Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lou Gerstner

That's where the semiconductor industry is moving today, ... It really is becoming a very different industry than just a few years ago.

Ethan Harris

Real estate is a topic that has vaulted to center stage, ... The real reason the topic is hot and belongs on the front page of research reports is that the housing market is becoming more of an engine of economic growth, but is also the biggest risk to future growth if the boom goes bust.

Ruth Rendell

Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.

Eddie Williams

Primrose Hill is in danger of becoming another Notting Hill, with coach loads of tourists coming to gawp at someone's front door.

Larry Ponemon

Privacy is not just a compliance issue for the legal department. It should be a priority for everyone. You have to translate privacy into a customer issue because this is really becoming the holy grail of doing business for everyone in an on-line world.

Rebecca Stead

Probably because I really love this bookmaking and storytelling world, I'd been thinking for years about the possibility of becoming a literary agent.

Jim McKelvey

Personally, I don't want to do a lot of angel deals in a year. I get approached a lot. I'm becoming less and less polite, which doesn't seem to be helping. A lot of the things I get pitched on are from people who just want to make money.

Sandy Parker

Our employers are not being passive. They're becoming very, very angry.

Paul Dowling

Our data confirm that India is rapidly becoming a more mainstream tourism destination, with tourist receipts expected to grow significantly over the next few years.

Marc Singer

Other people were fantastic at tapping into electricity. We'd be in a place with no electricity and they would make electricity happen.

Michael Sprung

Oil is stronger. That'll be reflected in the Canadian market. We'll wait and see what the Fed does. One more quarter point after today is fine, but if there's a hint that the current course will continue further, there will be concern in the market.

Monty Hall

Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.

Brent Grulke

Are all Canadians talented musicians? Sometimes it seems like it.

John Wright

The strength of the Canadian dollar and its impact on manufacturing and exports, plus the ascendancy of China and India as major global economic players, may be putting a degree of caution into the air.

Dustin Milligan

The thing about Canadian women is that they seem less likely to bring up that they're Canadian. You here less about Canadian actresses than actors, I don't know why.

Kris Draper

I've never been part of it. I'm really looking forward to it. After Vancouver and Calgary and what we've heard about the way it is in Edmonton for the playoffs ... it's pretty special for a Canadian kid to be part of that.

Justin Trudeau

I've made the commitment to Canadians that I'm going to stay myself, and I'm going stay open about it, and I'm going to make sure that the thoughtfulness with which I approach issues continues to shine through.

Stephen Harper

I've made no secret of our desire to rebuild the Canadian military to have the capacities of a sovereign nation. To make foreign policy decisions that are not only independent but are actually noticed by other powers around the world.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

Chris Armas

Of course we're trying to compete with the publicity, ... At least Game 1 of the Series wasn't on the same night as our game. We all want to have good teams in Chicago.

Jim Duquette

Of course we watch what the Yankees do, ... but our feeling is they're an island in the game. We're not going to compete with their payroll or revenues. We expect that this team will have a lot more fun than last year's, doing it quietly, without a $180 million payroll.

Spin Williams

Once we get those guys healthy, we can make plans. Until they're healthy and ready to compete in a Major League game, we can't do much. We've got to go with the five we have now.

Dave Williams

Once we get those guys healthy, we can make plans, ... Until they're healthy and ready to compete in a Major League game, we can't do much. We've got to go with the five we have now.

Lance Marifke

Defensively I thought we did some pretty good things with our zones. We were able to give them some different looks. We just couldn't compete with their athleticism.

John Challenger

Dell has led the way in creating a global workforce. Its increases show, to a large degree, how it wants to compete on a global scale.

Todd Helton

Any win is a good win, especially on Opening Day, but this is a game where we found a way to win. If we are going to compete this year, that's the kind of game we have to win.

Sal Capaccio

Anything that has to do with the 800, Stephanie will compete in. As far as other relays, we're not sure.

Source Unknown

Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.

Ben Okri

Don't neglect the gold in your own back yard.

Mo McHone

This was the first time the U.S. had to qualify for the World Championships without NBA players. I kind of feel like we won the gold medal.

Alan Williamson

The trade in the gold market is very, very thin, with gold off the lows and the highs of the day at $502/oz and $508/oz.

James Blake

We weren't sure if I was ever really going to be back to a 100 percent, if I was ever going to be back to this level again. I said whatever tournament I win, the next Grand Slam, you have to wear a gold tooth for the whole time I'm in the tournament.

Steve Jobs

We went from nothing online to the gold standard in e-commerce.

Doris Lessing

We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter.

Adolf Hitler

Gold is not necessary. I have no interest in gold. We'll build a solid state, without an ounce of gold behind it. Anyone who sells above the set prices, let him be marched off to a concentration. That's the bastion of money.

Allan Sloan

Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.

Eric Boyle

We've had such a tremendous year and we want to put some icing on that cake.

Joe Macri

We had the recipe that we needed to win tonight. We just didn't put the icing on the top.

Keith Klestinski

That was unbelievable. For us to win those sprint relays was really special. To set records was the icing on the cake.

Jeff Horner

This is it. Hopefully, we can put the icing on the cake.

Doris Roberts

Wow, this is the icing on the cake.

Ben Agosto

We weren't sure that we were even going to be here. To now be here and have a medal around our neck, it's amazing.

Jeffrey Buttle

I stood there (on the medal podium) in disbelief. It was a really special moment. I wouldn't have been there without (my parents).

Jeremy Bloom

It really isn't about winning the medal for me.

Connie Thomason

It provides money for shirts, medals and ribbons.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Arthur Miller

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Brad Pitt

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.