Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patti Smith

It is a great avenue because the subject matter is so broad. A lot of students have always been interested in religion.

Steve Zmak

I think the public will is going to be heard. I don't think every avenue has been explored. Marina residents haven't weighed in on this.

Doug Hall

I think the changes on Washington are positive for the Beat Festival. The streets are safer, the district offers more options for dining before the event, and more residents means more attendance. The Beat Festival has always been an opportunity for people to check out everything Washington Avenue has to offer. Now there's just a lot more to check out.

James Rosenquist

I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it's 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn't kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy's camel-hair coat.

Terry Malone

I really think that my long-term future is to be a head coach in college football. This (move) is an avenue to get there.

Brian Boye

I haven't seen so many men wearing pink since I was a kid in the '70s and 'The Preppy Handbook' was in its first printing. You can't walk one block on Park Avenue in Manhattan without seeing refined, well-heeled businessmen hustling to their offices in pink dress shirts or ties.

Dave Hayward

I really had to plan my mornings out in order to make the commute. It was a lot more complicated than taking a 10-minute walk from Ackerman Avenue to the Quad (at SU).

Mark Cooper

The Internet is already an important avenue for participation in society.

Steve Davies

The Hilton Avenue section is the most pressing part of the project because it's a deep line with a lot of other utility and storm lines around it. We are proceeding at our best pace.

Don Tapscott

Kids are very savvy about the technology. But I'm not sure they totally understand the implications of a billion people being able to see them doing whatever is posted.

Tony Buzan

The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time.

Muhammad Yunus

Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.

Nandan Nilekani

Going forward, we expect revenues to cross the two billion dollars mark at 2.14 billion dollars by March 2006.

Gene Munster

Hitting the 1 billion mark means that the business of selling music online is real. Over the next 10 years, the retail music industry will be turned upside down and 25 percent of worldwide industry sales will be made online.

James Wolfensohn

I think the immediate needs of HIPC, subject to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the U.S. contribution, are probably met, ... I think the $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion target is achievable, and then we will need to consider funding the rest of it.

Chris Lynch

We expect total expenditure to increase to around $6 billion (in 2006). This will include around $4 billion spent on growth projects and $550 million on exploration.

Dennis Hastert

Whatever we do, before putting in billions of dollars, let's make sure lives are not put in jeopardy,

Pramod Mahajan

I think whenever you are communicating to one billion people, you should bring more and more clarity on what you think.

Ken Ham

Most students are presented only with the evolutionary belief system in their schools, and they are censored from hearing challenges to it. Let our young people understand science correctly and hear both sides of the origins issue and then evaluate them.

Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Matt Carle

I was joking with Chris and Brian up there, how all three of us were just glad this thing was coming to an end after all the hype in the last three months. Now they're both competing for a national championship tomorrow (today).

Julie Martin

Kingma is just a phenomenal player, both offensively and defensively. She really got into Dunbar in the second half and was a great leader for them.

Don Williams

Kim woke up to hearing some people screaming. We smelled some smoke and we both walked out on the balcony and saw these embers flying by.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Kevin is a big guard who can defend both positions on the perimeter, ... We liked the effort he put forth during summer league play and wanted to take a second look at him.

Ed Steadham

Keystone was a very important part of our business. We build helicopters, they did the completion that finished our helicopters. We knew the company and were impressed with the company. The marriage has enhanced the both of us.

Bob Cortelyou

Kiev will be the latest destination in Delta's expansion into the key business and leisure markets of Eastern Europe. Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve Kiev, and business travelers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as friends and family of Ukrainian heritage in the United States, will look forward to this new non-stop service between New York-JFK and Kiev.

Peter Warrick

Kit and I talked about this a long time ago. He said it would be a great system for the both of us. I never really thought it would happen. Then, once I got here (for a visit), Kit told me about the coach and how he is such a great guy. Here I am.

Jean Claude

I would say that consumers are not pushing enough,

Kyle Hall

What we wanted to do is solve the issues for the consumers of where their pictures are going.

Gray Davis

There is no easy solution, ... But, if I have to use the power of eminent domain to prevent generators from driving consumers into the dark and utilities into bankruptcy, then that's what I'll do.

Mark Boudreaux

We sympathize with consumers paying high gasoline prices. We are trying to help public-policy makers understand what makes prices high.

Ted Sarandos

I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix.

Attorney McKenna

Our mission is to make Washington the safest state in the nation for consumers and their personal information.

Roland Hwang

The hybrid Mariner is the right idea at the right time. To regain its competitive edge, Detroit must come to grips with how high pump prices have put consumers in an entirely new mindset. This vehicle proves that a determined Detroit can win this race.

Geoff Lewis

A higher oil price is like a tax on consumers. It pushes up price levels and consumers are going to spend less on everything else.

Eron Shosteck

The manufacturers have polled consumers on this issue and we get conflicting answers.

Steve Saviano

(Kevin) is going to be a good goalie. I'm convinced of it. He's a big prospect for Carolina.

Ozzie Guillen

He convinced me he was ready to go. We need this kid. ... Especially with the two teams we might play, New York or Anaheim, we need two lefties (in the bullpen).

Julian Kurtz

The only thing that convinced them to obey the law was when we hired (attorney) David Carrier - 'We are going to sue you' - that got their attention. I've found that virtually nobody wants to obey the law and that nobody wants to enforce the law.

Ralph Preston

Gold is telling us that not everyone is convinced inflation is in check.

John Naughton

We're pretty much convinced it's not a rogue shark or a shark out there -- one shark that's doing all the damage.

David Clohessy

We suspect there are many more. We're convinced it's just a matter of time before it happens again.

Nick Spano

I think we need a strong New Yorker to head the ticket, ... hasn't convinced me he is the right person.

Dan Rather

I am convinced we can do so again. That must be our focus and priority.

Tang Jiaxuan

I am convinced that this meeting will succeed,

Ciputra

I am healthy because of my strict diet. I can eat anything, but I don't eat everything.

Rick Peterson

If you want to lose 15 pounds, it's not fair to get on the scale the first day of your diet and be discouraged if you didn't lose any weight. If your process and frame of mind are correct, then you'll lose the weight. It's the same thing with Jorge. He's learning the process, and soon he'll see ? we'll all see ? the results.

Joel Fuhrman

Instead of trying to increase your metabolism with the goal of losing weight, try to slow your metabolism with a low-calorie, high-nutrient diet for a longer, healthier life.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

CANNIBAL, n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.

John Mackey

A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution.

Joel Fuhrman

The diet, to be healthy, has to be mostly fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds.

Joel Fuhrman

We have these weapons of mass destruction on every street corner, and they're called donuts, cheeseburgers, French fries, potato chips, junk food. Our kids are living on a junk food diet.

Kim Kardashian

Why is it when you're dieting, you crave everything?

John Brady

It's a one-time, yearly event and most people forget their diets and enjoy.

Nadine Velazquez

I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.

Michael Raab

Going forward, DaimlerChrysler's fortunes will be driven by Mercedes Benz.

Bill Cowher

He's a special person; he means a lot to this team. He's been very much an inspiration to this team. I think we're driven very much by trying to make this a special year for him.

Mario Gabelli

I think we're going from a market that's driven by momentum and driven by a flow of funds to a stock picker's market. That's going to provide very good opportunities for those that are focused on given areas.

Don Perata

I think that we don't want to let this thing hang out there forever, but I don't want to be driven by a date.

Bob Thompson

I watch a lot of sports, and so far that's been what's driven the big-screen phenomenon. It's a status symbol; a lot of people get a lot of pleasure being able to show off this enormous piece of hardware.

Abu Mohammed

The minibus had just driven out of the garage when something exploded.

George Twigg

It's been a pretty graphic reflection of how much these nomination races are driven by momentum.

William Butler Yeats

Considering that, all hatred driven hence,The soul recovers radical innocenceAnd learns at last that it is self-delighting,Self-appeasing, self-affrighting,And that its own sweet will is Heaven's will.

Eric Schlosser

There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role in making that happen.

Joel Fuhrman

Preferring healthful foods is a skill, and skills take practice and perseverance to develop.

Kim Allen

There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.

Marcia Stefanick

You may be able to get enough calcium and Vitamin D through the foods you eat.

Joel Fuhrman

Simply restricting portions of the same disease-causing foods does not resolve the symptoms of toxic hunger.

Parker Young

In theory, I stick to how I could eat if I lived a thousand years ago. I take processed foods off the menu, and stick to things I could hunt or gather, with more fruits, vegetables, and nuts - and less meat.

Javier Solana

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

Barclay Tagg

He kept going lame. He was going through growing pains, I guess.

Jessica Sanders

He really wants to sit down and work with us, ... I think that's so important because we are growing so much.

Danny Clark

He's a smart guy. He's getting better every time he lines up. But he's still got some growing to do, and hopefully we can stunt some of his growth this week.

Mike King

I think it should get big. It's growing pretty rapidly.

Akio Yoshino

There is a growing view that insurers have had their run for the short term, ... Money is shifting to the laggards of the markets now, such as the technology companies.

Rita Ora

What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.

Ryan Lochte

I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.

Tyga

Lil Wayne would probably be a big musical inspiration for me, because growing up I was just the biggest Wayne fan and being able to be signed to him and watch his whole journey to the peak of his career is great.

Gary Bettman

It's also making things (fiscally) healthier at the AHL level as well as the NHL. I feel it already.

Terry Chapin

I think that (packed byline) is an increasing trend when you get real large-scale issues like this. No one person knows how to put it all together.

Song Ho

Individuals are increasing their investments in the stock market, and that kind of trend will continue.

David Mann

It's been increasing significantly over the last year and a half.

Alan Brown

The use of application processors in 3G mobile handsets is increasing the semiconductor value per handset and semiconductor revenue for suppliers of application processors.

David Rinehimer

The market today was responding to the outlook with the increasing possibility we will see an interest-rate cut. And the day's recovery is reflecting the rebound in stocks.

Bernard Thibault

Each day lost to respond to workers' requests is increasing tension. This is turning into a real emergency.

Nawal El Saadawi

When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

Mohamed ElBaradei

What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization.

Issey Miyake

Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Erin O'Connor

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

Ben Wood

The industry will be lucky to get it out in 2008. Issues with rights, regulations and standards need to be overcome first.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Toshifumi Suzuki

The Japanese retail industry is totally unique. To be successful, you have to have a thorough knowledge about the market.

David Sowerby

It's more and more the sobering acknowledgement that the industry is significantly challenged.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Ted Dexter

The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.

Aldo Radamus

It is Julia's first year on the national team, and she's been successful in downhill.

Wallace Stegner

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

David Hudson

If you look at the national numbers, we're doing very well in our economy.

Al Nash

If you like wide-open spaces and a sense of the Old West and pioneering spirit, there's Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Hong Feng

I suggest taking pictures here with an unfolded national flag.

Tammy Loew

I think it is perfectly natural for people to want to take a break.

Matt Doherty

(Harris) may be one of the quickest players I have coached. He's a natural leader.

Tori Amos

Anger is natural. It's part of the force. You just have to learn to hang out with it.

Richard Dawkins

Natural selection is anything but random.

Van Morrison

Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway.

Robert E. Howard

Barbarism is the natural state of mankind,

Rebecca Solnit

There are disasters that are entirely manmade, but none that are entirely natural.

Chris Cornell

Rock will always have CBGB, whether it's open or closed, ... It will just naturally be replaced by something else.

Ken Hitchcock

Patrick is a natural center, not a wing, and we have too many centers. That's all this is about. We had too many centers.

Wes Walz

He was about 90 percent sure, and I said those are numbers I want to hear.

James Wicklund

There are so many variables to watch. With the API numbers on the way, everyone is in a wait and see attitude.

Charles Steinberg

What we have not seen in any significant numbers is people who refuse.

Benjamin Raich

Having to brake or be slow to get a better start number does not make sense. Braking is not something a skier should have to do. It isn't part of racing.

John Lindsey

Here, we're running into the problem of specific numbers again,

Mike Favero

His numbers speak for themselves and he's well-deserved to be a PARADE All-American.

Mike Vrabel

I think you could take that and turn it around to a number of positions,

Anthony Fauci

There has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity.

Bob White

I don't feel that their numbers and 'facts' are very accurate.

John Harrison

If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine.

Whitley Strieber

The visitors tell me that there is an organic quality in our skulls that dampens telepathy, and that this is going to fade.

Courtney Taylor

Our whole sound is too organic and warm. I'd be very surprised if we had a big hit.

Cecilia Zalkind

We have some strong reservations about doing it as rapidly as it's being proposed.

Betsy Beers

I'm not interested in overexpanding rapidly for expansion's sake.

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.