Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wim Duisenberg

We feel confirmed in our view that we have found the right tone in the markets over the last few months, ... Our tightening bias has slightly strengthened since July.

Sheldon Brown

I thought there was a bias on the panel.

JoAnn Manson

The effect of cigarettes on the risk of disease is so powerful and it's so difficult to control for factors like the intensity and duration of smoking that the only way to eliminate the bias is to look at people who have never smoked,

Tito Mboweni

The bias is on the upside; the bias is on the tightening side; it is not on the loosening side.

Neal Soss

It's a matter of words that don't have much content. The fact that they've said they have a bias to tighten means nothing if meeting after meeting nothing happens.

Paul Rabbit

It's going to be a bit of a struggle, but there's a seasonal bias that should prevail over the next few weeks.

John Shaw

Our initial bias was to hire a defensive coach.

Noah Feldman

For Mitt Romney, the complex question of anti-Mormon bias boils down to the practical matter of how he can make it go away. Facing a traditional American anti-Catholicism, John F. Kennedy gave a speech during the 1960 presidential campaign declaring his private religion irrelevant to his qualifications for public office.

Michael Jansen

Traders are coming in every morning with a bias to sell dollars. The market expects that irrespective of the data, the Fed is going to pause after its next meeting.

Chris Low

The trade deficit widened to a record in September, as expected. But it wasn't the oil story we were all looking for. Instead, it boils down to Boeing and Airbus, with the European firm holding the cards this time around,

Jennifer Harbury

What it boils down to is he will not be released unless he confesses to a crime he did not commit. It's probably the worst civil rights case facing the U.S. government right now.

Andrew Brown

Just down the stretch, it's about making plays, making shots. Sometimes it just boils down to making shots.

Chad Hedrick

I respect him as an athlete. That's what our relationship boils down to.

Mike Conklin

We need the capital for a crusher and a refinery, that's what it boils down to.

Donald Trott

I think the major issue that it always boils down to is ongoing earnings opportunities. The cellular business has been the primary driver in more recent years, but we think cellular will become increasingly competitive.

Jack Barnes

It just boils down to the fact that there's only so much money in the pot.

Gavin Dickey

It's frustrating that I'm not helping score runs for the team. I had opportunities to score some guys tonight and I didn't do the job. That's what it boils down to.

John Dryden

A mob is the scum that rises up most when the nation boils

Rene Preval

During the electoral campaign I felt the enthusiasm. This is my third campaign, my second running for president, and this was the most enthusiastic.

Sean Smith

The senator welcomes him into the race and we look forward to a campaign where we compare the senator's record to Mr. Lamont's record.

Edward Skyler

The suggestion that the mayor is limited to doing only what he proposed during his re-election campaign is absurd.

Richard Engel

The Muslim Brotherhood, or 'the Brotherhood' for short, is an Islamic group founded in Egypt in 1928. It has been pursuing a secret campaign to take over the government since its creation.

Ali Behnam

These data show that there's a lot of value to branding. A lot of times when you're trying to promote your product, you may not see immediate results, but in the customer's mind, that campaign may be contributing to some of these bookmark conversion rates later on.

Bill Bradley

I see myself in this campaign as a kind of goodwill ambassador,

Paul Dergarabedian

The very strong marketing campaign will produce some strong numbers this weekend.

Michael Cornfield

This is an opportunity for citizens to have an impact on campaign practices next year and beyond. We want to learn what people want to look at and what they regard as true or misleading in what they see.

Larry Makinson

There are two ways of looking at campaign finance,

Elizabeth Strout

As a novelist, I like the contained drama and complexity of the courtroom, though I don't watch those shows on TV. I prefer the hospital shows because I wanted to be a doctor.

Robert Manning

The more complex the contract, the more I'd stay away from it.

Leonie Brinkema

This is a what I consider to be a split decision in a very complex case,

Jack Tichy

This product is very complex and very sophisticated. It takes a lot of training.

Laura Wasser

I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.

Mary Bravo

When the objects were presented in a sparse array, search times to find the target were similar for displays composed of simple and complex objects. But when the same objects were presented as dense clutter, search functions were steeper for displays composed of complex objects.

Gilbert Newton Lewis

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties.

Dick Rugge

To some people, it's as simple as a shorter ball. I can tell you from our research, it's a much more complex issue than that.

David Chavern

Everybody desires simplicity but how viable is it to take something complex and force it into being something simple?

Graeme Smith

We contemplated declaring behind, but we also felt that they should have contemplated declaring a little earlier, given we were in the box-seat in terms of the series.

Morris Gleitzman

I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I could have the character trying to do something about it or have the problem whack him between the eyes.

Bobby Holik

The most important thing is limiting the goalie equipment. The last ten years, I was looking at the goal and there was nothing to shoot at. It was like facing a wall.

Lori Wada

You must register. Otherwise, you will be facing this kind of prison term.

Tommy Thompson

We have a real serious problem facing us in America. It's nothing to get real worried about, just be careful. If you are out, make sure you put some mosquito repellent on,

Ron Gardenhire

We were facing one of the better righthanders in the league tonight. We knew it was going to be tough, runs would be at a premium. He made it really tough on us. We really didn't have many opportunities.

Geoffrey Smith

We don't want people to panic, but they need to realize we're facing a very grave situation.

Brian Dawkins

We mixed it up. When you're facing that kind of coverage, maybe (Moss) doesn't go out and run like he usually would run. In his mind, he's thinking, well, I can't get past. It takes a weapon away from that offense.

Paul Wolfowitz

We are in a new era, we are facing new risks, and we must have new capabilities, ... As an alliance, we have never been stronger.

Jonathan Crisp

Let her go home, send her home, ... She will probably in all likelihood be facing this stigma for the rest of her life.

Roger Clemens

So they gave me some medication and I'm going to treat it and that's all I can tell you from there.

Jose Vivas

The way I see it, God gave us life for some reason and took away life from others for some other reason. It's a mystery. Only God knows why.

Laura Wade

I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.

Andy Reid

There are plenty of things to work on, but they gave a great effort.

Daryl Patton

We're a pressure team. We're going to give up some big plays at time but overall ... we gave up some big plays but the kids responded usually with something positive right after that.

Robert Atkins

When I meet vegetarians who might have diabetes, pre-diabetes or massive obesity, I tell them they would be better off if they gave up their Vegetarianism.

Flip Saunders

The only negative was I wanted to play Carlos (Delfino) and I didn't. I think he could have probably helped us. We went with Mo, and Mo gave us energy.

Caitlyn Jenner

'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.

Ethel Andrus

What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.

John Fahey

So what I do is this - when I go to the venue, I become the entertainer John Fahey.

Peter King

Now John Kerry voted for the war and now he says that he would still vote for the war, so what's the difference?

Jeffrey Lichtman

This is not the same John Gotti that he was in '92, or even in '99.

Terri Sewell

I'm benefitting from the sacrifices and seeds sown by Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and so many others. Those of us who are beneficiaries owe it to have a season of service in which we try to give back.

Christopher Meyer

There is a smell about things which reminds me of the last years of John Major,

Brian Gray

When I made it down to work the state tournament, I think John was tickled just as much as dad.

Tobe Berkovitz

The problem with John Kerry is he had his opportunity -- the 2004 Campaign.

Alex Pettyfer

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

Marlon Brando

At Paramount, I sat at lunch with John Wayne. I couldn't even talk.

Ronald Steele

To see Kennedy Winston - the most talented player I've ever played with - not get picked was a reality check.

Jackie Kennedy

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris.

Tom Sawyer

As congressman, my voting record on these matters is clear. I know how to get things done.

Frank Dixon

As a matter of fact, it would be a shock if we weren't. As long as I've been here, we've been No. 1 every year for 15 years. Very seldom have we been out of the No. 1 slot.

Stephen F. Lynch

other matters have been referred to us, and we are taking a look at those matters.

Shyam Saran

These matters should be resolved through discussions and not through confrontation.

Brandon Cruz

I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.

Augusten Burroughs

When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.

Augusten Burroughs

I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too.

Jane Hirshfield

Poems' deep work is a matter of language, but also a matter of life. One part of that work is to draw into our awareness and into language itself the unobvious and the unexpected.

Kohei Uchimura

I don't think my natural talent is much different to the other gymnasts. It is a matter of how I train and how I think about my training. I also give a lot of thought to my routines.

Bruce Graham

What we need to do is sell this idea (to the town). It's not going to sell as a 'Save the Church' (proposal). The way we need to present it to the town is to find a sensible, practical use for this structure.

Rick Snyder

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had.

Joe Wurzelbacher

Private unions, such as the UAW, is a choice between employees and employers. If that is what they want, then who am I to say you can't have it?

Greg Evans

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.

Tom Watkins

We need more entrepreneurs in private and public life,

Lynndie England

I was used by Private Graner. I didn't realise it at the time.

Frank Melton

I think if it's a private investment, it's a private investment,

Mark Delegal

What they say in public and what they say in private are so different.

Jeb Bush

We are just going to keep at it, ... We have no alternative. It's not just to protect private property. It's our lifeblood.

Wil S. Hylton

The tension between public and private science is powerful.

John Twelve Hawks

Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.

Dave Bowman

As of now, no response from the public or business.

Dan Stessel

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

Jim Bailey

public safety reasons and for your own safety.

Tom Bailey

We have a responsibility to the public to do the right thing, ... We've got 14-year-olds that read the newspaper.

Sharon Stone

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

Ben Schott

The radio's pretty much always on, and I also listen to some American podcasts, such as for 'National Public Radio' and 'Newsweek'.

Darryl Strawberry

didn't want to make a public thing out of it.

Bob Elliott

We want a more comprehensive look at public safety.

Alicia Munnell

With public employees, the day of reckoning is more in the distance.

Tom Daschle

As a veteran, there is no question that I stand strongly with the troops,

Sean Avery

No question that this is a way (for the league) to do something to me,

Pete Carroll

No question it helps. I wish I had two weeks for every game.

Stephen Hess

No question about it. It is overwhelmingly the issue.

Klaus Wowereit

No question about it, it is a glitzy scene but that is also part of Berlin,

Bob Goin

The stakes are higher, ... There's no question about that.

Allen Mesch

The summer's going to be without much question very bad.

Joseph Grundfest

There are a lot of complicated questions to answer.

Apolo Ohno

The first question is always, 'We loved him on 'Dancing with the Stars,' we loved him in the Olympics, but can he speak English?' Yes I speak English. Yes, I can.

C. S. Lewis

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.

Alain de Botton

It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane.

Brigham Young

Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?

Denis Diderot

A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.

Eleanor Clift

Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.

Elbert Hubbard

Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.

Stephen Jay Gould

Human life is the result of a glorious evolutionary accident.

Adolf Hitler

I am personally convinced of the great power and deep significance of Christianity, and I won't allow any other religion to be promoted.