Famous Quotes & Sayings

Manmohan Singh

Any redrawing of the international borders is not something that is going to be acceptable to us.

Sherwood Schwartz

As a man who tried to explain in his own way that people have to learn to get along with each other. I did it with comedy because that's what I'm familiar with, and I think it's more acceptable to tell it in comedy form. But that's how I'd like to be remembered.

J. A. Konrath

The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.

Robert MacIntosh

Banks, bond investors and equity investors will ratchet down their idea of what's normal and acceptable as far as earnings and cash flows go,

Alan Peterson

As long as there aren't any tie votes, it's acceptable to leave that seat open, ... It appears to be causing no problems.

Martin Reynolds

A single-provider solution may be acceptable today, but enterprises must make long-term plans to guard against possible loss of service. If BlackBerry users do not have confidence in the level of redundancy RIM offers, they may need to consider alternative providers.

Les Moonves

Radio -- which has extremely valuable assets -- is our one segment that is not yet achieving acceptable growth. We have implemented a number of recent initiatives to change that, including the new Jack and Spanish formats which have shown good success. And we believe this week's announcement to add a powerful new morning show will greatly improve the performance of our drive-time programming in the nation's largest east-coast markets.

Greg Sorbara

Our advisors informed you on July 27, 2005, that the plan outline does not meet the province's stated objectives for a successful Stelco restructuring and, therefore, is not acceptable to us.

Chris White

People expect a system to work 100% of the time; it is no longer acceptable to have downtime even for maintenance.

Bartolo Colon

Any time I take the mound, Alex is a dangerous guy. It's not the first time he's gotten me, and it won't be the last. He obviously feels very good against me, but I know that can change quickly, too. I'll locate my pitches better against him next time.

Bartolo Colon

Any time I take the mound against him, Alex is a dangerous hitter. This was not the first time he got me and it won't be the last. I'm confident I will locate against him better the next time. He is a great hitter; I have a lot of respect for him.

Norv Turner

Anytime in a season you start 0-3, you know you're fighting an uphill battle. We had chances at winning, and against good teams.

Flava Sirk

Anytime Cochran's on the floor, he's a threat to score and he came back and got 18 against us in the second half.

Kraig Troxell

Anytime a person is held against their will it would be considered abduction. You do not necessarily have to take someone out of their home and put them somewhere else.

Brad Buckman

Any given day any player on this team can shoot the ball. Daniel did it (Saturday) against Baylor and then did it again tonight.

Derek Halpenny

Any shift in policy on Thursday from the BOJ is very likely to be accompanied by a strong commitment to maintaining zero interest rates. There is no trade more obvious than selling the yen against the dollar.

Jeremy Greenstock

Any resumption of fighting against the backdrop of the appalling and deteriorating humanitarian situation and the continuing displacement of people would be extremely bad news.

David Bentley

Any Premier League game is good to play in, but playing against Arsenal will be extra special and I am looking forward to it.

James Balsillie

I will tell customers that, no matter what, the BlackBerry service will keep on running.

Ken Plante

I call it the BlackBerry prayer. You know, your head is bowed and your hands are in your lap.

Bob Graham

a serious question as to the credibility of the United States in the world and undercutting of confidence of the American people in the veracity of their government.

Jose Theodore

As a goalie, it's fun to see you're always in the game. Right now, our confidence is good, but next game we are going to have to come ready because they are going to come out strong.

Chris Samuels

As a confidence builder, we've got to get out there and get a win.

Ray Emery

As an athlete, you have confidence in yourself all the time. I didn't really realize I was going to play this long.

Kristy McClain

The big Saturday meets are good for us. But the smaller meets can really provide us with a confidence booster.

Don Hale

A vote of no confidence shows that you've become aggravated to the point of no return.

Jeff Hawkins

A win like this helps the freshmen. We haven't won as many games as we have in the past, and a lot of them are probably thinking like, 'Man.' But the more we win and the more we play good, it gets their confidence up.

Marc Walters

A win at No. 1 doubles may have helped stem their confidence some, but we won't know if that would have made a difference in the match. They are very talented at the top three spots and that was tough to overcome when they can play comfortably with a 3-0 cushion.

Farooq Kathwari

As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued consumer spending.

Reid Scott

As a layperson, I consider myself fairly well-educated in terms of politics. My family always has been really interested in politics, and various members of my family have a hand in politics in upstate New York.

David Harcharik

Avian flu should not be considered a human health issue, but a human- and animal-health issue.

Malcolm Speed

Australia, Bermuda, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE and the West Indies have indicated their intention to be considered as hosts for an inaugural Twenty20 event while England, Hong Kong, Nepal and Scotland have also expressed an interest in hosting future events.

Ken Williams

I've always thought it's kind of disrespectful to the guys that have gotten you in the position to consider a move, ... So if you come out and say I need X, Y or Z ... they deserve better than that.

R. Robinson

So often space is wasted, or dead, in a house which the owners consider too small. First, you need to take away the name of the room, and then the space is liberated for a variety of new uses.

Bill Cherpak

I've never seen Nate play a better game - ever. I told him before the game: 'If you want to be considered a big-time player, this is where you do it. I saw Nate take control of that huddle in the last drive. He took over.

Petro Poroshenko

I understand that my presence in the position ... could be considered possible pressure on the investigation (into the corruption allegations).

Dave Gould

They are an icon of the '50s, ... It was considered a friendly, comfortable American sports car,

Steve Terry

This is a significant trophy trout fishery, there's a number of trout, 10 pound plus, which is considered trophy size in New Zealand so it's quite significant.

Chad Cluver

As long as we kept the lead and made them have to guard us, we knew we were quicker.

Ashley Watkins

North's got two players that are hard to guard man-to-man, so we got in that zone. It was working, so we stayed there.

Steven Blum

The National Guard that I joined was strategic reserve -- deliberately under-resourced, deliberately undermanned and deliberately under-equipped. That was part of our national military strategy.

Tom Izzo

Pretty soon, we'll want the National Guard out around things.

Larry Brown

Same old, same old. We can't guard anybody.

Lori Ulferts

I've seen tape of Shaw and they love to shoot the three. Their three guards shoot the three more than we shot them as a team.

Andy Mangin

I've never had a point guard get a double-double before. He just keeps getting better and better.

J. M. Roberts

That's when I got my guard down. He was okay with going to my office and meeting people and being seen. That's how he got me.

Kelly Hawthorne

We have people who get us the ball. So many teams don't have someone who can get it inside. Our guards can handle the pressure.

Miles Shipside

Properties are selling more quickly and stock levels declining.

Marc Chandler

Once we got through an important technical level that triggered a lot of stops. We went through the level that the technicians thought was a bottom.

John Gallagher

Do you want performance level one or performance level two,

Dwayne Slay

The talent level is rising around here. It's going to be a surprise next year.

Eric Hecox

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

Landon Donovan

Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. We have an obligation to do that and most people take that seriously.

Mario Caminiti

Sometimes we just play to the level of the opposition. We can play better.

Jake Goebbert

(The state tournament) is a different level of basketball. We need to come out a little harder.

Simon Greul

I see now that I can play at this level and I can play with these guys. I'm playing my game, I'm playing well.

Vedran Vukusic

This is probably the toughest loss we've had all year.

Van Chancellor

This is one of the most disappointing losses I've ever been in.

Brett Favre

You can lose a game but, I see guys every week including myself, you lose a game, it's a tough loss, you're down, two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it's amazing how down you were, but all of the sudden you're like it never happened.

Augustus

He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it.

Jane Fonda

Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o'clock or seven o'clock or whatever.

Jared Diamond

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere.

Dan Ariely

Who would you trust right now? Which bank would you trust? Which investment would you trust? Do you really want to put your money; do you want to suffer more of these losses that we just had? You know, these volatility that we see is just unexplainable by any rational standards. Nobody has any clue about how to explain this, and nobody wants to experience that. So, we hold more money back, we don't necessarily want to invest in the market and by default, people are saving more.

Brian Weiss

More learning can occur when there are many obstacles then when thear are few or none. A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and losses, presents the most opportunity for the soul's growth. You may have chosen the more difficult life so that you could accelerate your physical progress

Bridget Riley

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

Frans Ludeke

We have had to prepare plans for all eventualities.

Spike Milligan

We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong!

Mila Kunis

Always have a backup plan.

Kevin Reilly

It's not dead, but I don't have any plans on it.

Joshua Chamberlain

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

Gil Reyes

It's just not in our plans yet to retire.

Walter Kirn

My mother used to push 'Wuthering Heights' on me as a boy, and I sensed from her breathy description of the story that it would make me laugh. I have no plans to find out if this is true.

Madhavan Nair

ISRO has made all security arrangements and put on red alert. We are taking all possible steps.

Kiki Vandeweghe

for working with us to make this possible so quickly.

Sean McCormack

She raised (the case) in the strongest possible terms." ()

Pete Carroll

If I'm lucky, I can see 7-8 possible recruits at these meets.

Nick Harper

I was trying to get it as soon as possible and get to where there were no defenders, find a clearing, and score.

Asaf Shariv

We have to prepare for the worst possible scenario.

Greek proverb

It is not possible to step twice into the same river

Tomas Vokoun

I don't feel any pressure. I don't think this has got anything to do with pressure. Sometimes you just play really well, and then get in a slump. Now is the worst possible timing.

Robb Felton

I'd like to see them as soon as possible and get them out. I'm sure they're probably going crazy, they're not used to being in a kennel.

Fadel Gheit

And there is no near-term solution for any of these things.

Craig Brown

This is not the right solution to the problem.

Michael Vickers

Essentially what we have is a two-country solution to a 60-country problem.

James Wolfensohn

HIPC is not a solution to poverty. HIPC is one step.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Angela Merkel is the best solution for Poland.

Margaret Atwood

We are very short on organs, and the pig solution is probably a lot better than the human clone solution - though maybe not for the pigs.

Paul Wolfowitz

To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.

Claude LeBas

We need to work out a solution here.