Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Bernanke

At some point in the future, the committee may decide to take no action at one or more meetings in the interest of allowing more time to receive information relevant to the outlook.

Will Holman

Progress has been made in some areas, but there is still a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. Our goal is to reach an agreement, but that will depend on management's actions at the negotiating table.

Michael Goodman

People dedicated to committing piracy are going to find ways to do it. Lawsuits and other action by the RIAA serve to remind people that this is illegal activity and that they are being watched.

Robert DiClemente

People feel generally that we will see some equivalent forward-looking language that guides market expectations to expect action at least into the early part of next year.

Hank Brown

People expect you to take corrective action when there's a problem, and they don't understand why you don't do it on a pretty prompt basis. My instinct is that's the single best thing you can do.

Scott Hudson

Oftentimes, we used that discretion to give the applicator a warning and to go over some of the deficiencies and the corrective action that can be taken.

Lou Fintor

North Korea's action today, disputing arrangements for IAEA monitoring of the spent fuel rods, raises further serious concerns and belies North Korea's announced justification to produce electricity.

Joan Rivers

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Timothy Smith

After seeing Matt Holland and Stephen Ireland in action, I was wondering if a team could be comprised consisting entirely of national teams?

Ian Macfarlane

Australia is already fully committed in terms of uranium production through until about 2008, bearing in mind that the signing of this agreement means that this is really only the start of the process.

Tom Vincent

After years of working with multiple software vendors in this industry, we're excited about this opportunity to sign an exclusive agreement with a long-standing and financially secure partner with a diverse range of customers nationwide. This partnership links us with a leader in enterprise behavioral healthcare software.

Frederick Chiluba

Details of the agreement will be released tomorrow.

Tom Ricker

Any country negotiating with the Bush Administration right now should be wary of signing an agreement, given the example of consistently shifting the finish line for CAFTA in order to appease corporate supporters. There is no reason to believe they will not pull the same stunt with Peru, Panama, Colombia, or Ecuador.

Steve Lipscomb

The second quarter marked the continued successful execution of our strategic plan. Revenues were up 40% as we saw growth in virtually all of our business segments. We completed the production and final delivery of Season 3 during the quarter, and continued to grow our international television and product license businesses. The success of the show in the US, combined with strong ratings in international markets enabled us to broaden distribution into 116 territories around the globe. Further, we are moving forward with the Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT), and are close to signing a licensing agreement for it. Finally, we are pleased with the initial launch of WPT online.

Alija Izetbegovic

The signing of this agreement is done in full sincerity on our part, ... will depend on us and what we want to achieve.

Colin Steele

The signing of the addendum to the MoU addresses the valid concerns of the labour movement and speaks to the resilience of the original agreement and reinforces the fact that social partnership and dialogue is possible, orderly and mutually beneficial. Indeed, members of the union movement have signalled that while a new MoU would not include a wage freeze, there are several critical matters which are better dealt with in the spirit of partnership benefiting from research not rumour, candour not deception.

Eric Love

The Swan Valley and surrounding lands are an important part of the Northern Rockies landscape, and this agreement will contribute to maintaining these lands as working forests, and for the public to enjoy.

Kiran Karnik

A free trade agreement with the US in the services sector will be a win-win situation for both the countries.

David Chang

I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.

Paul Casey

That's good, it means I don't have to bribe him,

M. Wolfe

You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.

Ken Bell

No one could reasonably suggest that the Speaker was trying to buy (Wood's) support. You can't bribe somebody if he doesn't know you're offering him money.

George Herbert

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Society has no bribe for me...

John H. Morgan

Yeah, they're already thinking about cheating. We'll get every driver to sign an affidavit they won't bribe the pusher.

Amir Lubashevsky

A critical factor in selecting monitoring software is to ensure it is not tied to any one vendor. Effective security requires an independent program able to monitor data flowing from and to any application, irrespective of format, vendor or version.

Diana Krall

Some so-called 'jazz purists' are critical of me using strings instead of just a trio, and I say to that, 'HA! Who cares?'

Mayor Mavis

Some people have been critical because local government has not gotten involved. There hasn't been a seat for us at the table.

Tommy Lee

So this is kinda new to us down here. The teams we've played are good and improved, but we also haven't been playing well. Turnovers keep plaguing us, as well as penalties at critical times.

Dean Stoyer

On-course play is critical for product credibility and reputation. When he's winning and playing extremely well, it resonates and reflects at retail.

Rush Holt

tenets of critical thinking ... are weakened in our classrooms, we weaken our nation.

Cindy Beavers

Sometimes the emergency is such that the person can't leave their home ... to get any type of help. It's definitely critical and I know everybody is working on it to get the lines up and running.

Kim Gordon

I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue.

Cindy Murphy

We had a very good first game. We had perfect serving. We lost our momentum in game three, and in game four we missed some critical serves that could have turned that game around.

Herbie Hancock

Another thing that I noticed is a lot of people in the hip hop scene have a great respect for jazz and have incorporated by sampling some elements that come from jazz.

Erik Solheim

The big risk are spoilers who want to produce violence to undermine this positive effort. At the moment the parties should do their utmost to stop violence, but they should not let violent elements and spoilers derail the process.

James Glassman

These long-run worries, there's an element of truth to them, but I think frankly the fears are exaggerated.

Bob Wise

There will be set modifications and different graphic elements from what we do.

Mark Thomson

I see that as a huge issue for all of us with high-functioning kids in elementary school.

Dennis Quaid

What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it.

Robert Boswell

We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It was a typical Southern town - there are a lot of churches, and it's dry.

Betsy Brandt

My son is pre-K and my daughter is in elementary school. So they don't watch the show. But my son knows that I'm on it - he says that 'Breaking Bad' is his favorite show even though he's never seen it. It's really great that he says that, because it makes me look like mother of the year.

Sarah Jones

Everybody who's ever influenced me, from a Richard Prior to a Whoopie Goldberg to, you know, any of the voices that have resonated with me as a performer since I was a kid, you know, you couldn't really say that their work didn't have some element of political commentary in it.

Bill Self

As long as he keeps trying, he's going to get it. In our mind, we are not discouraged at all with Micah. Not at all.

Jeremiah Jeremiah

The one thing that has keeps me from love is doubt.

John Tyndall

Science keeps down the weed of superstition not by logic, but by rendering the mental soil unfit for its cultivation

Will Rogers

The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office

Shahazad

A in a mans life is a state of mind, it keeps changing.

Petter Solberg

What can we do? Loeb just keeps taking every stage from us and no-one can keep up.

Megan Mires

Those meetings are so good. It keeps me proud and keeps my resentment down. It reminds me of why we are over there.

Sam Altman

Loopt isn't a service that keeps you locked in, staring at your screen.

Donald Brashear

Maybe next time. If he keeps playing like that, maybe it will be worse.

George Brown

So we're going to be looking into our legal options.

Philip Kerr

The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.

O. J. Simpson

There have been a lot of unique and novel legal questions that require more research than normal,

Joseph Sobran

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the destruction of legal protections

John Schaeffer

Obviously, we need to look into what our legal rights and responsibilities to our ratepayers are, so we'll be studying that.

Laura Nichols

I think if the vice president thought he had other legal options open to him, we'd defer to his judgment.

Bryan Whitman

You can do something perfectly legal, but that is inconsistent with the policy or procedures of the department. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

John Roberts

I do think that it is a jolt to the legal system when you overrule a precedent. Precedent plays an important role in promoting stability and evenhandedness,

Chuck Robinson

I think it needs some clarification as to what is what, ... I'm not sure you don't run into some legal technicalities.

Jim Lushine

Rain will be as heavy, if not heavier. You don't want to be walking around out there with possible downed power lines and debris. It's not over until it's over.

Masayuki Ito

Sony's results look pretty much in line with market expectations, in that they didn't disappoint. The problem is that you can't see any pillar of growth.

John O'Brien

PPI this morning was in line with what was expected, showing low inflation.

Greg Rubin

I set the line and he just took off about 150 yards straight out to the middle of the lake.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

I've been shooting it well from the line this year. I was able to make them. Sometimes they go in and sometimes they don't. When they go in, it makes you look good.

James Williams

I've been waiting in line (for gas) for an hour.

Richard Briers

I used to make minor alterations and often shorten lines that were rather literary to make them more naturalistic. But my contribution was very small.

Rutina Wesley

I used to love Jem and the Holograms. I think if they were doing a concert, I would stand in line to see Jem and the Holograms.

Glenn Parker

The worst period ever for offensive line play? I completely agree,

Al Gore

that they may be returned to us safely and soon.

Jeff Boogaart

That's going to be a big game. They won at our place, and we'd like to return the favor.

Bret Easton Ellis

I have to return some videotapes

Eduard Shevardnadze

I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.

Don Nickles

I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector,

Desmond Tutu

Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.

David Livingstone

Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.

Allison Pearson

In death, we are not defined by what we did or who we were but by what we meant to others. How well we loved and were loved in return.

Michael Brown

Thanks for update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?

Robert Aitken

The Universal is always the same, the specifics are always different.

Michael Robinet

When the new vehicles arrive, you don't want too many of the old ones on the lot. I see this as a specific case, not a wide-ranging trend.

Shannon Edge

Even though you do not live in a specific area, you can come to any of the meetings.

Scott Aker

We haven't set it as a specific goal.

Richard Boucher

I do not have anything specific to Yemen.

Elizabeth Dole

Today I am not going to get into the specifics of the legislation.

Justin Vernon

I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create another Bon Iver record, and I'm just not there.

Bob Hamilton

We?re still proceeding at best-possible speed and we?re still trying to get the specifics on the street.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

Brad Pitt

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

Cameron Diaz

Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

Alain de Botton

For all his understanding of worldly concerns, when it came to fathoming the deeper meaning of his own furious activity, Sir Bob displayed the sort of laziness for which he himself had no patience in others. He appeared to have only a passing interest in the overall purpose of his financial accumulation.

Charles Jencks

In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.

Damon Lindelof

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

Bodhidharma

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

Albert Einstein

Relations between pure and applied mathematicians are based on trust and understanding. Namely, pure mathematicians do not trust applied mathematicians, and applied mathematicians do not understand pure mathematicians.

Albert Einstein

The most difficult part about understanding something is that we understand it all.

Lester Funk

We're 16-4 right now, but we could be 0-20 and the sportsmanship has to be there whether we win or lose.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

F. Schumacher

That has to be our target. Whether it's realistic, we'll find out in Bahrain.

Imtiaz Ali

Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.

Joanna Garcia

You have to be with the right person. It's so much more important to meet the right person, whether you're married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.