Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Jeff Immelt

Reinsurance is an industry that has had a difficult time over the past few years, and we're disappointed in our results, ... We are committed to running ERC effectively for our investors. This includes profitability and exploring strategic options.

Dr. Gerberding

Part of the reason why we hoped to have full appropriation committed ... was to warrant to the manufacturers that we are serious.

William Higgins

passionately committed to the success of the exchange.

David Young

passionate and committed to theater and concerned by the lack of public performance found in Taipei.

Ra'anan Gissin

Our only concern, and the concern of those committed to the peace process and the road map, is the performance of this government with regard to the implementation of the security requirements of the road map, which include dismantling of terror organizations and the stopping of incitement as well as completing comprehensive democratic reforms.

Jeff Davidson

Our ministry is committed to the principle that there are no disabled souls in the kingdom of God,

Z. Sheppard

People once said they were "in" psychoanalysis, meaning they were committed to a long immersion. In a sense, they were writing their autobiographies.

Kathleen Kennedy

Steven is extremely committed to DreamWorks, ... He doesn't want it to go away.

Josh Tarrell

Some of these girls don't play a lot (during varsity games). It takes a strong, committed player to a team to do that. They're as important to the team as anybody, especially in practice. Without them, we're not as good as we can be.

Sandy Sanderson

Our ongoing efforts include continuous incremental improvements in all areas.

Willa Ford

Outside of North America, we have made continuous progress.

Liberty Bailey

It is a marvelous planet on which we ride. It is a great privilege to live thereon, to partake in the journey, and to experience its goodness. We may cooperate rather than rebel. We should try to find the meanings rather than to be satisfied only with the spectacles. My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams.

Ajai Sahni

It is one of the most sustainable anti- state ideologies and movements. Unless something radical is done in terms of a structural revolution in rural areas, you will see a continuous expansion of Maoist insurrection.

Skyler Bartels

I watched 'Chicken Little' in its entirety probably four or five times, because they had it on a continuous loop while I was there. It was a decent film, actually.

Jamie Dixon

It hasn't been like an overnight thing or even an over-the-summer thing. It's been a continuous process really since we signed him. His improvement's been constant, yet dramatic when you look at it.

Scott Berry

It is a continuous cycle. When we ship it out, we hope they will take them to a recycle center, and they send them somewhere else.

Atticus Ross

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If a man makes continuous efforts, we can save him.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Bruce Springsteen

Some guys they just give up living, others start dying little by little piece by piece, some guys come home from work and wash up, and go racing in the streets.

Gary Holdren

Our solid 30 percent increase in year over year revenue growth was fueled by strong demand in the marketplace, and the dedication and hard work of our people.

Joe Smith

Just hard work, having everyone work and dedication are the keys. I just work hard in the off-season, lift hard, and I wrestled all summer. I do whatever it takes to win. There's no secret to that.

Laura LaVallee

Jenna Croce is a role model for the younger players. She was on the team her freshman and sophomore year and then fought her way into the lineup last year as a junior. Jenna is an example of where hard work and dedication can get you. I am so lucky to have these two as captains.

Jerry Angelo

Given Marc's situation he had a horrific (knee) injury for really a good 2½ years, to watch his dedication and his work ethic, there were doubts he would ever play again. So getting him back and going and then obviously having to do what we did (Tuesday) was very, very tough.

Jerry Angelo

Given Marc's situation-he had a horrific injury-for really a good two and a half years, to watch his dedication and his work ethic ... having to do what we did was very, very tough.

Preston LeMaster

Four years of hard work and dedication is finally paying off.

Samuel Alito

I would try to emulate her dedication and her integrity and her dedication to the case-by-case process of adjudication.

Chuck Hunter

Our members are the owners, but the employees are more important than the owners because we can't operate without them.

Ira Cohen

Some of them will be with Meow Mix employees and their friends and relatives. But we're also expecting a lot of regular New Yorkers to stop by.

Mike McCurdy

Our whole theme is to get it done and get our employees back as soon as possible." ()

Scott Sharp

Most senior management do not even know if their employees actually understand what they should be doing,

Martin Frost

It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company.

Scott Roberts

I was getting paid, several employees weren't, they were being paid in food.

Ed Dumas

It is commonplace for employees to volunteer their personal time to organize such events for public officials.

Curtis Gray

I didn't mind talking about it. It showed there needs to be better security at convenience stores, and to the employees working the third shift an idea that it might happen to them.

Stephen Jones

I don't know which employees he's been talking to - I suspect the senior managers on generous severance packages. This is the wrong plan for Telstra and the wrong plan for Australia.

Michael Leunig

Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks.

Alan Alda

Others will step in and do his job with excellence. But no one can replace the unique person that was Peter.

Timothy Roemer

Fs and Ds and incompletes aren't the American ideal and the American standard of excellence, not when it comes to protecting our people. We can do better. We must do better than that.

Martin Scorsese

He represents the American tradition of excellence and honesty and integrity. In a sense, he was the Steven Spielberg of his time.

Charles Vest

We must have excellence, but we must also have accessibility to that excellence.

William Blake

Mechanical excellence is the only vehicle of genius.

Dave Ramsey

Just keep taking the next step and keep having excellence in the ordinary.

Dave Ramsey

Be an evangelist with your excellence.

Aristotle

Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.

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.'

Peter Jenkins

Such a process has no application other than the production of nuclear warheads.

Haley Barbour

like there'd been a nuclear weapon set off.

Haley Barbour

I don't think you've seen anything like this, ... We're talking nuclear devastation.

Mohammad Khatami

From the outset we have said that peaceful nuclear technology is our right. And we have said that under no circumstances will we go towards making nuclear weapons.

Irene Smith

There are no nuclear tests planned or desired.

James Davis

He is a sophomore at N.C. State studying nuclear engineering.

Peter Jenkins

no other application than the production of nuclear warheads.

Carl Crawford

Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas.

Abdul Kalam

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

Shamil Basayev

live participant of that operation who is ready to testify.

David Moffett

I feel that the operations could and should have been performed a lot sooner,

Mark Cooper

Basically, you've got one and two in programming and one and two in system operations now all interconnected in a little knot.

Graeme Souness

He will have his operation tomorrow and he will be out for three months.

Cilla Black

I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.

E. O. Wilson

We think that cross-border operations would be unwise.

Ajay Singh

But since they have been a part of similar operations previously we are not ruling out the possibility.

Max Mathurin

Voting operations (in the countryside) are normal, with some exceptions.

William Bratton

We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,

Holly Hatton

Our performance was not good. We weren't in it from the beginning.

Randy Jepson

Our performance as a whole was not that bad. We weren't outstanding, but we weren't poor either.

Lu Shanzhen

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance of our gymnasts.

Jeffrey Benjamin

Platitudes and generalities can only be sustained when performance exceeds intellect.

Jerry Slocum

It is a tough one to sit on when you have that type of performance.

Kenny Jackett

That was as well as we've played this year - particularly the first 45 minutes. The performance was excellent.

Richard Menicke

I was really pleased with the performance of Steffen Anderson.

Sasha Cohen

I think it was a gift. For that performance, silver is generous.

Steve Houghton

I was very pleased with our performance. We were very successful from a team standpoint. We have made significant progress in practice and it showed up at Wisconsin.

Mike King

I can't get into specifics regarding personnel issues.

Jim Tracy

I think the personnel is here to get that done.

Gerald Myers

It is pretty unique. They probably have all the Texas Tech tapes, and know what the different personnel does.

Paul Davies

I don't think you can shut down all three of us. If it happens, somebody (else) has got to step up. We do have the personnel to step up and score for us.

Markku Niskala

If we don't get money, we must withdraw personnel and slow down the reconstruction of houses.

Pat Coyle

We're always physical, we'll always play like that. We're going to play a lot quicker than we have played. We're going to press a lot more. We have the personnel that can play the way we want to.

Chip Hester

They're starting from scratch on defense, so we don't have any film of their personnel playing that defense. We do have an idea what they'll do, but we know we'll have to make some mid-game adjustments.

Chauncey Billups

We wanted nothing but a win, not showboating or any of that. That's just how we play. ... We don't have the personnel to play that other way.

Thurston Moore

Recording tends to restrict too much experimentation, 'cause when you're making a record it's a part of you, for that time it's your whole fabric.

George Burns

Our record doesn't show it, but we are getting better.

Jim Peters

Overall, 2006 will probably come in somewhere between the record sales of 2005 and the very strong sales of 2004.

Wayne Perry

Really, my record is my program's record. That's kind of how I look at it.

Barry Mann

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

Billy Corgan

Most great records really start with the drums.

Bert McCracken

We are the outcasts, we are the ones that are different, we are the ones that never got along with anyone else, we are the ones that went back to our rooms and put on our headphones and listened to those records that made us happy

Bill Bryson

Most of what has lived on Earth has left behind no record at all.

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

Ernest Moore

That could wind up costing a person a lot more than $50-$60 for a safety seat.

Roger Anderson

I think it will be an important tool for the safety of children.

Joe Scott

It has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with money.

Tom Chambers

For the under-insured and the working poor, this is their safety net.

Robert Sternberg

If Tufts doesn't work out, my safety is to go back to Yale, where I used to teach.

Ron Hill

We've been trying to look at things with some safety,

Eliot Spitzer

Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond.

David Neeleman

Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.

David Neeleman

Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots.

Lionel Blue

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

Clay Matthews III

We put a lot of pride into our work, and to have it show on Sundays is a testament to all the work we've put in.

Henry David Thoreau

You don't know your testament when you see it.

Jeff Probst

Survivor. With all the women together, there's no modesty.

B. R. Ambedkar

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Carrie Snow

If women ruled the world and we all got massages, there would be no war.

Carrie Chapman Catt

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

Carrie Chapman Catt

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Bette Davis

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Heinrich Heine

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day

Stephen Lewis

It is always the village women who drive these things.

Jaime Pressly

I think it's sexy when women have shapely bodies.

John Nersesian

Rebalancing doesn't work every time. It works over time.

Mac McCabe

Our participants can work just as well as you or I.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Jim Coyne

Some of the work is in dispute. Hopefully, it will be settled.

David Frum

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox.

Barry Ritholtz

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.

David Burnett

Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with.

Bill Cosby

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

Big Pun

I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery.