Famous Quotes & Sayings

Li Deshui

Any sovereign state will not allow such a thing to happen.

Kofi Annan

Any solution to the conflict must allow these unfortunate people to return voluntarily to their homes in full security and dignity,

Muhammadu Buhari

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

Dennis Rice

As good business people, we'd be silly not to tap into every fan of the book and hope they will become a fan of the movie. We don't believe we're making a Christian movie. We believe we're following the story of the book faithfully and allowing everyone to interpret it how they want depending on how they've connected to the book.

Irene Cheung

Asian economies are in better shape, so it's more than possible that Asian central banks will allow further gains.

Chris Cagle

As excited as I was about becoming a new father, my disappointment now is equally as strong. So out of respect for all that are involved, please allow this situation to remain private.

Piara Powar

As for the precise detail of this proposal, we will have to look at it once Fifa have sent it through, but our existing disciplinary procedures do already allow for points deductions in certain extreme cases.

Mitch Robinson

As a general rule, larger districts can support lower administrative and support costs. So you have to ask yourself where the money would come from. . . . The Granite School District is at the maximum (taxation) level allowed by law. We cannot bring any more money as allowed with property taxes.

Shyla Nelson

As a fledgling company, we made this choice as a first production one that allowed us to really stay true to the opera and not overwhelm ourselves with managing a very large cast.

Ted Leonsis

As a league, we will have less TV revenue, and locally I don't think we can expect to increase our ticket revenue. However, our ticket prices are going down even more. That price reduction may help attendance, but we don't anticipate it helping overall revenues.

James Awad

Once the Russell 2000 starts to move because it is fundamentally more attractive, you'll see a lot of money chasing limited market capitalization stocks. You can get a very significant move in the Russell 2000 in a very short time and I would anticipate that happening starting very soon.

Robin Pingeton

Drake is still in a position jockeying themselves for that conference tournament. I anticipate they're going to come in here knowing they have Indiana State and us and try to go at least 1-1 if not 2-0.

Jeff Edwards

Dealer reaction to the program has been overwhelmingly positive. They welcomed the opportunity to bring in new customers who might not have previously considered buying a Hummer. We anticipate 100 percent of Hummer dealers will participate in the certified pre-owned program.

Mark Brunell

Day-to-day. Every day I anticipate it getting better and better, but I am certainly not going to make predictions.

Richard Curtin

Compared with $3 gas, consumers were relieved that gas prices are now closer to $2. Nonetheless, consumers anticipate that gas prices will remain at relatively high levels for the foreseeable future.

Charles Dunstone

Despite the increase in recruitment costs arising from the acceleration in our MVNO business to drive future profitable growth, we anticipate a full year result at the top end of current market expectations.

Jesse Pichel

The solar shortage will be most pronounced in 2006, and we anticipate only modest solar industry production growth of 9 percent.

Dion Cornett

The software business is increasingly important for Sun. I do anticipate they'll continue to make acquisitions there. That needs to be part of the strategy.

Shlomo Yosef

Any improvement in his condition won't be possible to determine until after the prime minister emerges from the coma.

Samuel Schmid

As far as I'm concerned, it goes without saying that here in Tunis ? inside these walls as well as outside ? everyone can express themselves freely. It is one of the conditions sine qua non for the success of this international conference.

Shlomo Yosef

As far as his current condition is concerned, his state is serious, stable... there is no immediate danger to the life of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

James Watson

As a condition of the original investment. We have to follow state laws.

Bill Belichick

Arrowhead is a tough place to play, ... Being able to deal with the hostile crowd, the noise and the conditions out there is always challenging.

Samson Smith

The big story of the state meet may be the weather. The snow conditions will be great for free riding, but maybe not for racing.

Edward Miller

AXA Financial continues to deliver strong growth despite turbulent market conditions in the quarter.

Joseph Battipaglia

As long as the fundamental conditions continue to come on the way they have been ... the profits roll on. And if profits roll on, investors will have to pay more for those earnings, because their alternative investments are limited.

Keith Holloway

Our air-traffic group is looking at the decision-making process and how they decided which runway to use and which ones not to use. We are also examining the responses between the pilots and the air-traffic controllers and what they viewed as the conditions of the runway.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Isaac Stern

His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.

Ned Yost

His workload has been real heavy. To be thrown into that, even though you're big and strong, it's still a little early to have that type of pressure put on you.

Ben Dell

It could be better than the Barnett. It's in the early days, and I don't think the investment community's really woken up to that yet.

Rob Schimmoeller

I thought we set the tone early defensively.

John Gibbons

I thought Wright looked really good. It looked like he got his fastball back. We didn't see that early in the year.

Drew Stafford

I think when they got out to an early lead it was tough for us to get back on track, but we did. We battled to the end, but when you get down like we did right away, it is hard to get back into it. I'm really proud of the guys for sticking with it.

Roy H. Williams

We talked about this (entering the draft) as early as January and Rashad was able to maintain his focus throughout the season. I think he will be remembered as a player who helped us win a national championship and as a nice young man.

Pat Hurst

I saw after nine holes (Creamer) was 6 up. She's our rookie, and she was unbelievable.

Tuesday Weld

It seems the brighter you are, the deeper the hole you get into.

Carlton Fisk

I'm a six-handicap but those two holes scare me every time,

O. Singh

I'm just not playing well enough to win on Sunday. There are too many mistakes. I play two or three holes that really put me down. That's what's been happening.

Stuart Appleby

You can't run away from the pack if you aren't running away from it. Running away would be six shots up with six holes to play. That would be pretty much a run away. There is a lot of golf, 25% of the tournament still left out there.

Richard Dawkins

Natural selection is anything but random.

Omar Vizquel

I'm pretty sure he can do it just because of his natural talent,

Herschelle Gibbs

It's disappointing. I was trying to keep my end up as long as I could and at the same time play my natural game, which they didn't make too easy. We didn't get enough partnerships together, like they did in their first innings.

Mickey Mantle

All I had was natural ability.

Jerome Hauer

Nothing indicates that this was anything other than a natural outbreak.

John Key

I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative.

Jeff Bonde

She's always had a lot of natural speed. We're still trying to rate her.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Once a change of direction has begun, even though it's the wrong one, it still tends to clothe itself as thoroughly in the appurtenances of Tightness as if it had been a natural all along.

Bill Cunningham

He's talked about it for months, I think this is the natural progression whether or not he runs for mayor.

Ben Okri

This earth that we live on is full of stories in the same way that, for a fish, the ocean is full of ocean. Some people say when we are born we're born into stories. I say we're also born from stories.

Brendan Fraser

Careers go in cycles. I've plateau-ed. I've been at the bottom of the ocean... You win some, you lose some...

Jane Campion

I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.

James Theodore Bent

In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire.

Charles Kettering

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

Jami Attenberg

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

Anton Chekhov

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.

Craig Ferguson

Ocean's 13 is all about cool people having a good time, and who doesn't want to see that? Well you, apparantly, 'cause you're watching me.

Bootsy Collins

It's very important that people realize: the air is being taken away, the oceans are being taken away, the room is being taken away, but we're so worried about gas prices that we don't even see this stuff.

Abdullah Gul

I can't see any problem that will prevent the start of talks on October 3,

Vance Joy

I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.

Mark Hendrickson

We need to do what we can to spoil people's October plans.

Steve Ford

Had the residents not done (what they did), the project would not have been what it is,

Bill Henderson

The milling and resurfacing part of the project is part of our regularly scheduled maintenance,

John Loyd

They did try working one day. The soil could not be worked to reach the project specifications.

Les Claypool

For me to do a project - I have a pretty successful solo career, so - for me to even want to do Primus, it had to be a creative step forward.

Carlo Ciampi

A project once seen as utopian has become reality,

Jim Soukup

The whole project should take about two weeks.

Jerry Smith

This is a project that is desperately needed,

Lou Duggan

This project would have never worked if it hadn't come from the youth in this town. They've come up with things we never would have thought of.

Barbara Jones

We had been talking about doing more projects together.

Mitch Gilfillan

It all starts Sunday. Trust me, we'll be ready to go.

Mark Headley

He's always going to be well-prepared mentally. He's not a big talker, but he's always ready to play.

Danny Sheaffer

I don't know what we can do about it. I'm ready for suggestions. You got any?

Daryn Colledge

I am excited. I'm ready to get out of here.

Seth Greenberg

He'll come back when he's ready to come back.

Will Smith

If you're always ready, you don't have to get ready.

Will Smith

If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready.

Craig Abrahamson

I just have to get as ready as I can be for that match.

Ricardo Rincon

I'll do whatever it takes to get ready for the season. I like it here.

Nathan Sawaya

I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.

Erin McKean

We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.

Michael Donovan

Everyone who could be restored has been restored.