Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Bowman

Reaching this milestone is an incredible accomplishment for the entire C-17 team. And hitting one million flight hours more than a year ahead of the original plan is a testament to the aircraft and our customers' confidence in it.

Martin Indyk

promotion of U.S. interests in the Middle East, especially in support of President Clinton's efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace.

Mario Draghi

Productivity growth is the only possible way to achieve prosperity, to create a solid, sustainable foundation for wage increases and to ensure the country's development, for ourselves and for future generations.

Nathaniel Branden

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause

Andrew Gould

(Producers') plans have already been put in place to achieve this, but it will take several years of sustained activity to develop the new production that can reliably replace today's supply.

Joseph Ratzinger

proclaim forgiveness and reconciliation, which are the only way to achieve stable harmony.

Clayton Christensen

People who have the drive to achieve spend most of their time on what brings them the most tangible, immediate sense of success. Investments in our family only pay off in the very long term.

Orin Smith

Our third-quarter financial results demonstrate the ongoing strength of our business, ... Starbucks operations are functioning at a more sophisticated level than ever before. Our consistently strong performance positions us well to achieve our aggressive fiscal 2005 goals -- including an acceleration of store growth as we pursue the Company's expanding global opportunity.

Brendan Foley

Our technologies allows us to learn about the past in ways that we couldn't achieve otherwise. We're not looking for footnotes any more. We're looking to write new chapters, and are convinced that in 10 to 15 years using these methods, we will have changed history.

Bill Long

Any grass-roots organization or group of individuals that come together often have an impact with local officials when they're reasonable. If someone's indignant, rude or loud, reasonable people get turned off. It's almost like they click a switch off in my brain when they get belligerent, and I almost don't hear some positives they may have.

George Young

Another rule: I took pictures of what intrigued me, but I didn't alter the pictures on the computer except to crop. And there are almost no people; it's more about scenery.

Venkaiah Naidu

As far as the successor's selection is concerned, we are holding consultations and have almost arrived at a name.

Bill Joy

As far as I know we also almost bought Apple once. We almost merged with Apple two other times.

Mark Schneider

As far as I am concerned, this is a totally bone-headed idea. As it stands now, there are way too many 'no turn on red' signs, most of which serve no obvious purpose. As a pedestrian, I've experienced almost no problems with the turn-on-red law.

Wendy Gordon

As hard as it was being away from (my family), I really felt like that's where I needed to be. You almost feel guilty coming home because they have to stay and live it for who knows how long. So, whatever relief we could give was an amazing experience for us.

Gary Barnett

as good of a practice as we've had on a Wednesday. We had good spirit and executed very well. It feels like we're almost there.

Shamir

As far as influences, I listen to a lot of people like Nina Simone and other androgynous voices, almost to make me feel like I'm not alone.

John Evans

As everyday road cars, they are not the best, ... They are quite high strung and almost demand that you push them. Although they are easy to drive, my most pervasive thought when driving on the road is 'Am I going to jail today?'--and you have to really like talking to 20 people when you buy gas.

Bhagavad Gita

A disciplined person, enjoying sense objects with senses that are under control and free from likes and dislikes, attains tranquillity.

Bill Vaughn

When a fellow you knew in school attains some lofty public office, you're glad for his sake - but somewhat apprehensive for the future of the country

Clare Luce

Lying increases the creative faculties . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that it falls so short of in fact and in deeds.

Bhagavad Gita

For the wise who seeks to attain yoga (of meditation or the equanimity of mind), Karma-yoga is said to be the means; for the one who has attained yoga, the equanimity becomes the means (of Self-Realization).

Eric Liu

If the undocumented have to work hard to attain citizenship, those of us who already are citizens should have to work hard to sustain it. We should all have to serve more, vote more, build more, and do more for our country.

Henry Cabot Lodge

She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and a right solution, if we can attain to it, would largely benefit mankind.

Joyce Banda

I have always said that I want Malawi to attain growth that should not just be seen in GDP, but in the growth of opportunities for all, protection for all, and equality for all.

Rig Veda

Human beings perform good karma (deeds) in order to attain success.

Marco Rubio

Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity.

Bible Bible

As he spake these words, many believed on him.

Sendhil Mullainathan

As a researcher, every once in a while you encounter something a little disconcerting. And this is something that changes your understanding of the world around you, and teaches you that you're very wrong about something that you really believed firmly in.

Bill Walsh

As a defensive coordinator, he was beloved by his players. They truly believed in him. They'd sacrifice anything to do what he said. He was as unique a man as we've seen from that standpoint.

Bill Walsh

As a defensive coordinator, he was beloved by his players, ... They truly believed in him. They'd sacrifice anything to do what he said. He was as unique a man as we've seen from that standpoint.

Kevin Bacon

As an actor, I've always believed we have dark sides to ourselves,

Rob Thomas

The bottom line is these individuals believed him and he was able to portray himself as the type of person who could pull that off.

Seth Kaplan

The budgetary increases are a farce. If he really believed in decreasing dependence on foreign oil, he would not have pushed through an energy bill that was full of giveaways to the petroleum industry, with only marginal support to other forms of energy.

Jonathan Brown

The British have given me good support for the last 8 years and have always believed in me.

Ricky Boren

At some point in time, he made a hand gesture in the direction of the officer with what was believed to be a weapon,

Tom Renney

Just something we have to deal with internally as a team when it comes to penalties.

Joe Torre

He deals with the stress and pressure very well,

Maria Rodriguez

What we want is the deal they promised us -- if we paid them, we were covered.

Rebecca Loos

He's a stranger to me now. He looks very different to how I knew him. And the way he dealt with the whole thing. He's just a very different man.

Albert Smith

It is a good deal better to be seventy-nine years young than it is to be fifty years old

Iain Gray

It is a hugely important deal for Airbus in what is a very important market,

Jeremy Roenick

I think the owners got a deal very favorable to them, ... It gives them leeway to do more than they should be able to do with our salaries.

John Underwood

I thought by Thanksgiving 2004 we'd have a system in place. My worst nightmare was if we couldn't get the deal done.

John Podesta

I think you've got to deal with it on a one-step-at-a-time basis. We don't want to see a long timeout, if you will, from the peace-making process, ... Late Edition.

Jill Malko

It was two games in a row where we dug ourselves into a hole where we couldn't get ourselves out. We started off slow and played flat in the first half.

Steve MacFarlane

It would have to be a significant shift from where they've dug in so far. If they're not interested in talking, our guys may leave.

Buddy Bell

You should have seen Hansen and Zack talking in the dugout today, ... They never shut up.

Dennis Emery

Florida is just a solid veteran team that was ranked No. 1 earlier this year. We dug ourselves a hole early and they did a good job of getting the much needed three-set win at No. 3. I thought our team fought hard today.

Brian Fuentes

At this point, nobody on our side is surprised by what he does. The guys in the other dugout are probably trying to figure out who he is, but even if they do, with his stuff he's going to be fine.

Dick Bliss

I am so proud of these girls. That was the largest we have been down all year. But the girls dug in on defense, and turned some turnovers into points in the second half.

Bud Childers

If we just could have gotten some shots to fall in the first half. We started off so well, but we just dug ourselves too big of a hole to get out of.

Eric Anderson

I didn't know (if we could rebound in overtime). It really hurt. But somehow we dug down and regrouped to do it.

Jay Brown

I think they dug themselves in a big hole.

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Stuart Anderson

On the state level, these efforts will continue.

Tom Harkin

The industry's efforts so far have been woefully inadequate,

Guru Singh

They forsake the Fear of the True Guru, and because of their stubborn mindedness, their efforts do not succeed.

Robert Milton

The year kicks off with the efforts on Jazz.

Debby Padgett

Our efforts are coordinated, and we are working toward a fabulous event in 2007. Not only for 2007, but beyond.

Rob Stutzman

that they're supporting efforts that have a long-standing positive influence on the state.

Troy Ellerman

We're a rodeo association, not a bull-riding association. Our efforts should be focused on making our rodeos better.

Tim Carney

There is a lot of focus on counter-drug efforts on the part of Rene Preval.

Richelle Mead

I stared. "Canadian Satanists? You're sending me to a group of Canadian Satanists?

John McCormack

The first group of songs which I give, on any program, are songs which I sing to please myself. They represent my musical taste.

Lorna Tilbian

The group is trading well. The group has robust organic growth prospects.

Brian King

The impacts are more a matter of logic. Do you need to be part of a group to be comfortable at a shelter? And is that hurting the solitary experience?

Thomas Miller

All they want to do is take away from us, because we're a group of minority workers.

Teri Barbera

This is a group operation, involving more than one person.

Najib Razak

All members of the group have surrendered to police,

Betsy Meter

That large a group said 'yes' is somewhat telling.

Rex Berryman

They know what they're in for, and it overwhelms some of (the younger players). They've not quit, give this group credit.

Tuesday Weld

It seems the brighter you are, the deeper the hole you get into.

Carlton Fisk

I'm a six-handicap but those two holes scare me every time,

O. Singh

I'm just not playing well enough to win on Sunday. There are too many mistakes. I play two or three holes that really put me down. That's what's been happening.

Seve Ballesteros

I miss the hole, I miss the hole, I miss the hole, I hole it.

O. Singh

The first hole played downwind. No. 4 played downwind . . . and 11 played downwind.

Stuart Appleby

You can't run away from the pack if you aren't running away from it. Running away would be six shots up with six holes to play. That would be pretty much a run away. There is a lot of golf, 25% of the tournament still left out there.

M. Wolfe

They've left this hole open for so long that there's an increasingly legitimate market for these pirate products,

Luke Taylor

You see a hole in the defense, and you can go right, go left. You can go around them, or you can run over them.

Ryan Thompson

Each individual who sent us messages supports Aggie bonfire. There would be many, many disappointed people (if it stopped). I'm sure there would be a hole in people's hearts.

Doc Scheppler

Just returning to the team was a huge lift for us.

Mike Szabo

He just stepped up and made a play. That was a huge play.

Sven Eriksson

He seems like a different player and very mature in his way of playing. He's a huge talent and has been doing very well for us

Tom Penders

I think it's huge for the league. We still feel we're still at least a three-bid league.

Donna Davis

It is a huge milestone because if you don't have enough signatures you'd have to start from scratch, as I understand.

Robin Pingeton

I thought Brooke was the difference. She had a little stretch in about 30 seconds that was huge for our team.

Jason Katims

I think that the one thing about 'Parenthood' is that, while it's never been a huge out-of-the-box hit, it's always been solid. We've always kept our audience.

Catriona Matthew

It is going to be a huge week,

Luis Gonzalez

I was an outfielder, and I was a huge Ken Griffey Jr. fan. In Little League, the team I played for was the Mariners, and I wore No. 24.

Jerry Dorsey

He decided, for personal reasons, that he needed to be off the board.

Norm Boyles

We made the plays when we needed to, and Tiffany buckled down when she needed to.

Ruth Ozeki

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

Jon Darbyshire

In the past, it was something they needed to address, but they didn't have to.

Dale Jarrett

I'm sure they could not see out of their back windows, not that they needed to because nobody else was close.

Steve Hesser

I'm really proud of my guys. ... We stepped up and made plays when we needed to. We were just a play or two from winning the game.

Jon Mills

I made some putts when I needed to make them,

Sidney Crosby

The first period was kind of rough, but after that, we started working. We just needed to play more desperate.

Jonathan Tisch

You were there for us when we needed you, and we will be there for you.

Jim Macaluso

It would be tough for Vegas to put odds on this thing.

Charles Bukowski

I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.

Robert Kiyosaki

Most people want to be rich but they do not want to pay the price, in fact there are ways of becoming rich in which the odds are in the person's favor

Anne Rice

Don't you see? I'm not the spirit of any age. I'm at odds with everything and always have been! I have never belonged anywhere with anyone at any time!

Robert Greene

No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.

Richard Linklater

As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego you have invested in being right, the greater the odds are that you will never change your opinion.

Swami Vivekananda

Sincerity of conviction and purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely destined to prevail against all odds.

Ronald Fisher

If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at one in fifty (the 2 per cent. point), or one in a hundred (the 1 per cent. point). Personally, the writer prefers to set a low standard of significance at the 5 per cent. point, and ignore entirely all results which fail to reach this level. A scientific fact should be regarded as experimentally established only if a properly designed experiment rarely fails to give this level of significance.

Suzanne Collins

One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

Brian Shipley

It wasn't pretty, but we did what we had to do to win. We took it one pitch at a time and overcame adversity.

F. Schumacher

Going from two wheels to four, we've seen in the past that this can be done.

Ronda Rousey

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Richard M. Nixon

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

Richard Gilman

I want my poor value to exist past me, somewhere else.

Robert Dale Owen

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past?

Robin Hobb

Life is not a race to restore a past situation. Nor does one have to hurry to meet the future. Seeing how things change is what makes life interesting.

Robert Smithson

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us

Robert Plant

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

Satchel Paige

One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.

Jason Richardson

If you want to be in a position to be a playoff team, you can't play that type of ball,

Rob Phillips

To me, this had all the ingredients of a playoff game.

Lou Piniella

It's down to a playoff situation. The first round of the playoffs start tonight for every team -- first round of the playoffs.

Sam Lewis

During the playoffs the teams really come at you and we're going to be the team to beat.

Lynda Carter

Having them go to these premieres with me and tell me that they are proud of me is pretty cool.

Rick Barnes

He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.

Rex Ryan

I can't tell you how proud I am to be the head coach of the Buffalo Bills.

Robin Tunney

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

Robert Schumann

I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

Roseanne Barr

I'm fat and proud of it. If someone asks me how my diet is going, I say 'Fine - how was your lobotomy?'

Yoko Ono

Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.

George Clooney

I'm proud to be part of this Academy. I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to be out of touch.

Jeff Bower

I'm proud of the way they stepped up. We did a lot of things well for our first ballgame.

Brandon Flowers

That's my instrument, ... It's been underutilized over recent years.

John Browne

The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.

Janis Ian

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

John Oates

I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

Kevin Hall

We will be considering the views of the various stakeholders.

Ed Gillespie

Our party may have swung too far right at various times.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Tony Mortensen

It's going to be a long, long bye week. Two weeks to think about this.

Paul Johnson

We'll have to see. Two weeks into the spring, we'll have an idea of the separation.

Joe Gibbs

Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive.

Kevin Sutherland

It's worked out pretty good, but now I need the space.

Carolyn Clark

As you can see, you get really dirty. But you know you worked if you get dirty.

Gene Fraise

It's the same as it is at home. We've always worked together.

Shanna Zolman

There's a lot of things that need to be worked on before we get to where we need to be.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Bryson Sumlin

That's not in the playbook, ... That's just excitement. Everything worked as clockwork.

Scott Aukerman

I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'

Joe Balogh

This was something we worked to get. It was important for us.

Mitch Ashmore

We have not executed well all year on things like that. We made them make a play, and it just worked out well.