Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gil Gerard

The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season.

The police followed the lead and apparently it all fell into place. They have the evidence with which to do this, ... They're going to put on a thorough, competent case because they're not going to risk losing this.

The appendix itself and its apparent uselessness is a flimsy basis for a worldview.

The apparent strategy of Pfizer is to take over AstraZeneca, dismember it, and put the different parts of it into its three new divisions, with the ultimate aim of selling off one or more.

The apparent lack of operating leverage remains the single biggest issue for Amazon.

The apparent influence of White House economists has been quite small throughout the Bush administration, which hasn't changed much of late.

The apparent concern is that Wall Street would view such a move in a negative light, and cruise leaders are trying to (downplay) the long-term impact that rising fuel costs are having on their business.

The apparent bubbling up of inflation we saw earlier in the year has quieted down again. Basically it's a picture of inflation staying reasonably tranquil. The Fed should like that.

Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us tend to be the most non-private people you know? The people launching petitions and wailing about Big Brother and data collection are most likely to be the most constant self-presenters.

Well over 60 per cent of the subscriptions have been sold, ... I've spoken to a lot of different groups and apparently there is a new energy that's hitting the city and as a result ticket sales are up.

We have the kind of team that doesn't have any apparent weaknesses. We've gotten a little better and older at most positions.

We have been very disappointed in the unprofessional and dangerous behavior that some of the local vessels have engaged in during the course of our operations. It is distressing to see the casual attitude that some local Captains take toward marine laws and safety, a matter we take very seriously. On numerous occasions during the past weeks, we have seen small local boats approach our ship in a careless manner, apparently not realizing the danger of their actions. The thrusters that are engaged during dynamic positioning operations present a serious threat to small vessels that come too close, which is why we request a safe working perimeter through the Notice to Mariners. We are seeking legal redress to prevent this from happening in the future in order to avail ourselves of every avenue available before someone is seriously hurt or worse.

Voters will pay for it for the next four years and apparently for longer than that.

Millicent Fawcett

Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was believed that Mr. Mill in Parliament would be an entirely different person from Mr. Mill in his study.

We haven't seen any product, since one apparently does not exist yet. So we can't comment on what we haven't seen.

You just don't expect this kind of thing to occur, ... This guy was apparently a one man crime spree. The good news is that we do believe the officers are going to recover and there's no one on the loose. The suspect is in custody.

Scott Baker

Where was the SEC nine years ago when the defendants apparently looted the money?

Leland Yee

I think last year the industry said, 'Trust us, we're going to do the right thing,' ... But it became pretty apparent that, in fact, the industry was not honest.

Judging from fundamentals for the yen, including strong share prices and relatively positive economic data, the recent fall of the yen is apparently overdone.

We are now taking deals from those players, where before they got them for no apparent reason, ... Companies used to make a summary decision to use just one specific database product, and so they did, irrespective of the need. Today, they are more enlightened and more demanding, and they will use a legacy database for legacy applications and a modern database for modern applications.

We have a feeling there's a tidal wave on the way. Apparently we are not the only ones who feel that way.

We found a very unique knife one of them apparently dropped on the outside of the business and that knife is so unusual that we believe someone out there will know who it belongs to.

Barney Frank

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

I will tell you this, there will be a craft this year so much better than anything ever seen in the history of the Cardboard Classic. The only tip is, apparently it's yellow.

I think retail is going to be a very tough place to make money. What's worrying the market now is -- if the Fed is successful in slowing the economy, what does it mean for profits going forward? And that is apparent - that's more clearly an issue in retail than anyplace else. But it is an issue in the market itself that you're going into a period here where profit growth may decelerate; in fact, could flatten out as you have volume gains decelerate in a slowing economy, but cost increases embedded in from the period when you had a strong economy; and that's not exactly a great prescription for profits, and I think that's troubling the stock market,

Marco Rubio

It has become starkly apparent to me that we lack any sort of strategic foreign policy view, and when I say 'we,' I mean the country in general, but in particular, the Republican Party.

Bill Owens

It has become apparent to Gary and me ... that we have divergent management styles and our business views differ. I respect him for his decision and I wish him every success in his future endeavors.

It has become apparent that U.S. companies are deciding that the best way to keep profits in line is to cut jobs at the first sign of weakness in any of their product lines.

James Sullivan

We do not believe the apparent weakness in the fourth quarter represents a clear change in the trend.

We are trying to establish whether they were hijacked. Apparently they were on their way to draw some money. It appears as if they were shot at the scene.

Jeff Gordon

We'll go to Richmond and see what we can do. It doesn't matter right now (where we race). Everywhere we go, we either stink or we're good. Apparently what we've done in the past doesn't mean anything right now.

We did not want a strike, but apparently the MTA, the governor and mayor did.

We don't have any hard statistics yet on all the damage done by Hurricane Katrina. Apparently the damage was minimal in the major cotton-producing areas of Mississippi and Louisiana.