Famous Quotes & Sayings

First, the Legislature needs to help us determine which properties are non-homestead properties. Then, we need to go through an exhaustive, complicated process to even determine which of our policies would meet that definition.

Chuck D.

FD was implemented at the worst possible time to determine its effect.

Omar Abdullah

Events like this don't deter us from our objective, which is to get out and about and actually make a success of this election.

Everybody in the stands saw it. I would like to say a lot, but with my love for the game and the integrity of everything, it would be better off if I didn't say my true feelings. It would be nice if the players determined the outcome of the game.

Every player went into this game determined and willing to do whatever it took to win. Lots of hustle on the court.

As the investigation unfolds and we know more, it will be determined what his status will be.

Peter Arnett

The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

Paul Graham

If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.

To win a state championship every year, no doubt about it. It really determines if you've had a successful season or not. It's a good thing. The kids expect to win. It's what the town expects.

This observation suggests a dramatic and perhaps permanent perturbation of the natural history of the disease, maybe even a cure. Longer follow-up will determine whether this interpretation is correct.

This new determination should put to rest any questions about whether duties are justified in this case.

We did all the little things and got timely goals, the power play chipped in and we got great penalty killing and excellent goaltending and good determination in the dressing room. We weren't going to settle for anything less than a win.

We are going to determine what he could see from the truck.

The United States has been the engine of global growth for some time. It would behoove the world if other engines were to develop, but it doesn't look like that's happening. As long as that's the case, U.S. growth will mostly be determined by what happens here.

Herbie Hancock

Things that happen to you are events. It's what you do with them that determine whether they're going to be problems or solutions.

The waters in the Gulf of Mexico are warm, but so are the waters in the eastern Atlantic. But the water temperature isn't the controlling factor in whether a hurricane maintains its strength. Wind shear still determines whether a storm will strengthen or weaken before it hits land.

Richard Hatch

Whatever you determine to be true in the subconscious becomes true for you.

What a person wills and not what they know determines their worth or unworth, power or impotence, happiness or unhappiness.

We're playing a great team (tonight) and it's going to tell us right where we're at. With the schedule we're facing, we know what's in front of us. We're going to get a real quick determination of where we stand going into those next games.

Bob McKenzie

We're planning to do another speed study to determine the safest speed on that highway.

We just showed a lot of maturity down the stretch. We executed everything well in the final six minutes. We were determined not to fail. We talked about it in the huddle during timeouts. We knew we had to get some stops and make some big buckets, and that's what we did. We did it when we really needed to tonight.

John Brady

We might just have to play Tyrus in short stretches. As opposed to playing him 12 or 14 minutes straight, maybe he can just go five and we'll take him out, let him rest and put him back in. The more he plays, the better he'll feel and the more comfortable he'll feel. We'll make more of a determination of that as the week goes on.

We will not determine the timing of the vote.

We will work diligently to determine who left the message. And the discipline will be severe.

The publicity surrounding the new passport requirements is already having a deterrent effect on cross-border travel,

Iris Apfel

I go out in New York, and I think, boy, you can look at someone and pretty much determine their zip code. Everyone seems to want to conform. I wonder, are they all just button-pressers, on the Internet all day long? I don't know.

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.

Ivan Krastev

The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia has emerged as a born-again 19th-century power determined to challenge the intellectual, moral and institutional foundations of the order.

You are the pilot of your life, therefore you determine your destination, and which direction will take you there.

We had a really good test there last month so I don't see any reason why Ricky wouldn't have a shot at the win. It's one of his favorite tracks and this whole team is determined to get a victory in these final five races.

Bob Sweeney

We've got two good young players and three positions to fill. That will determine how our season goes.

(Tonight) will determine how big a win it is.

William Friedkin

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of corporations. The people who determine what American film is today are no different from high rollers who go to Las Vegas. They just want to take all the money and put it on one big number and roll the dice on that number and if it craps out, next number. Next case.