Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oscar Wilde

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

If they add too little, people don't find it compelling, and if they change too much, businesses can't absorb (the new software), even if they do get it out the door. This is the 'damned if you do, and damned if you don't' situation that Microsoft finds itself in.

I had to explain what wetlands are, ... We call them swamps. But wetlands are natural sponges, and we need them to absorb water, to filter pollutants.

It's hard to blame an employer for not wanting to absorb higher medical insurance costs. Why should I pay for your bad habit?

Steve Burns

It was a good game. I admitted to the guys that I thought, unfortunately, we came out with the wrong tactical plan. We tried to sit up on the ball and absorb their pressure. That was where St. Louis had an advantage. It wasn't the right thing to do, especially on the road in front of a big crowd.

Dusty Baker

It was frightening at first because you heard that loud sound. They've got a new-style helmet now. I hope it works. It has a little less padding and more holes, I guess to absorb the shock. We got its first test today.

It's like when cigarette prices went way up, ... They absorb it and go on. After some time, the price becomes accepted.

It just enables the counties not to absorb the mid-year budget hit that they had not anticipated.

In the frontal test, the driver's side of the vehicle needs to absorb the energy of the crash and keep the occupant compartment intact, ... The Freestyle's performance is what we like to see. A driver in a real-world crash of this severity would be likely to sustain only minor injuries. The Freestyle is a good performer and a 'best pick' in the frontal test.

If the market can absorb such a weight of selling, then just imagine what will happen if the funds begin to reinstate long positions.

Yotam Ottolenghi

I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.

But high school is a better age to absorb what's going on there.

Hopefully it gave them some time to absorb everything.

David Grisman

I love playing all kinds of music, ... And the way to learn that music is with the musicians who invented that style. It's hard to write a style--you need to absorb it.

I just listen to what people say, absorb it and then regurgitate it later. I'm very nosy, I think.

He's still got it and I think the biggest thing is I just try to absorb as much knowledge as I can from him.

The insurance market shrugged off the record hurricane losses of 2004, but the combined impact of Katrina, Rita and Wilma was clearly more than the market was ready to absorb in 2005. So far it seems only property insurance has been affected, but it remains to be seen if the rise in property rates will be the catalyst for an overall upturn in prices and a harder market.

The only way she can get it in her system is injection because her digestive track is all screwy. She can't absorb it in pill form or food.

A dark-colored home absorbs as much as 90 percent of the solar radiation that strikes it, and even white walls can absorb solar radiation. By reflecting this infrared radiation rather than absorbing it, the Cool Wall coatings dramatically reduce the load on a home's air-conditioning system. And because they are reflective, they are less prone to fading even dark colors stay darker longer than conventional paint technologies.

Billy Beane

Some teams can absorb another guy's contract to get a great player, and we can't do that. It's a huge advantage when you can do stuff like that. Every year I'm asked if we're buyers or sellers, and every year we're both. Just once, it would be nice to buy without selling.

How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.

Bonds are looking at equities. The equity market has stabilized after yesterday's tumble and the auction lends a negative backdrop because the market has to absorb more supply.

Boston Scientific needs the workers that are here. They don't have the workers to run this company on their own. J&J was a large company. They could absorb and lay off many of the people if they wanted to.

This approach makes a complicated topic more accessible to a broader audience. Readers will enjoy reading an intriguing mystery that enables them to absorb complex ideas. They can readily apply these ideas to their decision-making every day.

They should be able to absorb more punishment if fuel prices go up. If you can eliminate a couple billion of dollars in liabilities, it certainly gives you a leg up on those who haven't done that.

William Faulkner

Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window.

Jared Bernstein

You need to create ever more jobs in order to absorb increases in the labor force as well as productivity gains.

Jacqueline Bisset

You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.

For the people who experience it, it's a tragedy, but for the country as a whole, we can absorb it.

The market may not be able to overlook Intel's warning, but the fact that it's able to absorb the negative news without a steep price decline is a positive signal.

The market is not going to be able to absorb these sorts of increases. We've got to look at ways and means of reducing costs.

The market is just too thin and our energy markets will absorb the fluctuation in supplies and prices due to catastrophic occurrences such as Hurricane Katrina,

Henry King

The El Paso hotel market did very good. El Paso hotels in general made money last year. I think we're going to see a decline in occupancy (this year) because we can only absorb about 200 rooms a year without decreasing occupancy, and it looks like there will be more than 200 rooms coming on line this year.