Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Crawford

Regarding the lack of atmosphere a Premiership grounds, it is staggering that this comes as a surprise to anyone. What do you expect when a ticket costs an average seven minimum wage working hours, or one day's work? When only lawyers and bank managers can reasonably afford to attend matches do not expect the camaraderie of the working man's club in the stands

Jerry Flanagan

Recent mergers have given the industry a strangle hold over the health insurance market. With fewer pressures for efficiency and no government oversight of rates, insurers have been given free rein to spend more of our health care dollars on overhead, profit, and administration. The last decade of HMO mergers has taught us that when fewer HMOs dominate the health care market, quality goes down, premiums go up, and patients get short changed. Already, 45 million Americans are uninsured because they cannot afford to pay the insurers' ransom.

Mark Cunningham

Reliable, efficiently delivered crude oil supplies are needed by area refineries to maintain affordable gasoline prices for the residents of Utah.

Tina Fey

President Bush unveiled his new economic stimulus plan this week. It was reported that if the plan passes the president himself would save $44,000 in taxes, Dick Cheney would save $327,000, and you could afford to take the whole family down to Burger King to pick up job applications.

Tracey Schmitt

President Bush believes that the promise of Social Security fulfilled over the last 70 years ought to be a promise we keep for future generations. Scoring political points by shirking responsibility for tomorrow's seniors is not a birthday party Americans can afford to attend.

Diane Terry

Our parents cannot afford the resources wealthy parents have such as books, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, computers or educational games.

Nicolas Retsinas

Our own sense is that a lot of this (trend) is driven mostly by economics. In certain markets where affordable housing is scarce this is much more common.

John Leonard

Parrish has all this nice stuff. Of course, they can afford newer stuff if they don't have to pay $70,000 for a new chief.

Joan Miles

Parents who think that affordable health coverage for their kids is an impossible dream should explore CHIP as a solution.

Scott Simms

Now that fluorescent bulbs are more commonplace, that's one piece of the picture that's contributing to savings.

George Benson

One of the first things electric I ever saw was a guitar. I was living in a house with no electricity until, at 7, we moved to a house that had it. It had electric lights, but the previous owners had even taken the light bulbs with them when they moved.

Allen Ginsberg

We are all exposed to the flash bulb of death.

Mike Shern

We're just not playing good hockey right now. We need to put out a good enough effort to win a game. We need more kids to out there and make things happen. I need some light bulbs to start going on in their heads.

Marsha Blackburn

We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use.

Shuji Nakamura

I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide.

Steve Jobs

And you guys were putting Java in light bulbs and everything else,

Dennis Richards

It would be great if we would get so much stuff that we have to send another trailer down in November, ... We know as time passes there will be different needs, things like light bulbs and lumber. We will probably continue for six months to a year, as long as they still need our help.

Mario Batali

It's more interesting to talk about the whole lily family and say, did you know that lily bulbs are also part of the onion family? It's like the stream-of-consciousness way I think about food when I'm just cooking it.

James Redfield

Spiritual consciousness is, on the whole, very adventurous and all about pursuing our deepest, most fulfilling dreams.

Carl Safina

To save the seas, we can eat sustainably and be conscious of the seafood we eat.

Antoine Rivarol

True felicity consists of its own consciousness.

Sylvia Forster

I think they are a little more conscious about eating right. I know the kids are because I hammer it into them.

Will Scheffer

I think there was a conscious decision to give our show a spare look.

Don Shaw

Jeremy is very conscious of the responsibilities of the setter position. He is looking forward to the opportunity of being in that role full-time.

Marie Lu

I write the story as it comes to me - YA is my natural voice, not a conscious choice.

Leonard Mlodinow

Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought.

Minnie Pearl

I think Elvis loved his fans-I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.

Jay Nixon

It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site.

Diane Plotzke

Just as soon as we get low another donation comes in. It's funny how that works.

Carroll Klein

I'd like to see more donations from retailers and wholesalers. The store has a lot more potential.

Karen Braswell

He let us know about organ donation and how he felt about that, so we kind of knew these things beforehand.

Stephanie Nichols

Fresh produce is just a wonderful donation for us.

Michael Bernstein

HIV-positive donations knowingly entered the plasma pool and were knowingly manufactured and distributed.

Mark Love

If they (businesses) make a donation for two years, 90 percent of their tax liability is forgiven by the state.

Les Newman

I have called some places, like Germantown, that have done something similar. It is hard to figure out how much to suggest as a donation for the named bricks. I've been told that about $25 may be what would be a good figure.

Lee Hartmann

One donation a year is great, but two to three would help us become self-sufficient.

Eric Haxthausen

Our research shows that most drivers of new large pick-ups use them for commuting and personal trips.

Phil Jackson

Our particular team right now is not a team that does well resting on any kind of sense of accomplishment. We still have to drive ourselves and drive the team forward.

Todd Martin

part of it is driven by low interest rates, part of it is stimulation by governments to get people to start spending more.

Lawrence Eagles

Part of the recovery overnight (in the price of oil) may have been due to anti-Israeli protests in Jordan, where 30,000 protestors had to be driven back from the boarder by security forces,

Brandon Curtis

Passengers will know that if there is a problem on the bus, the driver isn't disconnected from help.

Michael Hara

Our objective is to drive towards 60 percent. We will try to make that this year.

Charissa McAfee

Our number one recommendation is to have a plan before you go out. Designate a driver who doesn't drink. Use cabs.

Sam Keller

Our offense is so good, that's all I can say. We can drive down on anybody.

Lawrence Summers

Our national savings rate is still far too low, driven by a personal savings rate that is not where it should be,

Steve Bridges

Most produce travels 1,500 miles from the farm to the consumer.

Patrick Sullivan

It is a setback to a lot of farmers, ... but farmers in Mississippi are very resilient. They'll be back.

Mark Toigo

I think there needs to be subsidies in place to make sure growers can farm successfully.

Kevin Moore

Just an old-fashioned demonstration. How farming used to be.

Allen Baker

That was great. I didn't quite know what was going on. I thought there was going to be some sort of FFA (Future Farmers of America) show on the soccer field.

Bill Grant

That was what the farmers thought the state could do that would help them the most, ... It seemed reasonable to me.

Ron Heck

It is hard to write the perfect farm bill.

George Toups

I think gradually, with the procurement of grants, we might be able to restore some of the farm back to the way it should be.

Ronald Dawson

Just like Santa Claus, a farmer works all year on a commodity, and at the end of the year he gives it all away.

Arlen Specter

Regrettably, you need homeland security, and I think you are going to need it if not forever, for the foreseeable future,

Kenny MacAskill

Our message to the Scottish Diaspora this New Year should be to come home to Scotland.

Francis Thompson

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet./ And all the things are made young with young desires.

Judah Friedlander

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

Bill Henderson

Someone from home will be praying for you,

James Augustine

That'd be the best. To do it at home on Senior Night, to do it with Dee. It would be a special night.

Taylor Twellman

Our first home match is going to be difficult, and we know that better than anybody,

Nick Russo

Residents of these temporary homes need to practice safety first at all times.

Jim Haslett

Part of me says maybe it's time for a change.

Guy Kawasaki

Statistically it's probably one out of a hundred, so that means there's ten out there. Maybe twenty.

Reggie Bush

Overall, I think I proved I should be the No. 1 pick. I thought I maybe could have pushed a 4.29 out of there, but overall I'm pretty happy.

Matthew Gervais

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

Marilyn Oliveira

Planning the nursery comes soon enough, maybe at the same time. Don't do both.

Nancy Wilson

Maybe our team was a little star struck. But the turnovers had more to do with the size differential and the quickness differential.

Charlie Whitehurst

Maybe on third down, that's where we need to be looking. He always delivers.

Frank Beamer

Maybe one practice day wasn't quite what we wanted,

Sheryl Garrett

Maybe it's a reaction to going overboard in the 1980s and 1990s, but I sense a lot of people are moving away from materialistic things (and) toward more thoughtful and meaningful holidays.

Paul Anderson

We never thought or suspected that these plants would have a problem. Somebody should be doing time for this; that's the way I look at it.

David Cole

I think the Moraine plant is probably going to continue, and get considerable investment.

Mark Wiley

I wouldn't be putting out young plants just yet.

Jim Leonard

There aren't very many hydro plants we can upgrade left.

Vince Green

When they say plants are closing, they're going elsewhere. And it's not just China; it's Tennessee, Texas, more business-friendly states.

Scott Baker

Obviously, because of when this all happened, securing power was a concern. However, I think the time of the peaker plant has passed.

Mark Ploger

The plants are in a weakened state. Moisture is the key. We need rain.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Plants live; how much they feel and enjoy, who shall say?

Gene Detroyer

What we have to do is get the plant inspected.

David Koechner

I am all about switching between genres and doing as much as possible.

Kevin Morris

Out the end windows of the cafeteria, it's all new,

Beck

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

Carrie Underwood

Throw caution to the wind and just do it.

Bethenny Frankel

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

Sela Ward

I think Stacy is like a window into him, his vulnerability, his heart, because he does have one somewhere.

Ashley Walker

If we are not in each other's suites, we are always yelling out the windows into the courtyard at one another.

Al Gore

The wind and the sun are free.

Al Gore

Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth itself provide fuel that is free, in amounts that are effectively limitless.

Charles R. Swindoll

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.