Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Berry

Key officials anticipated on Election Day that there would be an increase in levels of voter turnout based upon new voter registration figures, but did not ensure that the precincts in all counties received the resources to meet their needs,

Herschel Sandler

I would say this tournament was a little stronger than the Valley of the Moon based on individuals. You can't always look at teams. I think having Healdsburg, Will C. Wood (Vacaville) and Hogan (Vallejo) was great. Vacaville also brought some good kids.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Keep in mind that if you take a tour through a hospital and look at every machine with on and off switch that is brought into the service of diagnosing the human condition, that machine is based on principles of physics discovered by a physicist in a machine designed by an engineer.

Bill Cowher

Joey's been looking good the last couple of days. He's not ready to play the whole game. But, based on what I've seen the last few days, he'll start.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds just like Coach. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have. I was hoping we would play really well so he and his family could enjoy that in the hospital room that he was in.

Chris Dodd

He convinced me that he will exercise judgment based on the law and the facts of a particular matter,

Richard Suttmeier

Greenspan is at risk of losing his credibility, based upon the fact he was so upbeat two or three weeks ago, ... If they don't bring rates up at this meeting, he will lose credibility -- that would send a horrible message to markets.

Larry Scott

Historically this is a very significant development. We've had some very high-profile matches where momentum has turned based on calls. Now the players know the calls will be right.

Howard Dean

His whole campaign is based on the notion that 'I can keep you safe, therefore, in times of difficulty in America, stick with me,'

Alfredo Stroessner

I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.

Martin McGuinness

I was always confident during the course of this week that Mr. Trimble would win the day.

Ernie Chatman

Jacki knows about running talent. I've known her for years, and I am confident in the training Danielle will get under her.

Gary Enis

Just like everybody else, we want them to throw strikes and let the defense make plays. They've all been working hard on location and hitting their spots, and we feel confident no matter who's on the mound.

Megan Roark

I always feel more confident when my team goes out and scores runs like today. They were on fire today, so it was easy to pitch.

Craig Thomas

He represents the kind of justice who will interpret the law with respect to the Constitution and not legislate from the bench. His judicial experience is second to none, and I'm confident he will do an excellent job handling his constitutional responsibility.

John Proctor

I think it's going to be close, ... Two-thirds, though, is a lot of votes. I wouldn't say I'm confident by any stretch of the imagination. I do feel like it has a lot of support statewide.

Ken Green

I was confident at that point that we could inch back into the game.

Michael Steib

We feel increasingly confident that 2006 will be a year when top-line, earnings growth and margins will accelerate.

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Deb Mandeville

It always provides us with good look at many of our 3A rivals. We swam well there and continued to drop time in many events.

Anita Frazier

Handheld platforms were the big story last year, and so far this year, that segment of the industry has continued to grow significantly since last year.

Peter Spina

Gold, silver and platinum started the week off on positive footing with continued excitement in the silver markets regarding the proposed silver ETF in the United States.

Matthew Parry

Gold continues to rally on continued U.S. dollar weakness, a trend I expect to continue over the next week.

David Orr

Importantly, on a year-over-year basis, the core CPI continued to inch higher,

Rajnath Singh

If Modi continued to perform as he was presently doing then a day will come when the rival political parties will be wiped out from the state.

Phil Scott

I'm sure (Sheik Mohammed) will want to see his brother's interests continued on.

Navtej Sarna

India, as always, wishes the people and the Bhutan government continued peace and stability and fulfillment of their aspirations as they embark on a new constitutional system.

Kay Redfield Jamison

When public figures remain silent about depression, there is a cost to the rest of society. Silence contributes to the misperception that successful people do not get depressed, and it keeps the public from seeing that treatment allows many individuals to return to competitive professional lives.

Jeff Krull

I would think the cost would be very steep. It's not in real good shape, actually.

Scott Smith

Katrina is limiting the current supply of natural gas into the system, which is increasing the cost on the market.

Bronwyn Belling

It can cost over $15,000 to take out one of these loans.

Silvia Pepino

Italy needs radical reform to cut its unit labor costs and regain competitiveness, but that can be a very painful process.

Mark Oline

It also reinforces the fact that GM will have to make even more significant cuts in their own cost structure going forward.

Levon Kendall

This was a good learning experience for us. We got away from our game plan, and it cost us. We have to stick to the things that have been working for us all year or we're going to keep losing.

Javier Bardem

There are so many movies and it's a waste of time and a waste of money. Basically, movies are made with what it costs the external debt of all Africa.

Mark Rebholz

He shared in the cost for the privilege of being the pilot, ... It worked out well for all of us -- we finished our project and he was part of a grand adventure.

Sir Campbell

He could have tackled the unfair tax system. He could have made the environment a priority. He could have faced up to the pensions crisis. He could have addressed the problem of personal debt. He has declined to do any of these. This is a legacy from which it will be difficult for him to escape.

Angus Campbell

The only thing that can stop further declines in the market today is a tame ISM figure and lower oil prices,

Hugh Johnson

Hardware, software and semiconductors are the three top-performing groups right now, and there has been a decline in oil prices. These things are pushing the markets up.

Hirokaza Yuihama

I think the price decline pressure is gradually easing.

Pat Livingston

We feel hopeful there will be a reversal of decline in enrollment.

Jim Smith

The purpose of pay phones was to serve people in motion. Wireless phones now serve that same purpose, which is why we're seeing a decline in pay phones throughout the United States.

George Washington

When, in the decline of Life, I gratify the fond wish of my heart in retiring from public labors, and find the language of approbation and fervent prayers for future happiness following that event, my heart expands with gratitude and my feelings beco

Richard Jaffe

Recycling what has worked in the past is a defensive strategy that is working, and it has reversed sales declines for the retailer.

George Glynos

If you look at the historical volatilities of the rand you'll find they have declined through the year.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.

Jeriamy Jackson

Kenny, he's going to work harder than anyone. As for Matt, nobody's going to intimidate him despite giving up nearly 35 pounds in his weight class.

Richard Lucas

Joe was hired a long time ago, did a good job and stuck around. Despite all the changes, he's still the same. He still thinks he's a pre-law student.

Susanna Moore

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

Jose Serrano

I think it says something about Freddy that, despite his ups and downs in this race, he has stayed dignified, animated, and charismatic.

Bill Gray

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Russ Yarworth

He's a very tough worker. Mentally, he's tough, despite what he might tell you. He's got a good feel for the water.

Byron Calame

I have had unusual difficulty getting a better explanation for readers, despite the paper's repeated pledges of greater transparency.

Loren Loverde

Hard times persist in the PC market, but vendors are working diligently to stimulate growth and the outlook has started to improve in the United States and Europe.

Rig Veda

He who works diligently accomplishes his work with perfection.

Robert Johnston

He is incredibly excited. He is working diligently to really reinvigorate and rejuvenate the company.

Dan Popowics

Investors know this year will not be a great litmus test. The acquisition is a wealth of opportunity for Federated and it is something that will be executed diligently over time.

Tim Frank

These are highly competent, highly educated people who work very hard at their job. They're not machines. They're people. They work diligently at their craft. ... It's important for people to understand that.

P. J. O'Rourke

Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.

Menander

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Greg Abbott

working diligently to get something out by the end of September.

Rhys Ifans

The strange thing is, if I was speaking to drama students about the thing that you should do if you're lucky enough to know or to meet the character that you're playing, I'd say, 'It's obvious: you quiz them diligently about their experience.'

Andy Xie

Growth rates could decelerate by another 1 percentage point due to further rises in oil prices.

Stephen Bernstein

Holding him without due process is improper, and either ICE or the prosecutors should explain why.

Richard Shim

I think it's a smart move, one that was probably due a long time ago, but they were just so stubborn.

Patty Clausen

I think it's due to the economy. People are hanging onto their money, because they don't know what's going to happen.

Rick Meckler

I think that the idea of never-ending, short-term-rate increases no longer seems as likely to people. But I would not be surprised if the Fed still increases, but signals to the market that they are prepared to stop increasing if the economy slows due to the hurricane.

Takehiro Sato

We look for a rebound due to the recycling of oil money, such as in high-ticket orders from oil-producing nations.

Danny Smith

Robinson is due for a major revival. We have to provide a reliable source for people.

David Sloane

I had extensive telephone conversations today with representatives of the Mets, Orioles and Rangers and a face-to-face meeting with the Marlins due to the proximity.

Wayne Shepperd

I hope that I can offer a good idea. I'm told that I get a good idea every 10 years, so I'm due for one soon.

Shari Brannock

We've been very fiscally responsible in the past. Our taxpayers can look forward to that.

John Sununu

Social Security modernization will result in a retirement system that is stronger and more fiscally sound than the pay-as-you-go system we have today.

Henry Schacht

As we've said, fiscal year 2001 is a transition and rebuilding year for Lucent,

Kent Conrad

It is stunning in terms of lack of fiscal responsibility.

Anthony Coley

It remains an important priority and the governor hopes to be able to fully launch his proposal when we get our fiscal house in order. We can't do everything the first year.

Alan Autry

It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound.

Richard Fisher

As a member of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee), I will never vote to monetize fiscal profligacy,

Kathy Miller

Oh, and fiscal responsibility. But I think that goes without saying.

Frank Streshley

Room rates were up, plus there were 4,000 more rooms available. That impacted room revenues during the fiscal year.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Tony Anderson

I think that he has focused on regaining his sobriety.

David Johnson

I would suggest there's some sloppiness here. Neither mere negligence or gross negligence will suffice.

Samuel Coleridge

I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance

Mark Gandler

I know we left some gross money on the table. I know, and so does Olli. But that's not the issue.

Henry David Thoreau

It [is of] some advantage to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilization, if only to learn what are the gross necessities of life.

Hani Durzy

They can say whatever they want about their gross market volume.

Michael McConnell

A lot of the weakness is in the stock already, especially with gross margins still sitting at 60 percent. That's a strong statement about what Intel is doing with costs." ()

Patrick Brown

It's a gross mismanagement and a gross lack of priorities.

Jean Bruyere

The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselves

Craig McHugh

Even though we increased overall revenues 50 percent year-over-year, the lower-than-expected selling prices for MP3 players and the inventory write-down negatively impacted gross margins.

Ariel Sharon

I have no regrets. Even if I had anticipated the size of the opposition to my disengagement plan, I would have maintained it,

Peter King

There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction.

Gautam Gambhir

I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions.

Gretchen Mol

I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.

Jay Gibbons

In a lot of ways, he was managing in the past. He just didn't have the title.

Phil Roeder

It's just a question of who would be managing and operating that school bus.

Eric Kobren

It's not like they were just sitting there with no one managing the store,

Ellen Siminoff

It's the same math you use in managing a portfolio.

Phil Jackson

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Anything managing other people's money would be nice, ... Hopefully, I won't have to put it to use for a while.

Joe Torre

You stop managing at that point in time,

Jill Soloway

Your first job, I tell people I mentor, is managing your affect. Be nice and say nice things. Make it so that the people walk away from interacting with you and say, 'That was fun.' That will make them want to come back and do it again.

Mike Moser

We wanted to concentrate on those businesses, and not worry about managing real estate.

Steve Ward

Rendell's winning margin is black. Take that away, and he's even.

Howard Davidowitz

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

Danny Nee

Nothing worked. That's inexperience. You need someone to step up and make a play. We have no margin of error. We have to be at 85-90 percent effectiveness. It might be 95 percent to win a game.

Paul Hagen

The value is marginal with other visual content.

Sue Stevens

Things can go very wrong with a margin loan.

Emma Lazarus

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

Don Cheadle

A lot of actors had reservations about the material and about Paul - not his personality or talent, but, with a first- time filmmaker, there was not a lot of margin for error. But I trusted his vision.

Erik Suppiger

This is a marginal disappointment. Revenues were slightly shy.

Charli Turner

It's the end of February. We've been talking this whole second round that we don't have any margin for error.

Russell Ahr

There is an ongoing investigation. This isn't over.

Joschka Fischer

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

Saul Alinsky

A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.

Don Lynn

It's not a one-shot deal. It's an ongoing situation.

Dee Miller

It's been just an ongoing process for years.

Paul Morley

Music is careful attention paid to ongoing experience.

John Slenker

This has been an ongoing trend for decades. This isn't new. It's been getting more and more intense.

Bruce Ross

This has been an ongoing story for us.

Loyiso Pulumani

This has been an ongoing problem in our province.

William Patterson

In a special operations mission, a routine mission, if you're detected on the way to the target, you may as well turn around and go home. You failed.

David Butler

They'll have to shrink their operations and vigorously sell whatever they can.

Joseph Schwieterman

They have to completely revamp their operations to survive.

Dale Timmermann

It makes our operations show that there's a big surplus when you don't have a big surplus.

George H. W. Bush

How do you feel the operations are going?

Ajay Singh

But since they have been a part of similar operations previously we are not ruling out the possibility.

Hong Zhijian

We've been preparing for such operations ever since 2003.

E. O. Wilson

We think that cross-border operations would be unwise.

Charlie Smith

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

Dave Littlefield

His performance isn't up to what we've seen in the past.

Bryan Clay

I'm very, very disappointed with my performance here.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Kim Yuna

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Eric Bana

I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Peter Thomson

It was a magnificent performance. This seems to me to be as powerful a team as you've ever had.

Martin Pyykkonen

In terms of prudence, you would like to see other revenue streams.

Judd Gregg

I'm willing to look at a revenue solution and I'm not going to get too specific about it,

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thrift is a great revenue.

Dan Burke

The market's not always going to go up, up, up, ... It is important to diversify the revenue stream.

Phil Harrison

Our revenue streams are going to become more complex. We can also see a much more vital revenue stream from in-game advertising.

Lawrence Lessig

What you want to do is to get a kind of revenue that right now you don't get at all,

Pat Davis

We are going to review the report, and we are going to take into consideration this analysis.

Stephane Dujarric

Her status may be reviewed after her rebuttal is received.

Wilfrid Sheed

Mushy reviews are a breach of faith

Wynton Marsalis

I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.

Dave Dombrowski

I'm going to sit down with Trams and review what's going on. It's an important day.

Don Fehr

They can review anything they want to review.

Tom Moody

It wasn't a tactic and . . . it's something we've reviewed and we won't be going down that track again.

Patricia Arquette

I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.

Sean William Scott

I don't generally do movies that get good reviews.

Rory Bruer

I think it's a good, solid start for us,

Doug Mirabelli

He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.

Lawrence Lau

He may have been transferring waste without a solid waste permit.

Katie Uhlaender

In my training runs, I threw down solid yesterday.

Hubie Brown

In my opinion, they are the favorite, and they are a solid favorite.

Jose Bergamin

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

Clint Chamberlin

The JV got after it and had a solid outing.

David Ritchie

All this means. . . we have a really solid footing.

Mike Donahue

Once again, we had a solid third period.

Robert Reich

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

Rod Stewart

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger

William Strunk, Jr.

A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.

William Strunk, Jr.

...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

Rick Warren

Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.

Wendell Phillips

There is nothing stronger than human prejudice.

Joseph Altuzarra

You can build a brand very fast now, especially with bloggers and how fast images can get out - the message just goes out faster and stronger than ever before.

Joni Eareckson Tada

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

Martin Niemoller

That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.