Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Douglas

As effective as he's been. I agree with that (decision), I think it's an effective cost savings move. Our office largely deals with three department heads directly.

Rafael Ramirez

Of the 32 (companies), we have agreed with 30. We believe this was a mistake on the part of Total and Eni.

Jean Todt

So we can say that an agreement has been made.

Mike Ramsey

I've talked to Rick Causey myself, and I don't believe he willfully did anything wrong. I don't believe he would agree to plead guilty to a crime when he didn't commit one.

Tom Rath

When top scientists and psychologists talk about what's important to our overall wellbeing and how satisfied we are with our lives, the only thing that they all agree on is that social relationships are probably the single best predictor of our overall happiness.

Abdullah Gul

We reached agreement; I am going to Luxembourg,

Richard Katz

We've signed the agreement, and I'm waiting for a final copy.

Ronnie Mamba

We have received this and have agreed to inform our members so that this order can be complied with throughout the areas where our members are striking.

Inzamam-ul Inzamam-ul

Don't you agree that it would be a bad publicity for the ICC or its selectors if the winner of any of the three awards is originally overlooked from its World XI?

Charles Portis

I always go backwards when I am backing up.

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.

Steve Terry

This is a significant trophy trout fishery, there's a number of trout, 10 pound plus, which is considered trophy size in New Zealand so it's quite significant.

Gavin Graham

You're still paying cold, hard cash, but because the product is considered better, it's counted as a price-cut.

Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here, looking through your stuff.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not.

Roberto Orci

If something is wrong, it'll prove to be wrong in the wash, and if it's right, you don't want to not expose yourself to it - so I read everything, no matter how horrible it gets. You listen and take it in and if it doesn't sway you, you'll know you considered it.

Adam Michnik

I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.

Bhagavad Gita

I consider one to be the most devoted of all the yogis who lovingly contemplates on Me with supreme faith.

Alberto Fujimori

I consider necessary the full democratization of the country, ... We realize the institutions should be updated with the times.

Christine King

I consider my welfare days as a positive experience, ... It was a problem to solve.

Toni Sacconaghi

A workforce reduction of 10 to 15 percent (3,800 to 5,700 people) now seems more likely, but may not be enough to satisfy current investor expectations.

Bill Ayer

The steady demand for our product in the face of fare increases indicates that the market currently is less price-sensitive that it has been in the past. It also tells us that we are hitting the mark in delivering customer value.

Derrick Brooks

This was about helping the team and putting us in the position to keep a lot of our players here that we currently have and, at the same time, give us something to go get a player that we felt could help us win a Super Bowl. That's the way it's always been when I've done this, a two-way street.

Blake Ress

Many of the people in the legislature send their kids to private schools and I think they would defend them, defend the current system. I don't know that we've done enough research where we can defend this before the legislature or in court. If we're going to go this way we better have some facts to back our decision.

Herbert Hainer

Many of our current efforts will now focus on turning around the Reebok brand.

Eric Takamura

Right now it's only if the current changes, and in the last four days the current has only gone out to sea.

Bern Elliot

Because of its strong relationship with some of the carriers, as well as a relationship with Microsoft, that positions it differently than just a standard new entry. At this point they have few enterprise deployments, so their strength right now draws from their current position with service providers.

David Moskowitz

Just because we have to study history doesn't mean we can't try to relate it to the current time. Once you start talking about something they're already up on, it draws them in.

Mary Wysong

I think I have a good pulse with what is currently going on in our schools.

Steven Burd

I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.

Aldrich Ames

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

Robert Erspamer

There was extensive fire, smoke and water damage.

Jessica Dyer

Our vocabulary will be much more extensive now.

Ronald Zarrella

As far as theories, there's a lot of them, and we've run a lot of them to ground and come up with nothing.

Bobby Hatfield

As far as our song list... I think between the two of us knew seven songs... for the whole night... we did a lot of variations on those seven songs.

Warren Sapp

As far as me, as a teammate of mine? I love him.

Rod Thorn

As far as we were concerned, we had a good season, with a real nice run at the end. But now, things start over.

Mark Rey

The supporters have been far quieter than the people who have found problems with it.

Kasey Chambers

I've lived more than most 25-year-olds ... but I still have a far way to go.

John Rzeznik

Scars are souvenirs you never loseThe past is never far Did you lose yourself somewhere out thereDid you get to be a star And don't it make you sad to know that lifeIs more than who we are.

Don Shaw

Pulling out game one was key. In these matches, especially with teams that are kind of evenly matched as far as ranking and all that, that first game can be critical. Winning the first game helped us gain momentum.

Katie Mast

Pull as far as they go, to the wall, and run in place.

Margaret Thatcher

Fear is not the basis for foreign policy.

Soichiro Monji

Foreigners are selling and it seems that Japanese investors are also getting rid of stocks because they are worried about selling by foreigners.

Bob Doll

Without question, foreign stock markets are doing better than the U.S. market.

Bill Plympton

I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to Europe, there's very little problem with communication. All the gags are visual. The music they can understand, and it helps communicate a lot better.

Gwin Price

You give up a lot. I gave up my job, my family, the life I had. But I gained so much, too.

B. F. Skinner

When he was in school and worked in the store, I think the interaction between people is really what gained his interest.

Bronco Mendenhall

He was poised and gained confidence. I'm proud to be his coach.

Action Bronson

I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

Dennis Farina

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

Theodor Mommsen

History has a Nemesis for every sin.

Maynard James Keenan

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

Kirk Pedersen

Right now we are struggling a little big with our relay teams. We are going to work on those and hopefully get them to run a little better.

Tim Frisby

This is a start. Hopefully I'll get more this season,

Robbie Reiser

We tested in Martinsville back in the spring but still didn't quite get the setup right for the first race. We've addressed that issue and hopefully will be better this weekend.

May Sarton

when I am working I immediately feel hopeful.

James Keller

Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot.

Marianne Williamson

If a person is fearful, it is a fearful time. If a person is hopeful, it's a hopeful time. If you look at world events one way, fear is reasonable. If you look at the world another way, hope is justified.

Michel de Montaigne

Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope.

Megan Duffy

She wants to be first in everything she does. Hopefully that's good, though. Hopefully it rubs off on us.

Jeff Bickmore

Obviously they made some mistakes down the stretch. They learn from little things like that, and hopefully it will make tem a little tougher and really want to come back strong when we play at Colfax. We still have a long way to go.

David Hahn

The mantra should change from 'Always Be Closing' to 'Always to helping'.

Steven Wright

In hindsight, I realized I could see into the future. Which is kind of like having premonitions of flashbacks.

David Graves

That doesn't give me any insight if it's just a run-of-the-mill 'here's my formula' recommendation letter.

Eric Hoffer

We see through others only when we see through ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

Angie Martinez

Always keep things in perspective.

Mary E. Pearson

I suppose you're right about some perspectives. Just a few weeks ago, I thought you were a dickhead.

Michael Dolan

A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction.

Jonathan Burns

From our perspective, the transition is going quite smoothly overall.

Brian Smith

From our perspective it would be a positive.

Evan Esar

Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy.

Jennifer Connelly

It's so hard to keep perspective and keep things in context, and it's so easy to get distracted. This film [Shelter] reminded me how important it is to remain aware, and to keep seeing the things that are happening around the world.

Holly Near

I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.

Brandon Routh

Superman is there to unite us all, I think. I'm proud of Bryan for respecting that and not making it just about us.

Bailee Madison

I was trying to get into the business from a young age, but I don't think I really realized how much I loved it until I booked my first movie and found myself in New Zealand for six months filming Bridge to Terabithia.

Ashton Eaton

I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.

Azar Nafisi

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.

Azar Nafisi

I think Islam is in a sense, in crisis. It needs to question and re-question itself.

Ayn Rand

Now look at me! Take a good look! I was born and I knew I was alive and I knew what I wanted. What do you think is alive in me? Why do you think I'm alive? Because I have a stomach and eat and digest the food? Because I breathe and work and produce more food to digest? Or because I know what I want, and that something which knows how to want—isn't that life itself? And who—in this damned universe—who can tell me why I should live for anything but for that which I want?

Bertrand Russell

Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

Jane Goodall

Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences.

James Van Allen

I think we need someone in a responsible political position to have the courage to say, 'Let's terminate human spaceflight.'