Famous Quotes & Sayings

Seth Shostak

The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millennia farther down the road suggests that we're like ants trying to discover humans. Ask yourself: Would ants ever recognize houses, cars, or fire hydrants as the work of advanced biology?

Mike Gillespie

He's advanced beyond his age in terms of his coolness and composure. He'll give up hits and people will score, but he just doesn't all of a sudden spiral into a mess.

George Allen

I think the president ought to meet with this mother. What I would say to her is her son will always be remembered as a great hero and a patriot, advanced freedom in Iraq and the Middle East, has made this country more secure.

Scott Fosgard

The purpose of this agreement is to focus on advanced and emerging technologies. Fuel cells had been our focus for the last 7 years.

Rick Lehner

Iran and North Korea are two countries that have been spending a great deal of time and money to develop several different types of advanced ballistic missiles, including a type that could possibly reach the U.S. homeland with a weapon of mass destruction in the near future.

James Fenton

In the writing of poetry we never know anything for sure. We will never know if we have 'trained' or 'practised' enough. We will never be able to say that we have reached grade eight, or that we have left the grades behind and are now embarked on an advanced training.

John Boyd Orr

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods.

Tom Kendall

Interconnects and file systems are critical to what we do, the availability of a smaller advanced development system will ensure our users a positive first experience when they get onto the larger production machines.

Ben Matheson

By joining the Advanced Infrastructure Systems Management competency, Microsoft Solutions Partners will receive tools and resources that will help them audit a customer's existing disaster recovery plan to determine if the existing backup strategy is effective, and identify small to mid-market organizations that are a good candidate for DPM. We will also be releasing online Web-based training and a Project Guide in the coming months.

Jamil Moledina

We are extremely happy to host the awards ceremony at the Game Developers Conference. We believe it's important to celebrate the individual recipients and provide them with as much exposure as possible.

Marsha Samitt

There is an awards committee that makes the decision on winners, and we look at the community in general for winners, not just members of the Chamber of Commerce.

Ryan Hall

The fact that "Léon: The Professional" doesn't have every award in the world is a sign that it is underrated. I'm not even ashamed to say that I cried during every scene.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.

Brian Jones

I just tried to keep from not turning the ball over and in getting the ball to our playmakers. I don't care about all of the other accolades. Not winning any awards took the pressure off of me. I just wanted to do my part to win this for the guys.

Joe Alexander

His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the Baldrige.

Pamela Anderson

Canadian music rocks. No matter where I am in the world I can listen to Canadian music and feel like I'm at home. This is going to be one kick-ass awards show.

Randy Hauswirth

I'm happy for Jeremiah for all the awards he's getting. He was so important to our team - he was the kind of kid where, if Jeremiah was playing well, the rest of the kids on the team picked up their intensity as well. He's a great athlete.

Finn Taylor

I hope people are buying into the unique script and characters. We realized as the process unfolded that the studios would make a watered-down version of what we wanted to do. A watered-down version of The Darwin Awards wouldn't be funny.

Keke Palmer

I don't wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not what's inside.

Katherine Paterson

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

Larry Hughes

I was just dealing with it, playing through it, but I knew something was wrong. This was the best time to do it. If it was later in the year, I would've kept playing.

Evgeni Nabokov

Kipper is a confident guy right now back there and, defensively, they're one of the best teams in the league. Their identity is they're not going to score four or five goals, they're going to score two or three, but it's going to be enough to win.

Mike Gansey

Kevin is one of the best all-around players in the conference. He's obviously one of the best shooters and his inside play has improved this season. Kevin is a big part of our team.

Bill Schneider

Kerry's line is, 'If this is the best we can do, we're in trouble,'

Lamar Odom

Kobe helps me too, because if I'm ever lying back too much, him trying to get open or him fighting wakes me up. Kobe's game is like smelling salts. If you're lying back, he's going to get you up. He's the best player I've ever played with.

Rick Carlisle

Kobe Bryant is a great player. Maybe the best player in the league right now. He is that good.

Jeff Phillips

He wanted someone on the broadcast who would give Clemson a face it didn't particularly have at that time, and it still really doesn't. At least the university is starting to move in the right way.

Gordon Smith

History shows that pay-TV subscribers flee in droves to alternative providers when there is even a rare service disruption - demonstrating a quantifiable value for 'must-have' broadcast programming.

Joe Gordon

To even consider getting involved in the broadcast is not possible.

Terry Palmer

I think this needs to be broadcast a lot more in the coastal communities and the fishing communities.

David Williams

Our markets are home video and dvd, cable and satellite television, and broadcast television. Select theatrical dates are a distinct possibility,

Micah Johnson

Our opinion is that it's a good broadcast and that it honors the troops, ... We have a lot of people in South Carolina and North Carolina that have sons and daughters that are fighting over there. It's a good program and they deserve to see it.

Micah Johnson

Our opinion is that it's a good broadcast and that it honors the troops.

Joe Monahan

In order to create a buzz in the campaign for mayor, you need to be on broadcast TV.

Joel Klein

Cable is one of the most durable monopolies. We are seeing constantly increasing prices that have to be paid in our monthly bills. Today, the only real threat to cable comes from high-powered, direct broadcast satellite,

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Tony Anderson

I think that he has focused on regaining his sobriety.

Meredith Vieira

I thought about this long and hard, and I am so, so honored to join this family.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Britney Spears

I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year.

Peter Schaffer

He has nothing but the utmost respect for Mr. Wilson and would be honored to interview for such a prestigious job.

Saint Augustine

Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.

Craig Morgan

I'm honored to receive this award. I feel entertainers are obligated to give back, especially to those who make such huge sacrifices.

Ted Cruz

I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.

Kevin Dixon

I really loved it there. I very much appreciated and was honored to work there. Everyone was fantastic.

Satya Nadella

Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.

Vinton Cerf

The last decade of Internet evolution has been marked by innovation. That innovation has been a consequence of the open and neutral access that the Internet has afforded up until now.

Walter Isaacson

Innovation requires articulation.

Narendra Modi

Let us combine 'Look East' with 'Link West' & with our global vision, we can provide a new platform for our economic structure.

Leon Kass

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

Larry Ellison

If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.

Marc Andreessen

Innovation accelerates and compounds.

Marc Andreessen

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Thomas A. Edison

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Todd Borrison

I thought we got a lot of second and third shots and every time you do that, you put yourself in position to be successful.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Mila Kunis

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

Carl Banks

He was the standard for that position in that era.

Robert Payne

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

Clare Short

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.

Shane Robison

With managed services, we have a lot of products we can pull through.

Richard Segal

We think cross-selling is important, but we're not obsessing about whether one of those products is sports betting.

Werner Herzog

I am a product of my failures,

Bert Hochfeld

Informix has strong products in a strong market.

James Inhofe

I am a product of the draft.

Ogden Nash

A lady is known by the product she endorses.

Marco Arment

Making a product better often requires removing features.

Tim Ghriskey

A lot of the higher-margin products are doing well.

Bob Turner

There are some big inventories out there. The new products that they have talked about aren't out for another quarter or so. So it's probably going to be more of the same for some time.

Joseph Kabila

Whatever happens, if there are summits we will be there, provided it takes place after the funeral,

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Amy Gabriel

We have to be able to provide these services.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Tim Duffy

In some of these areas, we are the only provider of coverage.

Joseph Stefanov

It has to provide a return (for the village).

Jacqueline McKenzie

I have provided a soundtrack for a scene that I am in which is pretty cool.

Jean Lacordaire

All that I know of tomorrow is that Providence will rise before the sun.

Chris Priester

They recognized that we need this new hospital.

Randal Pinkett

At some level, I am a celebrity. I'm recognized all the time.

Brad Lancaster

We're 20 to 40 students away from being a Recognized district. It was close, but we're not taking any chances.

Bonnie McKee

I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that.

Hiroyuki Hosoda

I think the ruling recognized the government's stance and its assertions.

David Boreanaz

I seem to get recognized more in London and Europe than over here in the States.

Loretta Lynch

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image.

Allison Tolman

I haven't been recognized out in public or anything. The strangeness of celebrity has been relegated to Twitter, which is kind of manageable.

Hari Kondabolu

I try to be as thoughtful as I can about everything that comes out of my mouth and not reinforce sexism.

Bob Combs

Because negotiations are ongoing, we have no comment. I want to reinforce that we are not done.

B. F. Skinner

We have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise as mutations are selected or discarded by their consequences, so novel forms of behavior are selected or discarded through reinforcement.

Vint Cerf

Commercialization of assets off the planet would mutually reinforce the growth of interplanetary communication.

Dan Levitan

In the web products and services world, you have a real-time interaction with your customers, and then a real-time editing of how you as a company are doing.

Connie Shade

This is where true coordination and sharing of services comes in.

Dan Bailey

We're going to try and make it a one-stop social services fair,

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Sundar Pichai

We ship a new version of Google Play Services every six weeks. Typically, 90 percent of users are on the new version of that.

Alan Davidson

Some of the most valuable new services won't be competitive.

Timothy Noah

The financial services industry is a ward of the state.

Richard Power

In the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're knocking off servers.

Richard P. Feynman

The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad!

Richard Dawkins

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.

Richelle Mead

Even now, despite Angeline's watchfulness, she'd occasionally oscillate between random topics, like how shepherd's pie wasn't a pie at all and why it was pointless for her to take class in typing when technology would eventually develop robot companions to do it for us.

Ronnie Dunn

In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos.

Tyler Cowen

apart from the seemingly magical Internet, life in broad material terms isn't so different from what it was in 1953... The wonders portrayed in 'The Jetsons,' the space-age television cartoon from the 1960s, have not come to pass... Life is better and we have more stuff, but the pace of change has slowed down...

Richard Foreman

I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self—evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the ‘instantly available’.

Richard Powers

I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science.

Samuel Wilson

One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.

Rick Baker

I think you've been on television plenty, Ed,

Annabella Sciorra

I don't have a television, so I don't know what they do,

Will Estes

I don't really get a chance to watch much television.

Tucker Carlson

The best thing about television news is, it's immediate. Everything at a news network happens quickly.

Wolfgang Puck

Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.

Malcolm Muggeridge

It's very nearly impossible to tell the truth in television.

James Purefoy

I like television that grabs you by your throat.

James Frain

The Buccaneers was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.

Larry Gelbart

If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.