Famous Quotes & Sayings

Warren Buffett

I think it is a marvelous way to keep directors' interests and shareholders interests as closely aligned as possible, with both an upside and a downside component. Too often, people talk about interests being aligned when the directors get the upside and shareholders get the downside.

Fabian Nunez

History will show that Gov. Schwarzenegger had a chance to end the last vestige of legal discrimination in our state, ... Instead of choosing the way of the future the governor has aligned himself with the enemies of equal rights for all.

Dan Levitan

I think that if you ask what's made us successful, it's because we've been fortunate enough to identify, in a number of cases, great people early. Then we throw all the resources behind them and are aligned with them.

Martin Jacques

Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.

Tom Wordell

To get a big fire, you need high temperatures, low relative humidity, dry fuels and winds all aligned on the same day. We haven't seen that much this year, yet our overall acreage burned is much higher than in the past.

Jack Messman

to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy.

Robert McTeer

I think all the stars are aligned for the economy to pick up, ... It's been growing; it just hasn't been growing fast enough to create new jobs. But I think the tax package, on top of easy money, will probably kick it over.

Ron Ence

I was just hoping to weather the storm. But the planets must be aligned somewhere. When you win and one of your leading scorers doesn't score a point, you just thank your lucky stars.

Jordan Rohan

Unless we hear of some material deviation from the results already shown us -- business conditions are so aligned with expectations that there is no surprise.

John Herrera

He knew the structure. I knew him, and I was hoping he would come up and provide a kind of moral support, and I would teach him the personnel side.

Ron Gardenhire

He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.

Jon Gruden

He's distraught, he's nervous, he's uptight about this, as he should be. ... He's put a lot into this. We're just hoping he can come through this better than maybe we anticipate.

Dennis Ruedinger

He seems to be doing all right. We're hoping by (today) he'll be able to do some light workouts and get some shooting in. It looks like he'll be on pace to do that. We'll be able to go pretty solid on Wednesday and Thursday with him.

Peter Davenport

I thought we played very well, a big improvement and I'm hoping that things are starting to click,

Ann Strother

I think we were still hoping for something to have happened, something to maybe give us another chance.

Greg Valliere

I think what we all are hoping for is resolution sooner rather than later,

Susan Kennedy

Last year I was hoping for 40 people and I had over 200.

Eugenie Scott

Lawsuits, from my standpoint, are a sign of failure. We're hoping the lessons of Dover can be communicated throughout the rest of the country.

Frank Kimmel

He was a grizzly, old veteran, just a real hard-nosed racer, ... He would run all day long, and then all of a sudden with 20 (laps) to go, you would look up and he would be leading the race.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

Robert Creeley

O love, where are you leading me now?

Kurt Ebenhoch

Our on-time performance was at its lowest point in the weeks leading up to the strike,

Ross Rubin

In the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, there's a lot of promotions.

Robert Lane

I plan on leading this team to victory.

Robert Jobson

Camilla is well and truly in the fold. She has taken a leading position in the monarchy and is effectively going to be queen one day.

Adnan Akant

In a sense, the U.S. is no longer leading the scenario.

John Clayton

If somebody new was to come in, it might open it up. Of the leading candidates, three are with the league and the other (top candidate) is Rich McKay -- and they all share the same approach.

Ted Pappas

Joe's a wonderful actor and has had a terrific career. We're lucky to have him back in Pittsburgh.

Miguel Tejada

He's always been tough. He didn't play around with nobody today. You (were) lucky to get a hit.

Ram Kapoor

I think you have to be really lucky to pick the sort of roles you want to do.

Nick Hexum

I did think it was going to go that way. There was no other option than success. Every day I thank my lucky stars.

Brent Stroh

He is doing what he can. We are lucky he is on the field.

Michael Ryan

He is just amazing. I'm always lucky to have him.

Justin Taylor

He doesn't know how lucky he is to have a son.

Ron Atkinson

Their forward got a lucky squeeze from the defender.

Tre Cool

Music has never been at a better time then it is right now, we're really lucky to be a part of this wonderful thing called music.

Seth Shostak

The planets and moons of our solar system are blatantly visible because they reflect sunlight. Without the nearby Sun, these planets would be cryptic and dark on the sky.

Tricia Helfer

We only have this one planet; we got to figure out how to live on it without destroying it.

River Phoenix

Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.

Randall Munroe

The universe is probably littered with one-planet graves

Kim Kardashian

I have cellulite, just like almost every other woman on the planet.

Lawrence M. Krauss

If our species is to survive, our future will probably require outposts beyond our own planet.

Jonathan Carroll

I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work.

Mahatma Gandhi

Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours.

Eckhart Tolle

A new species is arising on the planet, it is arising now and you are it.

Judy Garland

I could sketch out a score in different keys, a new way each time.

Tracy Egeland

I just think we did little things right. As a result, we were able to score some goals.

Andy Williams

It has been that way all year. We take 10 shots and don't score any, and they take one shot and they score.

Ichiro Suzuki

In a tournament like this one, it's important to be the team that scores first.

Orlando Larracuente

I have no idea how we couldn't score a point.

Kawika Mitchell

I'm very disappointed and very surprised. I thought we'd come in here and win this game. A score like that? It's embarrassing.

Adam Morrison

I'm not going to score 30 in every half.

Al Dyer

The first one is always tough. And the score doesn't tell it this time. That was a tough game.

James Joyce

Tenors get women by the score.

Nick Cave

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

John Beilein

I thought that's what he was going to try to do (miss). That's why I called a timeout. Thank goodness, he made the shot.

Bill Uttley

I want to thank Mr. Edwards for his time in the negotiations.

Julian Tavarez

I don't even know how to thank Jose Mesa for all that he has done for me,

Sandra Goldstein

I don't know what to say, Say thank you!

Babette March

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

Travis Barker

Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

William Shenstone

Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.

William Foege

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

Ellen Brown

I will be monitoring the weather all weekend.

Steve Anderson

Hopefully, this will be the end of the wet period. In all indications, it will be the end of the long-standing wet weather pattern.

Richard P. Feynman

On the contrary, it's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics . It's the things that nobody knows anything about that we can discuss. We can talk about the weather; we can talk about social problems; we can talk about psychology; we can talk about international finance gold transfers we can't talk about, because those are understood so it's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!

Ruben Hinojosa

Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy.

Roald Dahl

There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming dishes; and because we are all a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want—or near enough.

William Henry Ashley

The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.

Robin Morgan

What would we do without irony? Check out your own daily reliance on it, the foul-weather friend who's there for you when nothing else is.

Willard Scott

Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever seems to do anything about it.

Willard Scott

There is something endearing about the weatherman.

Mitch Mitchell

It is a big one. We have to win it to be in the playoffs.

Bobby Cox

I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.

Gerhard Schroeder

There is no alternative to this struggle, which we must win and will win,

Chad Qualls

We've got to win the first before we win the fourth.

Trent Strickland

We've got to play with a hunger. We've got to want a win and we've got to get a win.

Amani Toomer

To get a win we've got to play good. And we really didn't play that well at all.

Andrew Smith

I think we can win state. But I always want to take first.

Bryant McAllister

I think we can win it. We're going to have to come to play. It's not going to be easy.

Marshall Strickland

I think we can win it. I think we have all the pieces.