Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's among the best ever to put on a Willard uniform. He's a steal.

Emily Bronte

He said the pleasantest manner of spending a hot July day was lying from morning till evening on a bank of heath in the middle of the moors, with the bees humming dreamily about among the bloom, and the larks singing high up overhead, and the blue sky and bright sun shining steadily and cloudlessly.

Generally, the feeling among shareholders is they would like to see some constructive dialogue between the boards to resolve the situation.

Gambling on sports is highly popular, not only among adults, but with young people who are gambling in growing numbers. In fact, Florida's most recent youth survey found that more than 55% of students in grades 6-12 report having gambled in the last year.

Daniel Levy

Germany is among the least religious countries in Europe today, but his election is a great source of national pride -- the fact that he was elected to this post is more significant than the fact that he is Catholic. The truth is that the man has been living in Rome for 25 years, so he's much more of a cosmopolitan clergyman than he is a German, but he's going to be appropriated as a German, and one who stands for a universal set of values.

Geographically, the markets offering the highest pay levels are Dallas and Austin. Houston and Fort Worth markets follow but are about $10,000 per year lower, at $67,000 to $69,000. By industry, the highest paying jobs appear to be in manufacturing, high technology and energy, while nonprofit organizations, education and state and local government jobs are among the lowest compensated.

Rory Bremner

Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that, when the 1901 census first went online, the website crashed after a million people logged on within hours of its launch.

Rene Descartes

Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for everyone thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even that those who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger meas

But it's becoming more unified. Now we see more diversity among entrants.

began back in the mid-70s when I started my career as a model and began seeing more similarities than differences among different ethnic groups. Let's face it: women of every race, nationality and background want the same thing - to look radiant and feel beautiful in their own skin. I wrote 'The Beauty of Color' as visual tribute, celebration and insider information for women from diverse backgrounds. When I came to the US, the beauty message was 'America celebrates the girl next door.' Well, not only has the girl next door changed, the whole neighborhood has changed!

Mary Gordon

High school students discuss this among themselves and this was a good way to educate them.

Curt Young

He's shown he's ready to among the elite starting pitchers. His stuff is there. He is definitely going to be one of the leaders of this staff for the next few years.

He's stepped up and made himself a name among his teammates. I think he's a balanced quarterback.

He still ranks among the favorites in Turin.

He's the type of guy any of us would like our sons to be like. In all my years of coaching, he is among the elite people, as well as players, that I've ever encountered.

How does water move, and when it moves, what happens? How does land shape water flow and how does water flow shape land? These are among the central issues that Luna solved.

I don't know if there's any rational way to measure what this is worth on earnings. There's a lot of speculation and a lot of enthusiasm among investors for owning a piece of the NYSE. But reality does eventually set in, and I think that all stocks eventually trade on fundamentals.

Marilyn Monroe

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. But if a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.

Mobile technology represents a great opportunity, given the strong sales of notebook PCs among both business professionals and consumers. We see this is a growth area in the future.

P. J. O'Rourke

Mistreatment of al Qaeda members and their friends and hangers-on is something I number among my moral concerns. But it's number 1,000,000,001.

Herman Melville

Miserable man! Oh! most contemptible and worthy of all scorn; with slouched hat and guilty eye, skulking from his God; prowling among the shipping like a vile burglar hastening to cross the seas.

Chauncey Billups

Milicic created a brief fi restorm midway through last season when he griped publicly about his endof-the-bench status. A meeting among Milicic, Brown and president of basketball operations Joe Dumars eased those tensions, but Billups revealed that Milicic remained sullen and frustrated by Brown's constant rebukes.

MOFCOM held a conference on Tuesday among major domestic textile exporters, listening to the obstacles they encountered in textile trade with the United States as well as suggestions and demands for future trade.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.

Much of the ferment going on with the Internet today is based on individuals creating Internet-based sites that facilitate collaboration among users.

Michael Gregory

Much of the decline is disappointment among investors who were burnt quite badly in 1999 where they thought things had bottomed. You'll have to see some tougher talk from the ECB, more robust economic data from Europe and eventually a rate hike.

David Roberts

McAfee is honored to have Tech Data as a customer, to receive this year's Difference Maker award and to be recognized by Tech Data among so many distinguished IT Vendors, ... During 2005, McAfee and Tech Data have collaborated on numerous initiatives that will increase the overall sales experience for our reseller community, and we are committed to building on this momentum during 2006.

Michael Specter

Meat supplies a variety of nutrients - among them iron, zinc, and Vitamin B12 - that are not readily found in plants. We can survive without it; millions of vegetarians choose to do so, and billions of others have that choice imposed upon them by poverty.

Men stand to make more money than women. There's often a perceived competition among women, while the goal for a male cosmetologist is just to make the woman as beautiful as she can be.

Isabella Bird

My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among rather than upon his thick black locks. His back seemed as broad as that of an elephant, and with his slow, sure, resolute step, he was like a mountain in motion.

Carol Bartz

My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.

Ron Fournier

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk.

Danny Meyer

One of the things that may get lost among all the hubbub when a company is 'going public' is that the business can now be owned, in part, by its greatest fans.