Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oliver Fang

President Chen made it very clear today that he's serious about the plan. That's very bad indeed, and phone calls just arrived in droves (from clients) asking to unwind their positions.

Winston Churchill

People imagine that Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin arrived in Yalta with a blank sheet of paper to decide the fate of Europe. Nothing could be further from the truth.

F. Stone

Steve helped us, like few teachers can, by nurturing the individual assets each student arrived with and guiding us into our respective careers and lives.

Charli Thorne

Our goal is to sustain our status as one of the best programs. We have basically arrived as one of the best teams in the nation. To sustain that status, the coaches and players need to continue working hard. But the other component is the fan base and media coverage. That goes hand in hand.

Ernie Fletcher

outside of the students and the preparation that you had before you arrived at school, there is no question that the quality of the teacher is the single most important factor in how much a student learns.

Brian Shea

The allocation that you've arrived at is what you felt was your best chance (to make money), ... If the market is not doing well, that's part of the normal stock pattern. ... Focus on the long term.

John Novak

It is not surprising how they arrived at this mess because they had so many issues going on, but the market isn't going to like that they didn't follow through on what they said. This is another element of uncertainty.

David Brown

It is not just economic spring returning to the German recovery, it looks like full blown summer has arrived for German business confidence.

Ann Moore

I think that we have arrived as a school that has to be reckoned with year in and year out,

Rubin Carter

Regardless of where you have been in the past, you have to go out and compete, give your best effort and don't quit. I only see a tremendous upside based on what I've been through with this program so far.

Corazon Aquino

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

John Holland

Really, when you think about what these guys are spending on racing fuel, the base price sounds expensive, but they're really not buying much each week and it's probably one of the cheapest things in their budget, ... Say the price did go up a dollar or two dollars. These guys won't stop racing because their racing fuel is costing them an extra 15 or 30 bucks a week.

Lisa Randall

Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.

Randy Vossburg

Releasing such a statement to the media (on Tuesday) before the township even had a chance to see the documents in question showed a distinct lack of courtesy and respect by the department. Creating media frenzy did not serve anyone's best interest and undermined efforts for good faith discussions based on preparation, planning and good sound scientific advice.

Colin Masson

Relatively few manufacturers have the luxury to choose a different product mix based on energy prices.

Ricardo Alarcon

President Carter represents the future, a day when there will be a mutual respect and a good neighbor policy between the U.S. and Cuba, a future with a policy based on certain moral and ethical values.

Trip Chowdhry

Our research shows that Oracle is losing some database business to IBM and Microsoft, ... Based on that, I doubt if the company can raise sales guidance.

Joe Horrigan

Our position has always been that O.J. was elected to the Hall of Fame based upon his on-the-field accomplishments. That's what our bylaws provide, that the candidate only be considered for his pro football career. And as such, he is in the Hall of Fame and will remain in the Fall of Fame.

J. Horton

Regardless of what you all were told, when you basically tell somebody with six games left that they?re not going to be here next year, I think it?s pretty tough to finish the year out.

Donnie Wilson

Our rent has gone from $1,000 a month to $2,500. That's basically our whole budget.

Herb Sendek

Our rebounding was basically non-existent tonight, and I'm very disappointed in the way we played. Noel had it going and their entire team really played well, but we certainly helped their cause.

Craig Venter

Patents are basically rights to try and develop a commercial product.

Johannes Ullrich

Particularly over the last year, anti-virus (programs) have lost a lot of their effectiveness. They are basically no longer capable of keeping up with the proliferation of new viruses.

Gary Meyer

Partway through the process, we threw up a flare and said, 'We think we've made a mistake. We think we should design for 400 watts per square foot.' And we were basically laughed out of the room,

Ken Holland

Pavel and Hank are two young players who are very, very important to our franchise. In Hank's case, he's really coming into the prime of his career. I'm happy he made a long-term commitment; basically we bought ourselves one year of unrestricted free agency.

Ken Ford

Orange had one of the better programs in the state. One thing I remember was how he had an offensive and defensive system that basically was the same every year. The kids knew what to do. It was like playing a machine.

Cheryl Brom

People have been basically staying away from them. The citizens need to keep up the good work of letting the professionals handle it pesticide companies and us.

Jack Schweers

Regardless of who we're playing, we want to play as good as we can this time of year. We had a good practice (Monday), and we hope to be at our best (in the sectional).

Paul Bush

Regardless of whether you're looking at grapes, apples, cherries or any kind of fruit, you'll get the best color around here.

Rick Barnes

Regardless of what people are saying, N.C. State has not offered me the job. Texas is one of the best jobs in the country, and I'm happy here.

Kevin Marsh

Regardless of how I played, this was the best week of my life. It would have been the best week of my life if I had finished up on Wednesday, really. Being here for the first time you just want to soak up the experience as much as you can. But it also makes you hungry to get back, and prove that you really do belong.

Gloria Estefan

Regardless of culture or language, they really enjoy the album. And that to me, is the best thing.

Laurieann Gibson

Recently, Lady Gaga was motivated to take the helm of the creative direction of her career and as such I decided to step away. I am extremely proud of her, and in stepping away I wish her all the best.

Jim Shannon

Rebounding and defense were big keys for us. They're much bigger than us, but we more than held our own on the boards. And we got after them on defense. It was our best defensive game of the year.

Bob Myers

Rebecca and Christina are probably two of the best girls in the state; there's a very good chance they'll place in the top five at states. Those girls are just great leaders. I think we're going to win it all. The girls we have are good, they have two great leaders to follow.

David Pottruck

Recent trading volumes are propelling the company to its best quarter ever in terms of revenues and profits.

DeLoss Dodds

Regardless, we are proud of our student-athletes, coaches and support staff who have worked at meeting the standards, but we are not satisfied with some of our numbers.

Judy Samaha

People know what I would do if that ever happened here. I have a frank conversation with my coaches about matters of sexual harassment. They know where I stand.

Larry Conley

Sure, there were times when I hated the man but like all great coaches he was a great teacher. He would settle for nothing less than our very best. That's what a coach should do.

Matt Hasselbeck

Some of those people are former players here. Some are coaches that have been around or people in the building. Or maybe it's just some of the people from Seattle who have followed the team since 1976. It would mean a great deal to them.

Mike Cox

Some kids are really good students in high school, but go where they like the coaches better, or like the facilities better. That's the trick question with the whole thing. What is that particular kid interested in? And what you find out, that's what you emphasize on that visit.

Kevin White

Our team has probably been the most resilient team in the history of college basketball. They've competed every night -- the players and coaches deserve the credit for that.

Shaun Heshka

Our team excels in the playoffs. A lot of it has to do with preparation; the coaches put in countless hours in on video. And then it comes down to detail and discipline.

Tim Curley

Our focus is 100 percent on this season ... I hope he coaches for a long time.

Herb Kohl

Our goal is obviously to get to the playoffs, but I hope we'll be more than that. I hope we get to the playoffs with a good seed, and we can win a round, maybe two rounds. In my mind, we're not a team that will be satisfied to be 41-41 or 40-42. We can do better. I think the guys feel that way, and I know the coaches feel that way.

Steve Shaw

Standards and multi-operating systems are another component that feed that consolidation component.

Steve Lyle

Our programs generally have emergency response components to them.

Charlie Williams

That was out key component tonight. We played better defense tonight.

Pete Piringer

It had all the components of a real improvised explosive device, minus the explosives in this particular case.

Mike Pardon

I was happy with how our kids responded after not playing very well on Tuesday (at Klamath Union). Everyone got involved and we really stepped up our defense. That's going to be a critical component down the stretch.

Claire Coffee

I think, reading the Grimm's fairy tales, they all have some sort of moral component to them, teaching you a lesson.

Steve Greenberg

I think in a funny way price will not be the most difficult component of this transaction,

Craig Colten

It demonstrated the inadequacies of the human component on a national level.

Robert Fowler

I am concerned about the racial component as it relates to the media, but I also go a step further and I say to my people stop putting yourself into position where people can label you like that.

Kofi Annan

Reform is a process, not an event and we are going to continue after the summit

John Chambers

recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis.

Robert Milton

Recognizing the significant progress we have made, there is no room for any complacency and we must continue to pursue efficiencies throughout our businesses.

Philadelphia Fed

Price pressures remain but continue to show a moderating trend.

Jorma Ollila

Our position in the fastest-growing market in the world continues to be strong.

Ed Colligan

Our Palm OS customer loyalty is extremely high, and we intend to continue to earn that loyalty with great Palm OS-based products,

Anna Rozenich

Our reduction is taking longer than anticipated. We continue to make progress in our testing because we want to make sure we get it right for our customers.

Joseph Farah

Our rankings, relative to other sites, rise and fall over time, ... But our traffic continues to grow ? at a pace even faster than the explosive Internet itself.

Marc Andreessen

Organizations spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars installing and implementing huge servers, new Web sites and applications. They have to continue to do that, but they also have to clean up the mess of the '90s.

Johnny Damon

Regardless of the reaction, I felt the fans wanted to see that.

Dan Fellman

Releasing select sequences of Superman Returns in IMAX 3D marks a groundbreaking moment in movies. This film is going to give fans an opportunity to be immersed in a major live-action motion picture like never before.

John DeMarco

Parker was so overpowering, and so good on his feet, he could take you down and pin you all in one move. It was different than what everyone else was doing, and the fans wanted to see him.

Neal Schon

Our original fans really had a hard time. But then we gained a whole slew of brand-new fans that outweighed the initial fans.

Scott Owens

Our league is getting great players. It's the place to go and it's great to be a WCHA fan right now. Our league is getting younger. Don't be surprised to see the freshmen produce the way veterans do.

Gerard Way

Surrounding myself with fans makes me feel like I'm not going throgh it alone.

Stu Melby

Stephanie did a fantastic job. She has grown by leaps and bounds. She is a great person to have around the team.

Bill Furlong

Steelers' fans are rabid about posters. They're selling for $24. Seahawks posters are more in the $14 range.

Jennifer Wright

Some of the stuff they do is so fancy it is probably collegiate level.

King Hussein

President Assad did not give me any letter, but he perfectly knows that ... I am ready to help to serve the goal of comprehensive peace and the peace process,

Joseph Finnerty

Our overall goal is to stop this casino.

Brian King

Our overall goal is meeting the students? needs,

Viviane Reding

Participation of people in decision-making is the real goal of e-government. Governments have to do more than just release information to the public.

Caroline Shepherd

Part of the goal was not to spend more resources preparing for trial. We took him off the street. We shut down his business.

Michael Rothman

Part of our goal was to take back the medium of e-mail from spammers who have really hijacked it.

Doug Griffin

Our main goal was to stop her penetration and put good pressure on the shot.

Sue Curtis

Our main goal was just to get kids being more active, just to make sure that when they're out at recess, they're actually moving, not just playing in the rocks.

Richard Cradit

Our main goals are to grow as a team and consistently improve throughout the season, leading to a strong performance at the metro league championship, as well as the regional and state championships.

Randy Carlyle

Our relationship goes back a long way. Our kids played minor hockey together in Winnipeg. There are roots there.

Jim Williams

Our little dog, he goes into this unbelievable shaking for about 10 or 15 minutes. And we have no idea when they'll be blasting, so all we can do is wait for it.

Inaki Saez

Our mistake was in not scoring. But not just tonight, throughout the whole tournament, ... Greece goes through simply because it scored more goals.

Otis Smith

Steve is still a good player in this league. Whether he goes from good to great is going to be on Steve.

Richard White

Spend your money and it all goes to here as opposed to going out for dinner.

Mark Attanasio

Our payroll can go higher, but we need to be mindful that it goes higher in the right way, at the right time and for the right players. We're not going to spend money for money's sake.

Sam Cassell

Our season goes up and down and we are going to find a way to get it back. We don't have a monkey on our back. We have a gorilla.

Jessica Laing

Our team is amazing. I love them all to death. Whoever goes out there, they always give 110 percent. It's just awesome.

Gary Hennip

Overall I'm pleased with the way we're playing. We have a lot of new young players. We'll get better as the season goes on.

Alan Foreman

Parliament would be doing a Pontius Pilate to wash their hands of the issue this week.

Anne Mitchell

Parking limits handicap accessibility to your buses. This is especially true in Old Town.

Shinzo Abe

Surveys like this are also conducted by other countries. We should handle this calmly under international law.

Louis Hinnant

Surprised? Maybe. But not upset. This is the NCAA tournament. You don't get to hand pick where you go or who your opponent will be. For us, it's a privilege to be in Utah. It's a new experience.

Chad Campbell

Sure, it's going to be a long day, but I think it will be more mental than physical. We don't have to run around there tomorrow. So, while it's going to be tough walking around this course, we'll handle it.

Kyle Deines

Stay back, stay tall, throw your hands at it and try to take it to right field.

Dick Bennett

Stanford used their inside people well. The big kid, we were simply unable to handle him.

Michael Brown

Some of these kids think this is a game. They somehow got their hands on a weapon. They think they are playing Pac-Man or something and shooting at people.

Jose Vicente

Some low-ranking officers were passing information to the Pentagon . . . handing over secrets of the state.

Tim Henman

Our media is possibly the worst in the world.

George Shinn

Rod said that (Scott) had a problem with one of the players for something Byron said to the media.

Micah Knorr

I'm here to win a punting competition, not a media competition,

Bill Sienkiewicz

Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something

Bill Cosby

Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.

Bianca Jagger

I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.

Carrie Fisher

I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

Carl Sagan

One trend that bothers me is the glorification of stupidity, that the media is reassuring people it's alright not to know anything. That to me is far more dangerous than a little pornography on the Internet.

Bethany Hamilton

Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things... people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.

Jim Smith

Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.

Greg Marshall

Our players were as embarrassed as I was.

Sherri Coale

Our players have such tremendous respect for Marsha. I wanted them to be a part of treating her the way she has always treated us.

Steve Spurrier

Our players have remained relaxed when on the verge of winning,

George Steinbrenner

Sure, there will be some more back out, whether it's our players or somebody else's. I'm used to spring training being to concentrate on the World Series, and that's what we like to see our players do. But we don't tell them not to play.

Ben Gordon

Some of the players just brain-locked out there.

Mary Pinkowski

Some of our players were nervous. We got off to a slow start. It was frustrating.

Phil Jackson

Some of our players didn't look ready to play.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Some of the younger players do need protecting as they are new at this level. That is why I do not play them all the time as they need to be bedded in slowly.

Kent Kanoy

That's what he is, he's the status quo.

Jodi Whitaker

His status is as it was in (Wednesday's) briefing.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The status quo is working.

Clark Kerr

The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.

Vladimir Yevseyev

In view of the time shortage, the status of the negotiations could also be raised.

Billy Donovan

The surgery went well. ... They don't think there's any type of concussion or anything like that, but where his status is for Sunday, I'm not really sure.

Billy Donovan

The surgery went well, but what his status is for Sunday, I'm not really sure right now.

Natalie Clifford Barney

In love there is no status quo.

Mary Browne

Status symbols are poor excuses for values.

Karen Evans

If it's useful and really needed, it will sustain itself.

Judd Terwilliger

We were never able to sustain (momentum). We'd get leads, but then they'd come back.

Paul Stone

We were never able to sustain a run.

Donna Griffin

We are trying to sustain or make more improvement.

Rick Adelman

He's in shape, much quicker. He can do the things he used to do. Now all he has to do is sustain it.

Mark Ellis

Sure, we had a lot of injuries. But a lot of teams have injuries. We can't use it as an excuse.

James Allen

Some of the teams have been pretty tough.

Milan Brown

Other teams just were not going to let him do what he did.

Hadji Diouf

I think the wrong teams are going to the World Cup.

Tony DeMuro

That was the way we want to see it end. It couldn't be any better than that with three teams going after it.

Brad Joyner

I think it was huge. (Rocky Mount) is going to be one of the better teams in the conference.

Brian McCloskey

I think it?s very important we were here. That?s how teams grow." ()

Nate Robinson

I think we're one of the better teams (in the state). But we won't know about a lot of the teams until the end of the year.

Henry Hall

I do not think many teams will win at Elgin so I will take the draw.