Famous Quotes & Sayings

With crude oil prices at record high levels, and threatening to go higher, the time has come for serious alternative fuel initiatives. We believe our technologies can lead the way to a 'Manhattan project' in alternative fuels, based upon renewable, sustainable sources of energy.

Gary Marshall

While it is always difficult to make these kinds of decisions, it is occasionally necessary to close stores based on performance and growth potential.

While it could be a knock-out blow, at what point are we overpaying? I think we could be getting close to that point based on the cardiac rhythm business.

With only one international fixture date prior to the World Cup, this is an important opportunity for our players based in Europe to demonstrate their form and fitness.

With survivor benefits, it's based on the deceased spouse's work and earnings, not yours.

Jon Huntsman

Public schools are largely secular institutions. I would expect my kids in science class to be instructed in those things that are somewhat quantifiable and based on thorough and rigorous empirical research.

Provided no crises occur, we are highly confident that we can sustain this strong performance over the next few months, ... Our optimism is based not least on the brightening prospects for the European economy.

Rates are based on computer modeling that predicts future risk, not about recouping past losses.

Real Estate Partners has been instrumental in Yellow Ribbon America's success, with generous support in the form of funds, resources and personnel. Our organization is currently based in office space donated by Real Estate Partners. But more significant are the donations of time and expertise by Real Estate Partners' wonderful staff. Yellow Ribbon America's goal is to reach out and make a difference on personal and local levels for our nation's military and their families. Real Estate Partners embodies that spirit and very much deserves our 2006 Outstanding Support award.

Jusuf Kalla

Prices of gold and nickel are currently high, (and) based on this, profit sharing should be increased by two to three times from the previous figures.

Prices at these levels can't be justified based on fundamentals only. While we haven't seen the top of the market yet, the risk of prices collapsing is very high.

Prime Minister Koizumi made the visit based on his personal judgment.

Prisons have always been desegregated, but had we made housing decisions based on a person's race? Yes. It's no secret that many instances of gang violence in prison are racially motivated.

People typically only buy wine in grocery stores when they already know they like it. The type they like really is based on the number of taste buds you have.

People think that you search based on objects. You think you're seeing everything, but you're really seeing very, very little.

Hugh Johnson

The simple truth is the economy rebounded from the fourth quarter and was very strong in the first quarter as measured by (gross domestic product). Secondly, based on what we've heard from companies, profit margins should be good.

The simple fact is the television business is based on eyeballs watching screens. Advertisers don't yet see a value proposition that makes sense.

Chris Rock

The show is loosely based on my life,

Ted Sarandos

The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.

The Teddy Bears Child Care Centre has been offered a 24-month lease based on the fact that we gave them an undertaking that we wouldn't throw them out on the street and their solution, to build a new centre, could not be feasibly done in 12 months,

The success or failure of the euthanasia movement is based on the classification of feeding tubes as a medical treatment,

Nigel Lythgoe

The success of William Hung was based on his honesty. He really thought he was good and could get better. We try to weed out the people who are just trying to be bad.

The speaker wrote his letter to the BRAC commission based on sound policy grounds.

The thing I liked about Troy is that it seemed like a school that was based on sports. Like a lot of guys around here, I felt like it was a place where I could make my mark.

The thing I enjoy most about quiz bowl is that it is both a team and an individual competition. Even though you compete as a team, a whole game can change based on the random knowledge of one person.

John Scott

I've likened some of them to traveling musicians, in that some of them might be based in metropolitan centers and they go out and travel -- they tour the bush.

I've never felt that he was making a decision ... based on his personal feelings of the defendant,

Tyra Banks

I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.

It's fairly niche-y, it's not going to be a broad based business model that can succeed in a lot of different categories.

Michael Kimmelman

It seems to me extremely dubious to be constructing buildings based on drawings by Wright as if these are actually Wright's works.

It seems to make sense to me that we ought to identify costs and revenues based on the pool of kids that they support.

It's early in the game, but based on what we have seen, this is beginning to play out as a soft landing.

It's a snapshot, based on one day of testing,