Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Eastwood

Half of them are suicides or accidents, Martha. Don't exaggerate.

Carlo Ciampi

Last Monday, a tragic series of errors, negligence and accidents suddenly cast us into darkness, tears, wounds and mourning.

Kevin Honea

We're on a bit of a spike from December until now, with the fatal accidents.

Karen Moore

I can hear the accidents as people cut through to get to Henny Penny. They think one way is safe and the other one isn't. You can hear the noise in here.

Lou Torres

Roads really aren't in bad shape. We've probably had 15 or 20 weather-related accidents in the region that required ODOT crews. The snow seemed to come down heavy from 5 to 8 a.m.

Melissa Savage

Research shows these measures can reduce accidents and fatalities. That's why legislators around the country are thinking about this.

Leland Yee

Relief is finally coming for San Francisco pedestrians and bicyclists, ... The loss of human life and suffering caused by the staggering number of accidents along 19th Avenue clearly warrants this legislation.

Todd Spencer

If you post speed limit signs lower than people perceive as reasonable and prudent, they ignore them and then you have more accidents.

Dave Jones

If you look at the number of accidents out there you can always find something that could have been done to prevent it.

Craig Kornblau

King Kong is one of those rare cinematic achievements that reminds us of the truly magical power of movies. From the first frame, Peter Jackson and his team take us on an unforgettable adventure that not only thrills, but also touches us on a deep, emotional level. We are extremely proud to be able to bring this one-of-a-kind film to home entertainment audiences.

Katrina Bee

Keep the end in mind and focus on that. Say 'I am at my ideal weight of...,' not 'I want to be...'. Focus on what it would feel like to you to have achieved that goal; Get in touch with that winning feeling.

David Champion

Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates.

Amy Gutmann

Jodie Foster is an eminent Ivy League graduate who has achieved tremendous success and influence in the powerful entertainment industry.

Ron Gatewood

Juan not only achieved his flight instructor rating but also had an advanced instrument instructor rating. After six months as a charter pilot, Juan became an airline transport pilot. He accomplished all of this while working at odd jobs to pay his living and flying expenses. Without a doubt, Juan is one of the hardest workers I've ever seen.

Lindy Ruff

I think it's a heck of an accomplishment. It's a mark nobody would have expected at the start of the year. ... It's something they should be proud of.

Crenston Boxhill

I think it is now time for some healing to take place and for all of us to work towards the development of football which I believe is the interest of everybody. Some people will have differences and as such take different roads to achieve their ends but at the same time it is the sport that should benefit.

Marita Payne

It being my first time representing my country, it was a special feeling getting to wear the uniform and even more exciting to achieve a medal in the games.

Madelyn Fernstrom

It also is important to note that blood pressure reductions occurred in patients even though they remained obese with (a body mass index) in the 35 range, which is still not ideal, further suggesting that weight loss itself -- in this study, achieved through gastric bypass surgery -- can improve health outcomes.

Christopher McQuarrie

Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.

Kurt Barnard

Kmart's earnings were lower than a year ago, and the reason why they were lower is because there is a lot of money being invested in infrastructure. But it's going to pay huge dividends in the future, ... Kmart is finally very excellently positioned to turn around and create a very strong place in the sun.

Stephen Pagliuca

Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies.

James Collins

I suspect they'll probably get a kick out of the illusions that can be created to give them a more total immersion experience as part of virtual reality,

Ted Manning

I think it's a great concept. It's something unique to the market and something that hasn't been done before. I think they've created a niche people are going to understand.

Michael Cohen

I think it's a giant waste of money. I don't see a huge (environmental) downside to it, but the science still doesn't show whether it actually works. If they can create another 1.1 million acre-feet of water, that's a huge amount. I wish them luck.

Craig Mattox

It can create a major headache. You can have six or eight people with the same ticket trying to sit in the same seat. At last year's SEC Championship football game, I confiscated around 70-75 counterfeit tickets. I had about 30 with the same seat location.

Samuel Berger

He used the most vicious form of nationalism to try to create an ethnic empire in the heart of Europe. He wanted a greater Serbia, and he wound up with a lesser Serbia.

Billy Donovan

He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3point shots when they were trying to make a run.

Lennart Johansson

I think it's a good idea. They have the same culture, understand each other and travelling is easy between countries. So why not?

Stephen Rodrick

In college football, fans wallow in a culture of failure. Unless you root for Miami, you sadly wait for disaster to strike your team in a manner not seen outside of Fenway Park.

Edward Hirsch

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music.

Chris Byrne

Historically, toys have always reflected our culture at any particular point in time, ... Today we live in a high-tech world, where technology is being used by kids even at a very young age. Toymakers are responding to that trend.

Al Horford

I think the culture is always going to be a football culture, as we well know. But I think this definitely impacts the way people are going to start looking at us.

Bruce Hyde

Lake Champlain is the most under-marketed gem of a resource. First and foremost I want to use this as an opportunity to promote the history, culture and recreation of Lake Champlain.

Bill Daly

We take this seriously. The pro gambling culture is something we educate our players about extensively.

Salman Rushdie

The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.

Robert M. Pirsig

When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.

Bruce Bochy

Jake was feeling the effects of everything going on in his teeth and his hand. To me, that is major surgery. I made up my mind after talking to him. I was inclined to get him when I went out there. I decided he had enough.

Randy Barnhill

Jack was getting after it. We decided to switch him around and move him up front (from the midfield), because he can score when he's got the ball.

E. Hicks

John has an important job here with the Rangers. I want him as part of our team as we move forward and I am glad he has decided to stay with our organization.

Marty Schottenheimer

He wanted to finish, but I decided it was time to give Michael a few shots.

Dave Jones

He could have done anything else, but he decided to come out for track. I'm proud I got to be his coach.

Sam Jr

He decided to wait because he knew he was going to get some interest late. It was a very good decision for him to wait.

Sanath Jayasuriya

I thought about it long and hard and decided that's it. It's a very emotional moment, but I guess every good thing has to come to an end.

William Phillips

I was down and couldn't do anything about it and in 2001 I had a lung transplant. Then I got to where I could get out and do things and I just decided to do it one day.

Kobe Bryant

I was aggressive. I saw how they played defense and decided to come at them.

Joe Gibbs

Keeping a team healthy is a huge deal,

Henry Chan

I think it's a healthy correction, some valuations got a little high.

Felipe Alou

He seemed to be healthier today, his legs and everything. He said he needed work and threw 52 pitches.

Karl Dorrell

He's healthy enough, he's throwing the ball, he's getting his timing back,

Bob Filner

With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county.

Jacques Rogge

We support that (tests). The reason for the tests is to protect the health of the athletes. These are health tests, they are not doping tests.

Francis Gannon

I think it was a very healthy thing that we saw this week, ... It was a valuation correction, not a fundamental correction.

J. Horton

It is important to help the troops stay healthy as they help others,

William Dietz

I'd like to think this shows women are leading the way in recognizing obesity as a health threat.

John Battelle

Just like the VCR opened the film and TV industries to unimaginable new revenue streams, search, RSS and the Internet will do the same for marketers and media companies.

Noam Chomsky

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.

Kelly Quinn

These are the industries that are time-and location-sensitive.

Chad Hurley

The one thing with the established and traditional media industries is that whenever something new comes along, they don't know what to make of it, and the natural reaction is to fight it or push back.

J. Paul Getty

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

Jerry Costello

Since 2000, we have lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, of which 500,000 jobs were in high-tech industries such as telecommunications and electronics.

Harris Miller

Our first priority is the Internet Hippocratic oath: 'First, do no harm,' ... Unlike most lobbyists or industries in this town, we don't come to town with a long to-do list, but with a long don't-do list.

Barbara Castle

We were not putting the wages or the money on investment into the industries to which our mass of people would want to turn, and the money was going.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Erin O'Connor

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

Ben Wood

The industry will be lucky to get it out in 2008. Issues with rights, regulations and standards need to be overcome first.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Toshifumi Suzuki

The Japanese retail industry is totally unique. To be successful, you have to have a thorough knowledge about the market.

Geoff Sundstrom

This in many ways is the worst-case scenario that the oil industry has been fearing.

Troy Williamson

I wouldn't say frustrating. I would say more of a learning experience. I learned a lot of stuff.

Michael Wright

Jake has another year. He will learn how to wrestle. To be in the mix with better guys, we need to wrestle them.

Jody Conradt

Just when you think you've seen everything, you haven't. I've learned that during this season.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Gerald Shields

Here's the deal. I want people reading. We are professionals, and we need to be reading and studying. We need to have a life-long learning mentality.

Pat Hill

He said, 'I think you can learn from others,'

Malcolm Deans

I think the lessons we learned this weekend were great, even though we didn't win.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Dave Fullerton

I think what I am learning is to listen to my body.

Mario Theissen

I think it could be possible but in the end it's a sport.

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.

Richard P. Feynman

It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

Richard P. Feynman

So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's impossible. It's just very unlikely". At that he said, "You are very unscientific. If you can't prove it impossible then how can you say that it's unlikely?" But that is the way that is scientific. It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

Bob Williams

If there was something someone wanted that we didn't have, we could usually get it for them in a day or two. We tried to make things as simple as possible for our customers. I think they appreciated that.

Manuel Pellegrini

It has come at the worst possible time. But we have other options.

Cindy Sheehan

I'll be back as soon as possible but we'll keep you posted.

Ron Chernow

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

Troy Polamalu

Being compared to the greatest-ever safety is pretty ridiculous. I continue to work toward that, but I'm not there and I know that.

Virgil

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

Will Smith

Anything can go away. There's no such thing as safety and security. You can do things that give you the illusion of safety and security, but there's really no such thing.

Warren Buffett

The three most important words in investing...Margin of Safety.

Salman Rushdie

If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.

Robert Maxwell

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.

Wil Wheaton

Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow.

Wil Wheaton

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

Robin Williams

As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.

Frank Lloyd Wright

We boast the highest standard of living when it's only the biggest.

Joan Claybrook

These standards are written for Detroit, by Detroit.

James Johnson

This is exciting. By earthworm standards they're pretty cool.

Albert Rauch

This is going to set the standards for all the other inhaled insulins that are in development,

Aimee Mann

If your standards are low, you're going to stop pretty early on in the process.

Coco Chanel

Keep your heel, head and standards high.

Coco Chanel

Keep your heels, head & standards high!

Jeff Olson

The expectations are very high. The standards were set long before I was born.