Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Williams

I was in the main shop area when I heard a loud explosion. My ears hurt, and I took off running. I looked back and saw flames, and kept going.

Daren Beaudo

Knowing the impact area and getting it cleaned up, to us, is in a sense the most important thing.

Wendy Kopp

Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.

Cindy Hockenberry

I would suggest people start out by asking how long they've been in business, what their background is, and do they have a degree, which isn't required. Have they been in the area for a long time? Are they open all year? Do they stand behind their work?

Jon Lindhout

Just the vision of a revitalized Bellingham waterfront will make this place a desirable area for boaters. A new marina would also be big deal for the local boating industry, which plays an important role in this economy.

Douglas Porter

I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that the economy is moving to better times, but it will be a gradual process, and confidence may be flat in the next couple of months.

John Eade

I think investors should be ready to buy on the dips, particularly in long-term focus areas like technology or health care.

Bruce Schneider

I think in general things are getting worse, not better. There are lots of little victories. Spam is one of our industries shining victories. But there are lots of areas where we aren't doing very well.

Nancy Bell

It can seem so complicated, but to me it's really not all that complicated, ... There are certain areas we would never want to see developed.

Herschel Sandler

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

Tim Kearney

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

Hanan Ashrawi

He was a genuine man of the people, and he was characterized by his high sense of values, his honesty, his integrity, his unwavering commitment to his people and human dimension.

Luis Figo

He did everything he could and did it with the utmost professionalism and commitment.

Jim Stack

Having lived it and been around people who have lived it, you understand what it takes to get to this level and stay at this level. A lot of guys don't have that same understanding of the day-in and day-out commitment it takes to play at this high of a level.

Peter Hughes

Her warmth and understanding, her vibrant energy and her commitment to education for all will be sadly missed.

Bill Buford

Her travel writing was characterized by a high moral purpose and an overwhelming sense of justice. What distinguishes her journalism is her eloquent outrage and commitment to fair play.

Layne Langholf

Her hard work and commitment have opened up a lot of doors. We are going to miss her leadership and the fact that she played in over 100 varsity games.

Italian Proverb

Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number

Scott Bilker

Keep all your records. By law, the credit-card company must investigate your dispute.

Gray Davis

Just the other day, we had to pay $1,900 for a megawatt hour, which a year ago would have cost us $30, ... And the reason this company named Reliant out of Texas gave us for charging us that much money was, they said, the state's credit isn't any good.

Stephen Roelofse

I think in time they will probably make an offer (for Western Areas). I can't see them taking a passive stake in the company like that.

Eugene Christiansen

Harrah's is putting together some very, very strategic real estate. You look at that, you look at Caesars Palace and the implication is that Harrah's is: a) Making a no-brainer investment; b) Is making provision for a major expansion in its Strip presence. I look at the map; I couldn't read it any other way. That's something the company needs Å  a greater presence on the Strip.

Susumu Tonegawa

My father was an engineer working for a textile company that had several factories scattered in rural towns in the southern part of Japan.

David Wray

There are studies that show participants in a 401(k) plans are less likely to leave the company and are better workers.

Ray Neidl

It is good for Continental and good for the flight attendants. Continental got the cost structure it needs. That is what the company needs to make it.

Daryl Plummer

Last fall, I gave the company 18 months. They were about to become the next DEC.

Aaron Oldfield

Kate really did a great job. I would say having Julie, Miriam and Katie, they are interchangeable. The three of them complement each other so well. There are a lot of options with those three.

Leila Janah

I think in general, people who aren't themselves entrepreneurs are often more risk averse. And I think you see this dynamic a lot with entrepreneurial people who lead a company, which is that they hire people who complement them.

Bill Belichick

He's got a very good complement of skills,

Tim Casey

I thought we were pretty consistent all year. We had a nice complement of guys.

David Patten

We've got to go out there and show some consistency. We've got to show that we're going to be able to complement our defense.

Chris Morris

We thought we would reflect on and complement the international nature of the Kentucky Derby.

Carlos Delgado

I don't know much about how it was before I got here, but I can tell you we have a real good team and that creates a buzz. I feel pretty good about our chances. I'm not good at predicting anything, and after you spend a little time in the game you realize expectations don't mean nothing. I want to go to Spring Training and get in the winning mode. I want to meet some of the guys I've never met and try to see what we can do as a team and what we can't do and find a way we can complement each other.

Ed Witz

They see the whole ice, and they really complement each other.

Norm Eash

They've been kind of waiting in the wings. Nick is a little, quick, big-play type of receiver, and Jordan is a big, strong receiver. They're at opposite ends of the spectrum but they complement each other a little bit.

Courtney Love

I was interested in being in Fight Club, but I wanted Edward's part, but since they're not going to hand a girl those parts you have to manifest destiny and not complain, bitch or whine.

Craig Biggio

I think it was more their destiny than ours.

William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings.

Triple H

Your destiny is what you make. It's the choices that you make. And for every choice, there's a consequence.

Woodrow Wilson

In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. Limits of wisdom and convenience to the public control there may be: limits of principle there are, upon strict analysis, none.

William Shatner

The conundrum of free will and destiny has always kept me dangling.

Richard M. Nixon

When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and -- eventually -- incapable of determining their own destinies.

Vance Havner

Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the Whither but he knew the Whom. He believed God, and, being sure of his destiny, he did not worry about his destination.

Robert Louis Stevenson

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.

John Evans

This is just enhancing what they do for us.

Nina Garcia

As always, work with your figure; draping, pleats, and proportion can work miracles when it comes to hiding flaws and enhancing assets.

Kim Picciola

It seems that Sears would want a merchant running the business, and it would be investing more money into enhancing the shopping experience at its stores.

David Blunkett

Nothing is more important for young people than enhancing their life chances, liberating their potential and encouraging their contribution to a globally competitive and modern economy.

Peter Yesawich

People expect to see something a little nicer in a hotel room than they have at home. During the past five to seven years, people have spent a lot on enhancing their homes. So it is harder for hotel operators to keep up with things that people have installed in their own houses.

Madeleine Albright

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

Maxine Clark

These stores are part of our strategy to take Build-A-Bear Workshop to wherever families go to have fun. We look forward to being a part of more ballparks and of enhancing that family fun.

Dean Nelson

We've heard why people from around the world come to Gay Ski Week, and we are maintaining and enhancing those events that make the trip unique.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Barley and mushroom is a soothing combination. It's mainly a textural thing, with the barley both gently breaking and enhancing the mushroomy gloopiness.

Nate Robertson

He wants our expectations to be greater than maybe they've been.

Randy Perreira

Hawaii people have a greater tolerance for fairness.

Bill Tierney

His role is no less than mine is. And it is a lot greater than mine in some ways.

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

Frank Tyger

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

Jim Hunter

The range is greater for sound than for sight.

French Proverbs

Report makes mischiefs greater than they need to be.

Marcel Achard

Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

Bill Cowher

It's required a greater focus. We're studying them and trying to find any little idiosyncrasies to give us an edge.

Joe Gibbs

Keeping a team healthy is a huge deal,

Henry Chan

I think it's a healthy correction, some valuations got a little high.

Felipe Alou

He seemed to be healthier today, his legs and everything. He said he needed work and threw 52 pitches.

Karl Dorrell

He's healthy enough, he's throwing the ball, he's getting his timing back,

Bob Filner

With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county.

Jacques Rogge

We support that (tests). The reason for the tests is to protect the health of the athletes. These are health tests, they are not doping tests.

Francis Gannon

I think it was a very healthy thing that we saw this week, ... It was a valuation correction, not a fundamental correction.

J. Horton

It is important to help the troops stay healthy as they help others,

William Dietz

I'd like to think this shows women are leading the way in recognizing obesity as a health threat.

John Corlett

I think the public's primary consideration when they shop for insurance is price.

Trevor Rowe

If you're in the insurance industry, you want to be able to diversify your portfolio because that spreads your risk.

Joe Biden

You know we're going to control the insurance companies.

Carolyn Gorman

The master policy will have liability insurance in it for shared spaces, like sidewalks, gutters and walkways.

Cynthia Bartlett

It's a family-type plaza. People will make insurance payments and then do shopping in our store and others. It's one-stop shopping.

Jerry Cunningham

They're going to get to a point where they're not on their parents' insurance any longer.

Chris Bowers

They're my kids. If you had your kid wouldn't you have insurance on them?

Kathleen Sebelius

I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies.

Roy Blunt

This week ... we'll, I think under the suspension calendar, have TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act).

Robert Collier

Mind is all that counts.

Robert Collier

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Richard Baxter

Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.

Ruben Studdard

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

Ronaldinho

My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.

William Lyon Phelps

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

William Lyon Phelps

Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness.

Red Auerbach

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Tucker Carlson

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.

Don Harris

We've been trying all over town to partner with a developer.

Rudy Giuliani

I have no objection to the concept of domestic partnership.

Jiang Changwu

Our partner must be experienced in futures exchanges.

Bill Gates

Partners need to come in and be the ones who pull together the solution,

Christina Richmond

Partners are getting more and more savvy in services because they have to.

Mickey Gilley

I don't own everything, I do have a partner.

Justin Osmer

It's very important for us to reach out to different partners in the search space.

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.

Rachel Griffiths

But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.

Buck Showalter

I would say there were some unknowns about him. I've been pleased with the progress he's made.

John Ferguson

He's here and we're pleased to have him.

Richard Carpenter

We're pretty pleased with the services that were rendered.

Paul Armstrong

It is one of the things that I am most pleased about,

Gayle King

It is just really exciting. I have always been pleased (with the care), but now it will be even easier.

Tyrone Willingham

I have been very, very pleased with the play that we have received from Isaiah,

Jean Prahm

I never thought I would be so pleased with a sixth-place finish.

Derek Wright

I'm very pleased with our effort--with our attitude. I think we've turned the corner.

Dave Barry

I'm very pleased that we made the top four. But I feel that we could have had a stronger showing.

Lara Giddings

Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.

Jean Charest

It will be the first time that a premier from Quebec will go there,

Donald Davis

This is the premier short track race in Florida.

The Eagles

Until we prove otherwise, they're simply the premiere 3-A team around here that I know of,

Vinton Cerf

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

Caroline Brown

In the programs we've run before, I would say that more than 75% of the participants have NOT truly been in this at-risk category.

Mark Roberts

In England, there are so many TV commercials with nudity in them, and there are so many TV programs that show nudity on a regular basis. It's becoming more of a norm.

Seimone Augustus

I really don't understand how a men's and women's program wouldn't get along. It's like brotherhood and sisterhood with us.

Ray Tanner

I like it the other way; I like the stability. But there are a lot of teams that make changes. There are many very successful programs that don't always stick with their rotation.

J. C. Watts

Their program is relatively expensive, but a lot of it is conditional. We don't know what they're going to cut.

Gary Buehler

The generic-drug program is very important to the F.D.A..

Thomas Burke

That's $200,000 in drug programs that won't get funded,

Tom Brookes

It will be similar to the licensing programs in the U.S..

Tom Parrotta

It's refreshing and you sort of have to respect that.

Charles Talleyrand

I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing

Glenn Hoddle

Chelsea are playing with much more refreshing ness

Jon Klein

He's got a refreshing way of being the anti-anchor,

Dan Levitan

In the web products and services world, you have a real-time interaction with your customers, and then a real-time editing of how you as a company are doing.

Dan Bailey

We're going to try and make it a one-stop social services fair,

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Alan Davidson

Some of the most valuable new services won't be competitive.

Timothy Noah

The financial services industry is a ward of the state.

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.

Roberto Unger

The supreme good of life is vitality. And vitality is always seeping away.

Paul Tillich

The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is aware of a hidden meaning within the destruction of meaning.

John French Sloan

Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.

David Hilbert

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesnt have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

Charles Bukowski

But she projected vitality - you knew that she was there.

Susan Sontag

Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

Nicolas Sarkozy

We are all hoping that he will recover his legendary vitality as quickly as possible, ... Chi-rac! Chi-rac!

Nicole Krauss

I knew that to find and to feel Yoav again would be terribly painful, because of what had become of him, and because of what I knew he could ignite in me, a vitality that was excruciating because like a flare it lit up the emptiness inside me and exposed what I always secretly knew about myself: how much time I'd spent being only partly alive, and how easily I'd accepted a lesser life.

Malcolm X

WHEN “I” IS REPLACED WITH “WE” EVEN ILLNESS BECOMES WELLNESS.