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.

Janet Reno

regardless of the conclusions that the department has reached concerning Microsoft's conduct, as of yet no court has found that Microsoft has violated the antitrust laws; to the contrary, the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has raised serious questions about the validity of the department's antitrust suit against Microsoft.

Donald Walker

(Reed) is a guy that all he wants to do is play defense, ... Even when we're running our first-team offense against our scout team defense at practice, he wants to be out there. He just never quits. He has played with confidence the first one-and-a-half games, which makes him that much better. Our defense as a whole needs to gain that type of confidence.

Wayne Richardson

Reece worked a little bit today on the side, and his arm feels real good. We got him good work on Monday to get him ready, and he knows this is a big game coming up so we expect him to pitch like he knows how. He'll be up against a good, hard-throwing arm with whoever Benton goes with, but we've got confidence in our guy.

Sean Miller

Recently against us, if you're that guy that can't make a 3, you usually knock a few down. It was good to see that percentage come our way.

Lawrence Eagles

Recently a former aid, giving evidence against him, said he was running short of funds. Therefore, if he was the instigator of the attacks on the US, another sponsor was likely to be involved.

Jamie Dixon

Rebounding is our biggest fundamental. It's our biggest emphasis. We didn't get it done against DePaul.

John Shoffner

Records and style of play go out the window. I think we match up well against them.

Ryohei Muramatsu

Recent rises in yields of Japanese government bonds, combined with this emerging uncertainty over prospects for US interest rates, are expected to weigh on the US currency against the yen in the near term.

Martin Laurendeau

Recently, we have played very well against Mexico. We will work hard over the next two months to prepare for this contest and give ourselves the best chance to win.

Peter Kosann

Regarding the remainder of the year ... business continues to break very late. That being said, our diversification of clients using our platform is very strong. We have a lot of irons in the fire.

J. J. Johnson

Reasonable accommodations could be as simple as a (uniquely shaped) pencil, an extra 15-minute break or a special computer screen, and employers don't know that.

Vlade Divac

Relief. Shaq is such a big player. He?s hard to stop. It was a real break for us.

Higinio Velez

Our players, when they play, don't think, I'm going to break my hand. Because the player that has money sometimes thinks, What happens if I break my hand?

Brian Giles

Patterson had a good breaking ball. He was either tough or we weren't very good. He was all right.

Karen Mall

Partner disclosure is where we really have the opportunity to break the chain of HIV infection.

Corin Tucker

Part of this whole Sleater-Kinney 2.0 is breaking the rules. We wanted to tell our story... we feel like we need to stand up for ourselves.

Michael Palmer

Party trips to spring break destinations have been flat or declining since 2000.

Larry Stahl

Our offense, with Coach (Terry) Anderson, has improved every game. He has worked hard with them and the kids have worked hard. We have four kids who can break loose on any play. We're pretty hard to defend.

Joe Lunardi

Recent history suggests they're in. When you win the championship of a top-10 RPI conference like the Mountain West, you're in.

Matt Kuk

Our players have their sights set on winning our conference this year. Last year, we were around a .500 team, so we're definitely looking to improve, because we know we can do better than that.

Rod Gorman

Our regular season conference schedule prepares us for the post-season. To come out of our district was rewarding, for sure.

Flip Saunders

Part of it is teams that were not very good have gotten better, which makes for a much more competitive conference. What developed for a few years in the Western Conference has now come back to the East, where there aren't really any gimme games.

Pascal Lamy

Some of you will have read, or perhaps written, stories about a Plan B to be implemented in the event that the Hong Kong ministerial conference falls short of our objectives.

John Hendricks

Somehow, they have become our conference rival, and we're opening the season with them, so I'm expecting a good, hard-fought game.

Tracy Smith

Our preparation and focus is to get ready for the Big Ten. Our record is 0-0 in the conference and that's our mentality right now.

Lonny Sargent

Our plan was to get as tough of schedule as we could in the spring, so that way when we played our conference we'd be prepared, and I think we have been able to do that.

Mike Ferda

Our plan is to get ourselves ready for the conference schedule with these early games.

Matt Cressman

Paul worked his butt off tonight. I thought he had waited too long to pass it, but he timed it just right and Mike finished it for us.

Paul Keyes

I think this team has good potential. We finished up strong last year, and I think that bodes good for the kids' confidence.

Muffet McGraw

I was a little disappointed with the way we finished the game. We have become a team lacking a killer instinct.

F. Schumacher

I was lucky with the safety car. With all the back markers we went through and finished third. It was great. We're strong people and we're looking forward to the next races.

Terry Nelson

Krause finished with two birdies, that says a lot. It means you can hold it together, don't panic.

Joe Godinho

That was the third time he had to wrestle his kid in the last three weeks. It was a tighter match, but Kevin finished strong.

Peter Jacobsen

I was on the 15th tee. I just eagled 13 and birdied 14. Nicklaus birdied 10. I thought 'This is cool, Jack and I are now tied.' As I hit the water on 15, I looked over at the scoreboard and just as one guy was finished putting up the 'S-E-N' (in Jacobsen), the other guy was taking down the 'J-A-C.'

LaVerne Knox

I think we are ready. We want to take one game at a time. We are playing a pretty good team. They finished fourth in the region, but could have finished second.

Corry Irvin

I think we all sat in our hotel rooms (after the semifinal) and sulked. Once we got in the locker room, we let it go. Wherever we finished is better than people thought we'd do.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Jim Collins

Regular radio can't match the scope that we can. Even if and when they do go digital, we offer nationwide service and 120 channels. They just can't scale to that level.

Massimo Moratti

Mancini will stay with us ... Adriano will have to play well in the remaining matches (of the season) and should stay with us too.

Mark Riley

We never thought about winning nine matches in a row. If we just do the little things properly, it should be enough -- it will be enough.

Todd Cheney

That was a swing match for our team, because it really turned the momentum.

Eric Osmer

That was where the match swung. We just got on a roll after that. Nobody was going to stop us.

Brock Waughen

That was the big match for me to get through. I did it.

John M. Smith

That was real important, those two wins there. Maybe in the big picture at the end, those two matches might have made the difference.

Bob Kluba

That was a match in which nothing went right for us.

Jim Butler

That's two matches in a row that they have come through for us. That's kind of why I have them back there.

Nancy Kotowski

Our schools are very pleased with the results.

Richard Parsons

Overall, I'm pleased with the results from most of our businesses,

Kelly Svebek

I think they (teachers) are real pleased overall. This time of year, there's a lot of wondering.

Marc Walters

That was a real big win for us. I was real pleased with how they played. They were businesslike.

Rob Parish

I was really pleased with that considering we raced all 5A teams.

Gerald Perry

I was really pleased. I was very pleased to be honest. He could've done a lot more, but it was the first day.

Frank Allocco

I was pretty pleased with the way we responded to being down.

Mike Dowd

I was pleased we competed well. We fought; that made a difference.

P. J. Harvey

I was pleased that she had upheld the work that we had done.

Lori Rogers

Spring is just around the corner, so I think you'll see a lot of seasonal positions start up.

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Ryan Snair

Sean can play any of the infield positions and can catch, too.

Sterling Ivey

We would be eliminating their positions at that site.

Richy Leon

We need to tighten up defensively. We still have positions where we need to find somebody to step up.

Mark Foulkes

We've got some positions that still are up for grabs.

Tyrone Willingham

We haven't even practiced yet, but all of our positions are wide open.

Greg Valliere

On one hand, he seems more palatable to Wall Street than Dean, in that his positions on trade and taxes are more moderate.

Bob Baffert

He just had little pesky injuries. He's showing his stuff now.

Joss Whedon

For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy.

A. Johnson

Just showing off my personality. Once I get in the end zone, that's all it is.

Hideo Kojima

The painter has total control over what they're showing to the viewer.

Robert Horan

He wasn't showing affection, he was killing them. Do you understand that?

Eric Woods

We're showing the film to show the underbelly of the porn industry.

Elma Damon

We're showing growth. It's pretty slow, but it's more up than down.

French Montana

Every time I look at Twitter, there's always somebody showing support.

Adriana Trigiani

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. The moment a man finds that he must play the races, go the Arctic, or make war in order to feel himself alive, that man has begin to spin the strands that bind him to other men and to the world. But what wretched strands! A civilization that is really strong fills man to the brim, though he never stir. What are we worth when motionless, is the question.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team

Becca Fitzpatrick

Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone." "The whole night?" Immediately, I realized it might not have been the smartest thing to say. "Dorothea will be coming soon." That was a lie. Dorothea was long gone. It was close to midnight. "Dorothea?" "Our housekeeper. She's old- but strong. Very strong." I tried to squeeze past him. Unsuccessfully. "Sounds frightening," he said, retrieving the key from the lock. He held it out for me. "She can clean a toilet inside and out in under a minute. More like terrifying.

Barry Pepper

Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.

Barry Manilow

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

B. D. Wong

I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.

B. H. Liddell Hart

It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.

B. H. Liddell Hart

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.

Luke Zeller

Rebounding has been one of the big things we have worked on all season. It has been a total team effort.

Mark Ellis

Sure, we had a lot of injuries. But a lot of teams have injuries. We can't use it as an excuse.

James Allen

Some of the teams have been pretty tough.

Ray Collins

Our team is one of the most competitive teams in the nation.

Milan Brown

Other teams just were not going to let him do what he did.

Jon Heacock

I think this team as a whole, have an understanding. They have had to play in this conference, and they know what's happening.

Bill Simmons

Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.

Bill Shankly

We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.

Bill Shankly

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

Gilbert Arenas

It got weird toward the end on this one, but it was our third win in a row.

Kyle Gilchrist

I thought I was in better shape. He had so much weight to cut. I thought that if I got him into the third period, I could get him.

Robert Eenhoorn

He can play first, second, third or the outfield.

John Smoltz

If it were the old way there would have been another four-spot in that third inning.

Marc Crawford

He was a difference-maker in the third period.

Rupert Grint

One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors.

Bartolo Colon

More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one.

Brandon Jacobs

If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.

Jim Rich

Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator.

Bill Cosby

I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn’t have to answer to innuendos,

C. S. Lewis

The old field of space, time, matter, and the senses is to be weeded, dug, and sown for a new crop. We may be tired of that old field: God is not.

Carrie Vaughn

You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.

Carrie Brownstein

I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.

Kobe Bryant

I was a little tired at the end, but I was motivated.

Bill Hicks

I'm tired of this back-slappin' "isn't humanity neat" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes.

Sean Mallon

I was really confident. At first, it was right on line. But I must have been more tired than I thought. I didn't give it enough leg.

Kim Smith

It disrupts everything. Work, babysitters, (we're) just tired of it.

Carlos Rogers

If I wasn't tired and could get some words out of my mouth, I'd still say something then.

Bill Crawford

Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.

Bryan Winkler

I don't have a lot of hair, but I'm willing to do that.

Loui Antonucci

I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight.

Ben Jonson

I have a humour, / I would not willingly be gulled.

David Jones

He's disappointed, but he understands that's what you have to do. He's willing to go in and work a little harder.

Steve Kroft

I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.

Loretta Lynch

It's the choices that you make and the things that you're willing to accept and not accept that define who you are.

Scott Carson

wanted more than we were willing to give.

Cornel West

Be willing to learn, because none of us know the truth