Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Kevin Blemkin

Refineries are going to be slow to recover. I'm not too excited about the downside for prices. We still have disruptions. We won't get a real picture of the market today because people are away in the U.S.

Paul Foster

Option investors are seeking puts to protect their downside exposure to their long stock holdings in Ford, General Motors, and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL.N: Quote , Profile , Research ).

Bill Reynolds

It is a tool for communities like us to use, but the downside is that we have to wait and wait and wait and wait for the results,

Rory Robertson

Just as the market overshot on the downside in yield in May/June, the risk is that it now overshoots on the upside.

David Chase

It is horrible. On some level that sort of is the downside of being a well-liked show, especially this show. We're in the public eye so much. We get reviewed every Monday. At the same time you can't quarrel with that. It is great that people take an interest. But yeah, it is a lot of pressure.

Alan Greenspan

Greenspan will note the economy's robust growth pace in a low inflation environment, ... the downside risks of the international weakness . . . most recently Brazil.

Brett Gallagher

Had they won, the upside would be significantly greater than the downside we're seeing . . . .

Alan Williamson

There is much risk on the upside than the downside due to net long positions. There's more on the go for platinum.

Renee Martin

There is no downside to this tax. It's the most effective thing the legislature can do in this year's General Assembly.

Stanley McClover

Our reputation to the Big 10 is that we're just fast and soft. We take offense to that. We've got to go out and set the tone on Wisconsin real early.

Kerry Collins

Sure, wer'd like to have a fast start, ... We'd like to be 16-0. But it's a long season. Hopefully, we get better as it goes along.

Kerry Collins

Sure, we'd like to have a fast start. We'd like to be 16-0. But it's a long season. Hopefully, we get better as it goes along.

Michael Redd

Starting out fast was key. That was big. We really didn't let them have a run throughout the game. Tonight felt really good. It showed what can happen when we start out fast.

O. Henry

Some kid is going to take him out really fast one of these times, and he'll be all right. He'll stick with him and run a 44.5 or something.

Evan Harrison

Our stripped series has taken off even faster than we had originally anticipated.

Raymond Gilmartin

Our goal is not to be just one of the largest pharmaceutical companies, but also to be one of the fastest growing,

Chris Richard

Our four big guys can run with guards. And we all know it, so when we go on a fast break, it's like a track meet with us running side by side down court.

Tom Brady

Playing this team as many times as we have in the last few years, ... we realize how physical they are, and they're fast and they're disciplined. They're very well coached. It is going to be quite a challenge.

Greek proverb

Many a pupil has gained more wealth than his master

Mike Wilton

I think they looked through the net and gained a lot of confidence.

Don Noorda

Jenn has gained a lot of strength. She worked really hard. She's healthy and ready to come back.

O. J. Simpson

I was very proud of how Matt competed. He is running much better, and he gained a lot of yards after contact.

Janet Jackson

I think people really connect with the idea of someone who's gained and lost weight in this very public way, and also someone who's an emotional eater.

Adam Graves

I think guys gained strength from his will.

Kim Il-sung

I don't know what can be gained from it.

Simon Ammann

When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it. But the sensibility you simply have to have.

Richard Lies

I was jumping into a track that has really gained a good reputation. It was particularly exciting, too, because I knew I had very big shoes to fill.

Graeme Smith

Overall I feel I handled the pressure well.

Willie Randolph

Maybe I should have handled that differently. I don't know. I'm hoping a lot of the things I did now will help us in the future.

Eric Chavez

I think the way his stuff was and how he handled the hitters, that was the most impressive performance I've seen here. He wasn't worried about the lineup, the (left field) wall or anything like that.

Alastair Forsyth

I was pretty nervous at the start but handled it well. Tomorrow (Sunday) will be a tough day, though it would be marvelous to win.

Tony Dobra

I was proud of the way our kids handled it.

Jonathan Diamond

It is not something handled by this office.

Troy Perkins

I think I bounced back well for the next game, and we showed it with a 2-0 victory. We played pretty solid in the back, and the things they did have were just breakdowns, and we handled it well.

Keith Jones

I think he handled it well because he had a long truck ride and it was his first start over the track. I think he did quite well.

Larry Coker

I think Kirby did well. He handled himself well. He knew what to do with the football. He had some opportunities and plays that weren't made for him.

Thabo Mbeki

Our political relations can only go from strength to strength,

Ghazi Hamad

We need more talks to settle differences in the political agenda.

Javier Solana

I want to underline that the political process is back on track ... the cease-fire is back on track.

Manouchehr Mottaki

It is a political declaration and it is unjust.

Chris Tarry

I think there is will, political and governmental, for a deal. And its about time.

Bill Vaughan

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

Bertrand Russell

Almost all education has a political motive.

Bertrand Russell

Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events.

Asa Hutchinson

I think (Oklahoma) has made it a political issue.

Cindy Shaw

Some of this is just a little relief rally,

Susanne Beauregard

I think it was a relief to her.

Susan Manning

Since this play is about six women from Louisiana, we wanted to do something for the relief effort.

Phil Flynn

We are not completely out of the woods yet, but we saw a lot of relief yesterday (Tuesday) and that trend is continuing,

Jochen Behle

We are sorry that it had come to this. It's a relief for Evi now.

David Copperfield

My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.

Ann Brashares

Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible

Larry Rice

We'd get some sort of relief rally, ... And then we'd have a sobering up.

David Crystal

Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism

Jeff Denham

I don't know that you have the votes here today.

Al Sharpton

Mr. President, read our lips. Our votes are not for sale.

Jerry Bell

We're overwhelmed by it. It was more votes than we expected.

Charles Kennedy

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

Dick Gephardt

one of the most important votes we will take in this Congress.

Sam Craig

Once it's in play (a nomination), you want to try to go out there and get as many votes as you can.

Al Scates

They're very solid. They had a lot of first-place votes this week. We know they are for real.

Jim Mowen

You have to go where the votes are at.

Pete Wilson

We'll have to see who has the votes if it comes to that.