Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hassan Rouhani

As leaders, we need to rise above petty politics and lead, rather than follow, the various interests and pressure groups in our respective countries.

The fact that the Nasdaq breached 2000, an important psychological level, but managed to close above it several times now over the last week is a positive. But I think we're going to continue to see this consolidation for at least another week or so until more of the March economic reports start coming in.

The fact that the House is now talking about spending caps is certainly a step forward compared with what they were talking about last week. But the real question for us is always where does the money above and beyond the cap go?

The fact that the bonds are trading at just above 50 cents on the dollar suggests that bankruptcy is at least a 50-50 possibility.

The expected growth rate in energy is far above any other sector?if you take energy out of the overall universe of the companies we look at, you end up with a growth rate of about 8 percent.

We have a very, very young team with some good senior leaders. I thought coming into today that we could finish in the high forties, but we performed above what I thought we were capable of and that's a testament to the athletes on this team.

We haven't had a real good, above average year since 1999.

Bob Hill

We haven't had a power forward here since (Shawn) Kemp who can run and jump and play above the rim like he does.

We haven't gotten any nominations as of yet, but we are very excited for this year's Excellence Awards. We want to recognize people who have gone above and beyond.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the State. Above all, the citizens of a free nation should honor the brave and independent man - the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force.

Alice Walker

One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe.

Zedd

When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.

Victor Ponta

In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.

Beck

To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.

The quality of Apple's advertising is consistently above average. And more often than not, it's world class.

Jim Johnson

Those are very good flow numbers ... well above what we were expecting.

Those guys are really fighting to get down there to make great plays, ... I thought my hang time has been a lot better - sometimes in the 4.8s and 4.9s. Any time above 4.4 or 4.5 is probably going to be fair caught just because you give them more time to run down there.

Derrick Mason

Titans, it was nice, ... But this is a step above that.

Unicom at HK$16 is probably offering reasonable value. Above that it was too expensive.

Unicom at HK$16 is probably offering reasonable value, ... Above that it was too expensive.

Unfortunately with the long range forecast, we're looking at above normal temperatures like this all the way until the next 12 months. We're looking at below normal precipitation in the next few months, basically the recipe is there that we can have a long fire season ahead of us.

Unfortunately, that's above and beyond our control. Every attempt is made, but until we can verify information, we can't clear it.

Jason Snelling

Unfortunately, our tests suggest that the remarkable results of Apple's published tests aren't reflected in most of the real-world applications we tested. Based on our initial tests, the new Core-Duo-based iMac seems to be 10-20 per cent percent faster than its predecessor when it comes to native applications, with some select tasks showing improvement above and beyond that.

Well, maybe it's not quite that much of a fairy tale, but the breakthrough and clear close above the 11,000 mark for the Dow does help to remove one of the more meaningful technical barriers that the market has been dealing with for the past three months.

We'll make our own review and compare his blood levels against other tests conducted throughout the season. Our internal tests revealed his blood counts were above his limits allowed in his contract. He's not fired for now, but he's been told to take a rest until we can conduct our review.

Patrick Wilson

You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'

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Make them pitch into his strike zone. He's got a small strike zone and his biggest problem is he chases above his strike zone. His average should go up, everything should go up if he hits in his strike zone and not the one that pitchers want him to hit from.

Hubert Humphrey

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation -- emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination... from poverty.

James Lind

Let it them be put into any clean oven vessel of china or stoneware which should be wider at the top than at the bottom. so that there may be the largest surface above to favor the evaporation.

Lending practices have become so aggressive that many people are qualifying for mortgages above and beyond the old guidelines. I think the total house expense shouldn't exceed 28% of net income, and the mortgage plus other debt such as a student and car loan shouldn't be more than 36% of gross income.

Kathryn Hulme

Lourdes was a bonfire thousands of candles and burning cries and a week of rising suns over an esplanade where stretcher cases lay side by side, end to end, waiting for a priest to come with a monstrance that gathered sun to its gold and blazed in the sign of the cross above the stretchers.

John W. Gardner

Leaders can express the values that hold the society together. Most important, they can conceive and articulate goals that life people out of their petty preoccupations, carry them above the conflicts that tear a society apart, and unite them in the pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.