Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Liu Jianchao

Recently, there were some developments of the Iranian nuclear issue. We expressed our concern. ... We hope the parties should exercise restraint and not take any actions that lead to further escalation so we can solve the question properly through dialogue and diplomacy.

Maurice Hinchey

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

John Hamre

Recent events where criminals were able to become customers have led us to take this strong action in order to regain the trust of consumers that their information is being used only for their benefit, or the benefit of society at large.

Kristen Kinley

Recall numbers vary from year to year, and they don't necessarily rise consecutively year after year, and they aren't in the case of Ford. This was a hit to our recall volumes, but the number of actions was down.

LeBron James

Record-wise and going into the playoffs, we can't improve. I'm trying to get as much rest as I can. I don't want to try to force the action by playing on an ankle that's not 100 percent.

Adrian Foster

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.

Gary Chase

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Charles Holliday

Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an end to the spreading global downturn is in sight, ... Despite that, we continue to take actions necessary to emerge from these difficult times as a much stronger company.

Bud Brannon

President Bush had the highest approval ratings ever after Desert Storm. Then Clinton took a role leading the party and won the presidency.

Anthony Romero

President Bush and his surrogates can justify this program all they want, but they cannot change the underlying fact that it remains an illegal program. The continued approval for this unlawful program undermines the very freedoms and values that define America.

Ed Sarpolus

People in Michigan, by a 2-to-1 margin, blame President Bush rather than the governor for Michigan's economic problems. While her job approval ratings are up from being below 50 percent in August through October, they are not at the 60 percent level she once had.

Gary Forsee

Sprint Nextel shares with Nextel Partners a commitment of excellence to our customers, employees and shareholders. As we work through the regulatory approval processes, we intend to focus on plans for efficiently integrating Partners' business into our operations in a way that is seamless for customers and employees.

Mary Richardson

Our standards have been on the cutting edge of service for two decades. With the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval, our clients and employees are assured of our ongoing commitment to excellence.

Mary Richardson

Our standards have been on the cutting edge of service for two decades, ... With the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval, our clients and employees are assured of our ongoing commitment to excellence.

Jim Grant

We need an approval soon. Every delay at the Planning Board level pushes the dates back.

Liza Maza

The approval of the resolution is urgent. In light of the US government's intransigence on the issue of custody, it's imperative that we take measures to assert our sovereignty and show our determination to expedite justice.

Anders Rasmussen

The approval of the Nice Treaty is essential if we are to proceed on schedule for enlargement.

Tom Jackson

President Adams will inform the University Council of his decision on the resolution April 25.

Phil Sorensen

Our position is we're expecting to be prepared and ready to go by April 24.

Mary Dickson

Our media blast date will be April 1, and will include billboards all over Florence and Darlington, and heavy radio advertising.

Ian Shepherdson

Our measure of core sales, which excludes autos, gas and food, rose a pitiful 0.1 percent, the worst performance since April and impossible to square with Mr. Greenspan's assertion last week that the economy is regaining traction,

David Gleason

That contract was signed back in April before a lot of the things that subsequently have taken place, ... That 7.3 cents is frozen for three years under that contract and were in the first year. So, at this point, I think that everybody that is participating in that consortium is fairly confident that we have a good price for electricity.

Keith Foulke

I will be ready Opening Day, there's no doubt in my mind. I'm stronger now than I have been in four years. April 3 is a lifetime away.

Jim Nantz

I will never forget April 13, 1986. It was my first Masters, and just as it ended, (CBS analyst) Ken Venturi drove me back to the CBS compound and said, 'Jimmy, you may be lucky enough to broadcast 50 Masters, but you'll never live to see a greater one than the one you saw today.' I think he was right.

Scotty Davenport

I think the most important thing is that we're 8-7 in the conference. It's the toughest Division II conference in the country. We're probably going to get five teams in the NCAA Tournament. But more than that, I'm proud of them. From April 29 the day I got the job until now, we're playing our best basketball. That's how you build a program.

Frank Thomas

Last year, I came back too early. This year, I'm following orders and taking it one day at a time. I want to be ready on April 3.

Andy Walker

Part of our disappointment is that through each round we've cleared a hurdle.

Duane Lewis

Our response is until he is cleared medically, any type of conjecture is premature.

Joe Orlando

Our crews will be at it all day and night to get the lanes and shoulders cleared and in good shape.

Bill Bryant

We've treated him but we can't get it cleared up 100 percent.

Robert Phillips

I think Mr. Gray needs to have his name cleared or have the allegations put to bed,

Mark Walker

He didn't see the vehicle from his right side. He thought he had cleared the intersection.

E. O. Wilson

He didn't do much today. He didn't look good. He's cleared by the trainers. He's cleared to go.

Tom Zbikowski

He just wanted to get all the details cleared up, and then he gave me permission.

Kiran More

He is playing. He has been cleared by his doctor.

Gerald Cox

Real quick, what had been a close game turned into a huge blowout. When you have a kid that can shoot it like Brent can, you're going to let him keep shooting it.

Dave Taylor

Our reports on him as far back as juniors were always positive and favorable. He's definitely someone we've kept a close eye on over the years.

Alex Johnson

Our poll tells us that we should take a close look at the potential impact of some popular technology on hearing health.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Patience with family members and others who are close to us is vital for us to have happy homes.

Rob Sumner

Part of it is that we don't score a lot, so we had better be good in one-goal games. We're confident and comfortable playing in close games.

Jason Stevenson

Our lightweights did a good job tonight. They all went out with fire in their eyes. The matches were all close and Tait was fighting hard down to the very end.

Brian Hukel

Our legs seemed to leave us. Our effort, our legs -- I'm not sure -- but we failed to close out on some guys. They've got a lot of guys that can knock it down. If you don't close out, they're going to make shots and he made some big ones.

Judy Pardonnet

Our legal staff looked into it very closely and carefully, and the train platforms are definitely covered.

Judy Pardonnet

Our lawyers took a really close look at this. It was ruled LaSalle Street is covered, and smoking is prohibited.

John Berlin

It is a real stretch from the indoor 55 hurdles to the 100 and 300 outdoor hurdles. Right now we are just trying to get her timing down and conditioning up.

Brian Bosworth

I think Mack is in Mack's head, ... I think he has a hurdle he has to overcome.

Bob Ingalls

Getting 20 percent penetration we think is achievable, and that would be the first hurdle we are looking to achieve.

Fatih Terim

We managed to pass the first hurdle by reaching the playoffs.

Scott Nicklas

He may have pulled his (right) quad. We'll have to wait and see. (But) he pulled out of the hurdles and triple jump because he hurt it in the long jump.

Charlie Ward

Of course, there's one more hurdle to jump,

Pam Gregory

She is typically a long program skater. I think she got over a big hurdle mentally in the short program, and she's going to be very ready.

Jack Michael

We had a nice day. It was pretty much a team effort. We were disqualified in the shuttle hurdles relay but scored pretty much in every other event.

Nykesha Sales

I think Asjha was the X-factor in getting us over the hurdle tonight.

Fred Haberman

Our motto: Pond hockey, the way nature intended it.

Ken Johnson

Our programs were always intended as a safety net, but Medicare is taking over that role for older Americans.

Alan Pardew

That's what I intend to do as soon as possible.

Debbie Reynolds

I don't intend to speculate on the N-type until I have formal, official confirmation of this.

Michael Garcia

He knowingly, willingly participated in this crime, ... He wanted to kill, he intended to kill, and he did kill.

Silvio Santos

Do you know what social justice is? Do you know what social reform is? I didn't either, but reform and social justice are what I intend to do.

Courtney Pratt

If other people see it differently, they'll see it the way they want to see it, but that's not what it's intended to do.

Richard Menicke

I had intended to race three in the varsity race.

Mike Jones

I don't think it is right to use the petition system when you have no intention or likelihood of prevailing. That is not what the system was intended for and to misuse it now is reckless.

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.'

Phil Savage

Reggie has a lot of talent. In my opinion, with Reggie Bush, more could be less and less could be more.

Sathya Baba

Peace is shore less ocean - it is the light that illuminates the world.

Katsuhiko Machida

Survival today means innovating and doing things that no one else does. This is a lesson not only for Sharp but for all of Japan.

Drew Frank

That'd be nice. Maybe I should. As I teach, I don't keep lesson plans from one year to the next and I don't keep anything from one season to the next.

Stephen M. Walt

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.

Andy Newman

Remember every storm is different. The better prepared you are, the less of an inconvenience it's going to be.

Louis Benevides

Plano West is just an up-and-coming team. They've come a long way in less than a season.

Darrell Nichols

I think there's less tolerance for repeat problems. I think they are now going to be a little more strict with what's going on.

Larry Colagiovanni

That was his normal route. He said he didn't like (Interstate) 95. Less traffic. Less lights.

Edward Menashy

It has been another storming day with plenty of mergers and acquisitions activity.

Duncan King

There are so many more mergers going on now.

Michael Lloyd

If they screw it up, there probably won't be another rail merger approved, at least in my career.

Dilip Shanghvi

Whenever you look at any potential merger or acquisition, you look at the potential to create value for your shareholders.

Frans Houten

There are various merger and acquisition options that we can and will explore.

Tony Fadell

Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.

Guy Moszkowski

Mergers and acquisitions have been very strong and produced a lot of ancillary financing.

Angela Braly

We get talent and scale from mergers.

Michael Coe

We see the rationale for this merger as separate and distinct.

Brad Anderson

Some have worked three months and some just started this week.

Derek Kool

Out of all the time that I've been on the floor, I think probably once every three months you'll get an upsetting call.

Ashton Kutcher

When you do movies, it's you have a 3-month family and then everybody goes away and then joins another family, you know?

Richard H. Davis

I went up to see Hopper the other night, which was the first time in three months that I have been back of a theater, and it was like going home.

Wole Soyinka

I was placed in solitary confinement for a year and ten months out of the period in which I stayed in prison, which was just over two years.

Nick Saban

I wonder what this technology is up here, ... (Rewind it) to six months ago. You'd get the same answers.

Gordon Taylor

It could well be - unless there's a very substantial reason as to why this is positive that is to be understood - anything from six months to two years.

Greg Valliere

I think it will be months and months before you see this clarified.

Susanna Moore

I lived in Calcutta for five months in 1999. While I was there, I read many journals, diaries, collections of letters and histories.

Scott Hand

Our North American operations remain a vital base,

Lena Headey

Really, I still just think of myself as a Northerner, ultimately. It's in my DNA. I'll always have those Northern qualities. We can be mischievous. We can be bold.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red --at least not on the outside.

Kevin Bianco

I think this is a win for everyone in North Bergen.

Chelsea Cain

I'd lived in Portland on and off for a decade before I'd even heard of Vanport. It was this town of 20,000 people that washed away from north Portland.

Jamie Bell

I'm a hard-mouthed northeastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

Tom Parsons

If American or Northwest don't go along, fares will roll back.

Darrell Jackson

I don't think people really give the Northwest a lot of respect.

John Williamson

Hopefully, this will be used by all of the county. It's more than just North High.