Famous Quotes & Sayings

The trade deficit has always lurked in the background as a potential negative for stocks, but it was fine (in the past) because the dollar was strong.

I don't want to give credit only for myself. I know we have a good program as well, but I think it's important for them to know who I am and what my background was.

Edward Lincoln

In general, these are not people who have much background on Japan and do not necessarily share the view that we need to work very hard at keeping the symbols of close relationship at quite a high level.

Andreas Schleicher

In all those countries social background has much less of an impact on outcomes than it does have in a country like Germany. They are providing students with equitable opportunities.

If public officials just come out in a vacuum and tell people to leave, they're not going to do it. There has to be background level of information that reinforces what public officials tell people to do.

Sara Sheridan

I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present, and I just thought: 'You lucky, lucky beast!' because as a historical novelist, I live constantly on the edge of wondering whether tissues had been invented.

Maajid Nawaz

I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.

I like Steve because I like his background. I like the variety of ways he's coached. I'm a big believer in the fact you've got to do it all to win in our league. You've got to be able to throw it creatively but you've got to be able to run it. He's had a background in both.

I liked the kid. He was friendly in high school -- I'd see him at ABCD or Nike Camp. Then I heard he'd gone to work for an agent, Dan Fegan. Then he got hooked onto Derrick Caracter. ... I think guys who have an agent-like background have their own interest in mind and are extremely detrimental to these players.

I'm looking forward to doing what is necessary for the association. I'm not a teacher but have the business background I think will help the association. I like coaching soccer, so it's good to be in both areas.

Ron Guidry

I'm probably going to have to lean on a lot of people, ... I've spoken to Joe, and he has a real good background with pitching. I'm going to look to him for a lot of help. ... I have some ideas, but I'll talk to a lot of people to make sure my ideas are sound.

I'm fortunate to have this role, especially since I am a freshman. It's a small role, but I am also one of the background dancers. This is a great opportunity for me. After playing Mr. Brill, I have aspirations for bigger roles. It's hard work but fun and everyone is sharing the laughs.

If law enforcement officials have the tools to crack down on corrupt gun dealers and criminals face background checks wherever they buy guns, we can slow the flood of illegal guns to a trickle and save countless lives.

Ang Lee

I had to fight with my background ... but I also had to live in the general environment. People have to be categorized. That's very annoying. Don't you find that annoying? Life shouldn't be like that. The world isn't like that. There's a lot of complexity. There are exceptions.

I had no idea of her background except that she was a good waitress. Then one day she said she wanted to show me her book, the first edition. I took it home and started reading it and when I noticed some mistakes I started taking notes. And then I began taking the notes in to her and she was very appreciative. I just sort of fell into being a help to her.

Elizabeth Smart

I had no knowledge of his background whatsoever, ... I never, ever would have hired him had I known that.

Bobby Bowden

It looked like it was Florida, Florida State and maybe Oklahoma. In the background was Penn State. And I remember thinking he's going to head south. If you like to throw and catch the ball, head south where the weather is good. I thought he would end up coming down our way. But he went to Penn State.

Ken Jenkins

It's hard, because I guess a bunch of people aren't going to speak ill of him from his political background because they were involved and they understood it is what it is.

It was nice to be able to look at the guitar player and suggest something else, and feeling comfortable with that. We even used scratch vocals on two of the songs. That's how comfortable I felt. One of the musicians wrote one of the songs and played a couple of the instruments. He also did background vocals with me and I also did some myself. We kept it all right there in the family.

Gary Pinkel

It was not just that we were down, it was all the other stuff that just kept getting thrown in our face. In my background I'm used to getting wins like this. Maybe not that far from behind, but I'm used to being a part of that. And it's nice that they'll get a huge confidence level from that.

I've gradually risen from lower-class background to lower-class foreground.

I've learned a lot on the fly, and I think, actually, my academic and management consulting background has enabled me to quickly pick up on a lot of disciplines.

It was raw and powerful. It certainly lacked the professional polish to it that a Hollywood record producer could bring to it, but the depth of his voice and the intense emotions contrasted with the incredibly sweet background vocals.

It will be a good challenge. I was involved in some of the day-to-day operations ... but getting back into a medical surgical facility, that has kind of been my background and training.

It's a positive background for the yen, and investors are coming back in after a large move yesterday. The economic recovery looks pretty durable and we'll be seeing the end of deflation soon.

Michelle Gomez

It's good for me to pull away from something that is just done for effect, which was basically Sue White in 'Green Wing.' In that, it was very much: if in trouble, gurn, or fall down. There was no character background to Sue. You didn't know who she was. She didn't have any toehold in any kind of reality.

It's a local company with some useful code, engineers who obviously have skills and background and experience in the type of systems management that HP has. We don't know the terms of the deal, but it probably was not all that expensive. It looks to be a good deal for HP.

In order for the Office of Government Integrity to conduct background screenings on all vendors doing business with the SCC, it would require amending the current law or an executive order by the governor.

Richard Ernst

In parallel, we developed the theoretical background for the experiments we had in mind as well as for the optimum performance of the instruments.

Coco Lee

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

Keith Hernandez

I'm not surprised they're not on the list, because it sounds like it was done in a slipshod way ... It wasn't well known about Ted, but Reggie Jackson's background was well documented to people involved in the game.

In terms of technology trends, a new operating system like XP makes a big difference. It makes the PC more stable and robust, so you can be running background tasks as your PC operates effectively as a hub or a server in your environment. Those are positive dimensions of a new operating system.

Jeff Zucker

If you were building a morning-show host from scratch, she would be the prototype. She has the perfect combination of news background and talk background. She's got intelligence, grace, humor and those are the qualities you look for when you're trying to fill this role.