Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katrina Bee

Keep the end in mind and focus on that. Say 'I am at my ideal weight of...,' not 'I want to be...'. Focus on what it would feel like to you to have achieved that goal; Get in touch with that winning feeling.

David Champion

Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates.

Amy Gutmann

Jodie Foster is an eminent Ivy League graduate who has achieved tremendous success and influence in the powerful entertainment industry.

Ron Gatewood

Juan not only achieved his flight instructor rating but also had an advanced instrument instructor rating. After six months as a charter pilot, Juan became an airline transport pilot. He accomplished all of this while working at odd jobs to pay his living and flying expenses. Without a doubt, Juan is one of the hardest workers I've ever seen.

Madelyn Fernstrom

It also is important to note that blood pressure reductions occurred in patients even though they remained obese with (a body mass index) in the 35 range, which is still not ideal, further suggesting that weight loss itself -- in this study, achieved through gastric bypass surgery -- can improve health outcomes.

Sol Campbell

He was a great guy, he knew what he wanted and achieved it in his own way.

Carl Icahn

I think you would now agree that this would have achieved a far superior result for stockholders,

Dave Loos

I think the big thing about Chuck is he has done this all behind the scenes with very little fanfare. Yet all of these athletes could not have achieved any of their goals without him and the people that work for him.

Jeffrey Benjamin

Lasting influence is achieved through persuasion not coercion.

Keith Sinclair

Kinsey is a very gifted young man with great running and throwing potential. The offense employs size and the backfield has speed to overpower opponents. Defensively, the lions are a very aggressive group with multiple linebacker blitzes most of the time.

Rick Adelman

( Kevin Martin ) came in, he was aggressive and he made shots. If we're going to be successful, we're going to need those guys to step up off the bench. He really gave us a lift in the second quarter.

Sheri Baldwin

Kelsey and Emilie did a great job. Even though they are singles players, they are learning to play the net and are being more aggressive in the play.

Tom Marryott

Kate made some tough baskets. I'm happy she's getting to the line because that shows she's taking the ball strong to the basket. I also thought she was very aggressive on the glass.

Martina Hingis

Just wait until the next matches, I'll be even better. You have to have a high percentage of first serves otherwise these girls today are going to kill you. They're very aggressive and they attack right away.

Michelle Clayman

Greenspan's comments suggest the Fed won't be aggressive in raising rates in the near term, which is a positive for markets, but he's not saying anything that surprising,

Seth Shostak

Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you could say that any aliens that are actually moving and interested in going somewhere are likely to be more aggressive. But who knows?

Lloyd Hulit

This was a good way to end the tournament for us. We were very aggressive at the plate. Everyone got a chance to play. We got outstanding performances from both Lauren (Hyland) and Val (Hackett).

Porter Goss

there are some very hard aspects of this that take longer. We are an overseas organization. We are an organization that requires what I would call sacrifice of quality of life. ... We are looking for specific people that we think will fit our needs. And that means an aggressive recruiting effort.

Kelly Rowland

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

Joyce Johnson

I was in really bad shape. I don't remember a lot of it. But after I got out of there, I spent a week and a half in the hospital. Half of it in the intensive care unit.

Richard Armitage

I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.

Chad Spalding

Jake pitched a great game. It's a shame we let them back in it. It's good that Tyler was able to get his first win because he showed that he can bounce back from a bad inning. That's pretty good for an eighth grader.

Jim Calhoun

I would say our defense got us going, but it certainly wasn't the key to the game because I thought we let up many, many times. They all elevate. It hides sometimes bad defense. That was my concern tonight, the fact they were penetrating, particularly in the second half.

Curtis Anderson

I would say it's four to one we've had more bad days than good days.

Barbara Turner

I would say (it's a must-win). You don't ever want to put a game in that situation, but realistically we need to come out with a big victory in order to keep ourselves in that elite class with the top teams in the country. So far we've looked really bad and then we came close. Now it's time to jump over that hump and get a win.

Ed Muniz

Katrina dealt us a bad hand. But to say you're going to cut Mardi Gras is the wrong approach. That would be another financial hit for the city as well as a psychological hit.

Naomi Campbell

Kate Moss is my friend...I think it's like everybody is being bad to her. It's not the first time it has happened in the world...it's really like a vendetta.

Mark Gordon

I think the public has always been fascinated by crime. Crime in American fiction dates from the 20s, 30s and 40s in potboiler novels and film noir, not to mention tabloid journalism. In the past few years, TV just figured out a way to capitalize on that in a different manner.

Tracey Morrill

I thought we played a good game. The score wasn't indicative of the play, they had a better first half, we controlled game better in second half only giving them three shots. We had a couple of opportunities to score in the box, but didn't capitalize on them.

Oscar Goodman

I think we're at the crossroads -- whether we want to be the entertainment capital of the world or a great American city. Our economy is good. Things are so wonderful in Las Vegas and it's time to move to the next level.

George Mirabal

I think all three cities tied in the design, the concept and the capital that was needed. I think it was the way in which the capital was structured that made the difference.

David Trone

It gives them a way to get in the game without having to put capital at risk.

Mark Bloomfield

I think that a capital gains tax cut is very, very doable this year. The only question is not will there be a capital gains tax, but what will it look like.

Parris Glendening

It is imperative that I, as well as our citizens, have complete confidence that the legal process involved in capital cases is fair and impartial,

David Livingstone

I don't expect Albertson's to make any capital improvements in the division.

Barack Obama

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.

Royal Masset

In this situation, she is the most powerful player. She controls the variable in this session the spending limits.

Jim Peters

The instructor took over the controls and the student got on the radio, declared an emergency and a mayday.

Chuck Miller

The engine (for Pallotti) is the Faulkner kid. She controls the ball, defensively she's a bulldog, offensively, she controls the offense. She's one of these kids who walks up to you before the game with a smile, then walks out on the court and kicks your butt.

Michael Young

There are no controls on (legislative spending). One of the problems is accountability. There is not enough information about what they are spending money on, and how much they are spending.

Joseph Zwilling

We have since put in financial controls and oversight to try and prevent something like this from happening again.

James Brennan

Even though there are controls placed on the processing, the smell that will come out from the new plant would be overpowering.

Henry Paulson

A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers.

Michael Mann

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot.

Matt Elledge

To win four titles in a row, you know they have a great program. It's going to depend on tempo. Whoever controls the pace of the game will probably win.

Tony Vecchio

Her loss will be felt not just here locally, but world-wide due to the critically endangered status of this species.

Matt Fidler

What ETS is hoping to do is test vocabulary in a different way under the umbrella of 'testing critical thinking' without the use of antonyms and analogies.

Tom Peterson

We've got to let ourselves play well at critical times in the match. Sometimes, we didn't even get swings.

Brian Finnerty

I really think the worst is over. And IBM is the critical reason.

Paul Anderson

I'm loving this kind of critical polarity. It's the first time it's happened to me and I'm actually getting off on it a little bit.

Randy Smith

I'm sorry to say this levy does not restore programs and people, the result of cuts made last year. It merely maintains the district where we are, after the 2005 cuts. This levy is critical to maintain the vitality, stability and forward direction of our school district.

Tom Watson

I'm very grateful to have been able to make those critical putts at the right time. The greens tested your skill with the flat stick. I finally got used to in the last round.

Curtis Staples

I'm very critical of J.R., but with a lot of constructive criticism.

Michael Robotham

I'm very critical of crime novels that use gratuitous violence to shock readers when it isn't necessary. If that's all you have to offer as a writer, perhaps you're in the wrong job.

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Stuart Anderson

On the state level, these efforts will continue.

Atsutoshi Nishida

Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.

Kip Hawley

By incorporating unpredictability into our procedures and eliminating low-threat items, we can better focus our efforts on stopping individuals who wish to do us harm.

Tom Harkin

The industry's efforts so far have been woefully inadequate,

Mike Taylor

The industry-leading performances of Continental and TWA can be attributed to their efforts to encourage employees to listen and respond to the needs of their passengers.

Larry Wachtel

The fundamentals have undercut any efforts for the market to rally on Iraq news,

Jalal Talabani

Efforts have been made to reach agreements, but this is a historic issue that needs more study, ... We need more time.

Mary Harris

Efforts at keeping students involved and in school are an ongoing endeavor.

Rick Boucher

The Internet has provided a means for gambling operations to evade existing anti-gambling laws.

Benjamin Cardozo

Existing rules and principles can give us our present location, our bearings, our latitude and longitude. The inn that shelters for the night is not the journey's end. The law, like the traveler, must be ready for the morrow. It must have a principle of growth.

Jamal Qureshi

A million sounds pretty high. I have a hard time seeing that from just existing fields and rehabilitation.

Bob Nardelli

It's all about getting more out of our existing assets. It's all about store productivity.

Dick Tomey

They're not going to take any existing scholarships away. We'll have three fewer new scholarships.

David Bondy

We found perhaps many of our existing policyholders would shift their work focus away from what they had been doing to trades and operations that were more in demand.

Jack Greenberg

As part of this plan, we expect to invest $300 million to $400 million in existing U.S. franchised restaurants in 2003,

David Keuhl

Rather than letting the next subdivision be on the next farmer's field, try to figure out ways to incorporate it in an existing city.

Stephen Byers

our existing security measures had not taken into account.

Mary Shapiro

I don't know whether they will say yes or no since there are all sorts of administrative, financial and legal issues.

Randy Sharp

I think no question this will have a financial impact on American Girl.

Timothy Smith

The financial office still has the power to request financial information from these organizations so we're still not running the risk of giving money to financially unstable organizations.

Oliver Friedrichs

The general trend is that attackers aren't concentrating on 'far and wide,' worms, but on financial gain.

Joe Phillips

This has left us with a serious financial burden.

Brock Kreitzburg

The Home Depot has provided me with the financial support and flexibility to work and maintain a job while pursuing my Olympic dream. I would not be an Olympian if it weren't for The Home Depot.

Timothy Adams

This is just yet another step on the road to Iraq's normalization with the global financial community. We see this as solid forward progress.

Scott Anderson

This is just like a homeowner who wants to have the stability of knowing what the monthly mortgage payments will be. It's a smart move by the government for financial reasons.

Andrew Gordon

This is increasingly important in the financial services sector, where security is paramount.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Mike Beall

I think you can see by the reaction of my girls. They know we're going to have to play them again. It's just another region game, just like the last one was. Just another region game. Our focus right now is Flagstaff next Tuesday on the road.

Roosevelt Barnes

We've been up and down. We just need to focus and maintain our intensity for 32 minutes and play good fundamental basketball.

Eric Snow

We just have to focus and concentrate on game two. This is just one game. There are going to be highs and lows. We just have to focus and concentrate on the next game.

Craig Stevenson

We?re probably going to focus on metal manufacturing.

Chad Kison

We talked a lot going into tonight about how one loss to Oxford was not going to end our playoff hopes. They stayed focus on the task at hand and kept playing until the job was finished.

John Hackett

What I'm here to do is focus on the kids that are in this program, and we have some good ones.

Lupita Nyong'o

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.

Thomas Vinje

What Microsoft is talking about is freedom for them to innovate, not others.

Larry Mowry

There is a good possibility of a freeze or frost mainly to the north and west of Interstate 4.

Dan Rose

We're probably not as offensive on the back end right now. But we have potential. We'll concentrate on having six solid D on the ice and be as mistake free as possible.

Robert Price

We took our free shipping truck and ran over their obstacle.

Sal Sinatra

We took entries from nine shippers. Those horsemen will be required to produce a 72-hour health certificate at the stable gate, which indicates that they are free from the virus.

Chris Spencer

We talked before the game that we have to make our free throws, especially on the road.

Howard Stern

It is pretty shocking that governmental interference into our rights and free speech takes place in the U.S., ... It's hard to reconcile this with the 'land of the free' and the 'home of the brave.'

Henry Thomas

I thought we had it. But they made their free throws.

Marian Gaborik

We've got to try to find more ugly goals out there.

Mike Ryn

We've got to score some goals on the power play. That's part of the reason we were winning; we were getting a goal here and a goal there.

Evelyn Fox

I personally am pleased with the strategic planning process. Staff, and the board, set goals and are accountable.

Wendy Ward

I know she's thinking that everything has to be perfect. You have in mind these individual goals of how you want to remember your first round. You can put a lot of pressure on yourself that just doesn't need to be there.

Paul Harris

I'm real disappointed. It really hurts because it's one of the goals I really wanted to accomplish.

Jason Chimera

The guys who are supposed to be scoring are scoring goals, and the guys who are supposed to be stopping the other team from scoring them are doing it.

Eric Staal

The guys were looking for me because I already had two goals so I was trying to get open.

Dan Stauber

The guys know what's at stake if we win, we're in, and if we lose, we're done. One of our goals was to make it to the national tournament -- to give us an opportunity -- and we have it right now.

Gordon Strachan

The manner in which we lost the goals is a concern,

Josh Keaton

I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence.

Ray Harris

I'm wondering why I'm not mapping fissures, ... We could do it with internal funding, if we had enough, but we don't have enough.

George Kafkarkou

It's not just about the end-user's needs, but also about the needs of the IT professionals who service those end-users, whether internal IT staff or an outside solution provider.

Katsuya Okada

The reform of Japan starts today. There is no tomorrow for the Koizumi LDP government, which spends all its time in internal power struggles.

Andy Fisher

This is not the first time this has happened. It may be some kind of internal bureaucratic problem.

Elliot Mincberg

The whole idea of the internal memoranda is to try to get a more unvarnished view of what Roberts said.

J. J. Johnson

Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code. Taxation, basically. It's what tripped up Al Capone.

Anthony Marra

Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors.

Doug Parker

The weakness has been largely concentrated in the technology sector.

Mark McKinnon

Republicans working in leadership and the trenches are largely old, white, male, out-of-touch, out of ideas, technology averse, and living in the past.

Jose Morales

The Mexicans are going to keep coming, wall or no wall, new laws or old laws.

Robert Frost

A successful lawsuit is one worn by a policeman

William Cory

All beauteous things for which we liveBy laws of time and space decay.But oh, the very reason whyI clasp them, is because they die.

Viviane Reding

At present I see very different interpretation of laws in different countries.

J. J. Johnson

There's lawsuits threatened on everything we do. You got to vote what you think is right for the kids. If somebody wants to sue you, let them sue.

Mickey Mantle

Mr. Mantle, do you have any observations with reference to the application of antitrust laws to baseball?

Peter Aengst

That would have set a new precedent. We've overemphasized historically the lawsuit tool.

Hunter Tylo

I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.

Carolyn McCarthy

We are not looking at any laws that are going to confiscate guns,

Francis Gannon

I think in this market you never know what's going to happen,

Jim Robb

I think the market will not really react to it.

Brett Gallagher

I think the market is just biding its time, and we're going to have these back-and-forth days.

Howard Skolnik

We're prisons, and we're marketing what we are.

Doug Duncan

We're prepared to say the market has peaked in terms of the numbers of units sold.

Michael Dell

We're number-one in the U.S. in the server market and now we're going after the world,

Courtney Smith

I think we'll probably see an up session in the market over the next several days.

Howard Ward

I think what we're seeing in the market is the reflection of a lot of uncertainty right now,

Jack Baker

I think it's very positive that the market was down more than 100 points and has come back, but this is essentially a vacation week,

Mike Mower

We've been very public in our support of this.

Robert Winston

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity.

Robert Peel

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

Gary Peck

If I were the public officials, I would look at this ruling very carefully.

Frank Mitchell

I want the public to know I'm still in it.

William Daley

They've got observers. This has been done in an open, public way.

Alex Honnold

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

Lauren Bacall

I happen to watch public television more than anything else. I'm also a news junkie, so I watch a lot of CNN.

Mick Cornett

Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing.

Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Ruzwana Bashir

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

Alison Goldfrapp

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

Bill Bradley

In all honesty, I'd rather be speaking on Thursday night,

Peter Liguori

I know you get second-guessed in this business, but I'd rather be second-guessed for the right reasons.

Rita Clifton

It was one idea which was rather relentlessly executed,

Kevin Spacey

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.

Mack Brown

It's unprofessional for someone to be reporting something that's not factual.

Jonathan Miller

Speaking for me, it's just another one of those reporting requirements. It's not that big of a deal.

Rory Bruer

I think it's a good, solid start for us,

Doug Mirabelli

He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.

Hubie Brown

In my opinion, they are the favorite, and they are a solid favorite.

Clint Chamberlin

The JV got after it and had a solid outing.

David Ritchie

All this means. . . we have a really solid footing.

Mike Donahue

Once again, we had a solid third period.

Dave Tippett

It was just a solid hit. That's part of the game.

Ken Engelke

They have solid fundamentals up and down the lineup. You can't take anything for granted.

David Heard

We got real solid play from everybody. We?re that kind of team. We get different contributions from different people.