Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Sullivan

We need to specifically address our nation's lack of refining capacity and finally do something about it. Hurricane Katrina has further underscored the fact that our refining capacity is inadequate.

O. Henry

We need to remind citizens that rabies is always present, especially in raccoons. Raccoons know when it is trash night in every neighborhood. They adapt to the environment. They have become real adept at looking for food, including foraging for pet food. That's where attacks can happen.

The government's decision to build 3,000 additional housing units in Ariel is an expression of our desire to strengthen the settlement blocs.

Michel Houellebecq

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

The defense was excellent. They weren't getting any good shots on goal. The offense was real patient and took what they give us. We played ball control. When it opened up we took advantage of it.

Alan Bennett

I always like to break out and address the audience. In 'The History Boys', for instance, without any ado, the boys will suddenly turn and talk to the audience and then go back into the action. I find it more adventurous doing it in prose than on the stage, but I like being able to make the reader suddenly sit up.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I'm overwhelmed by the pain in the world; I'm affected by the news very much, and adding that to my work was becoming a little bit too much.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

We didn't feel there was adequate consideration of cost.

We believe SmartBargains is poised for tremendous growth. The additional funding will help to introduce SmartBargains to millions of new value-conscious customers.

We believe our positioning in Gartner's MSSP Magic Quadrant highlights the satisfaction of our customers and the positive industry perception of our services. During the second half of 2005, we made multiple advancements in the MSSP market, including our new Vulnerability Management Service and the extension of support and management to additional third-party security products. We feel Gartner's recognition confirms that these enhancements are meeting the needs of our customers.

We believe our market leadership in the SIEM market is due to the differences in our Enterprise Security Management software's architecture as compared to competitors. Our architecture includes advanced data collection capabilities, as well as broad device support and vendor neutrality. This enables us to scale to meet the needs of the largest enterprises and most demanding government agencies.

We are starting to go ahead and recall people that were lade off during the transition of our company. We are bringing some folks back as early as this Monday. We are looking at bringing back an additional 30 to 40 folks in the next two to three weeks.

Bill Callahan

We are spending an inordinate amount of time on special teams this year, ... We've put special teams in the middle of practice. We have an additional 10-minute period at the end of practice with an additional specialists period.

Susan Hayward

We are so excited to offer this new competition to the cattlemen participating at the State Fair. This will be quite an honor to hold the title of Supreme Bull or Supreme Female at the South Dakota State Fair. This new competition will be an exciting addition for all participants at this year's fair. Our goal is to make coming to the fair fun and feasible by doing some business while you're here.

Robin Williams

We are so excited about adding additional incentives to the program. It gives them a fun reason to exercise and learn about geography as well.

Peter Hayes

We are signatories to ILO conventions, and we don't think we have done anything in contravention of the agreements. We will answer the complaint point by point. This is not the proper way to address the problem, and we would have preferred to have face-to-face discussions.

We believe it is premature for the county Legislature to adopt any resolution regarding the proposed resort until new members of the legislative body are able to get up to speed on its history. At that point, we would gladly present our plan and discuss alternatives that are economically feasible while also addressing the concerns the legislature might have.

TSMC is ahead in terms of technology and know-how. For the higher-quality and more technologically advanced chips, not all foundries can do that.

George Vecsey

To this day, while maintaining a healthy respect for the Giants and Jets and other teams I cover, I admit to checking the results every Monday to see how the Bears did.

Mark Anderson

To the degree that Microsoft wants to grow up into advanced server operations, that would be a pretty smart place to play.

to the Bride and Groom There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Larry Fitzgerald

True to his word he did resist. ... It took about 30 seconds to remove him from the cell and maybe an additional 60 seconds to strap him to the gurney.

To rectify the problem, the police chief or commission gave them 10 additional days off per year, known as floater days.

To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.

Bryce Dallas Howard

I've admired Anthony Hopkins for so long, and when I finally got to meet him in person, I became totally immobile and speechless! I stood there looking at him and couldn't say a word.

Bill Plympton

I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. 'Tangled,' was great. I loved 'How to Train Your Dragon,' the Dreamworks film. But it's not for me. I don't want to make a film for families; I want to make adult films.

In the spring of 1984, I was crushed not to make my Little League All-Star team. I will not go into too much detail, but imagine all your best friends were invited to a one-month party, and you weren't. You could watch it from afar but never get past the fence line. It was an early and abrupt welcome to adolescent loneliness.

My dad doesn't like to admit it, but he's the ultimate stage dad. He likes to see himself as my manager even though he's not. I tell him to calm down at least twice a week. The day of the Tony nominations, I honestly thought he was having a heart attack.

Bruce Cameron

When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.

Bharati Mukherjee

As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.

Iris Chang

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.

Imre Kertesz

A good autobiography is like a document: a mirror of the age on which people can 'depend.' In a novel, by contrast, it's not the facts that matter, but precisely what you add to the facts.