Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ken Duckworth

Some good things are happening even in abysmal states.

Dennis Hastert

Given the abysmal failure of state and local officials in Louisiana to plan adequately for or respond to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, and given the long history of public corruption in Louisiana, ... I am not confident that Louisiana officials can be trusted to administer federal relief aid.

Lisa Wathne

We're pleased that they (USDA inspectors) did go out there but still feel cautious about this situation because the regulations that the USDA enforces are minimum, and I emphasize minimum. In cases where they declare that there are no violations of the Animal Welfare Act, animals can still be languishing in really abysmal conditions.

Robert Hayes

The (poll) numbers suggest an abysmal program. This benefit was designed to make it impossible for consumers to understand it.

Tony Ward

Tough talk ahead of the encounter proved to be just that with the second-half performance abysmal in the extreme.

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.

Brendan I. Koerner

Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.

Pat Riley

We came in here and that team just took it to us and took it away from us. It was an abysmal night.

Paul Blank

We call on Ambassador Andrew Young to use his new position to help us change Wal-Mart for the better, rather than defend its abysmal record of child labor violations and poor health care.

Steve Shannon

People just fell in love with him. He was really like an ambassador for our show.

Martha Reeves

People love me everywhere. On an unofficial level, I'm an ambassador and a civil servant for Detroit. Now I'm going for the official title,

Jeff Tedford

People look to him for guidance. He is an ambassador for the team.

John Negroponte

Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras.

Gary Wright

Jeff is a great player and a great ambassador for American International hockey. His play on the ice mirrors his conduct off the ice, and his offensive play and improvement we look forward to seeing this season.

Al Bagnoli

Kyle was a remarkable young man, a true scholar-athlete, an ambassador for Penn, a tremendous teammate and leader on and off the field, as well as a caring and outstanding brother. His loss will be felt for a long time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this time.

Martin Romm

I think Doug should have time to be the ambassador of Coke and not necessarily get down into the weeds too deeply.

Bill Vaughan

Ambassador Mulford has made wide-ranging intervention in the internal affairs of India. To say the least, it is very unfortunate. It confirms our earlier apprehension that he is directly interfering in India's internal affairs.

Salome Hernandez

The ambassador will continue to travel in Venezuela. We will not be intimidated.

Dave Mason

Our players were given a week off after Japan. Apart from Andrew Packer who has a back injury, they are all fit.

Shane Richardson

Outside Andrew Johns and on the end of that backline, I believe he will be a sensation.

Howard McNeill

Really, our whole back end (Cory Carlson, Andrew Rhodes, Devin Foil) has played really well. Two players helped us early - Nick Ray and Cain Webber.

Gerry Hunsicker

I'm here to support what Andrew wants to do.

Jamaal Magloire

I was able to hit some free throws down the stretch and our inside play was good. Andrew was the difference tonight. We really were determined to win tonight.

John Martino

Kyle was hurt for most of the season, but he and guys like Dan, Andrew and Mike were all about the team. They were all model citizens, the kind of kids you like to be associated with.

Dave Beaudoin

Kyle is a true sportsman though. His main concern after finishing his leg was the well being of the runner he had gotten tied up with. Andrew Owens and Paul Johnson both put in solid legs to finish up that event.

Ted Bahhur

Last year, he was getting manhandled. Andrew is helping out.

David Hooper

That was the plan keep the score low and don't get caught. We just thought Andrew could get a takedown whenever he needed one.

Tim Schuldt

Regardless of how things are going, it's prudent for us to see what the market will bear. We've had a couple of calls to say other parties are interested in our rights.

Diane Watson

Refugees' calls up to mind that people come from different lands and have to be taken care of, ... These are American citizens.

Diane Watson

Refugee' calls up to mind people that come from different lands and have to be taken care of. These are American citizens,

Steve Groene

Release them in a safe area, where the law enforcement can find them. Call the help line, let them know they can be found. Please, we need the safe return of those children,

Amy Olson

Our rent calls have really gone up. People pay their heat and can't pay their rent, or pay their rent and can't pay their heat.

Jonathan Kozol

Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white kids and three Asians. 'Diverse' has become a synonym for 'segregated.'

Jennifer Beals

Originally, I got a phone call from Campbell Scott saying that he was doing this movie and that there was this part that he wanted me to play in it.

Mike Flanagan

Pattern modeling is very useful and a major step, but users don't always conform to those patterns. For example, when there is a specific event like a traffic jam or a big rugby game there is a big spike in mobile phone calls in a concentrated area. Traditional network design can't cope with those changes in network usage very well.

Dave Schultz

Pat has kind of worked his way into some minutes because he's relentless. We call him a kamikaze because he's fearless out there, so Grinnell's style fit him perfectly.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Regardless of who will finally win this race between Law and Justice and the Platform, the road to change will be open.

James Browning

Regardless of what time you change or move or do anything, if it's for a positive effort, it's always a good day to do it.

Ali Larijani

Referring Iran's file to the Security Council won't change the Iranian stance about uranium enrichment. It serves no one's interest.

Roger Enrico

Recent changes in the home video market got us and others in our industry by surprise,

Will Whitehorn

Recent acquisitions coupled with further structural changes being made to the group, will provide a good platform from which to generate further growth in the next financial year.

Scott Reed

Regions is a big contributor to this community, and there have been some changes in the community. We just feel like this would be the time to reassert ourselves.

Karen Finney

President Bush's refusal to recognize that it's time to make a change and fire Secretary Rumsfeld is symptomatic of his administration's incompetent and failed leadership.

Frank Degen

Previously, someone like a plumber, who may have run his office from home and had a secretary there, could not take this deduction because he provided goods and services outside the home. Of course, the IRS realized the inequity there and changed the rules.

Liz Boyd

Our position hasn't changed and we would expect her to veto this legislation just as she did before. It's a divisive piece of legislation. The suburban communities and the city need to work together on these issues.

Eric Williams

Originally a one-day event, local schools would identify needy children who would otherwise fall through the cracks.

Suomi Sakai

Organizers of any demonstration or public gathering have a responsibility to ensure that children are out of harm's way, particularly children without family, such as street children who have no-one to look after them and are even more vulnerable.

Christine Jackson

Parents who smoke feel guilty about being role models for smoking; they feel hypocritical about trying to prevent their children from smoking. For these reasons, it's difficult to persuade parents who smoke to become anti-smoking advocates in the home.

Jim Duggan

Parents who send their children to school are entitled to expect that in that environment, at least, they will be protected from predatory sexual behaviour,

Walter Dellinger

Patently offensive material is widely disseminated on the Internet, and computer-literate children ... can easily find and retrieve it.

Imraan Ladak

Paul is my childhood idol and when sober is a wonderful person.

Quincy Jones

Peace is possible around the world, and children are the answer.

Rocky Watson

Our main concerns right now are the two children,

Barbara Schneider

Our lives are busy, but we have to find time to enjoy our family's company and share experiences. When parents and children do things together, it can relieve stress.

Jason Stanford

Part of leadership is listening, and some of Chris' good friends told him that there is a better way to defend the top 10 percent rule. And we're reworking his defense of the top 10 percent rule, and we'll have it up soon.

Nina Holland

People have this remarkable difference in enzymes that defend their health from pesticide exposure.

Dick Heimann

Someone has to be there to guard the gates to make sure we do things right and to defend the company.

Adam Schiff

Our soldiers are the foundation of the nation's security and they must have the tools they need to defend themselves and this nation.

Kevin Klette

Our forwards were out of position and our defenders were in the middle of the ice and we got beat. It wasn't pretty.

Donald Rumsfeld

reminding participants of the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation that have so successfully defended our freedoms.

Jeff Houston

We've tried a lot of kids in that position - sometimes playing them out of position. We've got to find someone who can get in there, defend and grab some rebounds for us.

Todd Parker

We've talked a lot about the fact that the kids would like to defend the league title they got last year. If we keep winning in the OCC-Buckeye and pick off Reynoldsburg, we'll need them to lose one more game. Reynoldsburg's a good team and we're going to try and pick them off.

Ted Cruz

I will keep my word. My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.

Karen Zager

Relationships, career, aging, empty-nest syndrome, health and, most importantly, money issues.

Jennifer Williams

Oral health is just as important as getting a regular physical. It's not just about getting a cavity filled, it's about the overall health of the individual.

Stephen Horn

Other than New York City, these local housing authorities had no plan to warn their tenants of the potential risk to their health and safety.

Joe Battipaglia

Picking your own stocks is like trying to diagnose your health yourself.

Ron Pollack

People who need healthcare the most, those with serious health conditions, with illnesses and disabilities are going to be potentially harmed in a very significant way by this proposal.

Bill Cosby

I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Carl Rogers

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable.

Ashley Tisdale

I love pancakes, and I actually do love healthy stuff. Like, I love gluten-free or whole-wheat pancakes. Breakfast is my favorite meal.

Scott Baker

Regardless of who I'm facing, if I'm going to be nervous it's not going to help the situation.

Herman Sanders

Reed just made the shot. We said in the huddle to make sure we knew where he was on the last play. We tried to help on Chad, but he kicked it out and we couldn't recover.

Pedro Marquez

Our relay team did well. We just need to work on passing the baton, but that's something that we can work on and improve on. Also, not looking back while we're running will help out.

King Abdullah

Our relations with India will help Indo-Pak relations.

Brian Rooney

Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).

Lee Janzen

Part of his learning process is helping other guys.

Rob Gorman

Part of what we're about now is trying to help people come up with their own recovery plans.

Nathan Thompson

Paul Wellstone was a person who really would have liked to see something like this happen. Projects that help people in need are what he wanted; it's really fitting.

Sam Loeffler

Our lyrics are about a lot of things. They are not very introspective. For example, the song 'Panic Prone' is about drugs, this idea about kids getting drugged up and medicating themselves and whether to help people or not help people at all.

Ian Shepherdson

Overall, the labor market is improving, but progress is still slow,

James Campbell

Get us the cargo, and we'll get you the labor.

Michael Wasserman

I think it's a tremendous help. You've got people of all walks of life who are represented by labor unions. I think that's tremendous when you have that kind of support.

Paul Gurgol

I have labor pains right now -- I'm pregnant with all this stuff.

Adam Smith

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.

Source Unknown

Labor is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art.

Harley Shaiken

Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.

Ella Wilcox

Here, on this side of the grave,Here, should we labor and love.

Tim Heekin

I don't think we're going to be able to see anything much until we at least get past Labor Day,

John Harris

That was a pretty big 2-iron, especially considering how poor the first two shots were,

Japanese Proverb

He is poor who does not feel content.

Gary Parlin

(Barker) threw very poorly in practice on Tuesday.

Mike Hohensee

I thought he did some tremendous things. I thought he did some poor things. He has a lot of room to grow.

Gerry Byrne

For the record, this is a poor decision.

Unknown

May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies, and quick to make friends.

Augusto Pinochet

I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

Vanessa Ferlito

I torture my mother with all my problems, that poor woman.

Ernie Els

For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.

Clare Short

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.

Gholam Elham

Our position is very clear. We will not back down.

Javier Solana

Our position is that the (Iran) dossier should be referred to the council.

Lee Pelekoudas

Our position is that a 19-year-old shouldn't be put in a position to have to pitch. We feel we've got a pretty solid case.

Michael Burke

Our position is clear. The IFC can go someplace else,

Lori Rogers

Spring is just around the corner, so I think you'll see a lot of seasonal positions start up.

Rita Leckie

Some of the principals in the corporation are the same people. We took the position that it was the same company.

David MacGregor

Overall, (Maytag's) competitive position right now is pretty weak.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

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.

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.

Kevin Murphy

Respondent's violations are willful, continuing, and egregious and warrant a substantial penalty.

Fred Eckhard

We know that the violations can be controlled.