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beginning despite low maintained percent pleased prices since strong
We are pleased with the quarter's results. Despite low aluminum prices - which are down 14 percent since the beginning of 1998 -- we have maintained strong earnings. Paul O'Neill
beginning despite low maintained percent pleased prices since strong
We are pleased with the quarter's results, ... Despite low aluminum prices - which are down 14 percent since the beginning of 1998 -- we have maintained strong earnings.
beginning believe decline fact growth increase major number rate replace resulted win
We believe that our growth and PeopleSoft's decline resulted in part from an increase in our competitive win rate over PeopleSoft, and the fact that we are beginning to replace PeopleSoft at a number of major accounts, Larry Ellison
beginning stages
We are at the very beginning stages today. Glenn Nick
beginning human improve learn pass responsibility thousands time
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard P. Feynman
beginning
We are at the beginning stages. Are we going to be successful? Yes. Bob Peterson
beginning ran struggled time
We struggled at the beginning and I think we just ran out of time at the end.
beginning carry games half intensity next second
We still need to come out with intensity at the beginning of games. We need to carry the second half of games into the first half of the next game.
beginning chinese companies ethical helps operating people phase starting survive
We're in a phase where Chinese companies are beginning to think with a longer-term perspective. People are starting to see that operating in a good, ethical and well-mannered way helps you survive in the long term.
change begets
Change begets change. Charles Dickens
change integrity roots
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton
change begets
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.
change men rocks
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.
change country littles
If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country. Charles Sturt
change age wells
It is not well to make great changes in old age. Charles Spurgeon
change becoming becoming-new
Everything is perpetually becoming new. Alan Watts
change way world
When you get free from certain fixed concepts of the way the world is, you find it is far more subtle, and far more miraculous, than you thought it was.
change vices computer
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. Alan Perlis
close games late mistakes won
We've won some close games this year, and that's made us better. We made a lot of mistakes late to let them back into the game, but we responded.
close inside shut tried
We want to try and shut down the inside game. We have to try and close the paint, which is what we tried to do all season, anyway.
closed happening
We want to show the world what is happening there. We want the place to be closed down.
close crossing decision maximum movement next opened security suicide threats wave weighed
We want to see maximum movement at the crossings, but that decision has to be weighed next to the very real security threats that there are, ... If we opened every crossing and there were a wave of suicide bombings, then we'd just have to close everything down again. Mark Regev
close hear next nobody
Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you. Muddy Waters
closed north
The other two ramps which will be closed are from the southbound Lodge to north and southbound Telegraph.
closer help helps students
The other students help us out, and it's a way to help them out in return. It helps me get closer to other students doing this.
closely european performance strength
The performance of European equities corresponds closely to the strength of the dollar.
closer great interested market value
We value the partnership we've had with them over the years. They do a great job. We're interested in negotiating something a little closer to market value.
drop handing hope insecure keys kingdom
Being insecure - I'm a master, a virtuoso - they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key. M. Night Shyamalan
drop money
Why should you take a drop in money?
dropped hard lap money theater time turning tv
You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV. Laurie Metcalf
drop eighth knowing last ninth seed strong supposed sure tournament
We have to have a strong ACC Tournament. We were supposed to be like a 3 seed (in the NCAA), but I am pretty sure we are going to drop down from there. I think we have to go into the ACC Tournament like we did last year, knowing we had to win to get in. We have to win games. We don't want to be an eighth or ninth seed.
drop last resist rights until
We want our rights and nothing more, and we will resist until our last drop of blood.
drop expect flower guys sure takes talented tradition whether
Whether they are talented or not they know what has been done before and they expect to win. These guys find a way to win. Part of that is the tradition of Flower Mound. They are going to do what it takes to make sure they are not the ones to drop the ball.
dropping inspector
We're monitoring the situation. We have an inspector dropping by every day.
dropped love sounds
I love profanity, but I think if it's used too much, it just sounds a little trashy. I think it's more effective when it's dropped intelligently. I like intelligent profanity. Katie Aselton
dropped games knew last needed playing three week win won
When we dropped to 2-4, we knew we needed to win our last three games to qualify. We won the first one last week. But this week we're playing a better team, so we have to play even better.
four last match proved ways won
We've won one game. We won four last year. We've got a ways to go before we match last year. We haven't proved anything. J. Taylor
four pages scripts
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it. David S. Goyer
four guards looking plays using
UNLV plays four guards. So using four guards was something we were looking at doing anyway.
four major played players proud
We are proud to have four players who played a major part in Wednesday's success.
four great last learn practicing
We are practicing with Hartland and they will get us prepared. They've been there the last four years and we should learn from them. They are a great program. B. F. Skinner
fourth half later left moved second third
We usually just have two forwards up top. But later in the second half I moved up a third one, and with about 1:45 left I moved in a fourth one. Kyle Smith
four larger whim
We started this on a whim four years ago. We don't want to make it any larger than it is. It really is a lot of fun.
fourth offensive options struggled third
We struggled to find another offensive weapon. Their third and fourth options made shots, and we're not that deep.
four large plays shows
We are a fluid, but large group. We do a lot of plays and four shows a years.
games two lawyer
Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant.
games words-of-wisdom delight
To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it.
games planning designer
I'm not planning a kickstarter game. And I'm not really a game designer. Charles Stross
games play self
The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever.
games fire giving
Substances like LSD, which give away a secret about the nature of the social game - the human game and what underlies it - are potentially dangerous, of course, like any good thing is. Electricity is dangerous, fire is dangerous, cars are dangerous, planes are dangerous, but not so dangerous as driving on the freeway. The only way to handle danger is to face it. If you start getting frightened of it, then you make it worse. Because you project onto it all kinds of bogeys and threats which don't exist in it at all.
games boards vendetta
They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away. Alan Moore
games goal able
You don't score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals. Alan Green
games gambling casinos
The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. Al Alvarez
games gambling cards
Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.
happens things-happen
Everything happens for me, not to me. Byron Katie
happens ferry i-can
I can never predict what's going to happen. Bryan Ferry
happens
That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for. Catherynne M. Valente
happening obsessed starts
Where story comes from, I don't know. I know that I become obsessed with something. An idea, an image, a person, the way a person talks. And then something starts happening that I can't explain, and it has a lot to do with language. Dorothy Allison
happen youths
When youths take to the street, you don't know what can happen ....
happened known supposed until
I've known for years that you're supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what's happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I'm not present. Mariel Hemingway
happened last moderate shows steady
When you take a look at what's happened in the last month, you see the same kind of pace?right on down the line. It shows a nice, steady moderate pace, which is what you want.
happened happens paper
It doesn't matter what odds are on paper or what's happened before. It matters what happens that moment. Holly Holm
happened justify last sit three
We're not going to sit here and try to justify what happened two or three years ago and what happened last year, Jon Gruden
losing flight best-work
When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone Chris Cooper
losing million multiply per
We are losing turnover of about $1.3 million per day ... So you have to multiply that by 17 or 18 days.
losing tough
We started off by losing a tough one at 103 and we rebounded well with Javier and Mariano (Portillo) having big wins.
losing soul
If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul
losing piece towards
I've been on the end of losing a fight, and there's a piece of my heart that has compassion towards that because I know how it feels.
losing sometimes like-you
Sometimes it feels like you're losing, but even when you're losing, you're getting something. Eliza Dushku
losing stop trying
We have no alternative. This is not a philanthropic venture. We're not trying to make money, we just want to stop losing (money). Howard Schultz
losing remember
Yeah, I remember us losing a 16-point lead.
losing understand whether winning
Whether we're on a three-game winning or losing streak, you can understand that that's not everything.
might stairs lorry
Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord.
might use disaster
But ah! disasters have their use; And life might e'en be too sunshiny... Charles Stuart Calverley
might god-bless bless
God blesses us so that we might bless others! Charles Stanley
might wells ifs
I thought, "Well if I'm gonna react might as well overreact!
might quiet
Dead … might not be quiet at all. Chris Bohjalian
might outcomes infinity
For every action, there's an infinity of outcomes. Countless trillions are possible, many milliards are likely, millions might be considered probable, several occur as possibilities to us as observers - and one comes true. China Mieville
might naked world
Alan Zweibel is the funniest writer in the world. He might be even funnier when he's naked, but I'm afraid to find out. Dave Barry
might tools ifs
If Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been.
might ruins bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. Buenaventura Durruti
rules-and-regulations want helping
If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them. Ayumi Hamasaki
rules
With the new rules, we think we can do that. Joe Sakic
rules saying simply stick
We're simply saying we need to stick to the rules that we've all outlined.
rules sit
Sit around and wait. At least it's the same rules for everybody.
rules uniform
What will come out of this is there will be uniform rules set. Grant Teaff
rules
There are no rules to how long it could take to go away. It could take one day, it could take two days, it could take two weeks.
rules within
We all have to live within the rules.
rules trouble
We would like to know what's going to get us in trouble and what's not. We'll play by the rules. Just tell us what the rules are.
rules violation
There has been a subversion or violation of the rules, intentional or not. John Tory
starting
I like starting. It's pretty cool. Al Leiter
starting-out starting hard
It must be really hard to be starting out in music now.
starting-over kindergarten wells
We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten. Kurt Vonnegut
starting-over teapots starting
Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them. Billy Dee Williams
starting-over finding-yourself world
I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself. August Wilson
starting-over
I really can't watch myself. I just get too in my head about it and start overthinking everything. Eden Sher
starting difficult circumstances
It never really was difficult for me not starting because I understood the circumstances. Cedric Benson
starting-out firsts starting
When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast. Charisma Carpenter
starting
We're starting to get a little more notice.
struggled
We struggled with that, ... made all the sense in the world.
struggled
We struggled through it, ... Tomorrow, I'm back in the bullpen. Frank Robinson
struggled
We struggled offensively. We didn't make enough contact. We couldn't deliver.
struggled thrown
She hadn't thrown all year, so she struggled a bit.
struggled terrified
Generally, I'm terrified of shopping. I like the idea of being well-dressed, but I've always struggled to get anything that fits. I envy those that go into old vintage shops. Stephen Merchant
struggled tail three
She struggled early; I think she had two or three turnovers right off the bat. I yanked her tail out and said, 'Hey, you're going to have to play better if we're going to be successful.' And it usually rotates through her and Helen on how well we're going to play.
struggled top
She's one of our top players, but she's struggled all semester.
struggled
I always thought we shouldn't have been in 4A in the first place. In '99, we skipped from 2A to 4A. We struggled in 4A for a while. I feel like now we are right where we belong.
struggled
We had struggled to that point. We were going down in order, boom, boom, boom. Ned Yost
teams
The other teams have left, and they're still not really back. We haven't left, and we're not going anywhere.
teams
We've already made the decision. Most teams put five, but we're going to put six. Alain Vigneault
teams three
When the three of us are on, we're really tough. There are not a lot of teams that can keep up with us when we play like that. Paul Davies
teams trying
We're just still searching, just trying to find out what teams are the best.
teams
Most teams that you have, they have one or two go-to guys. They've got a go-to team. Bernie Bickerstaff
teams top
Most of the teams at the top just didn't give up as much ground.
teams
When we started out as freshmen, we were ok, but there were other teams out there who were a lot better than us.
teams travel
Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.
teams
SEC teams are going to make runs. That just happens. It's part of the game, man.
three four finished
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. Alain Prost
three balls easy
The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off. Chris Copeland
three essentials action
There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action. Chiang Kai-shek
three kind i-can
I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's.
three england beats
When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points. Bryan Robson
three
The other three have really made strides. They're consistently getting better.
three
We've already got three up on the board. Steve Alford
three moments hours
Preferred three hours quicker over one moment late. William Shakespeare
three kind persons
Before repeating something bad about another person, ask yourself these three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary for me to tell it? Is it kind to tell it?
tight whenever
Whenever you have a tight schedule, you sort of have to film whatever you can that day. Jason London
tight
We're going to make a tight end out of you, yet. Dennis Franchione
tightly
I have to admit I can be pretty high strung and tightly wound. Laura Fraser
tight
I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive. Jose Carreras
tight
In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items. Candice Olson
tight toll took
We were a little tight early. The 10-day layoff that we had took its toll early. We were prepared, so we had to come out and execute.
tight
I think the big part of it is the quarterback and that tight end's relationship, Ken Whisenhunt
tight turn
I thought they were going to turn me into a tight end, Larry Coker
tight tilt tough tried
He had a good, tight waist. He tried to tilt me. He was pretty tough on top.
winning race looks
If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race.
winning race obstacles
Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.
winning giving soul
You will win as many souls as God gives you, but no one will be converted by your own power.
winning men fire
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if you are going to pull others out of it, and you will have to dive into the floods if you are going to draw others out of the water. You cannot work a fire escape without feeling the scorch of the conflagration, nor man a lifeboat without being covered with the waves.
winning soul pearls
The diver plunges deep to find pearls, and we must accept any labor or hazard to win a soul
winning men gambling
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win
winning soul glorifying-god
Our great object of glorifying God is to be mainly achieved by the winning of souls Do not close a single sermon without addressing the ungodly.
winning victory sides
We are not alarmed because Satan hinders us, for it is a proof that we are on the Lord’s side, and are doing the Lord’s work, and in his strength we shall win the victory, and triumph over our adversary.
winning actors prize
Parts win prizes, not actors. Alan Rickman