Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Wright

Refineries in Texas did not take a direct hit from Rita, but the energy grids in that area were effected, and power has not been restored to those refineries.

Richard Preston

Redwoods have an enormous surface area that extends upward into space because they have a propensity to do something called reiteration. A redwood is a fractal. And as they put out limbs, the limbs burst into small trees, copies of the redwood.

Mike Shockley

Recommendations included changes in several areas of energy expenses.

Gerry Fleming

Reggie has done a lot of things away from the play as far as his defensive play and his play without the puck. He's been in areas and made some big plays without the puck as well.

Bob Noun

President Bush's proposed budget will not have an impact this year. The current situation is we still have to lay off between 30 to 40 employees. But we are encouraged by the areas that were covered by the president.

Stephanie Williams

Preserving farmland and preserving the farming enterprise must go hand-in-hand. By working with Cumberland County Economic Development, we are able to help ensure that area farms become preserved, and remain competitive, for generations to come.

Irene Toner

Our policy is to call for a general evacuation in areas that might be prone to Category 3 impacts.

Hassan Nasrallah

Our policy is clear, we are fighting in an area that is still under occupation in Lebanon. And beyond that area, we are on the defensive.

Mike Ruddock

Our passing, tackling, lineout and tackle area play all need to be improved,

Gary Dilts

Our newest and best products carried the day for us in February. The LX platform posted sales of 30,241 units this month, our best ever. Overall, our car business is up 19 percent, and we have the all-new Dodge Caliber arriving at dealerships this month and attracting a new group of customers to our showrooms.

Andy Robinson

We need more pain at the contact area. There were times when we were going to ground too easily, arriving in ones rather than twos or threes. Matt is our best prop as far as his overall game is concerned. He's there for his mobility and work around the field.

Sofjan Wanandi

The assessors in the P4D and P4P were officials from the Manpower Ministry. They lacked expertise, took too long in arriving at decisions and frequently handed down irrational rulings.

Matt Braeuer

It didn't take me very long (after arriving on campus) because they talk to us about it. Well, they didn't talk to us about it, but I asked around. But it's an interesting mascot, and it's one people don't always understand.

Phil Davis

Justin has fitted in really well since arriving and he has really benefited from the time off last week,

Martin Freeman

I grew up in the suburbs, so I remember arriving at Waterloo and seeing Big Ben and the coloured lights on top of the Southbank Centre and thinking, 'Wow!'

Marta Koesling

There is no bilingual child care, and these children are arriving to kindergarten without the same early childhood experiences to help them succeed.

Liz Boyd

We're pleased that the Senate and House have responded to the governor's call for an increase, and we're looking forward to that bill arriving on the governor's desk.

Dan Brucker

More and more people are arriving to work earlier and earlier. Given the ever-growing use of cell phones, the Internet, and other communications options, many businesses operate 24 hours a day today. There is a growing necessity to get to work earlier.

Mike Blouin

People here take primaries seriously. These are the folks who make the party work.

Gene Taylor

Some of the folks from Louisiana may have gotten greedy in some of their requests,

Dave Foreman

Some of our local folks are not the type to step right up and say help me. They're the type to say never mind, we take care.

Lynn Ford

Our weather folks are telling us we're going to get some rain, but the problem is it will be isolated. What we really need is sustaining rain, one of those long rains you like for your gardens.

Frank Baum

Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.

H. Hunt

We need some residential properties that will provide housing for folks who aren't making million-dollar incomes.

John McGary

I think there'll be a little more pressure on the governor's folks and Senate Republicans to move in our direction.

Scott Ishikawa

I think the racetrack has been a great outlet for folks who do want to race in a safe manner, rather than on the freeways.

Paul Swangard

That's what folks thought Kobe could become. It was such a shock to the system what happened in Colorado.

Clarence Otis

People like Smokey Bones, but they don't come with the visit frequency that we would like. We think that a lot of it has to do with a positioning that is more barbecue-centric than it should be.

Alan Cohen

God is a frequency. Stay tuned.

Kerry Emanuel

Unfortunately, in the issue of the frequency of storms, we're still kind of in the dark. We don't understand that issue very well.

David J. C. MacKay

Fridges can be modified to nudge their internal thermostats up and down just a little in response to the main's frequency in such a way that, without ever jeopardising the temperature of your butter, they tend to take power at times that help the grid.

Dan Sheeran

What you get to in the pretty near future is a mass medium with potentially greater reach and more frequency than other media.

Mark Goodman

(We're) as prepared as we should be given the lack of frequency of earthquakes and the lack of intensity of earthquakes.

Michael Ian Black

I take it for what it is, and sometimes the criticism is actually useful and constructive and actually informs what I do, but most of the time, it's sort of mindless, or they're receiving something on a different frequency than I was sending it.

Richard Prum

We had to have some kind of frequency multiplier,

Chris Brathwaite

It's going to be mostly reduced frequency out of our hubs, not huge numbers.

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.

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.

Alan Greenspan

Such an increase in market value is too often viewed by market participants as structural and permanent, ... To some extent, those higher values may be reflecting the increased flexibility and resilience of our economy.

Justin Lane

Some of the higher peaks I would imagine could see 2 1/2 feet.

Satish Kumar

Some of our standards are higher than the U.S.

Karen Johnson

Our prices are 18 percent higher that they were this time last year.

Rhonda Rompola

Our RPI has to get higher for any tournament play.

Bill Cooke

Our attrition rate is not higher than last year but it is higher than we would like.

William Ross

Right there, there is not that much inventory for that kind of property. Because of a lack of availability, what you get is higher prices.

David Patterson

I'm impressed with one or two of the newcomers.

Janet Miller

I'm impressed with how well it's gone. It works very well as a different way of getting to MPs.

Drew Lewis

I'm impressed with how knowledgeable he is in not only football, but in life.

Jason Bradbury

Landon pitched well. They were struggling with his off-speed stuff and he kept them off balance, and I was impressed with that.

John McGinnis

I was really impressed with the questions that were asked.

Michael Pena

I was really impressed when I met Will the police motto, 'protect and serve', really means something to him,

Jack Warner

I was really impressed by Lindsay's race. It was hot, and for her to go out there with that time was great.

Jon Hampton

I was pretty impressed because Macon was one of the better teams we've played this season.

John Mooney

I was real impressed with Latrobe. They have a young team.

Paul Charles

Our market share has risen to record levels on the most competitive routes in Europe.

John Lackey

Our mitigation strategy was the realignment of the road. We need to back up and start all over with a new strategy. Otherwise, I don't feel any level of comfort.

Chris Dwyer

Stable water levels are really important for management of vegetation.

Mike Brady

(Our girls) weren't going to settle for a tie and they picked up the level of play as they will have to do in our conference.

Jerry Cohen

Over 45 percent of Oregonians will qualify for some level of subsidy,

Kate Taylor

On the surface level they've got rid of a lot of the street element, but there's still the same old people in charge.

Rory Fitzpatrick

Playoffs are always a big jump. I've been through it at different levels and in the NHL.

Harry Smith

Really, what it comes down to is: What's your level of paranoia?

Javad Vaeidi

We need some time to reach that level with all centrifuges because of the two-and-a-half-year suspension. However, the preliminary phases have been launched.

Alan Davidson

Some of the most valuable new services won't be competitive.

Robert F. Kennedy

It is more important to be of service than successful.

Sebastian Thrun

I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity.

Gerry Waldron

I did keep a local-only service for just that reason.

Jerry Yang

China's Web has grown away from just duplicating services from the U.S.

Rocky Smith

If they put together some type of a waiting list, my service would not be needed.

David Turangal

We've survived 50 years because of our service.

Dick Miller

We want to make sure they understand it's not just a social thing but a service organization.

TR Harlan

She can do everything. Her service killed us. The way she started the match, that put us back on our heels.

Ralph Brennan

Staff is our most significant challenge. We already know that many of them will not return.

Cynthia Johnson

Our staff don't take to rhetoric, they need proof.

Andy Miller

Right now our support staff is really under the gun,

Samuel Dalembert

That would have been a tough decision. If the staff didn't change, it would have been something to think about.

Paul Tagliabue

I think that I see (finding a replacement) as one of opportunity. I told the staff that we have a lot of things in place, a lot of initiatives under way.

John Roberts

I was a staff lawyer, ... I didn't have a position.

Jay Carson

Forty-one just wanted to come by and say hello. He was really great, and our staff really appreciated it.

Joe Nathan

We've got our staff back. We've got a better lineup. We're going to be a lot better.

Dusty Baker

We have a support staff here I think that can make a difference.

B. F. Skinner

The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.

Jason Mraz

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Colin Mochrie

The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more.

Emilia Clarke

I wear tinted moisturized since, on the stage, we tend to wear such heavy stage makeup.

Lleyton Hewitt

I won't be watching the women's final, that's for sure. I'm not into women's tennis any more.

Ron Eldard

I tend toward characters who are more lost than found.

Donnie Edwards

I don't even worry about that anymore. .Ê.Ê. Ten years it hasn't happened.

Joel Robuchon

I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure.

Jeff Smith

He wants to get tennis going in the valley, especially with juniors.