Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dar Williams

And there's a sunset over the mountainsI shout my scorn to the splendorous skyFor how does this light compare to all the world's suffering.

Terrible, compared to yesterday. That's about it. I've played four rounds this year, three have been in the wind and I've shot over par every time.

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

Andre Agassi

Pretty amazing. I don't know if I can put in context how this compares with some of my greatest experiences on the tennis court, but I know it's right up there, because this is what you work so hard for.

It would've been nice to compare products. But there just weren't any others out there. There wasn't even a combination of products we could put together to get the same capabilities.

Marcus Aurelius

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The stock is at a premium valuation right now. Compared to its peers, it's got the worst fundamentals.

The star ratings of niche funds are likely to be more volatile. On occasion, they may look exaggerated compared to the category, and you'll have to take them with a grain of salt.

The strength in employment growth and an unexpected jump in consumer credit in January helped push mortgage rates a little higher this week. While long-term interest rates are at the highest level since May of 1998, they are still very affordable, particularly when compared to the 1970s and 1980s.

Athletically and speed-wise, I'd compare them to Baylor and Texas A&M.

As people start driving them, they start finding more reasons to use them. They're practical, easy to park and get great gas mileage. I put US$5 worth of gas into mine when it's totally empty, compared to US$50 in my SUV.

That New Zealand should compare so well internationally is a credit to the quality of our regulatory regime and to the government's economic management.

Lee Smith

You're talking about guys here who play 25 to 30 games a season compared with 160 in our major leagues. They don't have facilities like we have here. You should have seen them when they got here ? they were taking pictures of the grass on the fields.

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

A lot of people compare it to a street fight.

This is fairly delayed compared to normal. It just got really super cold.

This is fabulous, fantastic. Compared to when I was in high school, this is so meticulous. The teachers must really have a knack for teaching the kids how to do art.

Francis Collins

This is a pair of programs where the public is the main winner. The genome has been compared to a textbook, and what we're talking about today is an opportunity to learn how to read that textbook in a more precise way.

Jeff Probst

This is our toughest one yet, ... It's fair to say Palau was a vacation compared to this.

Jamie Wyeth

The whole consideration of - ... am I being compared as such and such's grandson and son - that was minuscule compared to the problems I was having just working... I didn't have time to start worrying about who I was in the eyes of the public.

Jordan Farmar

The way that we played in the first game at home is the way we should play every night. To have that to compare it to, that's what makes it hurt.

This crisis easily compares with any other humanitarian crisis going on around the world today.

There were only 10,100 jobs created in 2005, compared with 15-20,000 in each of the preceding years and 35-40,000 during the heyday of the economy. Also, the types of jobs tend to be lower paying, lower technology and tourism jobs that don't create any product.

This is what it's about. You can't compare the two (seasons). It's much more special (to win a sectional).

This is very different, because the equity market is actually about 28 percent overvalued compared to our models right now.

This keeps station operators honest because they know customers can now compare prices around town and around the state.

A presidential visit is truly a remarkable event, and there's nothing to compare it to.

Anything that happened to me was nothing compared to what happened to Nick and the little girl. I'm sorry I interrupted their lives because of the dogs.

As compared to two years ago, we're ahead, ... We've had some things we've had to work through. We had to get everybody on the same page, we had to get them all going in the right direction. And that's what we've done. That creates a good, positive atmosphere.

Ruth Draper

As a matter of fact, you know I am rather sorry you should see the garden now, because, alas! it is not looking at its best. Oh, it doesn't compare to what it was last year.

As a matter of fact, housing directly contributed to real GDP growth of 19 percent in the first quarter of the year and 23 percent in the second quarter. To put this in perspective, this would compare to 17 percent of real GDP growth over all of 2004.

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 go to the net, move the puck well and they're big and strong compared to us. They wore us down.