Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Heimlich

The load factors are unprecedented, and in a pre-9/11 environment, this would clearly be a boon to (higher fares). With the way things are, we are only getting a modest (fare) benefit.

Stefan Bielmeier

Accelerating world trade is proving a boon to German exports. The recovery is broadening; no doubt the optimism is warranted.

Michael Covington

It's a boon for income, but it's gotten so high so fast, we're waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Anthony Wright

It penalizes California for doing such a good job of negotiating drug prices. It was supposed to be a boon for California. Now it's created a . . . budget hole.

Roy McFarland

Wayne is having a good season and his wealth of experience is a really boon for our younger players - both on and off the pitch.

Pete Spear

An end to litigation with Microsoft is not priced into the stock. If Real gets a big payout, which Microsoft has been doing, that could be a boon for them to help fund growth,

Michael Chapman

November 14, 1996 was proclaimed David Boon Day in Tasmania, but was later overturned by the federal government as it was a ridiculous idea.

Susan Adams

It would be a great boon to the community.

Richard Kinder

This is a place where you really are what you achieve in Houston, and that's a tremendous boon to this town. I think you'll find people who have succeeded because of that kind of open culture.

John Chaney

Kids will say whatever sounds good, and you guys print it or whatever. They've gotten together on things before, and it hasn't made a difference.

Steve Pilcher

Just when you think the world has gotten as weird as it can get, something like this comes along.

Greg Olson

Joey's been through a number of different coordinators now when you look at it. Has he ever really gotten into a system where he's been able to get in and get comfortable?

Jeret Peterson

I think I should've gotten more points for landing on one ski that's so much harder than two skis.

Tony Robichaux

What we haven't been doing is scoring early. We've gotten better at that. It helps when we can put up runs every other inning, but any team plays better when they trust the pitchers.

Rick Hendricks

Had it been Europeans, the Inquisition might have gotten involved from Mexico.

Sen Freedman

Having power outages in our state is nothing new, and Northeast Utilities' response time has gotten worse, not better.

Jeff Williams

He's been real durable, ... I think he's gotten better ever week.

Willie Randolph

He's gotten some big hits for us. I like his swing. I like his energy.

Casey Hampton

I was joking with Hines about that. I was like, 'Man, this is kind of like a consolation prize. With the MVP, it doesn't really matter what people think of you on other teams, it's about what your teammates think of you, and obviously our teammates think very highly of us.

Megan Smith

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.

Courtney LaVere

I was looking for Mel (D'Amico) with the high passes so she could score.

Chris Mennis

I wouldn't be surprised if that $2.10 is the high for the week.

Chad Kroeger

I wrote this song when I was high on magic mushrooms,

Clark Yingst

I suspect 'Well we're in a directionless market' is likely to persist until we get a better read on how much higher rates will go.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Katharine McPhee

I actually studied in college, for the three semesters that I stayed in school, I don't recommend that, but I studied theater, and in high school I was involved in the drama department.

Jackson Wheeler

He was a big-time recruit out of high school, so a lot of people liked what they saw in him.

John McGrath

I think in terms of income for Thunder Ridge and taxes for the county, it would be good.

Larry Bloom

I don't know that they want me to get into specific numbers, but he has a yearly income that's substantial.

Ric Keller

The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.

Warren Buffett

Never depend on a single source of income.

Walter Russell

Happy salesmen not only multiply their volume of business and their income, they also multiply themselves.

Francois Bourguignon

Remittances are hard-earned income that, in most cases, has already been taxed,

Martin Nissenbaum

In Florida, there is no income tax but there is an intangible tax, so they will be able to deduct both.

Stephen Baldwin

All the toys are gone. Everything's gone, and I'm making 25 percent of my usual income. And my wife-couldn't be happier.

Allan Carr

The whole business of smoking is like forcing yourself to wear tight shoes just to get the pleasure of taking them off.

Russell Brand

It doesn't matter how many pairs of shoes you have, how many cars you have, etc.... It's all utterly meaningless and yet we continue to pursue this. Why? Because they've learned they can stimulate our primal desires through selling us products.

Willa Cather

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

Vincent Van Gogh

If you work diligently... without saying to yourself beforehand, 'I want to make this or that,' if you work as though you were making a pair of shoes, without artistic preoccupation, you will not always find you do well. But the days you least expect it, you will find a subject which holds its own with the work of those who have gone before.

Wayne Thiebaud

The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It's like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You look at him, you notice his shoes, his suit, the pin in his lapel, but you don't have any particular feeling about him.

Valerie Steele

The stiletto is the icon of erotic femininity. You're taller, thinner and curvier, all at the same time. What's not to like?

Sarah Jessica Parker

When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Often I'll go to the market, and women will say to me: "Let me see your shoes." And then I show them I'm wearing flip-flops.

Saint Basil

The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.

Nathan Frohling

We've been waiting 10 years for this moment.

Bob Williams

I think we're still waiting for that to emerge.

Mike Trapasso

I think a lot of (pollsters) are waiting to see what we do this week.

Ann Gard

I was waiting for it. At that time, telegrams were so prominent.

Dr. Tsou

I have been waiting 25 years for this time.

Steve Adams

I don't know what's in it (investigative file). I'm waiting to see.

Ibrahim Gambari

He has said what he wanted and is waiting for a response.

Richard Dawkins

I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one.

Tyler Hoechlin

Some things are worth the wait.