Famous Quotes & Sayings

Life, to me, is like a quiet forest pool, one that needs a direct hit from a big rock half-buried in the ground. You pull and you pull, but you can't get the rock out of the ground. So you give it a good kick, but you lose your balance and go skidding down the hill toward the pool. Then out comes a big Hawaiian man who was screwing his wife beside the pool because they thought it was real pretty. He tells you to get out of there, but you start faking it, like you're talking Hawaiian, and then he gets mad and chases you...

Garret Anderson

In years past, we had a balance of guys who swing the bat and take walks. This team was a little more free-swinging and you're going to go through phases like that where everybody is not hitting at one time. That's reality.

Alan Greenspan

The Federal Reserve has responded to the balance of market forces by gradually raising the federal funds rate over the past year, ... Certainly, to have done otherwise -- to have held the federal funds rate at last year's level even as credit demands and market interest rates rose -- would have required an inappropriately inflationary expansion of liquidity.

Stewart Schwartz

You could use the Transfer of Density Rights tool to balance mixed-use and open space.

Anthony Chan

These numbers are essentially telling us that retail sales were artificially boosted by zero-percent financing. These numbers are not going to do anything to discourage the Fed from thinking that the balance of risk in the economy is toward weakness.

Bill Lockyer

a careful balance that maintains the common understanding of marriage as between a man and a woman, while at the same time declaring that registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections and benefits as spouses.

Neville Isdell

We have a long way to go in mastering that art, ... As we identified the fact we were under pricing, the pendulum swung too far over to only improve price. The pendulum should be stopped in the middle so we have a proper balance between volume and price.

Dave Miller

We have a good balance of aeronautical and non-aeronautical businesses.

David Watters

Its becoming an extraordinarily diverse and multicultural area,

Matt Sylvester

They say the older you get, the more you become like your parents. It's scary. I'm becoming just like him. I've got a little bit more hair.

Sung Sohn

Foreign investors are becoming a bit more gun shy about buying U.S. assets. Until the dollar settles down, we are going to be looking at volatility in the foreign exchange markets.

Gerard Bisceglia

Ford's commitment to the Ford Tour de Georgia is an essential element in the growth of both the event itself and the sport of cycling in the United States. Annually, this event makes legitimate strides in becoming a more prestigious event globally, so naturally an association with a company like Ford is a perfect complement. Their continued support to cycling projects like the Ford Tour de Georgia, as well as an elite-level women's mountain bike team Ford Cycling, represents a significant dedication to our sport.

William Sullivan

Ford postponing the event would be their judgment that market conditions are becoming disorderly. (Ford is) betting that conditions will improve once upcoming uncertainties are out of the way, one of which is the FOMC meeting.

Charlene Li

They are being fairly careful about it, but they are walking very rapidly toward becoming a portal. They have a lot of other services gunning for them, so they have become most keen about building user loyalty so the users don't have a reason to go someplace else.

Gary Linden

They are becoming one of our competitors. It's not too nice.

Olivier Roy

They are people who feel devalued, despised and by becoming terrorists they suddenly become supermen, heroes.

Alan Baum

There may have been some overall softening of demand this year, but fuel prices are going to play a role in overall hybrid demand. We're starting to come to the realization that the fuel-price spike that we thought was seasonal is now becoming less so.

Bill Brady

We've seen these long-term outlooks a lot more of late, and for the life of me I can't figure out why these companies are doing it.

Irv DeGraw

February is going to be an extremely weak month. But some of the companies that go out are going to be a lot more interesting and a lot more valuable.

Paul Nolte

Few companies are pounding the table and saying things are terrific so there's not the wild enthusiasm you would expect with a good earnings season,

Christopher Chute

There's seven or eight companies fighting for 20 percent of the market.

David Carey

There's probably only a handful of companies we could imagine doing something like this with and Target is at the very top of the list,

Len Yaffe

There's isolated incidents of companies (warning) because of patent expiration or pipeline problems or both, but they are very isolated.

Richard Smith

There simply aren't hundreds of derelict companies out there. It could happen on an isolated basis, but the mechanics don't exist for this to happen every 15 minutes.

Peter Doyle

There's going to be pockets of technology that do incredibly well, ... But the valuation is still being the core of the very large companies are quite high, especially if they're really cyclical in nature.

Franklin Morton

There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ... will be high enough to be felt once companies start reporting third-quarter earnings.

Sam Cassell

We're just the same old Clippers. That's all we are. We're just the same old Clippers. We want teams to continue to take us lightly.

Karolyn Grimes

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

David Lee

It felt good to be in there. They recognize I'm a hard worker and that's what I'm going to continue to do every time I step onto a floor.

Chris Shelton

It feels unreal. You put me in with all these names, you put me with everybody else ? maybe when the season's over, I can sit back and really realize what I did to start the season, and hopefully, I can continue to enjoy that throughout the season.

Habibul Bashar

It feels really great to win this match. I tell our supporters to be patient and have faith in us. Please continue to back us and we will do it again.

Mikael Tellqvist

It feels really good. Personally it was important, and to get the two points. Me and Eddie are pushing each other. If we continue to push each other and get wins, you never know what is going to happen.

Joe Gibbs

I think Sean could play running back. I think he could play receiver. I think he could play corner, ... Any expanded role is something we'll continue to work with because he's so unusual.

Sherry Zhang

I think people will continue as long as they can. We haven't set a time line yet.

John Schuerholz

I think Roger is going to do a magnificent job for us. I'm really, really positive about what he will do for us. Having said that, what we've accomplished in the past is pretty remarkable. If we can continue at that level, I'll be very pleased.

Stephen Englund

I'm trying not to worry about it too much. My goal is to focus on the team. We've been playing together since we were 10 years old, so we've got that brotherhood. That keeps me focused.

Pat Noonan

I'm trying not to think about it, because we've got a big game in New York. Going into their home opener and trying to get three more points on the road is our main focus right now. I just have to worry about staying healthy for that game. Once that game is over, then I can concentrate on that Jamaica game.

Alan Skrainka

Individual investors have to separate the statistical noise of week to week numbers and focus on the big picture.

Annika Sorenstam

In a situation like that, you have to focus on the things you can control. We just kept on grinding.

Paul Patton

I must now focus on rebuilding my private life.

Carlos Pena

I'm the same guy. I'm trying make sure I focus on what I'm supposed to be focusing on which is playing ball. I'm trying all out. Everything else is just B.S.

Sen. McCoy

If our goal is to reduce the number of abortions, our focus should be on measures and programs and funding for prevention." ()

Gregory Henderson

I just sat there and held him for awhile, and looked into his eyes, ... He was terrified of dying, and I was trying to focus him, to talk him down. There was nothing else I could do.

LaVar Arrington

I looked forward to the focus on me being turned back on football.