Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a lack of focus, a lack of effort on our part. And they exploited that.

Rene Preval

These efforts have proved that Taiwan is a true friend of Haiti and have served as 'boosters' helping me to win this presidential election.

John Crowley

The state has made efforts, intensive efforts as I understand it, to get people to sign up.

The seniors were recognized for their efforts before the meet and were highlighted through the lineup.

The Senate needs to stop this effort in its tracks.

Elgin Baylor

At times we've had lapses. You're not going to be able to do it every game, night after night. But for the most part, the effort has been there.

As long as we have the effort to come back and fight and play hard, we'll be all right. It's disappointing that we did fall short, but the turnovers hurt us.

As long as they put forth a reasonable effort to follow the guidelines, everybody should be fine.

As long as an all-out effort is made in exploration, it is possible to find new oil and gas resources in China.

Kevin Rudd

That's where Australia's efforts should lie at the moment ? through the UN process and through our own bilateral pressure on the Iranian Government.

that they're supporting efforts that have a long-standing positive influence on the state.

John Tortorella

That's not saying he doesn't have the ability, but he gets everything out of himself every night. And when he's not going, it's not working for him, you know the effort is going to be there.

That's not really the effort I was looking for today. This group's been able to get up for some big games, but today they just didn't get up for it.

A lack of effort. That's the key, lack of effort at the end of the game. We need to stick with that energy the whole game.

You've got to respect his effort and the way he played tonight. He's become a great player.

This has been completely a team effort from the entire staff, students and parents. We've wanted to make this a positive and fun week for everyone.

They put so much effort and so much energy, for so many years, into giving this kid a life.

A lot of guys sort of opened it up tonight. Offensively we had hits up and down that lineup. It was a group effort, and I?m proud of the kids for putting an effort in that was enough to get us a win.

All of our efforts focus on the Southeast area.

American universities and industry have a long history of collaborative efforts that have spawned significant innovations and fueled our entrepreneurial economy. It is imperative to take the lessons from these collaborative relationships so that we may improve the process by which discoveries and innovations move into the marketplace.

A lot of these little Web sites that are springing up out of nowhere as a result of this incident are hindering the efforts rather than helping. A lot of that information isn't getting where it needs to go and people have too many choices, too many places to go.

This is a reward for the effort and good play.

This is going to be as frustrating as all the other losses we've suffered in the state (tournament) before. This loss. Providence two years ago. They're going to stay with me forever. But I promise you we'll be back. I'm proud of the effort our kids gave.

This is an important step in our efforts to become a leader in the security monitoring business. Expanding our presence in this rapidly growing industry supports our strategy of introducing new services for customers.

This is an extraordinary time in our history. It will take an extraordinary effort from our leadership. I hope they will grasp the magnitude of the issue.

Marc Racicot

This is an entirely appropriate effort on our part, we believe, to recall a memory and to recognize what it is that it's going to take in terms of leadership to lead the war on terror,

This is another of our fund-raising efforts which will go towards the restoration of the YMCA,

This is another effort by the prosecution to keep out evidence the jury ought to hear.

This is a time when we all must come together to support the relief efforts of these people in need.

This is a success story. It's the national symbol and it's representative of conservation efforts that have worked. This is really why we're celebrating.

Mike Reid

This is a start. We don't know where this will go. We just want to make a good-faith effort to give this a try.

Mark Cuban

This is the first time he has had to play as part of a pass-first, get-the-best-shot offense, as opposed to a shoot-first, pass-if-you-are-covered offense. Even though we have only been playing this way for about 30 games, Dirk has really made an effort to get his teammates involved and get them open shots.

Sam Nunn

This is part of prudent efforts to protect our interests in the Gulf,