Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Parry

It made sense to go with the Japanese manufacturer for the first hybrid, ... But now we feel it is very important to try to build partnerships with U.S.- based suppliers.

It made perfect sense. The teachers had found that about half of the children were on the honor roll based on the point system. ..This (change) just enhances the status of the honor roll.

It makes it more fair, based on what happened on the field or the court. This just cleans it up a little bit.

It's a novel idea. Where it's unique is that if directors don't meet internally based targets, they get nothing.

Harry Reid

In the fullness of time, he may well prove to be a fine Supreme Court justice. But I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record.

In the '20s and '30s, there were these musicals either set on college campuses or based on classical stories, so any of the Rodgers and Hart musicals certainly influenced me. I was definitely influenced by any of the 'Porgy' songs; I was influenced by 'American Pie.'

In some oil fields there are hundreds or thousands of wells. The filtering allows them to focus on wells based on specific criteria, such as top producers.

Asa Hutchinson

In some cases, it's necessary based upon that (intelligence) to cancel that flight,

Insurers use several factors to develop rates that are based on a driver's risk of having a loss. This way one group of policyholders does not subsidize another group.

In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?

In relationships based on equality, couples tend to develop sexual habits that are more in keeping with both partners' interests. Male-centered cultures where sexual behavior is more oriented toward procreation tend to discount the importance of sexual pleasure for women.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

In order to secure the Iranian nation's interests in nuclear field, the government has moved wisely, patiently, and based on a well-devised planning.

Estelle

In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from a very real place.

In patients with COPD, even moderate but certainly more severe COPD, each breath is something they have to focus on. They have to understand what they can and can't do within the course of the day, based on their breathing.

Jim Tressel

I just thought, based upon who had had preparation over the course of time and where we were and what we were doing, that both guys could contribute to a win.

I'm willing to pay people based on the value they create.

In a terrible ironic twist, Bruce's immigration hearing, which was the hearing to determine whether in fact he should be deported based on the drug dealing conviction which Rowley had vacated, that hearing was scheduled two weeks before the trial.

Bill Gates

In a sense this is the end of an era. Microsoft and the original PC rose to prominence based on the MS-DOS product. And even as Windows came along, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, underneath MS-DOS was running there. Windows simply sat on top of MS-DOS. Well, so today it really is actually the end of the MS-DOS era. It's also, we would say, the end of the Windows 95 era.

John Armstrong

I'm not sure if other arrangements to buy zinc have already been made at this point. Generally, we buy products on contract for a length of time. The link of the contract is something that is based on the volatility of a particular product, and the price of zinc has been going up.

I'm hoping based on the publicity they have been getting at least 40 percent turn out, but I don't know because it could be as low as 10 percent.

I'm hoping, based on public pressure, that he gets what he deserves.

Investors are being cautiously optimistic. There's a desire to put money back into the market based on a feeling that the worst of the economy may be behind us, ... However, there's not enough evidence of that.

Bob Uecker

In those days, your contract for the next year was based on your innings pitched.

In total, the case study registrants of whom we conducted investigations have collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments based on potentially fraudulent activities.

Inventories are at pretty comfortable levels based on a milder weather outlook, so the chances of a squeeze on supply this (northern) winter are receding.

Dick Cheney

I obviously, based on the past history, am a skeptic, ... Inspectors were in there for seven years and worked for seven years, and they did a lot of good work. But they didn't get everything.

John Clarke

In theory, the boards should be using the Greenway book as part of their decision-making process, but the key word is 'voluntary.' It's a voluntary program, based on incentives and guidelines, rather than requirements and mandates.

In the near-term, Qualcomm's earnings outlook has been diminished due to recent events in China and Korea. For the June quarter, we are currently forecasting 16 percent pro forma revenue growth to $750 million and 26 percent pro forma EPS growth to 27 cents. Based on the company's press release, our EPS estimate looks to be too high.

In terms of screen time, about 50 per cent of the film is reconstruction, based largely on those phone calls. There are some dialogue scenes on the plane, and 90 per cent of these are based on tape evidence and the memories of people who spoke to passengers on the flight. There are a very few occasions where we have invented dialogue and it was based on consultation with people who knew the passengers.

Kris Benson

In the back of my mind I wanted to come in here and throw well based on my last outing. I fell into a groove last year to start the season, then I had that chest strain. This year I've been making so-so pitches. I've got to keep working on my command and not get behind in counts, and just got to stay positive.

Matthew Broderick

If you take it step by step, it all makes sense. A lot of musicals are based on films.

Rusty Wallace

If you sit down with a guy and say 'I'm gonna sign a three-year deal,' and he sells sponsorship for three years based on your being there, you need to be there. You've got to honor it.

Sherwood Schwartz

If you study both 'Gilligan' and 'Brady,' you will see they are based on a similar philosophy: that it's possible for different kinds of people to learn to live together, either in a family or stuck on an island with no escape.