Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maurice Cheeks

When he got hurt in Memphis he was playing at a high level in the first half. We need him. We need him out there. We need his energy and certainly we need the way he?s capable of putting points on the board.

Jeff Gundy

When he feels like he's capable of playing and the trainers and doctors concur and I concur, then he'll go back out there and play.

Larry Fitzgerald

We want everybody to sleep on us, think that we're not capable of winning any games this year. That's what we want you guys (media) to think. No, we'll be fine, man. We got a lot of talent. All three of us are capable of making plays. Kurt's confident in all three of us and our abilities to make plays. We're going to execute when it's time to execute.

Ken Hitchcock

We were a team going very well for an extended period of time. In the last 10 days we have not played near as well as we are capable of.

Jeromy Burnitz

We've shown we're capable of showing up for the battle.

Joe Girardi

We've seen the last few days what he's capable of. That's exciting stuff.

Sharon Stone

It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself.

Selman Waksman

With the exception of autotrophic bacteria, the green, or chlorophyll-bearing, plants are the only living forms on this planet capable of synthesizing organic matter out of inorganic elements and simple compounds.

Aubrey Edgmon

What we continued to emphasis was being positive in games and in practice. We had to figure out what we were capable of doing.

Gordon Brown

We have said very clearly that not only is the rebate justified, but if in the national interest it was necessary to do so we would have to use our veto.

Charles Prince

We have said pretty clearly that our focus is on extending the franchise transactions.

Red Berenson

We have to have a good game tomorrow. When the smoke clears on Sunday, we'll see what our situation is. But if we don't, I don't know that we deserve any.

Marty Heires

We have no intention of doing what they seem to be trying to prevent. Right in our application we state very clearly we have no intention of opening branches.

John Emery

We have never looked at exiting that asset. I want to be perfectly clear on that.

Ed Wade

We want our fans to be excited. We're giving them a lot of reason to be excited. But we clearly understand that you play the game on the field. That's what it's all about.

John Terry

We were a lot of points in front and we've dropped a few - we lost to Fulham and a couple of results didn't go our way. But we are still fighting. We are seven points clear and any team would take that at the end of the season.

John Devine

We have product and distribution plans to fit each of those brands, ... I know there's a lot of speculation about what we're doing and that's fine. But I want to be clear we do not have plans to drop any brands.

Gareth Davis

We've spoken to Steve at length and made it very clear that we would like him to stay. It's an ongoing process, and my expectation is that it will be a few days before we know one way or the other.

Gary Miller

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.

Erin McKean

Most consumers don't have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, 'Over 250,000 entries.' And they go, 'Great, this dictionary must be awesome!'

Eliot Spitzer

We are hearing from consumers who are saying 'I called in an order, I placed an order online, and it wasn't executed timely,' and as a result they lost money,

Lynn Jurich

Consumers used to think they had to compromise with solar. It was, 'Okay, I'm doing the right thing for the environment; it's cool to see the panels. I have to compromise on the cost and convenience side.' And now they no longer have to. On the cost side, it's cheaper, and on the convenience side, we set it all up.

David Joy

The persistence of high oil prices can't be lost on the Fed. Consumers have to pay for higher energy even though it's volatile. It is a real cost.

James Carrick

We are seeing a gentle recovery going on in retail sales at this stage, which I expect to get stronger going forward. The pickup in the housing market should have a general wealth effect, making consumers happier to go out and spend.

Leo Hindery

would be one of the greatest displacements of high-quality (cable) programming -- one of the rudest things I can ever, ever imagine for consumers in this country.

David Krell

When the markets get frothy they can disappear. When the markets are frothy is exactly when consumers need them.

Marshal Cohen

Until they're able to prove that consumers are going to respond to the changes, the Street is very nervous. It's a very big undertaking to convince the country that a national Macy's is better than regional department stores.

Brett Clark

Whenever you can contribute this time of year, especially with the points we need right now, it's always a big boost.

Ken Stewart

When forests are professionally managed, they contribute greatly to our quality of life, which this property will do for decades.

Jan Mills

We know we have to contribute about $400,000 of property taxes in 2007 and 2008 into pensions and $475,000 into the pension this year. Pension obligation is first; it's not an option.

Brian Rolston

We are taking too many penalties. Everyone has to contribute to make us successful. And even though we did not play well tonight, we were right there. At this point, every game is huge.

Doug Brooks

This program is the perfect vehicle for the restaurant industry to contribute in a meaningful way to the massive relief efforts undertaken by the American Red Cross. We urge everyone to make eating at a participating restaurant for lunch or dinner on Oct. 5 part of their schedule.

Richard Maulsby

When we find or are informed of such personal information in our files that could contribute to identity theft, we remove it and so inform the applicant or petitioner.

Howard Rosen

Since that trade can contribute to job losses, we have an obligation to help these people.

Roberto Sanchez

Site specific targeting identifies industries with high injury and illness rates. From that listing, establishments are randomly selected for inspection. The goal of the program is to identify and correct hazards that contribute to worker injuries, illnesses and deaths.

John Crosby

Many indicators have been winnowed down over the years to those that contribute the most. These are the ones that are tried and proven.

Javier Solana

We want to prove to Lebanon our support in establishing strong relations on political and economic levels between Lebanon and the European Union.

Phil Pantano

We want everyone to understand what we've done and what we plan to do. We're talking about jobs, investment and economic opportunity.

Bruce Elder

We've seen such terrific growth in property values that it's very hard for a person starting out to get a home - and I feel that home ownership is probably the single most important thing in keeping a family together. If you look at economic stability for a family, and being part of a community, home ownership is the number one thing that we should address.

Andy Bryant

We've seen no signs of an economic recovery.

Mark Davis

We've seen an increase of about one and a half trains per year because of economic growth.

Mitchell Cohen

The problem with vaccines is not a new problem, ... For the last decade, we have had reduction in the number of vaccine manufacturers. ...The issue comes down primarily to economics ... Profit margins are small.

Thein Sein

To have internal peace and stability and economic development, it is important to have good relations with the political parties that we have in our country. That is why we have had engagement with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Thein Sein

As prime minister, I was able often to meet people, to try to understand their needs and the country's economic situation - but it wasn't as if I was planning or ever expected to become president, so I wasn't thinking back then of what I would do if I was in this position, I was just trying to understand the problems and challenges.

Thomas R. Kelly

We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more of my time than I like. Meanwhile I hope that the second time this expenditure of time will be much less, otherwise I would never be able to reconcile myself to it, even practical (astronomical) work must give far more satisfaction than if one brings up to B a couple more mediocre heads which otherwise would have stopped at A.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

I am giving this winter two courses of lectures to three students, of which one is only moderately prepared, the other less than moderately, and the third lacks both preparation and ability. Such are the onera of a mathematical profession.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of his science; most of the few pupils who go a step further, and usually to keep the metaphor, remain in the process of gathering information, become only Halbwisser [one who has superficial knowledge of the subject], for the rarer talents do not want to have themselves educated by lecture courses, but train themselves. And with this thankless work the professor loses his precious time.

Agnes Smedley

Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.... I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they deaden the mind of man and make him blind or cynical before subjection of any kind.

Agnes Repplier

It was hard to speed the male child up the stony heights of erudition, but it was harder still to check the female child at the crucial point, and keep her tottering decorously behind her brother.

Agnes Repplier

The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.

Agnes Repplier

There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.

Alan K. Simpson

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.

Alan K. Simpson

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

Jason Chaffetz

We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government.

Fran Quigley

We have no idea. We will never know, because so much being done by the federal government now is shrouded in secrecy.

Stewart Udall

Federal judges are just very reluctant to stick the government with responsibility.

Dan Hopkins

The process will take as much time as the process needs. CDOT officials and federal officials will run the process as they see fit.

Joseph Biden

Ultimately, all the federal government does is not going to be able to get the job done without your aid.

Alex Penelas

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

David Phelps

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

J. Horton

We're making history again. Never before have we supported so many state and federal missions.

Larry Wachtel

We remain in a stimulus vacuum and the underlying motif this week will be the Federal Reserve meeting next week.

Peter Rice

Whenever we can, we like to improve the situation.

Travis Bradberry

Taking time to contemplate what you're grateful for isn't merely the 'right' thing to do. It also improves your mood because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%.

Cary Grant

I improve on misquotation.

Sue Miller

This will not only replace what you have now, it will drastically improve what you have now.

Clayton Wilcox

We did not make the kind of leapfrog improvement we need to. While I wasn't ecstatic, I'm pleased with the trend lines.

Jared Diamond

All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product.

Michael Dell

We are seeing a substantial improvement in the availability of flat-panel screens (from) two months ago,

Kevin Toney

The reason for his improvement was the work he put in in the weight room during the off-season.

Mark Lee

We still want to try and improve our playoff standing. We've got two next week so we'll have to come ready to play and see if we can't get two wins.

Pete Domenici

Would we say the (oil) reserves in Texas are irrelevant? ... I don't think so.

Nicholas Burns

We're just going to reserve any kind of commendation for the Belgrade government.

Michael Callahan

We always reserve the right to get better.

Bob Gainey

We'll have to look to our reserves for help.

Elizabeth Warren

If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget.

Chris Presson

Financially, we're more stable than we've been in many, many years.

Mark Zuckerberg

You get a reputation for stability if you are stable for years.

Leon Mbangwa

He is still under our observation. But he is still stable and still in hospital.

Al Stadler

It's been stable since. We've had no issues.

Peter Banko

It's not critical. It's not serious. It's just stable at this time.

John Heywood

When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.

Edmond Rostand

I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!

Kim Gandy

We know what's at stake and we won't go back.

Ken Miller

Why is this a big deal? What is at stake is, literally, everything.

William Hedgcock Webster

The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable.

David Hanson

There is just too much at stake for us not to have it.

Sander Levin

Michigan has a lot at stake in the defense industry, and the defense industry has a lot at stake in Michigan.

Satya Nadella

If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.

Cal Cochran

It's just another game. The stakes don't change.

Michael Lombardi

This is not about justice, this is not about the law. This is about politics. There is a lot at stake here for us.

David Hayes

There is a weakness in the system somewhere,

Ashley Montagu

The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.

Jennifer Post

We're still making improvements to the system and assessing it, but everything is being done with long-term use in mind.

Bill Belichick

There is no new system in place. I don't know what you're talking about.

Kevin Potter

We feel that the system will get the word out when it's needed.

Riley Wallace

We've got a lot of new systems going.

Ram Dass

As one individual changes, the system changes.

Chuck Wilson

We have all new duct work and a new heating and ventilation system in there, so we won't be using the old system,

Lance Lyttle

We've got to have just one system . . . it's a no-brainer.

Lloyd Cutler

And we made decisions on each of those matters which were ultimately upheld by the courts.

Nick Clooney

The kind of Iraq that emerges from all of this is ultimately out of our hands.

Bhagat Singh

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

Helen Thomas

I've never covered the president in any way other than that he is ultimately responsible.

Rob Lundgren

Some words ultimately will be bleeped. There aren't that many.

Wendy Tellone

As superintendent, I am ultimately responsible. I feel responsible.

David Twohy

There's so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make.

Lee Kreindler

It's a pretty big deal. How it will ultimately play out, I don't know.