Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Vitter

We're talking about an entire major American metropolitan area that has been completely dislocated, completely evacuated, ... Last time that happened in American history was the Civil War.

We've been meeting with the city manager's office for over the last year and the area we've been directed to take a look at is West Park.

We need to get the ball to Cooley more, ... because he's a big-play receiver, especially down in the red area. But we haven't spent too much time in that area the last couple of weeks. We'd like to get down there more often, because how many 70- and 80-yard touchdowns are you going to throw each week? We'd like to say two or three, but, yeah, we need to get more people involved, especially Cooley.

Alice Englert

Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.

Abigail Washburn

I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.

The government's plan confines Yellowstone grizzlies to an area too small to keep bears here and healthy in the long term.

The government should keep its controls over the supply and price of coal used for power producers, especially in areas where there is a supply shortage.

The grapes here really hurt bad. There's areas in the grape vineyards that will have nothing. Probably 75 percent loss, maybe more.

Alan Arkin

My favorite thing about making movies is that it's the only area of human life that I've ever discovered where I can walk away from somebody in the middle of a conversation with somebody and they won't be offended.

Alan Furst

I love the gray areas, but I like the gray areas as considered by bright, educated, courageous people.

We did not play our neutral zone very well tonight. We need to work on our passing in that area and we need to work on rebounds. Alton does a great job scoring off rebounds and we need to crash the net like they did tonight.

Marty Schottenheimer

We did not perform well in any area today and that's awfully disappointing for all of us. We're a better football team than we were a year ago. I believe that. Some might question that in light of the fact that we didn't play very well today.

We believe our emphasis on people and talent management differentiates Barclays from competitors in the asset management industry, as well as other Bay Area employers in financial services.

Mark Hanna

We are spreading the word about the upcoming 2006 season. This area hasn't had a hurricane in a while, but people should be prepared for the worst, just in case.

We are so appreciative of our fire department. The water made a big difference; you can tell the field areas that did and didn't get water now.

We are seeking broader community input that will tell us how healthy we are as a community. We may find that we are doing really great with one area but that there is work to be done in another area.

Weather permitting, there will be multiple crews working around different areas of the city.

We believe his first area of focus will be the international operations, particularly Great Britain.

Scott Lynch

Truth be known, I am actually looking forward to this round, ... The West Series has never competed on this track, so it is pretty much like sailing into uncharted waters. There is no open test so everyone will be on the same page when practice gets underway on Saturday morning. A lot will depend on the crew and that is one of the areas where we excel. Our Lynch Mob crew is very good at getting the job done in short order. Once we have run the track a few times, we should be able to get our Mr. Gas Dodge in race trim in with virtually no problem.

Isaiah Washington

Everything is not black-and-white. I'm really interested in the gray area - not justifying it, not glorifying it, not condoning it, but at least having people see there's a genesis for every event in our lives. There's some divine order to it, whether it's ugly or beautiful.

George Foreman

With Premier's Perception Advisor, we'll receive quality feedback from patients just a few days after their discharge. Furthermore, we'll be able to focus our questions in areas where patient satisfaction is low to get to the root of a problem and identify solutions.

With an average forward speed of only about three miles per hour, many areas were subject to hurricane and tropical storm force winds for more than 24 hours.

Stephen Lewis

Yet, when the men get infected, which so happens in the cities, and they go back to the rural areas to die, it is of course their wives -often infected and sick themselves- who look after the men until they die.

There are probably two areas that were not really fulfilled and I have to credit Laura with really making a difference in my life. One is the power and the importance of the Bible and spending time reading it ... The other really key part to my life is having a relationship with Jesus and understanding that prayer's important, the Bible's important, but that relationship is really what counts.

There are probably 30 to 35 areas like this throughout the county.

Diane Ackerman

Like many animals, wild ponies can sense a drop in barometric pressure. When a storm threatens, they know to seek shelter in hilly areas and huddle together with their rumps facing the oncoming wind.

John Berger

A line, an area of tone, is not really important because it records what you have seen, but because of what it will lead you on to see. Following up its logic in order to check its accuracy, you find confirmation or denial in the object itself or in your memory of it.

Ben Horowitz

I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper company culture will help you get your company to do what you want in certain important areas for a very long time.

Bruce Boxleitner

They've also asked me now to start on another series that we're gonna do after this Frontier Earth. But it's not science fiction, it's more in the Mystery and Crime division and that's another area I'm very interested in.

Al Sharpton

Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.

Aly Khan

We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have aspirations of their own.

China is an area where we need to be present. Lots of companies want to supply their products to China.

Industrial opportunities are going to stem more from the biological sciences than from chemistry and physics. I see biology as being the greatest area of scientific breakthroughs in the next generation.