Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Shelton

Regardless of who's doing a controlled burn, we still have the responsibility to plan for what would be a concerned hazardous area. We have to put in a structures plan and an evacuation plan.

Kevin Finan

Really what we're driving towards is efficiency and simplification and reliability. We don't really have a concern about the safety of the aircraft.

Sepp Blatter

Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.

Susan Borra

Our research suggests that consumers, for all the publicity concerning carbohydrates and health, are still confused about weight management and how to include carbohydrates in a healthful diet. Fads and quick fixes, though attractive, are not effective tools for getting to a healthful diet.

Lara Ramsburg

Our overall concern is that the proposals the governor put forth remain intact.

B. F. Skinner

Our record is not what my concern is. It's our style of play that's my concern.

Terry Hartle

Our quarrel with them is fairly specific. We are concerned about the cost, and the complexity, and the schedule on which they want this accomplished.

Samuel Jutzi

Particularly in the southeastern part of the Balkans, given that these flyways go down there ... It is quite probable in the future and is a major concern for us.

Loren Thompson

Part of the story on space radar can't be told because it concerns the most sensitive missions of government satellites.

Tatsushi Shikano

Reflecting solid consumer spending, the real estate and retail sectors are likely to lead the improvement in the overall non-manufacturing sector.

Paul Patterson

Regulators often want to see some of the synergies and cost savings from these deals come back to the consumers in terms of lower rates or limited rate increases. Usually there are some givebacks in terms of rates.

Howard Archer

Relatively subdued consumer spending, intense domestic and international competition, and high input costs continue to dampen ... the sector.

Britt Beemer

Our research on holiday gift returns shows that it's only three percent of Americans who are real jerks and they indulge in consumer fraud and return abuse. The rest of us have to deal with the consequences.

David Emanuel

Our removal of those features was because we have become focused on search for consumers and businesses, and those features were not in line with our goals.

Anthony Chan

Our own studies have shown that consumers tend to switch over to non-store outlets in times of higher energy costs .

Stephen Baker

Part of the problem Sony has had in the past couple of years is that as the consumer electronics market has changed, ... A lot of it has been about lower prices and distribution and neither have been Sony's strong points.

Jon Miller

Our new corporate identity better reflects our expanded mission -- to make everyone's online experience better. Plus, consumers in the U.S. and around the world already know us by our initials.

O. Henry

Our mission has been to enable the service providers and network operators to deploy uninterrupted video throughout the home without interfering with other consumer devices and networking environments already in place.

Jimmy Tallent

Our operating efficiency ratio of 58.80% for the quarter is within our long-term efficiency goal of 58% to 60%, reflecting the success of our recent expansion efforts and the continued strength of our existing franchise.

James Lardner

Suddenly the already wealthy were reaping all the benefits. While other stories held our attention, that trend continued for 30 years.

David Cutcliffe

Steven has had a really good spring. From Day 1, even when we were out there in shorts, his demeanor was what you want in a football player. He has worked extremely hard and has continued to improve every week and every practice.

Greg Stuart

Our prognosis for a continued and steady recovery is being realized and the outlook remains bright.

Steven Bangert

Our placement on the list reflects the continued strength of our earnings over the past decade, and we have every intention of earning a spot on the Honor Roll for many years to come.

Hunter Harrison

Our performance reflected continued productivity improvements ... and a relentless focus on cost control that produced a record first-quarter operating ratio of 66.2 per cent.

Tom Ryan

Our results were driven by a combination of strong top-line growth, continued expense control and improved gross margin performance that reflects the smallest decline we have seen in nearly three years,

Steven Rogel

Our results reflect the strong U.S. housing market and continued unsettled world markets for pulp, paper and packaging products.

John Reed

Our results in the quarter were good in the face of continued pressure on our margins and pricing, and an increasingly competitive environment in virtually all markets,

Carol Foreman

Regardless of who owns the racetracks, the competitive forces in the region make it impossible if the playing field is not level, ... The problem for horsemen and breeders is that we're held hostage. Magna can cut expenses, but we can't.

Robbie Bach

Price cuts come when you see a need in the marketplace, ... We saw a lot of momentum during the holiday at good prices.

Dan Kusnetzky

Organizations are looking for ways to cut costs.

Bob Carnes

Paul Amos died years ago, but he took a liking to me back then and started cutting molds for me until we got one we liked.

Bill Gates

Password systems really won't cut it. (Firms) need to move to multi-factor authentication, and a lot of that will be smart cards.

Michael A. Stackpole

Paying a royalty to someone for prepping an ebook is akin to paying the kid who cuts your grass a percentage of the purchase price when you sell your house. It makes no sense.

Chris Kim

PDP makers have more room to cut prices by improving technology and saving material costs.

Carl Paladino

People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.

Jose Andres Puerta

Steakhouses serve these big steaks. The first piece is hot, and the last piece is cold. The way I like to eat is to try three or four cuts of meat. People should actually be eating less meat, and the meat they eat should be special.

Andrew Chetham

PCCW is facing declining revenues from its long-distance operations, but it still has a massive grip on Hong Kong's telecoms infrastructure and so it is very well positioned.

Doris Williams

I thought I was protecting myself for my declining years.

Rick Whittington

I think the stocks are going to go up from here, ... I think it's too early to start talk of contraction, prices declining and demand faltering.

Hasitha Premaratne

Given the declining inflationary scenario, inflation should further drop in March due to seasonal factors and supply improvements that would help the food index to take a breather.

Sandra Petcov

Fundamentals still do not support a strong rebound in German retail sales: real compensation per employee is declining noticeably and, even though unemployment has started to fall, employment is still on a downward trend.

Barbara Block

Sharks are declining globally, yet the movements and habitats of most species are unknown,

Michael Capellas

We are declining in science ... in the 5th and 6th grades. Young ladies are not entering math and science -- and when they do, they go to medicine.

Michael Capellas

We are declining in science ... in the 5th and 6th grades,

John Donne

Where can we find two better hemispheres/ Without sharp North, without declining West?

Glenn Walsh

Our objective has always been third and when we get there, we'll look at second place. These next games are extremely important. The third, fourth and fifth place teams are playing really well right now and if you lose two or three in a row, it could really drop you down in the standings.

Doug Johnson

Our main focus right now is our D zone coverage. Hopefully when the puck drops we'll be ready.

Alan Vituli

Sure it's a loss, but losses are funny things, when thing are going well, any piece that drops out of the equation seems like a loss. But things often work out.

Charles Grassley

Some of the things they're recommending were hot issues in the 1990s, and they were dropped after being pushed by predecessors of mine very strongly and just didn't get anywhere.

Bob Gaudet

Our team played good hockey from the drop of the puck. It was a back and forth game, and the final minute was a reflection of that.

David Flanery

Our sales probably didn't drop off as fast as they should have when we grew so fast and weren't performing at the store level. We really fixed most of the issues starting in 2003 and on into 2004. We were very comfortable where we were, but we weren't seeing the sales results. We were starting to get very frustrated around here.

Kevin Kinel

Our focus has been on the state meet. I feel pretty good about going down to state. We'll have time drops there.

F. Stone

Our unemployment has been steadily dropping over the past several years. We are going from a time when people can't find jobs to the other end of the spectrum, where employers can't find people.

David Bradford

Risk managers who saw their renewal prices drop said they felt lucky, because those who experienced the hurricane effect are now explaining to their management why renewal premiums just went through the roof. The real question is whether Katrina and Rita will have a lasting effect and strengthen the market for a time -- potentially in all lines of business, not just property -- or whether this is a short-term blip in what has proved to be a pretty resolute soft market.

Michael Thomas

Recent events overseas have probably elevated the global economy to the top of the RBA's risk list,

Jason Schultz

Really, ... what we're talking about here is the U.S. struggling to find its place in an economy where the labor markets are just so vastly different.

Andrew Rudnick

Our relatively strong economy is showing itself in the real estate market.

James Fiorillo

Part of the problem to the ailing economy of Japan is the sloppy hiring practices in the 1980s.

Don Brunell

Our members (are) unified around the fact that without workers who are presently here, our economy is in trouble.

Doug Myers

People here are selling stocks. The GDP report might have been sort of a catalyst. Some people think the economy is either not slowing down enough or slowing down too much. In my time, I don't recall any soft landing.

Doug Myers

People here are selling stocks, ... The GDP report might have been sort of a catalyst. Some people think the economy is either not slowing down enough or slowing down too much. In my time, I don't recall any soft landing.

Dave Edwards

People like to give to where they live, and after these episodic events they tend to give more. A lot of this has more to do with the economy than with the cause.

Ron Lehman

Sustained job growth speaks well for Texas employers and the Texas economy.

Ibrahim Jaafari

Regarding the sort of federalism and its details, he thinks that federalism is not obligated to anything other than being general.

James Frederick

Our overall goal is to see the federal government step up to the plate.

George Grace

Some people are mad that I 'let' the federal government set up this operation in the town, ... I didn't really have a choice.

David Strow

Our company, and really the gaming industry as a whole, complies with federal law on hiring.

Eric Lamoureux

Other states rely much more heavily on their state government and the federal government to come in and manage the support. In California, emergencies are managed on the local level.

Jessica Thill

Right now our two U.S. Senators and our U.S. Congressman are all over the place in terms of what they're thinking and how they're voting on this issue. So, I would really like to see our Federal Government representation get on the same page.

Ben Bernanke

Roger made invaluable contributions to the Federal Reserve and to the country.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

George H. W. Bush

I think the most important thing government can do is provide flexibility for federal monies.

Kristin Kissinger

Our state representative helped with tickets to that.

Pete Lewinski

Our starters were dead. It was just sheer will there in the end. What helped us tonight is our maturity. We're a senior-dominated team.

Wayne Allen

Our schedule has been one of the things that has really helped us. One of the things I look for with everybody's schedule is opponents' records. Our teams have won about a 63 percent clip.

Vaughn Farrar

Playing at UMPI has been a gift. It's helped our program, helped us mature, and helped our spirit.

Margi Nanney

I think the training helped the staff understand that they can recognize things that just don't seem right and report those things.

Julia Mancuso

Just another day on a stormy race course. That sort of helped me take the pressure.

Jason Repko

Jeff's a leader. He's a leader by the way he plays. He talks to us individually and helps us with our game. I know he's helped me by mentioning things that have been a big help. We all want to play the way he plays.

Chris Harris

That was huge. That helped us out a lot .

Matt Mitchell

That was probably the one mistake I made, but my team picked me up and helped me through it.

John Prescott

Refurbishing I've done in the first three years and I'm still giving housing money, of course, to the north.

Jay Speer

People who live in higher-cost housing markets are really hurting.

E. Hicks

We never (talked about) housing because we thought it was too much of a hurdle.

Carl Brown

I think the spike in permits, in retrospect, should have been somewhat predictable. But the strength of the housing market throughout the year was surprising.

Ariel Sharon

It is an old project launched by Ariel Sharon when he was housing minister nearly 15 years ago,

Jeff Neal

It is my understanding that the housing in Middletown is privately owned and managed. It is not owned or managed by the state of Rhode Island.

S. Hughes

I think it will be considerably more. The way housing is, it doesn't matter who you market it to.

Anthony Chan

I would say that momentum (in the housing market) probably will not continue, since you don't see the same strength in permits that you do in construction,

Jeff Jones

Basically, what it means is we have a jobs to housing imbalance in the area,

Adriano Galliani

Real Madrid are interested in him but I don't know if there have been any contacts.

Doug Bereuter

Releasing Mr. Pollard would put vital U.S. interests at risk and send the message that we are not serious about punishing espionage.

Phil Brown

Paulo would be one we are interested in but not at the moment.

Alan Greenspan

Our operating procedures, as you suggest, do tend to smooth out short-run fluctuations in short-term interest rates,

Chris Byrne

Star Wars' is a 20-year-old brand. When the next 'Star Wars' movie comes out, there's going to be much more interest in the product.

Danny Diaz

Sportsmen represent a very important constituency to this campaign. They reflect, in many cases, the interests and views of a majority of Americans and rural America.

R. Robinson

Our weakness is inexperience. We have no seniors and we've never been here before. I'll be interested to see how we come out and play.

Beck

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Bill Shaw

We've told all judges we're not interested in their money, we don't want it. We want the poles removed.

Brian Brennan

Today's numbers threw some (inflation) fears. We could see some nervousness on the mortgage side.

Carol Rebello

I made all my payments on time, but I never got a mortgage bill.

Chris Gabrieli

I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.

Julia Gillard

I'm angry and I understand why Australians paying mortgages are angry.

Jennifer Ellison

I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.

John Porter

It's tough. My mortgage there is $2,000, and my rent here is $2,350, so we're not doing much but working and paying the mortgage.

Jim Butcher

I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.

Martin Lewis

It's a sensible rule that says before you get a mortgage it should be checked whether you can afford it.

Peter Akinola

We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation.

Rick Bowers

Overall it was good. We had some disappointments and some surprises; it's all part of the game.

Ken Read

Overall it's disappointing. I think that disappointment is shared by the athletes. I think their expectations was they wanted to do better.

Michael Lawson

Overall it is pretty much the same procedure.

Paul Nolte

Overall it doesn't look too bad. The prices paid is a concern. We'd like to see it come down a little. It's an inflationary key.

Keith Hembre

Overall there are not a lot of surprises here.

Paul Ballew

Overall share is going to be tough for us this year.

Cassie Desmone

Overall our season was fine, but not one of our better ones. We've got some work to do in the future.

Cristobal Huet

Overall I made a lot of progress this year. I worked on the little details, the small things that make you better.

Michael Woods

Overall for the first game, we played well,

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

Charles Nelson

Overall, the story is that uninsured rates are relatively stable.

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Mark Langan

This rates up there as one of the worse we have ever seen.

John Kline

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase.

Elizabeth Warren

Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans.

Leon Black

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

Chris Perry

We don't know the rates of (reef) growth.

Bill Gross

It's sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up.

Robert Webb

My favorite series of 'Peep Show' is always the most recent one, which I can say with all honesty because I don't write it. It gets better and better.

Janis Ian

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Evanna Lynch

My cats - I have Luna who's just had kittens recently and we called one of them Dumbledore. They're nice but they're not like their characters.

Bob Stoops

Typical of our recent classes, this one is well-balanced.

John Heimlich

We're not saying things are hunky-dory. All we're saying is that some of the indicators we look at and some of the recent trends are promising, and that's the first time I've used that word in a long time.

Carl McDonald

We think Aetna's results will be more than enough to sustain the stock's recent strength.

Marcia Miquelon

We've already rehearsed in the recent single-digit weather, so were ready.

Dr. Baxter

We're seeing a lot of influenza, more than in recent years. This is a very big year.

Phil Davis

Their achievements in recent years speak for themselves,

Robert Greene

I will say it's been a while since we've been this healthy,

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Charles Djou

I think he sincerely wants recycling. Can't we do this right?

Kenny Thomas

I'm starting. Since no one has told me, I'm starting.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Dale Scott

He'd been disgruntled since the sixth inning, so it was time for him to go.

Stieg Larsson

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

Ned Colletti

I take nothing for granted. I know the value of finances, I know the value of people. I've had to be street-smart since I was a little kid,

Ken Slater

Burlington will be a big challenge, to see where we're at. It (Friday's game) will be something that will tell us what kind of a team we have and if we've made improvements since Christmas.

Brad Childress

If a daily, 'How you doing, Terrell?' is antagonistic or spiteful then I must be on the wrong planet.

Brad Childress

If a daily, 'How you doing' or a 'What's up' is antagonistic or spiteful then I must be on the wrong planet.

Don Marquis

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Dallas Willard

Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

Bette Midler

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

Edward Lear

In spite of all their friends could say, / On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, / In a sieve they went to sea!

Lee Matthews

The wind made it very tough to play in spite of the warm day.

Paul Mooney

Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.

Tim Murtaugh

Russ Potts is an angry, bitter, spiteful man.

Frank Bennett

Part of it was to support the facility,

Hank Aaron

I'm here to support the commissioner and tougher drug penalties.

Kim Coble

We need a much more supportive infrastructure for farming.

Carl Sagan

Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries.

Art Alexakis

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

Homer Thompson

I was always in support of the coach.

Debbie Smith

I think the winds are changing. We're all tired of supporting the scandals.

Michael Campbell

I think it's the Polynesian connection. I have a lot of support here and it's wonderful.

Rafa Benitez

I was with our supporters at the end. I could see him but he didn't want to.

Mike Aronson

He was able to make what used to be his weaknesses into his strengths.

Blaise Pascal

What amazes me the most is to see that everyone is not amazed at his own weakness.

Blaise Pascal

The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.

Abraham Lincoln

Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go.

Brit Hume

What played to what had been a relative weakness for us-this was exploding overseas as well, and we had to scramble to mount some reach and get into places and be competitive on the ground.

Babe Ruth

A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.

Aleister Crowley

30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops an does naught. 31. If power asks why, then power is weakness.

Agatha Christie

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

Claude Monet

I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.

Ryan Hansen

Our nemesis all year has been our rebounding.

John Devine

Overall, 2002 will be a very challenging year for the industry,

Beck

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

Beck

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

Beck

I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

Beck

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

Barry Ritholtz

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

Barry Lopez

Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget.

Babatunde Osotimehin

The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people!