Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Wright

Refineries in Texas did not take a direct hit from Rita, but the energy grids in that area were effected, and power has not been restored to those refineries.

Richard Preston

Redwoods have an enormous surface area that extends upward into space because they have a propensity to do something called reiteration. A redwood is a fractal. And as they put out limbs, the limbs burst into small trees, copies of the redwood.

Mike Shockley

Recommendations included changes in several areas of energy expenses.

Gerry Fleming

Reggie has done a lot of things away from the play as far as his defensive play and his play without the puck. He's been in areas and made some big plays without the puck as well.

Bob Noun

President Bush's proposed budget will not have an impact this year. The current situation is we still have to lay off between 30 to 40 employees. But we are encouraged by the areas that were covered by the president.

Stephanie Williams

Preserving farmland and preserving the farming enterprise must go hand-in-hand. By working with Cumberland County Economic Development, we are able to help ensure that area farms become preserved, and remain competitive, for generations to come.

Irene Toner

Our policy is to call for a general evacuation in areas that might be prone to Category 3 impacts.

Hassan Nasrallah

Our policy is clear, we are fighting in an area that is still under occupation in Lebanon. And beyond that area, we are on the defensive.

Mike Ruddock

Our passing, tackling, lineout and tackle area play all need to be improved,

Mike Williamson

Regardless of the results, we played outstanding in the first. We played at both ends of the ice, shot the puck finally. We didn't get rewarded, but there's not many times you won't if you keep playing like that.

Jim Brandt

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Tomasz Beer

Reasons for this trend are not really known, but may include a desire to do something rather than do nothing on the part of both physicians and patients. Unfortunately, these men may be enduring significant side effects for an uncertain benefit.

George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

David Wade

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

Vinny Testaverde

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Andy Reid

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Andrew Yang

President Chen has been constrained by both the opposition parties and factions in his own party. I would say President Chen has done a mediocre job on foreign policy, and an equally mediocre job on domestic policy.

Allan Hoffenblum

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president. Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Eric Katzman

Our recent contact with a sugar refiner indicates the pressure is not over and actually could increase due to poor crop yields.

Dan Hartleb

Our offense had an opportunity early to set a precedent for the game. Four out of the first five innings we had opportunities to move runners and make contact to score runs, but we didn't do it. We had an opportunity to take some pressure off our defense and pitching and we did a poor job of that.

Andy Zirkle

Our main contact person's e-mail has been full of responses from people.

Abby Ottenhoff

Our office is in regular contact with law enforcement on a wide range of issues, but we don't talk about subpoenas because they are confidential,

Debbie Millan

Some of the students have maintained their contacts from the week and ended up with full scholarships. It could happen again.

Greg Aiello

Our thoughts are with the Herrion family and the 49ers. We will be in contact with the 49ers to see what happened.

Bonnie Herzog

Our trade contacts indicate Reynolds American has already developed a product and will enter the market with Camel, possibly in conjunction with the Daytona 500 in mid-February.

Philip Tod

Research shows that this particular avian flu virus can be transmitted to humans who are in direct contact with the infected animal.

Bud Selig

Physical contact between player and fan in any fashion will not be tolerated.

Shami Chakrabarti

reflect on the culture of intolerance that he may be promoting in his party and the country as a whole.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

Referendums are not held in an unstable country with unstable society.

King Abdullah

reject any country to have nuclear weapons, especially in the Middle East region.

John Tesh

Pat, the last election was decided by voters who listed 'moral values' as their primary concern. What do you think this means for the country and should we try to mend fences with the liberals?

Taya Kyle

Our main goal is to honor God and to honor this country by honoring and serving those families who serve.

Kit Carson

Our only idea was to get rid of the dross as soon as possible, but at the same time have as much pleasure and enjoyment as the country would afford.

Fidel Ramos

Our leaders must not only make sure that our future is enhanced but also that those who plundered the country must also be punished,

Danny Wuerffel

Our ministry's mission is to revitalize the Desire neighborhood. It was once ranked the worst neighborhood in the country. We may have an opportunity to rebuild it in the way everyone would want it to be.

Jennifer Granholm

Our Michigan troops are sacrificing so much for us serving our country and serving far away from home and family.

Chris Corrigan

Patrick regards its prospect for growth in freight forwarding as greatly superior to Toll given that Toll is already the dominant supplier in this market with no significant prospects for future growth.

Lee Sandy

Our first two games are going to be big tests heading into districts. I don't see a game we'll be dominant in, but I also don't see a game we can't win if we play well.

Ken Sparks

Our first group was pretty dominant and did a lot of things real well. A lot of people got on the football field, and I'm proud of all these guys.

Justin Gatlin

Really? So I did get some kind of record, huh? It's great to show how dominant I am this year, running fast times consistently and winning every race. I prayed before the season to be dominant, and it's all come together.

Chris Stanley

That was a huge game for us. We needed a win after the last two games here. We wanted to prove ourselves as a team that's going to be dominant at home, and we showed tonight we're a very, very dominant team at home.

Greg Brunner

I think he can be one of the most dominant players on the team, the league. He's got the touch, the hands. He rebounds; he's big and strong.

Mark Dantonio

I think he can be a dominant player up the middle for us.

Charles Givens

He did a very good job inside. I think he threw away a lot of passes, but I think he did a good job. He's just a dominant player inside.

Charles Boucher

I think the dominant theme is the extraordinary strength in the PC market and obviously the microprocessor market in the fourth quarter.

Lord Byron

Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.

Jim Tracy

Some of the elements we had last year that made us successful were not here this year,

Tomika Ferguson

Outdoor follows the same rules as indoor triple jump. The differences are the physical elements of wind, a major factor, and also temperature and weather.

Alvin Wyatt

Right now the elements haven't been kind to us.

Guillaume Duchesne

M&A is a strong element of support for the stock market. It's pushing shares higher.

Bob Elsner

I'm here to help the organization get some of these elements done that have long tails.

Carl Rogers

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

Raven Goodwin

I went to elementary like any other kid, but I was just always a little different. I had that sparkle, and everyone told my mom, 'She needs to be on TV, acting.'

Lonnie Nielsen

I was just so far out of my element out there.

Colin Doyle

People have a right to think we're probably not as cohesive as we should be because it's showing in our play. I don't think anyone's doing anything intentionally, but obviously something's not working and something's not right.

Boris Yeltsin

Our calls, continual proposal (on a peaceful solution to Kosovo) obviously are not getting through

Sasha Jackson

Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in 'Blue Crush 2.'

Maria Sharapova

I think they obviously wanted a better match. After the first set, it didn't look like it was going to be much of a match.

Jamie Johnson

I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously very guarded.

Adam Treu

I think there are obviously differences,'' Turner said.

Mike Williams

That was a surprise to us and we are obviously going to rebuild.

Ryan Malone

That's tough; you'd never think that. But we are getting a little better. We're a better team. Obviously our record doesn't show that, but we know that.

Mel Stottlemyre

I think it's time for somebody new. I've been here for 10 years, and they obviously want to make some changes.

Jay Kim

From an operating point of view, the result was slightly better than what we expected.

Steve Donner

From that point of view, the taxpayers are well protected, and there is a risk and a reward for us operating the stadium.

Christopher Hill

We're operating from a piece of paper now, and we'll see what we can do.

Charles Petzold

To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API.

Christopher Hill

What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.

Mark Klein

We're just operating at a slow rate of production. We'll just resume regular work tomorrow.

Atul Gawande

My vantage point on the world is the operating room where I see my patients.

Lisa Spicer

At the operating level, I think it's very possible.

Patrick Collins

At this point, we're in the red $20,000 and that's going to have to come out of our operating budget.

David Moffett

I feel that the operations could and should have been performed a lot sooner,

Mark Cooper

Basically, you've got one and two in programming and one and two in system operations now all interconnected in a little knot.

E. O. Wilson

We think that cross-border operations would be unwise.

Ajay Singh

But since they have been a part of similar operations previously we are not ruling out the possibility.

Max Mathurin

Voting operations (in the countryside) are normal, with some exceptions.

Kofi Annan

when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.

Paul Costa

There is a possibility that we will have to stop operations by the end of the year.

Hong Zhijian

We've been preparing for such operations ever since 2003.

David Butler

They'll have to shrink their operations and vigorously sell whatever they can.

Lynne Black

Our position right now is that this is not an appropriate program and population to put in a heavily populated two-square-mile village.

Jane Goodall

Some often refer to the population as 150,000.

Ernie Carson

If I recall correctly, there were probably 20 of us. I think the school population was 200 or 300.

Alan Lightman

Writers read essays and serious thinkers and serious readers... that is a small population.

Edward Zwick

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

Abdul Kalam

We need to create brand institutions. In the fortune 500 companies, 5 Indian companies are named while 15 are from China though we have similar kind of populations.

Clayton Christensen

It's like in biological evolution: The population will evolve, even though individuals can't. The same thing happens in the corporate world: The population of business units within corporations evolves, even though individual business units can't. That's because the capabilities of business units reside in their processes and their values, and by their very nature, processes and values are inflexible and meant not to change.

Daniel Quinn

Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.

Ang Lee

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

Christine Johnson

Our students need to see role models. We feel very strongly about that.

Hans Blix

Our role is not to humiliate the Iraqis.

Cathy Rigby

I will jump into most any role.

Arsene Wenger

If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing

Andrew Cohen

I think it's unfortunate that we don't spend time talking about our role in the world.

William Daley

I think that 'strong' and 'decisive' are never words that are used for any vice president. A vice president's role is to play the second position.

John Meehan

I think it would water down the commissioners role and take away some of their authority.

Philip Ruddock

I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters.

Mahmoud Abbas

We are going to reactivate the role of the PLO.

Edward Gibbon

Language is the leading principle which unites or separates the tribes of mankind.

Arthur Keith

No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

Charles Simic

Here is something we can all count on. Sooner or later our tribe always comes to ask us to agree to murder.

Jill Tarter

Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings.

Chris Patten

It behaves more like a tribe than a democratic institution...responding to custom rather than reason and using its own liturgy and language for the conduct of its domestic affairs.

Ian McDonald

The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.

George Catlin

The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent.

Martin Van Buren

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.

Sean Connery

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe.