Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray Sims

At sectional, nobody was giving us a shot. Our kids knew through the newspaper and Web sites that nobody was picking us to win the sectional. They have finally bought into the fact that defense wins championships.

Mike Krueger

A year ago China bought a lot of wheat for the first time in 10-15 years. This year, they have not bought nearly as much wheat as last year, but it looks like in the future they will be a consistent buyer.

Billy Carter

People who have never bought guns before are buying them now,

Debbie Ryan

Our defense is usually pretty good. I'm pleased where we are now. This team has bought into the fact that if we want to win, we have to play defense.

Scott Hyland

Our defense bought us some time until our shots started to drop. Also it enabled us to get out and get a couple of baskets in transition.

Robert Daggett

Our current systems were certainly creaking under the load, and then we bought the new company, which was just going to break it. Something had to change.

Heather Dougherty

People bought more than last year. You see the categories not changing very much from years past. We all expected a heavy gadget-type of Christmas.

Rebecca Ferguson

After 'X Factor,' I got loads of gigs. Then I went on holiday just after the tour and bought my Rolex in Tenerife. I needed to go through that phase - splurge and see that it's worthless - to get it out of my system.

Tom Parsons

Do your math. Packages are built with a fixed airfare. If there is a major decrease in ticket prices, you're going to pay more for the package than you would if you bought air, hotel, and car separately.

Hisao Sato

Oil demand in the U.S., China and India is expected to rise further. Supplies, especially of sweet crude oil, will increase only slightly compared with the growth in demand.

Tsuyoshi Shimizu

Companies that rely on the Chinese market may suffer if China continues raising rates.

Zeng Jun

Despite the economic slowdown around the world, China is still doing relatively well. However, when winter comes, domestic demand in China will slow down and there will be negative movements in the equities market...

Yan Xuetong

Development' shows China itself wants to become prosperous, but 'rise' indicates China wants to narrow the gap with developed countries.

Liu Mingkang

the story I delivered to the public in China and outside of China is a story of 'never again.'

Rebecca MacKinnon

One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities.

David Albright

Russia is looking after its economic interests. They have a lot at stake, ... China is so ideologically opposed that the most you can get out of them is an abstention.

Michel Lu

Russia has close relations with China, so it's not surprising that it criticized Taiwan. However, Russia's reaction also revealed that it was unaware that China opposed the council and guidelines when they were first formulated, and also that Taiwan's decision was made in order to reinforce democracy and respect the right of the people to determine their own future.

Robert Skidelsky

The 'rise' of China has suddenly become the all-absorbing topic for those professionally concerned with the future of the planet,

Tom Daschle

as consistent or regular as I think they should be.

Henry McVey

(The sale) would not surprise me. (It would be) consistent with what we have been saying about downsizing in international retail brokerage.

Dan Wheldon

It was an up-and-down day. My pace just wasn't consistent and that's what cost me.

Todd Coffey

The season's over, but now's the time I can actually work on some stuff. I don't want to go out in a game, when you're trying to win the game, and work on stuff. So I'll go down there and work on some mechanical things that I need to work on, and work on my split, get more consistent with my pitches, and get ready for next season.

Patrick Fearon

The service sector of the economy is still growing at a good pace and that is consistent with what we were seeing in the employment report for November.

Steven Wood

These data are consistent with slower but still solid economic activity.

Anthony Solomon

Isiah always gave a consistent effort for our program and he will be missed. At the same time, his departure creates opportunities for other individuals.

Derek Jeter

I've been with Mo for 14 years, so I've seen everything he's done. It's mind-boggling to look at how consistent he has been over the years. He is one of the main reasons for the success of this organization.

Dion Harris

I've been trying to come out and be a consistent player for the most part, and when it doesn't happen for you, of course it's frustrating.

Douglas Coupland

The thing about the future is that it never feels the way we thought it would.

Virgil

Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure.

Burt Rutan

There will be a new industry, and we are just now in the beginning. I will predict that in twelve or fifteen years there will be tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people, that fly and see that black sky.

Baltasar Gracian

It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.

Edgar Mitchell

Eventually we must leave Earth-at least a certain number of our progeny must as our sun approaches the end of its solar life cycle. But just as terrestrial explorers have always led the way for settlers, this will also happen extraterrestrially. Earth is our cradle, not our final destiny.

Aristotle

The shape of the heaven is of necessity spherical; for that is the shape most appropriate to its substance and also by nature primary.

David J. C. MacKay

In a climate where people don't understand the numbers, newspapers, campaigners, companies, and politicians can get away with murder

Sid Ryan

Every day that they put this legislation off to the future is more time to negotiate.

Paolo Bacigalupi

I think that, when I think about the future that 'The Water Knife' represents, it's one where there's a lack of oversight, planning and organization.

Rob Neyland

That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.

Atharva Veda

See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Michael Redd

I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them.

Mark Teixeira

I've never been more unhappy as a Ranger than the last two weeks. Nothing's going right. A lot of things are going on, and none of them are positive.

Robin Bhar

The ( zinc ) concentrate market is already so tight, this is the last thing the market needs.

Dennis Ruedinger

Things seem to be going very well. He had his surgery last year and everything I know is just fine.

Kenneth Brown

Things have progressed well in the last two years, which makes us feel good.

Carol Woods

The worst is when people come back for the last of their stuff. You know you'll never see them again.

Kevin Johnson

Ray really starts with the customer. He looks at things 'outside in,' as he says, not technology-out.

John McNamara

Profit is a new kind of shark that looks just like a dolphin.

Matt Walton

These low numbers may make us look good, but it also looks like we're not telling everything. Penn's numbers may look bad, but at least you know they're telling you everything.

Clark Yingst

Technically, it looks like no more than a reflex rebound, an oversold bounce.

Malia Davis

See how he looks at her when she's eating. He's totally in love.

Felipe Alou

I've seen him pitch a lot. He looks stronger physically from what I've seen and seems to be throwing harder. He's (looking) a lot better.

Mike Sherman

It was very scary. It looks like he's going to be OK.

Elizabeth Brown

I've been praying for a long time. Looks like my prayers were answered.

Brock Spack

I've been pleasantly surprised with how natural he is. He looks like he's going to be a player.

Chris Phillips

Sometimes our passing was without a purpose. When we did pass with a purpose, we were very good, but not nearly long enough.

Joe Adams

Steroids are not really needed, ... You can get nearly the same results through training.

John Joyce

Services now represent nearly 50 percent of IBM's revenue.

Geoffrey Zakarian

When I entertain, I want to have fun. But I'm also a control person. I don't go in for those everyone-in-the-kitchen cooking scenes. So if I want to be with my guests, I have to do everything - or nearly everything - in advance.

Jim Veltman

After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to.

Charlie Skelton

The story is timeless and can be done in any era.

Goldie Hawn

The movie actually has a little more back story, more consequence, and I think it's more real actually for this time period.

David White

Some still have enough time to do so.

Rob Allison

Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.

Curtis Sliwa

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Chris Mills

I've never had a better time doing anything -- not just music, but anything,

Bill Cowher

This is not the time to relax. They've had their off time. You can't do that. It's around the corner.

Benjamin Disraeli

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Joe Bob Briggs

Faith is like a kernel of wheat.

William Reinsch

A year from now we're all going to be embarrassed by this.

Wade Taylor

A year ago I thought it was a done deal. I thought we weren't going to have a pool. I'm encouraged.

Trey Blue

I've always been able to score; this year I'm more of a playmaker who can score.

Ted Sim

The motels this year have been really accommodating for us.

Tim Franklin

The most important thing we've been this year is a symbol.

Matt Light

I've said that every year I've been here.

Kim Clijsters

It would make the year even more special,

David Richards

The way I went about it this year has been much better. The conversations we have had have been very good.

Tommy Tuberville

This is not going to be our most experienced year at quarterback,