Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lisa Pierce

One of the reasons there is reluctance among business users is that they have higher priorities.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I count Joseph Smith among those whose testimony of Christ helped me to develop my own testimony of the Savior. Before I recognized the tutoring of the Spirit testifying to me that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, my youthful heart felt that he was a friend of God and would therefore, quite naturally, also be a friend of mine.

Vyacheslav Davidenko

In the first stage, a low-orbit system of personal e-mail-type satellite communication, Gonets-D1, was deployed on the basis of six satellites of the same name. Among other things, it provides communication links between governmental structures and remote areas. The satellite to be launched on Tuesday is the first one in the multifunctional personal satellite communication system Gonets-D1M to be built in the second stage. We plan to launch 12 spacecraft of this type. They will operate in four dimensions, three satellites in each.

Bobby Bayliss

In the era of big-money sports, I think a lot of our problems have gotten swept under the rug, and maybe they haven't meant to be. There is a tremendous sense of frustration among the rank and file.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

In the 1990s, I was among those Indonesians who demanded and celebrated the departure of our own autocrat, Suharto, and I joined the new government when he left.

Francis Lun

Institutional investors believe that China financial companies will be among the major beneficiaries of the latest Beijing move on the liberalization of Chinese investments overseas.

Arvind Sodhani

Intel Capital is a global investor and we recognize the importance of Brazil as an emerging market leader. Intel Capital plays a critical role in Intel's wide-ranging efforts to stimulate technological innovation in the countries where we invest. We anticipate that the establishment of the Brazil fund will inspire even more innovative business models among Brazilian entrepreneurs, and stimulate greater distribution of technology to the people of Brazil.

James Schmidt

Insurance stocks are way up -- Protective Life ( PL : Research , Estimates ) not so much. It's had kind of a mediocre year in a stock performance. And I think that is one of the better values left. Among other things they are strong in prepaid dental insurance.

Mark Greene

Instant runoffs encourage candidates to run high-minded races, because they need to simultaneously court voters for their second- and third-choice votes. So instead of seeking a plurality by only working their respective racial, religious or community niches, candidates have to seek votes outside their own particular constituency. That avoids the scenario of a winner who gets elected by a sliver of voters only because the majority was divided among more generally favored candidates.

Robert H. Schuller

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

Denise Levertov

Affliction is more apt to suffocate the imagination than to stimulate it.

Julia Roberts

To have her come over to me and say, 'I thought you were great in that movie,' I want to say, 'Well, I just want to drool all over you. Can I?',

Dick Advocaat

You have to let it show you are a great player,

Ryan Seacrest

You have been such a great spirit on this show.

Dwyane Wade

You have a quick first step, guys can't put their hands on you. I know we like it. But on the opposite end, the same thing. When you are guarding a great player, you can't touch.

Jim Calhoun

You have a great team. You did a great job.

Andy Burnham

You have a great staff that worked very hard.

Hennie Otto

You can hit some great shots into the green and end up 12-foot from the pin, just off the green in the rough and, instead of looking for birdie, you are struggling to save par.

David Rockwell

You have to think of a restaurant as a series of impressions. But what makes my job so great is there's no one answer that's right for every restaurant.

Andy Reid

You hate to see anything like this happen. Nobody likes to see that. Tony's a great person with a great family.

Lee Krasner

In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of.

Nick Harkaway

People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you're a teacher you're in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the world will get better if you imagine it is better. You want to teach about sex? Fine, but only when they're old enough to do it. You want to talk politics? Sure, but nothing modern. Religion? So long as you don't actually think about it. Otherwise some furious mob will come to your house and burn you for a witch.

Michael Jackson

The teacher always used me as an example to the class of good English and good storytelling because we all had to write the same stories. But she used to make me go out front - which I hated - and read my story to the class and I would get huge applause. Not because of who I was but because they truly enjoyed the stories I wrote.

Jodi Picoult

Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?

Jodi Picoult

Stupid English." "English isn't stupid," I say. "Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about our favorite subject, and I wanted to write about lunch, but he won't let me." "Why not?" "He says lunch isn't a subject." I glance at him. "It isn't." "Well," Jacob says, "it's not a predicate, either. Shouldn't he know that?

John Grisham

The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes.

Kirk Ferentz

I was fortunate to be around a couple of coaches who took me under their wing and taught me how to train, how to work and how to prepare myself for a game. They gave me so much, and I saw the passion they had for the game and for teaching it. What I learned from them led me to want to become a teacher and coach.

Kailash Satyarthi

For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society?

Julia Glass

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say that I had a few extraordinary English teachers in high school whom I still credit for their guidance.

Julia Cameron

One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be nurtured and encourages first by our nuclear family and then by ever-widening circles of friends, teachers, well-wishers. As young artists, we need and want to be acknowledged for our attempts and efforts as well as for our achievements and triumphs. Unfortunately, many artists never receive this critical early encouragement. As a result, they may not know they are artists at all.