Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Ritholtz

Regardless of whether this upcoming release shows inflation today, given the supply shock to oil, we're expected to see inflation move higher in the next few months. It would certainly put a fork in the concept that the Fed has the opportunity to pause.

Tomohiko Taniguchi

Regarding these issues, certainly what is most important is to preserve and enhance the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.

Dave Vining

Record wise, I knew we would have a winning record coming into this season, but I figured maybe we'd finish around 14-8. We had good kids, seven with experience, but we did much better than I thought we would. We did great, a lot better than expected. I certainly can't complain.

S. Walker

Regrets? Well, certainly I regret that I did that which got me into jail, ... Other than that, no. I've had a very roller coaster life, very roller coaster. And except for that -- which, of course, I regret exceedingly -- boy, no, I don't have any regrets.

Gene Luen Yang

Religion and culture are two important ways in which we as humans find our identity. That's certainly true for me.

Bret Taylor

Our long-term goal is to have our product give directions that are as good as the taxi driver. Certainly it's not there yet.

Stacey Phillips

Our No. 1 goal is to make the Big Ten Tournament. We haven't been to the tournament since 1997, and that's way too long -- it's unacceptable... We have the talent and we certainly have the pitching.

Robert Edwards

Our new Sprinters are still 'bedding in' so it is too early to talk about their efficiency and fuel economy. But we have certainly been satisfied so far with their overall performance and versatility.

Tony George

Optimistic? It's certainly possible, but it's a long way from there. Everyone would like to see it happen sooner than later... but it's not something you can hurry along.

Frank Graziano

Our season was never in jeopardy, ... Rebecca is a graduate assistant. She said some things out of context and with emotion. She said some things that she regrets.

Tom Daschle

Our goal is to make sure that it's done within the context of fiscal responsibility. We've got to recognize that we didn't get here by accident,

Peter Wilson

Malloway's statements were made in the context of formal police interviews. She understood she had an obligation to be truthful. The fact she was willing to take a polygraph test supports her reliability.

Andrew Heyward

Just as the enormity of Katrina has created a new context for Rita, it has also done so for us,

Richard Wilbur

That's what (Hill) died for, the right for people to protest. But I don't think a funeral is the right place or context in the way they are protesting. It's not something the family needs to hear, that we're glad your son's dead and that your minister is a whore.

Arlen Specter

I think that it would be very, very difficult for the president to explain that, in the context of information leading up to why that would be so,

Bill Callahan

I thought it was an opportunity to go for it all. I never thought in any vein or any context that it was too big. I never felt that. Never sensed that. But I did know that I had nothing to lose.

Paul Tagliabue

Guaranteed contracts, within the context of a salary cap, takes it away from a player who is playing and gives it to a player who is not playing.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I think the most important leadership lessons I've learned have to do with understanding the context in which you are leading. Universities are places with enormously distributed authority and many different sorts of constituencies, all of whom have a stake in that institution.

Steve Goodman

Stanford every year rejects two-thirds of the applicants with perfect SATs. You're dealing with an enormous population growth in the last 20 to 25 years, plus the number of freshman seats at William and Mary and UVA hasn't really materially changed.

Thomas Fuller

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Lois Capps

Picking up and going on, I believe, is my way of dealing with that enormous shock.

Kelly Holcomb

Man, I've been through all this before. I know what you're dealing with here. You've got a young guy, who wants to be the guy. But we've got a team now that is ready to win. And you have to go on the field to produce. I'm just glad I got the opportunity to go play the game.

Scott Palmer

I think they all took it upon themselves to step it up this year and they have. Last year I think there was more pressure on everybody because I think people expected us to do even better than we did. This year the maturity level has come into play as Grade 12s and they're dealing with it very well.

Alan Faneca

Last year, dealing with the championship game and the 15-1 season and all the hype and everything that went with it has definitely helped him deal with what's going on now. He feels and looks like a six- or seven-year guy.

Z. Sheppard

I think dealing with all these young guys makes him feel young. It makes him feel like he can still play, that he feels like he has to keep up with us.

Geno Auriemma

The alternative would be that you're dealing with this thing all year long. A week she's good, a week she's bad, and back and forth. I'm hopeful that by keeping her out those two weeks that we got to the root of the problem and fixed it. But, again, we'll never know. We'll just keep our fingers crossed.

Robert Gruber

That was a surprise. I've been dealing with utility law in this state since 1973, and I can't recall an order like it.

Larry Martin

Pastors and spouses and staff members were so involved in ministry to people after disasters that nobody was ministering to them. They were exhausted.

Michael Konken

Such a vast power in a single hand is a disaster for the diversity of opinion in Germany.

Michael Chertoff

State and local authorities have the principal, first-line-of-response obligation, with respect to a disaster of this kind, ... Obviously, the law recognizes they can't do it themselves.

Jason Chaffetz

Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for a natural disaster or some other catastrophe.

Carolyn Gorman

Renters insurance is very valuable. And for not very much money, it can save you from disaster.

David Walker

responding to floods and other natural disasters by FEMA.

Brad Sherman

People who lived through the Northridge earthquake have a special sympathy for victims of another one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history,

Anthony Collins

Man, it's a disaster down there, ... Everything you're hearing about it is pretty much how it is.

Bill Vaughan

What is a highway to one is a disaster to the other.

David Marin

Re-branding FEMA doesn't fix the problem; it just puts a new acronym on it.

Bob DiBiasio

Our female market demographic research showed there were 200 percent more women watching Indians games last season. Grady is the big reason. It's manifested in the 'Mrs. Sizemore' T-shirts.

Mike Ross

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.

Serena Williams

I'm here to play female tennis. I've never been involved in men's tennis. . . . I wouldn't be tempted.

Carrie Fisher

Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked.

Michael Chiklis

I was actually a little nervous when the female horse got shot,

Alaina Huffman

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen to be science fiction genre.

Angelle Sampey

That was awesome. I was really hoping it was going to happen (having three female winners).

Carrie Underwood

I was hoping for new female vocalist and that's all I was really hanging my hopes on. This is a monumental moment for me, a milestone in my life and my career.

Mark Winkleman

Reform is necessary and preferably something that gets us more money. Until there are some changes, we aren't in a position to do anything immediate with the Morrison report.

Leslie Manigat

Our position is very clear, whoever gets 50 percent plus one wins, and if they don't get it, we go to a second round.

Bill Snyder

Part of it is he presses awfully hard. He wants to make a play every time he gets a chance.

David Seaman

Paul Robinson has not even reached his peak yet. I like Paul. I like the way he goes about his job. He's not flash, he just gets on with it.

William Mauldin

Peace" is when nobody's shooting. A "just peace" is when our side gets what it wants.

Gerald Brence

Sure they could. We've had a lot of years like this. It never gets old.

Nancy Heaton

Some of the teachers, I know, are working on those right now. They, of course, won't be processed until Mr. Jansen gets back.

Neil Young

Some get stoned, some get strange. Sooner or later it all gets real. Walk on.

Paul Woolpert

Someone gets hot (in the playoffs). Our problems were all on offense. We were never able to get into an offensive rhythm.

Rick Bowers

Overall it was good. We had some disappointments and some surprises; it's all part of the game.

Ken Read

Overall it's disappointing. I think that disappointment is shared by the athletes. I think their expectations was they wanted to do better.

Michael Lawson

Overall it is pretty much the same procedure.

Paul Nolte

Overall it doesn't look too bad. The prices paid is a concern. We'd like to see it come down a little. It's an inflationary key.

Keith Hembre

Overall there are not a lot of surprises here.

Paul Ballew

Overall share is going to be tough for us this year.

Cassie Desmone

Overall our season was fine, but not one of our better ones. We've got some work to do in the future.

Cristobal Huet

Overall I made a lot of progress this year. I worked on the little details, the small things that make you better.

Michael Woods

Overall for the first game, we played well,

Tina Ruble

Our passing was much better than it has been in practice.

Keith Richard

Passing the vodka bottle. And playing the guitar.

Frank Uryasz

Passing a drug test is very easy. All you have to do is not use drugs or dietary supplements.

Ashton Kutcher

It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.

Charles Gabriel

That will probably be more important for its passing than for its result.

Ernie Accorsi

That was really, to me, the passing of the torch, ... This was the second part of it.

Sidney Crosby

I was trying to be him when I was 10 years old. So now, with passing him, it's pretty special.

Sidney Crosby

I thought of passing it for a second.

George Speight

I think they're making themselves look stupid with every passing day. We will not be sidelined in this process.