Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Liu Jianchao

Recently, there were some developments of the Iranian nuclear issue. We expressed our concern. ... We hope the parties should exercise restraint and not take any actions that lead to further escalation so we can solve the question properly through dialogue and diplomacy.

Maurice Hinchey

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

John Hamre

Recent events where criminals were able to become customers have led us to take this strong action in order to regain the trust of consumers that their information is being used only for their benefit, or the benefit of society at large.

Kristen Kinley

Recall numbers vary from year to year, and they don't necessarily rise consecutively year after year, and they aren't in the case of Ford. This was a hit to our recall volumes, but the number of actions was down.

LeBron James

Record-wise and going into the playoffs, we can't improve. I'm trying to get as much rest as I can. I don't want to try to force the action by playing on an ankle that's not 100 percent.

Adrian Foster

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.

Gary Chase

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Charles Holliday

Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an end to the spreading global downturn is in sight, ... Despite that, we continue to take actions necessary to emerge from these difficult times as a much stronger company.

Angela Allen

Regardless of how this 'report' ranks New York, our city is the most generous jurisdiction in the country when it comes to addressing the needs of at-risk and homeless citizens.

Bob Davidson

Receiving the Excellence in Claims/Loss Prevention Award three times in the past five years demonstrates ABF's commitment to proper cargo handling. We recognize that each pallet, carton or box is a critical part of our customers' business and that loss, damage or delay harms that business, ... The low turnover among our conscientious, experienced employees, coupled with management emphasis and training, results in the best claims experience in our industry. When specific problem areas are uncovered, we use focus groups and the ABF Quality Process to address the root causes; we typically involve our customers and dock employees in this effective problem resolution process. This approach has positioned ABF as the premiere LTL carrier when it comes to delivering shipments on time, intact, and damage free.

David Cole

Recognizing that the No-Build alternative fails to address the long-term congestion problem, we believe that only the N8c and N2 alternatives are realistic prospects for a solution,

Katrina Bee

Recognize the rough spot. Once we try to ignore it, it keeps coming back. Address it and say 'OK, so how would I feel if I pressed through and did this?' Don't say 'I'm going to make myself do this' - then it just becomes like torture. Have a mind, body, soul conversation at the plateau to check in with yourself and see how you're feeling. Then you'll generally be ready to move forward.

John Whiting

Our position is very clear that the Ulster freedom fighters will not address the issue of decommissioning till such times as the IRA make their moves first,

Jim Cullinan

Our position is that we will address the violations that the court found, that's what we'll do tomorrow. There's several things that are being filed tomorrow, not just a proposed remedy. This isn't just about the proposed remedy, it's about the process of moving ahead, it's about our objections to the government's proposal.

Sarath Amunugama

Our own interaction with the public and different organizations have reflected similar concerns, ... My task is to address all these concerns in a viable economic and financial framework as well as within our overall pro-poor policy framework that our government announced last year.

Song Min

Participants will have to tackle a number of issues, such as the dismantling of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)'s nuclear weapons program, economic aid and normalization of diplomatic relations, before addressing the construction of new light-water reactors in North Korea,

Graham Henderson

Parliamentarians need to speak out on these issues to address the changing world that we live in, and pass progressive legislation.

Chris Parker

Reform is needed, especially in the U.S., to curb the excessive litigation costs .

Alex Saitta

Relative to surrounding school districts our starting pay is lower than most, but the cost of living in Pickens is less too. It's not how much you make, but how much you have in your pocket after you pay all your bills.

Kelly Wilson

Our recent success has a lot to do with the cost of prescription drugs. People are looking for alternatives, healthier ones that aren't as expensive. We help people get back to the roots of everything. Nowadays everything is so chemically enhanced. People don't know what they are getting. But with us you do.

Helen Clark

Our rates are disturbing and will deliver poor health long-term to many of our people at a very high cost to the taxpayer.

Takuma Sato

Our qualifying positions cost us the result, ... but we tried a very different strategy today to try to make up some places.

Lino Spiteri

Partisan party considerations and public funds and cost should not mix.

S. Walker

Pay issues can cost up to about $8 million a year and that would leave very little, if any, for incentive programs and educational programs. The mistake we made was on the benefits.

Steve Miskin

Our main cost is people ? salaries and staff.

Bob Warren

Our offensive line did a great job for their first game. We have just one returning player on our offensive line. Defensively, we didn't have any big mistakes that cost us.

Elizardo Sanchez

The accusations are totally unfounded. My worry is that this could be a preamble to more drastic measures by the government toward a peaceful internal movement.

Frank Gong

I don't expect them to take any drastic action. They are comfortable with higher growth.

Gordon Strachan

I am happy to have him in the squad and, if fit, to train with the first team unless something drastic happens.

Steve Bellino

If something drastic happens, the worst would be $100.

Rufus Earle

He was a little different from the rest of the kids in a lot of ways. But I would never think it would come to something so drastic like that.

Jeff Chandler

She's made drastic improvements with her own self-being. She's talking to a lot more people now.

Yashovardhan Azad

We did a professional study. There are not going to be any drastic changes.

Henry Spencer

The Apollo programme of the 1960s had some weight problems, too; in particular, the lunar lander needed some fairly drastic weight-reduction work.

Chris Nicolosi

We're not saying that there's no problems or even that the borough council's really wrong. We're just saying before they go to the drastic measures, we sit down, face to face - these are the issues.

Steve Goldman

I can't say this is the bottom, but things are lining up better than they have in the past.

Earl Cook

It could be the silver lining of Katrina,

Matt Raymond

There has to be some sort of silver lining out of this tragedy.

LeRoy Cain

I see a pretty straightforward (weather) situation lining up on Monday.

Anthony Sanfilippo

There is a silver lining in all the destruction that happened, and we plan to be a part of it.

Mike Pearson

I want to play every snap. I want to start every game. Ephraim wants to, too. Even though I'm disappointed, I've got to look at the silver lining that maybe this is not putting as much strain on my legs. I think I've come back sooner than expected, but you kind of wish you were all the way back.

John Barbour

We had people lining up outside the store since 4 a.m.,

Lleyton Hewitt

It was weird. He was lining up ready to serve and I was ready to return then he walked off to the chair. I wasn't sure what was going on.

Chuck D.

The silver lining is that may have compressed the pain.

H. Hunt

Our management team and operational infrastructure have been strengthened during 2005 and we now have the structure in place to move towards profitability.

Jeff Siegel

Our traffic management is substantial and works quite well.

Steve Sampson

Management has never told me that, but regardless of what management's expectations are, my expectations are to win the trophy,

Richard Windsor

Management has been very slow to recognize there's a problem and do anything about it.

Peter Drucker

Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Peter Drucker

Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't.

Lawrence Miller

Management offered a strategic update with no real surprises.

Richard Ratner

Management is going to have to take it. I'm sure it will go through. People will think it's mean, but the alternative would be pretty ghastly.

Howard Davidowitz

Kohl's is struggling badly. Not only are the not meeting sales targets, there are several questions swirling about recent management changes,

David Phillips

Some of the results will be sure to surprise you.

Lee Scott

Our results were not up to Wal-Mart standards,

Takashi Oya

Results were just as strong as we expected.

Mark Hurd

Results have been inconsistent. The stock has been volatile, if not disappointing.

Antoine Lavoisier

In performing experiments, it is necessary... that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed.

Andrew Johnson

I think that's been a really important, big step in the U.S. having more competitive results internationally.

Glen Taylor

I think Sam is a closer, which is what we could have used right now. Sam could do that. The results are Sam is probably having a better year than Marko is having.

Joe Escobedo

It doesn't take 18 months; it doesn't take 18 days. The results were immediate.

Brett Tomko

I thought I pitched pretty well, but I've had the same results all year,

Edgar Allan Poe

Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells, From the bells, bells, bells.

Ben Horowitz

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

Alicia Keys

Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?

Rich Beem

The thing is a rocket. It's a silver bullet.

Rick Pitino

This is the most disappointing preseason I've experienced in a long time. We'll look for the silver lining, and when I can find it, I'll let everyone know.

Teemu Selanne

The silver medal, it's going to taste better a little later. But right now, it's very disappointing.

Jerry Garcia

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

Michael Guido

There's a lot of inflow into silver in anticipation of the ETF.

J. K. Rowling

There's the silver lining I'm looking for.

Dwight Yorke

What do I like about Spurs? The flairness

David Hume

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Graham Roberts

Spurs haven't got the funds they need so success has to be achieved gradually.

Joseph Joubert

Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.

Hyman Rickover

Thoughts arising from practical experience may be a bridle or a spur.

Francis Quarles

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it...

Honore de Balzac

Necessity is the spur of genius.

Jerry Yang

The cloud has become the next-generation supercomputer, and the smartphone has provided the revolution to spur its use.

Tobias Smollett

Opposition is the very spur of love.

Kathleen Blanco

If we're going to have recovery, we're going to have to have structured government. Time is of the essence,

A. R. Ammons

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

Jerry Green

We still have old time play time at recess, but we have structured play as well.

Clifford Geertz

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical

Laura Puchowicz

We wanted to make the motel better, but renovating the old structure would just have been a humongous problem.

Demetri Martin

They say that structure is freedom, and in a sense it is. When you're dealing with multiple constraints, you have to figure out what you can get out of that.

Dave Foley

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

Carl Jung

Our psyche is set up in accord with the structure of the universe, and what happens in the macrocosm likewise happens in the infinitesimal and most subjective reaches of the psyche

Bob Ney

It taught us that we didn't have a cohesive structure in place,