Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Jennings

As a staff, we are extremely pleased with the talent and ability of this year's class. There is great potential in the group and we expect them to push the level of the squad immediately.

David Cole

A weak GM gave everybody an ability to do things without having to worry as much, ... As GM gets stronger, it's going to put more heat on people like DaimlerChrysler.

Tommy McWhorter

Austin had a great week of practice, and I thought his athleticism and jumping ability would help us on the boards.

Ben Smith

At times we showed an ability to mount an attack. But when you get behind that early it makes it hard to come back.

Marilyn Monroe

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, leaves before she is left and forgets before she is forgotten.

Wasim Akram

Bangladesh have shown they have the talent and ability to play against any side in the world if they apply themselves, as they did (on the first day). It was a dream start.

James Matthews

A young Scotsman of your ability let loose upon the world with 300 pounds, what could he not do? It's almost appalling to think of; especially if he went among the English

Barbara Gordon

A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity

David Orton

ATI has had challenges in the last couple quarters and we are obviously disappointed with our performance and our ability to predict the dynamics of our desktop channel business.

Larry Woolsey

A week ago Saturday we saw five moose on the trail. These ladies from California were asking if we ordered them up special for them.

Carrie Fisher

People are still asking me if I knew it was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

Dr. Tullman

Of course, youve also got to follow up and make sure that the changes youre asking for get made. Excuses or apologies which arent accompanied by changes in behavior (and real results) are just insults.

Cliff Floyd

Day games here are definitely different than night games. The ball travels a little bit more. He ran out real quick. You're asking a guy who is very, very talented - very athletic - but who doesn't play as much to get a good read on the ball over his head off the wall. Your normal center fielder has a slightly better chance because he's out there every day.

Larry Pearl

Developers have been coming to us and asking us to do something special for their buildings.

Dave Tippett

Are they bad mistakes by the goalie? No. But are they goals that we expect Marty to stop? Yes. And that's the difference. We can be an average or below-average goalie and just wallow along, or we can we be a really good one and give our team a chance to win, and that's the responsibility we need Marty to take. And he's done it in the past, so it's not as if we're asking for something that we don't know is there.

Chris Atkins

An HOV enforcement right in the middle of the HOV lanes is just asking for a backup. Enforcement is good, but the way they enforced it this morning, I'm not sure the benefits outweighed the costs.

John Cameron

The strike is on day 99, and we think it's gone on too long. We're asking Mr. Peters to raise his voice and help find a solution.

Mike Tice

The story got in the paper, then it got on the web, then it went worldwide. Then our phones started ringing and people started asking about Moss so we had a meeting and said, 'Since these calls are coming, what is the value of Moss?' We said it was three No. 1s because we knew no one in his right mind would ever give up three No. 1s.

Jermain Defoe

Style is important for me. I want to be different and now, when I go out on the field, it'll be my choice what I'm wearing.

Jason Mitchell

'Straight Outta Compton' is not a story we didn't know about or anything like that, but it's just something that resonated really well... It had no choice but to explode.

Miles Busby

Source Technologies is focused on making hardware and software purchasing as seamless as possible, regardless of a company's acquisition strategy or constraints. Performance Leasing provides the flexibility, choice and superior support our customers need.

Tom Stewart

Notwithstanding that choice of theirs, we've offered to lease a portion of Coronet property at a nominal fee that would provide them with a yard.

Christine Maggiore

So, our choices, however radical they may seem, are extremely well-founded.

Source Unknown

Technology is the drug of choice for most Americans. Source unknown Theory: when you have ideas. Ideology: when ideas have you.

Aaron Mokoena

Ted left me with no choice but to make this sad decision.

Gabriel Byrne

Seeing this film will be an individual choice for people.

Don Charles

R-P is the county's zoning tool . . . of choice for the vast majority of the county.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

Todd Helton

Any win is a good win, especially on Opening Day, but this is a game where we found a way to win. If we are going to compete this year, that's the kind of game we have to win.

Larry Lewis

The one thing I've realized is our kids will compete in a big venue, ... When you go into these games, you take away all the positives. Did they play hard? Did they get better?

Craig Stevens

The most important thing at the moment is Ian's health and I'm just hoping he can get over his bronchitis and get fit and healthy and go on to compete later this year.

Andy Roddick

Now I feel I can be a contender and when I'm looking into the grand slams it feels like I can compete all the way into the second Sunday.

Dave Beeler

Sometimes you've got to step up and compete and that's what we did today. A lot of freshmen stepped up.

Howard Stringer

Sony and its peers all face tremendous pressure in the marketplace, but we have a sense of urgency and we have a sense of purpose. We can and will compete vigorously.

Lee Brown

Teams can register to compete on our Web site. We're also still taking applications from craft and vendors.

Chuck Layman

Right now we're starting to compete and play the way we should.

Marco Coleman

As far as health, that's just a blessing. There's just so much that's out of your control, that you don't know how it's going to go. Really, you've just got to be really fortunate. You've got to be lucky.

Mike Sabins

Offensively we need to control the line of scrimmage. But, overall we need to just block, tackle and run.

John Rose

The mood was tense and increasingly dark. We were fearful of losing control of the company. It could have been snapped up on the cheap.

Jon Evans

Defense is one thing you can always count on. You can't always control whether you'll have a hot shooting night, but you can always play strong defense and tonight was a good example.

Scott Burns

Demand remains strong in aerospace, construction, power generation. All these things are going for the company. It's just a matter of whether or not they can control their rising raw-material costs.

Lance Armstrong

Dealing with all this stuff again, knowing if I were to go back, there's no way I could get a fair shake - on the roadside, in doping control or the labs,

Cervantes Saavedra

And the first thing I would do in my government, I would have nobody to control me, I would be absolute; and who but I: now, he that is absolute, can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes, can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure

Jay Foreman

A retailer lost control of their data and that info has gotten out there.

Dave Winer

A quite simple, but powerful technology that empowers individuals to keep control over and manage their digital identities.

Pat Garner

Our customers have come to expect a high level of service from the Motley Fool.

Leigh Sparks

Department stores are not really out of fashion, but they will struggle if they don't provide what customers want.

Ken Golden

Anything that is good for our customers normally bodes well for John Deere.

Maria Gonzalez

The skiers would come in here and it'd be really busy. Now it's just local customers and no tourists.

David Porter

We decided that for this holiday season we should be involved in some type of offering. We know our customers match up with his fans.

Dave Andrews

We have heard from many PUD customers that they prefer smaller, more frequent rate increases versus larger, occasional rate increases.

Matthew Murphy

Customers pretended to be going on holiday on preview day, to try to get the discount in advance, but you could tell they were lying.

Stacey Quandt

Customers prefer to get their solutions from one source.

Cisco Systems

Customers need solutions that can be effectively managed within the first few minutes of an outbreak or detection of damage occurring.

Yingxi Yu

Technical trends are looking very strong and people find it very risky to go short right now. I think that's why the rally has been continuing.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Chuck Koons

We're looking for what we could do that was ecologically sound.

Eva Simons

Sometimes when I'm dancing and don't put in enough hairspray, I wind up looking like a... what's the animal with needles? Porcupine.

Jeff Bryant

We really don't know our starters yet, or where everyone will play. We're looking for the right combinations.

Robert Wood

We've seen the report and are looking into it.

Robin Wagner

At that particular time, I was looking for something in her that maybe she wasn't ready to give me.

Nick Vujicic

If you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.

Larry Ellison

Microsoft is welcome to come investigate us and so are you guys,

Jeff Johnson

He was saying, 'Look what I did at Microsoft and look what I can do for you.

Chris LeTocq

Where there's competition, Microsoft prices aggressively and competitively; where there isn't, Microsoft doesn't.

Bill Gates

I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.

Bill Gates

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

Bill Gates

A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.

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.