Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.

Dave Brown

As a company, we will deliver significant productivity improvements in 2006 that will offset a portion of the expected increases for energy-related costs in commodities and transportation across our company. We will maintain our focus on the profitable growth and expansion of our businesses to meet the world's demand for energy-efficient building materials and glass-composite solutions.

Tom Udall

As a member of the U.S. House Law Enforcement Task Force, I join with local citizens across New Mexico toward the goal of reducing crime,

Kevin Rollins

As a management team, we deem this unacceptable and have established aggressive goals and implemented programs designed to drive personal accountability across the entire organization.

Larry Thomas

As an award-winning journalist and media professional, Mike possesses the knowledge, skills and experience to provide clients with solid counsel on how best to deliver content to newsrooms and across other media platforms. With his journalism expertise and stellar accomplishments as a media industry leader, Mike's record speaks for itself. We are honored to have him as part of our team.

M.I.A.

As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.

Mike McCue

Articles themselves are condensed to narrow columns of text across 5, 6, 7 pages, and ads that are really distracting for the reader, so it's not a pleasant experience to 'curl up' with a good website.

Alexei Sayle

Anyone who saw the undercover work of the BUAV would be appalled and sickened to see the procedures we inflict on our next of kin in laboratories across the UK and in Europe,

Donald Rumsfeld

Anyone who looks at the overhead photography of these poor human beings, amassing into thousands of people trekking across drought-stricken areas, has to be just heartbroken. It is important that we and other countries assist those people,

Liz Nichols

Athletics is a really important sport to us. We have to get them to the position where they can deliver medals and fulfil their potential. We can and do expect athletics to deliver more medals.

Derek Hall

Athletics has found that when on the road, the other institutions drop 'college' or change it to 'university' on their own.

Melanie Balcomb

North Carolina works their butt off, and they happen to be athletic and talented and that's a combination I think is very tough. That's why I think they have a great chance to win it. They didn't let us outwork them. We worked hard, but they did too.

Jeff Wrede

Defensively, we were very pleased with the way we played. Our defense is very athletic and we have great pursuit to the ball.

Todd Butler

Defensively, they run a four and five man front and are pretty athletic all the way around. Defense is the key this week. Our defense played real well last week. We have to have good vision and find the ball because their fakes are outstanding. We have to handle the run and stop the pass.

Scott Parker

Delta is an athletic team that we have to be ready for. We have to be fundamentally sound and get up and down the court.

Tom Woodford

Delaware's very talented. Miller can score inside and shoot the 3-pointer real well. Brown's one of the most athletic players in central Ohio. They have four players over 6-0 who play a lot of minutes.

Mike Anderson

(Delaney) could be a starter instantly, but I want him to come in and give us some energy off that bench with his quickness and his athletic ability. He was the spark. You've got to go to that bench and find somebody. You hope you've got more than one there. Maybe two or three.

Eric Swanson

Definitely, it creates a lot of work for both the athletic director and the administration.

Dan Tredinnick

People plan their marriages around it. The calls start coming in around the first of the year from people wanting to make plans. I've had brides-to-be tell me that that's why they're asking, because they don't want to plan their wedding the same weekend as the opener. And that's not something that's just happened once. It happens often enough every year that it sticks with you.

Wallace Davis

Offensive line, period, it's just the position that has so many plays, so many different calls you have to make, ... I really didn't think that it was gonna come as quick as it came or I was gonna get the opportunity I got. But I always was prepared for what was gonna happen.

Monty Hall

Of course when I got to be a star on ""Let's Make a Deal,"" I started getting 20 calls a week. I would respond. My fee was zero. They liked my fee and they liked the job I did and I raised, in the last 50 years, I raised $800 million. And it's been a great ride.

George Braun

(North Branford) played well. They're physical inside and we were looking for calls that we weren't going to get instead of just playing hard.

Rob Douglas

Companies value customer service over security. The emphasis in training is always on satisfaction of the customer, push more products and move the calls as quickly as possible.

Marie Okabe

The Secretary-General calls on all Liberians registered to vote to do so in a peaceful and orderly manner, just as they did during the first round on Oct. 11,

Susan Hazen

This program calls on virtually eliminating those uses in those products and substituting with other materials that aren't displaying any levels of concern.

Ewa Kopacz

I am a doctor - it's a profession that may be considered a special mission, a devotion. It calls for involvement, respect and willingness to help all other people.

Eric Adams

We didn't want 5 a.m. wakeup calls with a front loader moving in front of someone's driveway.

Tim Healy

Any game is scary right now. Tonight, it all came down to shooting.

Akhenaton

As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.

Raul Grijalva

As a first-generation son, a native-born son of an immigrant that came to this country, I hope we do not close the door to that legacy.

Rosevelt Colvin

As a defensive team you want to get off the field. They were able to come up with the plays and the schemes -- whatever it was -- we weren't doing, they did it and they came up with a victory.

Chris Drury

As a group we're kind of limping in there, so despite being one point away it's still a frustrating night. We came here to get two points, and we didn't.

Brian Dawkins

The bye week came at a good time because after a loss like that (in Dallas), guys can get away.

Kenny Guinn

The BRAC carefully considered the data Nevada presented and came to the conclusion that the 152nd Airlift Wing is essential to our homeland security and emergency preparedness capabilities,

Coach Bell

The B team came out and played really well in the first game. They did a great job of setting it up. It was a fun match to watch.

Geno Auriemma

The Brittany thing is a lot better than we could have even imagined. We could be sitting here right now talking about how the meniscus transplant didn't work as well as we liked and it doesn't look like she will play. That was a possibility. And here we're looking at it and - knock on wood - she hasn't had one incident with that since she started being able to do things. That came out way better than we anticipated.

Colleen Kelley

An increase of 8 cents a mile, while better than leaving the reimbursement rate untouched, falls far short of what needs to be done to help people who must travel to perform the duties of their jobs.

Charles Langley

We've seen our gas prices go up more than 25 cents since the first of the year. This is the fastest increase ever in the 10 years we've done the survey during this time of year.

Larry Brown

Two cents really isn't a big deal, it's the principle of it.

Stephen Moore

For those who are counting, that's a steep four-and-a-half-fold increase in 16 years. When state and local gas levies are included, motorists in many states now pay 40 to 50 cents a gallon. It's hard to say where all the money has gone. Clearly, the nation's roads aren't four and a half times better today than they were 15 years ago. In fact, it seems that there are more watermelon-sized potholes nowadays than ever.

Tom Aldrich

The court decides whether it (a claim) gets paid and if it's five cents on the dollar, or something like that. It depends on how they reorganize the company.

Tiny Tim

I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days.

Charles Langley

The only consolation is that prices in North County tend to run about 3 cents cheaper (than the rest of the county).

William Lerach

Why should investors sit passively by and take a couple of cents on a the dollar. This is an extraordinarily powerful tactical weapon.

John Felmy

We can't speak for each of the 170,000 gasoline stations nationwide, ... But it's clear that gasoline prices are up 29 cents a gallon because crude oil prices are up about 29 cents a gallon during the same period.

M. Wolfe

Our slogan is 'Money for Nothing, Checks for Free,'

Janee Briesemeister

Companies will have an incentive to improve if they know consumers can check out their service records.

Kevin Cosgrove

The one thing about Steve, he's got a tremendous motor. But he still has a ways to go as far as his checks and things like that. We're looking for the exactness in his play, and that's got to continue to develop.

Iyanla Vanzant

After being on 'Oprah' for a couple of months, I got my first royalty check for $1,478,392.17. I will never forget it. At the height of my career, I made $3.3 million. Unbelievable. From welfare in the projects to $3.3 million.

Madame Stael

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened

M. J. Rose

Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.

David Flum

This is a reality check for people thinking of having obesity surgery. Patients really need to go into this with their eyes open. This can be a high-risk operation.

Tara Kelly

Employees who have 15 or more years of service will be offered the opportunity of resigning and receiving a check representing their accumulated sick leave.

Kirk Douglas

Because I love you, I will be checking up on you, ... You have honored me and I thank all of you.

Glenn Christenson

People come, they have a very good meal, for very good value for their dollar, they grab a couple rolls of quarters, play 'till they're gone and then go home.

Charles Pace

People end up having to pay cash. Last month Medicaid was covering them at $3 a prescription; this month it's not going through and instead of $3 they're paying $300. Maybe it will all shake out in a couple of months, but what are these poor people going to do in the meantime?

Peter Nowak

Of course, we learned our lesson from last season, when we (gave up) the third goal and the fourth goal and we lost at home 4-0. And we had a couple of games when we really had to track the deficit in the game. I don't want to have this kind of situation where we have to trail the result every game. We have to do better.

Tiffany Thompson

Of course, usually one or two doesn't fare too well during the trip. A couple are usually dead on arrival.

Tate Casey

Off-the-field issues the last couple of years killed us, just killed us. It's a trust factor. If you can't trust a guy to do what he's supposed to do off the field, how are you going to trust him when he's on the field.

Maureen Berk

After the first couple of weeks I was completely addicted. I loved it and I couldn't get enough of it.

Chipper Jones

After the first couple of innings, I would have probably called off the dogs. But it was nice to get a big lead and relax.

Jason Hammel

After the first couple innings I felt pretty confident. I'm disappointed with the outcome. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one.

Christy Scott

Again, we played a solid first game and then let down the second game. We struggled with hitting errors and a couple mental mistakes, but we regrouped and finished well in the third game.

Nancy Lee

Some department heads feel they're losing some (prospective) faculty members to the private sector, which can offer better benefits.

Steve Douglas

The Rural Fire Department (east of Pueblo), Rye and Pueblo West fire departments all have permit systems within their districts.

Tish Olszewski

It was very difficult to realize that he wasn't going to be there today. The department is devastated. . . . We're going to miss him dearly. We love him.

Don Allison

The onus is on us to demonstrate (there is enough water) to the Department of Water Resources.

Terry J. Lundgren

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

Bob Smith

don't feel like CDOT is hearing them. It may be the Department of Transportation, but they still think like they're the Department of Highways.

Marc Cherry

Eva wears size double zero in real life, ... so we do a very funny scene where she'll freak out in a department store when it's suggested she wear a size zero.

Steve Smith

We have department heads that should be doing grant writing. Maybe we should keep Jodie and get rid of these department heads.

Alexis Herman

But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today.

Pat Taylor

As a result of the campaign, we've done 27 million dollars of construction on campus.

Tom Fitzpatrick

The broad-based picture of dollar strength remains intact and further gains look very much in the cards.

Simon Derrick

The big support that Fed rate increases had been giving the dollar is starting to wane and the minutes made that clear.

David Anderson

Prices are rising because of expectations. If we have it in our heads that oil is going to do well and we start putting dollars into it, then the prices will iron out.

Alex Beuzelin

Deteriorating market sentiment for the U.S. economy and yesterday's less-than-ringing endorsement of the strong dollar policy by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill fueled the dollar's latest losses,

Michael Klawitter

The theme in the market remains interest rate differentials, it's not surprising to see the dollar come under some pressure.

Jens Nordvig

The thing to watch now, once the 15 minutes' 'noise' after the number is out of the way, is whether there will be a resumption of the weak dollar trend.

Paul Frost

(Strawberries) crack, just like cherries. You have to go out and strip them. It's like throwing away dollar bills.

Tom Barrett

Quite candidly, I think there are sufficient dollars to do both.

Drake Bell

I've been able to work with some incredible voice talent, most of whom I grew up hearing in my favorite cartoons.

Dave Bloom

The 'Wizard of Oz' is her favorite movie, and this past December, she was a part of the lullaby league in a production of the 'Wizard of Oz' in Flatwoods.

Kristin Gore

'Jitterbug Perfume' is one of my favorite books.

Ted Ligety

Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.

Anna Kendrick

My favorite movie is 'The Women' from 1939. It's been my favorite movie since I was like 12 years old. I love the dialogue, really. It's just a lot of really strong female performances. Rosalind Russell kills it, you know.

Betsy Brandt

I love opening night, and I love doing plays. But one of my favorite parts about doing a play or working on a new play is rehearsal.

Jay Brown

This was my favorite shirt, but I don't even want it anymore,

Miguel

To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and by the movement of it and by the soul of it.

Pat Coyle

There's not a clear-cut favorite this year. Everyone can win it.

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.

Al Franken

Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. 'Call-time' is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my 'call-time manager,' and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I'm really good at it.

Bar Refaeli

The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.

Cory Monteith

It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.

Doug Liman

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

Dylan Lauren

My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.

Douglas Adams

A mobile phone needs a manual in the way that a teacup doesn't

Douglas Adams

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.

Dorothy Day

Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting intelligently, which is to find some meaning in all that happens-these things, too, are the works of peace, and often seem like a very little way.

Christopher Moore

Theophilus Crowe's mobile phone played eight bars of "Tangled Up in Blue" in an irritating electronic voice that sounded like a choir of suffering houseflies, or Jiminy Cricket huffing helium, or, well, you know, Bob Dylan.

Cameron Diaz

If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.

Carson Daly

I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film.

Janet Jackson

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.

Nat Harrington

We have a really safe record if you look at how much we're on the road.

Marc Chandler

We've seen speculators try to get out of short yen positions, which were at record levels.

Eddy Cue

Just six days after its release on iTunes, a record-breaking 33 million people have already listened to the album.

Ben Harper

I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.

Jack Bruce

Well, I can tell you the first record I ever stole - I wasn't so well off in those days.

Shelia Smith

At this point, the records are gone. They're a quick, scrappy team. Weston is not big, but rely a lot on quickness. We're all after the same thing: winning a state title.

Jason Katims

Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like.

Brett Ratner

I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is.

Brad Meltzer

Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.

Jane Campion

When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote.

C. S. Lewis

The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth-- the very thing the whole story has been about.

Burt Reynolds

All you really have in the end are your stories.

Alan Dean Foster

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Charles Colson

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

Bela Lugosi

I'll take any story if it's good.

John Wooden

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others.

Mila Kunis

I definitely hope to attend UCLA in a year, and major in business.

James Franco

I teach a lot - I teach at the UCLA and USC graduate film programs - and a lot of those projects are my students' projects that I act in or I do a cameo.

Lute Olson

UCLA is just better. They really play well together, and they play very physical. They have a lot of weapons.