Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Kinzer

King Frederick I of Prussia conceived the Amber Chamber in 1701 as a magnificent gift to the Russian royal family that would seal the alliance between the two powers.

Brian Goldner

Hasbro recognizes that our brands can entertain a very diverse audience in so many ways. Our alliance with G4 gives Hasbro the opportunity to maximize the strength of our core brands like G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS in a new and innovative way.

Michael Way

It is great that the North Carolina Botanical Garden has joined the Seeds of Success program, working with other Plant Conservation Alliance cooperators to save and study seeds from the wonderful flora of the Southeast.

Suriyasai Katasila

The People's Alliance for Democracy is calling for everybody to reject this election.

Yoshihiko Noda

It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.

Shinzo Abe

I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.

Matthew Eastwood

IDC's research revealed positive attitudes in the marketplace regarding the Itanium platform, specifically around awareness, purchase intent and current customer satisfaction among IDC's Enterprise Server Customer Panel. Strong perception and awareness is a testament to the brand that Intel and HP have established. This foundation provides a solid basis for the Itanium Solutions Alliance to build broader understanding among IT buyers and encourage new customers and new partners to join the ecosystem.

Madeline Albright

I am confident today that the costs of a larger alliance will be real but affordable, and that NATO will emerge from this process with its military capabilities as strong as ever,

Mark Elliott

IBM made a big commitment to our customers and our open source strategy when we told the world we were making a substantial investment in Linux nearly six years ago. That included partnering with Red Hat and Novell. Our customers responded with incredible enthusiasm and today IBM's Linux business is growing faster than the industry. And that growth is propelling Novell and Red Hat to the top tier of IBM's strategic alliance partners.

Keira Knightley

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

Kristin Degnan

Knitting is one of the fastest growing crafts in the business.

Gennaro Angiulo

I wouldn't be in a legitimate business for all the money in the world.

Chen Yonglin

I would not suggest to French businesses to invest in China, the government is not stable.

Scott Auderer

I would say, mentally, our guys are stepping it up. We're not changing anything in our approach. It's business as usual. We're going to work to improve things here and there.

Roger Warren

Joe has developed an exceptional track record in creating and marketing a wide variety of programs and services for PGA members and the golf industry, ... Most importantly, he has a dynamic vision for the future of the PGA and our leadership position in the game and business of golf.

Erica Rugullies

I think investors in that particular segment of electronic commerce are anticipating the future of the music business rather than focusing on what's happening now. In the future, record labels will have no choice but to distribute music via the Internet.

James Parrott

It certainly disrupted economic life in New York City; there's no doubt about that. But on the business side, I think a lot of it will be made up eventually, some of it right away and some of it more spread out.

Greg Wilkins

It certainly allows us to execute the business plan much more effectively and much more quickly.

Herschel Sandler

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

Tim Kearney

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

Hanan Ashrawi

He was a genuine man of the people, and he was characterized by his high sense of values, his honesty, his integrity, his unwavering commitment to his people and human dimension.

Luis Figo

He did everything he could and did it with the utmost professionalism and commitment.

Jim Stack

Having lived it and been around people who have lived it, you understand what it takes to get to this level and stay at this level. A lot of guys don't have that same understanding of the day-in and day-out commitment it takes to play at this high of a level.

Peter Hughes

Her warmth and understanding, her vibrant energy and her commitment to education for all will be sadly missed.

Bill Buford

Her travel writing was characterized by a high moral purpose and an overwhelming sense of justice. What distinguishes her journalism is her eloquent outrage and commitment to fair play.

Layne Langholf

Her hard work and commitment have opened up a lot of doors. We are going to miss her leadership and the fact that she played in over 100 varsity games.

Craig Johnson

I wouldn't necessarily say that Target is stealing market share away from Wal-Mart because Target's customers are slightly more upscale. Where it's outperforming Wal-Mart is in grabbing market share away from department store chains.

Ronald Cohen

have great reaction time, and give their customers a lot of personal attention.

Al Bloom

Her toys are very popular with our customers so we're excited to have them.

Richard Gray

It is about retail as theatre. Our customers want to come in and be entertained so we have DJs in menswear, or we play movies on screens. Merchandising has to be very eye-catching.

Scott Helbing

We're offering the tools and services that help our customers enjoy the digital lifestyle.

David Graves

It is similar to the process in Massachusetts, where it is a six-month cycle for half of the customers and then the rates are blended.

Ed Zander

I think we have better products. We have to get them out there to our customers when we say we will and our products will win on the shelves.

Laura Duda

We make every effort to work with customers. It's not fair to the rest of our customers if there are people who won't pay their bills.

Fred Nelson

We make contributions to good Samaritans. We match everything that comes in here from our customers and so sometimes they can go to good Samaritans and get some help as far as their utility bills.

Ivern Ball

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.

David DeMartini

It by no means was related to his enthusiasm for the performance. He gave it everything he had.

Allan Smith

He's a 21-year-old kid who's loaded with motivation and enthusiasm and we wanted to give him the opportunity to excel in this industry.

Pat Williams

He?s a refreshing kid, ... He loves to play. He?s got great enthusiasm for the game? Let?s hope he can stay strong.

Steve Alford

I think it's great. You never like to lose. But I think because of the loss, the guys know what they have to do. There is more sense of an urgency. They've been unified the whole time. But I sense more excitement and enthusiasm over the weekend than any kind of pressure.

Barry Erwin

I think the Legislature recognized that it had to do something with levee boards, and I think they kind of left the other out there to dry. I think there's a lot of support for those things, but I just don't think there's any enthusiasm inside of the Legislature.

Henry Hyde

I think that the House has a lot less enthusiasm for the U.N. than exists outside the House.

Mike Shula

I thought the tempo and enthusiasm from our guys was real good. We have a lot of positions that are open, nine positions specifically. We have to get used to reacting faster and playing better as a group.

Larry Brown

I was just looking for something to give us enthusiasm and effort, ... I would have been horrified if they didn't fight back. But I was proud of the effort.

Brad Turner

Jacksonville was faster and Forney was bigger, so we've seen different types of defenses, ... We feel like we can do some things.

John Whitelavich

He was a linebacker last year and we were looking for a tailback and tried him there. He didn't know the plays very well, but he's learned them now and got faster over the summer. He's a tough runner.

Dan Hendricks

He can run, that's all there is to it. There hasn't been any faster horses in the races so far, and the next one there will be and it's a whole new game.

Jim Johnson

He is playing faster than I've ever seen him play.

Michael Litzinger

He returned from a mission and got back to good form a lot faster than we expected.

Ariel Winter

When I am not working, I go to the movies, text my friends, my thumbs are faster than lightening on that keyboard!, write songs, sing, dance, Facebook, Twitter and spend time with my besties. I am also a songwriter and I love to write about my life experiences.

Nezette Rydell

It gets out much faster than if we had to stop and record these messages each time we issued a warning.

Randy Russell

It gets faster as a result of a gravitational slingshot, which is often used to increase the speed of spaceships traveling to the outer planets.

Charles Clarke

If we could get one that could get there faster than it, then we would be able to stop the fire from spreading quickly before it gets a head start on us.

Javier Solana

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

Barclay Tagg

He kept going lame. He was going through growing pains, I guess.

Jessica Sanders

He really wants to sit down and work with us, ... I think that's so important because we are growing so much.

Danny Clark

He's a smart guy. He's getting better every time he lines up. But he's still got some growing to do, and hopefully we can stunt some of his growth this week.

Mike King

I think it should get big. It's growing pretty rapidly.

Bobby Schindler

I think you're seeing the growing support of the pro-life movement.

Akio Yoshino

There is a growing view that insurers have had their run for the short term, ... Money is shifting to the laggards of the markets now, such as the technology companies.

Rita Ora

What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.

Kimberley Nixon

Growing up, we used to watch a lot of 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' and wear hand-me-down jeans and jumpers. I wasn't really one for dresses.

Gus Faucher

Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half of next year,

Bill Cheney

Job growth has kind of stalled out. It's a puzzle.

Mark Zandi

I suspect this is a pause and we still see a resumption of top line growth and, ultimately, better hiring in tech.

Wayne Pace

He wants it to be profitable growth, sustainable growth and responsible growth,

Jill Dougherty

He did say that it must meet Russia's national interests and also that it should not restrict its growth and social development,

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Shuchita Mehta

Growth momentum remains strong and that should lead to higher inflation and interest rates.

Zheng Jingping

It is fundamentally normal but it is at the upper end of the potential growth range and we need to take note of it.

Graham Cluley

There is going to be a real growth in 'pump and dump' spam.

Anne Hendricks

Kids love it. They get learning experiences out of it. They learn what having a job is. What responsibility is. How that math lesson you hate to do will come in handy.

Jerry Nelson

John Belushi always hated the puppets. He just hated them with a passion.

Jim Christian

I take my hat off to them. A rivalry? I think it's two programs that have a lot of respect for each other.

Tichina Arnold

I took the role of Rochelle in 'Everybody Hates Chris,' and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all the time. Once you do one mother role, it's always a trickle down effect.

Shania Twain

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

Marvin Prince

Hats off to Montesano, they played really well. They're a senior team and we're a young team still trying to find an identity still this late in the season.

Diddy Puff

Haters wanna stop my lute,they don't want me wearing Sean John, they want me wearing lawn suits.

William Story

Hate me an hour, and then turn roundAnd love me truly, just one minute.

Clara Taylor

Hate is not a word we use in our home. I don't hate them. I just want justice done.

Jeff Raikes

IBM legitimized the notion of the PC -- that it would not be just a hobbyist computer.

Knox Fuqua

IBM just doesn't give me the performance I'm looking for in tech,

Alan Skrainka

Take IBM out and the market looks pretty much unchanged on the day.

Bob Djurdjevic

Prior to 1994, IBM didn't have the kind of structure it has now. They also had silos,

Paul Allen

Probably working on some version of software for the IBM PC.

John Bartlett

That's important because IBM has total revenues of $82 billion,

David Boies

Did you want IBM to lower their rhetoric on Java?

Teresa Jones

This sounds very interesting indeed. I would not be at all surprised if IBM has problems getting this information.

Steven Milunovich

Next year IBM is probably going to come in roaring back into the second half, but in between it's a mess,

Lloyd Johnston

It is possible that some students know what drugs are and are not included in the tests, and migrate toward using those not included.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models. If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models, ... If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Chris Willard

It was very smart what he (Barber) included and changed.

Twyla Tharp

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere.

Keith Henderson

Those statements will be included and not excluded,

Simon Hawkins

We've been talking internally here about different people's names and he (Chris Anderson) has been included on that list.

Marcus Williams

The experiences here at the University of Connecticut included ups and downs, but I think they have all made me into a better person and for that, I will always be grateful.

Luis Aragones

But all the players who have not been included know that they can return to the side if they prove themselves on the pitch.

Mikael Silvestre

He is proud of his roots. We talked together a lot about his misadventure in the 2002 World Cup, ... Roy is an incredible player.

Andy O'Brien

He's got incredible flexibility, the flexibility of a gymnast.

Beckie Scott

We've been together since we were 15 years old. We've come through so much. It's an incredible feeling.

Kim Clijsters

I think we're going to have an incredible US Open,

Tom Izzo

I think it was one of the most incredible performances I've seen.

Alexi Lalas

I think that this is an incredible opportunity for our organization, and is going to make us stronger.

Lance Briggs

I think we're in the midst of putting something incredible together.

David Mackay

I have watched SS2 evolve over the years into an incredible vehicle that is going to open up space to more people than ever before.

David LaChapelle

I moved to New York when I was 15, but my parents lived nearby in Connecticut, so I could go be in this incredible countryside when I needed it.

Judy Genshaft

I would say that the Legislature and the people of Tampa made a very savvy investment 50 years ago.

Viviane Reding

Our policy is to encourage investment and promote freedom for industry to innovate.

Warren Buffett

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

Warren Buffett

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

Van Jones

America's government has to get the public investments right.

John Sims

The investment will take place in three stages - $155 million, 185 million and $180 million.

Shamkhi Faraj

The investment law could take some time and we are not prepared to wait for that long.

Joe Gibbs

It's smart. If you are going to make an investment of millions and millions of dollars, you would research them.

Mike Winer

It went from a terrific value investment to a terrific arbitrage.

Linus Torvalds

I'm not worried about the kernel itself or the basic system. All the commercialization is about the distributions and the applications. As such, it only brings value-added things to Linux, and it doesn't take anything away from the Linux scene.

Linus Torvalds

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.

Linus Torvalds

Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.

Bill Gates

It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not.

Michael Silver

That's why Linux has not taken off more than it has today,

Jamie Zawinski

Linux is only free if your time has no value.

Bill Hayden

Cosmoe works on any of the standard filesystems available for Linux.

Dan Kusnetzky

At this point, the perception is that Linux is viable (only) for servers.

Richard Stallman

There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

Thomas Powell

What you do is not nearly as important as who you are.

Paul Gillmor

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

David Filo

The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.

Frank Lampard

It was a big step towards winning it today. We got the result, we're nearly there.

John Joyce

Services now represent nearly 50 percent of IBM's revenue.

Eric Hinske

It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.

Olivier Gasnier

This is a very strong report on nearly all fronts.

Chris Phillips

Sometimes our passing was without a purpose. When we did pass with a purpose, we were very good, but not nearly long enough.

Joel Klein

has been and always remains open to a settlement.

Tom Driscoll

We're opening up the day after Mother's Day.

Eric Wicks

I thought they'd try to run a lot more outside to open up the field. I think after a while, they were just trying to make a play, anywhere.

Lorrie Miller

It is just as open to me as it is to them.

E. Hicks

I welcome them all with open arms. At least we can get through practice.

Anthony Geary

I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.

Richelle Mead

Those who have to ask if faith is true are opening up a discussion they may not be ready for.

Winston Churchill

Opening amenities are often opening inanities.

Anders Igel

Our acquisition strategy is still very much the same as before, but we are opening up our thinking a little.

Dwyane Wade

He was starting to turn red with the tape over his mouth. I was starting to get a little worried about him.

Brenda Bell

If we could get rid of these hurricanes and red tide, we'd be OK. We've just been killed this year with all of that.

Francis Coppola

I have come here to rediscover myself as an artist.

Daron Rahlves

I'd like to be wearing the red (leader's) bib in downhill.

Rose McGowan

I came out of the womb waving red lipstick.

Travis Tritt

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

Red Barber

This is Red Barber speaking. Let me say hello to you all.

Robin Williams

In the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant.

Walter Benjamin

Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of redemption.

Paul Johnson

I'd like to get one win, ... I'm not thinking about getting six wins.

Richard P. Feynman

Therefore psychologically we must keep all the theories in our heads, and every theoretical physicist who is any good knows six or seven different theoretical representations for exactly the same physics.

Robert Plant

Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.

Rohit Shetty

All my films have been criticised, but here I stand with six superhits and three 100-crore films!

Wietse Venema

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

Warren Farrell

Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides.

Lee Watkins

They'd been there for six generations and it was all gone.

Denise Willms

It's going to be here for six weeks. It's going to be our mascot.

Newt Gingrich

I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined, but it didn't count because if it counted I'd still be a candidate; since I can't be a candidate that can't count.

Robert Reich

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

Wayne Dyer

When you connect to your source, you can create anything you'd like to have in your life.

Kim Edwards

The way we behave, our views and outlooks really have their sources some place. They come from somewhere. Sometimes we don't even know what they are, and yet they're very powerful in our lives.

Noam Chomsky

Control is the source of strategic power.

Muhammad Iqbal

But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.

Mark Victor Hansen

Virtual business out sources all the work and in sources all the profits.

Meister Eckhart

Everything is full and pure at its source and precisely there, not outside.

Henri Nouwen

In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.

Bruce Russell

They need to find new sources of revenue.

David Satcher

We have to be more strategic in the distribution,

Navtej Sarna

The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Stephen Kinzer

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.

John McDonough

Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit,

Matt Rosoff

I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.

David Smith

I think the wise and strategic thing to do is to have a two-track policy,

David Strow

That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location.

Richard Greenfield

If there's a strategy there, I don't see it yet.

Michael Cohen

In many ways, this is a bet-the-company strategy for AMD.

Jack Welch

When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.

Greg McBride

It's really a wise strategy to do that -- to throw whatever you can at the balance.

Bob Defillippo

It's part of our strategy to diversify distribution.

Nicholas Negroponte

Scale will get you strategy.

Fred Wilson

The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.

David Baugh

There's always a strategy to it, but now unfortunately I can't tell you what it is.

Ross Rubin

It's a continuation of the strategy that they've had for some time.

James Park

Today is a very directionless market, ... It is really quiet. There's not much going on.

Donald Tusk

Today I must tell myself I did not make it.

Jim Haslett

Today he's sore, so he didn't practice. He'll be fine. He'll play.

Tony Franklin

I thought we got a lot done offensively. Omar showed today why he has become the top quarterback.

Rachel Kyono

I think that I wouldn't be where I am today without going through the program.

Graeme Smith

He had a re-scan today and it doesn't look good. It would pretty much look like he's going home.

Warren Beatty

There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.

Warren Buffett

The only question is whether you’re going to do it today or tomorrow. If you keep saying you’re going to do it tomorrow, you’ll never do it. You have to get on it today.

Walter Cronkite

I am not a contemplative type, basically. I am much more of an action person and, as a consequence, I look forward to today and tomorrow and what's breaking.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Jeremie Cook

I was disappointed. He was unbeaten. I didn't do what I wanted on top in my final.

Paul Malone

I think that will put us over the top and make the story simple,

Dennis Thompson

I don't know what I'm going to say, ... I'll just go off the top of my head.

Robert Townsend

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Tyra Banks

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Laurence J. Peter

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

Dan Mclaughlin

It's probably the most broached topic we have at our town meetings.