Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Matthew Adams

Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its different parts must be adjusted properly. No machine has ever approached the human machine. When it is right, it is in health.

Craig James

The recovery in consumer spending is in its infancy. Retail growth in real terms has been the weakest in 12 years and is just picking itself up from the bottom. The car market is still weak, with seasonally adjusted sales falling 2 per cent in March after a 2 per cent fall in February.

Tubby Smith

We had to get off to a good start in the second half. We adjusted at the half to get the ball to Patrick more.

There comes a point where you have to look at areas that are vulnerable, and rates have to be adjusted accordingly.

When changing the current 'quantitative monetary easing' in the future, current reserves will be reduced to levels required by the market, but interest rates will stay at a very low level before they are adjusted in tandem with economic fundamentals.

Gail Collins

The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In the 1970s, as women began to take more jobs, society was reeling.

We considered this trend to be unsustainable because so many households were already priced out of the Bay Area market and the prospects for the local economy were not good, so we adjusted the forecast to 7.5 percent.

Bob McAdoo

We have generally not tried to forecast fuel price changes. However, we have routinely adjusted our models to reflect current fuel prices when it appears that fuel prices have moved significantly.

We would not jump to any conclusions based on these numbers, particularly as the weekly jobless claims figures, adjusted for hurricane effects, point to considerably stronger job growth than reported.

We would expect the seasonally adjusted total to decline in the coming months, but there is not likely to be any major turnaround because companies are still restructuring and the structural problems on the labor market are still there.

To get in there and get it done faster seems to be a better option. It gets a little dicey as far as planning things like the pre-game meal and getting all the equipment and stuff ready to haul but I really think it will be a good thing once everyone gets adjusted to it.

This year boat sales are much better. Last year, they were saying gasoline would be $5 a gallon by summer. It's leveled out around $2 in this area and a lot of people have now adjusted to that. We're seeing more young couples with kids who are interested in buying.

He adjusted a play tonight so that he could get a catch. It's a situation, because of our lineup, that we never, ever do. That tells you that that's a guy who's worried about if he's going to get the basketball. I told him in the locker room that I was going to tell you guys and I wasn't going to cover for him anymore. If he doesn't grow in that area, we're going to have a hard time being as good as we can be.

People have adjusted faster than we expected to the way they use credit. This could be a signal that Christmas sales may be weaker than expected.

Offensively we were more patient. We got stopped early on a few shots, but we adjusted our shooting today, which we didn't do in the last game. Defensively, communication was very good. Even with only two days to prepare, our defense did a good job of recognizing some of their plays and getting there before they did or getting there before the ball did.

Adjusted for positive effects from the treatment of pension obligations, BMW's fourth-quarter automotive margin of 6.6 percent was slightly better than expected.

Once we got the lead River Valley adjusted and played pretty even with us until we hit another spurt in the third quarter.

Jeff Johnson

Once we adjusted to the pace of the game and saw how the officials were calling the game, we were fine. We need to adjust quicker. We showed pride, though. We battled all the way to the end.

I've adjusted pretty well to the hurdles. I've been practicing every day to get better. I really just wanted to give my best effort and fulfill all the expectations and what people have been saying about me.

Lee Womack

I've adjusted my material a little bit to fit in with what Toby has going. We are having a blast. It's working great.

That 1.6 yards (per carry), that's pitiful, ... We need to get better in the offensive front. I don't think we were in tune with our backs, and I don't think we adjusted to what (the Rams) were doing.

Teams have been using this style the past few weeks on us. We have worked on it but didn't react well on this one, but we adjusted all right after the first one.

Sacrifices by our employees, strong revenue performance and the benefit of our fuel hedging program enabled us to be one of only a couple of major airlines that posted a significant adjusted profit for 2005.

Practice was just about us. We didn't really focus on anything else. We kept it light today and did some shooting and running. We adjusted some things that we needed to work on.

Randall Jarrell

President Robbins was so well adjusted to his environment that sometimes you could not tell which was the environment and which was President Robbins.

It was a huge blow not having Fabian in the scoring, but his health is more important than results. He has adjusted his medications and should be ready for tomorrow. I feel the men are skiing super consistent, finishing only seconds behind each other. Only having three skiers makes it difficult and really affects our team scores, but we are going to continue to ski strong.

A win's a win. You can't complain. The wind was up and down and whoever adjusted to it the best would win. We did well adjusting to playing against the wind in the second half.

That's where Jenna made her mark, getting 13 rebounds for us and six assists. She's just really adjusted her game this year. She is probably our most improved player. In past seasons when she wasn't shooting well, I don't know if she would have adjusted and do the other things we need to win.

That's what you live for. For a player to make a bunch of putts with a flat stick you got him or get up-and-down with a wedge you adjusted to win the tournament. When that happens you're part of that. You helped make it happen. And when they're holding that crystal, you feel as if you're standing right there with them.

They've adjusted real well. I was an assistant for the last two years, I know some guys. I've put in new philosophies and a new coaching style, but I think things have gone pretty good.

All of our guys adjusted well to getting outside and enjoying the conditions.

There's a chance that we could wrestle six matches over the weekend. And we could wrestle four times on Friday. But we're excited about it. The kids have bounced back from the (Penn-Trafford) loss. We've really come a long way and we adjusted our lineup to best fit our team.

Plaxico Burress

This is the playoffs, the game changes a little bit, things get a little more difficult. He hasn't experienced a playoff game yet, but I'm sure when he gets in there for the first couple of series, he'll settle down and he'll get adjusted just fine.