Famous Quotes & Sayings

We want to stay ahead of the competitive curve.

Way before it was popular, he said that I could go far in this business. He kept saying I'd be president and then I said I'd be state president. He encouraged me, and I never thought that I, a little boy from Brooklyn, New York, could do those things. Mel was always ahead of the curve.

Lawrence Summers

The ongoing task of debt management for the federal government will clearly be very different in the years ahead than it has been in the past, when debt was rapidly increasing, ... With $3.6 trillion in debt outstanding, even a 3 basis point (0.03 percentage point) reduction in federal borrowing costs will ultimately produce savings of more than $1 billion per year.

Marv Levy

We appreciate his efforts and wish him well in what lies ahead in his career.

We are seeing conditions that are similar to what we saw in 2002, the counts of cases that we're having now are ahead of what we had in 2002, least in the city.

We are pretty much considered the underdogs here but I have a lot of confidence in the young women that are here and we are really looking ahead to a good match.

We are ahead of where I thought we would be by two points. Florida State has a lot of great bullets and Texas and LSU, but we are on line to do what we are capable of doing.

We are ahead of the curve on this.

We are ahead of schedule on the return to profits plan we announced on May 5.

We are ahead of schedule for Sunday's deadline, and by midnight Sunday, (all) Yugoslav forces will be gone,

We are ahead of our gross margin goals and we are continuing in the same direction.

West played really well. But I think we got a little ahead of ourselves, too . . . I hope it was an eye-opener.

LaVar Arrington

We still play Dallas here, but the biggest thing we have to do is take it week to week and not get too far ahead of ourselves,

We're incredibly young, and it's a lesson that we have to learn, but at this point, we have to get ready for the next game. So, the biggest thing we have to sort out is learning to play ahead instead of behind. We're not there yet, but we are on our way.

We're in an environment where share prices are trading ahead of valuations.

Arthur Clough

Where lies the land, to which the ship would go? Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know. And where the land she travels from? Away, far far behind, is all that they can say.

Helen Sharman

I lived at Star City for more than a year ahead of my trip to Mir on May 18, 1991 in Soyuz TM-12. My life at Star City was so remote that learning Russian became my greatest priority.

Jeremy Bryan

We want to score points first, to be ahead in the first two rounds. And then that's when you go in the last two rounds, digging in there, trying to finish him off. That's our plan. We'll see if it works in Colorado.

We want to progress the pipeline, China wants to progress the pipeline but they are a bit concerned about reserves, ... Also we are yet to finalize equity interest in the project. That is key if we are to go ahead with financing.

Tom Brady

We have as much to gain this year as every team out there. We feel like a team that is 0-0 and we have our goals ahead of us just like everybody else.

We have some detailed and painstaking work ahead of us in what are not the best weather conditions.

Laura Bush

What the terrorists have done has caused us to take an assessment of what's important, ... I have been concerned for too long about a culture that says if it feels good just go ahead and do it. I believe that this nation is strong enough, and focused enough, and dedicated enough to usher in a culture that says each of us is responsible for the decisions we make in life.

Helen Rowland

When you see a married couple coming down the street, the one who is two or three steps ahead is the one that's mad.

We want people to have enough time to go ahead and get out in time.

Matthias Platzeck

We want negotiations on building a government to move ahead swiftly.

Cliff Lee

We wanted to win this series and we got that done. To get out ahead of that team for the first time in a long time, that's a good thing.

We were at the captains meeting last night and discussing the storm and we decided the only alternative to postponing was to move it up. That way, we figured we could get the boats back here Friday ahead of the weather and then they can either stay in safe harbor here or make it back to their home port. We gave them that option and also the option of withdrawing.

Until there is a positive indication in economic data that the economy is slowing down, the Fed has to stay ahead of the curve.

Lennon Parham

For me, I met my husband when I was going full steam ahead of what I wanted in my career. We sort of intersected and were like, 'Oh, hi, hello!' We were both on our way somewhere to speak and then just kept going together.

Michael Ian Black

Let me tell you, the life of a C list celebrity is pretty sweet. If I want to go to an Applebee's, all I have to do is, literally, walk in the door. They seat me as soon as the other people ahead of me are seated.

Norm MacDonald

I don't like sports where it's like, you watch a guy on a motorcycle flip or something, then another guy does it, it looks exactly the same, and then at the end one guy gets higher points! It seems so arbitrary; I don't know who's ahead ever.

We believe that both BellSouth and Qwest will move ahead with their own terrestrial video strategy in 2006. We believe that recent comments by the CEOs of BellSouth and Qwest support our view and suggest a more favorable outlook towards facilities-based video.

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.