Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Haslett

I was kind of surprised, to be honest, because I thought we would play here or in Baton Rouge,

Yulia Tymoshenko

picking up Kuchma's baton and wanting to get rid of me in the same way.

Garrett Temple

If you go down to New Orleans in the poorer places, you still see things that are unimaginable. We were so lucky in Baton Rouge. We gave up our time, our homes, to help.

Richard Chu

In spite of conventional wisdom to the contrary, in our view, Sun has a future and, potentially a very bright one. We see the passing of the baton as affirmation that Sun can move into a strategic harvesting phase combined with focus on streamlined cost structure.

Mick Cornett

In Oklahoma City, we know all about tragedy. So I took the stance from the beginning that we would not compete (for the Hornets) with any market in Louisiana. When I contacted the league, I made it clear that if the team decided not to play in Baton Rouge or New Orleans, only then would we be interested. It's my belief that if this team can, then it should go back to New Orleans. Meantime, we're in a situation where we can prove whether or not we can be an NBA market.

Michael Quinlan

I'm proud to pass the baton to Jack Greenberg, because he is thoroughly prepared to take on the challenging responsibilities of being chief executive officer.

Dirk Koetter

I'm saying that from a totally uneducated perspective. My impression is what you see on TV. I'm not in Baton Rouge. We all feel horrible about what's going on there. I have no idea what we'd be going into.

William Belchere

In Korea, already you can see the baton passed from exporters to domestic consumption.

Don Lemon

I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge.

Julian Barnes

I was also interested in the racial side of it. Even today, the Chief of the London Metropolitan Police is trying to make the force more representative of London and there's a lot of resistance from the predominantly white force.

Cesar Conda

Josh will be a policy-oriented chief of staff. I think that will be reflected in his hiring decisions.

Terry McAuliffe

He'll be back as a United States senator, or he's back as chief justice because he can run again. Or he'll be back as governor,

Matthew Szulik

Hal is an talented chief financial officer who has made valuable contributions to the company, and we wish him well in the future,

Teju Cole

Where land mines are indiscriminate, cheap, and brutal, drones are discriminate, expensive, and brutal. And yet they are insufficiently discriminate: the assassination of the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in Pakistan in 2009 succeeded only on the seventeenth attempt.

Larry Wall

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Peter DeLorenzo

Heroic in scale and impact, the Super Chief was what concepts should be all about: 'blue sky' thinking combined with an unmistakable foundation in reality. Take a long look at that front end, pickup fans, because that's what the next generation of the F-150 is going to look like.

Whit Ayres

to elevate Roberts, Ayres said. ''It makes a whole lot of sense to switch Judge Roberts over to the chief justice position.

John Bennett

It is one of the chief sources of income for the provincial governments. They're actually partners in all of these projects.

Mr Howard

I think it is the obligation of senior executives of Telstra to talk up the company's interest, not to talk them down.

Sumner Redstone

We are extremely fortunate to have John, a top-notch executive with more than 25 years of experience in the service-oriented retail business, as the new leader of Blockbuster Entertainment,

James Sullivan

I have been very frustrated with what seems to be the overuse of executive session.

Elizabeth Warren

Regulators all meet with Goldman Sachs executives and employees day after day after day. They don't see the people who get tricked, the people who get cheated, the people who get fooled by the products that Goldman turns out.

Wayne Peters

Our negotiating team has recommended to our executive that the offer be rejected. Our executive is prepared to recommend to our membership that it be rejected.

Jay Ritter

In terms of the executives involved, they've got every incentive to do a deal, whether it makes sense or not, because if they don't do one, they give the money back.

John Remington

If you really slash executive compensation and perks too much, there will be inclination for people to want to leave.

John Ridley

Not only does Hollywood make money - it seems to make better movies during recessions. I'm sure a lot of studio executives wish we could have one every year.

Arlen Specter

It's more than executive privilege, ... It's really lawyer-client privilege.

Rob Lowe

I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.

Bob Hartwig

Jackson was not targeted for any other reason than the physical condition, the location of it and being able to put students in other schools.

Lynda Resnick

Jackie Kennedy was the most appropriately dressed first lady we've ever had. You can see how lasting Jackie's style is.

Audrey Moore

Jack didn't used to be able to get a second for his motions, and I didn't either.

Don Gould

Jack and I do most of the cleaning.

Sarah Hill

I wear my jacket pretty much all day. A lot of people are.

John Wade

I want to thank (Director of Schools) Jack Parton for putting up with me since January. He needs a purple heart.

Stephen Graham

I always try and keep a jacket from everything I do. I've still got my original coat from 'Snatch' and my jacket from 'This Is England'.

Tiger Woods

I haven't talked to (U.S. team captain) Jack Nicklaus about who I might be paired with,

Scott Hinkel

I wrestled here; I wore the singlet. I have a passion for the sport. This is where I like to be.

Henry Blanco

He just has a passion for the game.

James Buchanan

Greencastle took us out of our game. We passed well vs. Fannett-Metal, but Greencastle played us physical and made their opportunities.

Maya Angelou

Her passion was never spent in public display.

Joshua Johnson

He said he had one big pass left.

Avery Johnson

He's a scoring point guard. I want him to make the right pass at the right time and lead. But we need 18 points, too. No pressure. We just need him to be what he was in the playoffs.

Christian Moody

His passes were perfect. Look at his shooting. I think he's the best.

Jim Caviezel

I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it.

Loui Antonucci

I think that there's a lot of passion with these people.

David Sanderson

We're prepared to sit down and talk, I'm not quite sure they're ready to talk yet.

Roland Mesnier

In the White House, you have to be prepared for any eventuality.

Dilip Shanghvi

I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.

James Rogan

I'm prepared to win and I'm prepared to lose, but I'm not prepared to sell out my principles,

Bill Cowher

I'm prepared to latch on to his coattails and ride him for a long time.

Lonnie Bartley

I had to go into the season prepared not to have her. So we had a plan.

Herbert Smith

I'm very surprised and very shocked. We were prepared to go to trial.

John Cummings

In general, they're probably pretty prepared right now,

Scott Rogers

You've got to be prepared for them at any time.

Lynda Carter

Having them go to these premieres with me and tell me that they are proud of me is pretty cool.

Tom Gorman

We're proud of what happened. It was important for the community.

Manson Hill

We're proud of our players. We outplayed them in the second half, and we had a shot to win it.

Brian Smith

We're proud of Levi. He's one of 11 state finalists at Bellingham.

Kevin Ellis

We're proud of everything Raynham is and stands for. That's why it's worth it.

Greg Zipadelli

What I'm proudest of this season is how we've battled throughout every weekend,

John Torchetti

I was just proud of our whole team. This is a team win if I have ever seen one. From the goalie out, we competed.

Rick Barnes

He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.

Richard Duncan

He is also proud of his wife for going to Texas, he said.

John Ortberg

I need an inspiration that is grounded in reality while thoroughly transcendent.

Sathya Baba

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.