Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Brown

While the first quarter is typically our weakest of the year, we are encouraged by the strong level of new orders, many of which reflect improved pricing.

We don't want to take things for granted. We've just encouraged our guys to ? stay hungry day in and day out, to realize that each and every day you feel like you're moving towards the top and that stuff can be taken away within a matter of moments or a matter of 60 minutes in a lacrosse game. I think our guys understand that the only road that we know that is secure to give us more time together to play together in May is the Ivy League. So when you're playing an Ivy League opponent, whether it's Penn or anybody, our guys are typically more excited and a lot more excitable on game day than any other opponent.

He's one of the guys we're really encouraged about because he's got a lot of experience.

I'm surprised it was this good, quite honestly. And more importantly the guidance for next year on the gross margin line of 57 percent. I think people are going to be very encouraged given that's up pretty substantially from what they did this last year.

I'm very encouraged by what is occurring in schools. One can just see the landscape changing.... At the moment, it's still a minority of schools, but the number is growing and the state legislatures are getting involved in requiring schools to change.

Kathleen Blanco

I'm very encouraged by the messages I got,

I know that these events have encouraged veterans to talk about their wartime experience, some for the first time, and pass on their own family's story to younger generations giving them the opportunity to keep these memories alive.

It was a big milestone for Michelle. She told me her legs are more sore than her shoulder, and I was really encouraged and happy to hear that.

It's good that he's out there moving around and doing a little bit. We're encouraged but we still don't have a timetable. We'll just have to see how it goes.

Mike Riley

It's been a long time since he's competed, but I'm very encouraged by it. Marcel had a good feel for it from the minute he walked in here, and he still has it.

It's been nearly six years now since Jill disappeared. I'm very encouraged by the fact things are happening today.

George Eliot

Instead of trying to still his fears, he encouraged them, with that superstitious impression which clings to us all, that if we expect evil very strongly it is the less likely to come . . .

I'm used to being on the road and being an opponent. I'm looking forward to having the support of people who have encouraged and supported me the last five years who haven't even seen me box.

I'm not where I want to be, but I'm better. It felt pretty good. We got some guys out today. Hopefully we can do the same for the next month and a half. I'm sure (the Red Sox) are as encouraged today as I was.

Investors were encouraged by the inflation figures. There was fear they would be considerably higher.

Investors should be encouraged since Intel can now increase production.

Bill Cowher

He's an integral part of what we do. So, I'm every encouraged by his situation.

Robert Battle

I remember the Food Network when it was first starting out: Emeril Lagasse and all those people who helped make it when it was on a shoestring budget. It actually encouraged me to start cooking.

I know a lot of parents and kids want to specialize and focus on one sport, but we've always encouraged Scott to play what he wants to play. He's been playing three sports since he was 3 years old and he loves playing them all, so we've always encouraged him to try different things.

I have to admit, I wasn't encouraged at first.

I play singles and doubles, and I think that's what every player should be encouraged to do.

But I am encouraged to see that she's looking forward to the future and that she's willing to give it her all. She's right, it's not just about the money, it's about managing people.

Charles Spurgeon

You and I, the people of God, have permission to come before the throne of Heaven at any time we will, and we are encouraged to come there with great boldness.

Randy was a very good high school athlete. He walked on with us and probably didn't like me too much because I kind of encouraged him to try baseball.

Jeff Conine

You sure hope so. You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.

Jeff Conine

You sure hope so, ... You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.

I'm actually encouraged the market isn't down more than it is. We've been seeing a lot of rotation, but we also saw some money being put to work last week.

And I encouraged them to start a strike committee.

The mayor was very supportive. He said Algiers is fine and encouraged and supported us in opening schools. We said we'd target November, and he's OK with that.

The hypocrisy factor has encouraged copycat techniques around the world by people who do like the U.S. does and has also weakened the United States as one of the traditional important supporters of human rights.

You've got the general problem of poverty and lack of government capacity. In Africa, everyone is encouraged to privatize, but there is a very important role of the state, strengthening oversight and regulatory mechanisms as you open up the economy. We've gone far in one way, but not the other.

All the things we've been through this year, under the circumstance, I wanted to thank the team, hug them. I encouraged them to go back and be students. You can't just stop your life.

The underlying trends look positive, and I'm encouraged by stability in the margin and strength in loan growth.