Famous Quotes & Sayings

It seems that families today have more activities to do. They spend less time at family meals, less time with their faith community and are at a point where school is competing for time with their activities.

It's a chance to show our recreational activities in winter because a lot of people stay around home.

Heinrich Rohrer

In all the years with IBM Research, I have especially appreciated the freedom to pursue the activities I found interesting and greatly enjoyed the stimulus, collegial cooperation, frankness, and intellectual generosity of two scientific communities, namely in superconductivity and critical phenomena.

We're making the best use of the space we have. We're able to adjust the programs and activities to meet needs.

What they've said to the court is that the industry's illegal activities are continuing to this day. And that's the most important thing because that's what they have to prove to win this case.

We're going to have to re-look at how we do things and what we can do in the future if we face this situation again to keep our activities going.

Barack Obama

In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

Dana Rohrabacher

Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.

Unlike other heart rate monitors , the Power Glove can easily be slipped on and worn during workouts or daily activities because it does not require a chest strap. This is a great option any time because it is discreet and simple -- and the Power Glove remembers and displays data between uses.

Mariella Frostrup

Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority.

There are many shaded spots here, and people who come will have a place to relax. But many come here because there are several activities they can do --- jog, do aerobics, study, rehearse for school presentations...

Franz Boas

This idea was also brought out very clearly by Wallace, who emphasized that apparently reasonable activities of man might very well have developed without an actual application of reasoning.

We built a robust mission control system, but of course we did not have to extend this to include mission scheduling, data transfer or other routine phase activities as these will all be handled by EUMETSAT after handover.

Jacques Rogge

We owe it to ourselves and our event to ensure that such activities are contained within the appropriate framework and do not have an adverse impact on our values or undermine the credibility of the competition.

Seth Green

All of my activities are so pedestrian. The extreme sport I play is ping pong. And we play it hard. If any of you suckers want to step up to the table, be ready.

Ruth Rendell

In judging other people's work, particularly short stories, I have noticed how novice writers tell the readers everything about their characters in the first paragraphs, disclose their motives, reveal their recent activities and their future intentions.

But I want to make it quite clear that Japan will not cancel its research, whatever dangerous activities or interference may occur.

Galen Rowell

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.

Alex Ferguson

The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the students, faculty and friends of the Harvard Business School community.

There is reason to feel optimistic about many of the trends in risk behavior among our young people. However, we have much left to do. Too many of our children are still engaging in activities that put them at risk for health problems now and into adulthood.

There is plenty of work to go around. One key to success is that intelligence activities in a given country be coordinated, a process in which the (CIA) chief of station plays a crucial role.

Ian Fleming

To celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth in 2008 we are looking at a wide range of different activities and one of those is a new adult Bond novel ... We are still in the planning stages, but at the moment the idea would be to have it done by an established author - potentially a big name.

When you have meetings on a Monday, it does encroach on long weekends. Especially if you have weekend activities planned.

When you have a set of policies that are being pursued by a president, then that person leaves, you don't want those activities to stop.

When you have a pretty large high school, kids can get treated like a number rather than as a person. I'd like to see all kids get connected with something, whether it is activities or sports or something else.

John Sherman

There have been rumors of irregularities, serious problems with the activities of the Board of Assessors, ... I'm hoping they will get to the bottom of this.

Shawn Ryan

We've certainly discussed different kinds of departures on this show and on 'The Unit' as well because that's a team that engages in very dangerous activities. It probably would be unrealistic to have a huge number of activities where somebody didn't get killed or very badly wounded. But I've never wanted to do something like this to be edgy, or prove how different we can be. There are shows that do that, and I am never impressed with that. And I think, in the end, the fans see right through it.

Those activities that are in danger must undergo a tough fitness program.

This transaction is a positive step for both companies. The transfer of businesses to GE advances Lockheed Martin's ongoing portfolio-shaping activities and accomplishes a significant reduction in outstanding common shares, thereby enhancing shareholder value.

Andy Roddick

Though I have continued to practice, train and play, the lower back spasms continue, ... After being evaluated by medical staff upon my return to the United States, it is now clear that I am not able to resume tennis activities for 10-14 days.

We don't want to disrupt anything that's student-based. We won't be asking people to not participate in extracurricular activities that benefit students, ... We want to continue to work and provide the best service we know how, and we're not going to harm our students at all, but there are other means of protest.

We don't want to change the student-teacher ratio or cut extra activities for kids. I think they're very important and can be as important as academics.

We will further increase the transparency of the CPC's diplomatic activities and open up a window for people in the rest of the world to better understand China and the CPC through the party's external exchanges.