Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Blake

My defense has definitely gotten a little better. My serve's gotten a little stronger. I've put on four or five pounds, which I think has helped me make it through the long seasons without getting injured. I think all that combined is turning into me feeling more confident when I play Top 10 players like I did today.

More sluggish economic growth combined with success in reducing inflation provides a potent mix for the authorities to cut rates.

Richard Jefferson

Some nights, things just click. It's a combination of good defense. But they also had some good looks. They had some shots that they normally hit. You combine that with good defense and it was just a tough night (for Phoenix).

Shockingly, the Bidens donated under $1,000 to all charities combined every year for the ten years prior to 2008.

Similarly, there is an equally strong niche wanting to go places like Queenstown to learn snowboarding combined with English.

Charles Phillips

Siebel's expertise with industry-specific customer-facing applications combined with rich analytics will not only serve as the centerpiece of our CRM strategy for Oracle Fusion Applications, but can also be used to extend our current customers investments today.

She had an on-the-ground understanding of the park after walking every trail, hiking every mountain and canoeing its lakes and rivers. She combined that with an incredible grasp of the park's history, its policy and law.

She combined for twenty-some points this weekend and has been shooting very well from the field.

Sixty-two points combined out of their backcourt -- that's who they are.

Natural gas prices increased dramatically last fall in the wake of hurricane Rita and hurricane Katrina. Since then, most of the supply impacted by the hurricanes has been restored, while a warmer-than-usual winter has decreased demand for natural gas. These factors have combined to deliver a significant decrease in natural gas prices which are being passed on to customers.

When you're able to offer the customer a whole wide range of communications products, it's more attractive, ... The world is moving toward bundles and combined packaging, and not single products.

When I heard that the mayor had come forward with a new parking bill, I thought 'Ah-ha, now we get to experience creativity,'? You know this is the last year of the Williams administration, and this will be the combined ... eight years of experience. But I've got to say what's lacking here is something that's dynamic and creative and out of the box.

Ashwin Sanghi

Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.

When you combine the university and all that means with the heavy manufacturing, you've got a good combination.

When you combine all stores into one brand, you have the economies of scale. It's a very smart move.

Azita Ghanizada

I grew up very poor, so I learned how to stretch a dollar. It's nice to combine high-end with low-end or whatever-end you want.

We call it the zigzag theory. You want to find something that zigs and something that zags and blend them together to get a better combined performance.

Ruth Reichl

If you have caviar, the way to eat it is by the spoonful. Don't combine it with shrimp, pomegranate seeds and huitlacoche.

There was a lot of pent-up energy and a lot of pass holders were eager to get out, combined with holiday crowds.

As we see it today, we would expect the core group to deliver a combined operating ratio of around 95% in 2006.

A strong ZEW survey, combined with rising EU labor costs for the fourth quarter, due on Friday, should help support ECB rate expectations and the currency.

LeBron James

It seems like they're trying to take my aggressiveness away. I've been called for more offensive fouls in this series (six) than all 82 games (34) combined probably.

The new orders index was better, profits are going to be up a little, interest rates are at a record low, there have been so many layoffs that that may start to dry up, there will be rising productivity and higher profit margins -- all these things combined could give some support,

Richard Foreman

At this time of year, with tractors, combine harvesters, grain driers all in use, the farmer relies heavily on fuel. And with prices for grain still very, very depressed, it's not looking good.

That is, their combined mortgage debts exceeded their home values by more than 10 percent.

Synergy: The combined effect of individuals in collaboration that exceeds thesum of their individual effects.

It's important for a villain to be as threatening as possible, whether physically, mentally or emotionally... however you want to do it. If you can combine all three, well, that's the ultimate villain.

Eventually we will combine the pieces that are part of Phase I. We're in the process of the land assembly.

Michael Drayton

It is too early to put a final loss figure on the event, but the combined insured losses from winds and flooding could reach 500 million pounds.

The fallout from these mergers is often measured in jobs as the combined entity cuts overlapping positions and sheds workers in an effort to maintain profit margins.

The rest of the world is actually growing, and that could bode really well for U.S. companies. And combined with the idea that the Fed is going to be done soon, that's what's getting the market going.

Stella Young

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth that disabled people want to be other than what we are - that we'd like nothing more than to be 'allowed in' with the able-bodied competitors.

J. Taylor

It's something that probably isn't going to happen again. We decided to combine a historic event like this with a party. Seemed perfect.