Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lucius Thomas

The bottom line is, if the service pay works, the constable with 15 years' service won't be too worried about promotion because it will put him above the young man who is promoted to sergeant.

Antony Beevor

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

Jeffrey Benton

The breadth was much better today than yesterday and I think that's a pretty encouraging sign. More stocks were participating and I think at least a portion of the rally is going to carry on Monday morning. But what I'd like to see is stocks up another 100 on Monday on decent volume and then be able to hold at that level. I'd like to see the Dow above 8,000.

Tatsuo Kageyama

A weaker yen, and platinum futures prices trading above Yen 4,000/g, made the commodity 'very safe' to invest, in addition to the bullish sentiment felt across the metal futures complex with speculative funds.

John Polson

Australians love to pump you up when you're nobody. Then, when you start to put your head above water and say, 'Well, actually, I am a bit different, I am an individual and I do have a particular talent', or whatever, they want to go after you. But the good news is that once you reach a certain level, I think they start to leave you alone.

Alvin Anderson

Avalanche danger is something to consider. That's only an issue when there are steep slopes above you or when you're in a chute.

Gail Dudack

A typical economic recovery will see job growth north of 220,000 new jobs a month. And we've had very few months above that level. So, this job market looks stable, but not robust, and that is what will put restraint on the Fed in 2006.

Thomas Sullivan

A threshold question is whether -- if the president is not above the law, as he should not be, is he to be treated as below the law? ... Is he to be singled out for prosecution because of his office in a case in which, were he a private citizen, no prosecution would result?

Mindy Hanson

Athletic trainers are very important to any athletic team. They are very important to our team to make sure the players are healthy and to help them be the best they can be. The people on our athletic training department go above and beyond any expectation.

Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.

Tom Udall

As a member of the U.S. House Law Enforcement Task Force, I join with local citizens across New Mexico toward the goal of reducing crime,

M.I.A.

As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.

Tom Cruise

As a kid when I was growing up, I remember vividly being on the roof of my family's station wagon, and across the street was the Sahara Desert. I always wanted to see other places and learn about how other people lived. I began to travel and saw different cultures even within America.

Lauren Smith

The bottom line on results was that the earnings report was of a high quality across the franchise.

Tetsuro Sawano

The business sentiment index is expected to reveal a slight improvement across a broad front, ranging from large firms to small firms, as the Japanese economy is now enjoying a well-balanced recovery.

Jed Bernstein

The business seemed to be strong across the board. Some years it focused on a couple of shows. This year the rising tide did seem to float all boats.

Steve Pogorzelski

The broad growth in employer demand measured across nearly all of the top cities in the country is another positive sign of U.S. labor strength in the first quarter of 2006. The Monster Index is also showing a greater number of online opportunities within the business and healthcare sectors, which are key indicators of the health of the U.S. economy.

Jim Mitchell

The business environment is strong across the board.

Pete Piringer

That person was killed, it looks, upon impact. But also that vehicle was struck by several other vehicles, causing additional damage.

Julie Parrish

Ours is similar to other opportunity registration programs that are out there. And the basic concept is that companies provide additional margin opportunities for partners who register opportunities with them.

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Nordstrom's Rules for Employees: Rule # 1: Use your good judgment in all situations There are no additional rules

Leo Mullin

Delta will continue to work with United to formulate additional joint marketing programs to the benefit of both companies.

Bob Clarke

Dean was considered by his peers to be one of the better general managers in the league. We think he can be a huge asset for us. A person of his background and talents, if he so chooses will be back in the NHL as a manager but at this stage we are very happy to have an addition like him to our staff.

Michael Pittman

Coach has me playing a lot of receiver and I wanted to do that last year, ... But he really didn't put it in that much. Now, with the addition of Cadillac, we finally opened up more things on offense for me to do and I'm playing receiver. I enjoy doing that. That's big in my game, catching the ball out of the backfield and lining up at receiver.

Brian O'Connor

Coach Anderson's experience as a college coach and a player in collegiate and professional baseball will make him a great addition to our coaching staff, ... On the field, he will be working with our catchers while assisting with the hitters in our program. I am looking forward to his contributions to Cavalier Baseball.

Sarah Brown

Denise was a remarkable addition to Pensacola, steering the News Journal to award-winning performances and presenting our city issues with fairness and insight. She was also a willing volunteer to take on tough assignments for the betterment of our community. And she did all of it with such style.

Don Blandin

Any way you cut it, we are still not really good at saving. In addition to 401(k) programs and others, we should be saving separately for the future and building up slowly a contingency fund for the future.

Benjamin Tal

Oil has been driving up the Canadian dollar. Energy exports have boosted economic growth, and it continues to be bullish for the Canadian currency.

Alex Wong

Rumors about a merger of China's A and B markets, coupled with generally bullish expectations of further gains of China stocks, are driving buying interest in this sector.

Michael Guido

You're seeing new money put to use in the gold market. It's just the whole alternative investment, bullish mentality driving new allocations.

Thomas Lasorda

We've shown the Dodge Nitro. It's another midsize. It's another exciting vehicle. It's going into Toledo too. We're bullish in that segment. It will be great for the people in Toledo.

Bernie Sanders

The Department of Defense, the largest single energy consumer in America, is bullish on solar.

Rajiv Dutta

We are very bullish about 2006. There is the caveat related to the seasonality of the business.

Mark Mobius

We're very bullish on emerging markets right now because of valuations, ... Valuations are so reasonable it makes sense to put money in.

Jeffrey Saut

The time to be bullish was back in October.

Masayuki Senda

We are increasingly bullish on Treasuries because of where yields are. We are looking to buy more when the price dips.

Mark Aaron

As commodity prices go up, ultimately everyone will raise prices, including Tiffany. Tiffany wants to maintain its competitive position in the industry.

Ben Simpfendorfer

The narrowing trade surplus reflects some weakness in electronics exports and rising commodity imports but it's unlikely to be enough to relieve pressure from the U.S. in the short term.

Chris Woodruff

Oil and gas goes up and down. Now, it's a high commodity and high production. As long as it holds, we'll see that kind of valuation.

Peter Lai

Commodity stocks were dragged down by profit-taking after sharp gains last week.

Masayuki Ito

Commodity stocks are moving in line with the prices of raw materials. Higher commodity prices are feeding through to earnings.

Andrew Sullivan

Commodity stocks are driven by manufacturing growth, which represents demand. Those stocks are reacting to commodities markets around the world.

Tim Barker

Commodity prices look sustainable in the short term. Analysts are expecting spectacular results. We may well see the continuation of the positive sentiment in resources stocks.

Jim Bryson

Commodity prices are still strong, and that's leading to strong foreign demand for our stocks. If you try and look for negatives for the rand at the moment, you struggle.

James Paulsen

Commodity prices are rising, quite dramatically for copper, tin and steel scrap. That would not happen if there was an expectation of a slowdown.

Elizabeth Strout

As a novelist, I like the contained drama and complexity of the courtroom, though I don't watch those shows on TV. I prefer the hospital shows because I wanted to be a doctor.

Robert Manning

The more complex the contract, the more I'd stay away from it.

Leonie Brinkema

This is a what I consider to be a split decision in a very complex case,

Jack Tichy

This product is very complex and very sophisticated. It takes a lot of training.

Laura Wasser

I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.

Mary Bravo

When the objects were presented in a sparse array, search times to find the target were similar for displays composed of simple and complex objects. But when the same objects were presented as dense clutter, search functions were steeper for displays composed of complex objects.

Gilbert Newton Lewis

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties.

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Everything is simpler than you think and yet more complex than you imagine.

Richard Gilman

Being a sports fan is a complex matter, in part irrational but not unworthy a relief from the seriousness of the real world, with its unending pressures and often grave obligations.

Lee Humphrey

As a shooter you can tell when your shots are going good. Tonight I felt good, especially in the second half.

Jim Calhoun

On the way down here, it was just a really happy team. They really felt they played well. ... It's going to be a different kind of game (tonight). Over the next 24 hours, at the team meeting (Sunday) and at the shoot-around (today), we'll get an opportunity to really tell them. With only six games to go, there is significance to the game.

Mark Drown

(After the first goal) we go back to the Nike commercials where we try to out-dribble everybody. At halftime, I told them, 'Do you wanna go try out for the Nike commercials?' . . . I told them to keep it simple, and I felt like we did that in the second half.

Spike Jonze

After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer.

John Dern

The name (World Headquarters) had a higher level of importance than was felt appropriate.

Delta Burke

Actually, I think it's interesting that when I put the weight on, I was already with him. I don't know, maybe I felt safe. And he likes me like this. He likes me whatever size I am.

Robert Edwards

Actually, I felt good in practice, I moved around well, but I think he (coach Don Mathews) told me that they're holding me out,

Beth Puchtel

Dreaming. Numb. Totally numb. We walked out and said, 'What just happened?' He just obviously felt like a million dollars.

Ike Whitaker

Definitely, in the short time I have been with the team I felt like I have done enough.

Gang Four

Metal is what it is, when it is what it always was.

Lemmy Kilmister

We were nominated [for Grammy] once before for our album 1916. We were up against Metallica at the time and they had just sold a quarter of a zillion albums.

Hideo Kojima

It's not wether you were right or wrong, but how much faith you were willing to have - that decides the future.

Vijender Singh

On my wedding day, I gifted my wife a platinum ring.

Andrew Harrington

Prices have been rarely, if ever, this high. Now is the time to make hay.

Jim Reese

The prices are up because no one has wheat.

Mark Sullivan

Many are wondering how prices could go up so quickly after the hurricane.

Tim Noest

If it doesn't get there, prices will rise again. They may not be able to find the ships.

Kate Joncas

Some of these prices are pretty hefty. Who are these people?

Tom Crosby

I think we'd better get used to it. I think we're going to see prices roller-coaster like this for a long time.

David Patterson

I think all the prices are crazy. They are just very expensive.

Ken Budd

These are not the prices we voted on.

Jane Jacobs

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Blaise Pascal

All our reasoning boils down to yielding to sentiment.

John Tkacik

There is no sentiment in the administration for humoring the Chinese,

Richelle Mead

Please don’t get sentimental,” said Jerome. “It’s nauseating.

W. Somerset Maugham

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

James Joyce

Sentimentality is unearned emotion.

Cornelia Funke

Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental.

Peter Smith

A lot of times you don't know who you're trading with or where.

Olga Kurylenko

You know it's harder to be a girl in this world because we're the weaker sex.