Famous Quotes & Sayings

If we do not qualify for the quarter-finals of the cup, we will not have achieved anything with this result.

If we judge that inflationary pressures are restrained and the economy can achieve balanced growth, we can keep interest rates at very low levels.

Edward Kennedy

We need more than photo-ops and spin control to win this war. We need an effective plan to achieve our goals in Iraq and protect our troops. The president once again offered neither. He needs to realize what most Americans now understand -- that staying the course is not an option.

We now have reported four consecutive quarters of gross margin improvement and achieved a significant milestone in reporting GAAP profitability for the fiscal third quarter.

We not only track their progress and help them achieve their goal, we help them to feel connected to the community. The YMCA has an interest in the mind and body. We try to put together fun things that they can do and enjoy and help them reach attainable goals.

Monte Kiffin

We never mentioned the ranking all year long. Sixteen weeks, I never even tell the defense. They may read the paper but we don't even talk about where we're ranked because the most important thing is winning. At the end of the year it is an accomplishment. They should be proud of it.

David Bailey

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

Tommy Amaker

I think for the road we've traveled this is a significant achievement for our kids. The way we've been able to get to this moment has been to stay focused and take things as they come. Hopefully they will feel honored and deserving and keep it in perspective.

I think for Chris to get within 0.6 of a second of pole is a great achievement, given what we have gone through this weekend so far. His position doesn't quite reflect what might have been as he had to deal with traffic on his fastest lap. Unfortunately, in race trim the gap between us and the faster runners - in terms of consistency - will be greater than it was in qualifying. This is down to a number of reasons that the team can't fix here at the track.

Peter Murphy

Lodi needs to rebuild its electric system's financial reserves to ensure system stability during volatile periods in the power market, which it expects to do steadily over a long time horizon by increasing annual net surpluses and fixed charge coverage. If the city achieves its financial plan while at the same time reducing operational risks going forward, the outlook will be revised to stable. Should the city fail to rebuild reserves or increase coverage of fixed charges, or should it experience any other unexpected adverse developments of a financial nature, the rating will be lowered.

Mark Cuban is candid, animated and incredibly accomplished, having achieved extraordinary success at a young age in the worlds of business and sports.

Marking 100 years in business is an incredible milestone; it is certainly an achievement of which everyone in the Coldwell Banker system can be very proud. It is truly satisfying to know that for all these years, Coldwell Banker professionals have been helping families buy and sell homes, and establishing a foundation for security, stability and growth. We like to think we have been helping them achieve the American dream, and hope for another hundred years of similar success.

Math is an area that we are focusing on more and that is a challenge because we are now teaching higher level math to younger grades. Next year will be a better reflection of the results that we will achieve through new math programs we put in place this year.

Math achievement is going up in the United States in the long term, ... It is not, however, where kids in the United States ought to be.

We want to provide a forum for people working within city and county governments to see what's new in the sustainable movement, and give them tools to achieve their goals of building sustainable projects in their own communities. We'll also have case studies and dialogue sessions where private developers can talk to local government officials about their concerns.

Mohammed Dahlan

We want to protect what we achieved at Camp David, we don't want to waste those discussions.

We have seen a huge gain in our (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) scores just because of these kids who have role models and good behaviors skills. Overall the students have helped the whole building.

We know we're not going to achieve real safe communities until we start to invest more money in the early childhood years of the children we're dealing with,

We were nervous and it showed in the way we failed to put our passes together. It's still in our hands and I am confident we shall achieve our goal.

Walter Mondale

We were marginalized in the public eye as a presidential party. What Clinton did is an enormous accomplishment. I myself even wondered if we'd do it again.

Tomas Vokoun

We were able to get four points in two games against the Red Wings on the road, and historically that's never been the case. We definitely want some respect and I think we've achieved that. If you want to be respected as a good team, then you have to beat the good teams.

People are desperate to achieve some incremental revenues from resources not used efficiently. One way is to sell dead legs.

Ron Dennis

Pedro's problem finished his run prematurely, but this will not hamper our programme for the weekend, ... Other than that, it was a successful Friday practice where we ran through our programme and achieved the results, in terms of speed and consistency, that we had expected going into this weekend.

It had been a difficult year, but to get 20 wins was a big accomplishment. There were many times this season when we could have thrown in the towel, but we never did that. I couldn't be more proud.

Rachel Tucker

It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished 'The Road', I started it straight away and didn't put it down until I finished - it was such an achievement and relief to know that I could read, comprehend and, most importantly, enjoy a book!

Increased physical activity during the school day can help children's attention, classroom behavior, and achievement test scores. Meanwhile, the decline of play is closely linked to ADHD; behavioral problems; and stunted social, cognitive, and creative development.

Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.

Christopher Alexander

We define organic order as the kind of order that is achieved when there is a perfect balance between the needs of the parts, and the needs of the whole.

Henry Petroski

Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.

Alfred North Whitehead

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.

Dmitri Mendeleev

I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.

Orison Swett Marden

Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough.