Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Pierce Baker

The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.

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,

Peter Angelos

I think the past three years Jim Beattie has been leading the effort with strong assistance from Mike. Now it will be Mike's chance. I think Mike is very capable and a very bright guy who certainly is adequate to perform the job.

Kathy Lewis

Lack of adequate NIH funding is particularly dangerous in a relatively small field like spinal cord injury. For our field to continue to grow and push therapies to the patient, NIH funding is critical. Our scientists are telling us the situation is desperate. How do you tell someone recently paralyzed that the science is there but the funding is not?

Piet Smith

We're not working as efficiently and effectively as we could be. Without adequate staff, appliances and equipment, we can't render this service as well as we should be.

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.

Robert Gruber

I don't agree that wireless is an adequate substitute for all customers. Cable competition and (Internet phones) require you to have a high-speed Internet connection, and a lot of people can't afford that.

Chris Johnson

Kids have the potential, but many don't come from families and neighborhoods that allow them to afford college at the current prices. There are limited alternatives to TAP.

Peter Capaldi

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

John Nichols

Keeping college affordable is very important to us. We are going out of our way not to reduce services or raise costs.

Mark Huey

Keep in mind, until a few years ago, we had no one who wanted to build anything in Tampa. Up until now, there's never been this level of crisis, this significant growth issue, that affordable housing has become. It's new for our city and our community.

Dale Jarrett

It accelerated everything a hundred-fold. There are things that we have put into place today that we'd still just be considering, but that made us realize that we couldn't afford to have that happen again.

Shaun Rinier

I think it's a good contract. I think it's fair to both sides. I think it's affordable to the taxpayers. I don't think this contract is going to break the bank.

Oscar Hoya

I think I proved my point. I think that winning the title at 154-pounds and knocking him out in the eleventh round, I think at this point in my career I really can't afford to give rematches to anyone I already knocked out.

Stephen Kenny

It appears to me that Saddam Hussein will be afforded a trial that represents a fairer system of justice than what David Hicks will receive.

Mark Adams

He changed the agenda on us 180 degrees and it was hard to digest at first. He said we had to pursue bigger things and we couldn't afford to wait.

James Loeb

I was also encouraged by the opinion of several experienced publishers, who agreed that the time is ripe for the execution of such a project.

Peter Hain

Kent is a different situation. I think it is fair to ask the question about Northern Ireland and Kent, but everyone would agree that Northern Ireland is uniquely different.

Curtis Martin

I wouldn't agree with that. I believe you are what you are. Right now we're a 2-4 team. That's not what we're shooting for.

Pete Domenici

Jack Lew (President Bill Clinton's budget director) and I just made the deal, ... ... The budget bill has been agreed to.

Gilead Sher

I would say that definitely yes, it's possible to finish the conflict and reach a reasonable agreement in not too long a time so long as there is talk between the sides.

Kofi Annan

I would want us all to put real collective pressure and sustain it on President Milosevic in the hope that we will get an agreement and he will understand the implications of any escalation,

Bill Stoneman

John has been a productive member of our pitching staff since his 2002 rookie season. We are thrilled to reach this multi-year agreement with him.

Marshall Foster

I talk to both parties several times a day. We're looking to get the basics together to sign an agreement very soon.

Sven Eriksson

I talked to the Swedish coach before the draw and we agreed we did not want to meet at this World Cup. But overall we are happy with the draw, its not easy but it could have been worse.

Pete Harpolis

The purpose of this testing is to cause defects to occur during testing before placing a cable back in service. It forces weak cables to fail during testing.

Peter Chernin

We are extremely pleased with Fox's results for the year, particularly at our cable and television station groups,

Dennis Lee

I think this will eat into its cable television revenues as early as the second half of the year.

Chris Murray

We can expect to see fewer deals and higher prices, just as we've seen with the mergers of cable companies.

Bob Woodward

Roger Ailes, former media guru for Bush's father, had a message. Rove told the president. It had to be confidential because Ailes, a flamboyant and irreverent media executive, was currently the head of Fox News Channel, the conservative-leaning television cable network that was enjoying high ratings. In that position, Ailes was not supposed to be giving political advice.

Richard Greenfield

Clearly if cable is regaining market share without cutting prices, that is a positive,

Shari Brill

Cable networks have gotten stronger in introducing original content.

Mike Paxton

Cable is not really growing at all. It's seeing roughly 15 to 20 percent growth in terms of upgrades to digital cable, but net total growth for the industry will probably be down 2 to 3 percent in 2004.

Diego Klattenhoff

Cable is a great medium. It's something I respond to. I'm not doing sitcoms. People don't find me funny. That's just the way it is.

Tim Maluga

Kate wanted a higher level of competition, which I was totally understandable. Also, American University is in D.C. and has a much higher ratio of international students.

Don Mattingly

I think it helps to be away for a while. You're ready to come back. You make the choice, you want to do it. You're not doing it because you have to. As soon as you start getting into the competition of the season, it comes right back to you.

Calvin Ayre

I actually think regulation is bad. An unregulated market creates competition at its highest levels, which means innovation, which is a good thing for the players,

Nick Saban

Gus is going to make us a better team at the quarterback position. His knowledge and experience that comes with being a veteran will help the development of some of our younger players. In addition, he is familiar with our system and he'll create competition at the position.

Chad Latch

He's handled himself well. He's had some big matches this year, and I think the competition he's had throughout the year has set him up and prepared him for the state tournament.

Greg Carlson

It could be difficult for them to gain much headway given all the competition out there, especially on the price side.

Cecil Burch

It is a good feeling to have that many guys up there. It is a good conference and the competition is really outstanding. The whole league is tight. I am impressed with the runners, they did a good job.

Jim Padilla

I think the nature of competition in the marketplace is very, very challenging for all of us.

Charlotte Yee

There is greater competition to hire people, so pay is higher.

Rod Lache

I think it's a smart move because it's less deceptive. People who are going on the Internet can get the right news up front.

Bill Clinton

We're now up over 50 percent of the schools (are wired for Internet access), from 3 percent, and over 80 percent of the classrooms, from 14 percent, since 1994.

Troye Sivan

I share every aspect of my life with the internet. Whether or not that’s a good thing I don’t know,

Richard Curtis

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

William J. Clinton

We should set a national goal of making computers and Internet access available for every American . . . we must help all Americans gain the skills they need to make the most of the connection.

Vinton Cerf

The Internet lives where anyone can access it.

Zachary Quinto

I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger.

Bernard Golden

Photo sharing, by its nature, is a high-bandwidth offering -- just the sort of Internet service that could be impacted by a lack of net neutrality.

Terry Mackin

Internet Broadcasting has been a very successful partner, not just for TV stations' local Web sites but also on a national scale.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Susumu Tonegawa

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

Evan Osnos

To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

John Lloyd Young

I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's really tough to do if it's not something that really grabs you and your heart's not in it.

William Amelio

In this industry, it's required of us to be best-of-breed in terms of operational efficiency.

Malin Akerman

My only requirement for life is that I don't get stuck in a rut.

Benjamin Franklin

Youth, Age, and Sick require a different Quantity.

Steve Schultz

It may require some bor­row­ing, using the village's bond­ing agreement.

Ronald Hill

When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,

Noam Chomsky

The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

Richard Rohr

Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism.

Mahatma Gandhi

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must substitute courage for caution.

Bear Bryant

There is no substitute for guts.

Ray Waddell

There is no substitute for the live experience,

Jim Schmitz

There is no substitute for being on our own field.

Deepak Chopra

Nutritional supplements are not a substitute for a nutritionally balanced diet.

Andrew Carnegie

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

Dan Brown

There's just no substitute for the truth.

Clyde Evans

Wireless is really kind of where everyone's going.

Michael Mahoney

Wireless is on fire. I don't see what slows wireless down.