Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Bernanke

At some point in the future, the committee may decide to take no action at one or more meetings in the interest of allowing more time to receive information relevant to the outlook.

Will Holman

Progress has been made in some areas, but there is still a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. Our goal is to reach an agreement, but that will depend on management's actions at the negotiating table.

Michael Goodman

People dedicated to committing piracy are going to find ways to do it. Lawsuits and other action by the RIAA serve to remind people that this is illegal activity and that they are being watched.

Robert DiClemente

People feel generally that we will see some equivalent forward-looking language that guides market expectations to expect action at least into the early part of next year.

Hank Brown

People expect you to take corrective action when there's a problem, and they don't understand why you don't do it on a pretty prompt basis. My instinct is that's the single best thing you can do.

Scott Hudson

Oftentimes, we used that discretion to give the applicator a warning and to go over some of the deficiencies and the corrective action that can be taken.

Lou Fintor

North Korea's action today, disputing arrangements for IAEA monitoring of the spent fuel rods, raises further serious concerns and belies North Korea's announced justification to produce electricity.

Joan Rivers

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Timothy Smith

After seeing Matt Holland and Stephen Ireland in action, I was wondering if a team could be comprised consisting entirely of national teams?

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.

Mike Holmgren

As happy as the other locker room is, that's how disappointed we are. I think we were careless with the football and had too many penalties. And that combination against a good team like Pittsburgh is not a good combination.

Ann Gurkin

As governor, Bush took a stand to limit liabilities imposed in lawsuits against gun manufacturers, HMO's and other businesses. Because tobacco is also a legal product, we believe Bush would support similar limits on cash damages awarded to plaintiffs in lawsuits filed against tobacco companies.

Mike Holmgren

As good as we were (in the 34-15 win over) New Orleans, ... we were that sloppy against Dallas (on Monday). While we did some good things with our first group in the first quarter, we were careless.

Ifzal Ali

Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty.

Jodie King

Ashley saved us with the catch against Huntington. That was an extra-base hit if she doesn't catch it. I feel better about our outfield now.

Tom Moore

As far as needing help against the really tough defenses, well, that's what we're here for. Everything you do is a joint effort. Peyton and I being on the same page? I like to believe we are. We've worked on it long enough. And as far as ego ... well, I think you know me well enough not to worry about that.

Donald Allen

As far and Matt and I are concerned ... all I can do is compete against myself. If I eliminate mistakes on my end and just concentrate on doing the best that I can do, I think I have a good shot to lead the team like I did last year.

Kofi Annan

a serious setback against the global norms against nuclear testing and nuclear proliferation.

Andy Roberts

Any individual who touches a Northwest aircraft will be fully trained in the Northwest maintenance program. Some were furloughed from other airlines. Some are from vendors that already work on Northwest equipment. ... We recruited from a rather large pool the best we could get. They're certainly not off the street.

Daunte Culpepper

As far as being efficient and able to move the ball in the air like we always have, I think we will be. We've been doing it in the preseason and in the minicamps. I know we can move the ball. It's going to be fun and exciting to do that throughout the season.

Thomas Kiernan

As air tours become more widespread, keeping the noise from getting out of hand is an emerging concern throughout the National Park System ... We are encouraged that this Congress is moving quickly to ensure that national parks remain sanctuaries where people can get away from the intrusions of everyday life.

Donald Smithburg

The buildings have unsafe air to breathe, pervasive mold growing, and mechanical systems that were completely destroyed by the storm.

David Chestnut

The business community of Rantoul is frustrated with the redevelopment of the base by the bureaucratic Air Force. We felt the Air Force is taking its time and blaming the lack of progress on budget constraints. It was time for us to take some action.

Steve Gregory

The breathing is different, the air is different and once you get all those people in there, it's a really special place.

Jim Hall

The board will try to determine if those impact marks -- as well as the stripping of both nuts' threads -- were made before the aircraft contacted the water or after,

John McPhee

A tympanic resonance, so rich and overpowering that it could give an air of verse to a recipe for stewed hare.

Harley Shaiken

Bankruptcy is allowing airlines to emerge with a clean slate, but it's bad news for workers. Pensions will be affected, and it will mean lower wages and probably fewer jobs.

George Franck

The boys approached me and asked if they could do it. The seniors grew up with him. It was a nice thing to do.

Gianfranco Fini

As of today, the organizers of the conference had asked for entry visas for six Iraqi political exponents notorious for positions which are radical, extremist and not unequivocally hostile to terrorism,

Joseph Tate

As lawyers, we recognize that a person's recollection of events will not always match those of other people, particularly when they are asked to testify months after the events occurred.

Hale Irwin

As long as I have a chance, that's all I've ever asked of myself.

Joseph Bridges

As Matt indicated, we essentially looked at the comments and asked which were complete and which were substantive.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.He held at court a rank so high That other noblemen asked why."Because," 'twas answered, "others lack His skill to scratch the royal back." --Aramis Jukes

Geoffrey Nice

Proof will include truth, but it will not present the full picture. We have a limitless field of evidence from the wars, but we are not inquiring like scientists; we are asked to extract from it.

Bob Long

Pro asked us questions like 'Who are your competitors?' and forced us to look at all the crevices of our business,

James Humphrey

Probably if you had asked me 30 seconds after I finished it, I could tell you.

Frank DeSalvo

I understand his attorney is talking about using the suicide attempt, but I don't know how they'll get that information into a courtroom. I believe he's trying to use that to show negligent retention, making the city liable for hiring him and keeping him. But I don't think it's going to fly.

John Owens

The SEC and the U.S. Attorney are still not done with their investigations, ... So certain other things may come to light.

Tasia Scolinos

These proposals were drafted by junior staffers and never formally presented to the attorney general or the White House. They were not drafted with the NSA program in mind.

Larry Leake

I unfortunately believe and I use the word unfortunately because Speaker Black's career is long and illustrious that this matter needs to be referred to the district attorney for the district attorney to look at that issue and make those decisions.

Rudy Giuliani

The whole notion that police officers won't cooperate, this blue wall of silence thing -- the police commissioner and I challenged the police officers to break that silence, ... And one police officer -- a police officer, not a civilian -- came forward and courageously gave the district attorney the information that really has helped to pull this case together.

Tzippi Livni

This issue - whether to put them on trial again, and on the basis of what law ... is currently in the hands of the attorney general.

Channing Phillips

That's why we turned it over to the attorney general to see if there were any violations of the District of Columbia election law.

Marc Mauer

Your job as a prosecutor is to get a conviction, just as your job as a defense attorney is to get an acquittal,

David Franks

You're going to look to see who the district attorney and police have talked to and you're going to talk to them yourself. The idea here is you don't want to rely on the work that's already been done by the government, you want to do it yourself.

Lawrence Eagles

As far as the Middle East is concerned, there is still strong justification for a premium to remain in the market until it is clear the situation is much calmer on the ground,

Nancy Kress

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Viviane Reding

Product placement is a reality, but we lack clear rules,

Tom Rogers

Primarily our responsibility is to keep the lines clear so that utilities can provide reliable service to their customers.

Cass Sunstein

People who know him in Washington, D.C., of various ideological stripes, say this is not the type to be a fundamentalist. He is clearly extremely able, and his opinions are real lawyers' opinions.

Jason Goepfert

Our shortest-term measures continue to wallow around in neutral territory, and they still show no clear edge in either direction.

Dana Rohrabacher

Our discussions with the king made it very clear that he is willing, ready and able to return to Afghanistan to serve at the head of an interim government -- the unifying factor in a government that would be open to everyone.

David Attenborough

People say we have all got to join Europe for reasons which even the economists themselves aren't clear on-at the same time we're saying, well yes of course Scotland has got to be independent. And why don't we make Wales independent too? And the north of England.

Stephen Jen

People are still looking for an interest-rate cut, but it's not at all clear when that will happen. Expectations are very volatile, but the point is that the currency seems very reluctant to go down either way.

S. Walker

Ashton's just a workhorse. To have one touchdown on offense, one on defense and one on special teams really says a lot.

Doug Wojcik

As a team, we play defense well and our kids listen. Memphis did a poor job at the free throw line (26-of-41) and that really kept us in the game.

Michael Lambert

As a human being I was incensed. As a defense attorney, I was incensed.

Scott Skiles

As long as they're good shots. You have to earn the right to take that many shots, and you do that by taking good shots, making a good percentage of them, by playing good defense and staying out of foul trouble.

Derek Thomas

Our shots weren't falling, but we were able to do it by locking up on defense and we just didn't let them score. On the other end, we had guys passing the ball, not turning it over and it got exciting.

Bill Butterworth

Our size has helped us a lot. Our league has thrown every defense you can imagine to try and stop our height.

Mark Jelks

Our defense was exceptional today. What else can I say? That's what I'm looking for every time we take the field.

Colin South

Our defense was excellent, and that's where our offense starts.

Kevin Klette

Our defense was big tonight. With Mitch out we only had three or four guys rotating on defense all night. They really poured their heart and soul into this game tonight.

Paul Foster

Another two weeks of oil like this and I think they'll have to file (for bankruptcy).

David Duncan

search personal files and search extraneous items that wouldn't be part of final work papers and get rid of them.

Sue Hales

One of the big reasons I think this money is just sitting out there is because people think they don't meet the filing requirements for their income. A lot of people don't need to file, and they don't have to file, but they really should file because a lot of people who have income under the income requirements actually had taxes withheld and they should get that money back. We want them to get their money back.

Mary Gorman

Start a file for billing, a file for UC information.

Deval Patrick

I file jointly with my wife, so making our tax returns public means making a non-candidate's tax returns public. I'm not going to do that.

John Messina

Henry and Pam were under the impression that if you spent less than $250, you didn't need to file a waiver,

John Hamm

He mentioned the file to me and I said minister on this file I can't tell you what to do. Do what you think is right.

Cary Sherman

The idea would be that you would have encoded in the header of the file the information that rights holders would need to track the royalty payments for those uses. You just need to have a standardized way of doing that.

Thomas Jones

It will probably give us a little more time to file for extensions.

Mike Sivertson

The way to score with our system is to force turnovers and to not give up big plays. That is one of the reasons that the game went the way it did.

Jill Malko

You're not going to keep her to nothing, but you want to keep her to three or below. We have to key in on the other players and force the others to score for them.

Don Shepperd

You must have overwhelming force at the point of contact, ... That can be numbers of troops, superior knowledge, intelligence or firepower.

Randy Roach

We've seen the Gulf of Mexico relocate. The force of nature is something to behold.

David Lloyd

When we were talking about this, an idea for this master vigilante, it was an urban guerilla. One of my ideas was that he would be a member of the police force who turned on the government.

Mikel Haas

Even if we were to get certified in the next two weeks, we would not put those out there full force until November, November general.

Valerie Taylor

Even though I teach high school, most students aren't ready for the work force when they graduate. Most need to go on to get a better education.

Betty Williams

The voice of women has a special role and a special soul force in the struggle for a nonviolent world.

Mason Young

We wanted to come out with full speed and full force.

Mark Twain

The world will not stop and think- it never does, it is not its way; its way is to generalize from a single sample

Jim Tharp

Young kids were about a third, parents were about a third, and then the rest was the general audience.

Tori Kelly

When I'm on stage, I generally wear what I would wear every other day, but I think my hair is probably bigger on stage - it seems to be my accessory!

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.

Michael Williams

At the end of the day, what happened in the first 72 hours is going to be generally overshadowed by what happens in the next 12 to 24 months,

Doug Smith

Wolf populations can generally take a 30 percent mortality rate and stay stable. If this is one year, there's nothing to worry about. If it comes to successive years, we could have a problem.

Jeffrey Bewkes

We think it's a general malaise about the (media) sector.

John McHale

Issues of this type are really between the general partners, ... Our office will get involved only if there is a request for a transfer of power.

Michael Healey

Scott taught me a lot on general high jumping stuff, using my forearms and trying to keep me relaxed. He taught me how not to always be in such a hurry and missing stuff.

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.

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.

Hunter Tylo

I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.

Robert Frost

A successful lawsuit is one worn by a policeman

Addison Mizner

Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.

Mark McCormack

We thought the lawsuit was pretty frivolous." ()

Michael Cohen

People responded to Sandy. At public hearings, which can be so contentious, people would listen to Sandy's presentation and stand up and cheer.

Lorenzo Romar

It was tough for Jamaal. Jeffers was in there. He's a 6-11 (Jeffers is listed at 6-9) with long arms.

Chris Sullivan

I've been listening to them my whole life.

Denise Bishop

You're sitting here listening to everything we have to say, but there's nothing we can do about this.

Brett Ratner

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

George William Russell

It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.

Carla Bley

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.

Alan Vega

Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.

Austin Carlile

To me, music is emotion and if when you're listening to it and it doesn't make you feel that, then it's not music.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

Josh Pastner

We're here to win a national championship. This is not a rebuilding stage. It's not a question of talent. We've got pros on our team.

E. Helm

We're playing in a tournament where somebody's going to the national tournament. It's that simple. And we'll compete.

Mark Elliott

Everything we do this year is for us to peak at the national tournament.

Dick Cheney

There's nothing that's more important to us, because at the end of the day, our national security is at stake,

Stuart Sternberg

We've received a lot of national press. It's been positive, and it's had a spillover to a lot of national sponsorship deals.

Pitso Mosimane

Throw in national call-ups and it's been tough for my team.

Leith Kubba

We want this trial to be transparent and a national event.

Rod Wright

We made a pact that we were going to win a national championship. Now, we need to get it done.

Zheng Jingping

So there must be trade surplus in the processing trade.

Martin Eggleston

The whole process was done very wrong, very unfairly.

Mark Williams

The process is working. It's not working perfectly, but it is working better than it was on Jan. 1.

John Anderson

The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.

Scott Graham

The process is for what you want to see, not what you don't want to see.

Bob Poser

You can tell that he's processing everything when you're talking. You can see that his wheels are churning.

Nathan Moss

I'm still in the process of making up my mind.

Carl Rogers

Life, at its best, is a flowing, changing process in which nothing is fixed.

Selig Harrison

I think he'll be smoking out what the first steps of a denuclearization process could be,

Ron Sanders

That's because they had published prices, and we haven't set prices.

Mickey Blake

I've worked here since I was a kid. I've always been part of the business.

Tyra Banks

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.

David Patterson

I've been smoking since I was 16 and I'm 43, so it's time to give it up.

John Sutton

I've been watching him pretty much since he got into first grade.

Rod Smith

I've been wanting to do this since I was 10 years old,

Rudy Gay

I've been thinking about that ever since it happened.

Mike Crum

I've been top 10 since I was 16. It's kind of all I know, since I've been doing it so long.

Lori White

I've been a ventriloquist since I was 10.

Claude Williams

I used to like whiskey. But it's been a long time since I've been drunk.