Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Davis

It's fun and I wouldn't miss it for the world. This parade is scaled down compared to other cities, but it's all about family in this town, and that's what it should be about.

Jeff Nelson

It's easy to compare them. But until Felix has done what Randy has done, you can't compare. It's even unfair to Felix in a lot of ways. That said, he reminds you of a young Randy.

It shouldn't be a race to the moon. This shouldn't be about one state being compared to another, but we all know that's what happens. And that gives states incentives to tweak their formulas so that they look better.

It's been a word-of-mouth phenomenon that none of us have really seen in music. I'm not sure there's anything we can compare it to. It's completely unprecedented.

It's really impossible to compare this to Salt Lake City.

It's only inexpensive compared to an all-time, record-high price.

Ryan Smyth

It's loud here, but nothing compared to the playoff environment in Edmonton. That's a whole new level. Maybe the sound doesn't' funnel down here (at Joe Louis) but it's huge in Edmonton.

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.

Murray Walker

It looks as though this year there will be seventeen Grands Prix for the World Championship, compared with the traditional seventeen.

In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.

In order to measure true growth, a distributor must secure from his vendors the real story in the form of pounds purchased compared to a previous period. A big increase in dollars is always fun to review, but it does not tell the true story.

Steven Bauer

I really do like the independent way of working. You don't get much studio intrusion compared to when you're working on a big Hollywood film where there tends to always be loads of people interfering. The only problem, though, with independent features is that they are hard to sell.

Ian Scott

In Europe, (earnings) numbers are still being revised up, ... Estimates have risen by 11 percent in the past six months in Europe compared with 6 percent in the United States.

Investors tend to compare one to the other and invariably that comparison is not favorable for Network Associates.

Chris Benz

I often feel like Facebook is a giant friend portfolio, and sometimes it can be a much more socially appropriate way of contacting a person as compared with texting or telephone. And never mind the fact that it's integrated into the iPhone. Makes me crazy in a super good way.

Andre Balazs

I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

Ian Anderson

In the past two weeks our reservations have increased by 49 percent compared to this time last year.

In terms of popularity, what hobby compares to being a sports fan?

If you walk through the office, compared to five years ago, there?s one-half-to one-third less people.

Kim Clijsters

In my mind as well I was positive, focused, and it was definitely a big step forward compared to yesterday. My serve was on most of the time. I felt good and was hitting the lines.

Inexperience is a concern. We don't have that many returning players compared to the rest of the division, but we do feel we have some good balance.

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

It has to play itself out . . . and some people say this is posturing, and in January that was posturing, but now it's March. When we compare our top eight to other power conferences' fourth and fifth teams, we show very well.

Clearly, we expect significant price expenditures (for heating fuels) this winter compared to last winter,

Being compared to one of the greatest players of all time is a sign that I work hard and with quality, but people tend to become obsessed with comparisons. Pele and I are very different; I am Ronaldo, I have my own characteristics an I wish to be jud

His acceleration and speed is unmatched in the history of the NFL. You can't compare him to anyone.

Chris King

By using the Internet we reduce our transaction costs by as much as 90 percent compared with traditional paper-based billing, ... That creates savings that we can pass on to customers.

By getting up early in the morning one also gets more time at his disposal for work as compared to late-risers. Scholar and thinkers get up early in the morning and contemplate.

Tim Smith

By definition of 'Economics 101' it's a perfect marketplace. That's why it's so competitive: it's very easy to compare prices.

But we are lucky compared to those in Gulfport and other parts of Slidell and downtown New Orleans.

He said that some people may compare (Bush) to Hitler.

For my part, I have worked all my life with eggs and embryos of frogs. Compared to other small animals, these have figured prominently in the world of literature.

Joshua Bell

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.