Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katherine Paterson

Some say it is the elements of hope and wonder in children's books that make them special. But there are many dark young adult novels these days. Adults loved Harry Potter, though it was written for the young. In the end, it is probably up to the reader of any age to decide if this book is for him or her.

John Ziegler

I was looking forward to waving it and making a lot of noise. But now we're keeping a low profile. I don't see any reason to add fuel to the fire.

John Brady

Kevin is very comfortable on the court. He's been starting since he was a freshman. Dave and Brent played well for us, but it's an adjustment for them.

Kenneth Leon

Key issues will be whether Cisco has lost a step or two in keeping its early mover advantage on new product fronts, and whether the company is getting too large to respond to rapid-fire market changes.

Michelle Malkin

'Know your enemy, name your enemy' is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded. Our immigration and homeland security policies refuse to profile jihadi adherents at foreign consular offices and at our borders.

Greg Garcia

Knock on wood, we'll do enough episodes to get through that list. But the other thing that happens on our show is Earl adds things. Just because he's trying to be a better person doesn't make him perfect.

William Holmes

Kmart stands out in the retail market as a technology leader -- employing a cutting edge-kiosk technology that improves customer service, while at the same time reducing store operating costs. We are very pleased to be partnering with Kmart on this exciting installation. Penn Station is a hub of busy commuters -- a perfect location for consumers to take full advantage of this timesaving, error-avoiding technology. As more retailers begin to realize the numerous benefits of the APM technology, we are sure to see a major shift in the way refill prescriptions are dispensed.

Lori Crunk

I would think that being up here three times in the last four years now would be an advantage because our girls know what to expect. Our girls have had success in this building. Michelle (Mabry) shot the ball very well here last year and so this is also an advantage.

Matt Rosoff

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft could double (its online advertising revenue) in three to five years.

Bobby Hauck

Jake's a good tackler. That's how guys who walk onto your program find their way onto the field, and that's the benefit of going live out here and watching them play.

Sathya Baba

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.

Mike Wallace

Just merging the two organizations has a lot of challenges, ... The potential pitfalls and opportunities for disagreements exceed whatever benefits could be gained.

Muhammad Abdullah

It benefits me more because I'm more in the box. It puts me in the position where I can make more plays and bigger plays for the team.

Ben Martinez

I also depart from this portion of my life with a great sense of pride having played an integral part of the many projects and programs that will benefit National City residents in the coming years.

Francisco Gonzalez

Having a Club Manager with such diverse experience at the executive level will be of great benefit to the club. We are excited and are looking forward to Oscar bringing the Club to the next level.

Bill Clinton

Former adversaries can come together to find common ground in a way that benefits all their people, to let go of the past and embrace the future, to forgive and to reconcile.

Larry Haverty

History shows the poison pill under normal circumstances doesn't benefit shareholders. If the corporation wants a poison pill, it's the shareholders' prerogative to decide that. Not the board of directors.

Tina Smith

I think it's going to benefit Claremont more than anything. Take a look around you, it's small, and I think new businesses mean more people. I think it's a good thing.

M. Wolfe

It's multiple storylines, and it's character-driven, which is the exact opposite of what the branded shows are.

Dietrich Mateschitz

The most dangerous thing for a branded product is low interest.

Ron Garriques

The Rennes team offers Motorola unmatched capabilities in i-mode development and integration, as well as strong branded services and testing skills.

Francis Gaskins

It's a branded company that has been recycled and shuffled between private equity firms. They're a leader in the market, so they're tied to market growth, which is modest.

William Strauss

They're so logo-washed, so heavily branded when they are young,

Glenn Greenwald

We know with certainty that the Obama administration has re-defined 'militants' to include any military-age males they kill regardless of whether they were actually doing anything wrong. We know with certainty that the U.S. Government has detained and publicly branded as 'terrorists' people they knew at the time were innocent.

Justin Baldoni

Wayfarer is built on the idea that we can actually make a huge difference by creating entertainment and television and digital and branded content with a message. It doesn't always have to be really, really inspiring or really earnest. We call it chocolate-covered broccoli.

Ludwig Tieck

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

David Readerman

Yahoo is operating on revenues of about $25 million. I have them on a hold rating right now because I'm scared at the valuation of their stock. But people want to invest in the Web and the branded franchise name, and Yahoo is the franchise leader.

Keira Knightley

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

Kristin Degnan

Knitting is one of the fastest growing crafts in the business.

Gennaro Angiulo

I wouldn't be in a legitimate business for all the money in the world.

Chen Yonglin

I would not suggest to French businesses to invest in China, the government is not stable.

Scott Auderer

I would say, mentally, our guys are stepping it up. We're not changing anything in our approach. It's business as usual. We're going to work to improve things here and there.

Roger Warren

Joe has developed an exceptional track record in creating and marketing a wide variety of programs and services for PGA members and the golf industry, ... Most importantly, he has a dynamic vision for the future of the PGA and our leadership position in the game and business of golf.

Tim Wilson

He knew everything about his furniture business or his development business from the ground up.

Steve Black

He jumps into the decision-making process. If you just want to run your business on your own and report results, you won't like working for Jamie.

Robert Hormats

He is very, very good about getting lots of information from people who actually run companies, who actually make financial and business decisions. ... When he sees them socially, he'll find out what's on their minds. He does that a lot. And people in turn are very discreet and they don't turn around and say he's called them.

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Deb Mandeville

It always provides us with good look at many of our 3A rivals. We swam well there and continued to drop time in many events.

Anita Frazier

Handheld platforms were the big story last year, and so far this year, that segment of the industry has continued to grow significantly since last year.

Peter Spina

Gold, silver and platinum started the week off on positive footing with continued excitement in the silver markets regarding the proposed silver ETF in the United States.

Matthew Parry

Gold continues to rally on continued U.S. dollar weakness, a trend I expect to continue over the next week.

Kate Warne

I'm surprised that technology has continued to be on a tear so strongly today because it's the rapidly growing stocks that will in fact be hurt if interest rates are increased.

Jehan Perera

If there are no talks, with continued violence, we will see the government lose control of the north. I think the violence is a high-level LTTE decision to push the government toward war or talks where they will try to obtain concessions and seek international recognition and legitimacy.

Tyler Perry

I'm really happy for the loyalty and continued support of my fans.

Paul Sheard

Imports seem to have continued to grow rapidly, reflecting higher energy prices. The near-term outlook for exports remains positive.

Glenn Beck

I was in Washington, D.C., on the morning show, by the time I was 18, programming a station by 19, No. 1 in the mornings. I think I was making, I don't know, a quarter of a million dollars by the time I was 25.

Clay Johnson

Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely.

Ray Manzarek

John is going to get about a million dollars for doing nothing. He gets an equal share as us, and we were out there working. A free million bucks. That's a gig I'd like.

Mark Dobson

I also want to make sure student tax dollars are spent responsibly. Regardless, they are spent on the students who pay them.

David Brazil

We've done well with their contract-in dollars and in service.

John Heisdorffer

I think it's possible. We have about a half million dollars walking into the office or by mail every day.

Chuck Adams

He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed.

David Stern

Intel and Microsoft are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make that happen. They're smart companies. They make intelligent bets.

Dorothy Allison

If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family's stories, then?

Nadine Velazquez

I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.

Michael Raab

Going forward, DaimlerChrysler's fortunes will be driven by Mercedes Benz.

Bill Cowher

He's a special person; he means a lot to this team. He's been very much an inspiration to this team. I think we're driven very much by trying to make this a special year for him.

Mario Gabelli

I think we're going from a market that's driven by momentum and driven by a flow of funds to a stock picker's market. That's going to provide very good opportunities for those that are focused on given areas.

Don Perata

I think that we don't want to let this thing hang out there forever, but I don't want to be driven by a date.

Bob Thompson

I watch a lot of sports, and so far that's been what's driven the big-screen phenomenon. It's a status symbol; a lot of people get a lot of pleasure being able to show off this enormous piece of hardware.

Abu Mohammed

The minibus had just driven out of the garage when something exploded.

Shahab Jalinoos

It's not going to be an easy ride. Other currencies are driven by a range of factors but this one is driven by officials. It's like a poker game.

Michael Pond

The big part of the move today is driven by the view that the Fed will likely go more than what the market had thought.

John Woo

He will be spending the holidays with the troops.

Richard Baxter

Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.

Winston Churchill

Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.

Richard Migliore

It has been kind of wearing on me. I got through the holidays OK but then it was like, 'OK, I want to get back to work.' Sure, it's frustrating but I have been through this before.

Gary Crane

Christina stepped up for us. She has been playing well throughout the holidays and has improved for us.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart.

O. Henry

A holiday in a new dress—can earth offer anything more enchanting?

Nichelle Nichols

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

Ronald Reagan

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Wolfgang Schauble

It is clear to us that we will have to become more involved in our neighboring regions so that the migration pressures aren't so high there. Of course the budget negotiations will be difficult, as they always are.

Steven Starr

It is a new frontier. The migration of video onto the network is upon us, and the rules of that migration are being worked out as we speak.

Keira Knightley

I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.

Kofi Annan

Guatemala is going through the most promising period of its recent history,

Rick Vernon

Going back to the '60's, we're one of the only schools that plays them year in and year out. When you play somebody for that period of time you're going to have that rivalry.

Ariel Sharon

I thought we could reach a period of respite before a cease-fire, ... But this is a war situation we are experiencing now and negotiations for a cease-fire will take place under fire.

Edmund Phelps

I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.

Gwen Stefani

I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it'sa snapshot of (a) time period of my life, and ... that's the song that kind of took us around the world.

Richard Pennington

He eluded us for a long period of time,

Travis Barker

I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation.

Dave Allison

In the third period we were a totally different team, but we can't wait on our effort.

David Robertson

The more volume you run over a network, the better your pricing will be.

David Kerr

A lot of sellers are still pricing to the higher-end and their properties are still sitting there, and they're not considering realistic offers.

Stephany Sofos

It's all about convenience and pricing and Wal-Mart understands that better than everyone else -- that's why they are the No. 1 retailer in the world.

Ray Waddell

Promoters are providing more value. Rather than discounting, they're trying to get the pricing right.

Keith Lichtman

The pricing was unbelievable, just when you think there is no such thing as a steal in New York.

James Murdoch

We don't rule out any pricing or promotional initiatives.

Paul Ballew

When we said value pricing, we said we'd still be competitive in terms of pricing and still run tactical programs.

Pat Brown

I think it's gorgeous. I think I'll be shopping here a lot.

Zoe Lister-Jones

As consumers, we can buy organic and non-GMO verified products, so look out for those labels when shopping!

Zoe Lister-Jones

I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.

Julia Roberts

Show me a mall, and I'm happy.

Arabella Weir

When not eating, I like shopping; although I'm afraid I've become a bit of a cliche.

Joshua Harris

Dating now is a lot like going shopping when you don't have any money. Even if you find the right thing, you can't do anything about it.

Lacey Chabert

I like shopping, and I like to drive.

Cat Deeley

I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.

Agnes Repplier

Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.

Steve Struss

For me, personally, it was the volume of evidence.

William Ellery Channing

Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.

William Harvey

Nature is a volume of which God is the author.

William Penn

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.

Johnny Thunders

The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all.

Industry Idris

It (the volume of subsidized fertilizer) will not change.

Grazia Deledda

I have also written some poems which have not been collected in a volume.

Jerry Brown

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Jason Simpson

With the US out today, volumes are pretty low.