Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Ziegler

I was looking forward to waving it and making a lot of noise. But now we're keeping a low profile. I don't see any reason to add fuel to the fire.

Greg Garcia

Knock on wood, we'll do enough episodes to get through that list. But the other thing that happens on our show is Earl adds things. Just because he's trying to be a better person doesn't make him perfect.

Ron Prince

James Franklin is a bright and accomplished young offensive mind. He is hardworking, intense and creative and clearly fits the mold of what we are looking for here at Kansas State. As important as anything, though, James is a man of integrity and I am very excited to announce his addition to our staff.

James Burkhard

Katrina really increased the anxiety about gasoline prices in the U.S. and calls for conservation only add to that,

Peter May

Kathy has broad experience in the mortgage insurance industry. She is very familiar with the territory and knows all of the major customers. She is a great addition to Triad and the Northeast Sales Team.

Kevin Colbert

Just looking at our history, we never have been (real active) and I don't think we'll change from that. We don't anticipate that. We'd like to get as many of our own guys back as we can, and add to it as necessary, and then go to the draft and get players that way also.

Laurey Stryker

Just last year is the first time that housing costs lost us a few candidates. I think the thing that we'll have to do over time is to pay higher salaries; that's the only way to address it.

Dave Frohnmayer

Keep in mind that we are only halfway through the season, and there remains a lot of football yet to be played. So it's impossible to address the dozens of hypothetical situations with the BCS standings.

Ken Williams

Jose is a pitcher we have pursued for some time. Adding a pitcher of Jose's caliber gives us a solid starting rotation for the remainder of this season and into the future.

Wendy Kopp

Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.

Douglas Porter

I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that the economy is moving to better times, but it will be a gradual process, and confidence may be flat in the next couple of months.

John Eade

I think investors should be ready to buy on the dips, particularly in long-term focus areas like technology or health care.

Bruce Schneider

I think in general things are getting worse, not better. There are lots of little victories. Spam is one of our industries shining victories. But there are lots of areas where we aren't doing very well.

Nancy Bell

It can seem so complicated, but to me it's really not all that complicated, ... There are certain areas we would never want to see developed.

Alireza Jafarzadeh

It can carry a nuclear warhead and it allows the regime to reach areas in far distances,

Graeme Smith

He (Clark) was unbelievable. He got the ball in the right areas and got it to go both ways.

Maurice Luque

Having an engine dedicated to the valley is a step in the right direction so other units may remain in their respective areas for proper coverage.

Nancy Carter

I think it's an outstanding reinforcement of our intention to make this one of the safest areas in Charlotte.

Christopher Meyer

Had Britain so insisted, Iraq after Saddam might have avoided the violence that may yet prove fatal to the entire enterprise.

Jim Murphy

I don't believe that we can justify any war that we've been in since I can remember - World War II, we had President Bush's grandfather helping finance German industry. I think that we could have avoided war if there wasn't money involved. MacArthur provoked Korea and Vietnam was obviously engineered.

Vernon Geberth

The key to this investigation is finding out which no-tell motel that blanket came from. There's trace evidence that he could not possibly have avoided leaving on there.

Joe Domino

For every megawatt of Entergy New Orleans transmission, we avoided about half our purchased power costs.

Jeff Gordon

There was a lot of stuff going on. We avoided most of it, and then unfortunately there toward the end I couldn't avoid Mike Bliss . We had to fix the right front fender. We had a great car. We really did. We never really got to show it. We got it really good the second half of the race, and the whole time we were playing catch-up.

Steven Sinofsky

Despite demand, the BlackBerry avoided offering generalized web browsing support.

J. Giertz

The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.

Fritz Elmendorf

Bankruptcies are very serious issues that can often be avoided by seeking help from a professional debt counseling service that will intervene with creditors.

Tim Winter

Programmers now know that a lot of these problems can be avoided if they just wait until 10 o'clock to broadcast objectionable material.

James Williams

Katrina has already had twice the price impact of Ivan on crude oil.

Michael Right

It ain't looking good. All the indicators that point toward the ultimate price of gasoline are negative . The only positive indicator is the stocks of crude oil are good.

Gideon Lo

Greenspan said that the U.S. economy had showed resilience despite soaring global crude prices, suggesting that the tolerance level of the U.S economy is much higher.

Andrew Harrington

Having more or less traveled together, refined products and crude have become disconnected in recent weeks.

Ned Riley

I think the price of crude is still dominating the minds of investors.

Mark Pervan

We're now starting to see that demand is steadily improving. There's going to be stronger demand for heating oil and crude futures are starting to reflect that.

Brad Hintz

Physical pricing knowledge in crude and refined products represents the keys to the castle.

Subir Raha

The key reason for our increase in profit was global crude price volatility.

Peter Luxton

You've got an undercurrent of potential threats, in the broadest sense, to the crude supply and product supply that are going to keep markets weary. Unless there is a major surprise in oil stocks on the high side, it's going to keep prices underpinned at these higher levels.

Keith Todd

In the end, test scores and grades are not the only factor.

Dr. House

In smaller learning communities, students do better academically and socially. Students make better grades and graduation rates are a lot higher.

Jerry Spinelli

I'm remembering one book that I wrote, 'Fourth Grade Rats,' that took a month to write, but most of them, full-length novels, I would say about a year.

Bob Stanley

I knew him a lot of years in grade school,

Steve Snapp

The guy said, 'You probably don't remember me, but we went to first grade together,' ... Then he said, 'Can you help me find a ticket?' I told him, 'You're right, I don't remember you. And I can't help you get a ticket either.'

Brenda Taylor

These people are going to be judging you, and no matter what I say, these grades are going to be final. I need all of your attention. I need 120 percent of your effort.

Frank Raffone

That means more kids have passed it before getting to 12th grade and don't have it hanging over their head right now.

Tom Ricks

It's like letting students grade their own papers.

Nikki Reed

My mom and I would make bracelets and necklaces, and I would sell it in the first, second, and third grades because that was my lunch money.

Richard Pasch

Right now what we're forecasting is for it to become a tropical storm and move into the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Richard Gephardt

inexorably tied to Persian Gulf oil and old energy.

Peter Beutel

This is all about Tropical Storm Rita ... obviously, the last thing that this market needs is for a hurricane to hit the western gulf where it didn't hit last time.

Larry Wall

These two storms took the most destructive path over the Gulf that they could.

Roger Allen

After the last hurricane hit the Gulf of Mexico, it took six months for the oil platform to get back up and running.

Tony Nunan

The situation is unclear because output is still down in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. refineries are having problems.

Bill Zollars

Many of the local programs funded by United Way will play an important role in helping hurricane victims who fled the Gulf Coast, and have at least temporarily relocated here.

Sophie B. Hawkins

I am so proud to be partnering with Waterkeepers, who are the voice for the Gulf Coast's waters.

J. Taylor

If all the steel is heading to the Gulf for rebuilding because of (Hurricane) Katrina, it could increase our costs.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking for a reaction in the second half and I got it.

John Wardle

Kevin has got one and a half seasons to go so we are not silly enough to sit back and say that we are not going to do anything.

Franz Humer

I would say that we would see an acceleration (in drug sales), especially in the second half of the year, with the introduction of new products, with the acceleration also of the penetration of the oncology line in the non-U.S. markets,

Jim Boeheim

He couldn't play those last two games. I had to take him out. He played like himself in the first half and we needed that. Our offense has been terrible and we need him to get it going and we did today for the first time in a while.

M. Thompson

Half the time, we don't even notice that they're there.

Leon Cooperman

Half the stocks I picked are up and half of them are down.

Jeffrey Levi

Half of America's workers have no sick leave.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I'm half Puerto Rican and half Jewish and so, in some ways, living in many worlds at once is where I feel most at home.

Kevin Mench

He said he'd never seen 'turf toe' in the second toe. He said, 'Your shoes are a half size too small.

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

Thomas Powell

What you do is not nearly as important as who you are.

Paul Gillmor

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Fletcher Smith

He was nowhere near the scene of the incident. But unfortunately the vehicle is registered under his name.

Bobby Cox

I don't know what Wilson was thinking, there was nobody near him. He tried to tell me, but I couldn't quite understand what he was saying.

Dan Anderson

In the state of Nevada there is nobody near her, nobody. She is a real competitor.

David Filo

The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.

English 14th Century Proverbs

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.

Frank Lampard

It was a big step towards winning it today. We got the result, we're nearly there.

Paul DePodesta

We're probably going to have to play it by ear. That's not necessarily the preferable way to go. But it's not something where we have a choice.

Kevin Reilly

We take the long view together in the partnership. Would he prefer that ('Law & Order') not move? Probably.

Kaley Cuoco

I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.

Johan Reinhard

I'd much prefer that they not be displayed, just because of all of the headaches.

Martin Wright

I prefer somewhere where one can be on one's own for a while.

Neil LeBlanc

I'll tell you I would have preferred having a francophone in that post. It would have been preferable.

Casper Dien

I prefer film because I'm a film fan.

Tori Spelling

Everyone has their preferred stroller, their preferred crib, their preferred Moses basket. And they have advice on that too!

Steven Bell

It was not bad. I have always preferred the cold.

Jeff Berg

I think in time, once the production catches up with demand, that this won't be a problem anymore,

Igor Shuvalov

Having this tension is okay, it's a problem with any growth.

Ron Dennis

His problem was not the engine, his problem was the tyre selection.

Youssef Squali

I think it's a trend. Problem is, you can't quantify it.

John Carter

It could be a problem at that point.

Johnathan Frakes

I think the problem with the soaps is that because they make 280 shows a year, the writing suffers.

Tom Collins

It isn't a problem unless you want it to be

Judy Orihuela

He's been very cooperative. We've had no problems with him whatsoever so far.

Timothy Fisher

The range of a vehicle on one tank should be about the same as what we have today, 300 to 400 miles. And the fueling process should be about the same as what we're used to, it shouldn't take much more time than it takes today. And there are some serious problems with that.

Dee Snider

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details.

Garry Garner

We've been producing those since at least 1969.

Randy Lascody

This time of year, these fronts are ineffective in producing a lot of rain.

William Gilmore Simms

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

Valerie Jarrett

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

William Gurnall

The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.

Walter Scott

Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.

Dan Sharp

I haven't experienced a storm like this in a long time.

Craig Smith

It's pruned a little but really isn't all that different. Things don't get big down here because they get pruned by storm after storm after storm.

Danielle Brown

There was one year in 1933 we actually had 21 storms. That's been the most in the Atlantic. However, it was before we started naming storms

Cedric Richmond

In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.

Deepak Chopra

When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize that if you force the situation, the resistance will only increase. You don't want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.

Michael Boss

The traders are for the most part are out. So we're just biding out time.

Gary Ross

For the first time, traders have to worry about demand.