Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gong Li

I have been waiting around to get the right script and the right director. For example, in the past, if a Hollywood director came to me with a script and wanted me to play a character, and she was a stereotypical Asian woman who gets into a fight and gets killed off quickly, that didn't seem to have much interest for me.

Colleen Hanabusa

Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

O. Singh

I think the HSBC Champions is going to be a really exciting fixture on our golfing calendar and with a prize fund of US$5 million, the largest in the history of Asian and Chinese golf, it is an event we all want to win.

Richard Florida

L.A. draws highly skilled Asians and San Francisco draws highly skilled gays, but D.C. draws highly skilled everybody -- gays, Latins, Asians, Africans, scientists and so on, ... The trick will be to avoid pricing ourselves out of that creativity.

Desmond Lachman

I think what's very disturbing about the present crisis is that there are a number of things going on at the same time, all of which aren't very good. We've got the Japanese yen going to eight-year lows, we've got talk about devaluation in China, we've got Hong Kong coming under attack and we've got a number of other Asian economies just showing incredible signs of weakness.

David Nicol

It has been an exciting year (2005) for me, and now, I am looking forward to doing well in the Asian Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. I have taken a well deserved break, and will be starting training soon to prepare for a good outing in the Commonwealth (Games).

Reggie Lee

I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I found my niche, and it was fine. But I wanted to be so white, you wouldn't believe it. I was like, 'I want to be white; I don't want to be this anymore.' But now I embrace it.

Brian Ambrose

I think they have some very difficult challenges over the next three years. The silver lining is if they continue to reduce costs and strive for flexible manufacturing, they can see a return to profits even without the sales levels of 2000. But the Asian brands and European brands aren't sitting still either.

Shyam Saran

There is a major realignment of forces in Asia. India and the US can contribute to a much better balance in the Asian region.

Hoshyar Zebari

Regrettably, the bulk of foreign fighters and terrorists are infiltrating from Syria, and the Syrian government has not demonstrated any serious cooperation to help us stop their transit,

Doug Stoffel

I'm looking forward to next season because the bulk of the team will be back. With many returning players, my expectations are high for next season.

Richard Hills

I hope the weather's not like this at the weekend. We're a dry weather team. We like to move it around. We haven't a pack which has the bulk of Gloucester's and we haven't spent as much time on our kicking game. So, it's fingers crossed for reasonable weather.

Caroline Shepherd

The main reason for the bulk of his sentence being probation is to get restitution for the victims.

Lance Randall

They missed the bulk of the recruiting period. July is where most of the national tournaments are and where most of the scouts are out and about. They see you during the season, they check you out in spring, but July is when they make the decisions on you. July is decision-making time for college coaches.

Adrienne Worthy

They're going to be on the road a fair amount. It's a very staff-intensive organization. A bulk of the funds goes to the staff.

Stacey Stegman

It was the high country that really took the bulk of the storm so far.

Dave Meger

We opened the day stronger and continued a little higher, and then as a slight surprise to some, ended up holding the positive tone throughout the day - whereas sometimes on days like this in the past you've given up the bulk of those gains. Silver, specifically, closed relatively close to the highs.

Allen Smith

We started getting the bulk of it after dark, so it is hard to judge (the damage).

Brian Mulroney

He certainly made an important mark on Canadian journalism.

Ryan Gosling

I don't feel like I would be a good mentor. I don't know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons.

David Bolland

I could see them sort of lay back a little bit. They were sort of like, 'Holy ... what's going on here?' It's a Canadian game we want to play. We want to make sure everyone knows that we're coming out hitting.

Patricia Ross

I am concerned about the U.S. energy industry taking over our Canadian natural resources. We should be holding onto them more tightly.

Al Leiter

Having faced a lot of these Canadian hitters, I certainly didn't think of them as patsies.

Steve Butler

Rising commodities prices definitely contributed to the fortune of the Canadian dollar today. Commodities have been a positive factor for the Canadian dollar in 2005 and the market expects good news to continue this year.

Stephen Harper

If the Liberals are re-elected, this is what Canadians can look forward to, a government pre-occupied with ongoing scandals, corruption and police investigations.

Boris Schlossberg

If you have a continuation of gains in commodities prices, the Canadian dollar will rise. There is some positive momentum going on for the Canadian dollar.

Mark Burnett

If you look at that situation, it certainly bodes well for the future of getting a Canadian on Survivor. Tell Canadians to submit more tapes.

Craig Hansen

I think it really changed the way some scouts look at Northeast kids and how they play ball.

Jim Zandri

I think it is a combination of things. A lot has changed in New Year's over the past few years.

Jeffrey Lichtman

He did not want the life his father had lived. He changed diapers, he drove a minivan.

Dan Johnson

Heck yeah I knew I was playing. That's the only reason I changed my pants.

David Anders

The only thing that's changed is they've come out and made it very clear and public. They're being very vocal.

John Cleveland

Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.

Gianfranco Pasquino

Had Berlusconi not changed the electoral law, he would have won. Next time Berlusconi ought to have better consultants.

Justin Kirk

Had a dog. I had many. I grew up in rural Washington before I moved to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and my first dog was - his name first was Bear, but then it changed to Big, and he sort of looked like Old Yeller. And then we also had a three-legged dog named Foxy, who we found because her leg was in a trap.

Ticha Penicheiro

He's a great coach, he changed this franchise around. He's a competitor, we're a mirror of him. Defense wins championships, and look at where we are right now.

Yoji Takeda

Economies in the region are growing at a good rate.

Kenneth Fisher

Global stocks bottomed in June 1921, but global economies didn't hit bottom for fully two more years.

Thomas Shannon

What we're looking to do is find ways to unlock some of these economies so they get the kind of investment they need, they get the kind of trade they need and they have the flexibility within their labor markets to generate employment.

James Leach

Working as a cartel, these institutions could influence economies for good or for naught, potentially in ways that may not be guided by any standard of national or international interest.

Helen Lau

I am upbeat about the Yuanmeng series, because it helps Lenovo gain more market share and hence lets Lenovo enjoy economies of scale.

John Engler

The rise in exporting is a win for manufacturers.

Brent Newman

Jake was trailing most of that race. He finished super strong and just out-touched the other two.

Willie Roaf

I thought about (retiring). I talked to Will and some of the guys. Then last year we finished so strong at the end of the year. It was great seeing Will come back. That helped, too.

Todd Cheney

The ranking doesn't mean a whole lot to our guys. We've finished second in the state to Davison the last two years, so we know rankings don't mean a whole lot if you don't get it done at states.

Billy Bennett

When we finished playing, everyone started booing. I looked over my shoulder, and I realized that it was because the visiting team was running onto the court.

Marty Reid

We made our free throws down the stretch and then finished them up. It was just an overall great team effort.

Libby Lenton

I am just so happy that it is all over, it is such a relief to be finished racing.

Bill Mott

He handled the ground well and finished nicely.

Bob Holthus

He hadn't run in about four weeks, so we wanted to get a good work in him, and he finished good.

Larry Rothschild

He looked OK, for where we are. He finished up pretty strong. We'll pick it up there the next time.

Tara Lemmey

I think that privacy is sort of the nature of your identity, and how you transfer your identity is a very important global issue.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

Joanne Woodward

I'm upset when I see that people don't seem to observe what's happening with the environment, what's happening in terms of global warming.

Kofi Annan

immediate and exceptional escalation of the global relief effort.

David Robinson

The impact is presumably larger than the Asians' on global interest rates.

Raymond Martin

A lot was achieved, including the finalization of a protocol setting out global standards for the provision and hygiene of public toilets.

Raymond Martin

A lot was achieved, including the finalisation of a protocol setting out global standards for the provision and hygiene of public toilets.

James Hansen

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Michael Niemira

I think initially the industry will try to keep the discounts more narrowly focused. The problem is, if sales don't pick up, retailers will start to spread out discounts to those goods not selling as well.

Mike May

Sporting goods sales have suffered because Americans have become too sedentary.

Joseph Tan

It should not be introduced at high levels, where it will shock the economy. Instead, the GST should be gradually eased in and the list of taxable goods expanded over time.

Bryan Whitman

It's our practice to pay our bills, ... goods and services previously rendered.

Sir Jones

They represent a growing market for value-added goods that we can produce and deliver.

Fred Williams

A number of pawn shops and sporting goods stores were hit,

Evan Kohlmann

You have some from poor families, some jobless. You also have individuals that come from wealthy families, that come from a life of privilege and substance and material goods and material wealth.

John A. Logan

Legally, ... purchasers of goods over the Internet have always been required to pay sales tax on their purchases, but as a practical matter, many haven't, and this will be seen as a tax increase.

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Stuart Freeman

We've been thinking that the Nasdaq, as an index, would likely outperform a lot of the other indexes this year. It's a lot about secular growth. We're seeing growth in technology. And for the most part, it's been a tech year.

Paul Polzin

We've got to go back to the 1970s to get three strong years of 4 percent growth.

Preston Beckman

I think we're relieved and a little shocked that it's showing such growth this year. For us, having maintained the ratings we had last year would have been a plus.

Joe Lieberman

I think what we've learned is that when growth occurs, it occurs in the private sector,

Eric Schmidt

I don't know where (Chinese) revenue growth will be, but it will obviously be large.

Benn Steil

He made some mistakes on the growth side.

Ruben Studdard

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Samuel Smiles

True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.

Mikael Silvestre

He is proud of his roots. We talked together a lot about his misadventure in the 2002 World Cup, ... Roy is an incredible player.

Andy O'Brien

He's got incredible flexibility, the flexibility of a gymnast.

Beckie Scott

We've been together since we were 15 years old. We've come through so much. It's an incredible feeling.

David Mackay

I have watched SS2 evolve over the years into an incredible vehicle that is going to open up space to more people than ever before.

Liam Payne

The U.S., out of all places, is just absolutely incredible.

Mary Schmich

All this situation does is remind people of the incredible power and potency of the Internet,

Geno Auriemma

That's probably the most incredible stat you ever want to see in your life.

Thomas O'Brien

Target has just been incredible to work with,

Rob Miller

The world lost an incredible man on one night -- one night we all wish we could change.

Waqar Younis

Nothing bad can happen to us if we were on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.

Dee Brown

I'm just looking at Indiana on Sunday. You just have to worry about yourself. You have to win and see what happens.

Jamie Bell

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things.

Steve Alford

Indiana went about it a little different in how they did their search. I never got a phone call. I was never contacted.

Deepa Mehta

I'm getting calls. They say that I'm defiling the name of India -- but I don't see how!

Narendra Modi

I intend to launch a massive National Program for PDS Computerisation.

Narendra Modi

E-Governance to me is easy, effective and efficient governance.

Narendra Modi

Whatever Language Pakistan understands India should teach in that language

Jim Thome

The Indians are going in a way they want to go and I respect that, ... I've loved that organization and I still will.

Condoleezza Rice

The northwest is very different from what I could have imagined.

John Stephens

It took us seven years to saturate Northern California.

Mohamed ElBaradei

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

Jeff Perreault

They're undefeated and the #1 ranked team in North Dakota. Their program is very strong.

Rick Moody

They tell them to just keep walking north and don't look back. We've tried to apprehend some of these bandits.

Tom Greene

It's all Northern Telecom. It was U.S. selling; they just started selling it and it took a lot of the other tech stocks with it.

Todd Devereaux

North is very strong. We played with them for about 25 minutes.

Michael Griffith

North Dakota's is sort of a different pace.

Tahar Rahim

The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!

Jeff Barker

This is a competitive business, like any other retail business. It's very important to stay on point.

Peter Cardillo

The retail sales are a real blow-out number.

S. Walker

We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.

Fred Delk

When this is finished, it will be a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly retail environment. It will have been worth it.

Eric Larson

This really spearheads them into the conventional retail side of the business, in a big way.

Brian Chesky

Do things that won't scale; it will teach you.

Ron Silver

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Geoffrey West

Everything around us is scale dependent. It's woven into the fabric of the universe.

David Eagleman

Everything that creates itself upon the backs of smaller scales will by those same scales be consumed.

John Doerr

We think these things can get to the world in scale in 2007.

Jim Balsillie

It was very important to get the scope we wanted.