Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

Doug Schoen

In the absence of specifics that would throw his nomination into doubt, Democrats will be loath to want to be as combative and confrontational as they might otherwise be.

John Bolton

In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ultimate truth. That is what is seems to me the focus the U.N. Security Council should be.

Richard Opper

In the absence of real action at the federal level, states, cities and other nations are stepping forward to address the serious issues presented by climate change.

Jared Bernstein

In the absence of immigrant labor, wages might be a bit higher, particularly in sectors that hire lots of low-skilled labor, which could potentially show up as slightly higher prices.

Steve Gross

In the absence of having a formal discussion about expectations, most employees do what they think appropriate, which may not be what the company values most.

Samantha Power

In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.

Bob Mancini

Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.

Daniel Kurtzer

I would suggest that we need to focus on killing terrorists instead of building democracies.

Matt Duffy

I talked to a of people and they said your freshman year is a building year.

Bruce Wisan

He wants to come back and start building and I am thrilled with that.

Jerrold Post

He recounted to me that when he first saw the pictures of the bombed-out shells of the building he was really horrified.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.

Dick Smith

There is no damage to the buildings. The rooms took an hour to clear and the smell still lingered in the building throughout the afternoon.

Judith Anderson

The purpose of it is to be a community building event.

Jeff Immelt

We're positioned to win in this environment. We've got the company so we can have good operating growth in 2003, ... We're executing on a very strong leadership agenda, transforming the portfolio and building sustainable growth.

Hilary Rosen

I think it's a great thing when companies experiment with different models.

Charles Gallagher

What we wanted to do was make succession-planning a process for these companies rather than an event they have to deal with.

Eric Shepcaro

What we find in these statistics is somewhat alarming, that four years after 9-11, a third of companies surveyed still lack these plans. We find that (many) companies that have these plans don't practice them.

Salar Kamangar

I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.

Bill Xia

I think the government is getting increasingly desperate. They're pushing the domestic media and outside companies to openly collaborate with them. They're summoning all their potential partners.

David Sze

I think that the most important thing we look for in partners is that they can help build companies and, you know, we have the - we have the opportunity to do that at different stages.

David Lowe

There is no difficulty with that concept, but not all companies have received the same level of profit.

David Kaslow

We try to pick companies that dominate their niche. So we think there are lots of opportunities to sort of identify pure plays,

David Brady

We try to invest in companies that kids can easily understand and our educational material is targeted to about the 6th grade level. It's all in the presentation I think.

Italian Proverb

Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number

Patrick Burke

There is a fear of the unknown, ... I was the general manager for the chain, and it's one thing to manage someone else's company and another thing to be on your own.

Paul Walsh

We're positioning ourselves as a company with double-digit revenue growth and 20-percent operating margins.

Bill Curry

We feel it's what any company would do, that it's part of their business. In the event that there's a sale in the future, the customer records go with the company, as part of the company. We're being forthright in disclosing it, and we're getting criticism for being candid.

Bob Wood

We've fought this company for three months and this is definitely not a loss. We did get some improvement in our medical insurance and medical insurance is what this strike was all about.

Tom Ryan

We are gaining a premium company and valuable real estate that provides an immediate critical mass of stores that would have taken years to develop organically. These are successful stores.

David Campbell

We are extremely excited about the early work on this next generation of search technology. Instead of having to waste time searching for news and other important information on the Internet, our customized SIMS portals search and retrieve exactly the information you and/or your company are interested in.

Polk Laffoon

We are exploring strategic options for the whole company and we have no interest in selling individual newspapers or groups of newspapers.

Mark Swartzberg

I think we see the power of some of the decisions they've made to be a total liquid-refreshment company,

Scott Smith

Katrina is limiting the current supply of natural gas into the system, which is increasing the cost on the market.

Bronwyn Belling

It can cost over $15,000 to take out one of these loans.

Levon Kendall

This was a good learning experience for us. We got away from our game plan, and it cost us. We have to stick to the things that have been working for us all year or we're going to keep losing.

Javier Bardem

There are so many movies and it's a waste of time and a waste of money. Basically, movies are made with what it costs the external debt of all Africa.

Mark Rebholz

He shared in the cost for the privilege of being the pilot, ... It worked out well for all of us -- we finished our project and he was part of a grand adventure.

David Holden

I think it's a prime property, ... I know that we're looking for funds, but if we need any properties in the future, it would cost considerably more (to purchase property).

Jarvis Herring

It cost us a couple games early, but then guys started fighting for each other. We could have had a lot better season.

Kay Runge

It costs us probably a third per square foot to run as the other building.

Marilyn Rush

It costs so much money, and we're poor people.

Sam Stovall

I think investors want to see improvement in the economic data so that the feeling is that the Fed doesn't need to lower interest rates. That in itself is a positive.

Dean Stanley

Having seen all the data for May, our sense is the Fed won't be raising rates in two weeks but that doesn't mean they won't be tightening rates later this summer,

Bill Groenveld

I think technically (Monday's increase) could be sound, as long as we don't get any economic surprises. The data should support this level.

Robert Pozen

I've seen people spend days, if not months, researching and gathering data, but only at the end did they finally figure out what they were really looking for; then they have to redo a lot of stuff. If after a day or so you force yourself to put together your tentative conclusions, then you'll have guidance for the rest of your research.

Walter Cunningham

... global warming alarmists invariably try to make their case by resorting to rhetoric, dogma, opinion, and emotion. The closest thing to scientific data in their articles is the occasional chart claiming a poorly understood correlation between atmospheric CO2 and the Earth's temperature.

Robert Glaser

We're in this period where we're getting good data rates. I would say we're getting data rates that are like the data rates we got when we launched RealAudio in 1995.

Mark Stevens

Organizations want to scan a wide variety of documents at high-speeds, but also ensure data integrity. The AS3690 can scan just about any type of document in the mailroom, eliminating extra hands and steps in the process. Not only does this improve efficiency and reduce costs, it's also more secure.

Hiroaki Kuramochi

Investors probably want to see what the U.S. job data will be like.

Lincoln Anderson

In the meantime, the data on the US economy (especially employment and industrial production) will look very weak in the next few months,

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

Teresa Kerry

John is a fighter. He earned his medals the old-fashioned way, by putting his life on the line for his country,

Todd Taylor

Guys know that if they want to play, they have to earn it in practice. It doesn't matter so much who starts for me but who's playing well.

Winston Churchill

Half my lifetime I have earned my living by selling words, and I hope thoughts

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Paul Krebs

I think the MAC has to earn respect. I don't think we've been very strategic. The league has recognized we have to do better.

Steve Makein

I think that really increased his confidence. He realizes to be successful in this sport you have to earn it. He's put the time in to earn it.

Martina Hingis

I think winning the first game showed her that I am here and I am prepared, and that she has to earn her points. It was really important to have won that first game.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

George Hoffman

I would think that is highly unlikely any of our employees would do that.

George Reid

I think it has improved the safety for the public and the employees that work in this building. For the most part feedback has been positive.

Melissa Norcross

In order to protect the privacy of victims' families, we will not release the names of those employees and subcontractors who have lost their lives.

Alan Pollock

The employees already have it; they were our beta-testers.

Robert Herta

It's up to the employee to provide the work log and the records.

Mike Boyd

The level of compensation is outrageous when you look at the sacrifices United employees made.

John Challenger

For employees in the middle of a merger-acquisition right now, it is likely that at least one in 10 will lose their jobs because of the combination.

Janet Hansen

It's an issue of how you treat your employees and make your plans. We're not going to skip any tournaments. It makes me mad, but I'm not going to have the kids suffer for it.

Tim McKegney

It's a really tough situation for the companies. The employee pitch is still on, but getting employees to move is far more difficult.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Vince Borg

We are focused on the integration of Placer Dome's assets, people and projects.

Mack Brown

It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.

Jason Taylor

It has been a little edgy. We are more focused and realize that we have a lot of things that need to be corrected.

Mary Roach

I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people a disservice, sometimes, because they become very focused on - they're thinking, 'Okay, I read that I should do this, and am I doing it right?'

Cory Neal

We mainly just need to be aggressive, stay focused mentally and play good defense.

Andy Roddick

I don't know what would have happened if it had gone to three sets, but my mind was focused on trying to end in two sets.

Rick Sweet

He keeps hitting gaps and running, and he's 30-plus (actually 32) years old. He's the one who told me, 'I guess I'm just getting old.' But it's hard on you with all that running, especially as hot as it is.

Amy Butcher

The gap between what Stephen Harper and the Conservatives practice and what they preach is as wide as the St. Lawrence.

Bob Gray

That is too long to walk. You can't have any gaps in the street.

Dwyane Wade

It's all about being aggressive. I saw a lot of gaps tonight.

David Zuniga

We're still lacking that big hit to knock in those big runs. We're not striking out every time, but we are still looking for the gaps and I think we might just be trying too hard for it.

Domhnall Gleeson

Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.

George Leung

The widening rate gap between the U.S. and HK in the later part of 2006 will likely be accompanied by a strong HK dollar.

Joseph Beaulieu

This is the first that I've heard of Gap actually revealing what their growth plan is for the brand.

Charles Adams

You peel the back of the tape off, so when you go around the door, it seals those gaps off.

Dave Curry

There is nobody here at all. Ian Thorpe pulling out obviously has a lot higher significance.

Bradley Hunter

When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.

Josh Bernoff

I thought they would start higher and work their way down. The problem is, you can't go up.

Sarah MacQuiddy

I think we'll have to push the higher ed piece.

Tong Lixin

In South Korea, short-track speed skating is the popular sport, just like the table tennis in China. The level of its young skaters is much higher than the youth in China, where the sport is only practiced in two provinces with about 300 registered skaters.

Mitsushige Akino

Higher oil prices and a strengthening yen accelerated selling.

Gregory Klump

In general, the higher end of the market is holding up much better than the lower end.

Ben Shapiro

In Britain, where the social safety net is more like a social swaddling cloth, crime rates other than murder are significantly higher than in the United States.

Albert J. Nock

Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge; history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will - are all gone.

Bob Stoops

If you can run the football, your opportunity to win increases big time, no matter who you're playing, and we're going to always try to, ... With the potential that we have in our backfield, everything should set up off of that.

Joe Panetta

The increases we're seeing are not just with 4-year-olds. We're seeing increases throughout the system.

Andy Roberts

Their offers are insignificant to our membership. They want most of the increases later in the contract.

Martin Cohen

What we're seeing as we look into the futures markets presently are increases that seem to be never ending,

Jack Kyser

What's promising about this report was not only were November-to-December job increases strong, they went back and revised up the October-to-November increase.

Paul Newsome

Rate increases is one of a number of questions that personal lines companies, like Allstate, will face.

Dan Ballister

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

Anthony Burke

We're seeing tremendous increases each year in the number of taxpayers e-filing their returns from home.

Robert Toll

Since Katrina, instead of going up $5,000 or $10,000 every week or two, we have been limited to no price increases or very limited price increases,

Karen Ignagni

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Travis Miner

After the play was over, she said she was having pains in her lower stomach. So I went and told the preacher.

Debbie Stabenow

At a time when so many Americans struggle to pay for the prescription drugs they need, we must look for ways to lower the price of those drugs.

Michael Evans

They're paying a lot lower and they can make their services for a lot lower.

Dudley North

It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.

Dave Chitty

We'll be introducing chum salmon into the lower reaches - that's what was there historically.

Mark Mahaney

The valuation has always been reasonable on this name. The multiples are materially lower here. There's room for upside.

Mark Mahaney

The valuation has always been reasonable on this name, ... The multiples are materially lower here. There's room for upside.

Don Griffin

You can never make a place 100% safe, but you can do some things to minimize the dangers.

Bill Johnson

We want to minimize placement disruptions if we can.

Greg Blache

You have to tackle. You're not going to shut him down, but you want to minimize his big runs.

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

John Seabrook

In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.

Greg Hymowitz

With rates going higher, I'm staying away from the old-economy stocks.

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Leon Black

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

Bill Gross

It's sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up.

Ricardo Semler

The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them.

Sam Phillips

I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.

Theodore Sturgeon

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.