Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Alterman

Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully 93 percent of additional income gains coming out of the recession went straight into the wallets and purses of the top 1 percent.

Bob Taft

Recently, I saw firsthand how the Emerald Ash Borer is destroying our vital ash tree resources, ... We appreciate these additional federal dollars, and I will continue to work with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to pursue further funding for 2006.

Bill Johnson

Relative to the overall statewide timber harvest, the net addition is relatively small. There is an effect, but it's a small one and it can be easily mitigated.

Lester Crawford

Previous shortages highlighted the need for additional influenza vaccine manufacturers for the U.S. market,

John Nestor

Our own high end estimate was between 1,000 and 1,200 - there may be additional advisors who aren't signing up and adopting a 'wait and see' attitude.

Gary Spear

Our overall crime rate would have changed dramatically, if you take out those additional vehicle burglaries.

Jason Willett

Organizations are realizing they can move opportunities into the virtual realmsuch as mentoring or fundraisingand get more people volunteering regardless of location. They can save space in-house, which may make room for an additional staff person or volunteer, and they can take advantage of skills and resources that may not be available in their own community.

Jason Willett

Organizations are realizing they can move opportunities into the virtual realmùsuch as mentoring or fundraisingùand get more people volunteering regardless of location. They can save space in-house, which may make room for an additional staff person or volunteer, and they can take advantage of skills and resources that may not be available in their own community.

Walt Dabney

Parks, in addition to being quality of life components, in a place like Texas are huge economic generators.

Mohamed Abukar

Rebounding is probably the biggest thing that we didn't do as well as we needed to, but that wasn't the reason we lost. We didn't do a lot of things as well as we should have. We lost because of us, not because of Utah.

Willie Parker

Records? I don't really care about that record. The biggest record is that we were the sixth seed and we came in and shocked the world.

Jason Fisher

Relaxation is the perfect word for it. I think the biggest thing for me was knowing it was my last one.

Rachael Scoggin

Our overall goal is to win so that we can have a good winning record. We need to stay mentally focused for 80 minutes. I think that's the biggest struggle that we have had this season.

Todd Heap

Our offensive line has been blocking great and giving him time to relax and throw the ball. That's the biggest thing.

Larry Ellison

Oracle's database and e-Business applications have become the software standard for the Internet, ... All 10 of the world's biggest Web sites use Oracle, as do 93 percent of the public dot.com companies. The faster the Internet grows, the faster we grow.

Ron Hassey

People have to realize that. He won seven gold gloves. It's not like we have to clean him up. The biggest thing right now is learning our pitchers and how they throw. Any catcher that comes over here would have to go through that process.

Paul Dretsch

(Swain) is a freshman, but she's a pretty composed player on the biggest stage.

Leslie Moonves

Steven Bochco has had the biggest hits of the '70s, '80s and '90s. And we hope with 'City of Angels,' it's the biggest hit of the new millennium.

Maury Povich

Paul has been a very integral part of the success of this program. We are energized about the upcoming season and I feel confident that under Paul's leadership we will continue to grow the show and further expand our audience.

Tom Collins

People need to be reassured Newport is a safe place. This isn't something that happens every day in this city. We are pretty confident the investigation is heading in the right direction.

Mike Scioscia

Some guys need opportunities. He has worked very hard with his stuff and feels very confident with it. He is at a point now where he understands the importance of location and consistency. He has made great strides.

Li Nina

Our team is strong as a whole and no matter who misses the Games, we are confident of good results at Turin.

Mike Ashley

Our goal is to be a top-five qualifying team by mid-season, running 60s and 70s, so, no one on the team is disappointed at all. We're all confident that better things are on the horizon.

Matthew Wilson

Our goal is $15,000 and we feel very confident that with everyone's help, we can reach that.

Jim Greene

Our continued passion is to share the story of JESUS through media, with everyone, everywhere in his/her own language. We are confident that this relocation will position The JESUS Film Project to be even more effective in the 21st Century.

Josh Marien

Overall, I'm pleased. I was confident we were going to win.

John McKay

Overall, I am confident that the whole Scottish team can win at least four medals in Melbourne.

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.

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.

Edouard Michelin

Our operating income is showing progress. Yet, it does not reflect the group's growth potential. That is why in 2006, we will strengthen our focused growth strategy and strengthen our cost-reduction efforts.

John Mesenbrink

Our kids were very focused and very tenacious today. Our guys had 12 pins for the day. I thought our seniors really did well. All three of those guys did great jobs for us.

Dick Armey

stay focused on the singular question: Is taxing marriage appropriate?

Rodney Taylor

Our pitcher wasn't focused -- we had too many walks, and hitting-wise, we weren't there. It's one of those games where you get away as quick as you can.

Paul Rozak

Our girls really played well, especially the four minutes in the fourth quarter. They (Assumption) have a really nice team, very similar to us because of their versatility inside and out. We needed our rebounding tonight and that was what we focused on for this game.

Kevin Boyd

Our game has to be focused on us. Most of what we're trying to do is to get better every game.

Ron Averill

I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.

Greg Mason

Reggie posted up hard and gave us a great post presence.

Koy Banal

Our loss last Saturday was a wake-up call. I gave them a lesson on mental toughness and it paid off.

LeeAnn Palo

Our legs kind of gave out on us a bit.

David Piehler

Sterling gave us more size up front. Our rebounding improved with him back in the lineup. He'll get better as he spends more time on the court.

George Braun

Some of the threes were unbelievable. But we gave them the opportunity to get it.

Tim Shankle

Some kids in school were saying they were better than us, so he made us all try out. He gave everyone a chance.

Kyle McLaren

Our speed tonight was pretty good throughout. We have to improve in some areas. ... We gave up one goal, and I don't like giving up any goals, so we have to improve on that.

Joe Hernandez

Our girls didn't do a very good job on offense. And their big girls gave us fits.

Nel Parado

Our first win gave us the confidence. We always come well-prepared, but we're lucky to have the leadership of our veterans like Alex.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

Marta

But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of the leagues in the world.

Rick Peterson

To me, that was worth the whole trip. I think he understands that young pitchers who settle into the big leagues quickly settle in not because they're fastball-curveball (pitchers) but because they're fastball-changeup.

Neil Strother

While they are doing well, the process to getting with the big leagues is quite a leap.

Lastings Milledge

I want to get to the big leagues as quick as I can. But I want to stay there. I could be ready now or I couldn't be.

Larry Graham

They can come in and post their name on a bulletin board. Then I can match them up with the leagues that are looking for people.

Dennis Howard

They're in the big leagues now. And they're paying big league money for this chance.

Bill Self

I look around the county, and I see a lit of leagues like ours. With parity a lot of people think that means mediocrity.

David Ortiz

At one point, he got called up to the big leagues

Jorge Posada

He's a no-miss. He will be in the major leagues soon. I won't be surprised if I see him before the year is over.

John Hull

Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed.

Shelden Williams

People have different paths in life. Quincy's led him to a different place. What matters is how you play.

Terry Stotts

Our turnovers led to their transition and we didn't do much to stop them.

Dustin Milligan

I was always kind of a loudmouth and a class clown, and that kind of led to doing all the school plays and trying out all kinds of different stuff.

O. Singh

I am a sacrifice to my True Guru, who has led me to see my unseen Lord.

Mike Conley

He comes to play in big games, and today was two big games. I think he stepped up and led us to victory.

Larry Klukas

He led us in scoring on Thursday and in rebounding Friday.

Steven Reinprecht

He led the way, that's for sure. I think he showed what a special player is.

Jim Edwards

He led our schools through the integration process.

Phil Ramon

Some of them will need some major (repair).

Joe Jenkins

That day, there was nothing major going on,

Harley Dale

Outside of NSW spending on major renovations was softer, but not substantially so at the end of 2005.

Alan Greenspan

Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11.

Shane Coursen

We now know that it's not only a threat to smart phones. All these regular phones that support J2ME are vulnerable and can become a major target.

Shizuka Arakawa

I was a little nervous today, but there was not any major mistake tonight. It was ok.

Silvan Shalom

I think there was a very major breakthrough today in the relations between us and Pakistan,

Tony Benn

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

Steve Forbes

The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off.

Alexei Navalny

The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.

Councilman Pearlberg

There's nothing preventing us from making stronger rules.

Ben Bernanke

Preventing liquidation of an unbalanced market will leave you in tears.

Robert Belshe

Preventing influenza in children, we think, will reduce influenza in our society.

Amartya Sen

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.

Bill Gates

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

Ashley Judd

You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.

Groucho Marx

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bandages and adhesive tape.

Tertullian

Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.

Craig Harris

Most of the questions were about the stage of development we are in.

Liu Jianchao

it is appropriate now to refer this question to the U.N. Security Council.

Cliff May

I think there's no question that he has, I would say, support from the White House,

MaryEllen Elia

I think there's no question we have some things that we need to do.

Tracy Austin

I think there are more questions in the first week than we've seen in a long time.

Nicole Vaidisova

I think the question is, 'What was not the problem?

Jeff Tedford

That was a tough start for him, no question about it,

Brent Bracelin

That will happen. The question now is the magnitude.

Patrick Murphy

That wasn't the time to question our government,

Greg Gabriel

Our tight end has got to be able to block. This is Chicago. We've got to run the ball, especially when the weather is bad. If he can't block, he's not a fit.

Jim Williams

Roger's been running for a year and a half. And there hasn't been an unkind word said.

M. Wolfe

Replays and reruns are running out of steam,

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.

Bede Griffiths

I liked the solitude and the silence of the woods and the hills. I felt there the sense of a presence, something undefined and mysterious, which was reflected in the faces of the flowers and the movements of birds and animals, in the sunlight falling through the leaves and in the sound of running water, in the wind blowing on the hills and the wide expanse of earth and sky.

Becca Fitzpatrick

If you keep running from me, you're never going to figure out what's really going on.

Becca Fitzpatrick

The Patch I knew didn't run from anyone.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I personally believe Patch scared the pants off normal, and it took off running for the far side of the world.

Jon Gruden

That was the play of the game. He runs down on that and just makes an unbelievable effort. There were just a lot of things like that for us today.

Neil Morris

That would be a dream. Every time we get him to the races, he runs a big race.

Ronnie Reyes

That's the way to never say die. You were two runs down and you got on base.

John Sullivan

It is important our door-to-door service runs efficiently, ... I'm worried about the transportation issue.

Joe Nelson

He's a big kid, who, for his size, is agile, runs well and is still powerful.

Dick LeBeau

He runs real, real fast. And he's very instinctive. He just can diagnose and get to the right spot.

Tony Gerharz

We have to be better than that. There are going to be a lot of runs scored at Sunset Park. Kimberly did the runs scoring.

Robb Quinlan

If we're going out and scoring one or two runs a game, it is tough to win ballgames.

Dean Montzingo

He (Tyler) runs the show. We're comfortable about that.

Kevin Millwood

Our season is going to come down to how we pitch. We know we are going to score runs.

Chris Nelson

That's the way we've been all year. Every time someone scores on us, we score right back.

Derek Jeter

I was thinking triple all the way. It's good, too, because it usually takes a triple to score Jorge.

Stephen Ames

I think I was watching it with Vijay. I was watching the scoreboard from the first hole, so I knew.

Christine Sinclair

I think the thing that has sort of always separated me, even from when I was younger, is my ability to score goals.

Keith Ballard

I don't get to score that often, so when I do it's fun. And to get the game-winner, it's exciting.

Judy Garland

I could sketch out a score in different keys, a new way each time.

Trevor Noah

I'm a quarterback. I don't need to score the touchdown. I just need to spot the pass.

Reggie Lewis

For me, that's natural. The instinct to score comes naturally and if you have it, you've got to go to it.

Graeme Souness

Stephen has had an operation. We could have him back in three weeks, but in the worst case, who knows?

B. B. King

Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

Gerald Cox

We never really put this one away. Two or three 3's, and we're in trouble.

Adam Dunn

That's a tough way to give up three runs,

Amy Walter

It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.

Jim Hickey

I was worried that he wouldn't even make it through three innings.

Adam LaRoche

I think I was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts,

James Toney

I thought I won it by two or three points. I thought we had the edge.

Oscar Goodman

If I'm up at three in the morning, there's no other place to go.

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!