Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindy Ruff

I think it's a heck of an accomplishment. It's a mark nobody would have expected at the start of the year. ... It's something they should be proud of.

Jay Blanton

He values merit-based pay systems that emphasize and recognize individual achievement and rewards it, rather than a collective, regulatory scheme that does not.

George Arzt

He created a record of achievement. But he also gives off an aura that the city is getting better.

Bob Ford

I think Will has done a superb job and the team has too, obviously. It's a step in this process for a school that went from (Division) III to II and I, and this is not a culmination by a long shot, but to get into the dance is a tremendous accomplishment, when you look at where the basketball team was four years ago.

Robert Clarke

It has been another great year for Honda in the IRL. We've faced increased competition from both Toyota and Chevrolet this season, along with the challenges of opening of our new facility in Santa Clarita, California. This achievement is a tribute to the tremendous hard work and dedication of all our associates at HPD, our teams and drivers, and our technical partners.

Pablo Picasso

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

Colby Armstrong

He doesn't like to talk about it. He wants to focus on playing. But it would be a great accomplishment for an 18-year-old kid - and, with all the things we've been through this season, it's great we still have something to shoot for.

Mark Russell

He gets the lifetime achievement award. But, it's all pretty equal opportunity. No president ever let me down.

Will Durant

Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.

Douglas Porter

I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that the economy is moving to better times, but it will be a gradual process, and confidence may be flat in the next couple of months.

John Eade

I think investors should be ready to buy on the dips, particularly in long-term focus areas like technology or health care.

Bruce Schneider

I think in general things are getting worse, not better. There are lots of little victories. Spam is one of our industries shining victories. But there are lots of areas where we aren't doing very well.

Alireza Jafarzadeh

It can carry a nuclear warhead and it allows the regime to reach areas in far distances,

Graeme Smith

He (Clark) was unbelievable. He got the ball in the right areas and got it to go both ways.

Maurice Luque

Having an engine dedicated to the valley is a step in the right direction so other units may remain in their respective areas for proper coverage.

Alex Honnold

I think it's great that so many people are enjoying climbing. I've always loved climbing; I don't see why other people wouldn't enjoy it just as much. As long as everyone does their best to respect the areas in which they're climbing, I don't see how the growth of the sport could be a bad thing.

Anibal Reluz

It could get better, but all in all, we did good. It's experience and it's the first time. We took care of all the areas we need to take care of.

Michelle Bell

I think the police have better things to do than to drive around looking in people's cars checking if they're wear a seat belt. There are other areas of law enforcement that need to be focused on.

Salvatore Satta

His vocation was orderliness, which is the basis of creation. Accordingly, when a letter came, he would turn it over in his hands for a long time, gazing at it meditatively; then he would put it away in a file without opening it, because everything had its own time.

Albert Dunlap

It is obvious the company no longer felt it had a legal basis to pursue its defenses without Al,

Steve Bennett

Intuit had another solid quarter. We beat consensus estimates for pro forma profitability. Our Quicken Loans mortgage business was profitable for the quarter and grew revenue on a year-over-year basis for the first time in four quarters.

Michael Ganal

In 2005 we were the world's most successful supplier of premium automobiles and in the first two months of 2006 we have further increased our lead over our competitors. This is a good basis from which to defend our leadership position this year.

Milos Forman

If you look at the natural dispositions of the economies, a union does not make sense. Their economy has an agricultural basis and ours relies a great deal on tourism.

Michael Berry

If you look at the larger companies in the industry, it's a year-round business. It's really a hospitality industry on a year-round basis and we're in the ski business from December to March.

George Young

If you know firefighters like I know firefighters, a voluntary basis means I will put it in my locker and I will think about it ... maybe.

Alan Rifkin

If you look at the four hurricanes last year, which had combined insured losses of $23 billion, both Home Depot and Lowe's benefited by about 100 basis points on their same-store sales,

John Greene

If you look at public opinion surveys, there's a basis in the evangelical community for these kinds of initiatives on the environment. But they're not there yet.

H. Hunt

I think it is most appropriate that the two teams have committed to new 25-year leases, and that the public will at the same time have the parallel, but separate opportunity to vote to complete the original project design with the rolling roof.

Bible Bible

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? / I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

Lynn Swann

I think the people of Pennsylvania would rather have a governor who is committed to being there.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyzstan is committed to good and even relations (with) all the states it has cooperated with,

Avi Arad

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' he is mentally committed to it. He's doing another movie now. What's most important to me about this guy, first, is that he's incredible with visuals. But he's also a spiritual guy, a Zen Buddhist. ... Galactus is a force of nature, not a being. That's all I'm saying.

David Green

When Hobby Lobby was created in the early 1970s, I was committed to use profits to help ministry work.

Jeanie Mamo

We are fully committed to her confirmation and look forward to her confirmation.

Bruce Jaffe

Together, Microsoft and NBC Universal have grown MSNBC.com to the number one news site. We are totally committed to taking MSNBC.com to even higher levels of success through our unparalleled marriage of technological innovation and news content.

Bruce Jaffe

Together, Microsoft and NBC Universal have grown MSNBC.com to the No. 1 news site. We are totally committed to taking MSNBC.com to even higher levels of success through our unparalleled marriage of technological innovation and news content.

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Matthew Parry

Gold continues to rally on continued U.S. dollar weakness, a trend I expect to continue over the next week.

Navtej Sarna

India, as always, wishes the people and the Bhutan government continued peace and stability and fulfillment of their aspirations as they embark on a new constitutional system.

Rick DiPietro

I'm proud of the guys. We could've kind of tanked it after losing six and stuck our heads between our legs and said, 'This one is over.' But we continued to work hard.

Sadakazu Tanigaki

I hope to explain (to the U.S. officials) the Japanese government's continued efforts toward structural reform.

Dirk Nowitzki

Their zone was really effective, I thought, in the third quarter. They continued it in the fourth and we finally started making some. I got open a couple times and made some big shots.

Daniel Chan

The continued improvement in the local job market has underpinned the growth in retail sales. We expect growth will continue as interest rates peak in the second half of the year.

Janna Sampson

I'm glad to hear he's dropping it. Continued harassment of management would not have been good for keeping their focus on the business.

Michael Woolfolk

The hike in March is fully priced in. The hike in May is over 80% priced in. There is already talk of continued hikes after that. Interest rate differentials globally are increasingly favoring the U.S. and it's positive for the dollar.

Jody Grove

We must have our freshmen step up and contribute to the team right away. We must keep working everyday to get better.

Dijon Thompson

I just hope to come in and contribute to get the championship. That's the most important thing, to get the championship in my rookie year. That would be great.

Robert Plant

I'm very, very pleased to contribute in some form or another,

Adam Cole

I'm a rhythm player, and once I find it, I can contribute offensively.

Carl Brizzi

I'm just focused on what I'm doing. I think when people are willing to contribute money, it gives me satisfaction that they think we are doing a good job.

David Tyree

Everybody wants to play offense and defense and everybody wants to be the best, that's a given, ... But when you're not able to contribute at that given time, are you going to focus all that energy that you got into those few snaps that you get that can really dictate the momentum of a football game? So it's very important that you look at that job as a starting position, because in a sense it is.

Jalen Rose

Everybody wants to contribute and help the team get a win, and obviously I'm no different,

Larry Anderson

The availability of people to come back out of retirement and contribute in a meaningful way is endless.

John Bonnell

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

Spencer Stewart

We've been there before. Now, we just have to get past that point. It takes a good game plan, good execution and good preparation. Hopefully, this year we are more prepared to get past that point.

Brian Rafalski

I think some of the execution isn't there. We're looking for too much and making things more difficult.

Sam Altman

One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed, and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.

John Donne

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

Lord Acton

Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.

Tim Parmeter

When we do what we're supposed to do, and we have execution, we're going to be hard to stop.

Ed Orgeron

The tempo wasn't there, the execution wasn't there, so I told them to come back later, ... If they don't practice the way I want them to practice, that's it. We're done.

Michael Capellas

These results represent strong execution and Compaq's solid momentum in the marketplace,

Richard Hayes

I should be watching an execution. I shouldn't be watching this. It's a waste of taxpayer money. This is a cold-blooded killer. He ruined two families. (His execution) would be the happiest day in my life.

Sherwood Schwartz

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

Greg Thompson

He'll say some pretty funny stuff at the expense of a lot of people in the audience, but then he'll come back and redeem himself five minutes later.

Mark Schonfeld

In the world of unregulated hedge funds, it can be hard to tell fact from fiction. This one was pure fiction. The defendants led lifestyles of the rich and famous at the expense of their investors.

Toye Taylor

I'm looking for quality of life, non-recurring expenses for these funds.

Howard Levine

Their (the students') goal was to get some money for the sisters to have, outside of the special trust that's been set up for them. The Key Club's goal was to give them some general expense money.

David Bridges

The food and the plating will be pretty meticulous, ... It's one of those things where no expense is spared.

Friso Abbing

The new regulation does not say: New immigrants can come to the EU, or you don't have to work and we'll give you more rights, even if you're living at the expense of our tax payers.

Ernesto Herrera

It is this negligence and indifference by the two departments that has precisely emboldened the oil firms to freely increase their prices, often in concert, as if they were operating like a cartel, at the expense of consumers.

Tom Schoewe

This impacted our operating profit by $30 million and our total utility expense rose by $100 million in the quarter,

Dave Clark

He's a big kid, but he has great reflexes. He can come out of goal. He has great hands and a solid goal kick.

Brian Henderson

I think it's a realistic goal for us, too.

Mike Thibault

I think the maturity of going through last hear helps us. We need to come out and get ready to go right away. We've been through it now two years in a row. This is our goal when we started out and now we're here to go about it.

Bill Donabedian

We're on track to hit our goal of 50,000 people.

Marian Gaborik

We've got to try to find more ugly goals out there.

Jeff Corey

We've got to shoot, shoot, shoot. You never know what kind of goal you're going to get. It can be a pretty goal; it can be an ugly goal, but sometimes it's those ugly goals that win the game.

Mike Ryn

We've got to score some goals on the power play. That's part of the reason we were winning; we were getting a goal here and a goal there.

Vic Palladino

We studied other middle schools and we went very slow. We set ourselves a 10-year goal to make a really good middle school.

Joe Thornton

We thought we played real good 5-on-5, and if we can pop another goal on the power play we'll be fine.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

James Leal

What would BBVA do with Lloyds? Will it improve the cost/income ratio, which is already very low? There are lots of unanswered questions there.

William Butler Yeats

For men improve with the years;And yet, and yet,Is this my dream, or the truth?

Kevin Johnson

I think it shows in our free-throw shooting. We were 12 out of 26 from the free-throw line. It took us too long to get into our offensive sets. We will improve on that by next season.

Jane Garvey

I think with every increased security measure that we put in place ... that will improve as well.

Martha Stewart

I think that the lady who is waiting on me at the local diner, who has kids in school and the mouths to feed, I think she probably has as nice a life as I have. And she only wants to improve her life, her lifestyle.

Jim Tracy

We talked about the things that are necessary in order to dramatically improve this club. That was the gist of what I was trying to get across. There are intangible things that are necessary. There is a different mindset that we have to take on.

Ron Jirsa

We've been through the league and we've seen what we need to do to improve and we've addressed those needs (in recruiting).

Drew Neitzel

We just have to learn from this and improve with that lineup.

James Kelley

We still have plenty of improving to do, especially in the secondary , but I think we made an important transition tonight. As long as we keep moving in the right direction, I'll be satisfied.

O. J. Simpson

The AXP System automates what was typically an 18-step manual process while improving the recovery rates of the stem cells.

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

James Barnes

With this investment, we are improving the quality and safety of the rail and preventing rail defects.

Houston Nutt

We're going to have to be ready. Not only running the football, we need to keep improving our passing game. Our receivers are going to have to be ready. I just think everybody, tight ends, backs, you can't be one dimensional in this league.

John Sacchi

Ryan is starting to realize what it takes to win matches at this level. He keeps on improving every time he steps on the mat.

Tony Hawk

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.

Rebecca Riddle

We've been improving every year that I've been here.

Bernie Sanders

We should make a major financial commitment to improving our roads and bridges.

Harold Vogel

In reality, that was going to be very messy from an antitrust standpoint and meet a lot of resistance from the top management at Hasbro. That was a whole different story,

Palle Pedersen

In Iowa, we have a 32,000-an-acre plant population, spray, and harvest. There is no in-season management. It's all in the seeds.

John Challenger

Summer is always a slow job-cut time. Management is away, and vacations are going on,

Sam Bhavnani

It's an uphill battle, but they seem poised to be able to do it. And the reason I say that is they have a strong management team in place.

David Packard

Management by Walking Around

Tom Felton

The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management.

Ian Morrison

CBC management is unaccountable for their poor performance because of Prime Ministerial patronage.

Mark Horstman

From a management perspective, if it surprises you that someone leaves, it's because you weren't in touch with them.

Howard Davidowitz

Kohl's is struggling badly. Not only are the not meeting sales targets, there are several questions swirling about recent management changes,

Howard Davidowitz

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

Billy Childish

I like being on the margins. You work better there.

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.

Erik Troan

We feel this operating system can be competitive with Windows CE.

Robert Atkinson

We're going to be operating three times a week at the start of this service to Buenos Aires,

Christopher Hill

What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Kobe Bryant

He has been solid for us all year. Now he's putting points on the board, which is very popular with the people.

Mike Conner

I probably should play him more. He's averaging two points every 30 seconds he's in there.

Tramain Hall

All of a sudden they took the points off the board, ... It was like, 'Are you serious?'

Adam Morris

I've got to put on some more points and more yardage,

Ike Taylor

They put up a lot of points and they put up a lot of yards, ... We know they're going to be on the attack.

Bryan Robson

It's not over though, there are still a lot of points to play for.

W. S. Gilbert

It's a tight race in the WCHA and we know these points are so important.

Jason Allison

It's a tight division, there's not a lot of points separating a lot of teams. We're going to have to go out there and come up with some wins.