Famous Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of zoning land for agricultural preservation is so that prime and unique farmland may be converted to urban use last,

We take all these undesirable medium-weight substances and convert them to the useful higher- and lower-weight products.

I thought we got some good looks down the stretch and we just didn't convert them. We need to do that to be competitive. Give them credit. They have been here before. They hit big free throws and got the rebounds they needed.

I think that was the big difference because they just dominated on the boards. We had trouble scoring. We didn't get very many good shots and when we did, we didn't convert them.

In New York, it's all about restaurants -- prepared food. Nobody cooks because nobody has a kitchen, or if they do, they've converted it into a shoe closet,

I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.

That may be one of very first major projects other than houses being converted and constructed.

It's very good to get through to the second round. My serve was solid today. I didn't convert as many opportunities as I'd have liked, but it's a good start to my week here.

The U.S. economy has failed to convert long-term economic growth into better jobs.

They hit a last-second, lucky shot. What can you do? We didn't convert on our last play and they pulled something out of the sky.

It was a good night. We always had a hand in the shooters' face. We switched well. Our quickness enabled us to get a lot of long rebounds and convert them into points on the break. The guys are learning what we're teaching them.

Franz Grillparzer

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.

They were converted to a larger-size tank but they just can't get it right. All of a sudden it starts cutting out.

When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

Our defense was pretty good. We just couldn't convert on the turnovers we created.

The thing is, when you have an inside game you have a greater tendency to draw fouls and contact. Honestly, we don't have an inside game. We don't have back-to-the-basket guys. Our '5' guys are really '3s' and '4s' and I've converted them because you have to play somewhere inside of 10 feet. It may not be fair to them, but that's the situation that we're in.

Engineers are the 'go to' people for the solutions to many of the today's most challenging problems. Engineers are true transformers because they convert scientific discoveries into real products and services that can improve and enrich our lives and increase environmental sustainability.

Shawn Amos

At the height of his popularity in 1977, Cat Stevens converted to Islam and dedicated his life to educational and philanthropic causes.

We did a nice job defensively, with stop after stop after stop, but we couldn't convert at the other end.

We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that's the equivalent of a turnover (each time). It's about making shots you need to make. You have got to make free throws to win games. And without defensive rebounding you're not going to win.

We converted all our grade-A scoring chances. That was the difference. The kids were seeing the net. I hope that continues.

Peyton Manning

We're doing a good job of getting into the third-and-shorts, ... When you get into those, you've got to be able to convert them.

There's particular opportunity through 90-day prescription refill programs. If a patient can get it at a retail pharmacy rather than through the mail, that offers another opportunity to convert the patient to a generic when available.

Billy Donovan

We missed a lot of easy baskets and missed a lot of opportunities. We had decent looks and couldn't convert in a lot of situations.

We have to convert to the world stage, we can't just walk away from the Commonwealth Games and be satisfied with our results.

Barbara Mandrell

When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!

Victor Ponta

How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

The problem - the greatest inefficiency of the process - is that you also wind up with a substantial quantity of medium-weight products that are not useful and you are stuck with them. What we are now able to do with our new catalysts is something no one else has done before. We take all these undesirable medium-weight substances and convert them to the useful higher- and lower-weight products.

We made a lot of mistakes and have to learn from those mistakes. They converted four fourth-down conversions. We have to play better in those crucial situations if we are going to keep playing for the next 10 games and hopefully further.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Samantha Shannon

I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.

Oscar Wilde

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful.

Tom Ford

He's very proud and sincere, but he's not going to try to convert anyone.