Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Calhoun

Regardless of our successes, failures, whatever it may be, it seems like Providence always plays us close. I think it's 3-3 over the last six games. Our national championship team (2004), they showed up at 12 o'clock at the (Hartford) Civic Center and beat us pretty good.

Jack Garrison

(Reese) came out here and beat all the good kids. What a tournament both of them had.

Scott Taylor

Rebounding. That's one word to sum up tonight. The first half they beat us down the court and they beat the heck out of us on the boards. We hustled, but they hustled hard to every rebound.

Alexander Savenkov

Regrettably, beating has become a typical method of dealing with subordinates in the military.

Rick Carlisle

Our point guard position was really tremendous, especially in the second half. That's the kind of production we need at all our positions. Let's face it, we're the kind of team right now where we're playing eight guys (Friday). We need six out of eight (players) playing at a high level to beat a team like Sacramento.

Alfred Bea

Our players know that somebody, figuratively speaking, is going to beat those odds. It could be any one of them.

Ron Gardenhire

Our outfield's been beaten up pretty bad, and Jacque's the one guy that needs to step up. And he's been doing that.

Justin Wilson

Paul Tracy is a great driver and a tough competitor. You know when you have beat him in a race, you have beaten one of the best drivers in the world.

Chris Simon

Our number-one focus is winning one game. We know they're a good team and they beat us last time. They've improved a lot and are a good team with a lot of speed.

Mary Rich

Previously, when you called the electric company, the field guy would come out to connect or disconnect you, and then it would go out on a bill. Today that same transaction could touch up to a hundred systems.

Andy Ball

Our outlook as a construction company for the next two years is very, very positive.

Carl Icahn

particularly important at Time Warner because of the difference of opinion between many large shareholders and management concerning the direction of the company and the lack of share price performance under current management.

Scott Weiss

Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death. You have only so much money in the bank, and if you don't get to the right milestone before you run out, then the company goes under - it's over.

Bill Gates

Paul was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft and has played an important role in the success and direction of our company throughout the years,

David Litchfield

Oracle still has not released an official patch, so it is still leaving its customers at risk. It is a trivial thing to fix. If the company is still working on it, I do not understand why.

Shawn Willett

Oracle says a company could, for example, take out its BI tool and replace it with a third-party app. The question is, how practical will that be for users?

Charles Bona

Oracle has been and is a database company, and that's where the focus should stay for now.

David Menlow

People have to understand: As a shareholder, in general, they don't have any say in the company. People complain about it, but those who like what the company does will continue to view the stock as a vehicle for profits.

Bill Dorenkott

Regardless if it is a Big Ten opponent or a non-Big Ten opponent, this time of the year the focus is still to get up and race. I'm awfully excited to see where we are right now in terms of racing. I'm looking forward to see what kind of speed we have right now. There's going to be some good competition out there.

Marco Rubio

Regulation is necessary to protect our natural environment, keep our food and medicine safe, and ensure fair competition and fair treatment of our workers.

Roger Lane

Particularly during the remainder of the current financial year, I see very few encouraging signs within the retail industry that would indicate an imminent end to the difficult trading conditions and strong competition that we are currently experiencing,

Thomas Carlyle

Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it's fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it's a mutual hostility.

Mike Kohs

Our league is always strong and always competitive. The competition we play in our league is outstanding, and it makes teams better good competition is always good for everything.

Jennifer Joyce

Some of the competition will be pretty stiff. It's a very intense atmosphere, very conducive to good performances.

Ronda Rousey

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

Joe King

That competition is tough and textiles are really taking a hit.

Howie Hewitt

That competition has helped us. We'll be as prepared as we can be, but the time off will really help us, too. We needed a rest.

Frank Fish

Regarding the volume of weapons, it's directly in proportion to the number of students that we're training. We don't have a stockpile of weapons that we've just cached up here to use later for some foul purpose. These weapons are used specifically for this particular client.

John Connor

reflect some guarded optimism in the direction the market is taking.

Ken Walsh

Our No. 1 job was to hire the most dynamic, energetic director that we could (for the job), and we feel we got our No. 1 free agent.

Ralph Kauffman

Our members seem to have digested the energy price increases, and so the direct effect of energy price moves is less.

Jake Barton

People learn more if they're learning in directly engaging ways.

Tai Hui

People have more faith in Hong Kong's logistics. Low value products are shipped directly out of Shenzhen to the world, higher value products come out through Hong Kong. It's the guarantee of safety.

Sophie Turner

Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and I'm very lucky to have worked with Isabel Coixet, who is also one of my favourite directors.

Susan Davis

Stamford is proposing a low-volume program. Stamford's program would have a direct impact on St. Vincent's program.

Susan Davis

Stamford is proposing a low-volume program, ... Stamford's program would have a direct impact on St. Vincent's program.

Caron Butler

Our main thing was to go .500 or better (on the road trip). Now that we've got three wins, why stop now? Let's make up for some of the losses earlier in the season.

Dennie McDaniel

Our team goal this year was to host a playoff match and we've accomplished that. Our second goal is to win region. We lost to them earlier (in a non-region match). We've gotten better since then and they've gotten better. It's going to be a great match Tuesday night." ()

Ken Skilton

Our goal as a team was to win the sectional, and it's even sweeter since we tied Maple Heights earlier this season. In the finals, some guys wrestled well and some didn't. But we had some tough matches.

Rick Comley

Right now, you hope to find a way to win and we did. We were resilient enough to win tonight. Probably, earlier in the year we wouldn't have done that.

Earl Spencer

Respect for the family's privacy at this stage is thought to be only just, in view of the public nature of the earlier part of the day.

Peter Dunne

Most of the Q1 openings were earlier than planned and have been performing better than anticipated in the short time they have been opened.

Keiichi Sano

It is a very choppy market. The earlier hurricane threat did impact the U.S. oil market. Refinery runs were being reduced as workers got evacuated. Now Emily looks to be approaching.

Mike Sullivan

I think St. Joseph is a much better team that they were in December. Their third and fourth swimmers are swimming much better this time of year than they were earlier in the year.

Brian Fuentes

That was unfortunate for Zach. He was a guy that had some issues earlier and was starting to come back, and it stinks that his season's over.

Ahmed Nazif

It doesn't look this way, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

Steven Hall

I'd love a signed first edition of 'City of Glass' by Paul Auster. My favourite book of all time.

Keith Carradine

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor Public Television Edition

Lapo Elkann

My company Independent Ideas worked with Gucci on a special edition Fiat 500.

Michael Ignatieff

I have been a journalist, off and on, since I was 17. I was a copy boy for the 'New York Times,' when it had an edition in Paris, in 1963. I sold the paper in the streets by day and tore wire copy off the tele-printer for the editors making up the edition by night.

Noam Chomsky

The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good text available.

Andrea Gibson

This year we were given a one-time fund for this special edition of Engage. We hope to secure funding from the university for a future publications.

Astro Teller

The Explorer edition of Glass wasn't for everyone, but the Explorer program pushed us to find a wide range of near-term applications and uses for something like Glass.

Bob Graham

What the president is insisting upon are not new ideas, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

Charles Scott

The acquisition of Stanley Leisure's retail operations substantially enhances our market position,

Dave Checketts

It enhances the whole game experience to have a soccer-specific stadium. That's what we'll do.

Elizabeth Spelke

Knowing this, we may be able to enhance math training.

Atharva Veda

Knowledge not only helps us material success but it also enhances our spiritual growth.

Jamie McLennan

I think it's good. It puts us on a stage with every other sport that's major. People who know hockey know there really is not a place in hockey for steroids. I'm sure there are things you want to enhance your performance, but I think at the end of the day you'll see we are clean.

Douglas Alexander

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

Eric Knight

Miles of roads are also being enhanced to support the operations of the new space launch facility.

Yajur Veda

One should always be soft spoken so that it enhances brotherhood and affection.

John Lind

One of our objectives under our mission of encouraging millions of Americans to pray for the President is to enhance the prayer experience of the individual member or visitor. We remind them to pray every day.

George Parnham

I think that speaks volumes to what this jury should do.

Henry Wade

I think informally prosecutors talk and say, you know, 'What can we do to get minorities off the jury panel?'

Andy Birchfield

I don't have any qualms about the short trial schedule. There was not time for the jury to get bored, I hope.

Anthony Mizzi

If only lawyers could be sworn in like all the witnesses to tell the truth in a jury trial, so justice will not only be seen to be done but be done !

Thomas Bergstrom

It could have been a lot worse. Obviously, it could have been better, but I think the jury worked very, very hard...

Dick DeGuerin

I think the jury is there to be entertained, in part, and to listen to something they can make sense of.

Condoleezza Rice

I think the jury is out on whether the North Koreans are serious.

Bruce Brody

I think the jury is out on that.

Mark Barrett

he respects, as we respect, the verdict of the jury on that.

Mark Anderson

That was a real slap in the face. I think they perceive Microsoft as part of Western hegemony somehow.

Dave Rosenberg

Like the products or not, Microsoft makes it easy. It's more of a one-click experience.

Jeff Cohen

The only thing I think really needs to be addressed by Microsoft is biometrics.

Steve Case

From a pure technical standpoint, it does look like Microsoft may win this one,

Greg Scott

From my perspective, what Microsoft is doing is right on target.

Jeff Johnson

He was saying, 'Look what I did at Microsoft and look what I can do for you.

Joe Wilcox

The real test for Microsoft is whether it can take search to the next level.

Tim Reilly

When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged. They need to respond to public, as well as legal, pressure on this.

Greg Buzek

When push comes to shove, Microsoft still wins most battles.

Mark Davis

Stephen is progressing well. We are optimistic about his prospects for the weekend.

C. S. Lewis

Imagine a set of people all living in the same building. Half of them think it is a hotel, the other half think it is a prison. Those who think it a hotel might regard it as quite intolerable, and those who thought it was a prison might decide that it was really surprisingly comfortable. So that what seems the ugly doctrine is one that comforts and strengthens you in the end. The people who try to hold an optimistic view of this world would become pessimists: the people who hold a pretty stern view of it become optimistic.

Carl Rogers

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

Beth Riesgraf

It's so weird, not knowing what your life is going to be. I'm being optimistic. And when 'Leverage' comes to an end, I have lots of ideas for other things. You can't really sit and wait for things to come to you.

Bill Bryson

Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best - life wouldn't be worth living if we didn't have hope. And I also do think that human beings often do do wonderful, correct, brilliant things. So, on balance, I'd like to be optimistic about the future.

Ray Tanner

I was really optimistic going into practice. I thought we were a little more comfortable at the plate today.

Constance White

I think it's partly the war. Pink is very sweet, childish, optimistic color.

Russ Granik

I don't have any reason to be optimistic here.

Rodrigo Rato

I find these views optimistic to the point of willful blindness.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Tom Zilla

I thought it provided a lot of justification for making the improvements.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

Fred Becker

I think it's always important to think about what the other side is going to do before you do something or how the other side is going to react, and he will be able to provide that to our thought process.

Amy Gabriel

We have to be able to provide these services.

Andrew Krepinevich

If they're not ready to provide security, there could be a regression.

Gary Bartlett

If they provide some information, they may not have to come.

Andy Brandt

If we can go out and provide a spark for our team, then we feel like we're doing on our job.

Tom Casey

If this provides them with a justification to release Jill, that would be wonderful, but we are not sure it will. We just want her released by any means.

Klaus Kleinfeld

It comes down to the long-term stability of this corporation,

Ken Ham

We just can't get comfortable with the stability of the situation.

Bernard Laporte

Our success comes from stability.

Ben Howland

He's righted them with stability and direction. He's done an outstanding job.

Darcy Regier

A year ago we were just trying to survive. Now we have a sense of stability and direction.

Jean-Claude Juncker

We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.

Gene Robinson

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

Frances Newton

If you allow yourself to get bothered by the change, then you're not stable. But God is so stable, and if you keep yourself in Him, that stability is going to come off on you, too.

Valentino Rossi

For sure tomorrow will be difficult. We are still struggling with stability and grip.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I'll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest. Others send me back underground. Yours will call me out of my burrow like music.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You know... when you are sad you love the sunsets.

Bill Shankly

I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.

Carl Rogers

One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset. When I look at a sunset... I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a little more on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple along the base, and use a little more pink in the cloud color...' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch it with awe as it unfolds.

Carl Rogers

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

Carl Sagan

If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone?

Henry Spencer

Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.

Daniel Tosh

Yes, I am aware that I am the gayer version of Jeff Lewis.

Nancy Wilson

We've done so many versions of this song.

Patrick Marber

Everything is a version of something else.

Phil McGraw

The truth doesn't have versions, it just is.

Wallace Stevens

It is never the thing but the version of the thing.

Sherry Scarberry

Someone has to be there with him 24/7, whether it be me or Robbie.

Scott McCallum

I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

Susumu Tonegawa

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting.

Deirdre O'Kane

I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.

James Wallace

From our standpoint, we're being very reasonable. It's up to (RIM) whether they want to be shutdown.

Steve Lambert

I would say that by the end of the month, we will know whether it can work.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

Kevin Morris

Out the end windows of the cafeteria, it's all new,

Ashley Walker

If we are not in each other's suites, we are always yelling out the windows into the courtyard at one another.

Damian Marley

Did you know that IExist before the earthAnd did you know my eyesAre windows to the world.

Tom Silva

A lot of times, those windows can be refurbished.

John Nersesian

Rebalancing doesn't work every time. It works over time.

Mac McCabe

Our participants can work just as well as you or I.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Jim Coyne

Some of the work is in dispute. Hopefully, it will be settled.

David Frum

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox.

Barry Ritholtz

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.

David Burnett

Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with.

Bill Cosby

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

Big Pun

I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery.