Famous Quotes & Sayings

A twig is bent while it is green.

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it

Paul Sarbanes

Companies that go public should understand that there are responsibilities as well as benefits to going public,

Demonstrating the benefit of our diversified business model, most of our consumer business showed strong growth this quarter and helped to offset the decline at Home Mortgage.

The teaching that complements these research efforts will benefit the next generation of public health specialists, as well as local, state and global health agencies.

Alexander Haig

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface.

So much is owed to this legend. Althea helped me and other women to understand you can be all you can dream and more. The benefits of her contributions to tennis are still being realized and enjoyed by modern-day players.

Jim Calhoun

said Calhoun, a movie buff. ''There's this scene where Ben Affleck says to Matt Damon that he is going to come back in 20 years and beep the horn. I remember Affleck saying to Damon, 'I don't want to see you coming out.'

Charlie Batch

Preparation-wise, it's not going to change anything. I won't know until we get to Friday, basically. If Ben practices, I'm sure that'll probably be an indication that he'll play. If he doesn't, I really don't know what to expect.

Rarely do you have a horse of that caliber and a rider of that caliber together. Big Ben was very sensitive and needed a very sensitive rider. Not everyone could have done well with Big Ben.

Hines Ward

It was third and long and we were scrambling around. We practice on the scrambling drill. Ben threw it kind of short; I had to run back.

It was a lack of defensive intensity. But I would like to praise the intensity of the bench in the fourth quarter, they had desire.

I've been telling everybody that he's legit. He's just amazing, a tremendous football player. Ben made a heck of a throw.

It would have provided 100 jobs for the local community, provided $4 million a year in revenue that provides taxes. There's certainly an economic benefit to the city.

Steve Beuerlein

I've never had an injury like this. My hand was pinned under me. I felt terrible. I felt like my whole finger was bent back, which we found it was.

The widespread dropping of drug benefits that some had feared has been averted so far as business figure out what their long-term response would be.

These are tough issues. The cost of benefits has exploded.

This is a way for us to get them the tax benefits that they are entitled to.

This is going to be a major financial benefit to somebody, and I think this committee should have a role.

This is one of the parts that was written into the law. We actually worked with (retired Sen.) Ben Nighthorse Campbell on this. The government cannot just kill a soldier on a piece of paper without physical evidence.

This is the best conference in the nation from top to bottom without question. It is a great benchmark to have that we are not happy that we didn't sweep Arizona. That is the way we feel about ourselves. As a club, we thought we should have swept.

The way to fight is just simply send a registered letter or an e-mail (to GM). If your vehicle is not reasonably durable and has a mechanical defect, any judge on any bench -- small claims up to the Supreme Court of Canada -- can make that company pay.

That takes someone from being a young man to being a man. The guys who I've had that have had a kid or been married or both have handled it well, and Ben seems to be doing the same thing.

Hines Ward

That's just a matter of Ben trusting me to find a hole for him and working my way hard through the coverage. He found me, and it was a big conversion for us.

Bill Bradley

You should rest assured. You are going to get Social Security benefits as long as you are alive,

Robert Graves

You reading over my shoulder, peering beneath / My writing arm.

Jim Ryun

We're looking into it, ... to see what it might mean in the long term, but so far, we've received some assurances it doesn't have anything negative in it. It's beneficial that we'll still be in the prison system.

This raises an interesting question: Who really benefits from union representation?

Larry Fitzgerald

I joined forces with the American Cancer Society in 2010 as a spokesperson for the N.F.L.'s 'A Crucial Catch' campaign, which benefits the American Cancer Society. This was important to me because I lost my mother to breast cancer, and I have always felt a strong commitment to doing all I can to fight this disease.

Kathy Baker

I heard Tony Bennett say that when you're a big deal early on, you have to maintain that level forever, and it's very scary. You have to keep hitting those home runs, turning out hits.

Ben Cohen

We decided to redefine the bottom line at Ben & Jerry?s.

Stephen Colletti

Who I was back then, when I started on 'One Tree Hill,' is so different from who I am now. Coming off Laguna, being 19 years old, and thrown into this odd, ridiculous spotlight, wasn't for me. There have always been haters, and people don't want to give you a chance or the benefit of the doubt, but this show gave me an opportunity.