Famous Quotes & Sayings

I earned my first paycheck. That was one of my highlights that didn't involve wrecking.

Tiger Woods

I enjoy tournaments where if you shoot a round in the 60s, you've earned it and you're going to move up the board. I'm 1-under par and I'm in 10th. That's pretty good.

I don't think it's going to temper earnings that much. But it isn't going to be a positive, that's for sure.

For most of our near 40-year history, we have earned in excess of 90 or 95 percent of our income. But now the job is just too big for us to handle alone.

Julie Foudy

Given what Brandi has done for this sport for the last 17 years, I feel like she's earned the right to at least be given a look. I think this is a big mistake.

Chuck D.

If we are going to see a turnaround in earnings soon, the number of warnings are going to need to scale back.

If the economy is growing, companies' earnings are growing and that moves the market.

Mark Haddon

One of the freedoms you get if you earn a lot of money from a book is to throw away what you want. And if you throw a lot away, the good stuff always comes back; nothing is lost.

Andre Agassi

I was going to make him earn it, ... He was going to have to play another great set.

I was the first officer to earn a degree.

I would say in the next few weeks we can kind of grind in place, maybe a little to the upside. Maybe we'll get through the pre-announcement period without too much trouble, and then we'll get into third-quarter earnings in October, and they should be mostly in line.

Brooke Smith

She was in a position that wasn't really ideal, but she's earned what she's gotten. She's talented and smart and she works really hard.

She's earning some chits she can redeem later.

Significant investments throughout 2006 and an improving employment environment should produce substantial earnings growth over the next few years.

She had to earn every one of her points. It was a great night for her, a great night for her teammates and a great night for the program as a whole.

She earned the respect of her teammates through her performance. The team was smart enough to realize they needed her if they were going to reach their goals.

Since we have only a general volume guidance for 2006, we do not have a specific earnings-per-share guidance, other than our expectation that earnings per share will increase in 2006.

Nick Harkaway

Sir Terry Pratchett - he was knighted in 2009, and on him it looked earned rather than entitled - wrote about dragons, wizards, turtles, witches, time-travelling monks, and suitcases with legs.

Jim Hamilton

She is hard working and tough. She is still green and has a lot to learn. She's earned it. I hope she can step up, but I don't like to put pressure on freshmen girls. I need a front runner.

Maureen Dowd

She more than earned her sobriquet, 'Miss Run Amok'.

Sean Connery

I have a great respect for money. I know how hard it is to earn and keep, especially with our diabolical taxes in Britain. I never get over the fact that sometimes I see more money being paid for a meal than my father earned in a week.

I have a spot on the team. Right now, I guess you could say I am a walk-on. But I will be treated just like any other player on the team. As far as a scholarship goes, he likes to reward players who work hard. Every player that has stayed with the program has earned a scholarship.

Troy Percival

I feel very fortunate for everything I've had. I worked hard to get it. I feel I earned it. I just wish it would have ended a little differently. I don't have any negative feelings about it at all at this point.

Jason Allen

I feel like we have to go out and earn respect, and the only way to do that is go out and play hard for four quarters and win.

I feel like we're very well prepared (for districts). In the last week, we lost to three very tough teams (St. Basil, Villa Maria, Downingtown) and got two big wins (over Nazareth) back to back. I feel like the girls have earned a lot of respect.

Herbert Marcuse

Those who devote their lives to earning a living are incapable of living a human existence.

Before the earnings or at the earnings we will be able to give the guidance we promised.

But today's main trading theme was earnings reports released the previous day.

Jason Castro

(Honey) wasn't spectacular, but he earned his first varsity win.

He's with us weekends and Wednesdays, when they start school late. He's worked hard for (two) years. We could have had one of these more experienced coxswains steer our boat, but he's earned it.

He's with us weekends and Wednesdays, when they start school late, ... He's worked hard for (two) years. We could have had one of these more experienced coxswains steer our boat, but he's earned it.

Gary Williams

(Georgia Tech) plays you every play and they make you earn it. That's why I'm proud of my team because we earned it tonight. We made some mistakes, but we were tough enough to hang in there.

Generally, earnings are better than expected and I think the stock market is receptive to that.