Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Daschle

I think it's important that, to the extent possible, those contingency plans be coordinated, that each branch work in concert with the other. I don't think that's been done adequately to date, but I am confident that it could be in the future,

Richard Martin

We are finding that the President has surrounded himself with some capable and pretty knowledgeable people. I am comfortable that they will adequately be able to represent the issues.

Gerald Garrett

It is probably not going to happen, ... At this point, I have had no indication from the members that we need to have a formal hearing to adequately explore this matter.

John Hines

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

James Loney

I am grateful in a way that can never be adequately expressed in words. To the British soldiers who risked their lives to rescue us, to the government of Canada who sent a team to Baghdad to help secure our release, to all those who thought about us and prayed for us, for all those who spoke for us when we had no voice, I am forever and truly grateful. It's great to be alive.

Jeff Cerefice

Clearly, there are huge opportunities in improved customer service and increased business opportunities for car sales dealers who take the time to follow up with customers. Dealers typically don't have the manpower to adequately follow up. Our beta test of the business development center concept for Thrifty Car Sales has already proven very effective.

Richard Butler

I regret that I had to report the facts yesterday, which is that (unfettered access) had not been given, and we can't adequately do our jobs under these circumstances.

Gary Ross

I mean, in 'Big' and 'Pleasantville,' it's a journey that the characters go on where I think they come to kind of meet themselves at the end and who they actually are and give full voice to who they actually are. And that, you know, obviously fascinates me for some reason. Maybe I didn't adequately grow up.

James E. Rogers

I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens.

Jamie Newberg

He can occupy a double team or beat his man one-on-one to get into the backfield. Perhaps his best attribute is his motor -- and it's always running on high.

Brad Franchione

He's a guy that can become an all-American this year based on the fact that he has the physical attributes that you look for in offensive tackles and his feet have improved immensely. He can be a dominant force, a guy that holds the corner for your quarterback.

David Hamm

We looked at seven or eight different job descriptions and this is a summation of those. This is intended to give us a starting point on what might be the attributes and the duties and responsibilities of the chief.

John Arvin

I'd attribute the lack of wild fruits to the drought we've been experiencing.

David Parkin

He has shown enormous personal attributes and the professional competence which is needed to do the job well, so I think he would be an outstanding choice if they can convince him to do the job. But he either wants to do the job or not and I don't think you can force people to go down that road.

Peter Graves

Our carriers are doing extremely well, better than in years past. We attribute that to the fact that ... we inspect based on criteria developed with the (bus) industry.

Mara Brock Akil

I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.

Charlie Lynch

I'm convinced it was a miracle, in every sense of the word. We attribute all of this to the power of the Lord. Through the whole experience, it's brought us all closer together as a family.

China Machado

If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from my mother's side.

Robert Foley

It breaks up into very small fragments so it is quite technically complicated to put it all back together again,

Casey Looze

It breaks my heart that she went to federal prison. This lady was so sick, so frail. It just breaks my heart.

Jim McGreevey

It breaks down the secrecy, it requires hospitals to report this information,

John Fox

He just didn't feel like he could explode out of breaks with it. When a guy is thinking like that, he's better off not in there. Chris has been around long enough to understand how competitive and how tough it is, especially with the receiving corps they have, and it was a problem.

Paul Cohen

This was a game that just went back and forth, ... There were a lot of mistakes, a lot of hard hitting, and it just came down to us being able to get the breaks when we needed to set up in field goal position.

Philip Fretz

This was one of those games where we simply got the breaks we needed. We could have been down 2-0 at halftime as Huntington North hit the crossbar twice but couldn't get in.

Mark Bowman

I thought we wrestled well. A couple of breaks go our way and we would have won the whole thing.

Bob Kalp

I think the mystique of knowing they're good enough to do it has been removed, but they know it can happen. It just remains a case where you've got to have a few breaks and you've got to play well.

Tom Davies

I think when you bring a program up from the bottom, you don't get any breaks. You don't get any breaks from officials, on scheduling, stuff like that. That's part of the price you pay for your program having been down for quite a period of time.

Suzy Merchant

Kent can be extremely explosive. I was certainly frustrated. They just gave it to us.

David Hawkins

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

Jeff Kelly

I would say that the omission is certainly damaging to us.

Tony Russa

Just look at him, he's in great shape. I don't know if he's more excited than he's ever been, but certainly he's not any less. I think he's high quality.

John Bunting

Joe certainly has experience that Cam doesn't have, so he has a head start in that regard.

James Leavitt

I suspect the district attorney's office is investigating to see whether or not there is enough evidence for any of the charges. They are certainly looking at other incidents to see if there is any involvement.

Lloyd Carr

I think it is certainly one of the better defensive teams in the country.

Eddie Jones

I think Ireland will come out with a very different approach. I think, certainly in terms of attack, they'll play a far different game. We're prepared for anything...

Billy Donovan

I think in the SEC tournament if you can get a bye that's always a great thing. It's certainly very hard playing four consecutive games in a row to win an SEC championship.

Todd Jones

I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.

Max von Sydow

I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years.

Shawn Chacon

I wouldn't say I needed it desperately. But after struggling the first couple of times you put more pressure on yourself.

Billy Beane

Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Dwyane Wade

Just the right place at the right time. Some nights are like that. I was able to get in a couple passing lanes and get some picks, but for the most part, it was just being in the right place at the right time.

Chuck Grant

Jon pitched a very good game, but there were two innings when we gave them five outs. We're a pretty young team, and we were missing a couple of players today, but that's no excuse for mental errors. We have to improve in that area, and it's my job to see that we do.

Mary Roach

I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.

Bill Fowkes

I think it's a great opportunity for the seniors to showcase their talents in a less-pressure situation and to play with players they've competed with for the past couple years. That's a neat situation, that they get to showcase their talents one last time.

Lorena Ochoa

I think it looks good for a tournament to come back in a couple of years.

Casey Hampton

I was joking with Hines about that. I was like, 'Man, this is kind of like a consolation prize. With the MVP, it doesn't really matter what people think of you on other teams, it's about what your teammates think of you, and obviously our teammates think very highly of us.

Megan Smith

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.

Courtney LaVere

I was looking for Mel (D'Amico) with the high passes so she could score.

Chris Mennis

I wouldn't be surprised if that $2.10 is the high for the week.

Chad Kroeger

I wrote this song when I was high on magic mushrooms,

Clark Yingst

I suspect 'Well we're in a directionless market' is likely to persist until we get a better read on how much higher rates will go.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Katharine McPhee

I actually studied in college, for the three semesters that I stayed in school, I don't recommend that, but I studied theater, and in high school I was involved in the drama department.

Jackson Wheeler

He was a big-time recruit out of high school, so a lot of people liked what they saw in him.

Thomas Fuller

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

Floyd Hall

Kmart's sales for the month were on plan and we are pleased with our progress in a number of key businesses.

Ewen McKenzie

He is vice-captain and one of our key players so I will be surprised if he doesn't.

Alonzo Sledge

He's a leader. He's not a selfish kid. The key thing is he just wants to win. And he had to step tonight, and he did.

Chad Spence

I thought we had it after that score. But we made key mistakes, particularly on pass plays.

Mike Stebila

I thought that was the key to the game. We wanted to take Deckard out of the game.

Anton LaVey

One of the keys to success is an unflinching belief that there are no rules. Anyone who's ever succeeded has gone on that premise; not buying established procedures, business or otherwise. The naysayers are inevitably left behind amid shouts of 'it cannot be done' and "should not be done'."

James Iandoli

He wasn't here all summer and it would have been unfair to Terrance (Lewis). Terrance is a key part of our offense.

Vinny Lecavalier

He made the big saves at the key times.

Lamar Owens

I would've been satisfied with a one-point victory. But we wanted to prove that we're on a different level ... To come out and play the way we did was phenomenal.

Siobhan Finneran

'Downton' has really pushed me to a new level in my career, but it's not like I have a big career plan. They are about as useful as a birth plan; they should be burned.

Brad Goreski

There are so many levels in fashion that I'm happy to dip in and dip out of it all.

P. J. Harvey

going on at the acquisition level and the requirements level.

Marco Sullivan

I think it's great, personally. Now everyone's got to perform. It's another level of intensity. Everyone is kind of picking it up.

Scott Butler

I think it's here now, but it may not stay, ... I don't know that it will level out at this amount.

F. Schumacher

I think with 12 to 13 minutes left, we stepped up our level of play. We were in a lull in the first half.

Karl Hobbs

I think we still have a way to go. I want to get to the point where we're playing at the level we need to play at. Because very shortly it's going to come down to one game, one play and that's my focus. We need to be at the level where its one play and your season is over.

Michael Holland

I think we are down to levels were people have said enough is enough.

Stella McCartney

I was in this stadium with 200,000 people looking at my mum and dad. That was mind-bending.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking out there with two minutes to go thinking 'Don't do this to me again'.

John Smoltz

I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.

Trot Nixon

I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does,

Jim Crawley

I was looking at our play sheet at halftime,

Shannon Stewart

I was in shock when she told me. I would never think in a million years that she would be fired, especially after looking at her record and all.

Dwight Davis

I wouldn't be surprised to see anything at this point; this is the Wild West in terms of licensing models, ... Everyone is looking for models right now.

Kenneth Clarke

I think it sends a message that they are looking for a younger leader.

Gus Frerotte

It is a big one for us because it is a divisional game, and the way I am looking at it, it is the next game.

Patricia Vance

Congratulations for selling a lot of violent video games, I didn't sell them, sir. I just rated them.

Terry Semel

look more and more like a portal. And as a portal, it probably would be rated No. 4.

Yoshihiko Noda

There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance.

Day One

We get rated down by homeowners associations because we have no slums.

Lenny Klompus

When Secretary (Tom) Ridge was here, everyone was saying we were rated triple-A.

Roald Amundsen

Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant.

Mike Reed

I just wanted to do something on the scale of a neighborhood street festival--except cool.

Jonny Greenwood

As soon as you impose Western chords on an Indian scale, something great collapses.

Tavis Smiley

Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

Matt McKay

All of the sectional championships are sweet. There is no sweet scale when it comes to sectional championships.

David Suzuki

We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.

John Anderson

Some things they see here are things they can't see on a smaller scale at their own school.

Dinesh Keskar

The scale is going to go up for them.

Jan Egeland

I've never seen such devastation before. We are in the sixth day of operation, and every day the scale of devastation is getting wider.

Willi Glanznig

Groomed isn't really what you want because when you go to the World Championships, the snow is heavy.

Vittorio Feltri

He has never skied in his life. He doesn't even know what snow is. He only understands football.

William S. Burroughs

Who was I? The stranger was footsteps in the snow a long time ago.

Sarah Jessica Parker

The Eskimos have hundreds of word for snow but we've invented three times that many words for relationships. What really defines a relationship?

Roger Ebert

The very fact of snow is such an amazement.

Kate Bush

It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.

Andrew Cooper

Snow is just as much a worry as frost, so we will take a look.

Arthur Hiller

Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.

Peter Lilley

Given that we are passing the climate change bill, which is based on the supposition that the climate is getting warmer, let me point out that it is now snowing outside, in October.

Danielle Brown

There was one year in 1933 we actually had 21 storms. That's been the most in the Atlantic. However, it was before we started naming storms

Rick Gales

We're able to just make more trips during the day. It's the big storms that get us into overtime.

Michael Chertoff

We've got tropical storms and hurricanes brewing in the ocean.

Paul Moreno

Winter storms such as this are not unheard of but this one was severe.

Joe McCormick

We have to make sure that one or two storms are not going to wipe out the company." ()

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Jeremie Cook

I was disappointed. He was unbeaten. I didn't do what I wanted on top in my final.

Paul Malone

I think that will put us over the top and make the story simple,

Dennis Thompson

I don't know what I'm going to say, ... I'll just go off the top of my head.

Robert Townsend

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Tyra Banks

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Laurence J. Peter

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

Dan Mclaughlin

It's probably the most broached topic we have at our town meetings.