Famous Quotes & Sayings

Walter Rodgers

This is a terribly closely contested election in a very tough campaign.

Karl Rove

What is important is that members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this. We intend to work closely with them in order to give them a comfort level on this.

Brian Spears

The printout doesn't lie, ... The printout shows how many times the weapon was discharged. And the last discharge of the Taser corresponds very closely with the time he stopped breathing.

Jeffrey Kaye

Many times workers work very closely to each other in the 'cube' environment, and that is very stressful because it's noisy, there's little or no privacy, and there is a forced conviviality.

David Pollack

They worked closely with us and they listened well.

Ralph Marston

The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so.

Masamichi Koike

The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hikes as the Fed meeting (on January 31) is getting closer.

Hiroichi Nishi

Foreign investors are lowering their weighting of Japanese stocks. Their order placements must be closely watched.

David Leslie

It's a good team though that works very closely and very well together, and all those people putting that effort in, then I'm sure we will improve dramatically from where we are now as the season goes on.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Duane Grant

The work they do continues to be on the cutting edge of bio-energy.

Claes Fornell

The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets.

Howard Dean

Sending delegates to the convention only continues to energize our party. Fight on in the caucuses; we are on the ballots,

Mark Warner

We need to look at what is going to be the long-term future of our Guard when states need to rely on these soldiers for emergencies and the nation continues to rely on them for overseas deployment.

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.

Mark LaNeve

While February was a challenging month for all certified GM brands, GM Certified Used Vehicles, the industry's top-selling certified brand, increased sales by 3 percent from January and continues to set the pace for all manufacturers in the category.

Mark Vitner

While core finished goods are still relatively tame, there are signs that price increases are accelerating further back in the production pipeline, ... Typically the Fed continues tightening until this series tops out. But with prices up only modestly, they will likely continue to make only modest adjustments.

Jim Doyle

Wisconsin's export growth rate continues to surpass that of the nation, ... For the first half of 2005, our state ranks 18th in export volume, up from 21st over the same period in 2004.

Arlen Specter

I should stay away from a discussion of specific cases,

Rob Cline

We've been through this before. There's been discussion about it, but nothing ever really happened. I wonder this time if it won't just because of the speed that they're getting all this information out.

William Drummond

Of this fair volume which we world do name / If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care.

Gary Bardini

These rises are going to be fairly high but not near as high as what we saw three months ago.

Allan Houston

Even though I wasn't practicing twice a day, I was still doing some stuff, ... So it just really didn't have any time to recover. I don't think it's fair to judge it off training camp, though.

Henry Hyde

We think it would be helpful to hear from the president and we'd like to participate in any fair examination of him,

Terry Wilczek

We had our hands full with him last year. He's a good player. But it looks like they have a fair number of playmakers.

Sonya Hartnett

Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of living happily ever after; but defeat is a poor ending to any tale, so she kept trying.

Ric Ocasek

People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private, withdrawn, and... distant, I guess. But, um, I think that's okay.

J. R. R. Tolkien

For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. Or was it, maybe, a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die?

Tim Mead

I don't think history will be as fair to him as it should be.

Lori Bennett

Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.

Jane Garvey

The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,

Mike Scioscia

This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.

Craig Sherman

Focusing on the long term and building a great product that is scalable ultimately leads to a great company.

Kurt Faust

The opponent we're playing this week is the one in the mirror. We need to focus on ourselves and get better.

Al Rauch

We think it might make sense for them to try and focus on what they do well, which is Phase III testing and marketing,

Emeka Okafor

We just lose focus or whatever. We play with emotion, but sometimes we seem to get into lulls.

Khara Smith

We just wanted to focus on that and get after the glass.

Ron Allen

We just wanted our players to focus on our game and play more efficiently on offense and defense. I think we were able to do that.

Diane Duane

The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.

Elbert Hubbard

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.

Donald Rumsfeld

When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.

Anita Hill

But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.

Susie Orbach

Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.

Stanley Ho

We have never heard of laundering in Macau; money laundering is unheard of. Mind you, my casino, every bit of money - someone says Stanley Ho, you issue me a check of so much money - we don't give that easy.

Stanley Schmidt

Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.

Stacy Keibler

We never know the issues others may be facing, and it isn't up to us to judge actions and behavior.

Stephen Wallem

There are life-threatening issues related to diabetes.

Michael Cohen

People responded to Sandy. At public hearings, which can be so contentious, people would listen to Sandy's presentation and stand up and cheer.

Chris Sullivan

I've been listening to them my whole life.

Brett Ratner

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

Barbara Bush

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

Brian May

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

Joe Zwilling

What it is we may have overlooked, and why we might want to reconsider. We'll listen to what they have to say.

Amy Sedaris

If you see a shy person, ask them some questions like, 'Why are you so shy? Tell everyone, we're all listening.

Rick Owens

I almost cried the other day listening to ‘Vogue’ by Madonna.

Robert Anton Wilson

part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations.

Carlos Mesa

It is a resignation that has one objective and that objective is to let the Bolivian people know that this is genuine,

Roger Ebert

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

Jakaya Kikwete

I will make sure research and development is a top priority in agricultural development.

Gary Snyder

The first priority is just to get them registered,

Walter Wriston

Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.

Paul Singer

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.