Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eddie Fierek

The bye is the advantage. Playing a L.C. team that's better than their record, that's not easy.

Miguel Olivo

Ramon's the man here, ... I just try to take advantage of the opportunity when they call on me.

Walter Young

Definitely, I'm here to take advantage of my opportunity. I'm just trying to do the things I do best. Basically, defense is just as important as offense. Me being a bigger guy, I have to do some things to stick around.

John Wilkinson

Companies need to get creative and help regulators to see things in a different light if they want to take advantage of new product opportunities,

Steve Rosen

Companies have to realize there will always be another e-business initiative or incremental increase in the requirements of initiatives they participate in, and they need to respond to the changes quickly. An integrated approach provides the agility to take advantage of business opportunities.

Azusa Kato

Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low interest rates. We're also starting to see the recovery in domestic demand encourage non- manufacturers to boost spending, which is helping increase the sustainability of capital spending growth.

Tavio Hobson

Coach said we've had plenty of opportunities this year, but we haven't taken advantage of them. This was an example. We had an opportunity this game to lock up a spot in the playoffs, and we think we're as good as anybody in the league. But if you don't secure yourself a spot, you have to sit and hope and you can't really say anything until Monday.

Billy Donovan

Coach Pitino sat me and Delray down and told us, 'If you take one shot, we'll lose,' ... I don't know if it was radical as much as he was saying to us, 'Here's what we have to do to take advantage of the way Georgetown is playing.'

DeAundre Muhammad

Coach (Gooden) noticed we had the advantage inside, so we tried to get into low post, dump it inside and get it back.

Boone Freund

I've trained with Dave since my sophomore year. I actually worked there last year. I helped out some of my teammates. It's helped me a lot. A lot of those agility things can help you in any sport.

Jeff Cavallo

He has great hands. We have worked on his foot work in a lot of agility drills. He does have a nice soft tough, which is rare for big guy. He's 10 times better than he was last year and he'll continue to improve.

Troy Polamalu

The combination that he carries - with the size, speed and agility - is matched by nobody else.

Montel Williams

For me, I exercise every morning. I exercise every day. I work out about an hour and 20 minutes, which is aerobics and resistance training. I work on agility and balance. I work on the things that are going to help my condition. I do agility training. I walk on a treadmill. I use an elliptical. I use weights.

Matthew Wagner

Our current thinking is around our IT distribution channel and direct. However, that's not to say we're ruling out deep partnerships with operators, which are key to making these products work, and we may collaborate on innovative approaches that leverage our respective strengths.

Mark Fields

Our approach is not thinking how much do we shave dealer margins. Our approach is that as we come up with our products going forward that they have a strong point of view in the marketplace, that they represent good value and good quality to customers so that dealers can earn a good (margin) on them.

Preston Sturges

The more nearly the film cutter approaches the natural law of interest, the more invisible will be his cutting. If the camera moves from one person to another at the exact moment that you in the legitimate theatre would have turned your head, you will not be conscious of a cut.

Jeff Freeman

Defensively, we're coming around. Offensively, we've really been working on our approach at the plate and hitting the ball really well.

Joe Nieuwendyk

The teams we needed to lose, lost. It's unfortunate we have to approach it like that, but that's the way it is.

Michael Grant

The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an objective and subjective internal organic awareness. Dennis walks his talk and knows well the terrain. This approach towards understanding common denominators of breathing will guide many towards health and well being as well as help dissolve cross cultural barriers. We ARE one and breath IS life. Easily one of the top five books on breathing.

Steve Erickson

The system is not broken. Clearly there need to be some guidelines, but I don't think the approach these bills are taking is going to solve them.

Michael Fitzpatrick

The surprising fall in gasoline stocks and the approach of the cold are sending us higher. Also, imports contracted and gasoline demand rose.

David Spencer

The THOR mission plans to use a straightforward, low-risk approach to reach the Martian subsurface.

Craig Benson

The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the way the Business Profits Tax is calculated, it is highly dependent on how much sales and profits are generated in-state.

William Williams

The business of love iscruelty which,by our wills,we transformto live together.

David Healy

The business does not deserve a huge premium. It's a cyclical business, earnings are erratic.

Steve Bennett

As our customers run their businesses or manage their personal finances, dealing with tax requirements creates a lot of opportunities for Intuit.

Roland Martin

Radio has always been a niche business. Cable television has always been a niche business. Magazines have always been a niche business.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Douglas Kmiec

Primarily, the case is about the United States wanting to be treated no better, but certainly no worse, than the way that every law firm and business firm and potential employer for law students is treated when they come to campus.

Gus Melonas

Projected business volumes (on the line) do not support operating costs. This was a business decision.

John Peters

Prof. Van Cromphout was a man who reminds us all why we are in the business of education, ... Over nearly four decades of service to NIU, he demonstrated a profound commitment to higher education.

Eric Fehrnstrom

These are traditionally bread-and-butter issues for the Democrats, and the fact that we have a Republican governor pushing for the changes we need means there exists a wonderful opportunity to get something done.

Robert Ross

These are the kind of comprehensive policies and environmental changes that lead the way for healthier eating and exercise in underserved communities.

Steven Engler

These are specific, relevant changes we can make next year. Let's make it a year of progress.

Mike Lentz

The ride experience changes from this sort of scenic tour to this sort of fast-paced drop backwards.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

There won't be any changes until we have another depression like in the 1930s, which we have not approached yet in the present recession.

Anton Schutz

This is a precursor to a deal -- but I would not look for something that changes the face of the franchise.

Richard Whitman

This is a top-to-bottom problem in France. It is not a mood or a moment, it is a deeply felt resentment for the government, for the changes that are coming.

Bryon Smith

This is the first year one of the locals has closed the deal. I executed pretty well. I've made some changes for the better, and I'm still fine tuning them.

Jim Johnstone

This is not a Herculean thing. People don't have to jump through hoops or eat tofu every day. They just make changes in their life to get results.

Ren Zamora

Other companies have been able to fight pricing pressure, which is good. If all the companies started cutting prices, you don't want to go down that road.

Marc Maiffret

Companies like Microsoft are not equipped to deliver protection in a timely manner.

Guy Kawasaki

Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea.

John Gerzema

Companies have to be innovative in leading with values the same way they have to be innovative in their products and services.

Bruce Evers

Companies haven't assessed the damage fully and it may be that refineries stay shut for months. The European Union is moving crude and products to the U.S., but at some point it's going to have to replace that, leading to higher demand in a marketplace that is already very tight.

Chuck D.

Companies are willing to pay a higher price to be in those locations.

Boris Boehm

Companies are restructuring to make themselves fit for the future. Investors are looking for companies that are engaged in that process. It's a positive.

Thomas Leritz

Companies are being helped by the industrial recovery. The economy continues to hum.

Jeffrey Joerres

Companies are as optimistic as they have been for the last five quarters over which we've seen job gains. Hiring intentions are holding at a high level.

Tetsu Emori

The oil market is now down because most people are taking profits after seeing a sharp increase last week.

Sergei Ivanov

Russia has no intentions to increase its military presence in the northwest.

Dan Ballister

These are the lowest increases we've done in over 10 years.

Rob Enderle

This is a potentially market-changing event. My sense is that this is going to increase Apple's market share dramatically.

Doug Tumen

You should increase weekly mileage no more than 10 percent. If you run 20 miles this week, then you should run no more than 22 next week.

Alan King

We could see a small increase as a result of that.

Tony Gerlicz

We have a very arts-rich curriculum. I could get rid of all that. But if I increased my test scores, does that mean a student is better educated? No.

Todd Tiahrt

Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending.

Steve Kennedy

I am uncomfortable voting to increase anybody's taxes.

Dean Boyer

We want this initiative to be seen as reasonable and fair. Our initiative treats all property owners the same, and we wanted to pick a reasonable period of time.

Steve Kennedy

On the levy, I personally feel it ought to be a November levy and it ought to be done by initiative petition instead of us standing up here voting for it. You have to get 363 signatures to start the process.

David Keene

We don't just look at a small piece of the SOA stack. We've integrated all these technologies to work together as part of a platform.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Nick Lewis

We went in a little too confident. We've got to realize it's tough to win on the road in any conference.

John Stocco

But you never realize really what it's like until you're actually out there in the spotlight,

Salvation Army

I didn't even realize that there is a possibility ... I would be very sad to see it go.

Gibril Wilson

I didn't realize that the punt was short. It was unfortunate. ... You've got to make your own breaks, so it's all on us.

Kurt Warner

I didn't realize that, the little things you learn.

Kristin Gore

I didn't realize I wanted to write about D.C. until after 2000. Even though I was a comedy writer, I stayed away from that subject on purpose. It took attaining some distance and perspective.

Dan Campbell

I didn't realize how young our team was, ... We're all pretty much on an even plane.

Chuck D.

I think they realized the timing was all wrong.

Steven Lopez

Winning had become kind of automatic, but I realized in 2008 that at any moment that could be taken away from me.

Mike Holmgren

This is a new team, a different team, and they are responding differently. It's been that type of year for us.

Erika Yowell

We did respond saying yes, we would be interested.

Troy Erickson

We try to teach them how to respond to situations.

Doug Russell

The credibility of the university is tied with how we respond on this.

Howard Schultz

There's tension here, and I'm just trying to respond in a responsible way,

David Aus

It was like, bing, bing, bing. They threw some big punches, and we just didn't respond like we have all year.

Jeffrey Hirschkorn

They make money. The market's going to respond heavily to this.