Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Preissler

The perception here is that traffic on the Internet was weak and, definitely, Yahoo!'s numbers are going to be used as a proxy or benchmark for the other players in the space.

Jack Lee

Abercrombie met or was very close to meeting its sales force benchmark for Asians.

Chris Rupkey

A lot of selling came in around 9 o'clock because Freddie Mac priced a large 10-year note, their benchmark security. Right at the pricing of that note, the Treasury market went down and it wasn't able to recover.

Patrick Sweeney

This benchmark was designed with the input of a dozen or so partners.

John Zogby

It's not his finest hour. The buck stops right there with him. The president did not meet a benchmark that he himself set for crisis leadership.

Jackson Wong

Follow-through interest in select blue chips and China-related stocks drove the benchmark index up. Funds kept chasing these stocks after the market broke through the 16,000 points level.

Devon Brouse

It's a great honor to be selected by my peers for such an award. Coach Harris was an icon in our sport and set a high benchmark for everyone to aspire.

Paul Dergarabedian

There seems to be a new benchmark in terms of what we call a blockbuster, ... This year, by the end of the year, we'll wind up with about 17 films over $100 million. But the key to this year's success is that we have five films that have gone beyond $200 million. That's never happened before.

Terry Lanni

Project City-Center confirms a cultural and lifestyle revival of city living, reaffirms the growing sophistication and maturity of Las Vegas and sets a benchmark for new growth and exciting new experiences as the city moves into its next 100 years.

Sam Tsui

There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.

Steve Austin

We were trying to get two people on him as quickly as possible. If you get a hand in his face when he's trying to shoot he's not quite as effective. I thought we did a nice job of keeping him away from the bucket and at his size that's not easy to do.

Amy Jo Martin

I've been known to do lunges down hotel hallways. I also like to use the ice bucket in the hotel room as a medicine ball.

Nikki Rocco

We're going to go back to the drawing board. Good movies are supposed to buck this trend. You hear how it's all about the product, but we have an excellent movie that people just aren't turning out for. It's something bigger.

Anthony Zinni

The refueling of that ship in Aden, ... ...Was my decision. I pass the buck on to nobody.

Kevin Toney

We regained the lead and regained the momentum and we had some pretty good looks. Even with the lead at 23-22, we had some good looks. We just couldn't get it to fall. You kind of had a sense that if we could ever get up three or four we'd be in really good shape. But, we just couldn't get that next bucket in.

Brian Bishop

We're being approached by four parties to do Hurricane Katrina relief. If we could get the government to commit to a reasonable number of buildings, like 5,000, which is a drop in the bucket as to what they need, then we would build a plant (in the storm-affected area) at our own expense, and we would hire and train people from Louisiana and Mississippi to operate it.

Frank Pallone

AT&T should be required to provide a clear and straightforward system of calling time that will make it easier for our troops to call home, ... It disturbs me to think that companies are more interested in making a buck on our soldiers in Iraq than providing the quality services they have been paid to provide.

Al Ross

A concert like this for four bucks is unheard of. These guys usually get $20 to $40 for tickets.

Washington Post

The Pointer Sisters have always faced a crisis in their identity. They have dabbled in so many musical streams that, while everybody likes them, nobody knows exactly what to do with them.

Jackie Robinson

We're in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door.

Chamlong Srimuang

We have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign.

R. Robinson

We're getting to a crisis point. Facilities will start falling apart.

Martin Brodeur

We're going to get through this crisis we have now.

Panos Moumtzis

The refugee crisis is just getting worse and worse without any solution.

Trevor Rowe

Usually 10 days into a crisis like this, we don't feel this vulnerable. But right now we're really concerned.

Jaimie Ross

We're flush with revenue and there's no economic crisis. I can't imagine their excuse for not fully funding these programs this year.

Mike Adams

We're reaching out and trying to offer these folks some sort of transition out of this crisis.

Sam Perlozzo

When you talked about the Orioles, you talked about Elrod. Elrod Hendricks was one of the finest men I have ever met.

Bill Clinton

It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest half hour.

Clay Harpster

It was Daytona's finest house. I spent a lot of time there as a kid.

Dave Stilley

It was completely 'guilty till proven innocent' instead of the other way around. It's a shame. . . . I've been reserving judgment until the trial. You'd think the administration at Duke, one of the finest universities in the country, would react the same way.

Louise Nurding

The gold iridescent 'Naked' outfit is perhaps not my finest moment.

Dr. Wildenthal

Boone Pickens is one of this country's greatest philanthropists, and Eugene Frenkel is one of its finest physicians, so this partnership is as appropriate as it is meaningful.

Bob McKillop

Brendan Winters had perhaps his finest game in a Davidson uniform. He has had many, many illustrious games in his career. But to have that finest one on championship Sunday is quite a special feat.

Catherine Jinks

There's nothing quite as exciting or moving as the very finest literary non-fiction.

Marty Schottenheimer

He's the finest running back that I've seen in football. We had Marcus Allen, of course, in Kansas City. But he's the finest that I've ever seen.

Mark Twain

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself as a liar

George Bernard Shaw

A man's interest in the world is only the overflow of his interest in himself

Kevin Hallinan

It's not something that would have been seen at the gate. The person knew where he was sitting and positioned himself perfectly.

Carson Palmer

It's not offensive, it's harmless. He's just being Chad. He's being himself and doing what comes to his head.

Tony Stewart

For a kid like him to put himself even into that position was pretty remarkable.

Phaedrus

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

Troy Robinson

We prayed for the families. We prayed that he would get tired of running. We prayed that he would give himself up and we prayed that it would be a peaceful surrender, and that's how it happened,

Robert Taggart

We know who the shooter is, ... It would be better for him to turn himself in before we have to find him.

Joe Torre

Randy's more into challenging himself than something else has to stimulate him.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God

Randy Nixon

We want to see people come to this meeting who want to work, who want to see it happen.

Omar Epps

We're in Hollywood. I meet people like that every day.

John Lackey

When we have two jurisdictions, we have to have a meeting of the minds.

Emmett Hanger

We've got more work to do there. In order to meet our targets for 2010, it's going to run us about $100 million a year.

Tim Collins

We're doing everything we can to meet the needs of our customers, but things are going to be kind of crowded.

Robert Worthy

We're really getting into the meet of our schedule. This is really important.

Dave Uhrich

A lot of track meets aren't scored. Going in, we didn't know that it was going to be a scored met, and we didn't plan on taking this meet that seriously. But we did end up doing well.

Jerry Bovee

This (amendment) was written to say if you want to be in the association, we want you to play. I don't know of any school in our association that can't meet this requirement.

Al Sharpton

Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

Chris Christie

When the president of the United States says he's going to do something, he needs to do it. That makes not only our adversaries more emboldened. It makes our allies more nervous.

Chris Christie

He [Doanald Trump] had no business being president of the United States.

David Brooks

President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election.

Louis C. K.

When you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn't matter who's president.

Bill O'Reilly

It's very difficult to pin down the President of the United States without subpoena powers.

Bill Moyers

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.

Benjamin Harrison

The bud of victory is always in the truth.

Darren Sanderlin

It was beautiful. We just made stops when it counted.

Robert South

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

Craig Craft

We just couldn't get any stops in the end.

Saina Nehwal

I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.

Mykelti Williamson

Tim Olyphant is a machine. He never stops thinking and being creative.

Ben Wallace

We've got to get back to making stops when we need them.