Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Roberts

Any individual who touches a Northwest aircraft will be fully trained in the Northwest maintenance program. Some were furloughed from other airlines. Some are from vendors that already work on Northwest equipment. ... We recruited from a rather large pool the best we could get. They're certainly not off the street.

Daunte Culpepper

As far as being efficient and able to move the ball in the air like we always have, I think we will be. We've been doing it in the preseason and in the minicamps. I know we can move the ball. It's going to be fun and exciting to do that throughout the season.

Jim Hall

The board will try to determine if those impact marks -- as well as the stripping of both nuts' threads -- were made before the aircraft contacted the water or after,

Harley Shaiken

Bankruptcy is allowing airlines to emerge with a clean slate, but it's bad news for workers. Pensions will be affected, and it will mean lower wages and probably fewer jobs.

Frank Pepe

B-29worst plane ever made, just awful. The engine had a life of less than 250 hours. The air couldn't get to the back of it and the cylinders just blew up. We were always fixing them.

Rudy Maxa

A year from now, I think all airlines will have these. I think hotels and resorts will offer these all over the world because it costs very little for them to post these on the Internet.

Guadalupe Mejia

As long as they have air we are hopeful they can bring them out. They may not come out walking, but they can come out breathing.

Brian Clodi

That play (block) took the air out of Elgin.

Troy Diels

That was a big momentum change. Unfortunately we turned it over, they banked in a 3 and took the air out of us.

Jeremy Bulloch

Other projects later this year, but I think it's going to be a very very busy year this year with Star Wars and the re-release, so I'm sort of running about going backwards and forwards to America, Japan, Mexico. So there will be a lot of things to do.

Scott McCown

The Ruiz litigation transformed our prison from a backwards Southern plantation-style system into a modern penal system." ()

John Roberts

The sheriffs have just bent over backwards offering to help,

Robert Butler

The state statute bends over backwards to protect the property owner's rights, ... We have to be very careful.

James Woods

This is a total shock, ... This is really a step backwards for us.

Julie Walters

This isn't what we thought would be the outcome today. Today we kind of took a step backwards in our execution. When we create opportunities for good teams, they are going to finish them.

David Shambaugh

The U.S. right now is bending over backwards to engage China on a wide variety of issues.

Robert Wilhite

You can never know what's in people's hearts, but it's not fair that we're going backwards in time. We should be, as educators, embracing diversity and provide a model of what the world is like for the students so they can learn together and play together. That's important.

Pat Campbell

We didn't make any progress this game as a team so we're pretty disappointed. The previous two games we made a bit of progress but we took a step backwards in this one. It's a bitter feeling. Back to the drawing board.

Bruce Vladeck

As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing.

Maj. Raines

As bad as it was, it could have been worse.

Tom Larsen

As bad as it is, it was looking a lot worse.

Steve McKinney

As bad a season as it's been for us, I don't know why we wanted to drag it out one more quarter. I guess that seems appropriate, huh, considering the way things have gone?

Bob Hunter

As a rule of thumb, you should never buy insurance from someone who is selling you something else. These are bad values where significant commissions are being paid out.

Sam Veda

As are your thoughts so will be your actions. One should therefore refrain from listening to anything that is bad and negative lest his mind should not gets polluted.

John Oliver

As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of an empire is not as bad as everyone thinks. It's like retirement. People fear retirement, but it can turn out be rather pleasant.

Jim Delmar

As a whole, I'm overjoyed. This has been a tremendous season for us. Too bad it had to end tonight. All the kids worked hard all season long. They gave me 110 percent and every ounce of their energy. I can't be more pleased.

Kirk Smith

As a whole we are very bad at washing hands. If (people) don't wash their hands before they eat, they basically ingest the virus.

Wayne Hudson

As far as African-American lieutenants, I believe I am the first.

Elaine Turner

As a registered nurse and community health educator, I believe that we need to do more of these types of events for people of all ages. With the technology of today, it's easy to forget the importance that exercise and healthy living play in our lives.

Mimi Belt

As a culture, we're very emotional and I know that's a generality, but it's true. We need to believe that those folks on the screen are part of our household, and then you've got a hit.

Mike Pence

As a conservative, I believe the only real check on government is a free press, ... And as someone who believes in limited government, I believe nothing is more conservative than promoting and protecting the principle of a free press.

Kevin McCall

As a company, we believe that competition is a positive thing. Competition brings better service and better prices to the community.

Roy H. Williams

As a community, we believe that here is our chance to show the NBA, viewers, the world that we are a market that can support a professional team,

Stan Kroenke

As a matter of fact, believe it or not guys, you can actually lose money in sports! I know that you'll find that shocking.

Irv Slosberg

As a father, you can't believe that your kid cannot come home tonight, but this happened to me. This happens all throughout the state of Florida ... It's a real, real unfortunate situation.

Frans Mustert

As a destination resort, you must always search for ways to exceed your guests' expectations. We felt it was not enough to simply limit the number of smoking rooms, or designate smoking areas. We believe the best experience for our guests is a luxury resort that is completely smoke-free.

Asahi Shimbun

As a result, the food safety of consumers was treated carelessly, raising questions once more about government responsibility.

Dannielle Romano

People are witnessing how interested consumers are in experiencing digital music, consuming it that way, and having the convenience of consuming it that way. It's a quickly growing, voracious audience.

Eric Wold

A few years ago the big question was could IMAX get Hollywood content on their screens and theaters to sign up. But studios now see the value of putting movies on IMAX screens since consumers have much better home theaters.

Dick Durbin

it would have put millions of American consumers and families at risk of losing coverage for necessary health care.

Adrienne Warren

This is definitely good news for consumers ... a 32-year-low is a very impressive figure.

Ed Perkins

This is important information that consumers should know before they put their money down on a ticket.

David Farr

This is a tremendous opportunity to provide cost-effective money transfer services which give consumers the speed, security, and convenience they are looking for. Now we can offer our customers a revolutionary way to quickly and easily send money to their family and friends in Latin America.

John Skipper

This is a time when consumers want whatever they want wherever they want it on the device they want. It's no longer about just sitting in front of the TV.

Kurt Barnard

This is not the time for runaway enthusiasm. The first half was very good for retailers but consumers are going to be very wary in the second-half, ... if we're lucky.

Simon McBurney

As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work that I've done in another movie. I really enjoy that.

Kerry Greenwood

I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it.

Brian Waters

Sometimes it's just a lot easier for them to go with the flow of the game and not make the big reversal. I think that was a gutsy call.

Glen Taylor

It would be easier if we could just say it's one thing. One game it's the defense, the next game it's the offense, another game it's something else.

John McDonald

It was a lot easier than we thought it would be. We were expecting a team that would push us.

Elizabeth Banks

These properties that get made into movies, some are easier than others. When they first said, 'Yeah, they're making a movie out of Lego,' I said, 'Lego what? What does that even mean?' And it's such a good concept.

Chris Capuano

I've been throwing pretty good for location. I've been throwing more between starts and that helps out with location and making it easier to pitch.

Dave Lewis

It would be hard, but in some ways, you've already been there, so it'll be easier when I go back.

Lisa Polyak

This is such an exciting moment. Our participation in this lawsuit has always been about family protections for our children. Tonight, we will rest a little easier knowing that those protections are within reach.

Al Diamond

If all efficiency experts were laid end to end- I'd be in favor of it

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

By reducing the number of plasmids, we increase the efficiency of virus production,

Zig Ziglar

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

Steve Shephard

On vaulting, we need to improve our landings. We didn't stick any vaults. Everyone of them took a step.

Global Initiative

an unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people around the world.

James Kim

The second quarter should see a marginal improvement.

David Johnson

School is grade-motivated: You're looking for the A. This is personally motivated: How you can improve yourself.

Dan Nault

The SCC is as competitive as ever and all I am really looking for is improvement from last years three wins.

Jeff Malloy

I've seen a lot of improvement. This year she has a better mastery of her pitches.

Chris Hope

It would be big, being that we're real young and we still have lot of improvement to do.

Ansari Bukhari

It would be better to do this first while we improve the quality of our import statistics and data.

Richard Falkenrath

This is going to improve the quality of our identification, which we use at every checkpoint in the country.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

Bruce Scott

When I missed that I re-adjusted my sights for 2006.

Trent Dilfer

Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.

Darrell Jackson

We had our opportunities. We just missed them.

Jim Calhoun

The other night, if we had played him 28, 29 minutes, he would have had over 40 points. And I'm not sure he would have missed a 3.

Matt Moore

With JT and Yve back there, it's going to be a big help. They are interchangeable. JT is a different runner, and he's bigger. We missed him Saturday. He's a threat back there.

Mike Aronson

We missed out on our opportunities in the first half. Fortunately, so did they. And then we were able to get going.

Edward Castro

We missed Mario. Without him, we were not able to press like we wanted to.

Fred Thompson

We missed him, but I don't think the outcome would have been any different.

Tammy Cox

You say you are not going to watch the news but you do. You want to know what is going on there.

Jane Fonda

The news is not gender-neutral, but it's usually reported as though it's gender-neutral.

Arianna Huffington

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Brit Hume

We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.

Ben Harper

The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing.

Elizabeth Edwards

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

Vijayraj Bhatt

Controversies can make news but can't produce results.

Art Hogan

Arguably, Nokia's news isn't good, ... If we were rallying on Nokia, it was a little questionable on its reasoning.

Patricia Edwards

There?s not a lot out there that?s new.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Arthur Miller

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Brad Pitt

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Plants live; how much they feel and enjoy, who shall say?

Jamie Oliver

The future is about a plant-based diet.

Rick Santorum

The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is,

Michael Pollan

Eat mostly plants, especially leaves.

Melissa Etheridge

There are many plant medicines that are available to us that have a lot of stigma around them that I hope, in the future, our medical community can look at, because I would absolutely go to those alternatives first before I went back to Western medicine.

Marc Shapiro

We do not feel at any time that the security of the plant has been in jeopardy.

Walter Raleigh

Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.

Jim Leonard

We're trying to squeeze the most out of every plant we have.

Ben Okri

If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will...

Baha'u'llah

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

Ashton Kutcher

From a purely entertainment point of view, to create a movie with a female lead that is empowered with her own sexuality I think is a really powerful thing.

Bertrand Russell

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Benjamin Disraeli

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

Benjamin Disraeli

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

Brendan Fraser

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash

Brenda Ueland

Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or a politician, but doctors are sacrosanct. They know; you do not. Science has its mystique much more powerful than any religion active today.

Jane Campion

I think this is interesting, us human creatures are capable of love, and it's a very powerful emotion. It also can go awfully wrong.

Arlen Specter

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

Bai Ling

What I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and very masculine and I don't like that quality in a woman. But I'll do it when the film is very close to me.

Greg Robinson

We're going to work; we're going to work hard. It's going to be quality work.

Cardinal Richelieu

Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him.

Anton Chekhov

Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

Dean Koontz

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic....

Bob Dylan

I'm looking for a woman who's head is mixed up like mine.

Dennis Prager

The rarest of the good qualities in human beings is courage

Deng Xiaoping

We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality.

Dieter Rams

Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality

Enrique Pena Nieto

There have been no voices against the structural reforms that I have proposed, especially the energy reform.

Miguel de Cervantes

He who reforms, God assists.

Theodore Roosevelt

The lunatic fringe in all reform movements.

Ezra Cornell

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

George Eliot

We cannot reform our forefathers.

Melanie Sloan

Lobbying reform is going more the enforcement route. What's that going to do? Nothing much.

Bill Vaughan

An indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how, at a time nobody knows when, that will accomplish nobody knows what.

Hosea Ballou

True repentance always involves reform.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right.

Scott Downs

As a whole staff, we're just trying to step it up while Doc and Teddy are out,

Deion Sanders

The thrill is gone. It's time for me to step away.

Mahmoud Abbas

The most important step after the withdrawal will be how we protect, rebuild.

Mickael Pietrus

It was tough for us tonight and we're really going to try to step up on Wednesday and try to get a W before the break. It's very important to get a win on Wednesday.

Bill Worsham

This is a really significant and unexpected step in our development.

Mark Russinovich

This is a step they should have taken immediately.

Janet Napolitano

This is a step in the right direction, but we really need more resources.

Al Horford

We're here to win it. This is just the first step to get there.

Ayn Rand

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

Thomas Sowell

When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution.

Michael Lewis

The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged,

Melinda Gates

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

Paulo Coelho

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Nikita Khrushchev

The thought sometimes -- the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of ... so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came -- if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just -- it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back.

Nikita Khrushchev

We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.

Michel Hazanavicius

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

Allison Hooper

No one else (in the United States) is making it.

Strom Thurmond

New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States.