Famous Quotes & Sayings

Javier Lopez

Our experimental results agreed with the computational findings, indicating that these ratchetting points mediate the removal of intron subfragments in one direction as the gene is transcribed initially from DNA into RNA,

Rafael Ramirez

Of the 32 (companies), we have agreed with 30. We believe this was a mistake on the part of Total and Eni.

Marco Basaglia

After the auction, which soaked up a huge amount of paper, operators only agreed to buy at a much lower price.

J. Taylor

After I heard some of the unrest, I agreed not to pursue it, unfortunately. I do feel it is a mistake, but if it is not the will of the cities, I agreed not to pursue it.

Frederick Jones

They agreed that we have made substantial progress in our bilateral negotiations over the past year, that we are close to completing them, and that we need to continue to work hard to complete them as soon as possible.

Ronnie Mamba

We have received this and have agreed to inform our members so that this order can be complied with throughout the areas where our members are striking.

Rick Watson

And who wouldn't want to play Juliet. There is also some interaction with the audience. I would never have agreed to do a play with only three actors if I didn't really love it. And the play itself is a draw ? it has a large following.

Jesse Case

Everyone was on board except for First Student. We agreed to their demands, and they lied to us.

Robert Sarver

At the time we bought the team (June 30, 2004), we agreed to a new three-year contract with Bryan. Dating back to last summer, I assured Bryan of my intention to extend his contract. I'm disappointed with Bryan's decision but I wish him well.

Dennis Rice

As good business people, we'd be silly not to tap into every fan of the book and hope they will become a fan of the movie. We don't believe we're making a Christian movie. We believe we're following the story of the book faithfully and allowing everyone to interpret it how they want depending on how they've connected to the book.

Chuck D.

The Bush administration, with its doctrinal commitment to unfettered deregulation, has insisted that this situation can be resolved by allowing the states and utility industry to deal with it by themselves,

Paddy Ashdown

A very small bunch of corrupt politicians believe that allowing Radovan Karadzic to stay at liberty is more important than this country having a future in NATO and peace for its citizens.

Mark Templin

A vehicle, concept or not, wouldn't be worthy of a Scion badge without allowing room for personalization.

P.M. Forni

Our defense saved us. After the first quarter, we weren't scoring, but we weren't allowing them to score either.

Jim Hightower

Our defense dominated most of the night. We ended up allowing -20 yards rushing and six yards of total offense. The defense did a super job.

Paul Thurrott

On Tuesday, September 13, 2005, Microsoft announced to its employees and that it was reorganizing the company into a simpler organization in which executives much further down the chain would have direct decision-making capabilities, allowing the company to move more quickly in this ever-changing market and compete better with companies such as Google and Apple. The reorg was announced publicly a week later, with Microsoft also announcing that group vice president Jim Allchin would retire once Windows Vista ships in late 2006. Succeeding Allchin is Kevin Johnson, who will oversee the new Platform Products & Services division. Jeff Raikes, the head honcho of the unit previous responsible for Microsoft Office, was named president of the Microsoft Business Division. And Xbox's Robbie Bach was named president of Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division, which will combine the Xbox with Microsoft's other hardware products,

Judd Gregg

After years of allowing spending to grow unchecked, I am gratified to see the Senate take a step in the right direction toward serious fiscal discipline.

Joe Duffy

After several years of slow revenue growth, this year's acceleration will help improve the city of Williams' long term financial position while also allowing us to complete some much needed projects in the short term.

Steve Pearson

Any significant weakness in the housing data would be dollar negative suggestive of a slowing economy, thus reducing the amount of monetary tightening required from the Fed.

Anne Foley

Any rational seller would have to feel the amount they got off market was at or more than they could have got on the market, ... So if this seller was willing to sell the property not going through the market system, then must the seller feel the price met - if not exceeded - what they could have gotten on the market?

Mark Kenyon

As ac drive usage increases, the amount of harmonic current will also increase, further straining the already stressed distribution grid. This will eventually force manufacturers to place more emphasis on purchasing ac drives that provide some means of harmonic mitigation.

Bobby Clark

As a goalkeeper you certainly cover more real estate if you're big, so he covers a fair amount of real estate, ... He's got a big wingspan.

Rosevelt Colvin

As a defense, you stop the run and then you try to get off the field on third down and limit his amount of plays.

Sean Hill

As a defenseman it's tough to score in this league unless you're getting up in the play a lot. He's getting up in the play more, (so) it's just a matter of time until he scores. He's starting to get a fair amount of assists, which is the main thing.

Charles Rossotti

The bottom line, the amount of tax that is actually paid, will be distributed essentially the same way it is now. Taxpayers with very high incomes, middle and upper incomes, lower incomes will pay about the same burdens ... but with a lot less hassle.

John Sweeney

The budget also proposes bringing the total annual state spending on education to nearly $17 billion, or 72 percent higher than when (Pataki) took office. As a result, today New Yorkers spend more than $12,000 per pupil to support public education - virtually the highest amount in the nation.

S. Walker

The Big Ten is probably too strong. College football has a certain amount of variability when it comes to who plays for the national championship, but if you look at the Big Ten and the quality of football, it is as good as it has ever been. The trouble is, you show up every week, and it's tough.

Grant Barrett

A new slang term was obviously needed to describe this behavior. Jumping up and down on Oprah's couch, in front of millions, is truly bizarre.

George Smith

As a residence, operation will be 24/7/365. Depending on the behavior of the residents, this may or may not be a disruptive situation.

James Grant

Artificially low interest rates change people's speculative behavior in ways we may all come to regret, ... It's already incited a great burst of speculation in the bond market.

James Evans

The bottom line is that if we had any idea that the teacher had any inappropriate behavior in his past, he would not have been hired here. That's the reason for the questions ? to flesh out problems in the past.

Benjamin Franklin

A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.

Alex Haley

Racism is taught in our society... it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Rae Pearson

People do get sick on these days, but when this behavior repeats, that's when it starts looking suspicious.

Izzy Kalman

People have a knee-jerk reaction when they hear that. They say I'm blaming the victims. I'm not blaming the victims, but I am saying that they are the ones who have the problem. Bullies don't have the problem. They aren't the ones committing suicide and shooting up schools. Those are the victims, and those are the ones whose behavior we need to change.

Ron Gettelfinger

Northwest Airlines' behavior toward AMFA is blatant union- busting and an insult to every American worker, ... The UAW is proud to offer this support to AMFA members.

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.

Linda Pinney

Prescriptions going to consumers is like money going to consumers. The margin for error is zero.

Pasuya Yao

Premier Hsieh said that the music industry should work out a way of cooperating with the file-swapping operators so consumers can legally enjoy the results of the latest technologies.

Michael K. Powell

Protecting consumers from service disruption is the Federal Communications Commission's first and highest priority,

Brad Smith

The routine that was described in court today in fact does not remove all of the Internet Explorer files; it only removes about 3 percent of them. It's designed to be very easy for consumers to use, but does not do what we were ordered to last week, which was to remove all those files in their entirety.

Stephen Baker

It was the one-two punch needed to get consumers in the stores.

Dick Durbin

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

Hilly Kristal

As far as I know they will have to take us to court to make us leave. We are going to fight it.

Robin Cook

a Scottish court administering Scottish law under Scottish procedures and Scottish rules of evidence.

Jamal Boykin

At home I had a court outside. Here, I needed something I could play music and shoot around to.

Henry Hyde

As in any court proceeding, witnesses are necessary during a trial so that evidence may be thoroughly weighed and tested before a conviction,

David Crane

Rant and rave at the system, defy the court and then eventually simmer down as the trial moves forward.

Jim Hood

Prior to the trial, a relative of Edgar Ray Killen threatened to kill the trial court judge and other individuals in the courtroom,

Geno Auriemma

Probably another week and a half, (the trainers) said. That's the word that I got, another week and a half. They don't want to rush her back. She did it once. She hurried up to get back on the court because she's been out for so long.

Sandy Wright

Our deal is we are going to be the underdog all year. My goal is that we get better each time we step out on the court and in each practice.

Jacquia Winstead

Of course, we spend a lot of time on the court but off the court, too.

Clark Bunting

This is not an infomercial. These are straight-up documentaries that Discovery would do anyway.

Archimedes

Eureka! (I have found it!)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

Jane Hirshfield

A poem's essential discovery can happen at a single sitting. The cascade of discoveries in an essay, or even finding a question worth exploring in one, seems to need roughly the time it takes to plant and harvest a crop of bush beans.

Bryant H. McGill

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery.

Jared Diamond

Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human.

Barry Goldwater

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

Bruce Lee

Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.

David Katz

First we have to prove that it will work in humans, ... If that happens, then I would estimate that it will likely be a five-year process to turn the discovery into something people can use.

David Lee

I think you really have to evaluate and see how things are going and be honest. That goes back to having people around you that are not going to tell you what you want to hear. Instead they give you true advice.

Lazarus Long

Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.

Andy Reid

We'll see as the week goes on. I'll evaluate it and see what we want to do with it.

Brian Greene

Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.

Gillian Cross

I write because I have always been curious about what it would feel like to be someone else, in a different situation. Fiction is a wonderful way of exploring that.

Elliott McCullough

We're exploring options. We want to make this as painless as possible." ()

Steven Burd

I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.

Aldrich Ames

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

Robert Erspamer

There was extensive fire, smoke and water damage.

Jessica Dyer

Our vocabulary will be much more extensive now.

Richard Clark

As part of our strategy going forward we are aggressively looking at alliances and joint ventures and acquisitions of biotech companies.

Lara Azar

Randall's a good guy, and the governor looks forward to working with him in his role as speaker.

Wendy Braun

People really look forward to this tourney because they have a lot of fun.

Randy Belote

Northrop Grumman is pleased to see the process moving forward and we welcome the opportunity to respond to the upcoming request for information and subsequent request for proposal.

Steve Renfroe

Again, we're just evaluating this, and if we go forward with this, it would be great news for Jackson County.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Jeff Francis

Once the season is over. I just kind of go back through it, look at the things I wrote down over the year -- what I did, what I need to do, what I'm happy with, what I'm not happy with -- and look forward to next year.

Jarome Iginla

Defensively, we've been doing really well, and offensively, we'd like to score more goals. I don't think that's a secret. Personally, I think the first half could have been better and I'm looking forward to the second half and contributing more on the offensive side of it.

Tom Powers

Deanna is very, very good. We are looking forward to see what she can do for us.

Jimmy Stewart

So much of what we have taken for granted has been ripped from us,

Michael Chambers

This grant is another validation of our technology,

David Warren

All applications are looked at on their merit. I don't have a problem with them making applications. Whether they get granted or not is a whole other issue.

Chris Boone

We will also pursue grants to help pay the cost.

Tim Kaine

I am not taking anything for granted.

Albert Schweitzer

It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.

Gene Kelly

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

Albert Schweitzer

It is not always granted to the sower to live to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

Darren Sinnaeve

In the second half, we played real hard, pressed hard, got up in their faces. In the first half, we relied on 3-point shooting. We had one 2-pointe and seven 3s. Granted it was a zone defense, but we did a lot of standing around.

Roxane Gay

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Fred Harran

Anything that a pedophile can utilize to find the location of the child. These people are smart, just because they have issues doesn't mean they're stupid.

Asif Ali Zardari

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

Burton Richter

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

Aimee Mullins

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

Charles Bass

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

James Wolfensohn

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

Ban Ki-moon

Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.

Diane Duane

The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.

Struan Robertson

The BPI didn't want to sue its customers, but it will do to stop them stealing music.

Henry Giles

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

Jason Mraz

Professionally, I want to keep playing music; I can't escape that.

Josh Homme

People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have in music. There's no safety in music.

Kaskade

People don't listen to terrestrial radio. They don't find their music that way. They don't get their news that way. They go to blogs. They go through Sirius/XM. They go through all these different places.

AJ Case

After Wild Child, I had pretty much had it with the music business.

James Michael Tyler

Acting-wise, I did a web series. I play a music agent in a series called 'Keeping Up with the Downs.'

Katie Melua

The style of music I make now, that only started when I was about 15,

E. O. Wilson

The show is particularly significant because it was the same show, performed in 1989, that was the first musical in our new theater at its present location,

Sean Parker

Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify.

David Boies

Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster's users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright infringement? No.

Dan Farmer

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.

Granth Sahib

Tell me, without the worship, who has ever obtained the supreme status?

Robin Roberts

In order to obtain original period clothing, you need to go everywhere.

Guru Singh

They redeem their generations, and they themselves obtain the state of liberation.

Michael Rains

What we're saying is, who are the real cheaters? They are the ones who are using these illegally obtained materials.

Laura DiDio

You're paying a lot for these licenses, but you're getting a lot, too. These are real, tangible benefits.

Anton LaVey

Do what you want as long as it's paying off for you. But once it's become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is.

Steve Stifano

Essentially, if you go with a friend, you'll each be paying $9.75 for a ticket.

Joe Schmidt

We're paying police professionals to baby-sit rich kids.

Dale Friedman

We simply have got to start paying for people to do that kind of work,

Scott Hartnell

We were paying the price but the puck wasn't going in for us. (Auld) played well.

Kelley Cradduck

We understand some don't do it intentionally, they're just not paying attention. But in the end, they end up getting stuck in the intersection.

Doug Martin

We want this thing killed. This is a joke, and the sad thing is, we're paying for it.

Chris Sheridan

So far, we haven't had any trouble getting it, but we're paying 10 percent to 15 percent more for plywood,

Bible Bible

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

Anne Robinson

They are always so pleased with themselves aren't they? I've never taken to them. What are they for?

John Lloyd

We are very, very pleased with progress so far.

Bob Wynne

We are very pleased with the Commission's decision.

Steve Burd

We are very pleased with our 2005 results.

Dick Parsons

We are very pleased to have reached an understanding with Mr. Icahn.

Gary Muto

We're very pleased. We wouldn't be rolling out if we weren't pleased with our results.

Susan Tolchin

We're very pleased that the sirens worked this time.

John Dunning

We feel like there's a lot of things happening. We've been pleased with what we've seen.

Robert Richardson

Any organization of reasonable size is going to be attacked.

Frank Lautenberg

This is a reasonable standard we know will save lives.

I. Stone

You want a reasonable standard so you can receive and send help.

Dave Scott

We're going to go to something that is a reasonable rate.

Samuel Butler

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Brodie Croyle

A record of 10-2 has a whole lot better ring to it than 9-3.

Conor Niland

Any team that has a (10-1) record is doing something right.

Leah Gingrich

I wanted that record pretty badly, so I was kind of upset after the race.

Ken Richards

The sad part is that it's on video, so if you don't know what you're doing, you'll have a record of it for life.

Daryl Hall

I've watched the world crash and burn in every sense. I've watched the record industry crash and burn; politically I've watched it crash and burn, financially crash and burn.

Susan Tedeschi

I've wanted to record some old tunes by other artists. It just seemed like the right time.

Rob Domagalski

They are a better team than their record shows. To walk away with a win, I'll take it.

Matt Howard

This is a record by far. It strengthens all the races, not just the World Cup.

Cameron Diaz

If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.

Phil Garner

I've long said the schedule is the most favorable,

Arthur Bloch

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.

Mike Murdock

Your schedule and your spending describe what you really love in life.

Alex Graves

'Game of Thrones' is shot on a very similar kind of schedule to a TV show, but there's a lot more time and focus put into the script.

John Challenger

You'll see more tuition reimbursement programs, more schedule flexibility.

Robert H. Connelly

We'll be OK. We understand we won't set the world on fire. It's going to be a weaker schedule all the way around.

Gil Scott-Heron

Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.

G. H. Hardy

We're not willing to schedule more negotiating sessions.

Jim Veltman

After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to.

Charlie Skelton

The story is timeless and can be done in any era.

Goldie Hawn

The movie actually has a little more back story, more consequence, and I think it's more real actually for this time period.

David White

Some still have enough time to do so.

Rob Allison

Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.

Curtis Sliwa

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Chris Mills

I've never had a better time doing anything -- not just music, but anything,

Bill Cowher

This is not the time to relax. They've had their off time. You can't do that. It's around the corner.

Benjamin Disraeli

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Dave Bush

On the whole, not very good. I think today kind of typified it,

Rhonda Smith

It was very tough. And even today it's still tough.

Sharan Burrow

The work is there today and it will be there tomorrow for independent contractors.

Carine Roitfeld

Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.

Jared Diamond

Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it.

Diane Ackerman

The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink.

Dennis Ritchie

It's true that compared with the scene when Unix started, today the ecological niches are fairly full, and fresh new OS ideas are harder to come by, or at least to propagate.

Eike Batista

I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.

Deepak Chopra

Today, I behold all the abundance that surrounds me.