Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Kennedy

There is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for chief justice, ... I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

Bobby Martin

She's been my chief clerk for the past 17 and a half years. We've had a great relationship of working together and as for as I know, we've never had a cross word.

John Collins

We need a Chief Counsel. I don't know that we have a Chief Counsel in the building. We have a couple junior lawyers, but we don't have a Chief Counsel. We may need that. And maybe that person should or shouldn't have player-negotiating experience.

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.

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,

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.

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.

Nikolai Lozovik

The CEC has tallied the official results of the elections, and it is the chief of state who sets the inauguration date. We expect that this will be in the first part of April.

Mahmoud Abbas

The information I received from Jordan's prime minister and intelligence chief is dangerous and surprising at the same time.

David Rose

As a small company our fastest way to market was going to be by working with other retailers that were known for pioneering new technologies and categories.

Bob Corscadden

This is an invitation for people to get a better glimpse of who we are as a company and what we stand for.

Cindy Shaw

This is not a company that's on the ropes, but I think it's struggling to maintain the growth targets it has set for itself.

James Ray

this is such a innovative product that, when we are successful with the marketing program, this could propel the company to new heights in sales and profitability.

Cindy Shaw

The U.S. share loss is consistent with our view the company is losing share in its established markets, which we consider an ominous trend.

Carol Bartz

The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different.

Bill Gates

The whole idea of the H1-B thing is don't let too many smart people come into the country. Basically, it doesn't make sense. You can't imagine how tough it is to plan as a company where we say, 'Let's have this engineering group and staff it.' You get a few and then you go through these periods where nobody can come in.

Max Baucus

The whole country is trying to figure out what should be done about record high gasoline prices at a time of record oil company profits. It's relevant to know what the real financial picture is for this industry, because the financial picture for American consumers is pretty bleak.

Jim Albaugh

The whole company is firing on all cylinders.

Steve Platt

This is not exactly the type of game you want at this stage. But you can't do anything about it but play hard.

Paul Freeman

We will be in the same type of shelter, undergoing the same stresses, the same situations, lack of privacy, food that may not be exactly to your liking, but it's hot food and it's good food,

Joe Viterelli

We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable.

Jim Haslett

Obviously, it was not exactly the way we wanted to get going.

O. Singh

I saw my swing on video, and I found out exactly what I was doing wrong, and it was the same mistake that I've been doing forever. I worked really hard last week, tried to fix it, and it's on the way, I guess.

J. K. Rowling

What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?

John Ryan

I did a lot of praying up there, praying that I would see my family again. I had no idea exactly where I was.

Joseph Lowery

I don't think he had the intelligence to plan, orchestrate and execute any such action, ... He may or may not know exactly who used him, but I think he knows more than he has revealed.

Phil Garner

I don't see (the injured players) as a disadvantage (for the Cardinals). It may not be exactly as they would like to have it, but I can't tell you how much we respect their team.

Glenn Tilton

The Plan of Reorganization reflects the financial foundation of the much stronger, much more competitive United that we have built,

John Walsh

Houstonians want to help, ... Obviously, if you have vacant units and you want to rent them, there's a financial incentive.

Randy Sharp

I think no question this will have a financial impact on American Girl.

David Stern

It's our preference, our strong preference, to have the Blazers in Portland, in Oregon, playing at the Rose Garden and being able to be a financial success.

Kathleen Smith

It's important to have a product that investors like. That is a real positive they have going for them. Their financial statements also look good.

Vinnie Mehta

For instance many type the IT-enabled workers or back office workers (like medical transcription workers) need not work out of an old fashioned office anymore. Similarly many financial and marketing sector professionals need to be one the move always.

Larry Haverty

It's the wrong time to do anything that's tax inefficient and (that could) subject owners to any unnecessary financial risks.

Mary Adams

It's not too exciting, plain vanilla, with good companies, good financial qualities. That gives you a core.

Jack Kyser

It's the economy's fuel. If this is long-lived, then you're going to start seeing some significant impacts, and you'll see the financial health of a lot of firms start to be threatened.

Francis Bacon

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Sophocles

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Jeffrey Gitomer

If you make a sale, you can earn a commission. If you make a friend, you can earn a fortune!

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

Frank Darabont

It's been a great run of good fortune for me as a writer.

A. A. Milne

What ever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Aeschylus

To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.

William Blake

A petty sneaking thief I knew - / O! Mr Cr-, how do you do?

Jarkko Nieminen

The second set was huge. I knew at the end of the second set that I could win.

Josh Duell

We tried not to let it rattle us. We knew we just had to come out and stay composed, that's one of the big things we've been trying to do all year with a young team.

Jasper Johns

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Joan Baez

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already playing a ukulele, and after I saw that, I was hooked. All I wanted to do was play guitar and sing.

Kristi Toliver

As soon as it left my hand, I knew it was going in. I knew I was going to take that shot. Big-time players take big-time shots.

Billy Henning

As soon as I saw the name on the postcard I knew who it was. You could've knocked me over with a feather.

Roy Harper

As soon as I heard skiffle, I loved it and I knew that I wanted to play it.

John Barrett

Did I know what they were? ... I didn't have a clue. But I knew that there was something on the horizon. I knew something was there.