Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jamie Smith

Mainly, all of the moisture will be falling Friday afternoon through late Saturday.

Jonathan Maberry

Making playlists can kill a whole afternoon for me. I like building very specific playlists for new writing projects. In a strange way, choosing certain songs is part of the process of plotting the book out. I pick songs that I think with resonate with characters, their personality quirks, relationship dynamics, action scenes, and so on.

Seth Shostak

Look, science is hard, it has a reputation of being hard, and the facts are, it is hard, and that's the result of 400 years of science, right? I mean, in the 18th century, in the 18th century you could become an expert on any field of science in an afternoon by going to a library, if you could find the library, right?

James Wood

Serving as a school bus driver is a very rewarding job. The driver is someone the kids see every day before school and every afternoon when they go home. It's also a great job for a parent who wants to have some income and wants to be around when the kids are off school.

Jack Kornfield

Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.

Sarah Parker

Miranda was a huge fan of the Yankees. I was a huge fan of being anywhere you could smoke and drink at two in the afternoon without judgment.

Mark Johnson

My dad played here in the '50s, I spent a lot of time in this area, my grandparents lived here, I played for the (Minnesota) North Stars for a short time and my dad won a Stanley Cup in this state. It's a place I'm very familiar with and that's why playing against Minnesota in Minneapolis makes the afternoon very special.

Jeremy Lin

My dad was the one who really loved basketball, and he was the one that put the basketball in my hands, and my mom was 'Team Mom' of all my teams. I used to play for three or four teams at once and she would just spend her entire afternoon driving me from practice to practice to practice.

Christopher Dixon

More and more people are spending money on marketing. Companies are going to need to increase their marketing budgets as we move into this increasing complex economy. That's great news for these media companies -- whether it's Viacom or what we'll see this afternoon with Disney.

Joyce Cary

Love doesn't grow on the trees like apples in Eden. It's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination to make it too, just like anything else.

Harvey Rosenfield

Selling 'cool' stuff isn't 'cool' if the stuff doesn't work as advertised and Apple fails to comply with its obligations under its warranty and California laws. Like every other industry, Apple must fix products that are defective for free, and refund the costs incurred by its customers.

Larry Wachtel

So far the earnings season is kind of a mixed bag. It's not the catalyst that everyone was expecting it to be. Nokia was disappointing, Apple was positive and Citigroup is in the middle. We're still waiting for IBM,

Samir Bhavnani

Millions of people aren't going to run out and buy Macs, It could be an important first step toward making Apple more than just a niche player in the PC market.

Steve Davies

Ms. Apple was chosen based on her extensive credentials and experience in the field of historic preservation and cultural tourism.

Mike Goodman

My initial reaction is, here you go, Apple has done it again. It's a feat of tremendous industrial design ... and they've maintained all the things that make the iPod good. ... They've taken the best of iPod and made it smaller and improved both style and substance.

Mary Fischer

One reason Girl Scout cookies are so special is they only come once a year. I think it probably reminds the soldiers of home. Girl Scout cookies are kind of like apple pie and the flag.

Janel Maurer

One parent asked me if we ever needed someone to pick up sticks. I said sure and they sent their son to help out around the farm. Then the apples were ready. Soon two more boys were there to help get the ladders out and pick the apples. Then something was ready in the garden and we decided to start canning and eventually decided to enter the Clay County Fair.

Zach Shafran

One of the things that has gotten our interest is the fact that Apple only has a couple percentage points of PC market share. Apple doesn't need to do a lot to have meaningful gains. The new operating system clearly ought to help them.

Glenn Tilton

So far, the pressure is not that great. It's sort of ringing the bell for us. We've learned to compete effectively with Frontier, and we'll do the same with Southwest.

R. Inge

More of the same ... the TSE two, Bell and Nortel, those are essentially what have been driving the market.

Alan Lomax

My father and I met Lead Belly in the Angola Penitentiary in 1933. We came there looking for the roots of American black song, and we certainly found them with Lead Belly.

August Wilson

Near the turn of the century, the destitute of Europe sprang on the city with tenacious claws and an honest and solid dream. The city devoured them. They swelled its belly until it burst into a thousand furnaces and sewing machines, a thousand butcher shops and bakers' ovens, a thousand churches and hospitals and funeral parlors and money lenders. The city grew. It nourished itself and offered each man a partnership limited only by his talent, his guile and his willingness and capacity for hard work. For the immigrants of Europe, a dream dared and won true.

Mary Neubauer

Obviously, the machines are big and fancy and there are bells and whistles. But they're just a fancy way of dispensing tickets.

Pat Brogan

Fundamentals for the Bells are going to continue to deteriorate over the next couple of quarters.

Rose McGowan

I was supposed to be the belle of the ball, but I only lasted a day there and then, on January 29, my best friend committed suicide.

Dan Patrick

If we don't, we could end up with Democrats in the Legislature and, Heaven forbid, a liberal like Chris Bell for governor.

Joel Sternfeld

I grew up in Belle Harbor, which is in New York City, but it has the most powerful sense of nature and seasons. It wasn't even the beach and the water. I just dreamt about everything that had to do with nature. I read about Thoreau.

Joe Carson

Low growth in GDP and a decline in productivity -- hours worked rose more than GDP -- implies margin compression and a sequential decline in operating profits.

Eiji Dohke

Many investors did not expect that yields would decline from the start of the year. They rather not to have a 1.4 percent coupon the new debt.

Stephen Kinzer

Many troubled Midwestern towns are grasping for ways to fend off decline and, in some cases, extinction.

Mark Fields

So far this year, our U.S. share decline has been half of what it was a year ago. That means we're making progress on slowing the rate of decline, which is the first step toward stabilizing it over time.

Michael Lewis

One reason we've seen a decline in the past few years is that going to the movies isn't as special as it used to be. People have big screens and good sound at home. Why would they leave if you don't offer more than that?

Janet Jacobs

One reason we're talking about it now is that we've seen a decline in foot traffic downtown.

Andy Whitaker

One month of information really isn't helpful but, yes, there was a decline in February.

Holger Schmieding

French unemployment is stabilizing. We see further declines in the jobless rate.

Samuel Bodman

I would expect there to be some decline in price but that is a function of the marketplace,

Uday Kotak

Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.

Mike Lenhoff

Fundamentals remain positive for equity markets so our view is: stick with the trend, it's not the end, it's still your friend.

Daniel Morgan

I would characterize March as a relatively good performance in the equity markets.

Ken Miller

Because of the cooperative's financial soundness, tonight we are returning over $ 1.8 million of your equity back to you.

Brett Ellis

Should you need to sell the home within a year or two there is not a lot of equity there.

Sandy Baum

The question for parents is: Is it better to take out a PLUS loan or is it better to take out a home equity loan? They need to look at all their options.

Gerry Schwartz

Private equity does pay very well, and my counterparts, guys that I grew up with who are still working at a number of firms, all make a lot of money.

Guy Moszkowski

Trends look very strong for fixed income, with investment grade issuance up strongly and high yield issuance levels performing well. Equity underwriting has been more mixed in the first quarter, but remains very strong, especially in the U.S., and backlogs have been building.

Warren Buffett

Today's equity prices presage only modest returns for investors,

Anna Lindh

major step forward toward the integration (of Macedonia) into the European Union.

James Peterson

So far the protectionists have won in the European Union,

Peter Power

No new offers were put on the table by the European side.

Ashton Holmes

My grandfather was in World War II and fought in Europe in Army Infantry, so I have such a huge respect for him, and he's shared some personal experiences with me.

Scott Dowell

Now that we're seeing it in a place that straddles Europe and Asia, it's different. It's spread so far geographically.

Matthew Buckland

Negative sentiment is expected to weigh on European equities.

Ivo Daalder

NATO's future is very much at stake. NATO may in fact no longer be the instrument of European security and will become increasingly marginal in the foreign polices of its major members.

Ivo Daalder

NATO's future is very much at stake, ... NATO may in fact no longer be the instrument of European security and will become increasingly marginal in the foreign polices of its major members.

Jenny Lewis

When I was a teenager, I went to Europe on a backpacking trip by myself, and I met a woman who was following Sebadoh. It was the early 1990s, and that was my introduction to indie rock.

Twyla Tharp

When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.'

Bill Zollars

Given that third quarter was revised upward significantly, I am skeptical that growth was so low and I will wait until we have the final figures to judge.

Mark Zandi

On the national level, I think you'll see weakness in jobs figures for September, October and maybe even November.

Nate Clements

I don't know what the figures look like, yet, I really don't get into that. I just worry about producing on the field.

Arthur Smith

Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

Abraham Lincoln

The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

Gregg Popovich

The pieces have to fit around him. The fortunate thing for us is that it seems that, given enough talent, all pieces fit around Timmy. He figures it out.

Rene Locher

The overall figures are lower-than-expected, not only because of the catastrophe claims, but also because of the reserve additions.

Ben Rubin

Those are astonishing figures and it really shows the magnitude of this major championship.

John Philbrook

Man-hours, especially in the last two quarters, have jumped dramatically. Our position has always been to have enough work here so we don't have to travel to find work. Well, we are in that situation now.

Rabindranath Tagore

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Steve Reinprecht

Making the run that we made, we're going into the season with a different attitude. We want to win our last game, that's the mindset here.

Steve Hadley

made that request last week in his public statements very clearly.

Bobby Bowden

Leon's got a chance, ... Last week, he couldn't have done it.

Jim Bolla

(Losing on senior night) last year was kind of a bummer. But as least we got a win tonight and we've got a lot of people out there supporting them.

William Jefferson

Louisiana is last on the things that we ought to be first on, and first on the things we ought to be last on. We can do better than this,

Ron Zook

Lou turned up the wick considerably this year from last year.

Sullivan Sykes

Last year we had the potential, but we could never get over that hurdle. This year we play more as a team.

Timothy Noah

Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.

Ted Sarandos

When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.

Mary Schapiro

I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors.

Roberto Azevedo

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well.

Mario Zawadzki

The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.

Alan Ackerman

What you've got now is world markets whipsawing. It's a letdown, not a meltdown.

Joseph Cohen

Today the markets are already priced for imperfection,

Carlos Ghosn

We don't know where the markets are going,

Douglas McWilliams

Those in the metals markets will have noticed the push into metals and I think we'll see more of that.

Alexandra Adornetto

I honestly can’t tell you. We’ve never had a situation like this before, “I admitted. “So you being an angel doesn’t meam…” He hesitated. “Doesn’t mean I have an answer for everything,” I concluded for him. “I just assumed it would be one of the perks.” “Sadly, no.

Alexandra Adornetto

Beth: "You're ridiculous." Xavier: "I think you mean irresistible." Beth: "Yes, ridiculously irresistible.

Albert Schweitzer

What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we regulate this activity from outside; we must leave entirely to each individual its shaping and its extension. From every point of view, then, world- and life-affirmation and ethics are non-rational, and we must have the courage to admit it.

Albert Schweitzer

Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life.

Antonio de Mendoza

Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.

Cindy Sheehan

Mr. President, you mean you're willing to kill more Americans because you've killed so many already?

Christopher Lawrence

Mozart's symphonies are quite special. One of our landmarks is our recording of all of his symphonies, which means that we've recorded not 41, but 68 symphonies. Many people are unaware that there are many unnumbered symphonies.

Andre Agassi

means as much to me as doing it in the finals.

Terrence McNally

My first play was written when I was 23, and I'm 66 now, so that's 43 years of doing this where I sort of know where everything is. It doesn't mean I do everything right, but I know where everything is. Here, I'm very much a visitor. New York is my turf and I'm used to working with my actors.

Denver Haslam

Negative things aren't negative unless you succumb to them.

Doug Flynn

We had back-to-back negative years in the market, and this mimics the market. It's very discouraging for people.

Koichi Ogawa

Fundamentally, there's nothing negative you can point to with Toyota.

Paul Maurice

The only negative was that we didn't score on the power play.

Abdul Kalam

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

Chuck Hill

We still are going to suffer. We are well on our way to a record quarter in terms of negative preannouncements.

Robert Miller

We are in a negative situation relative to new apartments.

Thomas Kean

Unfortunately, races seem to get more negative every year,

Chris Bohjalian

He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not.

Deke Thompson

Senior night is great, but I want to go dancing.

Unknown

May you live each day like your last, and live each night like your first.

Patricia Smith

One night she went to the restroom, and when I woke up she was walking into the wall. She couldn't find her place on the floor.

Barbara Turner

Obviously, we need her a lot. Obviously, if we had her the other night we would have won. That's just the reality of it. There's no other way to say. Obviously, we need her a lot.

Lynne Sipiora

Of course, on a night like tonight, in this situation, we won't turn away anyone, especially if they are able or a family. But things like being drug-free are still a must.

Alan Trammel

(Oakland) got back on track and we just couldn't stop them. It was just a night the Tigers got pounded.

Charles Portis

Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.

Charles Olson

what pudor pejorocracy affronts how awe, night-rest and neighborhood can rot what breeds where dirtiness is law what crawls below

Charles R. Swindoll

In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna-a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night-to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.

Tom Coughlin

Let's talk about winning first, before we talk about anything else, ... We need to win some games. That's what I talk about. ... We need to openly talk about winning before we talk about anything else.

Greg Davis

Let's open up with a 15 zap read.

John Lewis Gaddis

Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts.

Butch Klein

When I got there, he opened the back of his vehicle and it was just packed,

Mike Gonzalez

I feel like I'm right where I need to be. I feel like I'm really sharp right now and ready to pitch in a regular-season game. I wish opening day was tomorrow.

Barry Bonds

If Opening Day was tomorrow and I had to go out there, I'd go out there. It's what I get paid to do.

Jimmy Carter

free, honest, open and without any violence of any kind.

Kerry Tharp

From our standpoint, the process is still very much open and active.

Kevin Bishop

We need to open it for more exploration. We need to become more independent.

Kelly Golob

Scoring points has never been a priority. It's always been the team's success.

Ken Goldstein

One of the things this points out is that we're on the road to recovery, but the road is going to be bumpy -- it always is.

Mark Dyer

Obviously, we're getting closer. At some point in the calendar, we have to have negotiations with the one it comes down to.

Jeff Shaffer

No one point is more important than another.

Mike Heimerdinger

No. I don't have a point of reference.

Heather Bowie

No, I don't feel like I have a point to prove. I don't think there is anything to prove.

Julie Robertson

No point in going out of here too early. We'll take all the time we can get.

Dennis Ritchie

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

Mike Graham

(Girard) has pushed him to the point where his serve is much better.

Unknown

May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies, and quick to make friends.

Gary Parlin

(Barker) threw very poorly in practice on Tuesday.

Creighton Abrams

They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.

Emily Dickinson

Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Gene Simmons

I work for everything I've got. I started off as a very poor kid. I want to get paid.

Vanessa Ferlito

I torture my mother with all my problems, that poor woman.

Ernie Els

For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.

Oliver Goldsmith

Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, / That foundst me poor at first, and keepst me so.

A. J. Liebling

There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.

Scott Moody

Like I have to start from scratch, I don't have anything.

David Collins

One way to start all over is to find a young woman and start a family.

John Beilein

Now we just go back and teach. We start over.

Joan Van Ark

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.

Jack Rio

If Byron doesn't have any setbacks, he's our starting quarterback.

Marco Buechel

If Bode wants to start winning, he could start winning tomorrow, immediately.

Karel Bruckner

I can tell you that the starting lineup will be very different this time.

Melissa Carlson

Get out there and start talking to people.

Kevin McHale

Getting Marko was something we really wanted to do. It's all starting to come together.

Chuck D.

if they don't think he can play shortstop then they should think about trading him.

Carol Kennedy

We routinely look at any unusual trading activity.

Peter Smith

A lot of times you don't know who you're trading with or where.

Paul Diamond

Right now we're still in a trading bind,