Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. O. Wilson

Alan has been given a nine week back for his sending off.

Alan had a bumpy stretch when he was sick, but he had a really good game last week.

Alan Greenspan was one of the most revered and successful public figures of our time, and there are many who are anxiously awaiting what he wants to say.

Alan Greenspan was an institution for financial markets worldwide.

Alan Greenspan tends to give a tougher talk in a speech when he is not going to raise rates than he does when he is going to raise rates. He either barks or he bites, and I think he is barking.

Alan Greenspan's rate hikes aren't just to hold down an economic boom. He's trying to bring investors back to the dollar,

Alan Greenspan's history is being a gradualist. Having done five quarter-point increases in less than a year, another quarter-point would fulfill one of his objectives of not unsettling the markets. That's why I believe there will be a quarter-point hike in May, possibly followed by another in June.

Alan Greenspan sat at the top of one of most important institutions for 18-1/2 years. He saw all the major events. He met all the major players. He was involved in all the significant debates.

Bradley Whitford

Alan Greenspan once said to me . . . that he was really upset that when our Fed chairman died, nobody cared. It wasn't even the 'A' story.

B. F. Skinner

Alan got down right away. But he came back. He really stepped up and it was nice because it got the team rallying again. We lost at 125 and he was down, so the guys were down. We ended up being up for that match and he wrestled real well.

Alan does it for the right reasons. It's not for the money and fame. It's about conquering the sport.

Alan did a great job facing off. He was really controlling that.

Daryl Sabara

Alan Cumming was such a fun guy to watch. I remember he has a song in the first 'Spy Kids' movie, and when Danny Elfman came to set, they were working on the song.

Alec Stewart

Alan Butcher is a Surrey man through and through,

Ivan Rodriguez

Alan and I, we talk a lot about baseball. We talk a lot about things. He's a great man to talk. He knows a lot about baseball, and he's a good guy to have around. He helps me a lot in my situation, and I appreciate what he's doing for me this year. It's something I'm never going to forget. He supports me all the time.

Alan and I get along really well because I know cows. You know manure and when you are about to step in it.

Ed Orgeron

Alan Abrams has come to the forefront as a good zone runner, and we're going to play him more.

This is the calmest I've been. Everyone says you win up the middle. I look out there and we're experienced. I don't worry about the outfield because Alan is there. Conor is out there and John controls it behind the plate.

Graeme Souness

There was no dispute about Alan Shearer's goals today and I'm delighted for him.

Shay Given

There will be a big gap and it seems strange to think he will never play again. I have found it emotional so I don't know how he will be feeling. There is life after Alan Shearer but it will be difficult to fill the void.

Graeme Souness

There were a couple of fine goals from Michael Owen and Alan Shearer gets one as well - but there are no surprises there,

Anything that's considered a little off-the-menu or special is going to spur some demand. And in country, we hear a lot about the 'disenfranchised core,' whose tastes run to the traditional and who like the older sound. Those people are often big Alan Jackson fans, and there's enough Sunday morning specialty programming out there in country radio land to get some good exposure for this record.

Michael Morpurgo

If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it.

Graeme Souness

I can understand people who liken it to the signing of Alan Shearer as Michael is the current England No. 9. I'd say it's the biggest transfer I've been involved in as a manager of any football club.

I do think the majority of Alan Greenspan's work is done.

I asked Alan if he knew of any mentoring programs, and he told me to put my resume together and he'd get it in the hands of other people.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan recently stated that increases in unit labor costs would be one of his major concerns if productivity falls as he anticipates.

Glenn Roeder

Everything was perfect because it was a win, he scored from open play, which I think he would have preferred to have done, and it couldn't be a more perfect day for Alan Shearer, the rest of the players and the fans.

Bringing Michael to St. James' Park will rank alongside the signing of Alan Shearer as my proudest moment at Newcastle United.

Elliott Abrams

Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits.

Peter George Peterson

I've known Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and they're two of the most independent people I've ever known in my life, and the thought we could somehow bend their views I find really beyond my capacity to believe.

To be honest, I grew up with Alan Menken's music.

We just wanted to come out here and play hard, ... We knew that we had Alan Horne on the mound and he's going put up a lot of zeroes.