Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eryn Witcher

The United States has proven that environmental progress and economic success can go hand in hand using market-based solutions, innovative policies, and partnerships and was recently commended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for this pioneering approach to environmental protection.

Mike Cross

I started out wanting to write songs with rhythm, rhyme and a nice texture, but it has become a lifetime body of work for me. I take a high-energy approach to playing music and telling energetic stories.

Mike Summers

What the Kirchner government has done is destroy the vestiges of trust between Falkland islanders and Argentina. Falkland islanders believe Argentine society would support the Kirchner government's approach to the Falklands issue. For that reason they will not trust any Argentine.

Rob Cheng

What Gauntlet Systems provides is a totally new approach to quality, focused on defect prevention, enforcing best practices, and enabling accountability.

Lee Dean

We've been somewhat deliberate in our movement with this, because we have kind of used ? I don't want to say a committee approach ? but we've used a kind of a community approach where we've gotten involvement from a lot of different people in groups associated with the university.

Mike McAfee

We try to approach the end of the quarters on a high note, and that can be a great defensive stand or a good offensive opportunity. I think our kids are understanding the power of momentum more and more and we certainly want the momentum swinging our way, so we'll play good defense or work for the best shot or both. Maintaining our focus was a key to our success.

Rocky Peterson

We just need to make adjustments (to the zone). We've talked about how we want to approach this game. We just need to do the thing we do well. We can't modify our game drastically.

Chris Tocq

What the federation approach does is provide the capability, through Passport, to make a single administration point for internal and external sites.

Frank Moss

We went back to the drawing board and took a belt-and-suspenders approach to protect the identity and privacy of Americans.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Mike Burgess

People can register the day of the race, but it's like anything else. You have to stand in line. It's always best to pre-register.

Ted Jones

Deep Run is the best team I've seen with the exception of Dale.

Juli Inkster

Deep down, Beth and I know we didn't play our best golf today, ... Half a point, we're not happy with it, but it's better than no points.

Mike Davis

Dee Brown is one of the best players in our league. He's going to come in and try to carry them by himself. He did that in the Michigan State game.

Al Peacock

Deanna is a great pitcher, one of the best pitchers in the state. She does not get enough recognition for what she's capable of doing.

Neal Wolkoff

Deals are time-consuming, and they are difficult. It doesn't mean that they necessarily don't work out. It just means that the best day you have is the day you make the announcement.

Kevin McCabe

Day-in, day-out it's still a learning process, especially as quarterbacks, because we haven't had much game experience. We're just trying to do the best we can with the reps we are getting.

Chris Raso

Day in and day out they've been able to take everybody's best shot because that's what you get, especially in the playoffs.

Chris Probyn

This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that consumer spending is going to be a much smaller contributor to economic growth in the fourth quarter.

Kenny Williams

We are certainly pleased with where he is and where we are as a result of what he has done.

Larry Coker

We are certainly pleased. When you are around very special people, you like to keep those people around the players and the programs. Coach Cristobal is one of those.

Dick Luedke

We are certainly pleased overall. We can deal with the short-term losses. Over the long term, things usually even out.

Kevin Armstrong

We are certainly past the point where we need an increase, especially with the situation with how fuel has been. It's absorbing all of our profits, and we can't make a living,

Kirk Shireman

We are certainly 'no go' now, but we are working very hard to be in a 'go' position.

Dave Girouard

We are certainly much smaller than the mother ship, but we are doubling in size every year and are profitable.

David Parrish

We are certainly looking; the thing is that we have not found anybody.

Jack Dunn

We are certainly hoping he can come back, and I know he is hoping to return and complete some of his coursework before he returns to Loyola University.

Jeff VandeLoo

The way King played us defensively, it was obvious how they felt about Adam. I don't think you focus a defense like that unless a guy is a big-time stud.

Adrian Beltre

The way I'm hitting, I'd better make those plays. This year, I'm getting paid for my defense. I work hard at it, I take pride in it. In games like this, small plays make a difference.

Cedric Bozeman

This is special and this is a special group of guys. We play defense. That's what we do. We didn't let them walk over us.

Mike Scioscia

This is out of the blue. Everything you could have messed up, we messed up out there. These guys have played terrific defense all year, so it's very uncharacteristic.

Chris Richard

This game will be a lot tougher. If we just play the defense like we played the last time, maybe a little harder, we should be OK.

Tim Brasic

That's when I really took a picture of the defense and everything started slowing down. I just saw everything so perfectly on that play. I really started to get a good feel for it.

Duane Akina

That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.

Rodney Carney

That's what we've been concentrating on throughout our other victories: defense. Once we got the defense clicking, the lead just extended.

Chauncey Billups

That's what we're about. Our offense is good, and we got a lot of great offensive players. But our defense - that's what we're known for. That's what we do.

Alan Nicholl

Twenty-some shots is a tremendous game, offensively. For them not to score a goal, you have to hand it back to our kids; they put up such a great defensive effort.

Jimmy Just

The kids really deserve this. We've just got to step it up on the defensive end.

Josh Hartman

The kids played really well defensively the entire game. I'm proud of their defensive effort. Offensively, we stumbled a little in the third.

Julian Peterson

The last five, six years, we've been pretty much drafting defensive players to run with the Rams offense, ... We match up very well. We're not really threatened by their skill positions.

Steve Salwei

All the girls played well. We had a real strong defensive game today.

Brad Tingey

The mark of this team this year is we just find a way. Whoever is hot or what ever defensive stop we need, it's happened so far.

Robert Pires

All our opponents are now playing the same way. They opt for a very defensive set-up with seven or eight players packed on their side of the pitch,

Hugh Nall

A big part of it is our defensive ends are pretty good. I'm not so sure they're not better than what they were last year because they are improved and the speed is better. It's going to do nothing but make (Hart) better and the other tackles better.

Larry Coker

It sets you back a lot. When you don't practice, you don't get better. Willie has a lot of ability. He needs to get schooled in the defensive scheme.

Andre Morgan

Our main focus was to come out (in the first half) and execute. I guess we did execute, because (Jacksonville) is a very competitive team.

Amanda Hansen

Our main focus is to get past that first round.

Andre Patterson

Our main focus has been getting better every time we get on the floor. We don't look at where we're playing or who we're playing. We just look at it as five-on-five and that we're going to work harder.

Laurie Fisher

Our only focus is on preparing our game, so we're not doing things to shut down Rogers or shut down somebody else.

John O'Connell

Our No. 1 focus was we had to protect the ball. That's why we lost.

Andy Nickerson

Our last game we didn't play with any intensity and our whole focus tonight was to just play as intense as we could.

Dennis Hastert

In the long run, we must focus on what is the better good for mankind.

Simon Wardell

Iran is going to be the focus for still quite a long period.

Gerald Mueller

If your focus is on the past, on being compensated for something that happened in the past, you're not likely to get what you want.

Marcelo Enriquez

South is a very good team and I knew they were going to be much more competitive the second round.

Joe Linta

Special teams will be his meal ticket. He's got good speed and good hands. He's a real good 51, 52 or 53-type guy on the roster who can do a lot of things for you.

Kyle McLaren

Special teams was good tonight, especially the penalty kill.

Kelly Wood

One good shot from the opposition (centre guard) and that's all they needed to win. We had to hit at least three-quarters and it hung straight. That's curling.

Thomas Fuller

One good head is better than a hundred strong hands

John Sharp

One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.

Rob Hermann

Once you get to this point, you just want to see the local guys do well. Dustin is a good kid, and we love to help as much as possible.

Chris Chambers

Once you wrap that screen around, and you get really good sound you get immersed, ... You mentally make the leap that you're in this game. It's really amazing.

Stephen Malkmus

One day I'm going to write a straight-ahead story. I really want to, but I can't at the moment. I'm not very good at it right now.

Joanne Pratt

The Web is a great place to shop and spend money, but it's pretty great for making money too.

Marcus Thames

That's what I work for every year. It'll be a great feeling.

Glenn Britt

A la carte isn't a great way to sell networks. It's also the wrong way to sell programming. Most TV shows don't sell on their own.

Bob Grimes

All around, this was just a great performance as a whole.

Jeff Bower

Allan did a great job getting everything going with this whole process,

Ray Richardson

Albany has great tradition of winning and I was a part of that, ... It's great to have Albany back in the league and will be a great place for young men to try and reach their dreams, which is playing in the NBA.

Annika Sorenstam

A little disappointed about the outcome - it was so close. The US team played some great golf.

Rachel Nichols

'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.

Randy Sanders

(Ainge) is working hard and has a great attitude,

As we were driving, we saw a sign that said ""Watch for Rocks."" Marta said it should read ""Watch for Pretty Rocks."" I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!

Charles Peabody

It's a really high price and not many people are willing to pay that, so I think Lehman is the more obvious,

Dick Bronson

This is the high point of the year for these kids.

Steve Bolman

Our used portion is about the same size as the old Kenilworth Junior High School.

Margaret D. Nadauld

The kind of young woman who can be a terrific torchbearer has high standards all the time, not just in her prom dress, but every, ordinary day.

Felix Baumgartner

Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.

Anna Netrebko

As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low registers is lots of work.

Joseph Bernier

We just didn't have it as a high priority,

Joseph LaVorgna

Treasuries are going to seek higher yields over the next weeks. The labor market looks quite healthy.

Debby Ryan

I'm very, very low-key in general.

Paul Desmond

Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But it's really more introspective than communicative. Like a crossword puzzle compared to a poem.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

Gin Wigmore

I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.

Bret Tuetken

We're not a very big team. Rebounding will be key for us.

Demi Lovato

As a kid I'd play with homemade recipes, like putting pineapple on my face to exfoliate my skin and doing facial steams with lavender or peppermint oils. I just loved doing stuff like that. It's what motivated me to launch my skin care line.

Alison Sweeney

I love fresh vegetables and we always include them in our meals. I don't force my kids to eat asparagus, but they do eat peas, broccoli, and carrots.

Amanda Beard

Life is all about balance: sprinting hard and fast, breathing deep and slow. Working out with my coaches, playing with my kids. Eating whole foods for fuel, enjoying a glass of wine with friends.

Amanda Bynes

Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

Wayne Alexander

We stepped up. We had two or three kids that really stepped up and played pretty well, and I think we'll do well at the state tournament.

Joe Peel

We stayed as long as we could, ... We had to get the kids out of there because they were getting so emotional.

Alessandro Nivola

I'd grown up loving English films. I was a huge Monty Python fanatic as a kid.

Alessandra Ambrosio

You know, I have a kid on my own, and I know how busy it is, the first weeks and the first month.

Alex Flinn

Anyone else feel like that? Like your life's a big act. Like you're trying to be a man when you're just a scared kid, trying to keep under control when you really want to scream, cry, or maybe hit someone. Ever feel like you're breathing underwater and you have to stop because you're gulping in too much fluid.

Thomas Huxley

Genius, as an explosive power, beats gunpowder hollow.

Thomas Eakins

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure.

Thomas de Quincey

Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the unworthy, daily evoked by his personal defects, who with a handsome person would have sunk into the luxury of a careless life under the tranquillizing smiles of continual admiration.

Timothy Garton Ash

Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.

Timothy Leary

You are a powerful, unlimited and eternal soul who is here to enjoy the experience of creativity and contribute to humanity's evolution.

Thomas Sowell

Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords as by contributing to the vast and powerful currents of conceptions and misconceptions that sweep human action along.

Robert McKee

A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.

Robert McKee

Of the total creative effort represented in a finished work, 75 percent or more of a writer's labor goes into designing the story designing story tests the maturity and insight of the writer, his knowledge of society, nature, and the human heart. Story demands both vivid imagination and powerful analytic thought.

Robert Lanza

For example, if the big bang had been one-part-in-a billion more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for the galaxies to form and for life to begin.

Peter Rosenfeld

We do everything we can to stand by suppliers who are financially challenged.

Rajneesh

Religion is nothing but a science to attain wisdom, understanding, to know what life is, and to live it in utter celebration.

Isaac Asimov

The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.

David Shuster

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

Abraham Lincoln

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

S. I. Hayakawa

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

Stevie Wonder

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.

Marie Windsor

So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

Ted Turner

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.

Theodore Roosevelt

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Theodore Roosevelt

Work hard at work worth doing.

Theodore Roosevelt

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing worth having comes easy.