Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tiger Woods

He's been the benchmark for every player that's ever played the game, at least in my generation.

Tony Floor

I think this year was a benchmark in negotiations between the state and tribes. Everything went smoothly compared to past history.

Paul Kirk

I will be a good benchmark for us. I have shuffled the deck and this game should give us a good idea of where we are,

Jackson Wong

I don't expect the market to have sharp movement today, with the benchmark index likely to hover within a range of 100 points.

Scott Evans

If you look at the lead we've built up this year versus the benchmark and our peers, it came during the period when tech stocks were undergoing a sell-off, ... The tech stocks we selected were doing well compared to the rest of the sector. They held their ground.

Patrick Sweeney

This benchmark was designed with the input of a dozen or so partners.

Jackson Wong

Follow-through interest in select blue chips and China-related stocks drove the benchmark index up. Funds kept chasing these stocks after the market broke through the 16,000 points level.

Paul Dergarabedian

There seems to be a new benchmark in terms of what we call a blockbuster, ... This year, by the end of the year, we'll wind up with about 17 films over $100 million. But the key to this year's success is that we have five films that have gone beyond $200 million. That's never happened before.

Ronald Walters

These are tests. Situations like this give you a benchmark with how society is doing with respect to racial harmony. If society hasn't passed this test, then we have the right to say we still have a problem with racism.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's impact on the Twins organization, state of Minnesota and upper Midwest is significant and goes well beyond his role in helping the Twins win two world championships.

John Tyndall

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Derek Feltner

Jake and I are beyond the point of telling each other what we want to do. I know it sounds strange, but we just know each other.

Ed Cange

Jack was a monster. He led us in scoring, but beyond that the number of rebounds he got and the defense he played was incredible.

Marco Coleman

I would say the difference between Coughlin and a guy like Marty was Coughlin took it a little beyond the football field,

The Committee

Journalists have become extremely important democracy advocates and they will have impact beyond actually what we will see today,

Richard Grasso

I think it is way beyond that at this juncture.

Jim Cameron

It can't be fixed. It's beyond the stage of tweaking.

Wes Miller

I always dreamed of playing in this tournament and here at Greensboro. It is still beyond even what I imagined it could be.

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Gregory Craig

I would urge the relatives in Miami, if they truly want to get back together with Juan Miguel and his family, that they give me a call and let's talk about timing. Let's discuss this in a civilized way, rather than having national press conferences where demands are made.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Brian Finnerty

I would still call it a trading-range market. It's nice for today and the short term, but I doubt it's sustainable.

Martin Freeman

There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.

Gael Bernal

I think that films are very transparent in that sense and they really portray the journey that that society is going through.

Dawn Hudson

I think that's terrific that independent films are getting more and more mainstream press.

Jake Busey

I don't have a favorite role because there's been so many films that I've done that I've really enjoyed.

Asif Kapadia

I often make films about subjects I don't really know much about. Maybe it's laziness, but I don't go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I'm making the film.

Asif Kapadia

I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience.

Chris Robinson

These are films you won't see on Teletoon.

Scott Snyder

These films are a nice enhancement to what we usually do, which is to screen movies that would otherwise go unseen in the Lehigh Valley.

Cole Mueller

Everyone knows USC films help launch actors' careers. USC film students know what they're doing.

Dan Reynolds

I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five people and one of them is the bartender.

Mark Richt

I would say you're running it up if you've got your first-team players in the game with five minutes to go and you're up by 40. If you're still throwing bombs, maybe that's running it up. I think it's the defense's job to slow people down anyway.

S. Walker

Just under ten seconds...call it nine point five in round figures.

Don Waddell

Just think we're going to have this player for the next five years.

Ken Valiska

Jose has got phenomenal skills. He's got great moves with the ball, a really quick shot, he'll probably be one of our top five starters. I've been very impressed by him. He's a great player with a great attitude.

Peter Donovan

He was a full-time mortgage-broker and poker was a pursuit. He was doing about four or five hours a week, just like we would play tennis or watch TV.

Bobby Frankel

He couldn't have rode a better race, ... She had never been a mile-and-a-quarter before. I wasn't really comfortable until five jumps from the wire.

Jim Courier

He'll be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard surfaces and playing more on forgiving surfaces.

Mike Madden

He literally, probably stood there in shock for about four or five minutes.

Bobby Vinton

I wrote that song 'Melody Of Love', the one with the Polish lyrics, because over the years I had gone to Italy, Germany, South America.

Pavle Jovanovic

He keeps us on our toes, because you can be gone one race to the next no matter the outcome.

John Montgomery

Hard Rock has this cachet and image that can't be under-valued. I think if it had gone to Vail, for example, which already has a number of world-class hotels, the impact wouldn't have been as great.

Sonya Berzett

Her numbers have been pretty consistent. They've gone up every year, for the most part.

Robert Redford

God, it was great to play a guy like him, gone to seed, surly,

Pat Perez

He's always gone by Joe. I was surprised he used Ignacio.

O. Winston

He's gone through a lot and I think that helps him. There's not too much stuff he hasn't gone through, that's for sure. He's a real raw player. He hasn't had a lot of experience. I think he's gotten significantly better. He's got a lot of want-to about him. And he's a good guy to have around.

Bill Snyder

I think the people that have come through the program and have gone on to be productive young people in society means as much as anything, ... I mean really productive people become special people in their own right.

Alex Salmond

We've gone from a small parliamentary party now to being a large one.

Tim Mead

He could remember things that happened 40 years ago better than you or I can remember what happened last year.

Diana Yates

What would have happened to Citigroup under a weaker operating environment?

David Cameron

Whatever happened to no reverse gear? Whatever happened to the historic turning point? If you keep turning it's not going to be very historic.

Frank Beamer

Whatever happened is unfortunate. I'm not happy about some of the things that happened in the first half. We'll leave it at that.

Henry Reiner

The people they were mad at weren't these people. They had nothing to do with anything. They happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Robert Cross

I think it's very analogous to what happened in the 70's. The arguments are all the same.

Romola Garai

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

Denzel Washington

When they said my name, I said, 'There is no way I can go up here without sharing it with Rubin,' ... Everything that has happened with this film and this moment is about the love that has come from him.

Duce Staley

I didn't get involved in an altercation. That happened in the club, but that didn't involve me. I wasn't robbed, and I had my 2 earrings. I lost my bracelet, that's all.

Thomas Fuller

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

Floyd Hall

Kmart's sales for the month were on plan and we are pleased with our progress in a number of key businesses.

Ewen McKenzie

He is vice-captain and one of our key players so I will be surprised if he doesn't.

Alonzo Sledge

He's a leader. He's not a selfish kid. The key thing is he just wants to win. And he had to step tonight, and he did.

Chad Spence

I thought we had it after that score. But we made key mistakes, particularly on pass plays.

Mike Stebila

I thought that was the key to the game. We wanted to take Deckard out of the game.

Anton LaVey

One of the keys to success is an unflinching belief that there are no rules. Anyone who's ever succeeded has gone on that premise; not buying established procedures, business or otherwise. The naysayers are inevitably left behind amid shouts of 'it cannot be done' and "should not be done'."

James Iandoli

He wasn't here all summer and it would have been unfair to Terrance (Lewis). Terrance is a key part of our offense.

Richard Curtis

The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics.

Bob Curran

He did shoot around with us. He seems to be fine.

Tony Oller

Let's be honest, Netflix has stepped up its game up. It seems to have a lot more of an assortment of stuff.

Mike Sherman

He seems to understand that this is a big year for him. And I think he wants to do something about that.

Rick Comley

He seems to be right on top of things and very alert. We've always had trouble with him.

Kevin Burton

He's had team success, but it seems like he's always come up a little short.

Hans Blix

I think it seems ... they are making an effort.

David Walton

I think a lot of guys you see - there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there's no one to share it with.

Virginia Woolf

We insist, it seems, on living.

Yogi Berra

It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.

Dusty Baker

He can wait 'til Monday. The Padres are the team he's had his most success against.

Sarah Brown

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

Kim Brown

It could be synergistic, to buoy the success of that program,

Fred Wilpon

I think it's progress. I'm not sure success is unless you are in the playoffs.

Jim Beattie

He's getting away from what made him a successful pitcher.

Justin Timberlake

I think people sometimes don't pay enough attention to what they do. I've done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I've worked my ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.

Kevin Criswell

We have to be. If we want to have any success in this tournament we have to do it. We're probably a little under-talented, but we'll play better as a team.

John Gibbons

He does all the things successful lefties do,

Robert Collier

You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.

James Blake

In terms of writing more club tracks, writing more electronically influenced - I feel like it was all electronically influenced, but now that influence has come to me in a different way.

Dana Rohrabacher

I'm aghast at what American corporations have done in terms of trading American technology.

Tim Henman

It was much better today, in terms of the result,

Craig Venter

Traditional ways of distinguishing populations are irrelevant in terms of genetic code.

Joe Mathis

We are already tapped out in terms of volunteers and staff.

James Bell

If I find any one of you violating the terms of this sentence, I'm going to put you in jail,

Lars Larsen

I never think in terms of gold, currency, diamonds. I'm not clever enough for that.

Hallie Ephron

Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.

Chelsea Leyland

I never dress appropriately in terms of comfort, but I wear what I'm feeling. I often to like to feel a little different from everyone else.

Trudi Canavan

It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

William Wordsworth

The wind, a sightless laborer, whistles at his task.

William Sharp

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

William Shenstone

Written on a Window of an Inn,

William J. Clinton

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off: it is the economic equivalent of a force of nature - like wind or water.

William J. Clinton

We simply have to transition from an economy based almost exclusively on oil and coal and natural gas to one that's far more diversified, that uses solar energy, and wind energy, and the power of the tides, and bio-mass energy, and eventually, develops hydrogen.

Rebecca Pidgeon

If you want to know how far gossip travels, do this - take a feather pillow up on a roof, slice it open, and let the feathers fly away on the wind. Then go and find every single feather and re-stuff the pillow.

Robert Plant

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

Samuel Johnson

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.