Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Garza

We're obviously very disappointed. We're hoping that Congress will see the importance of leaving the food aid budget as it is -- that 25 percent needs to stay in the U.S..

Dambisa Moyo

I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.

Marty Markowitz

I'd like to see every Brooklyn organization raising funds for the relief effort, ... Brooklyn book clubs, sports teams, block associations, business and professional associations, schools, libraries, houses of worship, and any other forum where Brooklynites come together can all join in and make a difference.  I would also like to see all Brooklyn restaurants donate a percentage of their receipts for a week to the relief effort. Right now, donations of money are most urgently needed.  As the rescue and recovery progresses, there will be many other needs, and we will continue to respond as those needs become clear.  Brooklynites can be counted upon to come to the aid of our southern neighbors and we will be there for the long haul.

Allard Baird

He has solid, above-average receiving skills and is above-average in handling a pitching staff. He'll be able to aid us in the development of Buck.

John Davis

Really, we were six or seven years into the AIDS epidemic at that time, and I think it was a move that offered an acceptance. You know, sometimes movies are great because I think they can precondition society for acceptance, and I think when they do that we're really at the statesmanship level of film-making.

Donald Rumsfeld

Our military is making a significant difference in providing relief and aid and help and compassion for those who have suffered,

Michel Lu

In total, China has financed US$15 million in aid for Fiji for this year alone.

Nobutaka Machimura

In addition, I would like to call on all countries engaged in bilateral aid efforts to steadily implement their projects,

Joy Maniscalco

If you know someone is going to punch you, should you close your eyes and pretend it's not going to happen? or should you be alert, eyes wide open, ready to defend yourself? I don't know about you, but I'd rather see the punch coming than get hit when I'm not looking. Will I be in pain either way? Yes, but I'll have the band aid ready.

Jose Vidro

He'll be all right. This team goes as far as he goes. It's early and we still have a lot of confidence in him.

Joe Thornton

He let a couple of floaters in the second and then he got his confidence in the third and that was the difference, ... Eddie just really stoned us in the third period.

Robert Ferguson

He knows what I can do; I know what I can do. I've made plays in this league for five years now, I've made a lot of them for him, so confidence was never an issue as far as him having confidence in me. And I never lacked any confidence in myself.

Kyle Coston

Greg (Burgers) and I understood that everyone on the team had to have confidence in each other. We needed that to make a perfect circle. Something that Greg and I wanted was for everyone to feel comfortable and confident with who they were and what they did on this team. We learned that everyone on this team was going to come up big for each other.

Nobuaki Kurisu

Greenspan's cut was a wonderful thing. It has instilled Tokyo investors with a greater confidence the U.S. economy and markets will recover.

Fabian Nunez

has no confidence (in Mexico) and doesn't treat it like a modern democracy.

Clinton Portis

Guys were playing for each other, laying it on the line, and everybody was just fighting. The confidence is really up.

Casey Silver

Hannah just picked up the game last year and she is very quick, ... Ellie is playing with more confidence and has been a pleasant surprise.

Billy Jackson

Harrison didn't pitch as well as he has in the past, but he pitched well enough to win today. Whenever he's on the hill the kids that are out there have a lot of confidence in him.

Preity Zinta

I'm more grounded now. I've started doing fewer films. I've started meditating. I want to live my today because I may not have a tomorrow.

Li Yongbo

If not the 21-point scoring system, there would be fewer opportunities for the young players such as Wang Lin to come out.

Dan Fauser

Their physical size hurt us. They have more kids than we do and they wore us down. They executed well. They made fewer mistakes tonight.

Tim Chase

The longer the problem went on, fewer VPs seemed to be around. Only the occasional technician would accidentally pick up the phone if you were lucky.

Bill Clinton

And I hope that the end will come sooner rather than later, so fewer people will die.

Earl Boykins

It's money time. There are fewer possessions and I haven't done anything for two weeks. I struggled in the first half because I was a little overaggressive. I relaxed in the second half and was able to hit some shots.

Russell Kinnel

It's a challenging thing to do, and probably can be done a little more tax-efficiently by the mutual fund than by the investor who has fewer holdings.

Tom Golisano

If you have fewer teenagers having children, they could focus more on their vocational development.

Jason Lamb

We're making good progress, but we have a ways to go. We are making fewer mistakes, the guys are really hustling and we are getting more confidence.

Doug Myers

These well-known name stocks have momentum. The money keeps flowing in. Those traders are unconcerned about the gold market.

Sania Mirza

I'm partial to stilettos. Stilettoes and long, flowing dresses are my new favourites.

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.

Mike Beall

I think you can see by the reaction of my girls. They know we're going to have to play them again. It's just another region game, just like the last one was. Just another region game. Our focus right now is Flagstaff next Tuesday on the road.

Frank Martin

We are focusing on maximizing our revenue streams through product innovation,

Vince Borg

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

Vince Carter

I think we've established ourselves at home. But we've still got to keep that focus every night.

Ray Hunkins

I think what we have to focus on with the wolf issue is reducing the number of wolves in Wyoming, and the methodology can be different.

Craig Brown

It gives them the opportunity now to focus on the Red Sheds, which is where we think most of the value can lie in this business, so it's one less distraction they've got.

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

Muhammad Yunus

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

James Salter

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

Jerry Stracke

We're pretty balanced. I think that is what has gotten us this far. We have different players that can step up on any given day. It makes it hard for other teams to play us because we are so balanced.

Ed Comeau

We talk about winning as a team and on any given night we think we have the talent to get all our guys scoring. We want that type of balance; we don't want to rely on (Grant) and Willy to score seven between them.

Maria Semple

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

Bill Schneider

He's going to be given very different treatment than he had in the past, ... celebrity.

Jack Kokinda

He's given up one run in the last 42 innings. That's the reason why we're winning. If teams can't score, they can't win.

Gary Patterson

He's given TCU three great years. All you can say is it shows that TCU has arrived.

Charlie Smith

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Kim Yuna

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Lee Scott

It was a solid performance, but we can do better,

Rick Carlisle

It was a terrible performance. It's as simple as that.

Daron Rahlves

It's bad, it stinks, a poor performance by the team. It's really a poor showing. Big stage, little performance. I don't know why.

Casey Wilson

I am riveted by Phaedra Parks and her performance of herself. She kills me.

Robert Shaw

There's no future in being poor.

Vita Sackville-West

Prose is a poor thing, a poor inadequate thing, compared with poetry which says so much more in shorter time.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.

Sandra Cisneros

If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar.

Jerramy Stevens

If you start out poorly like that, the tension only mounts every game.

Alexander Lebed

I know for sure that Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is a very sick person. He must resign because of his poor health.

George Ayittey

Africa is poor because she is not free.

Eric Hoffer

The well-adjusted make poor prophets.

Emily Giffin

He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Astro Teller

Here is the surprising truth: It's often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better.

Richard Sharp

It will be surprising if they do not salvage it -- 350ft of water is not that deep.

Lynn Fegley

It's not surprising in years when you have a warm burst.

Robert Heaney

It's not surprising there was a blunted response.

Steve Bisley

As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.

Rodney Brooks

If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people.