Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sam Hollenbach

Regardless of what was said, personally I think I need to improve. That's kind of the outlook I'm trying to stick with. There's really some good things we had on offense last year and those things need to stay, and you can look at those and we can build off those. He's been very specific with me on things I need to improve.

Todd Davison

Regardless of losses, people are going to build close to the water. Our program does not dictate land use.

Hosni Mubarak

regain their rights and build their independent state on their national soil with Jerusalem as its capital.

Jim Bowden

Recently, we denied another organization the opportunity to interview Dana because we view him as vital component of this franchise as we build for the future.

Idotha Neal

Rehab is occurring all around us. However, there is a significant funding gap keeping the buildings from being financially viable for high capacity developers.

Joel Staff

Reliant is committed to supporting our customers and the communities where we do business. That's why when Royce Builders approached us to help this family, we gladly said yes.

Joey Spatafora

Reliable power to this building is a chronic issue.

Robert Greenwald

Releasing the film in theaters will only build upon the largest grassroots mobilization in the history of film distribution. 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price' is the story of one company using its power to destroy the fabric of American life, and it is important to us that as many people as possible see it.

M. Wolfe

Preserving these historic schools builds pride and a sense of place in communities.

Gene Orza

Part of our task is to let a consensus emerge.

Chris Spear

I think there is finally a consensus that we need to be securing these facilities.

Ian Gunner

I think there's a whole wealth of information suggesting that things are on the mend... I don't think this is really going to disturb market consensus that the German economy will continue throughout the course of this year.

Joe Moore

I think there was a pretty good recognition that the consensus number was too high and that some of the estimates out there were stale.

James Schmidt

I think some of the consensus numbers are a little stale some of the estimates that go into that don't reflect the recent thinking many analysts have about Morgan Stanley.

Edward Gramlich

I think his departure is more a sign of stability and consensus at the Fed than a reflection of disagreement.

Mitch Daniels

I think this is a matter for local decision-making and local consensus and that seems to be what is happening,

Tom Schlesinger

Greenspan is an orthodox thinker in most ways, but you have give him credit for questioning consensus thinking.

Keith Sherin

Given the current outlook, we expect to modestly exceed the first quarter consensus estimate of $0.75 per share,

Todd Cheney

Our regional was so tough. We had a 103-pounder who took seventh in state and another state qualifier from a year ago who did not win a match. All things considered we did okay.

Seabo Gaeganelwe

Parliament considered national interest and in as much as people raise their objections, no one will intimidate or deny the people in the town the right to vote.

Ruth Comer

Part of (the demand for higher-cost products) has been fueled by the Food Network and cooking shows that use more exotic ingredients. A lot of items that were once considered specialty are now considered mainstream. Many are now staples in our produce section.

Jodi Picoult

Part of our job as a writer is to consider how we tell stories, ... This is one way of looking at multiple versions of storytelling. What is also fun about it is all fiction used to be illustrated, so in a way this very revolutionary form of novel is really going back to basics.

Marvin Emerson

People need to remember that Herb is just 16 years old. I don't know if people always consider that. There is a lot of pressure on him, and I think he handles it as well as could be expected for someone his age.

Fritz Elmendorf

People have to think realistically, and I think the economy is pretty sobering right now, and people should consider their financial moves very soberly. Part of that is getting in less debt.

Adam Adelman

People might be delaying some purchasing decisions and in the short-term, that's considered a negative.

James Balsillie

People may have paused to consider but we haven't heard of any competitive shift.

Eddie Jordan

People may consider that. But there is a respect for the game.

Andrei Popov

Our position as regards the restrictions imposed by the European Union remains unchanged -- these sanctions are unsubstantiated, deliberate and useless.

Gilbert Ryle

Such in outline is the official theory. I shall often speak of it, with deliberate abusiveness, as 'the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine'.

Juan Enriquez

I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.

Timothy Noah

If one does not wish to take the word of journalists, human rights groups, and the United Nations that Iraq conducted a deliberate campaign to eradicate the Kurdish population, there's always the word of the Iraqis themselves.

William Stone

Many people think all I do is some random engineering work in between caving expeditions. It's been far more deliberate than that.

Joanna Scott

When we really start searching for the truth in stories, we can find it everywhere, not just in sincere confessions but in the deliberate lies and imagined possibilities, the magic and fantasy, and all the other unreal elements that go into the concoction of identity.

Robert Grant

The demands of modern living are so exacting that men and women everywhere must exercise deliberate selection to live wisely

Rick Lynch

We have a very deliberate process on how we work with those detainees,

Michael Cohen

People need to understand what's proposed here is a door opener for young people. Even if it seems hard to do, it'll be harder to succeed without it.

Peter Massas

People have reacted very positively, and the recognition is good for Keyport. It's opened up a lot of doors for me.

Paul Dergarabedian

Star Wars' opened the door to the idea of a franchise that could be successful, even if a sequel doesn't do well. It made viable the idea that, with sequels, the law of diminishing returns doesn't always apply.

Jim Waters

Some local governments and local government entities feel like the flood doors are open for them to take people's property for economic development projects, and we don't think that's right.

Robert Brown

Our financial resources have run out and so the doors will soon be closing.

Kevin Kennedy

Out of respect to the people I work with, that's the way it would have to be, ... I have an 'out' in my contract, but it's not a situation where I can really solicit a job when one comes open. I've got a great gig now. If somebody has an interest, my door is always open.

Jerry O'Hara

Physical security upgrades include improvements to an external door and holding cells,

Larry Brown

Man, it was more than words can say. We opened the door and there wasn't anything sitting there.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I took three steps back; he nudged the door closed with his foot. “You like Mexican?” he asked. “I—” I’d like to know what you’re doing inside my house! “Tacos?” “Tacos?” I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. “Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese.” “I know what a taco is!

Deborah Durham

Manners are how you show how you're going to relate to someone else.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The greater person is one of courtesy.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

There is no nobility with bad manners.

William Gilbert

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

Sidney Altman

We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

Curtis Mayfield

As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk to myself in a righteous manner and put that in a song.

Albert Chee

We are continually working to get the refinery back up in as quick and as safe a manner as we can.

John Bolton

This report unambiguously rejects the notion that 'business as usual' at the UN is acceptable, ... We need to reform the UN in a manner that will prevent another oil-for-food scandal.

Iris Chang

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Roger Toussaint

Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.

Steve MacFarlane

Our members know that working for Northwest Airlines, they have to have a strike fund.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Bertrand Russell

Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?

John Bercow

I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Peter Bart

Or, if it opens on three screens, it's going to stay on those three screens for much of the summer. He's not going to be pushed around like most studios are pushed around.

Mark Aaron

Our New York flagship store is staffed and open for business.

Tom Peterson

Our middles are very good. We passed really well and that opened things up for our offense.

Anders Igel

Our acquisition strategy is still very much the same as before, but we are opening up our thinking a little.

Chris Cornell

Rock will always have CBGB, whether it's open or closed.

Tom Thompson

We've tested oodles of time, but we're going to do it anyway. We'll pretend like we're open for business.

Tom Thompson

We've tested oodles of time, but we're going to do it anyway, ... We'll pretend like we're open for business.

Heath Miller

I was able to get open and Tommy got me the ball,

Marscilla Packer

I was just trying to get open, and when I got an open look I shot the ball.

Mark Thompson

Our preference would be to have a seven-day recovery.

Bud Grebey

Our strong preference is to have our striking workers return to work.

James Lindsay

If they are successful, they will be doing a very chunky rights issue. Our preference is that they stick to what they've got and do that better.

Alfred North Whitehead

Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians.

Alan Alda

I have a strong preference for being alive.

Larry Ellison

You'll see it in the newspapers. Oracle's strong preference is to do everything hostilely.

Orlando Bloom

Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.

Dick Cheney

My preference would be to deploy them as warriors, (rather than peacekeepers),

Thom Mayne

I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished.

Burton

Most of the restaurants and taverns, especially the ones downtown, support the proposal I've introduced,

Antonio Banderas

I think it actually will be an interesting play. I think it is a very smart proposal for theater.

Ken Karl

Under my proposal there?s only one wire to move.

Sergei Ivanov

If such proposals come -- we have not yet received them -- I am sure that they will not solve the ABM issue,

Wayne Peters

We're here. We're ready. We have proposals on the table that haven't been responded to.

Charles Kennedy

Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? Surely it's wrong. Surely you are going to have to back down.

Tony Blair

Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? ... Surely it's wrong ... surely you are going to have to back down.

Pele

When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.

Tony Blair

We don't have a specific proposal on the table yet, ... But I understand and share the American concerns, as I've said many times before.

Allard Baird

Out of respect to him, I'd rather have him do that.

Koyie Hill

I think they'd rather get somebody for me, though. It would look better.

Simon Leung

I think the timing is going to be more towards the end of this year rather than earlier.

Terry Bradshaw

I will tell you what I feel, right or wrong. I don't want to do it. I would rather make you laugh. But that's my job. I did it. Archie's mad. I understand.

Jon Karkow

I think he was thinking more about the end of the runway approaching rather than the birds.

Joker Phillips

It didn't take long for me to say yes. Once we started talking, he said that we had been on the up and up with him and that he'd rather come here.

Michael Long

I think I would rather that he didn't run.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Craig Berman

He really wants to get back to the work he's been doing for 15 years in search rather than running a company.

Bill Sienkiewicz

But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube

C. S. Lewis

As long as you notice, and have to count the steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning to dance. A good shoe is a shoe you don't notice. Good reading becomes possible when you need not conciously think about eyes, or light, or print, or spelling. The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.

C. S. Lewis

It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be.

C. S. Lewis

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

C. S. Lewis

We read to know we are not alone.

C. S. Lewis

But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.

Cathy Moriarty

Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

Carrie Underwood

There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

Bill Blass

Reading has given me more satisfaction than really anything else.

Kamala Harris

'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

Miranda Cosgrove

I'm not that rebellious. There's a part of me that wishes I was that.