Famous Quotes & Sayings

Had Britain so insisted, Iraq after Saddam might have avoided the violence that may yet prove fatal to the entire enterprise.

For every megawatt of Entergy New Orleans transmission, we avoided about half our purchased power costs.

Steven Sinofsky

Despite demand, the BlackBerry avoided offering generalized web browsing support.

The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.

Bankruptcies are very serious issues that can often be avoided by seeking help from a professional debt counseling service that will intervene with creditors.

Programmers now know that a lot of these problems can be avoided if they just wait until 10 o'clock to broadcast objectionable material.

Steve Largent

The threat environment is constantly changing and static rules can quickly become outmoded or easily avoided by the fraudster.

Steve Largent

The threat environment is constantly changing, and static rules can quickly become outmoded or easily avoided by the fraudster.

Jeff Garlin

I've avoided doing network shows because I don't think they're true to real families.

Michael J. Saylor

I've developed a much greater respect for our politicians and every high-tech CEO. It's very easy to read about the things they did that you, of course, would have avoided in hindsight.

The web can help to build brand equity. Channel conflict is avoided when the company can see that e-commerce is generating more online sales, helping to promote the catalog and driving sales to stores.

Jack Roush

The fact that Matt didn't have a flat tire, and he didn't break anything, and Carl narrowly avoided a crash that would have been a disaster, was great. The litany of things that can happen and didn't, that can get on top of you, they stayed away from us tonight.

Earthquakes may be inevitable, but catastrophic losses in life and property can be avoided if we use science and technology to help communities prepare, ... This legislation represents a sensible, long-term investment that will pay for itself many times over in saved lives and reduced property losses.

Contact ... should be avoided as much as possible.

Dusty Baker

We'll take them any way we can get them. (The wild pitch) was two runs, basically. We got just enough to win and avoided the sweep.

Ben Bernanke

Central bankers got it right in the United States in 1987 when they avoided deflationary pressures as well as serious trouble in the banking system.

Thomas More

What is deferred is not avoided.

I'm a little disappointed. I felt they should have avoided the houses and gone with another route.

If the government were serious to begin with, we could have avoided a repeat of this type of disaster.

I feel very happy with the deal because we spent a long time negotiating and we avoided arbitration.

Roy Barnes

Georgia was blessed with strong leaders who avoided the kind of divisive distractions that held back most other cities and states in the South.

He still wants to be the best, ... He keeps himself in great shape, has avoided major injuries and is using the same swing he always has.

Mike has observed many of these things, and he's avoided the less toxic elements of those various personalities.

Summer Phoenix

Movies and I just equally avoided each other at certain times in my life, you know?

Jamie wrestled a tough and dangerous opponent. He wrestled smart and avoided a pin from a guy who is known for pinning his opponents.

Graham Norton

My version of falling in love is borderline psychotic. Should be avoided at all costs. Get obsessed. Can't fall in love and function at the same time. All-consuming. Tunnel vision. Euphoric.'

When the central bank came out and said they're going to drain liquidity over a period of months, that was a catalyst for investors who have avoided the stock market to put some money back in.

George Davis

We catch a lot of flak, ... They give us a lot of ribbing over that. I just say, 'I'm just the low man on the totem pole.' I don't feel responsible. I don't know if we would have stayed if we would have avoided that or not.

Kelvin Sampson

We played tough, we played with great determination. This was a very important game for us. Not just because we avoided going 0-3 (in the Big 12), but it is good to win and then have a week off to practice.

I thought Jeff came in and did a reasonably good job for his team. He avoided the bad plays.

Steve Carell

For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.

Paul Haggis

I avoided the phone this morning because this (the DGA nomination) was the one I knew I wouldn't get. When my friend called to tell me, I made him repeat the sentence three times.

Chuck Klein

I avoided as much work as possible in the classroom, but did all the work possible on the ball field.