Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Reston

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

Kevin Costner

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life -- people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Mark Kimmitt

The casualty figures that we have received from the enemy are somewhere about 10 times that amount, ... About civilian casualties, there is no authoritative figure out there.

Hiram Johnson

The first casualty when war comes is the truth.

Frank Hsieh

The damage and casualty situation right now looks as if we have had some good fortune in the midst of this misfortune,

Phil Rosenthal

It's over the top, it's a thrill a minute. ... The casualty list is horrendous. But it's exciting. And it keeps you going.

Jan Egeland

Then we could have not only a tsunami-style casualty rate as we have seen late last year, but we could see one hundred times that in a worst case.

Michael Ward

It's ironic that of all the shows in the West End, this should be the first casualty of the bombings on July 7 and 21.

Rob Haines

It was a mildly disappointing quarter. Operating earnings missed the analysts' target and the property and casualty side was worse than I thought.

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Michael Sheldon

I think the last few weeks have probably been frustrating for investors. Earnings have been very positive, but the focus has been on interest rates. Over the next few sessions, it looks like the fear of higher interest rates will probably outweigh the earnings.

Barry Hyman

I think the picture is optimistic and earnings in general have been better than expected.

Peter Mancuso

I think you're looking out two quarters, maybe even three quarters before you start to see a substantive increase in earnings for some of these companies. That, to me, is in a nutshell what's going on in the markets.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Laura Conigliaro

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

Roger Altman

Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.

Dinara Safina

I think I played well today. I just missed some really important shots.

Claude Tarver

I think a lot of them are wondering if they may have missed out on him.

Rick Barnes

I think it was a situation on this night that (Tech) missed a lot of shots. We were obviously taller and longer, so we could get those rebounds.

Thad Lear

In years past, down three scores, we would have folded up the tent and went home. We had our shot, but we missed it.

Colin Montgomerie

Then I wasn't concentrating on what I was doing and missed the putt.

Andrew Ference

It was a step back. It was a missed opportunity.

Joe Montana

When I was playing, I missed my two girls' (events). They look up (in the stands) and myself and my wife are not there. I want to be there for the boys.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

Bruce Scott

When I missed that I re-adjusted my sights for 2006.

Sarah Davis

There was a problem with a refinery that wasn't operating fully.

Mike Jacobs

It's in the realm of operating systems that the most troublesome problems exist,

Patrick Collins

At this point, we're in the red $20,000 and that's going to have to come out of our operating budget.

John Brady

They patted the pocket, ... The thing was they were all together in the room. Once they dispersed, it would have been gone. ... This is standard operating procedure.

Mark Klein

We're just operating at a slow rate of production. We'll just resume regular work tomorrow.

John Schneider

Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.

Patricia Myers

Right now we're operating on a one-party system and it isn't working,

Atul Gawande

My vantage point on the world is the operating room where I see my patients.

Paul Bell

Toward the end of the year, sales will revive with the release of the new Windows Vista operating system.

Charles Yates

I'd like to sell them some oceanfront property in Dickenson County.

Mark Gottlieb

The development rights of the ... property predate the ordinance.

Carlos Gutierrez

Theft of intellectual property is not tolerated and will not be tolerated.

Cheng Chin

We are controlling the fundamental property of material.

Bill Swanson

Each property seems to be independent of the other.

Publilius Syrus

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.

Dan Quinn

I told my wife this would be the only lakefront property we'd ever have,

Ned Freed

Never, in my experience, has the IETF seen such a ridiculous flap over intellectual property rights.

Paul Wolff

if we don't support that tourist industry, our property taxes are going to go through the roof.

Dave Tuttle

Harland understands the technical side of 9-1-1 and how it's supposed to work.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

I think it's going to be a little different for him because he's going to play the same team so many times. But we're going to see an even better side of him because he's going to be able to adjust.

George Clooney

I think it's important to be on the right side of history.

John Stevens

We're on the wrong side of being close.

Bill Ritter

We're on the Durango side of the litigation, not the Texas side.

Joe Mires

There is another whole side of her when she is playing.

Carl Jung

Mine. I'm on my side.

Leona Lewis

I dont hate L.A. There's a very beautiful side to it; it's scenic, and I can go horse riding.

Rick Riordan

See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson

Fred Miller

I think they will target at least one of us.

Rob Bell

The joy is in the creation. So I've never had a target audience, it's always been about being true to the work as it emerges.

Saul Alinsky

The thirteenth rule of radical tactics: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Benchmarks are targets that have to be fulfilled. They cannot be fulfilled in an indefinite period of time, so there are timetables in benchmarks." (On the "benchmarks" used by George W. Bush

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Her smile was a bite, and I was its target.

Tori Spelling

I've been a target my entire life. At this point, there's nothing anyone can say that will faze me. Bring it on!

Robert Langer

You could use this to target tumor cells.

Emraan Hashmi

My films have a bold interpretation. They are unapologetic about showing intimacy. Going by the number of people who come to watch my films, this is what our target audience yearns for.

Ron Riffe

It's really simple, which is important to the target market.

Gerhard Richter

I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

Dusty Baker

He's day to day. He's no better or worse than he was yesterday.

Greg Watkins

In the hip-hop world, there's nothing worse than being called a snitch. It can be detrimental to your career, and to your health.

Ken Oplinger

In some respects, it's actually worse than a passport.

Carl Anderson

It was horrible. Especially because it got worse and worse.

Chris Carr

It's just crazy. This is worse than 9-11, with everything that's going on with that.

John Updike

There's almost nothing worse to live with than a struggling artist.

Sean McCarthy

If we do nothing, things will get that much worse sooner.

Andy Roddick

I got out there and it was just stiff. It got progressively worse the more I moved. I just didn't feel real comfortable for the whole match.