Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Fenimore Cooper

Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal to condemn, compared with other capitals, I think it is entitled to a distinguished place in this particular.

Dariusz Kowalczyk

Supplies of heating oil are very low compared to other supplies of energy commodities.

Terry Ebbert

Some of the catastrophic deaths some people have predicted may not have occurred. The numbers, so far, are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.

Jackie Parsley

Our fans were great!. They were more vocal and into the game compared to Morris. That was great to see, and the girls fed off that (support).

Ken Williams

Overall, I'd say there's a 20 percent increase in sales this week compared to the rest of December.

Steve McClain

Our world's a little different because we can get so many tapes on people compared to high-school and junior-college. Every one of the teams, you might have about 14-15 tapes you've got to watch and know everything about them.

Castor Pang

Rental income is quite stable when compared with the income of property developers.

John Vane

Mammalian cells of all types disgorge prostaglandins at the slightest provocation, but the tissue content of prostaglandins is very low compared with the release.

James Courtney

I think this summer was a little off compared with previous years,

Jason Smith

Paul (Horvath) has a strong opinion about taxes. Every year he pays his taxes right before the (county tax) sale. This is nothing new with us. This is how Paul deals with taxes. He paid his taxes at this time last year.

Jim Thomas

People might be negotiating now but five years from today, should nanotechnology go into full swing, those deals will be rendered useless.

Les Wright

Sponsorships are definitely at the top of the list, then commerce-oriented deals after that. If we have gaps in our service, it's in facilitating commerce.

David Massey

Some of these deals were done at the top of the market. Some of them are probably still in the due diligence stage and might be renegotiated or not happen at all.

Gary Bongiovanni

Some of the deals guaranteed (performers) a sellout, ... That's a dumb way to run the business.

Kyle Huske

Our first thought is that we're just glad there's this many deals on the calendar.

Mike Chung

Overall, people are generally getting better deals than in the past. I would say, for the most part, it is (a better deal) because it makes the negotiation process a lot simpler.

Jeffrey Hirschkorn

Restaurant deals always do really well because the come out at different times of the year. There are very few, they are unique. I have high hopes for this one.

John Barth

really not out of line with other deals that have been done in this industry, but this will stand on its own merits.

Mark Shapiro

Our No. 1 priority now is a closer.

Mary Green

Our priority is to get them situated here.

Darrell Sanders

Our suspect has a prior drug history. In fact, she just recently got off probation on drug charges, and she's back in business.

Bill Warren

Our first priority of course, is the safety and welfare of our guests.

Bethenny Frankel

Being with my family is my highest priority.

Jakaya Kikwete

I will make sure research and development is a top priority in agricultural development.

Tom Coburn

It doesn't have much to do with Alaska, ... It has to do with priorities for our country.

Steve Squyres

For Spirit, the priority has been to reach a safe winter haven.

Augustin Matata Ponyo

I have been busy working in order to make agriculture a priority sector not on a small scale, but into an agro-based industry.

Drew Endy

The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature.

Bruce Henderson

The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense.

J. J. Johnson

The scope of this one is so large.

Jim Balsillie

It was very important to get the scope we wanted.

Pat Monroe

Somewhere in that scope of things there was a breakdown. Specifically where, I don't know. It's a tremendous disappointment.

Nitin Nohria

Education can change the scope of an entire family

Isaac Singer

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Teri Barbera

Someone has to have seen something. We're hoping.

David Ross

Man, we were weeping, ... I've never seen so much destruction.

John Torchetti

That was a team win, if I have ever seen one. Everyone from the goalie out tonight just competed. That was the word for tonight, compete.

Paul Thompson

That was ridiculous. In 16 years of coaching, I've never seen anything like that.

Warwick McKibbin

I think it's pretty much a continuation of what we've seen but probably a slightly different style.

Paul Cummings

I don't know what to say. I've never seen someone do this, either.

Drew Stafford

I don't know what to say about that, I've never seen that before.

Roger Clemens

I don't know that I've seen anything like it,

Robert Greene

I will say it's been a while since we've been this healthy,

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Charles Djou

I think he sincerely wants recycling. Can't we do this right?

Kenny Thomas

I'm starting. Since no one has told me, I'm starting.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Dale Scott

He'd been disgruntled since the sixth inning, so it was time for him to go.

Stieg Larsson

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

Ned Colletti

I take nothing for granted. I know the value of finances, I know the value of people. I've had to be street-smart since I was a little kid,

Ken Slater

Burlington will be a big challenge, to see where we're at. It (Friday's game) will be something that will tell us what kind of a team we have and if we've made improvements since Christmas.

Joe Mays

Get my velocity back up -- it was down a little.

Milton Glaser

His work had a kind of velocity in the way things were made,

Buck Showalter

His velocity was down, and it wasn't worth the risk.

Jamie Moyer

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

Leon Wieseltier

The velocity and volume on the Web are so great that nothing is forgotten and nothing is remembered,

Susanna Kaysen

An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy.

Tim Lincecum

I haven't always thrown hard, but eventually my (velocity) caught up with my mechanics.

Rahul Gandhi

A Dalit needs Jupiter's escape velocity to achieve success.