Famous Quotes & Sayings

The adoption curve will be fast because it's not something that has to be explained, ... People get it pretty quickly.

The Adopt a Drain program is a great way for the average person to make a difference helping to stop pollutants that would otherwise poison the Indian River Lagoon.

Olli Rehn

The agreement ... paves the way for a smooth adoption of the negotiating framework and thus the opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey,

Olli Rehn

The agreement between the member states paves the way for a smooth adoption of the negotiating framework and thus the opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey on Oct. 3,

Tanner's rapid support of the PSP model demonstrates our ongoing commitment to adopting the latest technologies and enabling our customers to adopt leading-edge industry standards.

Strong market growth continued to be driven by lower prices and mobility in the third quarter. These factors sped up new PC adoption and replacement activities. Overall market growth exceeded expectations, with home demand for mobile being particularly strong.

Sun identified China as a major player in the world IT space years ago and made a concerted effort to introduce and encourage the adoption of Java technologies that is paying off in mindshare and use among Chinese wireless developers today.

Sun has seen overwhelming demand from customers scrambling to move away from proprietary operating systems, such as IBM AIX and HP-UX, to the most advanced operating system on the planet, Solaris 10. Partnering with some of the world's largest integrators to deliver this program will enable more customers to take advantage of the performance and cost savings available from adopting the most advanced OS on the planet.

It's in a temporary home. It will be adopted to a family whenever that group decides the time is appropriate.

It's clearly a strategy -- Trujillo has said from his first day in Australia that regulation is a prime focus, he's adopted a confrontational style and both he and the government are playing hardball,

Consumers are generally deterred when it comes to adopting the latest integrated mobile devices due to concerns of obsolescence. As integrated mobile devices become more complex, a significant time lag can persist before the trajectory of growth accelerates. But digital music, video, and web browsing wrapped in an iconic device, may help mobile device makers grab a greater share of an individual's disposable income previously allocated to other consumer electronics.

Congressional proposals that would roll back state laws are headed in the wrong direction. Our findings suggest that Congress should adopt the strongest state provisions and allow states to tailor other provisions to fit their individual needs.

The numbers today allay any concern that the Fed may adopt a more aggressive stance on interest rates. The employment gains we've seen of late remain modest by historical standards.

The numbers seem a bit aggressive, but you will see rapid adoption near term. Companies are dipping their toe in the water and waiting for the technology to mature.

Even with the adoption of this IAEA resolution, it is the belief of most of the members there that a diplomatic solution is the way out within the framework of the IAEA.

It's a little harder in June, because this is an especially back-end loaded quarter. But even so, $6.4 billion to $7 billion is a fairly wide range, and since they've been doing this mid-quarter update, they have adopted the practice of narrowing it down.

It's a heartbreaking situation for us in animal services and for everyone in our community because once they've been in this type of situation you can't take the chance of adopting them out.

It is too early to know what the Senate is likely to do. We think it is a serious mistake for any community to adopt a provision that would allow illegal immigrants to enter the country. It undermines respect for the law and has significant fiscal costs for taxpayers.

Foreign investors may not need to build up networks or provide services on their own. Instead, content developers and value-added services providers may have better revenue prospects if they work closely with broadband service providers who lead the adoption of FTTX in those markets.

Ford is a big part of the global warming problem, but they have failed to adopt more than token solutions.

It still remains to be seen whether you're going to get mass-market adoption to buy a song that costs twice as much as it does to buy it on a PC.

Pat Toomey

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations,

The content changes every year. But the concept is to provide employees an incentive for maintaining or adopting healthy habits,

Carl Pope

The costs and consequences of poorly planned development are becoming clear and common. This report proves that we can manage suburban sprawl by adopting and implementing smart growth solutions.

I met a lady there from Buffalo, Mo., and I shared about the mission trip we took to the Ukraine last year and how I had saw a little girl there who I wished I could take home with me, ... That's when she told me she knew a lady who worked for an adoption agency and how they bring these Russian kids over to stay with host families for a couple of weeks.

I hope they adopt the advisory maps as recommended. I think it's the right thing to do to protect the city.

They will probably be laggards. They want something mature and will be slower to adopt than the very high and very low end.

They've really adopted a team atmosphere. It's hard to do in golf because someone doesn't pass you the ball, but they're so close that they don't want to let each other down.

There was a real sense of solidarity among the neighboring states, a desire to see this work and send a signal to all the Afghan factions that they were no longer to receive assistance if they did not adopt this accord.

These phones deliver the same digital still camera experience as Cyber-shot. It is only now that we felt we could adopt the reputable Cyber-shot brand.

Roger Clemens

These people in greater Metropolitan Houston wanted him to play and recruited him, and it made a difference, ... And people seemed to totally and completely understand that he was doing it for the city and the community. And they've never forgotten that. So they adopted him, and he adopted them. And it hasn't hurt that he's performed remarkably for two years.

This is a valuable contribution to the Linux community that will help open-source developers benefit from Novell's research to create a better, more user-friendly desktop, ... Usability is a key requirement in order to drive the Linux desktop into the mainstream. This ... will help break down some of the barriers to mainstream Linux adoption on the desktop.

William Cowper

Once more I would adopt the graver style - a teacher should be sparing of his smile.