Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patrick White

Here I hope to continue living, and while I still have the strength, to people the Australian emptiness in the only way I am able.

Virgin Blue

Having secured over 30 per cent of the Australian domestic market, we are now focused on strengthening our network, developing our product for the business market and steadily building our presence as the low-fare value-based carrier in our region,

Guus Hiddink

He's a strong, determined character and an exponent of how I see Australian football.

Tony Roche

I think it's exciting times in Australian tennis right now,

James Hogan

It is a big rally in terms of the Australian market.

Kevin Rudd

When Howard ... sends our diplomats into Washington to try and hush this whole thing up in the middle of our Australian federal election campaign, it's plain as day that they knew what the whole problem was.

Richard Grace

I'd buy the Australian dollar next week. The data could continue to be stronger, which will generate a rally.

Arjuna Ranatunga

I blame the Australian media for the public reaction. There are some cheerleaders in the Australian media and it's a sad situation.

Peter Chernin

He will retain his position as chairman and chief executive of News Ltd, News Corporation's Australian operations.

Jean Miller

He is the comrade around whom the party people can coalesce. He should be chairman for life.

Edward Leamer

I think it's a very good thing. I never understood why (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan was encouraging people to go into short-term mortgages, because of the risk they entailed.

Allen Sinai

I think that Greenspan will rank as one of the most effective and innovative Fed chairman that we have had -- a home-run champion.

Marion Hammer

I think the chairman is telling us where he intends to go, to put it politely.

John Silvia

Labor costs were one of the key inflation concerns cited by Chairman (Alan) Greenspan in his latest testimony, ... Our outlook reinforces his concern.

John Davidson

To get a real turnaround you need to have a turnaround in earnings. The jobless claims number today probably keeps (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan on task in terms of lowering rates.

Inzamam-ul Inzamam-ul

I did say that I would not go but after being convinced by the chairman that my participation is necessary for the better image of the country, I have decided to tour Australia,

Foster Friess

I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.

Harry Redknapp

I am hoping we still have a chance of getting him. The chairman is working on it and that's all you can ask.

Julian Barnes

I was also interested in the racial side of it. Even today, the Chief of the London Metropolitan Police is trying to make the force more representative of London and there's a lot of resistance from the predominantly white force.

Cesar Conda

Josh will be a policy-oriented chief of staff. I think that will be reflected in his hiring decisions.

Terry McAuliffe

He'll be back as a United States senator, or he's back as chief justice because he can run again. Or he'll be back as governor,

Matthew Szulik

Hal is an talented chief financial officer who has made valuable contributions to the company, and we wish him well in the future,

Teju Cole

Where land mines are indiscriminate, cheap, and brutal, drones are discriminate, expensive, and brutal. And yet they are insufficiently discriminate: the assassination of the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in Pakistan in 2009 succeeded only on the seventeenth attempt.

Larry Wall

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Peter DeLorenzo

Heroic in scale and impact, the Super Chief was what concepts should be all about: 'blue sky' thinking combined with an unmistakable foundation in reality. Take a long look at that front end, pickup fans, because that's what the next generation of the F-150 is going to look like.

Ricky Rudd

I have been privileged to drive for some of the best. I also want to thank all of the talented and dedicated people I have worked with in racing over the years, the crew chiefs and the crew members, who put in so much time and effort to give me competitive cars.

Zainab Salbi

Women have never been a chief negotiator in any UN-sponsored talks.

Mr Howard

I think it is the obligation of senior executives of Telstra to talk up the company's interest, not to talk them down.

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,

James Sullivan

I have been very frustrated with what seems to be the overuse of executive session.

Elizabeth Warren

Regulators all meet with Goldman Sachs executives and employees day after day after day. They don't see the people who get tricked, the people who get cheated, the people who get fooled by the products that Goldman turns out.

Wayne Peters

Our negotiating team has recommended to our executive that the offer be rejected. Our executive is prepared to recommend to our membership that it be rejected.

Jay Ritter

In terms of the executives involved, they've got every incentive to do a deal, whether it makes sense or not, because if they don't do one, they give the money back.

John Remington

If you really slash executive compensation and perks too much, there will be inclination for people to want to leave.

John Ridley

Not only does Hollywood make money - it seems to make better movies during recessions. I'm sure a lot of studio executives wish we could have one every year.

Lumkile Mondi

The laws effectively require that white executives replace themselves.

Dan Anderson

I was watching the news a lot on TV, and was just kind of struck by how, it seemed like every hour, something worse was happening,

R. Ingram

I watched the news and read the newspaper with my dad,

Richard Dawkins

Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.

Russell Baker

Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as skilled at breaking into computer systems as defense contractors are at breaking into the Federal budget.

Rian Johnson

When I see a news story on a site, about a movie that I'm interested in, it's like the mouse going for the pleasure button and I click it. But then, when I see the movie, it's like, "Oh, I would have enjoyed the movie that much more, if I hadn't known that."

Nancy Pelosi

I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.

Heather Mills

I just have friends that don't sell their pictures to newspapers.

Art Hogan

This is more of a technically-driven rally. If the news is positive for the rest of the week, we should trend higher, but not enough to set any new record highs.

Orrin Hatch

If they can shut down ABC News and ABC network programming just because they don't agree on something, it makes you wonder

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Todd Borrison

I thought we got a lot of second and third shots and every time you do that, you put yourself in position to be successful.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Mila Kunis

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

Carl Banks

He was the standard for that position in that era.

Robert Payne

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

Clare Short

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.

Irish Proverb

Youth sheds many a skin.The steed (horse) does not retain its speed forever.

Nell Leyshon

Writing a play, you have to retain it all in your head - you need more time. With prose, you can snatch an hour here, an hour there.

Lois Lowry

I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.