Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barney Frank

I would say this: What I'm basically saying here is the federal government cannot and should not be the nanny of the states in everything here.

Dan Sharp

It basically reaffirmed the City Commission's ruling that we are the legitimate electric provider for Boulder Ridge.

Jess Bosque

He couldn't run, so he did other things like swimming and the elliptical machine just to keep him in shape. We gave him rest and it basically went away.

Mike James

He couldn't be stopped tonight. He basically beat us by himself.

Ray Lewis

He didn't mean any disrespect. He was just basically saying he wasn't happy. Some people aren't happy with their job or their wife, they say it. That's all it was, him voicing his opinion. He has a right to do that.

H. Hart

He denied fighting birds here or being involved in fighting birds, ... but he basically stopped talking about it once we showed him what we had found.

Marcus Trufant

He just said basically that he expects a lot out of me and he wants me to play like it.

Nick Fazekas

He just ran into me and that was basically it. The ref saw something that wasn't right and threw him out.

Michael Greene

He knew when to put the pedal to the metal if some defendant needed a harsh penalty but his first inclination was always to make someone better. He was basically a wonderful, kind man whose chambers were always open. In the 18 years that I've been here, I think the system is a better place because of judges like him.

Hilary Rosen

I think it's a great thing when companies experiment with different models.

Charles Gallagher

What we wanted to do was make succession-planning a process for these companies rather than an event they have to deal with.

Eric Shepcaro

What we find in these statistics is somewhat alarming, that four years after 9-11, a third of companies surveyed still lack these plans. We find that (many) companies that have these plans don't practice them.

Salar Kamangar

I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.

Bill Xia

I think the government is getting increasingly desperate. They're pushing the domestic media and outside companies to openly collaborate with them. They're summoning all their potential partners.

David Sze

I think that the most important thing we look for in partners is that they can help build companies and, you know, we have the - we have the opportunity to do that at different stages.

David Lowe

There is no difficulty with that concept, but not all companies have received the same level of profit.

David Kaslow

We try to pick companies that dominate their niche. So we think there are lots of opportunities to sort of identify pure plays,

David Brady

We try to invest in companies that kids can easily understand and our educational material is targeted to about the 6th grade level. It's all in the presentation I think.

Scott Ford

It can go on and on, or someone must write 'The End' to it. I have concluded that only I can do that. And if I can, I must.(Fords pardon of Richard Nixon for Watergate)

John Fitzgibbon

We're pleased that the court concluded that they had no jurisdiction to overturn the trial judge's ruling. We look forward to going to trial where the jury will have all of the evidence.

Silvio Berlusconi

They were in disbelief at the fatality at the end of a brilliantly concluded operation, ... We were stone silent as we waited to hear of the rest of what took place.

Jakob Kellenberger

This is a very positive step. We will still have to see how the diplomatic conference goes next week, but I am reasonably optimistic after the arrangement concluded today.

Michael Riley

They already concluded what had happened and proceeded from there. They only took the facts that supported that.

John Brooks

Cooper high-tailed it out of there. He concluded the meeting and he was gone.

Caterina Scorsone

When I was three and a half years old, I heard my big sister tell my mum that at school that day all the kids sat on the floor and watched 'The Neverending Story.' Having never heard of the movie, I concluded that this was what school must be: sitting cross legged on the floor listening to a never-ending story. Page after page.

David Kinsman

We are very disappointed at the manner in which Manchester United have concluded these contract negotiations and are very surprised that the discussions were terminated at this late stage, in what we consider to be an unprofessional manner.

Barbara Turner

If we get to the Final Four (April 2-4 in Boston), we will have concluded our four-year stretch very well.

Todd Jones

I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.

Shawn Chacon

I wouldn't say I needed it desperately. But after struggling the first couple of times you put more pressure on yourself.

Billy Beane

Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Dwyane Wade

Just the right place at the right time. Some nights are like that. I was able to get in a couple passing lanes and get some picks, but for the most part, it was just being in the right place at the right time.

Michael Young

He did his usual thing and kept us off balance. We got a couple of hits here and there, but we didn't really square much of anything up. He did a good job. It was typical Barry.

Juelz Santana

He definitely got some fire underneath his belt. He's not just a one-song wonder either. I heard some of the next couple records and it's real hard.

Lindy Ruff

He can win a game by himself. They got a couple of lucky bounces, but he made the difference.

Dave Tibbetts

Having a couple of inches of a step down is huge for practical reasons. If the deck and the porch are at the same height, water can seep in.

E. O. Wilson

He just threw me a couple of pitches there that I didn't think were strikes, but the umpire didn't see it that way.

Dick Cheney

I think the economic outlook makes tax reform, tax cuts more important than ever, ... Because it does look like the economy has slowed significantly.

Dean Stanley

I think that cut is priced into the markets,

David H. Koch

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

Carl Jung

So cute how you called out for Damen after conjuring that chaste little love scene in your head.

Jeff Halpern

We made some mistakes at the end by pressing a bit. When it's 5-1, guys' eyes got a little big. We need to cut down on those mistakes, and we will. There's definitely some things we need to do better, but I was happy with a lot of things as well.

Sara Blakely

I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment that started Spanx. My own butt was my own inspiration!

Sara Blakely

I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.

Wiley Post

I cut the emergency switch just in time to keep 'Winnie Mae' from making an exhibition of herself by standing on her nose. That would have been fatal to our hopes.

Rick Wakeman

I cut out bread, I don't eat after 6 P.M., and I go on walks, and it's had a great effect.

Burt Flickinger

Retailers are really getting squeezed especially in the largest retail sector, which is the supermarket sector. In the discount sector, Sears and Kmart would be at significant risk.

Leon Cooperman

In weak market environments, the stock trades at a discount to the parts. The move to realize value is not unique to Tyco.

Michael Fowler

It has meant that they've traded at a big discount to the others. People have been suspecting there's something wrong with the company. So there's been some people holding back.

Doug Mirabelli

I understand their point of view. (Piazza is) a great player that they got at a discount price. How do you pass up on that?

Kurt Barnard

Discount stores are doing very well, and home-oriented retailers are doing very well. But most of the others are dragging their heels.

Suzy Buchholtz

Discount Grocery is so great for our situation.

Craig Hatkoff

Disruption is in my genes. My father owned one of the first discount toy stores, Duane's Toyland, in Albany and Schenectady, near where I grew up. Discount was always a huge disruptor - it disrupted Sears Roebuck.

Erik Raney

Obviously there is an overwhelming number of female victims, we can't discount that, however, at this point there is no specific focus looking into racial or sexual motivation-- specifically looking into specific relationships between individual victims and the suspect, and the overall state of mind of the suspect.

Wayne Johnson

I would have to characterize it as a substantial discount off the retail price,

Kim Maher

I think it got to the point where we just got fed up. It was a gut check.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

John Lonski

He didn't give the impression that the Fed is panicking.

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Jeff Turner

We've been wanting him to do that since Day 1. I think he was fed up.

Robert Brusca

I think we're going to have a slower recovery, ... There are other things that suggest there are limits to what the Fed can do.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Art Hogan

I think we'll start getting investors into the marketplace later in the first quarter,

Andrew Clarke

Regionally, today is a consolidation day, and people are looking for less obvious plays. I don't think investors are that perturbed about the price of oil at the moment. They should be, but they're not.

Alan Ackerman

Investors are likely to say, 'Aha! Merrill tried to pull the wool over our eyes,' ... It will make them even more suspicious and cautious.

David Hilal

This is just part of the software world. And because there's a remedy for these problems, investors don't lose too much sleep over it.

Barry Goldsmith

It won't wipe out stock fraud, but it will give investors a much better tool,

Hugh Johnson

They come to me because they want special treatment, ... There is nothing that irritates substantial investors more than paying taxes.

Kenneth Lay

Investors don't like uncertainty.

Boris Segura

The markets are reacting to the polls, but investors will sell off more aggressively if Flores doesn't make it into the second round.

Andre Caminada

The market is accumulating strength, watching oil prices and awaiting the U.S. Fed's rate meeting and Brazil's own rate decision. Until next week, investors may be just slightly reviewing their positions.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jim Knight

There are so many things that we try before we ever go to court. It's the last step, and we don't like to do it, but there needs to be consequences.

Justin Gray

I think (the fans) are going to talk about it all the time just because they know probably what we could've done with the team from last year. But that's last year.

Peter Currie

It is fundamentally different from the last time we restated, primarily because the scope is a lot narrower.

Marthen Manu

Last night one person was rescued, the rest have been picked up today.

David Price

Last night he painted the picture of the night he was going to have.

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,

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

Michael Sheldon

The news from Cisco was disappointing for tech investors,

Rick George

It's been very difficult, ... It's tough to watch or read the news.

Alex Turner

It were amazing. That day it was like, 'Sky News wants to talk to you'.

Timothy Anderson

It may be wise to take profits on the news,

Mike Shinoda

I find that the things that really, you know, get us fired up, tend to be things that, for example, things that you talk about tonight, what we see in the news.

Monica Crowley

Just when you think you've heard it all from Team Obama, the next day brings another jaw-dropper.

Meredith Ostrom

John Casablancas was saying, 'You will be the next Claudia Schiffer!' But I said, 'Actually, I have to go to college.'

Ted Ligety

I think it's kind of stupid to make him do it if he isn't going to be in the next run.

Ken Warwick

When they go to school the next day, it's become the show to watch, and if they haven't seen it, they've got a problem.

Elliott Sadler

I actually am pretty pumped up for the next nine races.

Charlie Lewis

He was really on us that next morning, ... We didn't start that day.

Bon Battu

He has no personal problems whatsoever and will be back training next week.

Shimon Peres

He indicated he may do it in the first part of next year.

Ricky Bennett

He doesn't throw it a whole lot in games, but at least he's trying something he can work on going into next year.

Paul Nicholls

I think it's a really positive idea and I'm sure I shall be having runners in the first stage at Haydock.

P. Herbert

I think to come out of here, you have to have a positive attitude. I've had remained discipline-free for two years to get this job.

Leigh Steinberg

I don't know what happened, but I know Ricky didn't test positive for anything. Someone made a mistake.

William McDonough

We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.

William James

The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time

Sarah Wilson

In life, you may face hard times. But in the face of adversity, always seek to remain positive. What we think, will eventually become our life. And if you think positive, you will have a positive life.

Wayne Dyer

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

William Blake

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Samuel McChord Crothers

Positive thinking is the key which unlocks the doors of the world.

Lindsay Davenport

I remember as the rally went on thinking, 'Oh, God, it's getting worse'.

Dick Franti

They shot rally well in the second half.

David Briggs

This recent rally may have legs, but we're still on a downtrend.

Kate Warne

We wouldn't have seen such a strong rally if we hadn't seen most of it in Nortel.

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

John Seabrook

In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.

Richard Bernstein

At the rate it's going right now, profitability will accelerate, but at a very, very slow pace, ... much slower than what's implied by valuation in the market.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris

Greg Hymowitz

With rates going higher, I'm staying away from the old-economy stocks.

Chuck Palahniuk

At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Joe Gibbs

I don't know how to rate it, I just know that being 5-3 right now is pretty good,

Juergen Michels

That will probably keep the ECB waiting until September, rather than going for a rate rise, as a done deal, every quarter.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Buddy Bell

We told Peralta when we sent him down that we'd probably be seeing him soon. We just didn't think it'd be this soon.

Kevin Sheridan

Remember, this has only been operational for 90 days. What you're seeing is version 1.1.

Sam Stovall

In general, we are seeing things that look a lot better.

Carl Anderson

I keep seeing them go up, up, up.

Michael Goodman

It's sort of like you're seeing Yahoo spread its wings and be more of a portal that ties into the TV in your home.

Josh Beckett

It's weird seeing Luis in another uniform. I think he signed with the Marlins when he was like 4.

Mara Brock Akil

Thank you for seeing me on the days when I couldn't see myself.

Bernie Schaeffer

All these obstacles, (investors) are seeing right through them. Where is the liftoff going to come from?

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Anquan Boldin

I think we are just starting to get where we need to be.

Marcus Williams

I think that we know we're good. I wouldn't say it's 100 percent, but we're starting to see flashes.

Rob Niedermayer

I didn't want to go. I really wanted to stay. Things were starting to go well. I was pretty disappointed when I got traded.

Rick Warren

God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.

Greg Zenerovitz

Steve started a little high. He's starting to find his rhythm.

Malcolm Bird

It's (Internet TV) is only just starting to happen. It never worked before as streaming technology wasn't there - it's just like watching TV and its getting better and better.

Matt Trannon

It's good. I'm starting to get back into a groove.

Marsha Norman

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has to clean it up, and that only if it is cleaned up can we hope to start over, and get better.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Tony Mortensen

It's going to be a long, long bye week. Two weeks to think about this.

Paul Johnson

We'll have to see. Two weeks into the spring, we'll have an idea of the separation.

Joe Gibbs

Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive.