberto Torres

The TRUTH sometimes scares people. In order to skirt the truth they start to major on the minors as opposed to majoring on the truth that is before them.

Harvey Pekar

I've just been writing stuff down as it comes to me. I haven't thought, 'Let me write some major opus here.'

Johnathan Frakes

No, I was a psychology major in college.

Tom Hudson

It's like putting someone out in space for the first time, ... It's not yet to the moon or to another planet, but it is a major milestone.

Pope Benedict XVI

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

Susanne Beauregard

I think it was a relief to her.

William S. Burroughs

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Violette Leduc

To find relief in what has been, we must make ourselves eternal.

Jim Andrus

It's been way too dry. There doesn't look to be any relief in sight.

Rob Carter

It was more of a relief than anything.

Ayumi Hamasaki

New York was a relief - not all hierarchical and rule-bound.

Eddie Griffin

We've lost a bunch on the road, I don't even know how many. It's a relief to get this one.

Jay Gallagher

It's a real sense of relief to have Tim home.

Libby Lenton

It's a relief to get it over and done with, especially in such style.

Bob Dylan

Some things are too terrible to be true.

Auberon Waugh

Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.

Anna Nicole Smith

It's very expensive to be me. It's terrible the things I have to do to be me.

Matt Smith

I am a terrible sleeper.

Laurie Simmons

Any work that is really great hovers between terrific and terrible.

Jerry Jones

It's just a terrible loss. I'd like to have something to blame, but I don't.

Gina Hern

There is a terrible indentation where the implant is misplaced.

Pat Barker

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.

Mark Rosenker

This is a tragedy that should not have happened.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Life is a mixing of all kind of things: comedy and tragedy going together.

Andrew Solomon

I love to communicate, and I love music. That's why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy.

D. H. Lawrence

Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.

David Platt

God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.

Thomas Sowell

Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.

Simone Weil

All the tragedies which we can imagine return in the end to the one and only tragedy: the passage of time.

Ruta Sepetys

Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it.

Steve Perry

We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.

Henry Ellis

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Alfred Marshall

The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings

Jack Canfield

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.

David Hare

The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

Charles Frazier

When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable.