Famous Quotes & Sayings

Terry Rischel

Old tin toys, old radios. He has little soldiers, old board games, transistor radios, luggage, classic luggage. We have way more than what we could put in this studio so we could do this studio many times over with his collections.

Pat Flaherty

I think you've got to try to limit their touches as much possible which is difficult with their size. You have to try to keep them off the boards and out of the paint as much as possible, which is easier said than done.

Bobby Bowers

The (Florence County) delegation did them (Florence 1 board members) a courtesy giving them the right to come up with a suggested plan, but the delegation is the supreme school board.

Peter Gray

The JCI board is reviewing all matters relating to Letseng. That would include the possible sale of any interest in Letseng and the raising of capital should that become necessary.

Tom Dawson

The meeting yesterday was in a sense a six-month review. I think the operative note is that the board decided not to restore Zimbabwe's voting and related rights and not return any signing eligibility to use the resources of the Fund.

David Sternblitz

It really wasn't as much about the long-term strategy and direction of the company, but the board was disappointed that after 3½ years, the progress hadn't translated into better financial performance. There had been several quarterly misses.

Robert Schaeffer

There's clearly something wrong with the management at the College Board and Pearson.

Van Huyssteen

It was a very constructive meeting, with open channels of communication and we (Tuesday's board delegation) fully understand where they're coming from. We discussed the implications of changing what has already been decided... but it's not a closed shop.

Ron Shelton

We project it to go to 60 to 70 million board feet by '07.

Glen Mathison

I don't think we're anticipating any changes in physical presence.

Mario Pescante

Parliament doesn't intend making changes to the law,

Alexander Bennett

Our mission is to restore the site to that condition, in 1746. That clearly means some fairly major changes to the site.

Daniel Gros

In theory this is useful but in practice I would not expect more than changes at the margin.

Charles Howell

If you had never seen this golf course and didn't know what course you were playing, you would think, OK, this is fine. But if you see this from the perspective that Augusta is one of the most familiar courses in the world, you would look at the changes and say, 'Wow, this is going to make a big difference'.

Glenn Thomas

In the end, the cost of this study may be insignificant to the increase in revenue that the rate changes will bring.

Ken Hitchcock

I know our club was really focused on that with the changes we made to our roster. Our depth is more on the skilled side than it was on the role-playing side.

Jim Mitchell

In this market, I don't think this changes anything. I don't think the results are going to stop the fall.

John Boyer

I haven't seen any real changes from the previous administration to the current administration as far as control.

Steve Berkowitz

The opportunity to work in the online space for a company like Microsoft, with its vision, capabilities and global reach, is truly exciting.

Richard Ryan

The opportunity to lead a company pursuing a strong growth strategy is an exciting challenge.

Jeff Hall

The operating risks are all on the operating company.

Tim Ferguson

The recent declines have been sharp and fast, but Putnam continues to have confidence in the fundamental strength of company earnings and the world economy.

Bill King

The original intent was a means to predict future workers should a company decide to expand.

Tetsuya Ishijima

There is no such thing as Chiyoda shock because we've somewhat expected a rise in company failures as a result of Japanese banks' bad-loan write-offs.

Steve Barrow

There is speculation in the market that a Dutch company is selling euros.

Tim McKegney

The recruiter really needs to go to the higher levels of the company and get the truth.

David Bone

The records left by the company were sketchy at best, ... We had very little to work with.

James Krouse

The introduction of several programs designed to review systems and program performance has resulted in efficiencies and cost-saving efforts.

Sumner Redstone

We are extremely fortunate to have John, a top-notch executive with more than 25 years of experience in the service-oriented retail business, as the new leader of Blockbuster Entertainment,

John Walsh

Houstonians want to help, ... Obviously, if you have vacant units and you want to rent them, there's a financial incentive.

Kathleen Smith

It's important to have a product that investors like. That is a real positive they have going for them. Their financial statements also look good.

Cindy Mydland

It's a big price tag and it's a big financial commitment.

Ayn Rand

A house can have integrity, just like a person.

Henry David Thoreau

You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give.

Henry David Thoreau

Actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations tomen; his labor would be depreciated in the market. He has no time to be anything but a machine.

Henry David Thoreau

Some, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane, and an upright man the best ruler.

Henry David Thoreau

Every man should stand for a force which is perfectly irresistible.

Henry David Thoreau

I expect a time when, or rather an integrity by which, a man will get his coat as honestly and as perfectly fitting as a tree itsbark. Now our garments are typical of our conformity to the ways of the world, i.e., of the devil, and to some extent react on us and poison us, like that shirt which Hercules put on.

Henry David Thoreau

We have need to be as sturdy pioneers still as Miles Standish, or Church, or Lovewell. We are to follow on another trail, it is true, but one as convenient for ambushes. What if the Indians are exterminated, are not savages as grim prowling about the clearings today?

Henry David Thoreau

I must conclude that Conscience, if that be the name of it, was not given us for no purpose, or for a hindrance. However flattering order and expediency may look, it is but the repose of a lethargy, and we will choose rather to be awake, though it be stormy, and maintain ourselves on this earth, and in this life, as we may, without signing our death-warrant. Let us see if we cannot stay here, where He has put us, on his own conditions. Does not his law reach as far as his light? The expedients of the nations clash with one another: only the absolutely right is expedient for all.

Henry David Thoreau

Methinks I am never quite committed, never wholly the creature of my moods, but always to some extent their critic. My only integral experience is in my vision. I see, perchance, with more integrity than I feel.

Debby Ryan

I'm very, very low-key in general.

Jack Welch

Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.

Doug Gordon

Their leadership all year has been a key to our success thus far.

Steve Scott

The infrastructure is a key to support the kind of development we're talking about. They have done a lot of infrastructure improvements on the other side of the tracks, but there's no development there to support it.

Frank Robinson

This is a key year for him, I think, for him to go back out there and back last year up with another solid year. There is no reason why he shouldn't be able to, barring some type of serious injury.

Lisa Roth

We're known for our lime, our citrus. We are the citrus state. We should have a citrus Key lime pie. Georgia, they need to keep their pie over in Georgia.

Ernie Allen

This is daunting. It's going to take some time, ... These kids are not missing in the traditional sense. The key to this is communication.

Geraint Jones

It's been a long, tough tour and we've had some key personnel missing.

Bill Gates

Eventually, speech recognition will be the key to eliminating

Mark Routt

Supply is meeting demand. The real question is at what price.

Bobby Douglas

Trent will be OK. There is no reason to risk anything when the Big 12 meet is two weeks away.

John Browne

The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.

Paul Lancaster

Without (Christie) in the first half, we'd probably have been down 10. That's senior leadership.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Allan Ray

We had a chance to see a lot of different styles of play and you had to adapt to the different style each team plays. That?s going to help us come tournament time because the game in the Pac-10 is different from the Big East and we know how to adapt to the different styles. I?m glad I had that opportunity.

Alicia Sacramone

I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.

Alberto Fujimori

I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside.

Alexander Fleming

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

Alex Ferguson

When he's at the top of his game, there's not a team in the world that can handle Giggs' speed and penetration

Douglas MacArthur

Apart from an innate grasp of tactical concepts, a great coach must possess the essentials attributes of leadership which mold men into a cohesive, fighting team with an invincible will to victory.

Doug Collins

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.