Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Boucher

In some ways, you could say he's assisting Ambassador Burns, and Burns has the overall context of achieving those steps of ending the violence and working on the timelines for confidence-building measures and getting back to peace talks,

Bryan Ma

In no small part due to more affordable prices and a hot notebook market, 2005 was a particularly good year for Asia's PC market, achieving growth rates not seen in the last five years.

Jim Peterson

By ignoring that market, you're ignoring a lot. Investing internationally isn't about chasing returns, but achieving diversification. Sometimes U.S. stocks do really well, and sometimes foreign stocks do really well. They don't move in tandem, but, for the long run, they should be roughly similar on average.

Glenn Tilton

Clearly, we're disappointed that our mechanic and related employees, represented by IAM District 141M, did not approve the tentative agreement with United, ... Nevertheless, we remain fully committed to the goals of the United Airlines Union Coalition in achieving labor cost savings that will enable us to secure federally backed loans.

Max Clifford

Camilla is a million miles away from achieving the popularity that Diana did. ... They will need all the PR expertise they can muster. Prince Charles and Camilla getting married and living in a house on one of his estates is one thing, her ever becoming queen is totally different.

Tom Marsh

Cape Canaveral long has been an important location for the Navy's FBM program. By centralizing our Florida staff, we are achieving greater cost effectiveness while ensuring continued close support to our Navy customers.

Greg Jackson

Industry leaders such as SAP and Siemens leverage the domain expertise of TCS to deliver world-class solutions to their customers. We are delighted to join these prominent solution suppliers in achieving the objectives of manufacturing customers through collaboration with TCS.

Dean Boyd

If you don't hold the company accountable, you're not really achieving much. In all our future cases, we hope to bring criminal charges.

Michael Hunter

I remember how limited I felt when I was diagnosed, and I want to prevent children from feeling that way, ... It's important that they see that diabetes can be controlled and does not have to keep them from achieving their dreams.

Donald E. Graham

I was lucky to become a Facebook board member in late 2008. Restricted stock units granted me at the time have increased many times in value.

Dwane Casey

Kevin did a masterful job of rebounding. We have to have somebody to help out on the boards in the paint.

Dave Newton

Kenneth didn't have a lot of numbers offensively, but his presence on the boards was felt out there and I think defensively he made some contributions as well. So did Will before he fouled out. He was playing some pretty good defense and scrambling around out there, causing some havoc.

Bruce Nelson

Just walking on board brings up a lot of wonderful memories.

Tyson Cottet

Joey had 14 boards for us, and didn't have any fouls, which was nice. Brandon was 7-for-11 from the field. He did a great job for us.

Mohamed ElBaradei

It also makes it very clear that should any serious failures come to light in the future, these will be taken by the board with the seriousness that it deserves.

Joan Maloney

I actually submitted several different designs, but the board unanimously voted for the photographic images.

Marta Tucker

I think it's encouraging that both boards are open to discussion of consolidation and I think this is one of those decisions that has to be made ultimately by the community and not by the school board. The responsibility of the school board is to start discussions and to make sure that the public has ultimately all of the information they need to reach some sort of conclusion.

Jennifer Faliero

I think it's caught up with us. The board has a totally different view on this now.

Bob Mancini

Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.

Daniel Kurtzer

I would suggest that we need to focus on killing terrorists instead of building democracies.

Matt Duffy

I talked to a of people and they said your freshman year is a building year.

Bruce Wisan

He wants to come back and start building and I am thrilled with that.

Drew Houston

There's this joy that comes from sitting down to solve a problem and standing up when it's done and good. Building a company or managing people is never just done.

Jerrold Post

He recounted to me that when he first saw the pictures of the bombed-out shells of the building he was really horrified.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.

Dorothy Johnson

It is going to bump us up another level, ... It is remarkable that we have ranked as high as we have with the buildings we have.

Jeff Murray

Lab buildings are fun because scientists are so passionate. Researchers are very concerned and knowledgeable about their space and have a lot of ideas of how it should work, because they realize it can make a big difference in how productive they are.

Bruce Lanni

Knowing that the oil sands projects are capital-intensive, companies are signaling that oil prices will remain high and that supply and demand will remain tight.

Hilary Rosen

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

Michael Farr

I also like Microsoft, and I particularly like EMC, ... These companies are going to come back.

Wade Jones

What we want is to improve the quality of life for everybody. We want to improve the standard of living. And the way we do that is by providing good-paying jobs, secure jobs, so that we know the companies are going to prosper and do well here and help expand our economy.

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.

Alan Foreman

Here and there, we may have a ray of sunshine. Some companies may report better-than-expected earnings, ... But, on balance, in this climate, those reports are not likely to fuel markets to move much higher.

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.

Michael Barnett

Having just turned 23, and with over 250 games under his belt, we look forward to the experience of helping David take his game to another level for us.

Jamaal Magloire

I thought David West played really well. He's proven himself, making shots all year. I'm happy for him.

Shane Warne

I thought David Fulton actually understood the game, but he must dislike us totally to go and hand someone the championship like that,

Larry Brown

I'd like to put Stu Jackson and David Stern and some of those guys in that same situation and see how they would have reacted. He helped get things under control.

Avery Johnson

He's a young David Robinson with a better jump shot.

Tamar Jacoby

In spirit, the whole idea of the reform is for people like David Mendez, who are in essence hard-working Americans with roots in this country, so they can get on the right side of the law.

Tony Russa

I just talked to Scott about his first at-bat, and he's not just going to take. If David gets on second base, he'll go to right field.

Willie Randolph

The kids are obviously part of our future, and the fact is they're going to experience, hopefully, a very exciting pennant race. Everybody likes their hits. It's being involved in something that could be special and getting experience when the game counts. Mets fans and the organization should be proud of David Wright and Jose Reyes, and Victor Diaz had a huge night also. And Jake is getting his feet wet.

Joe Dumars

The ultimate team player. Chauncey represents everything David Stern wants in this league.

Dave Bautista

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

J. M. Roberts

John is one of the top parks and recreation directors I've seen. He has a great feel for the needs of the community, and that's reflected in the facilities.

Stephen Chbosky

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me.

Bruno Tonioli

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

William Shatner

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

Rebecca Hall

You either are a good director or you're not.

Norman Lear

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

Orson Welles

A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.

Oliver Stone

I love films. I love fiction films, too. I do. I love making them, but it has to be the right one. Hopefully, I'll never become a director for hire. It's horrible to make a film that you're not really interested in.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Helen Brown

I would say that Cosmo was always a feminist magazine; it was before the movement really took shape. The early feminist movement felt I put a lot of emphasis on beauty, which was true.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Frank Warren

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

Kevin Merkle

I think it is too early to form a long-lasting opinion. It is good to get some feedback first.

Jim Schmitz

He comes out early all the time. But he's struggling.

Amir Peretz

He (Sharon) also insisted that we must go to early elections as early as possible.

Herb Grace

Kevin Lynch was huge tonight, especially on the post. He gave us a great effort and is the heart and soul of our team.

Frank Robinson

Hector has been a nice, pleasant surprise with another great effort on his part tonight. He has pitched four good starts. I don't know how he does it at this stage of the season. He seems to thrive on it.

Steve Kellar

This was a good game for us in that everybody played and everybody scored. It was a good, solid effort on everybody's part.

Dwane Casey

He's just made a concerted effort going to the boards. It's called him being a great player.

George Haddow

It comes down to leadership, and this effort is without a leader. I don't think they understand how to do this at the top level.

Gerald Myers

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Doc Rivers

I thought some guys gave good effort tonight, but some have their luggage in mind on the plane already. Turnovers and shot selection killed us.

Agnus Berenato

I think we really battled them. We did not lose this game because of a lack of effort and I think that's really important for us.

Kelvin Stokes

Katy is an expansion team, but they look tough. We've got to go in and be physical. If we go in and start slow, it could be a long night.

Haim Saban

guide the ongoing strategic expansion of this company, which will have a unique position in Europe.

Jim Boeheim

I think we should expand. I think we're ready for this. The game needs an expansion of the tournament.

Milt Stegall

We may need Birmingham, an expansion team from the U.S., to come help. That's how much help we need right now. It's going to be difficult.

Paul Tagliabue

I guess the sense I have, if we ever get around to considering expansion within the NFL, that San Antonio would be on anyone's short list.

Wade Duty

I'm not sure this is the right tool for the situation. If you're not supporting the industry that you have, why would you think the state would support an expansion of that industry?

Troy Dayak

I'm happy with his overall performance. On an expansion team it's very valuable to have his kind of experience.

David Gilmore

The message from Fed officials is clear: You don't take a record expansion and shut it off with two months of data. There is no risk of a hard landing.

Gary Murphy

These funds will help with the expansion of our facilities so that we can better serve the rice growers in the area.

Hank McKinnell

By transferring their expertise to local healthcare workers, these Fellows make lasting contributions to support health systems in communities ravaged by diseases. The Pfizer Global Health Fellows program represents an innovative collaboration between NGOs and the private sector to significantly improve the lives of people around the world in a sustainable way.

John Chamberlain

I'm surprised he won't be staying on the board. They could have used his expertise going forward.

Dan Hoffman

The middle market is a growing opportunity for us. Jamie and Scott have the expertise we need to leverage the strengths of the firm.

Rob Pupich

Their expertise has been a great help to me as far as doing things in practice and making adjustments in games.

Kevin Burns

This is our method for providing our expertise to the community. If someone wants to staff the station full time around the clock, we'll look at a different avenue.

Tom Sykora

It's something we didn't have the expertise to do.

Malcolm Gladwell

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Dave Lesar

This demonstrates our customers' willingness to pay a premium for our technological expertise that results in accelerated production rates.

Kathleen Booher

They're stepping out of their expertise when they're doing that.

Jonathan Spira

Knowledge sharing and collaboration are a key foundation of research and development.

Trisha Goddard

You should never ever ever have somebody else who is the foundation of your life. You need to be the foundation of your own sh*t.

Tracy Morgan

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

Samuel Gompers

Workingmen are at the foundation of society. Show me that product of human endeavor in the making of which the workingman has had no share, and I will show you something that society can well dispense with.

Rebecca MacKinnon

In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private foundation with little transparency and no judicial or government oversight of the list.

Jim Fassel

I'm trying to tweak things, ... because we've got to get our running game going. It's the foundation for us.

Mandy Moore

I'm lucky to attribute my success to the foundation my family gave me. I've always felt grounded in them.

Thomas a Kempis

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Manu Bennett

The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.

Tom Goguen

Sun has a proven track record of doing this.

Betsy Beers

On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.

A. Hodge

What will be very interesting at this stage is that for a lot of guys, this will be the first time that they have raced all year.

Christy Austin

I was just sad. It's real unfortunate. Now I'm at the stage where I'm mad.

Rick James

Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.

William H. Macy

You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.

Yelena Isinbayeva

The whole stage was only for me. It was so cool.

Henry Rollins

I'm most comfortable on stage.

Miranda Sissons

This is a very important stage in the trial.

Chris Hamilton

Talks are progressing on one or two fronts but we're not yet at the stage where we are waiting on anybody.

Marc Cohn

I wanted to just get back out and feel my way back to the stage in a low-key way.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Anton LaVey

In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!

Sara Atuaia

He's become our go-to player. We need him to keep being strong up from.

Brian Urlacher

He doesn't look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

Robert Collier

Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

Rob Thomas

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Robin Williams

[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!

Zakk Wylde

If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot

William Arthur Ward

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

William Tecumseh Sherman

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

Tony Snow

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

Willie Nelson

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Joseph Auslander

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

Kathy Reichs

You all right now?" "I'm exceptional. Wonderful. Thanks for the concern. You complete me.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

Bible Bible

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

Maurice Cheeks

We still have a long way to go and we're still working toward that.

Ryan Getzlaf

We're just working toward that now. Everyone wants to be in the same place at the end.

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Rand Paul

I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.

Bill Guerin

(When) you have a year like I've been having, you just want to contribute. I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm working toward it.

William Massey

We are working toward being an energy-independent facility.

Charles Seaton

What makes them so valuable is their familiarity with our system, ... a specialized location.

Tom McCarthy

It's become more valuable to every film that we do.

David Hare

The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

Charles Frazier

When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable.

Henry Ellis

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Alfred Marshall

The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings

Alice Hamilton

Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable.

Jack Canfield

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.