Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Shays

It comes across as Pontius Pilate washing his hands.

It certainly surprises people that the governor and his wife and others would use that kind of language. It doesn't help him with Republican voters. He comes across as just another New York politician who doesn't share their values.

It comes from the trenches we put across the faults to look at the time of past earthquakes. It comes from satellite-based measurements ... that tell us how fast the plates are moving.

this wasn't anything from the government, these are churches across the U.S. that had heard about us came down, and gave us things.

We expect to see strong fourth-quarter performance across all of our businesses except America Online,

We expect to see a slowdown in house price inflation across the course of this year to virtual stagnation through the course of the second half of this year.

What more can I say that hasn't already been said. They are the hottest team in the league and are extremely talented and huge across the front line. They're good.

There is a huge interest in antique automobiles everywhere across the country, ... This is the only major antique automobile museum between Little Rock, Ark., and Dallas, Texas, and believe me we will get plenty of travelers and tourists stopping in Texarkana just to tour our museum.

The purpose of this demonstration is two-fold ... First, we want to provide a solution to travel demands connecting the two sides of our city that will reduce automobile traffic across our bridges. Secondly, we want to prove that such a solution can operate on electric, hybrid-electric, or even hydrogen fuel.

The purpose (of the rally) is to put across the mainstream Islamic viewpoint.

The purpose is to reduce the chance that somebody would be tempted to take an illegal or ill-advised shortcut across the railroad tracks.

We talked about the wind before the game. We told the girls that it would push balls across the net and we had to be ready for that from the far side. Kelsey did a great job in the net dealing with the wind.

We try to look at the games we are playing. Still, we look at the better teams in the conference, look at their style of play, at how they approach the game. We will come across everyone sooner or later. But conference is a time that is really fun. It's a little crazy. The scouting reports are so good. Everyone knows everything about everyone else. We know their plays, they know ours. But conference play is also fun, a lot of competition. It's what you live for, the competition. Go onto somebody else's court, come away with a victory. It's all fun.

Stephen Farrell

We're of course dazzled by his intelligence. This is a guy who we hired as a math teacher who is brilliant with words and crossword puzzles. For a school like Choate, it's great to see someone range across disciplines with the quality of mind that he has.

Vince Young

When Huff comes to tackle you, he'll put his forearm across your neck and you'll know you been hit.

When his name first came across my ear, I said without hesitation that I'd love to have Stevie Ray Lloyd. He's a very dedicated, tough, committed football player who loves the game and is going to help us do what we need to get done on defense.

When he retired, his plan was to begin traveling the world and playing at all the great old courses across the planet. That was his goal.

What I see across the country is that these incentives are working and that they almost immediately increase the number of productions and the spending that that brings on the ground. All of these regions are pushing to get incentives through because they see the value of the economic impact that a film production brings to a community.

What is clear is that the damage caused by ever more severe and frequent weather events...ripples across the economy to the eventual detriment of shareholders.

Johnny Depp

...What I like does tend to be left-field. I feel somehow much more comfortable playing it. I relate more easily than I do when I run across straight roles. I hate the obvious stuff, I just don't respond to it.

We're not going to tell you what it is because I think that is a disadvantage for us. But there are some very good players out there across the board, and we've always been very strategic in approach, so we'll continue to do that.

Janet Reno

We've got to look at the programs that are working across the nation to prevent crime -- mentoring programs, dispute resolution programs that teach children how to resolve conflicts without knives and guns and fists, and truancy prevention programs that get them back into school and keep them out of trouble,

West Virginia has long been a hotbed for NASCAR. It is certainly one of the top states in the country in terms of fan support. The ONMC is all about bringing NASCAR to the cities and towns across America. NASCAR fans all across America are gravitating toward the local chapters and the Charleston chapter has been a leader in this area.

Dean Karnazes

When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.

We are getting across who the creatures are without covering their faces. And one of our students, Lisa Stevens, of Greensburg, made some beautiful drawings of ideas for the cloud men. That's what this student company is about -- that there is this great collaboration of young people.

We are gearing up to do a massive recruitment and deployment. We are doing some pre-deployment across the nation. Locally we have 11 people on standby and we currently have 12 people already in the South working on hurricane Katrina.

We are fortunate to have someone in this role with Jim's unique credentials across both the communications and new media spaces. The mandate of our group is to maximize the opportunities for cross promotion across multiple platforms and distribution windows, as well as across our own business units. And, as a new business unit, it's crucial that we effectively and strategically communicate our messages to the press, our clients, consumers, retailers and adjacent industries. We'll look to Jim to lead our efforts in both of these important areas.

We are forecasting that actual capital expenditure growth will likely come in at or below 10 percent. Therefore, we are cutting numbers for 2001 across the board.

We are facing not just a challenging business environment, but a rapidly changing one. Major metros across the country are experiencing difficult advertising conditions this year. We certainly are no exception.

We are extremely grateful for this opportunity. With the great Super Heroes and characters of Marvel combined with our product innovation and passion, we will create winning product across all these exciting categories.

Kelly Price

It's hard to come across someone who can look past an artist who is larger and just see them for the talent they are and have them be willing to invest what's necessary to make them a star.

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors.

Melissa George

Huge party, from the day we started until we wrapped in Minneapolis. We'd all go to coffee in the morning and we became best friends. We were so excited to be in an all-girl film. was one big shopping spree. They put us in this hotel across from a shopping mall, and we were often late for work!