Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hamish Dodds

Hard Rock Cafe's like-for-like sales continue to improve and this was supported by exceptional performance in the hotel and casino division with revenue continuing to exceed projections. In 2005, we also successfully relocated our New York cafe from 57th Street to our new flagship location at the Paramount Theatre in Times Square. As we look forward to 2006, we will be commemorating our 35th anniversary with a global music celebration. We are also already engaged in a number of exciting new projects, including the opening of Hard Rock Hotel Madrid, the first Hard Rock Hotel in Europe.

Trey Anastasio

I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

Al Sharpton

The civil rights movement and the peace movement was not made from big names ... and I wanted to come on the anniversary with ordinary people that are doing what I think Dr. King would have wanted us to do today.

Ron Woods

This is my 30th-year anniversary with the band, and I've never enjoyed it more. Everyone is more relaxed, and I think the music is better for it.

Joseph Prueher

It's part of the past that we have between us now. We can't get away from that piece of it. So what we're hopeful of doing is perhaps using this first anniversary of it as a point from which to move forward.

R. Robinson

It's unusual, but our high school group is going to Philadelphia for its spring trip, which is why we picked that piece, and it's also the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth.

Tetsuya Ishijima

New York's return to pre-attack levels on the one-month anniversary of the attacks yesterday was symbolic.

Richie Havens

It's the first time that the original people were invited back to play, ... They're doing it right. It's going to be a wonderful 30th anniversary and reunion. I'm looking forward to it.

Chris Evans

It's appropriate with 2006 being Woodbine's 50th anniversary that we name a race after Northern Dancer. He really put Canada and Woodbine on the map during his racing and breeding career.

Curtis Barfield

I went to school so I could fill in for Bobby when he needs a break or has to be away to do another auction somewhere. I do OK, but he's a lot better. He's an artist.

Shane Matthews

I am just calling all my buddies around the league and equipment managers and telling them to send whatever they come up with. Instead of throwing stuff away, put it up for auction and people can use their money for a good cause.

Makoto Yamashita

Investors cannot justify buying bonds and they want to avoid 10-year yields going lower than 1.3 percent. There is a five-year note auction next week and investors don't want to have a low coupon on it.

Jack Reynolds

In 166,000 auctions and $25 million worth of property we've sold on eBay we've never had a stolen item because any crook with brains in his head isn't going to take stuff to someone who photographs them and puts them on public display.

Michael Baroni

I have voluntarily canceled the eBay auction upon receiving word from one of Jennifer's representatives that she didn't want me conducting the auction. I have nothing but fond memories of Jennifer as a friend and only wish her well.

Michael K. Powell

High court review will protect the integrity of the FCC's auctions program, which Congress has chosen as the best method of assigning scarce and precious spectrum resources to those that will put them to their most productive use,

John Canavan

Initially we turned a little lower after the auction results, but in the end we turned a little higher. It just seems as if the market has been able to recover partially after the losses of the last two days.

Mark Hyman

In all fairness to the auction companies most companies are not car experts, they are marketers. I caution buyers to make sure that they have done their homework before they raise their hand and not after.

William Sullivan

The two-year note auction went far, far better than expected, prompting a wave of short-covering.

quran

There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between people; and whoever does this seeking Allah's pleasure, We will give him a mighty reward.

Rig Veda

Humans should do charity and do service to others.

Don Smithburg

Our morgue at Big Charity is full and it is under water.

Gail Winawer

If you have clothing or household items you no longer need, this is the time to take it to a charity.

Washington Irving

Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart

Rhett Warrener

I'll give it to charity. I'm not sure which one but I'm sure I'll find one. I just wish I'd have registered my wife for it. I didn't get that done in time.

Michael Ignatieff

I had no inkling of how crazy the political life would turn out to be. You shuttle between your constituency and Ottawa, you try to make every barbecue, festival, parade and charity run, but sometimes you feel pulled in 14 directions at once.

Mamie Gummer

My favorite charity is the Womens Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.

Eli Segal

This is not about charity. This is not about corporate responsibility. This is a smart solution for businesses.

Mike Sullivan

I think it is terrific. I'm so happy for him because he has worked so hard to get himself back into a condition where he can compete at this level. That is a testament to the type of guy that he is. We are ecstatic that he is participating in our camp.

Brandie Hoskins

I always expect our play to stay at the same level or to get better. I never expect anything else because in practice we have players that are good and compete hard. It makes stuff a lot easier knowing that you can have somebody come in for you and compete the same way you do.

Jeremy Tate

He knows now he can compete with anyone.

Erick Jensen

He is the most technical wrestler on our team and should definitely compete for the state title.

Donnie McGrath

Half that team is NBA. It's tough to compete with a team like that for 40 minutes.

Chris Douthit

Hannah has been our most consistent runner. Our girls, two through eight, have been shifting around in their finishes. If they can all go out and run as strongly as they can, they can compete with the top teams.

Michael Caddell

There are so many inconsistencies between their data and their conclusions you have to question either their competence or their integrity.

Keyon Dooling

He's a guy that you have to play big against. Everybody in the West was trying to compete with the Lakers, because they were the dynasty. But now, you see a more free-flowing offense out there.

Carey Hazell

Here's what I feel comfortable saying. I think we will be able to compete with any of the teams that we will meet in tournaments.

Mike Piazza

kind of fun, especially in New York. I've seen it on smaller levels in other cities, but it's fun to get into the rivalry thing and experience it.

James Kirkman

just very humbled, and appreciative, and amazed; it was a very happy experience.

J. C. Chandor

Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.

Karen McCaffrey

Just this experience of getting to this point for next year will help us. The more situations we're in, the less we'll panic. With youth you'll get that. As soon as our skills improve, I think our panic will improve and we have a whole year to work on that now.

Lucas Glover

Just the experience is going to be great, just being there and walking around.

Chris Traulsen

I think it's a good long-term investment. They've got a ton of experience between Mason Hawkins and Stanley Cates, and the managers have significant portions of their own net worth in the Longleaf funds. They have every incentive to do right by their shareholders.

Rachel Dretzin

I think it fuels her. The fact that she can see the work she's done make an impactmost journalists don't experience that.

Mike McGlynn

I think it is good that we got some experience because all of it helps. I don't know if I'll ever take a snap in a game, but it is good to be ready and the more positions on the line you play, the better it helps you.

Brian Viloria

This was a great experience for me. Last year I only got in seven rounds total, so this is a fight that I can look at and really take away a lot of things from.

Michael Davis

Super Millionaire' will take the format to a whole new level.

Marguerite Moreau

In a lot of formats, you can be really experimental and see what would happen.

Phil Redman

Right now we are still in the convergence transition period, with a lot of different applications and operating systems out there that need to be put together. There's no standardized format for this yet -- it's like a puzzle where the pieces have been all shaken up and now they all need to be organized.

Ellie Kendrick

Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of 'Upstairs Downstairs' is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created.

Paolo Bacigalupi

The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.

Jacques Rogge

We are still in the preliminary phases of the general outlook of the torch relay but the route is not yet defined. The practical circumstances of the torch relay and the whole format is still under discussion.

Richard Thomas

I think that that is a wonderful format - you know, having individual stories over a period of weeks that are thematically connected in terms of genre - there's not enough of that out there.

Hari Kondabolu

I would love the opportunity to create my own program. I feel like a TV show with a format of monologue with lots of sketches thrown in could be really fun. But you know, that may never happen. Minimally, I just want to keep making stand-up.

Benjamin Feingold

The premium is for a way better format and to remind retailers that at the time we launched DVD, VHS was selling for $55 wholesale in the first window.

Ted Pappas

Joe's a wonderful actor and has had a terrific career. We're lucky to have him back in Pittsburgh.

Miguel Tejada

He's always been tough. He didn't play around with nobody today. You (were) lucky to get a hit.

Ram Kapoor

I think you have to be really lucky to pick the sort of roles you want to do.

Michael Ryan

He is just amazing. I'm always lucky to have him.

Ron Atkinson

Their forward got a lucky squeeze from the defender.

Sarah Silverman

I'm lucky because I intentionally keep my overhead low, and so I can say, "No, thank you."

Uma Thurman

I guess I'm lucky to have been blindsided. I'm lucky to have gotten into fistfights, in a way. I'm lucky I learned how to stop them.

Wendy Hiller

I was unbelievably lucky.

Larry Bowa

In a lot of ways, we're lucky to be where we are.

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Conroy Hines

He is probably our go-to receiver right now. He's making plays. He doesn't do it right all the time, but when he has an opportunity to make a catch, he'll do it.

Greg Brenneman

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders. This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

John Campbell

I think it's an opportunity to have some new blood,

Scott White

I think they were pleased to have the opportunity to tell their story to a jury. That's really all you can do.

Tony Espinoza

I'd like to give the seniors another opportunity to prove that we're better than we performed tonight.

Ruben Aguilar

Even if not one migrant turns out to vote, this was a historic debt that Mexico owed its compatriots abroad. This represents a new political space for our migrants, an opportunity to bridge the gap between two societies, those living in Mexico and those living abroad.

Joseph Kabila

Whatever happens, if there are summits we will be there, provided it takes place after the funeral,

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

Jacqueline McKenzie

I have provided a soundtrack for a scene that I am in which is pretty cool.

Sally Roth

They are provided with that, other than that they have to come up with the rest.

Scott Laningham

They are actually providing the service; we just provided them the location.

David DeFazio

Many of the statements (appeared) to have been provided to her.

Steve Monks

He's quicker to the ball. He provided a big spark off the bench.

Tom Zilla

I thought it provided a lot of justification for making the improvements.

Thomas Kelly

We provided about a quarter of the community's blood.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

Larry Jones

But that's up to Toyota if they want to use it.

Richard Petty

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Richelle Mead

This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Ronaldinho

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Ronda Rousey

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Woodrow Wilson

I have no happy fairyland vision that she can win.