Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alexis McGee

Our mission has always been to help investors create win-win scenarios that benefit both the troubled homeowner and the investor. The owner in distress saves some equity for a new start, and the investor realizes a profit on the resale of the home. That's far better than having the owner lose everything in an auction on the courthouse steps.

Jim Oyster

Our staff put some very nice items up for auction and it is great to see how the students have contributed to such an important charity.

Evo Morales

We never requested this auction to be set back as it's important for the country. It's important that we seek investment.

Helmut Newton

Well, a copy was auctioned last year at a charity auction in Berlin, and it became the most expensive single book of the 20th Century.

Curtis Barfield

I went to school so I could fill in for Bobby when he needs a break or has to be away to do another auction somewhere. I do OK, but he's a lot better. He's an artist.

John Canavan

It gets the refunding off on the right foot, but it's still difficult to draw conclusions about how well the five- and 10-year note auctions will do based on the three-year auction.

William Floyd

it is not uncommon in auction situations for proposals and counter-proposals to be received.

Dan Hesse

Last year, online retail totaled over $65 billion, up 26% over the prior year. That doesn't include auctions and travel, which take the number well over $100 billion.

Stephen Bailey

Items are sent in for the auction from all over the world and people bring them with them when they come for the convention. Often they are selling things so that they buy other bits and pieces and keep collecting.

Paul Donovan

Rear-projection technologies will undoubtedly dominate from 50 in. onward. The incremental cost of making them bigger is much less and profit margins remain higher.

Shannon Burns

Our position is that as they grow bigger and bigger, and their tourism destinations get closer and closer, you have to question how much of a draw they will have.

Ginger Reeder

Our regular items draw bigger business for us. This year we think brooches will sell well.

Dennis Perry

Patience is the name of the game, ... I seem to do better in the bigger tournaments because I don't take as many chances.

Alan Heap

Past cycles of investor buying have proved short-lived. It's a bubble and it may get bigger before it bursts.

Jeff Simpson

partnered with these guys as opposed to bigger operators like Boyd or Harrah's.

Chris Bosh

Part of me wants to get out there, but the bigger part of me wants to see the other guys do well. If we're winning, that's all I care about.

Mike Hughes

Our little service has gotten bigger and bigger, and now they want to knock the legs out from under us.

Kelly Burke

Our only hope is that someone knows something and will make the call. The bigger the reward, the more enticing, I suppose.

John Stumpf

Star performers are my favorite to manage and lead. Star performers are critical to any organization, and the key is how can you capture their heart-share and their mind-share when they're on this fast track.

Joni Pugh

Somehow this town has captured my heart ... I have made a promise and a commitment here and I want to carry it out as long as I can. I'm not going to give up until I have to. I take it one day at a time.

Aftab Sherpao

Our security forces captured him today, and he is in our custody,

Eberhard Schoeneburg

Our V-boy game is ready to launch now with operators all over the world. We have even improved upon the great 3D graphics of our v-girl game as we are using motion capture animations for all scenes of the game and we have included over a dozen interactive mini games within the game. It is great fun to play.

Phil Dow

Right now, technology represents about 24 percent of the capitalization of the S&P, ... My guess is we're headed up to maybe the 20s or maybe 30 percent. If you look back historically, leading groups can capture that much of the market and I think technology's driving the market right now.

Clive Davis

Rod gets more and more comfortable in the genre with each album, and that's why he won his Grammy for the third 'Songbook.' On Volume IV, Rod inimitably captures wonderful classic standards, breathes new life into them and makes them his own.

Frank Bauer

Pioneering efforts are challenging. Risk is high. But the future payoff is tremendous. As you have seen, we have not had total success. But we have captured the imagination of the students and the general public. And we have already learned a lot from this activity. This will help us and others grow from this experience.

Matt Strauss

Players Network has positioned itself as a leader in gaming entertainment through established marketing relationships within the gaming industry and the creation of original programming that captures the essence of the gaming lifestyle. We are pleased to offer this added-value television programming exclusively to our On Demand subscribers.

Jack Foley

Last night was very good for us because it really showed it's connected with the core Saturday night group as evidenced by an increase of about 60 percent from Friday to Saturday, ... Now we're where it should be to be performing at the healthiest level we could have imagined. It continues to capture the imagination of the American public.

Tina Knowles

Our line is going to be different from other celebrity lines in that we are really designing it.

Terry Carter

Our return customers and celebrity clientele let us know our integrity is appreciated.

Bill Goldberg

Robert Wagner, who I met at a celebrity event in Aspen, Cindy Crawford, Tim Conway, all these people are great fans.

Laurie Levenson

It is a very dangerous precedent because it gives the court an opportunity to close out the public from critical information during a high-publicity trial, ... This formalizes the celebrity exception to the First Amendment.

Otto Bismarck

The advertisement still has to be creative. Additionally, the consumer wants to see the celebrity 'on the job', i.e. in a known role or stereotype,

Zach Braff

It has a really smart, irreverent look at celebrity and making fun of people who get famous for really odd things,

Elayne Rapping

I was thinking that times have changed. But actually they haven't. Celebrity culture still thrives on this idea of the scorned woman and the evil seductress.

Michael Fink

It doesn't matter whose celebrity name is on the label. It has to fit, it has to have quality, it has to have a reason for being,

Gwen Stefani

I don't expect to fit in right away but I do sense that the fashion world is rooting for me, too. I'm not being treated like a celebrity wannabe fashion designer. But even if I was, it doesn't really matter because I'm doing this for me ... but it does feel really good when you have a hit,

John Laws

People have worn shower shoes, flip-flops and clothing that is ripped where it shouldn't be. They're not the clothes you'd naturally wear if you meet with the general public.

Becca Fitzpatrick

His muscles flexed under his clothes, holding me, leading me. Never letting me stray far.

Bibhu Mohapatra

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

C. S. Lewis

An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.

Betsey Johnson

It's just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.

Betsey Johnson

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

Antonia Thomas

Vivienne Westwood makes such beautifully structured clothes that are especially flattering if you are curvy.

Harry Balzer

January doesn't require you to take clothes off. In March, it's imminent.

Sue Halpern

Last week I said, 'You know, I think maybe the kids might need prom clothes.' They immediately sent out emails to every Jewish organization in the entire country on Tuesday. And by Friday, the clothes started arriving.

Nora Martinez

Patty Kelly fought very hard to keep it in the family and to keep it open. She wanted to keep it part of Hoboken.

Shintaro Ishihara

Part of her must feel carefree, relieved, now that she has left the imperial family and become a commoner. I want to set up an opportunity so that she can get a taste of this.

Harris Pastides

Our medical school puts the highest percentage of graduates into pediatrics and family practice in the country.

Marion Jones

Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now.

Mike Strauss

People need to sign up to be organ donors, but then they need to talk to their family about it so there is no question what to do with your organs.

Liz Harrison

People have passed on wonderful family trips, family reunions, missed funerals, missed weddings.

Wendy Rosenbach

People have larger tracts of land and they'll hunt it themselves or have family and friends hunt it.

Kendall Simmons

People in his family have diabetes, so he knew what I was going through, and he talked to me about it. On other teams, when they find out you have it, it's like you have a handicap and you become a liability. They don't even give you a chance.

Tommy Hutton

People may see this and judge without really knowing the stuff he's gone through the last few years. My wife and I went to see him and his family after his son died. He was very quiet. At a time like that, all you can do as a friend is just be there.

Sun Moon

Our movement has the greatest weapon if you use that word truth. We also have the greatest target: the human heart.

Layzie Bone

Man, we love El Paso. We've put on some of our greatest shows in Texas.

Wendy Nehring

I was able to interact with the greatest minds in all disciplines that serve this population.

Kurt Knauff

That was the greatest thing she ever did.

Shimon Samuels

That was the greatest disappointment for a man who had invested his whole life in this.

Brian McCann

That won't sink in for a while. He's one of the greatest pitchers of all time.

Tony DiCecco

That was one of the greatest thrills we've had here. It was just a monumental win for our program.

Dustin Hermanson

That was one of the greatest leaps I ever had,

David Ayers

That's totally it, ... Some people say, 'Whoa! That was great! Thanks a lot.' Then they go over and sit down right over there. Then there's people like myself who think that it's the greatest thing ever. And you can't get enough of it.

Donna Roberts

Our main fundraiser is the gala. We raised $200,000 during the gala and our hope is to raise $50,000 here today.

E. O. Wilson

Our losing streak ended, so hopefully the Leafs' will end theirs (tonight).

Jim Eastin

Our line has been our strength so far. We get after people and stay after them. Our season is not over. Hopefully the kids understand that.

Jeanette Siemens

Our leadership was well represented and we hope it will be again.

Dan White

Our members look for leadership from us and hopefully they'll take our advice. The majority said they liked what Culver had to say and that's where the endorsement went.

Helio Castroneves

People might see an opportunity, but I hope people are more patient a little bit, ... This is the last road course, but there is nothing I can do. It's out of my control.

Peter Jensen

Sure there are things that are discouraging. But I'm never going to lose hope.

Bart Schouten

Sure, some words have been exchanged. They've been talking about training together next year, and I hope they still feel that way.

Ben Tate

Some of the linebackers tell me what they're going to do. Steve Gandy told me he was going to put the 'boom' on me -- knock me out. I just laugh. I don't know if we're tackling or not, but hopefully we are. I get to show what I can do a little bit.

Dr. Birdwell

Our patients inspire us every day. They're just incredible.

Gloria Hernandez

Right now people are scared because they don't feel empowered. Most of them don't watch television, see the news or read the newspaper, so we have to inspire them.

Barry Lopez

Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

Bill Sienkiewicz

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special

Bill Cowher

J.J. Watt, he does on defense what Andrew Luck does on offense. He inspires those around him, he makes them better.

Bill Crawford

Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.

Queen Latifah

I think the reason I am here is to inspire African-American women who are rappers, full-figured women to know that they can do it too.

Bill Vaughan

We are wrong to fear superiority of mind and soul; this superiority is very moral, for understanding everything makes a person tolerant and the capacity to feel deeply inspires great goodness.

Bertrand Russell

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results.

Abbie Letz

Julie playing the way she did today. We could use more of that.

Jamie Ullman

Julie is very unselfish, but there are times when she needs to look for her own shot. She was looking to pass when she could've taken the shot herself.

Marjane Satrapi

I always say to people, 'You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them.' Imagine Romeo and Juliet, six kids yelling, 'Mama, Mama, Papa, Papa!'

William Shakespeare

He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.

Hailee Steinfeld

Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.

Brenton Thwaites

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet.

Janis Scanlon

As soon as Julie stepped in, I knew that I would have to step up my diving. Julie works really well with the team and the coach-athlete relationship is very strong.

Charles Keating

I've done some directing, the most recent work was an off-Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet done for the Riverside Shakespeare Company.

Danielle Brooks

Personally, I don't want to live with limitations. If there comes a time where I am dying to play Juliet or Macbeth, I want to make those avenues for myself.

John Palmer

Part B is going to have to go up significantly next year.

Travis Reinsch

Patrick is already talking about getting ready for next season.

Linda Connolly

Pawling is the next Bedford. That's what all the realtors are saying.

Charles Hamowy

People in their 40s and 50s have to plan for the next 50 years.

Pete Carroll

Surgery may be down the road. It's not at all the time to do that. If after about two weeks he hasn't responded, then (team doctors) have to think more seriously about what the next step is.

Richard Myers

surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.

Chad Belville

Somehow we're going to go from being a young team this year to even younger next year. I don't know how it was possible, but it's just a fact.

Sam Paul

Some have put in a lot of time and really want to make it to the next level.

Richard Boucher

Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next steps are.

Dave Ross

I think the state accidentally sent the wrong message,

Susana Almanza

It has sent a frightening wave of terror throughout the community.

Sergei Mitrokhin

If today or tomorrow the sentence had been pronounced there would simply have been international uproar.

Matisyahu

I feel there's a lot of anti-Israel sentiment in the world and a lot of ignorance about what Israel is and does. But it's not for me to speak on Israel's behalf.

Kraig Troxell

He was sentenced a total of 115 years. All but 25 years were suspended.

Leonard Underwood

If they got trouble, they would be sent here and I would put them to work. But they weren't here very often.

Blaise Pascal

All our reasoning boils down to yielding to sentiment.

Maureen O'Hara

One time I was taking a little too long in the toilet and Mr. Zanuck sent for me. And he said, what are you doing that takes so long?

Mark Johnson

She sent a laser in there. You look for breaks, you look for bounces, and we got one on that first goal.

Damaso Marte

I think I slept on it wrong. It's not that bad.

Michael Bonnette

He's probably sleeping. He hasn't slept for two days, he told me.

Ed Roth

I?m sorry, I haven?t slept in two days.

Billy Wagner

I slept the whole day and didn't budge.

Barry Mann

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

B. R. Ambedkar

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

Bill Condon

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

Bill Crawford

The most successful form of correction is when the "other" feels informed versus chastised.

Bill Crawford

One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.

Bill Cosby

You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.

Carrie Snow

Remember that the successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person.

Carrie Underwood

As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.

Carl Sagan

Scientists constantly get clobbered with the idea that we spent 27 billion dollars on the Apollo programs, and are asked "What more do you want?" We didn't spend it; it was done for political reasons. ... Apollo was a response to the Bay of Pigs fiasco and to the successful orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin. President Kennedy's objective was not to find out the origin of the moon by the end of the decade; rather it was to put a man on the moon and bring him back, and we did that.

Ashley Tisdale

I can take a week's vacation - maybe a week and a half - but after that, I'm itching to go back to work.

Celine Dion

It seems strange to say this, but it is true: Coming back to Vegas to work is like going on vacation for me.

Barbara Kingsolver

The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has traveled farther than most families go on their annual vacations.

Dennis Prager

Citizens of liberal welfare states become increasingly narcissistic. The great preoccupations of vast numbers of Brits, Frenchmen, Germans and other Western Europeans are how much vacation time they will have an how early they can retire and be supported by the state.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.

Conan O'Brien

People are saying that Rick Perry is really tough because he has executed over 200 people. And that was just while he was on vacation in Florida.

Annie Dillard

People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.

Daniel Kahneman

Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period...

Debbie Ford

Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.