Famous Quotes & Sayings

In my view, until the U.S. tax policy is revised, not just tax extenders but the reform of tax policy, it makes it very attractive for us to invest on acquisition overseas.

Delta Burke

In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I'm over that. Those roles are not attracting me now. Which is odd, because that's what most every actress would want to go do.

Martin Parr

In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird, being attracted to it.

Martin Whitmarsh

Inevitably if you are successful Formula 1 staff are attracted by other teams offering them good deals. At the moment I am not aware of any senior members of the engineering staff that are leaving.

Carla Gugino

I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.

If the mall has other good stores in it, they shouldn't have any problem attracting other retailers.

I think A1 Grand Prix will attract a new audience to motor racing thanks to nations racing one another, rather than teams or manufacturers,

I think $26 became less attractive given the extra risks. They're running their negotiations as well as they seem to be operating their stores, which is pretty darn poorly.

Michaela Watkins

I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don't like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I'm always drawn to them; I think it's because I'm attracted to people who aren't in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all.

I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it.

I realized that I was asexual because when I was young, all of my friends started being attracted to people, and I had no idea what they were talking about.

Richard Burton

I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's rather an attractive image.

By identifying those contaminants, we take out those question marks. Sometimes people put off coming downtown and assembling land because of the concern over contaminants. We are going to make it easier to attract developers downtown.

Clearly there is a momentum towards gold at work. It is flirting with $500 and the indications are it should go through it. That will be a worldwide headline and will attract more buyers.

Clearly, Denis and Peter want to make sure that the situations and day-to-day lives and challenges of the firemen (on the show) aren't sugarcoated and aren't whitewashed, and that's what attracted them to FX,

Mick Cornett

Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, it's not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs.

Richard Florida

Cities have realized that they can attract educated people and they don't need good schools to do it.

Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.

Be-bop of the '50s vintage as played by all the old-timers is great, but it's old and none of the new younger musicians are aware of it, really. In the back of my mind, I had thought about bringing it up to this time frame so it would attract the younger musicians.

Jon Daniels

His credentials on the field speak for themselves. As much as anything, what attracted us to Kevin were the intangibles -- his character, his makeup and person on and off the field. We did our homework and we heard the same thing -- terms like 'bulldog,' 'tenacious,' 'competitor,' and 'great around young pitchers.' These are all things we are ecstatic about as we go forward.

High Point is the premier market brand in the furniture industry, and that was attractive to me. It has a phenomenal platform and foundation, which lends itself to tremendous opportunities.

By virtue of the fact that we're continuing to meet with them and talk with them is one indicator ... that there are some things that are looking attractive to us as opportunities.

Larry Sabato

Can he attract the 90-percenters? Or will they drift to someone else with a better chance of winning?

Camera bags attract too much attention. I use a regular bike messenger bag. I also think about the picture before I take it. I don't compose my shots through the viewfinder, so I'm not keeping my camera visible for long.

But when you put three of them together, it turns out that they attract and form a new state.

Donald Brown

Chances are, what you would enjoy would be attractive to people like you.

Lee Baca

Certain people get attracted to this type of work; they pass our stringent background investigations, they get through our academies, they take an oath of office to defend the constitution of the state of California as well as the United States -- and what do they do? They go off in a total different direction. And I think the public is fed up with this, and I know I am fed up with it.

Joe Cole

(Chelsea) have to attract a new generation of fans to come to Stamford Bridge .

By any standards, this is an attractive market.

Buying the dollar versus yen is a pretty attractive yield play. It's the same mantra from last year: interest-rate differentials rule.

By disposing of bad debt and restructuring itself into a joint-stock venture, ICBC posted handsome profits, which may help attract investors in its new share sale.

But you're buying companies that have attractive track records and reasonable valuations,

Harold Gould

he said by telephone from Florida, since the play is ''dealing with death and dissolution. But it was the completeness of the role that attracted me.