Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katrina Bee

Keep the end in mind and focus on that. Say 'I am at my ideal weight of...,' not 'I want to be...'. Focus on what it would feel like to you to have achieved that goal; Get in touch with that winning feeling.

David Champion

Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates.

Amy Gutmann

Jodie Foster is an eminent Ivy League graduate who has achieved tremendous success and influence in the powerful entertainment industry.

Ron Gatewood

Juan not only achieved his flight instructor rating but also had an advanced instrument instructor rating. After six months as a charter pilot, Juan became an airline transport pilot. He accomplished all of this while working at odd jobs to pay his living and flying expenses. Without a doubt, Juan is one of the hardest workers I've ever seen.

Madelyn Fernstrom

It also is important to note that blood pressure reductions occurred in patients even though they remained obese with (a body mass index) in the 35 range, which is still not ideal, further suggesting that weight loss itself -- in this study, achieved through gastric bypass surgery -- can improve health outcomes.

Sol Campbell

He was a great guy, he knew what he wanted and achieved it in his own way.

Carl Icahn

I think you would now agree that this would have achieved a far superior result for stockholders,

Dave Loos

I think the big thing about Chuck is he has done this all behind the scenes with very little fanfare. Yet all of these athletes could not have achieved any of their goals without him and the people that work for him.

Jeffrey Benjamin

Lasting influence is achieved through persuasion not coercion.

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.

Jeff Immelt

The purpose of this generation of GE leaders is to make the company as good externally and commercially as it has always been operationally and financially.

Peter Adderton

We're positioning ourselves not so much as a wireless company but as a mobile media company, ... We really see ourselves as going after the high-tech consumer, someone who wants a lot of multimedia on their handsets.

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.

Brian Redican

We've gone through a period where everything has gone right for company profits, but over the past 12 months some cracks have started to develop.

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.

Cheryl Buffo

I actually wanted her on the line. There were three players I wanted on the line and she was one of them. I had confidence in her. She stepped up and made the free-throws.

Rashad Janahi

I also wish to place on record my gratitude to our shareholders and investors for the trust they have vested in us which gives us the confidence to pursue our growth-oriented investment strategy.

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.

Philip Greenfield

Historically, a parallel relationship exists between inventory and service: if you want high service levels, you need a lot of inventory. We want to switch that, and deliver high service levels with less inventory.

Og Mandino

Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!

Keith Rockwell

It has been a wonderful election. It means we are able to deliver when we need to deliver.

Nathan Anderith

Last year, I rounded up all of the people who deliver sonnets and had them deliver one to my girlfriend.

Viktor Yushchenko

I have heard a lot of stories and legends on how this poison has been delivered, where it has been produced, which secret services were used for delivering it in Ukraine,

Ricky Hatton

I have been very pleased with Dennis Hobson, ... We spoke to many people about the prospect of working with them and Dennis delivered. He put his money where his mouth is and delivered the fight.

Derek Moyers

He'll deliver a hit when he needs to, too.

Warren Spector

On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.

Chuck White

Our patents are around the delivery of services,

Ryan Rosenberg

We've enhanced that so you can highlight relationships, annotate and color-code things.

Klaus Schwab

I think a number of initiatives have been newly taken or enhanced during this meeting that will have a tangible impact.

Alcee Hastings

The war in Iraq has not prevented the growth of terrorism. We are learning now that it has actually enhanced the growth of terrorism.

Victor Koo

The enhanced features of our ad products would require sufficient understanding from our sales force, advertisers, and agencies. To facilitate this, we have held multiple training sessions internally and road show events externally.

Carl Icahn

We're happy that value for all shareholders is enhanced through this offer.

Michael R. Bloomberg

Since the period of the threat now seems to be passing, I think over the immediate future we'll slowly be winding down the enhanced security,

Eric Knight

Miles of roads are also being enhanced to support the operations of the new space launch facility.

Mark Ford

We need to live on this planet in a much more enhanced way.

Estelle

Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

Craig Patrick

John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer. His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh.

Don Garber

In the immediate and long-term future, today's news will prove to be a historical turning point for the sport. These recent developments further solidify soccer's standing and value as a major television property in the United States with even greater future potential.

Ian Shepherdson

(The GDP and inflation data) won't prevent modest further easing,

Jim Heinzler

The further you get into the bracket, the harder it gets. He did what he had to do to get it done.

Grant Fairley

The further you are from the roots of the organization - the more likely you'll end up out on a limb with the nuts.

Danny Peitz

The further we run I think the better this colt is going to get.

Steve Mills

The further simplification of our technology is important to reach those market segments,

Roger Peak

The further out the less stressed, but everyone was affected.

Martin Scorsese

Just when people think he gives you one thing, ... he gives you another.

Jeffrey Edelman

I think it gives them another way to become more visible.

Steve Sanders

I think it gives me more of a leadership role on the team, because some of the guys know I have a son and they see how I act,

Bruce Bochy

He can play all three outfield positions and first base. He's a solid player. He gives you quality at-bats.

Rebecca Loos

He knows what you want and he gives it to you and it is all about you, not so much about him, so you know that's nice

O. Singh

He judges things to be good, only as long as the Lord gives and he receives.

Latin Proverb

He is unworthy of life who gives no life to another

George Pierce Baker

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure.

Dan Gilroy

A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Zheng Jingping

It is fundamentally normal but it is at the upper end of the potential growth range and we need to take note of it.

Graham Cluley

There is going to be a real growth in 'pump and dump' spam.

Stuart Freeman

We've been thinking that the Nasdaq, as an index, would likely outperform a lot of the other indexes this year. It's a lot about secular growth. We're seeing growth in technology. And for the most part, it's been a tech year.

Paul Polzin

We've got to go back to the 1970s to get three strong years of 4 percent growth.

Preston Beckman

I think we're relieved and a little shocked that it's showing such growth this year. For us, having maintained the ratings we had last year would have been a plus.

Joe Lieberman

I think what we've learned is that when growth occurs, it occurs in the private sector,

Eric Schmidt

I don't know where (Chinese) revenue growth will be, but it will obviously be large.

Benn Steil

He made some mistakes on the growth side.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking for a reaction in the second half and I got it.

John Wardle

Kevin has got one and a half seasons to go so we are not silly enough to sit back and say that we are not going to do anything.

Franz Humer

I would say that we would see an acceleration (in drug sales), especially in the second half of the year, with the introduction of new products, with the acceleration also of the penetration of the oncology line in the non-U.S. markets,

Kevin Mench

He said he'd never seen 'turf toe' in the second toe. He said, 'Your shoes are a half size too small.

Mike Myers

We've been trying to price things at roughly half the market value.

Mike Chere

We thought we had some momentum going to start the second half (back to a 10-point deficit), but they kept hitting their shots.

Jeff Simpson

I thought the rebounding in the first half hurt us. We got one shot and they had second and third opportunities.

Bill Gibbons

I thought that run in the second half that Maine made was the key - where they really rebounded it and went out on the break.

Carolyn Peck

We made some adjustments at halftime and our team really picked up the intensity.

Joanna Lumley

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

Kevin Rollins

The first quarter is always the toughest quarter for us.

Rob Haines

It's disappointing that they are restating earnings. We don't want another quarter of surprises.

Eli Manning

I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that,

Jim McMahon

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Richard Williams

This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.

Sean Durkin

The third quarter killed us. In the end, it was a little too much for us to overcome.

Aryeh Bourkoff

This is going to be the weakest quarter of the year for the company.

David Trone

This is the first quarter in a long time where you will see year-over-year comparisons that are negative. And we'll probably see results for most of the quarters in 2005 being down on a year-over-year basis.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thrift is a great revenue.

Phil Harrison

Our revenue streams are going to become more complex. We can also see a much more vital revenue stream from in-game advertising.

Lawrence Lessig

What you want to do is to get a kind of revenue that right now you don't get at all,

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Voltaire

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Trevor Brooking

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Bill Bradley

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,

Scott Wilson

In the first and third we were making the shots. There wasn't anything different in the second and fourth. We were getting the same looks, they just weren't going in.

Dontez Sanders

I just wanted to see what was the problem. Because the first half, it wasn't that bad. The second half, we just didn't play as well as a group.

Herman Edwards

because it kind of sets up what you want to do on second down.

Paul Duca

It's the third time I've done it. It doesn't feel weird any more.

Jack Roush

This is the third time this week you've tried to get my goat,

Dusty Baker

It was a tough day to be a third baseman.

Randy Cretors

This is his third year doing it, and I'm amazed.

Sergey Brin

We want Google to be the third half of your brain.

Anne Robinson

I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.

Jim Rich

Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator.

Bartolo Colon

More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one.

John Smoltz

If it were the old way there would have been another four-spot in that third inning.

Alexandra Adornetto

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Gabrielle Giffords

While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.

Scott Skiles

We don't want to get into a fouling-type game, which has been our trend throughout the year.