Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Hanson

Part of the struggle was probably the fact that we gave the kids a few days off once we got back to get them back into rhythm on an academic side.

Michael Kennedy

Part of what we do in the meetings is deal with business from the Senate Committee on Academic Affairs. A part of their job is approving new classes.

David Smith

Our objective is we want their behavior to improve, their academic skills to improve and see their attendance records improve.

Terry Hollander

Our new coaching staff has adopted a 'hands-on' approach to monitoring study halls as well as setting the expectations for class attendance and performance. We have seen a remarkable improvement in the academic performance of the individual team members, but know that this is a ... responsibility that requires continuing attention.

Jeb Bush

States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.

Larry Cook

State-of-the-art laboratories are essential in our quest to recruit internationally known biomedical scientists and is key to our staying competitive as an academic health sciences center.

George J. Mitchell

Stanford. It's a pretty good university, and everyone seems to like their academic stores.

Charles Haynes

Some of the courses I've encountered around the country over 20 years would not pass muster in a court of law. They're closer to Sunday School than legitimate academic courses.

David Doyle

Our producers were tasked with finding the best and brightest the academic engineering world has to offer for the tasks at hand. Stanford is among the top engineering programs worldwide and therefore was a natural fit.

Nathan Vader

Our main goal is to be league champions and then win sections. I think we're always in contention for a league title. This year, I feel we definitely have a good chance.

David Murray

Our revenue benefited from ... Champions League football, but we have, at the same time, controlled costs so that much of our increased revenue has come through as profit in this six-month period.

John Ferguson

Robbie evolved into one of the top performers for the NCAA champions this season and we are delighted to have him on board.

Julius Erving

I'm here to watch the watch the champions and the would-be champions.

Gerard Houllier

I think the title is won. We can become champions in front of our television sets next weekend.

Li Na

It is a surprise to win in the National Games. It's my honor to compete with Olympic champions and world champions. I am so lucky today,

Andriy Shevchenko

It has been a great year for me, ... I feel very honored to be here with these great champions by my side.

Niranjan Shah

It is not just the BCCI that is opposing the Champions Trophy. The PCB has also opposed it through a letter to the ICC, saying that it does not want any tournaments, including the Champions Trophy, between four-yearly World Cups.

Rafael Benitez

It is important for the manager to be able to say to players they want to sign that they will be playing in the Champions League.

Dan Callahan

Our starting pitching was, to put it bluntly, lousy this weekend. We know we're having some defensive problems, but we can't expect to be a contending team in the Valley with starting pitching like that.

Greg Anthony

Right now with the roster as it exists, they're nowhere near contending. They're not even contending for the playoffs. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for (Garnett). When you look up and you're now 30, and you don't see the team contending, it's hard. It's going to be a big dilemma for Kevin and those guys in what direction they go in.

Rocky Nelson

Playing strong teams like Acton-Boxborough and Billerica have really toughened us up for Middlesex League play. A year ago we weren't ready for league play. Now we're in game shape. We'll definitely be a contender for the league title. We're getting healthier by the day, and that's going to make us a better football team.

Chris McDonnell

I was a little disappointed in the position as I thought we could contend for the title. But we just didn't race like I thought we would.

Dennis Ross

That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.

Turkish Proverbs

It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.

Kurt Busch

It feels good to get off to a great start. But we're just two races in. I'd like to say that we're a championship contender with the way we ended last year and we'll just try to keep our momentum rolling forward.

William Stafford

I am a person a dictionary-maker has to contend with. I am a living evidence in the development of language.

Davis Love

I feel like I can contend every week but, when you get to a place like here or Hilton Head where you've done well consistently, it gives you a lot of confidence.

Kofi Annan

Reform is a process, not an event and we are going to continue after the summit

John Chambers

recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis.

Robert Milton

Recognizing the significant progress we have made, there is no room for any complacency and we must continue to pursue efficiencies throughout our businesses.

Philadelphia Fed

Price pressures remain but continue to show a moderating trend.

Jorma Ollila

Our position in the fastest-growing market in the world continues to be strong.

Ed Colligan

Our Palm OS customer loyalty is extremely high, and we intend to continue to earn that loyalty with great Palm OS-based products,

Anna Rozenich

Our reduction is taking longer than anticipated. We continue to make progress in our testing because we want to make sure we get it right for our customers.

Joseph Farah

Our rankings, relative to other sites, rise and fall over time, ... But our traffic continues to grow ? at a pace even faster than the explosive Internet itself.

Marc Andreessen

Organizations spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars installing and implementing huge servers, new Web sites and applications. They have to continue to do that, but they also have to clean up the mess of the '90s.

Scott Stoker

Patton is a real find for us. He went under the radar during football recruiting and it's to our benefit.

Kerry Coombs

Pat said to just keep doing what we're doing. We're still a good football team.

Kian Egan

Our manager is always worried that Nicky will injure himself at football. But I don't really mind because there were only 4 members in The Beatles.

John Callahan

People have got to realize that we have had a lot of injuries and this is a school of 140 kids. When we have everybody, we're a pretty good football team. But suffering injuries and having people step up are part of the game.

Dirk Koetter

Spring football is a two-way street. You don't want guys that are going to be out long term and have to have surgery, but yet, you've got to protect some guys, too.

Terence Newman

some of the same things on the football field.

Mark Robson

Some of the lads are unhappy that they might not be getting as much football as they want but it is a long season and everyone will get their chance.

Rick Dickson

Our preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team. The possibilities, there are more than a handful right now. We haven't weighed in on any of them at this point, and we haven't ruled any of them out.

Dom Capers

Our responsibility was to win football games, and we made good strides the first three seasons, but we didn't get it done this year. I'm disappointed that things had to end this way.

Richard Cradit

Our main goals are to grow as a team and consistently improve throughout the season, leading to a strong performance at the metro league championship, as well as the regional and state championships.

Michael Ryan

Some guys had more points, but the goals were a result of other guys working hard.

Steve Woods

Our goalie played great for two and a half periods. Two of the goals that went in during the third period, he didn't even see them.

Vinny Prospal

Roberto is a great goaltender, but on the other hand nobody is going to stop every shot. I think we had more than our share of great opportunities to score enough goals to win.

Travis Jackson

Rogers is very talented. But in the goals they got, we didn't have any pressure on them.

Richard Duffy

I'm hoping we won't give up many goals this year,

Ronaldo Ronaldo

I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am ready to take them.

Brian Ching

I think the way I've been playing right now ? I've been scoring goals in the league and playing well ? got me a spot on the team. Also, I think he (Arena) sees me as a (Brian) McBride-type player, a big guy up front, a target man.

Scott Jones

That was huge. We had 23 shots (on goal) tonight, some on target and some not, but hopefully (the goals) will just keep on coming.

Wesley Moultrie

Our requirement would be that the tobacco firms in the U.S. maintain a high level of liquidity.

Andy Roberts

Our replacement technicians are highly trained and experienced mechanics.

Greg Aiello

Passions run high this time of year. The main thing is, Pittsburgh won the game. It could've been worse.

Ron Vos

Passing out flyers at a shopping mall or hoping somebody sees a poster doesn't get through to today's jaded, image-bombarded, media-savvy young consumer. Street marketing is practically an old strategy now, so the stakes are much higher when it comes to getting your message across.

Janice Miller

Part of Planet Digital's mission is to provide people with the highest standard of hands-on training possible,

Jim Keller

Our low power, high performance technology is very well suited to that.

Tom Phillips

People I know in the administration have a very high regard for Nathan,

Kathleen Murray

People have to reschedule their weddings for many reasons. You don't want to be left high and dry.

Mark Waggoner

Supplies really aren't a problem. Consumption over the holidays is usually a little higher than normal but production has been keeping up.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, which is to be what one is and no other.

Bill Delahunt

Its hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Bill Cosby

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

Ashton Kutcher

I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to do a drama now.' I get a lot of material sent to me, and if I feel like something has the creative integrity and the right director and the right whoever involved, the right actors and is a great story, then I do it.

Bud Selig

There is an integrity issue, and that transcends that (progress being made),

Dan Quayle

He (Gore) has a different interpretation of what integrity is all about, ... That will be an issue in this campaign.

Eddie Long

We touch a lot of people, ... This is a world-impacting ministry, and I personally get a little offended when my integrity is questioned.

Al Gore

I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.

Blaise Pascal

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Darren Maynard

Our No. 4 through 6 really stepped it up. Especially Jeff Snyder.

Chris Christensen

Rocky Mountain National Park, Winter Park and the mountains were very important to Jeff. We are at peace knowing that Jeff was doing something he loved and we are proud of him.

Nicole Mancini

Jeff Winters can pretty much swim anything. He's very versatile and is one of our top swimmers.

Jim Calhoun

Jeff was great. It's what we needed (from him).

Timothy Ghriskey

Jeff wants to be more upfront with investors.

Michael Showalter

Jeff Van Gundy is a Baxter. Derek Jeter? So not a Baxter. Howard Stern is not a Baxter. And Bernie Kerik is not a Baxter.

Chris Ault

Jeff Rowe was outstanding. I was really pleased with Jeff and how well he ran things.

Jon Scieszka

Jeff Kinney's 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series and Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' books got 49,323,701 kids reading.

Ron Ward

Jeff has a knack for being around the basketball.

Jim Frederick

Our restaurant is operated by our family, for families.

Kathleen Bergen

Many airports operate very safely without an ASDE system.

Steven Taylor

I will have it operated on as soon as possible now, and get back as quickly as I can.

George Allen

I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be insured just like I'm insured.

Paul Takemoto

If they operate within the parameters that we set out, yes, they will be safe.

Megan Smith

Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.

Carl Forti

Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.

Bob Castellini

We operate it. We don't own it. That's a big difference.

Thomas Hansen

We operate in this state under a series of rules.

Stanley Hauerwas

I'm a happy and productive person. I'm very fortunate; I was born with happy genes. I've got a lot of energy.

Nick Saban

He has been one of our most productive players.

Ayn Rand

Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal.

Drew Rosenhaus

We had a productive meeting. We talked about things important to us, and they talked about things important to them.

Hal Mumme

We haven't been as productive as we'd like. We just have to keep working.

Peter Wallace

You can be productive while you are doing that. Time is money.

Daniel Goldstein

Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?

Dave Barry

I hope I don't sound like an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud, but when I hear about people making vast fortunes without doing any productive work or contributing anything to society, my reaction is: “How can I get in on that?

Jim Bowman

They were very good. It was a very productive meeting.

Fred Siget

Some of the programs I wrote there are still running maintenance free.

Gennady Zyuganov

Our stance remains unchanged. (Chernomyrdin) doesn't even understand the program he has proposed.

Christopher Hill

Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do.

Lou Holtz

I think that win really turned our program around,

Jonathan Brandis

I was in a theater program when I was about 6 years old. I didn't like it as much as most actors do. Which is probably why I never went back to it.

Lisa Williams

But all you really need to get started is a software program to record audio.

Ken Buck

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

Rolando Gonzalez

If we don't have the members, our program will not be as strong.

Benito Mussolini

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

Janis Ian

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Evanna Lynch

My cats - I have Luna who's just had kittens recently and we called one of them Dumbledore. They're nice but they're not like their characters.

Marcelo Porto

Stocks that were most favored recently are being penalized now.

Donald Johanson

Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.

Jeffrey Fieler

Regardless of the (earnings) metric, they're on the right path.

Wang Xuming

Regarding our textbooks, the (policy) has been consistent. There haven't been any changes.

John Maynard Keynes

Regarded as a means, (the businessman) is tolerable; as an end, he is not so satisfactory

Ichiro Ozawa

I will do my best, regardless of whether I would be running at the top or at the bottom.

Luke Hudson

I didn't want to get better any more just because I was out of the rotation. I wanted to get better regardless of where I was.

Debbie Smith

No one should be doing this to another person, regardless of whether they're students.

Alex Newell

Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing that no one can ever take away from me is my voice, and that is what I really want to do.

Matthew Devost

Most sites that are doing e-commerce should have some kind of security statement with regard to how your transactions are secured.

Tom Daschle

I think that it is important for us to have an independent commission, as I've said now on several occasions, but it truly should be independent,

Rob Kardashian

I won state cross-country competitions several times during high school.

Reinhard Selten

I did several types of work about several investigations of application of game theory to international relations.

Hilary Clinton

he could have made that statement several weeks earlier, in time for the holidays.

Edward Gramlich

I think it is more than several weeks for me!

Brian Archer

It could be several weeks before we know the damage,

Matthew Lillard

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

Mayor Hassig

There are several threads here of futures you can choose.

Luiz Scolari

There are several teams, and one of them could be Corinthians.

Kyle Murphy

Our prime-time spot has always been between 7 and 8. That won't change.

Pete Carroll

I think, the more, the better. We've been in the spotlight so long, it's become normal.

Zeke Jones

I think in some spots we competed well and there were some spots where we could have done a little better.

Dorn Whitmore

We may start to get more spot fires.

Chad Henne

I go to the spot I'm supposed to be and turn around,'' he said.

Ben Gibbard

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

Archibald MacLeish

History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard.

Donald Norman

To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.

Bruce Beresford

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.