Famous Quotes & Sayings

Toby Usnik

Our reporters made initial inquiries about the adoptions, as they did about many other aspects of his background. They did so with great care, understanding the sensitivity of the issue. We have not pursued the issue after the initial inquiries, which detected nothing irregular about the adoptions.

Kevin Durkin

Our position is pretty singular. We think ... that the law enforcement aspect of city government should be first and foremost. We can craft contract language that's constructive to meet the goals of the city, the citizens and the police officers themselves.

Bryan Whitman

Our position has not changed. This is a classified program and there are still aspects of it that are not appropriate for an open hearing. And that's what we have told the committee.

Anders Moller

Patient stress is one very obvious aspect of IVF treatment, together with the hope that rises when entering the treatment program,

Kathleen Hogan

Partners such as Sears are spreading the word about the importance of energy efficiency in all aspects of our lives. They are a leader in the industry and are doing an outstanding job of educating consumers about the benefits of ENERGY STAR products that help their customers save money and help protect our environment.

Kathleen Hogan

Partners such as Lowe's are spreading the word about the importance of energy efficiency in all aspects of our lives. They are a leader in the industry and are doing an outstanding job of educating consumers about the benefits of ENERGY STAR products that help their customers save money and help protect our environment.

John Ferguson

Our new medical model is designed as a critical aspect of our overall strategic plan to manage our assets,

Shirley Sloat

People may not have told the truth about some aspects of their lives, but they rarely lied about their primary asset, land!

John Manion

Sure, we want to keep (the run game) at a successful level, but we also need to make sure all of the aspects of our game are working.

Randy Johnson

Regarding the unfortunate incident that happened this morning as I was on my way to take a physical, I hope that everyone will understand that the past few days have been a bit overwhelming and I wish I had handled the situation differently, ... I am very sorry it happened.

Satoru Iwata

Recently I have gained a little bit of interest in getting more involved in game development again.

Paul Ferley

Recent comments by Fed officials on indications that the U.S. economy had a fair bit of momentum going into the natural disaster seems to have resulted in the consensus of the Fed continuing to hike rates,

Jerry Taylor

Price gouging -- like spinach -- may be unappealing at first bite but it's good for everyone in the long run,

Nancy Lopez

Our passing broke down a little bit and we're just not at the next level yet.

Peter Struck

Our relations now, they are a little bit difficult, but they will be repaired,

Janine Benyus

Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Gail Goestenkors

Parity is a great thing for the sport, but I think we?re still 5-10 years away from reaching the same level. There are more upsets, but only in the early rounds, if you consider those upsets. There?s still a lot we have to do to get to a desirable level, and there are so many things to consider. It?s happening a little bit now, but you?re not going to see everything change all in one tournament.

Ezra Morse

Paul broke the Waldport dry spell of state placers last year when he placed fifth, and now we've made a bit more recent history by placing three wrestlers in the same year. It's been a long time since that has happened and since we've had a wrestler in the state finals. With all these placers returning next year, we are poised to make major gains next season.

Nancy Foster

Participants will also tour the home of a member of the South Carolina House of Representative from the early 1900s,

Matt Baker

Past Carolina teams may have folded when we get down like that. Not this team. No one got down. We just got down to business.

Mary Williamson

Our mathematics test scores are going to be late in coming, and we won't have that information in time for parents to make a timely decision about whether they want to transfer their children. The state of North Carolina has requested that the federal government switch the sanctions for this year only.

Eunice Newcomer

People in South Carolina really loved Otto Reynolds.

Mike Easley

People in North Carolina are more used to these type storms. If you heed the warning and don't put yourself in peril, it makes everybody's work easier.

Steven Smith

Our primary goal is to form a high-performance sales organization to better serve our customers and our market throughout those North Carolina properties.

Roy Cooper

Our work to keep North Carolina safe is making a positive difference,

Gabe Norwood

Our coaches have preached that the whole way through the tournament: Just have fun. There's no pressure on us. In earlier games, we could have lost by 30 to Michigan State and North Carolina and everybody wouldn't have been writing about us, and we would have just went home and this would have been done with. But we don't feel any pressure now that we're here. We can just go out and play.

Nancy Vinson

That was so important as far as water quality and habitat and public views. People come to South Carolina to enjoy these gorgeous marsh views.

Byron Callan

Recent divestitures have created a pure-play military tactical vehicle company.

Patrick Phillips

Relaxed, definitely. Massimo was created by several friends who have a genuine passion for design, but don't have the same enthusiasm for 'pushy' retail. We're always glad to help our customers, but we understand that hovering is just plain irritating.

Kelly McBride

Relationships between men and women will change, and so will the workplace. Maybe it will create a truly equitable society or maybe it will flip it and women will become so politically, socially and economically powerful, we'll get whiplash.

George Clarke

Our passing game has really improved this season, ... Tonight, we were passing around the other team, which created a lot of opportunities.

Michael Kelly

Our real goal is to create hydrogen transportation corridors.

Christina Baker Kline

Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that's difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption.

Rossi Ralenkotter

Part of what we do as destination markets is to fuel the local economy and create jobs in the community.

Ann Veneman

Part of what this report does is to highlight the issue to the public to create an outrage about what is going on.

Alexander Milinkevich

Our objective is to create a stir in society.

Dan Barnett

Our members are growing more rapidly than most Fortune 500 or S&P 500. We've measured their growth from before joining TEC and after, and there is a significant growth after joining us.

Tom Brady

I think it was great fortune that night. I'm glad the referees got the play right,

Michael Hutchison

is tying your fortune to the fortune of the housing market.

Mark Twain

It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.

Alex Ferguson

I think the first goal was a nice one-two with good play from Ruud and Quinton Fortune but that second goal was superb.

William Shakespeare

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style

William Shakespeare

Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel

Martial Martial

Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none.

Marcus Aurelius

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

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.

Victor LaValle

Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.

Dave Attell

Jesse Joyce is a great writer.

Evan Dando

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.

B. F. Skinner

Punitive measures whether administered by police, teachers, spouses or parents have well known standard effects: (1) escape-education has its own name for that: truancy, (2) counterattack-vandalism on schools and attacks on teachers, (3) apathy-a sullen do-nothing withdrawal. The more violent the punishment, the more serious the by-products.

B. F. Skinner

The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslap-ping, and many other ways of "winning friends.

B. F. Skinner

Many instructional arrangements seem "contrived," but there is nothing wrong with that. It is the teacher's function to contrive conditions under which students learn. It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life.

B. F. Skinner

Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching.

Billy Corgan

Stay in school. Lie to your teachers, but stay in school.

Bill Engvall

I've come up with the three things you never want to hear at your kid's parent/teacher conference. Number one: 'You're only responsible for the first $10,000 worth of damage.' Number two: 'We have medication for this.' And number three: 'It was more than an ounce and he was less than a hundred yards from the school.'

Bill Cosby

When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to be a school teacher for 7th and 8th grade boys because I felt that was an important time for them. I had gone astray at that point in my life and really wanted to help keep them from making the same mistake I had made.

Bill Cosby

I want to get violence - I want schools to start from K through 12 to just every day have teachers understand that they don't want to talk about anything that is violent, and they want to explain to the children how bad violence is and how behavior - violent behavior, is something that they really should not practice and think about.

Bharati Mukherjee

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?