Famous Quotes & Sayings

It sets a principal that I have urged consistently in my efforts. Urban growth areas cannot be expanded unless that use is justified, and natural resource lands should be the last to go.

It's not about income levels. It's about giving customers a choice in areas that were 'one-size fits all' industries.

Any time there is a natural disaster, FEMA is trotted out as an example of how well government programs work. In reality, by using taxpayer dollars to provide disaster relief and subsidized insurance, FEMA itself encourages Americans to build in disaster-prone areas and makes the rest of us pick up the tab for those risky decisions. Americans should not be forced to pay the cost of rebuilding oceanfront summer homes.

Lleyton Hewitt

So far, so good. I'm still in the tournament. I still feel like there's areas of my game that I can work on.

Snobbery exists in all areas of life, not least literary criticism. By snobbery I mean, any method of judging someone or something whereby you latch on to one or two features about them/it, and use these to come to a definitive, immovable judgement. In intellectual matters, the snob will often take the external features of a work as a guide to its value.

SMUD staff, unbeknownst to the board of directors, significantly changed the border areas that they wanted to take over.

Smart cards, USB tokens, and biometrics will be some of the hot areas because companies, organizations, and others are beginning to realize they need to have a better handle on who's coming and going. Passwords just don't give you enough confidence in these things.

So areas that were high and dry even a few centuries ago ... a lot of these settlements are now under 10 feet of water,

That's a population that has obviously decided to live there, but still, most have to come into the city to work or go to school. Most of those people who live in those areas like to get where they want to go . . . without stopping 50 times between when you get on and off.

Around this time, we notice a spike in call volume. We're trying to cover as many areas as possible.

The kids know we're undefeated. But they are still working hard because they want to stay that way and they know they still have some areas to work on. We have some places we need to get better in, and we're working hard to get there.

Katsuya Okada

The biggest reason for our defeat is that we lost a lot of seats in urban areas where we were supposed have major support,

Students would see improvements in the areas they walk on that are government property.

Palaniappan Chidambaram

still one or two gray areas which need to be addressed.

The beachfront is a wonderful amenity, and it is limited. There are not many areas to develop on the Atlantic Ocean an hour outside of Manhattan.

The beachfront is a wonderful amenity, and it is limited, ... There are not many areas to develop on the Atlantic Ocean an hour outside of Manhattan.

Mike Easley

The beaches we expect to take a real beating, ... The bottom line is we're definitely going to get flooding, not just on the coast but in low-lying areas as the rivers swell from the storm surge itself.

The benefits of technology training extend far beyond the individual who attends the courses at the centers -- they improve the social and economic opportunities of entire families, businesses and communities. These grants support the hard work of our local partners to provide the tools and training to foster true economic empowerment in all types of communities, from small, rural villages to urban areas in developed regions.

The audit shows that our department has reduced its expenditures in the areas of hospitality and travel by nearly 20 per cent over the past two years,

That growth, combined with changing requirements in areas like governance and protection, has resulted in increased costs and information management challenges.

That is preying on people's minds particularly if it hits areas with some key strategic oil facilities.

Taking full time off to go back to graduate school once you're, say, past 28, is very costly. Yes, there's no question it enhances your value -- particularly in the big stream areas like finance, sales and marketing, engineering, health care. But you don't want to use graduate school as a deferral because you don't want to face the job market.

Taking dogs in certain areas you have to watch the pads of their feet.

J. Taylor

Student assessment results suggest that collectively, Reading First schools have done an outstanding job developing students word recognition and fluency abilities. Good progress has been made in vocabulary and comprehension as well, but it is in these two areas that the most work remains to be done.

Strong performance over the final weeks of the holidays helped Kmart's sales for December meet expectations. Categories showing particular strength included home-related items in areas such as appliances, decor, fashions and electronics, as well as do-it-yourself, consumables, stationery, prescription drugs, and seasonal items.

It's important that this is a region willing to look at itself and work on areas it sees as its weaknesses.

Sue Enquist

It's important that teams from other areas are competitive.

It's clear that wireless providers have made great strides in improving the quality of calls, especially in those areas that impact customer churn the most, such as calls that are dropped or disconnected. With an increasingly competitive environment and an increase in the number of services used in conjunction with a cell phone, carriers that offer superior network quality will improve their likelihood of attracting new customers and will increase customer retention. In fact, improving network quality is a beneficial financial incentive for wireless carriers, as customers experiencing at least one call quality problem are three times more likely to indicate they 'definitely will' switch carriers in the future.

It's pretty tough trying to find areas we can cut back, when we've already done that, ... You reach a point where you can't make any further adjustments.

John Hall

It's unlikely crews will be able to move much water out of flooded areas until those pumps are back in service.

Phil Bredesen

designed to strengthen the standards of accountability and integrity in all areas of state government.

Michael Smith

Despite declining well numbers in many offshore areas drilling services will attract a flood of cash for the industry if you know where to look.

Design your database into subject areas and entities -- don't rush the design. Review all application requirements and loads prior to committing to a database implementation. Test the system on paper, in diagrams. Find and productively employ experienced data modelers.