Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Bledsoe

Anytime somebody picks somebody else over you, it's motivating. The Bills went and picked this young kid to play ahead of me. I don't think it was the right decision. I still don't. I want to go out and prove I can still get it done. The ability to throw the ball effectively, accurately and all over the field is still there. When that goes away, I think you'll see me tip my cap and hand it off to somebody else.

Bryan Whitman

Any sovereign government needs the ability to control their borders. So the role of the (Iraqi) border-control security forces is one that is vital to the overall security of the country.

Kris Hagerman

Any sizable data center has got to have the ability to understand what is going on with its servers. We feel very strongly that every one of the Global 5,000 should have this capability.

Mike Bradford

Ashley brought her all-around game to the gym every night. There really isn't any part of the game that she can't do, and her ability to shoot the three really helped us open up our offense. On the defensive side, she is just a very, very hard worker and that work ethic rubs off on the other players.

Brendan Taman

As he has shown throughout his career, Ron has the ability to get to the quarterback and disrupt what opposing offences are trying to do. Adding Ron will make the defensive line a very interesting group to watch in training camp.

Eric Holland

As far as regenerating parts of the brain that have degenerated, such as in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and others of that nature, the ability to regenerate the needed cell type and placing it in the correct spot would have major impact.

Andrew Feinberg

A service provider's business is only as strong as its ability to manage its network and services delivery. In today's competitive environment, proper resource and service management is an absolute must. By partnering with NetCracker, Covad has taken an innovative and essential approach that allows it to realize the true value of its network, prevent revenue leakage, and increase customer satisfaction and retention rates. We are thrilled to be a part of Covad's market-leading strategy.

Jerry York

As good as Elliott, Parise and Cory are in their games, none of them have the ability that Bishop has to almost be a third defender back there.

F. Stone

As fuel prices go up, airlines have ratcheted back down in terms of their ability to make a profit.

Henry Crumpton

As catastrophic as a nuclear attack would be, it would be self-contained.

Rohan Gunaratna

Bali is the worst terrorist attack since 9/11... and until Bali occurred there were many government denials that there was a significant terrorist network operating in Southeast Asia,

Scott Wright

Aspirin reduces clotting of the blood, so it can help prevent a heart attack or stroke by making it less likely a clot will form and block an already narrowed artery,

David Magara

Personally, I don't think he is a serial killer but just a thief, an ordinary thief who has been attacking soft targets such as women. And I don't think he was operating alone, there may be others like him, but of course we are investigating that and we shall come to the bottom of it.

Xinhua Agency

Our technical staff have solved many crucial technical problems by attacking technological focal points, assembling systems and conducting a range of experiments.

Bob Horodyski

Our size was definitely a difference tonight. I see a lot of teams try to attack the 1-3-1 defense from the top, but we tried to get it below the free-throw line and into the post.

Jill Malko

Our defense looked good because our attack held onto the ball. Having the discipline on the attack to run the plays and take care of the ball is something we haven't been able to do in the past, but today we did. We managed the clock very well.

Kathy Sullivan

our Democratic nominee will only be mentioned in the press stories when the Republicans are attacking that nominee.

S. Hughes

Our doubles teams played extra smart, hitting to the open court and attacking the net, just the way good doubles should be played.

Javier Solana

As far as we are concerned, ... we have finalized all the planning process and we are ready to act. I think that is clear enough,

Lawrence Eagles

As far as the Middle East is concerned, there is still strong justification for a premium to remain in the market until it is clear the situation is much calmer on the ground,

Jack Straw

As far as 'Syria next on the list', we made clear that it is not,

James Rubin

As far as we're concerned, there still are very significant and difficult roadblocks to restarting the peace process. Hopefully we'll be able to clear away some of those roadblocks in Secretary Albright's meetings in London.

Dexter Fletcher

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

Craig Venter

As a scientist, I clearly see the potential for harnessing the power of nature.

Michael Ramsey

As a matter of constitutional interpretation, I think the Constitution is pretty clear that property is to be taken for public use and not private use,

Keith Andrews

As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind when I go out on the field, the better I do.

Stephane Deo

The big rise in future living standards is clearly linked to tax cuts.

Andy Xie

What we need to see are concrete measures aimed at getting the bureaucracy to pursue this objective, otherwise all this will be just more rhetoric.

Esther Dyson

We decided we needed to be something concrete rather than something nebulous you couldn't negotiate with. This is an interim board. Our job is to figure out how to create a permanent system with a permanent board.

Christin Baker

The United States hopes that differences can be narrowed by looking at concrete data, and moving from a theoretical discussion to real scenarios.

Mark Goodwin

What I stress is that the concrete wall at this point is showing no signs of stress fractures.

Scott Worley

The probability of a moratorium is fairly high. We've made concrete proposals that the county is not accepting.

Paul Moreno

The explosion did displace manhole covers two round steel ones and it also displaced a concrete cover as well.

Patricia McConnell

My published works are concrete evidence that I exist.

Tom Coughlin

Let's get this thing settled so we can make concrete plans about how we're going to move forward. It's not a comfortable feeling for any club. We need this to be settled and we need to move forward as a league. We need to be able to utilize all the abilities that we have in our planning.

Prakash Javadekar

Second, 14 years have lapsed and neither any concrete evidence of conspiracy has come forward nor are there any new revelations.

Nick Park

Any Hollywood studio, if they're doing a deal with somebody else, wants to own characters, but we have managed to keep hold of them.

Jennifer Hinson

As far as I know, nobody knows this deal fell through.

Thomas Murphy

As far as we were concerned, it was a legitimate deal with a realistic price,

Antonia Maioni

As a minority government, they are by definition in a pre- electoral mode. Accountability is going to be a big thing. The deal they are going to do with the provinces is another.

Mark Morales

a very private guy and doesn't want to make a big deal of it.

John W. Snow

a very important idea ... which would help deal with the whole issue of long-term sustainability of the Social Security system.

Miroslav Klose

A very great deal is possible with the players we have in the squad.

Andrew Shue

At some point in their lives, people deal with tragedy. It's just a question of when.

Jay Jacobs

A true gentleman. He was a very compassionate and giving person who meant a great deal to this university.

Virginia Davis

Details of those debates are to be determined.

Christopher Dodd

The Senate's tradition is ruled to protect debate and guarantee that we can't be trampled upon.

Condoleezza Rice

the terms of debate of what constitutes development.

Fawaz Gerges

A debate is raging within the administration. They are taking a second look at the entire process of exerting pressure on authoritarian rulers in the Middle East.

Thomas Tusser

A fool and his money be soon at debate (Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry)

Edward Murrow

After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.

Ed Goeas

Now it's not a one-sided debate. You have a message getting out there in a much more positive way.

Martin Frost

Now is not the time to have this particular debate, ... inappropriate and ill-advised. ... It makes the House a laughing stock.

Jerry Berman

I want a face-to-face debate, ... Let them go at it.

Barney Frank

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.

Dennis Hastert

I pledge to work with those Democrats who want to work with me.

George Goncalves

As people read the economic numbers, they know the Fed is still there.

John Hughs

So much of this economic news has been anticipated that you're not going to get much reaction either way, to better than expected news, or to something that misses estimates,

Kathleen Camilli

The stock market could be on track for a recovery. The stock market is one of the key leading economic indicators and it tends to turn up about six months before the official end of recession. So, if in fact it stays up now, it would be signaling that the recession could be over sometime next June.

Klaus Schwab

The World Economic Forum tries to keep away from issues that are too politicized.

Douglas Duncan

These are very modest interest rate increases for the level of economic growth we are expecting.

Robert Robbins

This is a wonderful economy, you've got great economic growth.

Bob Woods

This is a severe hardship on the families right here at school time. These people are economic refugees. They are having to leave to find work and they are skilled, so they can find jobs.

Susan Mitchell

This is a quality of life and economic development improvement.

Mike Greene

This is huge for the town. We will now use this Internet utility for economic development and distinguish ourselves.

Jia Qinglin

The Sino-US relations are facing an opportunity for further development.

James Fisher

The substantive issues facing the university must be addressed without historic rancor from any part.

Tom Glavine

The tempo on my changeup is a little off right now because I was gung-ho being out there and trying to make pitches. I needed to relax a little bit. When you're facing a team other than your own for the first time, your competitiveness gets going a little bit.

Tom Glavine

The tempo on my change-up is a little off right now because I was gung-ho being out there and trying to make pitches. I needed to relax a little bit. When you're facing a team other than your own for the first time, your competitiveness gets going a little bit.

Morris Gleitzman

I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I could have the character trying to do something about it or have the problem whack him between the eyes.

Bobby Holik

The most important thing is limiting the goalie equipment. The last ten years, I was looking at the goal and there was nothing to shoot at. It was like facing a wall.

Pat Robertson

One day we're going to be staring at nuclear weapons and it won't be Katrina facing New Orleans, it's going to be a Venezuelan nuke,

Joe Johnson

Now here we are facing a 33 percent increase that I'm not comfortable with.

Dave Duncan

I've seen John pitch. He is a guy that hitters didn't really like facing so we're hoping we can see the same here.

Joe Gibbs

Any time you don't play special teams, it hurts you. You've got to be a legit starter if you're going to do that.

Joel Hefley

Any time you have anything that smacks of scandal, it hurts all of us,

Randy Sanders

It's what we live and what we do. When you're not successful, it hurts ... hurts a lot.

Gary Giancola

They didn't outwork us, they didn't outplay us. That's what hurts so much.

Matt Mantei

We'll see how I feel tomorrow. Right now it hurts - bad.

Roxane Gay

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Fred Harran

Anything that a pedophile can utilize to find the location of the child. These people are smart, just because they have issues doesn't mean they're stupid.

Asif Ali Zardari

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

Burton Richter

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

Aimee Mullins

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

Charles Bass

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

James Wolfensohn

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

Ban Ki-moon

Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.

Diane Duane

The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.

Sarah Palin

John McCain has already tapped me

Eric Bolling

What did [Donald] Trump say about John McCain?

John Taylor

A smart entrepreneur will go back and present it again.

Jane Jacobs

The best part of a Reg Hartt presentation is what he has to say.

Robin Oakley

were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.

Sasha Cohen

You have to stay in the present and give it your 100 percent.

Scott Ritter

We had the proof. We couldn't present it. And that's where we are today.

Joe Sims

If they can come up with something that is satisfactory, we'll present it to the DOJ. If they don't, well see them in court.

Ryan Evanochko

That was just the shot that presented itself. I tried to take my time and find an opening.

Carlos Delgado

That's the way it should be. It's not just the present. It's the present and the future.

Toshihiro Nikai

I don't think (China) will present a response tomorrow that will settle everything at the talks.

Steve Robinson

The vibrancy in our sports programs is still there.

Fred Siget

Some of the programs I wrote there are still running maintenance free.

Greg Allen

They're two programs that don't seem to have hiccups.

Brian Postol

There's a long way to go for these guys, but I think their programs are the right ones.

Robert H. Connelly

The programs were more about 'reallocating sales' than stimulating demand.

Cade Bernsen

As I understand it, it's going to be done rather quickly.

W. C. Fields

On the whole I would rather be in Philadelphia.

Keeley Hawes

I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down.

Joel Edgerton

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

Dedrick L.

To be honest, I'd rather be the underdog. We always play better when we're the underdog.

Suzanne Farrell

So I think it is rather strange that I got into ballet, something that I hadn't seen.

Adam Linkenauger

No other place I'd rather do it than at Virginia Tech.

LeCharles Bentley

I would rather sit out a season than play for the Saints again.

Darius Walker

Hopefully, he'll be rooting for us. We'd rather have him on our side.