Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Maurstad

Rebuilding stronger and safer and more flood-resistant is a wise investment of tax dollars. There recently has been an independent study by the Mitigation Hazard Council that has indicated that each dollar spent on disaster mitigation saves society on the average of $4.

Mark Twain

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain

Jeff Sherman

Parlay cards had a good handle and average win, while props did very well. It just took a while to grade them.

Mark Shapiro

Paul had an average fastball and average curve. He was going to pitch in the major leagues, but there was nothing that would particularly distinguish him from lots of other guys.

Mark Hyman

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications.

Mike Gundy

Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.

Al Way

Our offensive linemen have decent size. The 2000 state championship team averaged 260 pounds up front. We're pretty close to that average (257 pounds) this year.

Cary Thompson

Our offensive average went up after losing our career leading scorer, and our steals went up by 64 this year. We accomplished a lot out of the change in style.

Dave Esquer

Our middle of the lineup and our average with runners in scoring position just haven't been that good. We haven't given our pitching staff any margin for error yet, and that's been a little frustrating.

Dan Hess

Retailers have worked tirelessly to translate the lessons of years past into improved merchandising systems and strategies, and the work is paying dividends this season.

Jamie Pinkerton

Four freshmen started tonight and they're learning how to win with good senior leadership. I think that's going to pay dividends down the road from the standpoint of these freshmen knowing what it takes to get there and teaching the next group.

Jason Lamb

I worked hard to make a schedule so that it would be as tough as it can be. I've always wanted it to be tough. I think that it pays dividends once we get to nationals having already played top 10 teams throughout the year.

Grant Williamson

If they can hop out of that there's I suppose another possible return of capital, special dividends and such like.

Najib Razak

The policy of constructive engagement has shown some dividends but not as much as we had hoped.

Tom Cleveland

We are restoring a fish that has huge dividends for the watershed and for the Sound.

Larry Fitzgerald

I was fortunate to have a grandfather who was an optometrist. Vision therapy was something that we routinely did to strengthen our eyes and give us better focus. I was fortunate that he could teach me techniques that are still paying dividends for me to this day.

Jeff Kleintop

What's interesting now is we're seeing a period where dividends are growing faster then earnings,

Don Madzia

We stress foul shooting. It is something we place great importance on every day. It paid dividends tonight.

Sharon Bolton

Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.

Darrell Smith

People may lie to you over the phone, but they may not lie to you looking at you face to face.

Paul Nocito

St. Anthony's was one of the better shooting teams we have faced this year.

Dick Todd

Stan Jonathan was one of the toughest guys I've ever seen, but after a fight his face would look like it had gone through a Mixmaster. Tie never got a scratch on him.

Ivette Mendez

Some of the faces that remain are those that Jon felt could do that job best. He wasn't going to replace people just to replace people.

Bob Coolen

Our players are ready to face somebody else.

Jason Bay

Roger wasn't as sharp as the other times we've faced him,

Ned Yost

Rodriguez was really good today. The last time we faced him he was just OK.

Richard Tischler

Playing a quality team like Marietta really boosted our guys up. We had four tough games that started (Tuesday) with Marietta, and Marietta was a measuring stick for us and the toughest team we faced so far.

Steve Matlock

Our reorganized sales management team is 100 percent focused on providing dealers with the support they need to be successful in their businesses.

Saddam Hussein

Our political program will focus more on getting the Americans out of Iraq ,

Tom Amstutz

Our players were aware, sure, but they didn't focus on any of that. We prepared well and we executed well. I was proud of the way our team went about its business.

Elliot Hovey

Our race on Saturday was the most focused and well-executed race this year. Every race we've been getting better and better.

Chris Hutchens

Our main focus will be to have a quick start and not wait until the second half to make plays.

Mike Pirtle

Our main focus was to play the we've been playing.

Andre Morgan

Our main focus was to come out (in the first half) and execute. I guess we did execute, because (Jacksonville) is a very competitive team.

Amanda Hansen

Our main focus is to get past that first round.

Andre Patterson

Our main focus has been getting better every time we get on the floor. We don't look at where we're playing or who we're playing. We just look at it as five-on-five and that we're going to work harder.

Mike Blouin

People here take primaries seriously. These are the folks who make the party work.

Gene Taylor

Some of the folks from Louisiana may have gotten greedy in some of their requests,

Dave Foreman

Some of our local folks are not the type to step right up and say help me. They're the type to say never mind, we take care.

Lynn Ford

Our weather folks are telling us we're going to get some rain, but the problem is it will be isolated. What we really need is sustaining rain, one of those long rains you like for your gardens.

Frank Baum

Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.

H. Hunt

We need some residential properties that will provide housing for folks who aren't making million-dollar incomes.

John McGary

I think there'll be a little more pressure on the governor's folks and Senate Republicans to move in our direction.

Scott Ishikawa

I think the racetrack has been a great outlet for folks who do want to race in a safe manner, rather than on the freeways.

Paul Swangard

That's what folks thought Kobe could become. It was such a shock to the system what happened in Colorado.

Andrew Clarke

Regionally, today is a consolidation day, and people are looking for less obvious plays. I don't think investors are that perturbed about the price of oil at the moment. They should be, but they're not.

Jeff Cheah

Stabilizing ... that is the key word that investors are reacting to.

Grant Wilson

Japanese investors are still looking to put some money to work overseas. We're still seeing those flows.

Lara Rhame

That's the nightmare that keeps a lot of investors up at night -- but I just don't think that scenario is realistic.

Mark Sue

I think investors are relieved about these results because there were thoughts they would have to ratchet down for this quarter.

Kevin Rose

I want to be known as one of the most accurate investors that ever lived.

Hugh Johnson

Momentum investors are looking for something that works. What works is technology.

Craig Callahan

Most people want stocks to go up all the time. We're back to normal and people don't like it, ... Investors that don't have the patience to ride through trading ranges won't be able to participate in the surge.

Dirk Becker

Many investors are speculating on a takeover offer.

Katie Murphy

That was our plan, to just get her tired out, and slow her down by the end of the game.

Ricky Henderson

I think it was just a slow start. It was pretty disappointing. We've got a lot of things to work on, but I think we'll do better. We'll be all right.

Mike Hill

I think it went really well. The word is slowly spreading. We're starting to get more people.

Stacy Stewart

The only thing that could slow this down is itself.

Nicole Strasko

I got off to a slow start thinking about the game. I'm a freshman, and this was my first tournament game, and with it in the new gym, I wanted to do really good.

Christopher Traulsen

If it's a trend, it's going to be slow moving.

Frank Middleton

He taught me a lesson, ... Never slow down.

Flip Saunders

We were a half-second slow and they were throwing it up there.

Dave Wannstedt

We've got to find a way out of it, ... We started slow and that's where we are right now.

Beeban Kidron

The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

Beck

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

Beck

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

Barry Ritholtz

History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.

Barry Lopez

Have we come all this way, I wondered, only to be dismantled by our own technologies, to be betrayed by political connivance or the impersonal avarice of a corporation?

B. F. Skinner

A vast technology has been developed to prevent, reduce, or terminate exhausting labor and physical damage. It is now dedicated to the production of the most trivial conveniences and comfort.

Billy Corgan

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

Carrie Snow

It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine.

Beth Simone Noveck

In the 21st century, you have to use technology as one of the tools in the toolkit to bring about social change.

B. F. Skinner

The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.

Jason Mraz

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Colin Mochrie

The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more.

Emilia Clarke

I wear tinted moisturized since, on the stage, we tend to wear such heavy stage makeup.

Ron Eldard

I tend toward characters who are more lost than found.

Joel Robuchon

I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure.

Dan Boone

It can tend to snowball if you let it go.

Emily Mortimer

I'm always drawn to the thing I think I can't possibly do, because I tend to be better when I think I can't possibly do something than I am when I'm pretty sure I can do something.

Linda Martin

Lacy tends to be calming. She is not part of the therapy, but she's therapeutic.