Famous Quotes & Sayings

Todd Braisted

Refugees attempting to build the blockhouse on the remains of the fort never mounted ... cannons although they may have had at least one with them.

John Loose

Recognizing the many uncertainties about the broader economy, we are carefully walking the line between realism and optimism, ... Although it appears that our revenue stream will improve as the year plays out, the pace and timing of recovery is uncertain.

Tania Graves

Really what it is is focusing on businesses that are core to our strategic plan. These lines of businesses, although profitable ... would thrive better with a company that is more focused in those areas.

Preston Sturges

Paris Singer had vastly more to do with shaping my character than Mother had; although Mother made innumerable sacrifices for me, and Paris Singer made none. I wanted to be like him.

Charlie Glavin

Our October downgrade was based on concerns that are manifesting themselves now, although current conditions are actually worse than we feared,

D. James

Our objective is to make it easy for our customers and members to understand their benefit and get their prescriptions filled. Although some new enrollees may not have received their plan enrollment cards, we want to reassure them that Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB pharmacists are ready to help them right away by using the information on their plan enrollment forms.

Richard Hatch

Some of the most amazing human beings on the face of the planet go to sci-fi conventions, although I'm sure a few of them wouldn't admit it.

Henry Blodget

Our preliminary conclusion is that, although Microsoft is not out of the woods, it will be slightly more free to compete on its own terms than we expected it would.

Bob Morton

Our pitch is top-class and the lads enjoy playing on it. I'm sure we are a better team at home although I'm not making any excuses for last Saturday's unexpected defeat at Tow Law Town which was only our third in 29 games.

Mark Oline

Recent incentive programs have established lower market pricing that makes GM increasingly vulnerable to volume declines which could occur as a result of a decline in economic conditions or simply a sustained falloff following recent industry sales spikes.

Pierre Beaudoin

Present market conditions do not justify the launch.

David Phillips

Our reputation as the great white north, the land of ice and snow, may be at risk here because what we have seen is rather anomalous weather conditions for the last year particularly.

Peter Reith

Part of the process for SingTel will be to get a guarantee that those export licenses will be granted, and it will be one of the conditions placed on the sale,

S. Hughes

Optimism remains, and the conditions supporting stock gains through the end of the year are still good. The economy continues to recover and the interest rate environment is still good, but I have to think that March could be a challenging month.

Kaoru Yosano

People need to know what kind of economic conditions will ensue for their businesses. The BOJ has the obligation to explain policy clearly.

Robin Prunty

States are in much better financial conditions than several years ago.

Gene Blaum

State crews were out by noon on Saturday, and snow was sticking on the grass by about 3 p.m.. Conditions on the roadways were good until 7 or 8 p.m., when the temperatures started to go down.

Guus Hiddink

Some of the squad were there four years ago so they know what to expect, they have experienced the conditions they will be playing under.

Ryohei Muramatsu

Reflecting the improvement of economic fundamentals in Japan, inflows into Japanese assets, equities in particular, are likely to grow stronger.

Anthony Chan

Recent trends in this index strongly suggest that the largely anticipated path towards economic recovery has in all likelihood already begun,

Michael Malone

Recently, when yields move down, the market has moved up. Investors are looking to the fact generally that economic growth worldwide is robust right now, so you're seeing a lot of these multinationals that participate in that doing quite well.

Anthony Chan

Real new home sale prices and existing-home sale prices have been rising very sharply. When that starts to give way and we don't have the equity market picking up where housing left off, that's another reason the economic expansion will be gradual.

Ignacio Bunye

President Arroyo has not only taken the barbs without flinching but has stuck to her economic plan with steadfastness.

Tom Richards

Part of the point here in GRE and economic development is a forever job ... it takes staying power and ... Michael helped to teach us that, quite frankly,

Keith McKeown

Part of our mandate in Florida is to encourage economic development, and this would be an opportunity for some economic development and jobs.

Edward Zander

Our nation's wireless needs are too often governed by outdated regulations that hinder economic progress and innovation.

Bob Straus

Some investors are waiting for economic confirmation so they can purchase tech stocks, but by the time you get the confirmation, you've already missed out on most of the rally.

Rosevelt Colvin

Regardless of who's on the field, the guys are required to perform at a high level. So, regardless if it's Richard or if it's a rookie, you're expected to get the job done.

Van Velde

Regardless of the reason, we have the right to expect better from such a prominent member of the Iowa State community.

Tomokatsu Mori

Recent gains suggest to me that shares are rising too fast and it's natural to expect selling.

Peter Volk

Our rescue workers are expecting not just seriously injured people, but also people suffering from hypothermia.

Andy Fisher

Our outlook as we go forward into '06 is that we expect there to be a good IPO market.

Gary Thomas

Patients expect pharmacists ought to know about this thing. My God, it's your business!

Paul Jury

Part of the reason why Willingham didn't have a long tenure is because he followed a mediocre coach, ... You can't follow years of mediocrity and expect to get top high school recruits. The UW will have the same problem.

Tim Connelly

Part of the reason why Stephanie was so successful last year was that she knew she had to step up. Molly wasn't going to be able to get it done and Stephanie looked at the situation and said 'I'm going to get it done.' She's been a great leader ever since she's been here. Last year, she finally had all the pieces together where she could do it on the track, too. What I expect of her isn't any more than she expects of herself. She expects to improve.

Dan Jones

Pay-TV needs top-level football as much as football needs Pay-TV's revenues, and therefore we expect broadcasting revenues for the 'best properties' to hold their values.

John Challenger

Pay raises have been paltry since 2001. Since 2001, wage growth has been muted because productivity has been so strong.

Mark Pervan

Supply growth is not there, and the players in the market aren't investing in new supply.

David Dodge

Such a slowdown in growth, in turn, raises the risk that policy-makers might resort to protectionism. In that event, a period of very slow growth could, perhaps, be punctuated by periods of outright recession.

David Hendler

Stan O'Neal has rehabilitated Merrill over the last several years, but where is the next growth area? That's what people are wondering.

Mark Batey

Out of all the major markets, it was the only one to show growth. We were up one percent.

Ken McCarthy

Right now, you could say we're at sort of a sweet spot, where we have healthy growth and reasonably high interest rates.

Bill Crawford

A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart.

C. S. Lewis

Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself.

C. S. Lewis

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.

Doug Anderson

That could reduce the population by 200 inmates, ... The judges are supposed to come in soon.

Yemane Gebremeskel

Meles is not the judge in this case.

John Scott

It is better the law should be certain, than that every Judge should speculate upon improvements in it

Don Samuel

Just get rid of judges altogether. Just let the Legislature set the sentences.

Tony Dungy

I think that is probably how he'll be judged in the short run.

Sharon Osbourne

Last year I thought it was all about me actually. I thought it was all about the judges and that we could do what we wanted. But it's really not, in the big scheme of things.

L'Wren Scott

I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.

Stacey Koerner

I think Judge Judy is, like Oprah, sort of the star of her genre.

Kate Reed

I thought I pulled it together for the the last jump, it was the most pressure I've ever felt. Unfortunately the judges didn't see it that way.

Rick Bowers

Overall it was good. We had some disappointments and some surprises; it's all part of the game.

Ken Read

Overall it's disappointing. I think that disappointment is shared by the athletes. I think their expectations was they wanted to do better.

Michael Lawson

Overall it is pretty much the same procedure.

Paul Nolte

Overall it doesn't look too bad. The prices paid is a concern. We'd like to see it come down a little. It's an inflationary key.

Keith Hembre

Overall there are not a lot of surprises here.

Paul Ballew

Overall share is going to be tough for us this year.

Cassie Desmone

Overall our season was fine, but not one of our better ones. We've got some work to do in the future.

Cristobal Huet

Overall I made a lot of progress this year. I worked on the little details, the small things that make you better.

Michael Woods

Overall for the first game, we played well,

Pete Carroll

For the second week in a row we just were on a torrid pace to self-destruct in the first quarter.

Derian Hatcher

The pace we're on, sure, anything could happen.

Daniel Petrocelli

The pace is picking up. I think the story's being told.

Pat McCormick

The pace is going to pick up from now until we're ready to launch.

Phyllis Nagy

The pace is especially important in this, when it isn't so much a whodunit. We had to find a way to structurally keep shifting the focus, where you think you know something but you see that you don't.

J. C. Watts

He had an 80-yard run called back. He was probably on pace to run for 400 yards in that game.

Chuck D.

We're on a record-setting pace for second-quarter warnings.

Brett Lee

I am keen on helping Indian bowlers but I am not seeking a full-time role. But yes I am really keen on helping out pace bowlers across the world,

Augustus

What is done well is done quickly enough.

Tom Wilson

Some of them, quite frankly, are nothing more than a driveway.

Kevin Spacey

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

Mary Kelly

The (anti-virus) system worked, which was quite a relief.

Carl Jacobs

That was quite a ride. We'd be thrilled to repeat it.

Tom Miller

That was quite an accomplishment for us. This is a very tough tournament.

Paul Johnston

That's the really big trend, ... Year 2000 has been the big thing that has really worked quite well.

Steve Griffin

That suggests to me there is something quite clandestine going on or something strange.

Terry Grant

I was quite shocked when they called me.

Carol Patterson

I was quite disappointed the vote went the way it did.

Lena Headey

I think I look slightly like a horse. Hand on heart, I think I'm pretty average.

Ted Dexter

I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.

Michelle Gomez

I'm always slightly worried if I do a film and we're filming it in Luxembourg. I know it's going to go straight DVD.

John Godfrey

I'm always for a weakened Conservative party, slightly or massively,

Simon Doonan

Her style is gorgeous, provocative and ever so slightly deranged.

Rainer Guntermann

If anything it was a slightly more hawkish spin (than we were expecting).

China Mieville

'Kraken' is set in London and has a lot of London riffs, but I think it's more like slightly dreamlike, slightly abstract London. It's London as a kind of fantasy kingdom.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have.

Chris Rock

I'm severely overrated. I'm just above a hack. That should be the name of my new DVD: 'Chris Rock: Slightly Above Hack'.

Mark Rosenker

The train should have been slower we believe, when it made that crossover, that would be the way it was supposed to operate.

Rosie Jones

I'm going to go out slower than I anticipated.

Mat Mladin

It was just a mishap with a slower guy. I was out there and had no where to go.

Eric Turner

Summer is the slower part of the year, so we have (fewer) openings.

Leah Gingrich

(Saturday) I thought I was going slower than I was.

Greg Flores

They are sweeping up now. Everything is capped and plugged and cemented all the way up. It just went a lot slower than they thought it would.

Richard Greenberg

I do think the past changes at a slower rate. It sits a little more still for its portrait.