Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes there are problems, but when you compare us to our conference we are doing well. We just need to continue to get better.

Carl Smith

says Stanley Crouch, the writer who long urged Rollins to trust Smith. ''It actually creates a kind of a reevaluation of what we consider musical creativity. When you hear this, these chumps in hip-hop and rock, they're jokes compared to Sonny Rollins.

Jonathan Frakes

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

For such a wealthy country, and one where there is such innovation, the tertiary enrolment rate in 2003 was 48.7 per cent. Compare that with Finland, which was 87.5 per cent. This is definitely something that should be addressed.

Chris Paterson

I have been here since he started and if you look at the squad now compared to the one he inherited it's markedly different and I think he would say himself that it has taken until now for him to get the squad he wanted.

I feel like I am very fortunate compared to a lot of people and I want to give back if I can by helping with the MS walk.

Andy Roddick

I don't think my serve compares to his serve, ... At least you can get a racket on mine.

I think litigation is not getting any worse in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom and in Europe, (liability potential) is infinitesimal compared to the United States.

Sherwood Schwartz

I don't like it to be compared to 'Survivor.' The idea of 'Survivor' is to kill each other off to win the prize. There's no killing in Gilligan's Island.

I think the legs are a lot fresher compared to this time last year.

In 22 years of being in the business, there is nothing else that I can compare it to.

If you compare it to Katrina the term I would use is the damage is minor. But if it's your house and your home town, it's significant.

The next two weeks are going to be very challenging in that the makeup of the fields are going to be very competitive. We haven't seen Toledo yet this year, so it will be nice to see how we compare to them.

David Nalbandian

It's difficult to compare with last year, but overall I feel comfortable here,

Kim Clijsters

It's very hard to compare because the previous grand slam finals were before my surgery and I really feel different now.

The world prior to that legislation was tepid compared to the enormity, velocity and scope of the deals in telecommunications that we've seen since then.

Mark Wilson

I've got to enjoy it and tomorrow will be a struggle because, you know, maybe they're not going to be going in. You always try to compare yourself with how you were doing the day before.

It's always exciting to see your name up on the board. This year is this team, we can't compare it with last year. I'm just excited to be back on the floor to be playing with my teammates, giving it our all.

Paul Levinson

It's like night and day when you compare this to 9-11, when the national trauma was so severe that the media felt uncomfortable being too critical of the administration,

Lee Iacocca

When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages.

That's an important piece. Anything that they do in alternative forms of distribution doesn't compare to getting deeper in the car.

Taylor Swift

I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.

Peter L. Berger

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

Lewis Black

If you yell about one woman, you're not a misogynist. If I yell about Michelle Bachman, that doesn't make me a misogynist. If I compare all women to Michelle Bachman, then I'm a misogynist.

Elaine Stritch

I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.

A test may instruct students to compare and contrast something. Well, what does that mean? We have some of the same issues with their homework. We do send home their math worksheets in Spanish and English if the parents request it.

Marcus Giles

It's just good to get out there and get into game mode a little bit. When you do so much working out on the side like I have been, you can only get so much of that. It just doesn't compare to game situations.

Roy Williams

It's just a wonderful treat for us (as coaches). You see really good players in one setting and compare how they are to other players as well.

A lot of people compare it to a street fight.

They need to grow their customer base, ... They had a nice compound growth rate until you compare the March 1998 quarter with the March 1997 quarter. March 1998 sales are flat with the year-ago quarter. That's not a good sign in an intensely competitive industry.

They (the Irish) are a good unit, but you can't really compare us to them.

It really just follows the trends of where TV has been going. If you compare it to what's going on in the TV world, this is a half-full glass.

Tika Sumpter

I think one of the most important lessons that I've learned is to put your head down and work. Don't look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be ready. Make sure your craft is refined and you're constantly working on it.