Famous Quotes & Sayings

What I know is that we no longer have free enterprise capitalism in health care; it's not a system any longer where people are able to innovate. It's not based on voluntary exchange. The government is directing it.

We've got to get the word out that we've really improved things, and we've got to stand out from our competitors, ... We need to reach those professional associations and meeting planners who are based in the (Washington) D.C. area.

We take a tack based on the product. We don't look at the rest of business model.

We think 750,000 (units) is the best prediction based on today's fuel prices. I think we may maintain our volume at other people's expense, even if the segment shrinks a little bit.

Kelly Ayotte

Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy.

He did report back to the cardinal his impressions and findings based on his time there. We have studied what he had to say very carefully. We are continuing to closely look at the situation.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds like Coach. His family made him do it. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds just like Coach. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have. I was hoping we would play really well so he and his family could enjoy that in the hospital room that he was in.

He certainly goes for unconventional, creative approaches, like licensing Sun's software based on the number of employees that a customer had. So in that regard, I'm optimistic.

Chris Dodd

He convinced me that he will exercise judgment based on the law and the facts of a particular matter,

Greenspan is at risk of losing his credibility, based upon the fact he was so upbeat two or three weeks ago, ... If they don't bring rates up at this meeting, he will lose credibility -- that would send a horrible message to markets.

Tom Izzo

I always think it hurts it some, and I don't think it's fair. If your top two or three teams don't carry that flag, I think the conference is looked down upon. I think the image of the conference is based more on the marquee teams; the strength of the conference is based more on the total teams. You would think they should go together, but I don't think they do.

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Jennifer Saunders

I always swore I would never write a book. But I read Clare Balding's and it was really interesting and so prettily written and lovely and not too revealing. I went to her book launch and met her editor who said 'why don't you think about it? You can do it however you want, based on your characters or you.'

Bill Cowher

He will miss approximately five weeks, four games. That is the early diagnosis. Certainly that can be give and take, a week here and there. Really, what we thought initially, that is probably good news based on what we were concerned about the last couple of days.

He did this based on his love for this building. I don't think he did this maliciously.

He has said from Day 1 of his first term that he's making his decisions not based on any party loyalty but on what he believes is best for the people he represents.

He'd lose his means of livelihood if he lost his sense of smell and taste. Underwriters based his premium on the likelihood it happened and he lost his earnings.

Lindsey Graham

He'll listen to the arguments of those who are challenging Roe v. Wade, he will listen to those trying to uphold it, and he will make a decision not based on politics but the rule of law,

If they were the first school to offer me, I would have committed right then and there. They're right in my back yard. All these other schools are recruiting you from out of state, and this school's five minutes from your house. They should have been the first school to offer me. I pretty much based my decision off that.

Paul Tagliabue

I have concluded that this is appropriate for a number of reasons related specifically to THG. These include uncertainty at this time as to whether suspensions based on pre-October 6 tests could be imposed during the 2003 season with the requisite competitive fairness for all 32 teams.

I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now -- unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

I didn't really know what to expect to be honest with you. She's very talented, but my expectations were based on what I saw in her work ethic.

I don't know exactly what it is, but I think our conference is the best in the state based on the battles every night. Every game we've played, there's not a whole lot of separation. It seems like every night we go out, it's a battle.

I don't have any steadfast rule. I think it's more of a generality. I think in Mike's case, he's a guy who expressed a desire to have a multiyear deal. Based upon his past performance, we were open-minded to it.

I don't enjoy doing the daily stuff... but I would love to do something like the series that I did on 'Change India.' That was not just news. The programme was based in public policy, so that kind of influences change.

I did start writing about global politics way at the beginning. Songs that are based on having read something and that made me think about the world slightly different. I would write songs based on that new inspiration.

Larry Wachtel

I don't know that money managers controlling billions of dollars are going to make major choices based on this minor development,

Brandon Routh

I don't know that I can compare myself to anyone. The film is different, and therefore the character is different. This is just one more version that's based on everybody else's, with just a few tweaks that I bring.

I don't know whether the story is based on someone seeing Jesus walk on ice. All I know is that during that time, a freeze could have happened and it could have looked like someone was walking on water, particularly if it rained after the ice formed.

Red Grange

I don't care how complicated they make the game seem, it's really based on two principles and those are blocking and tackling.

Peter Shaffer

I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered is based on a lie.

Peter Benchley

Ideas for stories come to me based on my life, so who knows? If somebody sends me to become an astronaut, that's what I'll end up writing.