Famous Quotes & Sayings

Liam Fox

This is an extremely good result. I am delighted to have polled well above predictions. I go into the next round with real momentum.

David Buck

This is an exciting proposal. We have not found a comparable project with housing above (it) in a (similar-size) community.

John Bucher

This is a positive industry outlook that is perhaps slightly above our 2006 estimates for infrastructure and devices.

Andrei Illarionov

This is a state model with the participation of state corporations, which although they are public in name and status, are managed above all for their own personal interests.

Giovanni Bisignani

This is the first time in a year we have seen two consecutive months of freight traffic growth above 5% which points to a resurgent world economy.

Myles Brand

This is not Lake Woebegone, where every student athlete and every team can be above average. The 50 percent rate, while not sacrosanct, is a good rate to measure whether we're making progress.

Dale Murphy

This is something I have wanted to do for a long time, ... Athletes have a huge impact on so many people. Occasionally, some of them need reminding how important their example is. Frankly, we are all tired of the profanity-laced interviews and the overall perception by some that they are above the law. It is time to step up and take seriously the chance we have to make a difference for good in the lives of others.

Deborah White

The weather has become increasingly mild and the forecasts are for now much above normal, for example 17 (degrees Celsius) in Los Angeles -- this is extremely warm for the end of December.

Arvind Mediratta

The WHO has confirmed that eating cooked chicken is safe. The cooking temperature for poultry meat should reach 150F/70C and at KFC, we cook our chicken well above the minimum temperatures required for safety. Also, the chickens are routinely inspected to ensure that they meet or exceed all public health and food safety regulations.

Don Edwards

Our English for Speakers of Other Languages wait list averages about 400 and we update it once a month. In our pre-GED program, we get 80-100 applications per month throughout the year. People can be on the wait list for too long. We don't have enough to meet the demand.

P. Herbert

I volunteered for it; I wanted to help out any way I could. Last year we averaged 4.8 on punt returns and 19.1 on kickoffs. That's horrible. But we have worked hard on it this year, and Johnny and I are ready to go. There are no excuses this year.

Bobby Martin

Somebody told me this the other day, but J.C. could probably average 30 points per game on another team. Or vice-versa for Ridge. But by sharing it makes us an even bigger threat.

Gary Jones

The way you measure improvement in a player is different with each guy. When we (managers, organization officials) look at stats we see different things than the average fan. A player might hit .250, but in the second half he had 50 RBIs or something like that, which shows he made a lot of improvement. That's how we have to look at things.

Bobby Rahal

In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.

Dwayne Johnson

If I had to describe myself to an alien I'd say I was bigger than the average human, enjoy a drink or two with a good meal and have a bigger head than most. I'd also say I'm really handsome - especially if they were a female alien.

Daniel Tammet

I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know very many of the others.

Daniel Suarez

For average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible?

Albert Camus

In normal times all of us know, whether consciously or not, that there is no love which can't be bettered; nevertheless, we reconcile ourselves more or less easily to the fact that ours has never risen above the average.

Brian Reilly

I've managed to save so much because I live below my means.

Leroy Shafer

We had this feeling going into the show that the lower-middle class and below have less discretionary money this year.

Mark Bryant

The market had gotten pounded for a few days, and the Dow fell below 10,000 Monday, which still has some mental significance, ... So we're getting a nice bounce today.

Mark Vitner

The unemployment rate is likely to hang around 4.5 percent and finish the year somewhere near 4 percent. That would mean that North Carolina would be back in the familiar position of having an unemployment rate below that of the nation.

Delos Smith

The uncertainty is there. It's dissipated, but it's just below the surface and can be rekindled. It plays a part in an economy full of very nervous people.

Waverly Person

The earthquake was approximately 50 kilometers or 30 miles below the earth's surface.

Fionnuala Earley

The FTSE-100 grew by 16 percent in 2005, compared to housing market growth of 3 percent. But the FTSE still remains 10 percent below its 1999 level, whereas house prices are more than twice as high as than at the end of 1999.

Carlo Ponfoort

The fourth quarter profit was below estimates, my estimate was 590m or 44 cents per share.

Ed Mathey

This is a good club in a good league. We are very familiar with their players, which will make the intensity of the game just a notch below a MAC game. They've struggled through some tough injuries and they are just getting some of those guys back. They have played a real tough schedule.

Dr. Ratard

No such outbreak occurred because of Hurricane Katrina.

Michael Chertoff

We are going to be very prepared for Hurricane Wilma.

Mitch Frazier

There is not the hurricane protection here that there once was. It is significantly compromised. The hurricane level protection we have had here prior to Hurricane Katrina will not be able to return. It will be years, not months.

Greg Anderson

We have 50 percent of the units reserved and that's very exciting.

Craig Shniderman

Percentage of sales--the table contributions, which often represent about 50 percent of the table revenue--actually go up.

Melissa Etheridge

I would say I'm 97 percent back now,

Jeff Linenfelser

We put a lot of time in to get him ready. He was 100 percent ready for the fight. What are you going to do?

Pat Griffin

I'd say I spend 90 percent of my time in the Terrain Park.

John Smedley

I'd say we're about 70 percent of the way there.

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Lori Anderson

We still get 100 percent of what we were owed.

Dave Dickerson

We shot 31.4 percent and they shot 36.8 percent. You probably saw some ugly basketball.

Elena Dementieva

I usually start to play well when I'm in trouble.

Seth Godin

Keep starting until you finish.

Frank Robinson

One thing he has to start doing, he has to start being productive. He has to, because you can't keep going 0-for-3, 0-for-4, 0-for-4, 1-for-4, that type of thing, from the top of the lineup.

Bobby Labonte

If we start off and we're not in the top 10, we're going to be there before long,

Jack Rio

If Byron doesn't have any setbacks, he's our starting quarterback.

Mark Recchi

Hopefully, it's a starting point. That's what we have to look for right now. We're getting better.

Jermaine Wiggins

Man, that ain't even a thought for me, ... I can't get into that world. I've been around too long to start something like that up.

Charles Davis

That was his first start and he was sharp.

Sergei Brylin

That's the way you want to start on the road.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.