Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Portis

I always go backwards when I am backing up.

Michael Woolfolk

There are strong economic fundamentals backing not only the U.S. economy but the U.S. dollar right now. We are likely to get two more rate hikes.

Jim Padilla

I think we'll see some degree of moderation, but I don't see any backing off to a large degree.

James Wolfensohn

If you were in a job where it was unclear what the purpose of that job was and what the backing that you had was and who had the responsibility...you would probably wonder...if that was the thing you wanted to do.

Rogers Beasley

If you're on a beach and you're running behind a pickup truck and somebody throws sand in your face all the time, you start backing up a little bit.

Nathalie Dechy

In the first set, I really succeeded in staying in court and not backing up on her powerful shots. But then, bit by bit, I got less into the ball - and she was able to develop her game.

Zach Lund

I had the backing of my federation and I honestly believed I would get through this. This is very upsetting and disappointing.

Deon Butler

The cornerback (Dailey) bailed out pretty hard. I didn't get too close to him. He was backing up so fast.

Richard Eyre

David has made an enormously impressive impact on the company's operations since he joined us in 2004. After a thorough review, the board is pleased to confirm that David has its full backing to lead the company to its next level of growth.

Gregory Schulte

As a first step, we envision a call (by the council) for Iran to cooperate with the IAEA and take the steps identified by the board to restore confidence.

Hayley Hasselhoff

Straight sized boards are models size 0-6. Plus size boards are models starting at a 10. If a size 8 girl was 5' 11 and curvy, she'd be on the plus sized board, because there's nothing in between.

Larry Martin

One day, coming through town, I saw a for sale sign in the window of the former hardware store. I had members of the co-op board visit the location and we all thought this was a good place to try it.

Dan Fisher

This is ... a wonderful program and we have just touched the tip of the iceberg with the potential in this Greencastle community and we hope in the next year or two that others will jump on board with it.

Richie Adubato

That's where it all starts for us because they will pound the boards and create second shots for themselves, ... That has killed us at times this season. Our bigs have to box out and match up with them for us to have a chance.

William Scranton

We did not decide as a board to expand any of the lands for industrial use in South Wallingford.

Kathryn Blehart

We developed a team to select a board and took it to the commissioners and that's how the library (at its current location) got started.

Charles Peck

There is a push to make boards more diverse but people without large corporate salaries, such as academics, would be reluctant to become directors without guaranteed payment.

Jerry Friesen

We hope to make it a real success and get people on board to have a fun and fit holiday.

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.

Mark Baldwin

As Britain's only large-scale touring contemporary dance company, Rambert performs on some of the largest stages this country has

Scott Harris

Our customers no longer design in isolation. They need to create, manage, and share information throughout and outside their company in order to realize their ideas.

Walter Price

People felt that this is a very tightly controlled company with a lot of levers they can pull.

Lovie Smith

Once you get into company with Walter Payton, that's saying quite a bit.

Foreign Ministry

The Russian embassy in Tehran gave to the Iranian side an official note saying that the previous Russian proposal of the creation of a joint Russian-Iranian company to enrich uranium remains in force.

Scott Rothbort

This is a work in progress and a company that's transitioning. Don't expect instant gratification here.

Bill Doyle

This is a significant investment that will have an immediate positive impact on our company and, more importantly, will provide significant growth potential for us over the long term.

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.

Ian Shepherdson

These are spectacular numbers and confirm that the labor market is not at the moment the source of anything that could be plausibly described as inflationary pressure.

Nat Harrington

I can't confirm or deny it. It's inappropriate to discuss personnel matters.

Steve Norton

I can confirm we will miss the target date of January 1 for implementation with our CAFTA partners.

Larry Lucchino

I can confirm that we are in the process seeking to sign Millwood.

Chris Brathwaite

I can confirm that it will be converted to a Sears off-mall format.

Jaroslaw Wojtasik

I can confirm seven dead, but the situation is changing.

Bernard Arnault

I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have done this at this point in the year, which demonstrates our confidence.

Linda Giguere

I can confirm it's the largest spill of crude oil on the North Slope that we have record of.

Mike Ruddock

I can confirm I resigned. It is for family reasons. I would like to thank the Welsh public, players and fans for all their support during my time as coach. It has been an incredible time.

John Hutton

Is it his remit to have a functioning IT system? Yes. What will that new IT system be? I don't know. Sir David Henshaw is looking at designing a new IT system.

Mike DeWine

We are here to honor David for his unrelenting service and for his willingness to fight for us ... and all the ideals we all hold so dear,

Willie Randolph

I guess I'm a show-me guy, I want to see that David can keep making the adjustments.

Kurt Melton

I think David (Bendall) did a nice job defensively on him.

Steve Evans

We received an initial fee for David going on loan and a second for the final deal.

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.

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.

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.

Terri Smith

David is a very explosive, elusive-type player. He can do many different things, including returning punts and kickoffs.

Nancy Greene

After all those years of not wanting to be a farmer, I'm doing it full time. But I wouldn't be any other place than here.

Mark Murray

Technically, this is simply what's called the 'answer' to the complaint. So it is not Microsoft's full response and all the company's legal arguments.

Jennifer Granholm

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

Susan Thomson

These are all fully-licensed and fully registered brokers,

Rowan D. Williams

I shall want to know more about how you will come to have a full share in the good things of this country.

Peter Coleman

This is still a significant injury, but one that with rehabilitation Troy will be able to fully recover from.

Carl Cornwell

We're guilty judge, and we take full responsibility for these (four) offenses.

Candace Cameron Bure

I did a lot of my school on set. Some years I went to a private school for a couple of hours, and then I'd always finish up with a tutor. I couldn't do full days, but I tried to maintain my friendships and some normalcy while doing a show.

Carley Roney

Don't pay any services in full until you receive them.

Mark Fratrik

Radio has been incredibly disappointing. Satellite radio has had an impact on the traditional industry, but the big reason is the drop-off in younger people listening to radio.

David Fassler

The study we requested would look at increased expenditures related to direct-to-consumer advertising, as well as the impact on patient safety and the overall quality of care,

Anurag Kashyap

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

Curtis Terry

Everyone who plays is going to have an impact on the game. Everyone has to pick it up.

Ralph Neas

could have a tremendous impact on the judiciary well into the 21st century.

Alex Kapranos

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.

Debbie Allen

There was a time when fame meant that you were either someone who is really gifted in your field or you were making an impact or you are famous because you were a really horrible person, you know? But now, you can become famous by eating a frog. It's just not the same thing.

Angela Ruggiero

The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.

David Fincher

I want to make a movie that has enough impact that it's going to do what it needs to do. But I don't want to make a film that serial killers masturbate to.

Barbara Stocking

One year after the tsunami, we are seeing an impressive recovery.

Dale Davis

If we make it there, the most impressive thing about that list is that most of those teams went on to win it.

Erin Hertzog

It's something impressive because it's something we could use in Arizona.

Pat Dowling

For a while anyway, it is not going to be that visible a project. There is no one day that will be more impressive than another.

Irving Berlin

We joined the Navy to see the world, / And what did we see? We saw the sea.

Don Johnson

I joined the PBA way before I should have because I heard a rumor they were going to limit the number of people who could get in.

Robert Jackson

People take liberties and one thing leads to another,

Michael McCord

Saint Clair has kind of taken the lead on this." ()

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

John Gallagher

Do you want performance level one or performance level two,

Dwayne Slay

The talent level is rising around here. It's going to be a surprise next year.

Eric Hecox

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

Landon Donovan

Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. We have an obligation to do that and most people take that seriously.

Mario Caminiti

Sometimes we just play to the level of the opposition. We can play better.

Jake Goebbert

(The state tournament) is a different level of basketball. We need to come out a little harder.

Simon Greul

I see now that I can play at this level and I can play with these guys. I'm playing my game, I'm playing well.

Conor McGregor

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession.

Wayne Blanton

At the local level we know where the schools are. We can go out and see them. We can plan.

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

John McKinley

Ultimately, you get to a point where you want to take the next hill. I really wanted to get back to a role in a technology organization.

Anja Thiessen

We skipped classes, so we have to get back next week.

George H. W. Bush

How do you feel the operations are going?

Anne Robinson

They are always so pleased with themselves aren't they? I've never taken to them. What are they for?

John Lloyd

We are very, very pleased with progress so far.

Susan Tolchin

We're very pleased that the sirens worked this time.

Heather Thomas

I am really pleased I am just so proud that he did a lot better than me. That's what you want for them to do better than you. He can go on to do what he wants now.

Howard Stern

He was very supportive. I was so pleased that he had called.

Mike Hargrove

I was real pleased with how he threw the ball. He was down in the strike zone and threw well.

Mark Geragos

He's pleased with the outcome, and he's back at work.

Marc Walters

That was a real big win for us. I was real pleased with how they played. They were businesslike.

Brad Joyner

We are a young team and we are pleased to get the win. But there are a lot of things we need to work on.

Mickey Blake

I've worked here since I was a kid. I've always been part of the business.

Gloria Naylor

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

Isla Fisher

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

Atticus Ross

My wife and I were in a band and worked together on and off since we were 19 or 20.

Charles Djou

I think he sincerely wants recycling. Can't we do this right?

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Chelsea Clinton

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

Kelly Slater

I haven't surfed since Japannot even one wave.

Saku Koivu

I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.

William Shakespeare

Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere.