Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Posner

Payment associations have market power because they are owned and controlled by groups of banks. The public MasterCard would have independent directors and a governance system that would make it clear that it would not be attempting to collude in setting an interchange fee.

Tom Benson

Our main concern is with the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region who have experienced the recent tragedy. We are attempting to carry on in these difficult times and are looking out for the best interest of our coaches, staff, players and their families. My prayers are with each of those who have been adversely impacted.

Bill Thomas

People inside the house have stated she was banging on the door, attempting to regain entry.

William Harper

Our working figure is 30 to 35,000 attempting to enter at this point. And we're hearing that there are thousands of people on the other side waiting. We can't go over there and look, but we hear that there's a lot of people on the other side of the border, trying to get into Macedonia.

Charles Grassley

Ottumwa Regional Hospital and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Office are attempting to work through the issues at hand. It is very rare for CMS to withdraw Medicare funding due to these types of violations, especially when the hospital is working to correct them. And, it is my understanding that the hospital will be submitting a plan of correction to CMS shortly.

Bob Stoops

Just because what we've done in the past has worked and worked well doesn't mean that it will continue to. We have really got to be smart in what we're attempting to do. We need to make some adjustments and make sure we can execute certain parts of our passing game more consistently.

Mark Driver

Java Studio Creator 2 is an update to Sun's Java Studio product, which is a new generation tool attempting to simplify Java development. Java Studio Creator 2 is trying to make the Java platform more attractive to developers coming from a Microsoft Windows or 4GL tool environment.

Mike Edwards

Landscape projects are expensiveespecially if you'd like to do a nice landscape like they are attempting to do all over campus.

Don Knauss

Litigation is completely inappropriate and unfounded in light of the ongoing discussions between the company and all our bottlers to respond to a major customer's request for the benefit of everyone. We are extremely disappointed that a few individuals are attempting to hijack those discussions.

Dick Vermeil

Regardless of what excuse we want to make, we have to do a better job of getting the ball to Tony Gonzalez 's hands. He set an all-time record in the history of the National Football League with 102 catches last year and I'm certainly not going to panic because he's not at that pace right now.

April Horace

Regardless of the outcome, this is still the first inning of a very long ball game.

Ebenezer Ekuban

Regardless of how they started last week passing the ball, their motto is: We're going to hurt you with the run and we're going to pound, pound, pound. And eventually you'll succumb to all that pounding. ... You've got to get on top of them early, man. If you get on top of them early, their running game is nonexistent. They're going to have to pass the ball to catch up to you.

Joe Masleh

Regan Mooney stepped up big time for us in the first half with 12 points while Ryan and Rayne were struggling. Ball handling, rebounds. That was a very big help. Usually when Ryan and Rayne struggle, no one steps up. She took it upon herself. And Mary Kate Brady hit the boards, scored 10 points. That's what has to happen. The other kids have to step up.

Eric Johnson

Refinancing is necessary because the current financing is short term with a very large balloon payment that no community would be in a position to meet.

Dan Smith

Rebecca normally moves the ball so we thought we had a pretty good shot because she normally hits the ball somewhere.

Dan Silverthorn

Rehabilitating this facility is a great investment for us -- the facility itself is of tremendous value to TransPORT and the region, and a great location for our first port development -- it puts us in a whole new ball game.

Mike Sewak

Reggie was so open that all you could say was get the ball to him.

Carmelo Anthony

Reggie is a (great) block-out guy and Ruben will go down there and battle. Sometimes, the ball just seems to fall right in my hands.

Trevor Hoffman

Regardless of how the outcome happens, it's how you get over the failures that matters more than anything else in this role, ... If you do screw up, 24 hours later, there's a chance the ball's going to be in your hand again.

Mark LaTurner

Rebounds just killed us in the first half. When you give a team two, three chances at scoring, it's going to hurt you.

Gene Rasmussen

Rebounding and second chance opportunities were a big key for us.

Aaron Harberts

Rebecca is tripping over stuff and we're just humiliating her every chance we get.

Jose Maria

Real Madrid created their chances and we couldn't have done anymore. I had the feeling we were going to be struck by an avalanche,

Li Zhi

Regulators have picked out two points this year: encouraging fund inflow to the market and revving up studies of new derivative products. The index has a good chance to test 1,300 this week.

John Barrow

Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place.

Dragan Cavic

Our positions are considerably different. We shall see today whether there is a chance for creating a middle ground.

John Bunting

Our players know this dismantled us in the second half, ... I think they also knew we had a chance in the first half.

Gerald Cohen

Part of the program may include relief for states ... so the drag may not be as large from the state side. You definitely will see some drag from the states, offsetting the stimulus from the federal side, but it won't be enough to totally offset the federal side.

Jennifer Joyce

Paul has been training very well. He's been very consistent. He's rushing towards that breakthrough performance. There's definitely more to come from him this season.

Ian Millward

Paul has been out of the game for 12 months with his knee but he has played the last three under-21 matches and he will definitely be in the 17. It's reward for the great effort he has made in getting back.

Jay Cutler

Part of me definitely wants to go because it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The other part of me wants to stay in Nashville and get together with some people who helped me get to this point.

Stephanie Reichert

Our offense was definitely on. We were hitting really well, and we had really timely hitting.

Nate Salley

Our offense is hard to stop. You can definitely tell a difference from last year.

Matt Murphy

Our No. 1 goal was to make the tournament. We're a little disappointed to be 10-10, but we did have to win five of our last seven to get in, so there's definitely some excitement about getting there.

Tim Busen

Our kids wrestled great tonight, just like they were supposed to. The kids knew they had to step up tonight and they did. They've definitely worked hard.

Marisa Miller

Surfing is definitely something I used to do a lot more before I was working, but I know the waves will always be there, and it's something that, when I'm not traveling as much, I'll definitely get back into.

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.

Hines Ward

Relieved? Yes, ... I dont wish this on anybody. It was very hard to go out onto the field with peace of mind knowing that youre so close. I can go into the season focused now.

Jerome Bettis

Our quarterback has been incredible. His development on the field is the reason we're here.

Charlie Bell

Our offensive line was outstanding, our open field tackling was improved and our inside linebacker play was improved.

Herman Edwards

Our mindset was to get him in the game to kick field goals and he did that,

Herman Edwards

Our mind-set was to get him in the game to kick field goals, and he did that.

David Rehr

Our middles didn't do much the last time we played them. In our previous two matches (against Lee), Haley had 16 kills and our other two middles each had one, so we doubled our middle totals because that's something Lee hadn't seen before. They were worried about our outside hitters because they had a field day before.

Joe Tiller

Surprisingly, the injury isn't too serious. We thought he might have been able to hold for field goals but he wasn't able to.

Richard Barnes

States can be leaders in the field of biotechnology while holding firm to moral principles and the protection of human life.

Howard Wolfson

Spitzer has been raising money for a while, whereas Pataki's indecision froze the field and prevented Republicans from raising money until relatively late in the game.

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.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Michael Dunne

People I know inside Chery say (it will happen) no sooner than 2008.

Peter Earnest

People historically have loved the inside story. It's about secrets. People love secrets.

Erik Raney

Our SWAT teams are going in there as if the suspect is still inside and we're taking every precaution of course.

Alex Laats

Our whole premise is you have to be able to search inside the audio.

Cassie Schrock

I was just looking to penetrate every time. My teammates kept looking for me inside and my shot was just falling.

Leon Powe

I was just having fun. We were here at Staples, so I wanted to come out hard. If I can get something going inside for my team, that sets them up on offense.

Lewis Witcher

I was kind of shocked they did that, but that's OK though. Let them come in. They're not going to get too much inside when I'm in there.

Jon Corzine

I think there are real problems inside the Patriot Act.

Eric Sims

Jeff played really well. It's tough to score on him. We just have got to do a better job inside the box.

Bill Cosby

Dentists tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair and the first thing they grab is an iron hook.

Francis Beaumont

It is always good/ When a man has two irons in the fire.

Mark Zalin

I didn't get a preseason to iron out our lineup. We were playing matches before we had an official practice.

Steve Reilly

There are still some points of disagreement we need to iron out.

Paul Wolfowitz

He's always been excruciatingly careful, which is ironic in his situation.

Graeme Dott

I got some luck in the last frame, which I thought was ironic because I thought I might win then.

Harry Oliver

I always thought it was my iron leg,

Channing Tatum

The director sets the tone, and if someone's ruling it with an iron fist, people are quiet and the days go long in my experience, when there's a very serious tone, the days just drag. When there's someone who, in between takes, is joking or laughing the days go quick.

Cameron Diaz

I've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison.

Tom Smith

The anticipation would have been that problems would have been down.

Patrick Moore

There are a lot of strains on the infrastructure, our roads, our schools, and I think that sometimes the problems haven't been anticipated.

Jeff Berman

I feel sorry for George. He's a troubled person. He seemed to have some psychological problems.

Johnny Smith

For years, we have had problems with the water down here. But nothing has ever been done about it.

Peter Ashkenaz

From everything we've seen, those problems are in the past.

Kristin Accipiter

I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out.

Judy Orihuela

He's been very cooperative. We've had no problems with him whatsoever so far.

Timothy Fisher

The range of a vehicle on one tank should be about the same as what we have today, 300 to 400 miles. And the fueling process should be about the same as what we're used to, it shouldn't take much more time than it takes today. And there are some serious problems with that.

Jim Mora

I wouldn't say we let down our fans, but we wanted to go 9-7 and get rid of that 40-year problems we've had. We didn't get that done.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Maggots squirming in your eyeholes...and your other orifices, might be carrying things a bit too far." "This is why I keep you around, Rixon. Always seeing things from the bright side.

Mike Hall

We've too many sides so have to go to three and make the other a development team.

Bill Shankly

The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)

Bill Delahunt

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

Bill Vaughan

We've found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we're going to err on the side of caution.

Bill Bruford

Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that's where I'm at.

Lindsay Davenport

I think it took away a lot of it, especially on the women's side . . . on the men's side, you have some upsets once in a while.

Thomas Schelling

I think I know whose side I'm on, and I'm sorry for him.

Lindsay Davenport

I struggled a lot on one side of the court,

John Nersesian

Rebalancing doesn't work every time. It works over time.

Mac McCabe

Our participants can work just as well as you or I.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Jim Coyne

Some of the work is in dispute. Hopefully, it will be settled.

David Frum

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox.

Barry Ritholtz

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.

David Burnett

Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with.

Bill Cosby

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

Big Pun

I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery.