Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Adams

Any exposed piping, go ahead and cover it with foam insulation.

Ian Shepherdson

As far as we can tell, confidence now seems to have run a bit ahead of the improvement in the stock market, and the failure of the Nasdaq and Dow to make further progress in recent weeks makes it doubtful that confidence will continue to rise at the May pace. The sharp rise in unemployment is likely to become a negative factor, too.

Susan Kalla

As far as technological innovation they are ahead of the Bells. Whether they can leverage the technology to put them on an even position with the Bells -- it's possible but not probable.

David Goodwin

As developers, we have to keep a little ahead of the game, ... This is an area that's on the move.

Priscilla Feral

As far as a tourism boycott which I had called off, it will be organized again. As much as we are floored to get the news, we are determined to go ahead and keep working.

Michael J. Anderson

As good as 'Twin Peaks' was, and I mean, it's a superb work that's way ahead of its time, and we've never caught up, and we never will... I mean, we will never catch up to 'Twin Peaks.'

Michael Cuggino

As a general rule, techs got ahead of themselves last year. There's a 'priced to perfection' mentality with tech now.

Kimberly Harris

The bottom line is we are working to give our customers and our utility more energy independence. Over the long term we're trying to shield our customers, as much as we can, from the financial stings an unstable energy market can inflict. The way to do that, we believe, is to plan ahead -- to invest now and secure the energy resources and infrastructure needed to serve our region long into the future.

Phil Singer

The bottom line is that if you're an average American, it's pretty hard to get heard by George Bush and get ahead in today's economy. But if you're a big contributor, or a powerful corporate interest, you get heard loud and clear.

Terri Sullivan

Any facility that takes a sex offender is very conscious of the enforcement spotlight. They're not going to take any chances.

Jami Attenberg

As creative people, we should be really conscious of being of service in our work, being as generous as we can.

Anton Chekhov

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty.

Karen Carlson

As of (Thursday) . . . she was conscious and able to speak with our traffic investigator. I haven't heard for sure, but I understand she didn't have a recollection of what had went on.

Tubby Smith

Randolph Morris's foul trouble hurt us and it hurt him. We have to get him to be more conscious of playing without fouling.

Rick Klimchock

I've made a conscious effort to try and downplay him. But he does have the potential to be a great two-sport star.

Tony Danza

I wanted one bad. It was a way to be socially conscious and still cool.

Pete Johnson

Strategy is a style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation system, the science of insuring future success.

Leila Janah

Technology is a tough realm to navigate as a younger woman who is not married. It can be hard to cultivate professional relationships because you have to be conscious of how to engage potential investors.

Steve Tilson

Our destiny is still in our own hands.

Derrick Coleman

Our destiny is sort of in our own hands. We need to get back on track. This is really the most important game of our season because we need to get back on track.

Greg Norman

Destiny wasn't going to let me win that golf tournament. It wasn't going to happen.

Maurice Ager

Destiny isn't really in our hands anymore. All we can do is win our games and hope they lose. We're not going to let this destroy our whole season.

Albert Einstein

And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.

Sorin Cerin

The spiritual being wants to be Destiny and the Destiny wants to become Evolution, and the Evolution wants to become Fulfillment, the Fulfillment wants to become Truth and, oh my, Truth wants to be a part of Knowledge, when it is precisely non-Knowledge.

Charles Reade

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny

Matt Birk

The Steelers won three playoff games in a row on the road; they are a mentally tough team. And they are one of the most physical teams I saw all year. When it comes to physicality and mental toughness, they are a hard team to beat. Plus, it seems like they have one of those destiny things going for them.

Raymond Domenech

I sensed it was a team that had taken its destiny in its hands.

Terry Hoeppner

We are going to have 200 motorcycles leading us down (Indiana) 37. They are going to be leading us back into Bloomington.

Sean Landeta

Up to that point, our punt team had done very well. Two weeks earlier, I was leading the NFC in punting, and I thought I was punting well, but they thought that they needed to do something to shake things up.

Bobby Howard

We were leading 7-2 in the game. We just didn't get it done.

Steve Taylor

But I think if he's still leading the points, he'll go to Reno.

Tony Stewart

Obviously we wanted to win the race after leading that many laps.

I. Stone

I think there's some real fundamental support for the Governor, ... He's as tough as an old rope, and he'll be leading this state for a long time.

Rod Smith

I see him leading a team, I see him leading an organization.

Steve Wood

That's what I'm most proud of about this team - the senior players are leading by example. It's a lovely thing to see.

Alexis Herman

We don't see that leading to any inflationary pressures on the economy.

Bill Hornbarger

The big thing on everybody's mind is oil prices.

Toba Beta

A well-trained mind responded to symptoms. An ordinary mind reacted after it happened.

Joshua Young

At times, you don't think you are going to be able to do it. But if you do what you are supposed to do and keep your mind on focus, you'll get a whole lot out of it.

James Fox

People think 'Performance' blew my mind... my mind was blown long before that.

Daphne Maurier

a quality of thought, a state of mind.

Mike Love

The songs are complicated enough to keep your mind engaged,

Nick Rimando

The thing that's on my mind now is the (United-Galaxy) game. It grounds us a little bit.

Steve Brozak

The thing that comes to mind is that Guidant blinked (in the negotiations).

Steve Brozak

The thing that comes to mind is that Guidant blinked.

Paul Sadorf

We should do well in several of them.

Dan Smith

They're always tough. Several years ago everyone used us as a measuring stick. Now everyone uses them as the measuring stick.

Scott Kim

What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy.

Ayn Rand

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

Burt Reynolds

I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he's probably going to step on them anyway.

Deng Xiaoping

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

Antonio Porchia

I have come one step away from everything. And here I stay, far from everything, one step away.

Hugh Johnson

(This) week is time for two steps forward,

Douglas Preston

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.

Christopher Reeve

What can I do today to take a step forward?

Daniel D. Palmer

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

David Livingstone

Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Baruch Spinoza

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

Arthur Koestler

Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred.

Ayn Rand

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Brad Pitt

There's no right. There's no wrong. There's only popular opinion.

Carl von Clausewitz

It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.

Carl Sandburg

Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.

C. S. Lewis

Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.

C. S. Lewis

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.

Charles Kettering

Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.