Famous Quotes & Sayings

Morgan Stanley

Recent environmental disasters suggest that China needs to find a better balance between growth and environmental protection. The obsession with GDP has led to a neglect of growth quality issues.

James Douglas

Recent takeovers in the telecoms industry have been marked by an increased confidence and desire to do M&A on part of trade buyers. They repaired their balance sheet and telecoms equity has been fairly strong recently.

Alex Yemenidjian

Our release schedule for the balance of this year holds great promise, and our home video and television distribution operations continue to generate stronger than expected revenue and cash flow.

Leonard Asper

Our outlook for the balance of the fiscal year remains cautious as we expect continued softness in our Canadian conventional television business and stable performance from our remaining operations.

Jim Grobe

Our recruiting focus was to help all the different positions. I like the balance in our class. I think we hit a home run with players this year. This is a very talented group.

Christine Varney

participation would help promote a balance of viewpoints.

Richard White

Our objective will continue to be to finish with a balanced budget,

Linda Malec

Our members may not be able to do a balance sheet, but they understand the fundamentals. They are proud of our credit union and they want the best benefits and services to continue that they've enjoyed for 56 years.

Don Blandin

People have to balance their consumption with their formation of their nest egg. They have to not sacrifice tomorrow for being able to spend all they possibly can today.

Barry Long

Reason does not need thinking. If you observe yourself making a plan you will notice that having fixed the object, the facts just keep coming, linking up into a chain of proposed action.

Mark Vigoroso

Our research shows that 83% of leading companies indicate field service optimization is core to improving their competitive positions. True field service optimization requires service organizations to maintain the most cost-effective, productive, and profitable service chain at all times -- especially in the face of a myriad of constraints and interruptions.

Alexander Yakovenko

part of a chain of international terrorist operations.

Jeff Poston

Our supply chain is geared up to meet the need of 30 million Canadians, and we don't have the scale of operation to be able to respond to the likely demand of the U.S..

Milton Smith

Restaurants are a difficult business. But you don't necessarily have to be part of a chain to be successful.

Pat Burke

Maybe it's a chain reaction. But you know what it is, a lot of times when you're tired, tugging down on your shorts, you look down and see your socks, and it's just a reminder to stay hungry.

Greg Gallaspy

It is a trend because national chains are looking at destinations. Obviously, the mystique, the uniqueness, the ambiance of the River Walk pulls them into this.

Geraldine Brooks

I write while my son is at school. At about 7:45 A.M., I walk him there, with the dogs, then walk them for another forty minutes or so, go home and chain myself to the desk a little before 9 A.M., and try not to be distracted until I hear my son plunge through the front door at about 3 P.M.

Scott Burns

I think a lot of the problems they've been having with?supply chain bottlenecks?look like they've kind of worked their way through the system.

Dwayne Baird

Part of the problem is, we don't have any reports of missing persons that would match the description of this guy. The clothing doesn't match anybody.

Peter Walsh

People hold onto stuff like their kids' old clothing as a way of holding onto the past. Or they keep things they think they might need someday as a way to control the future.

Kenneth Thompson

Most Red Cross volunteers are members of congregations. I've rarely met any who weren't. And people are donating all kinds of foodstuffs, clothing and other supplies to the shelters that are near them instead of taking them to their churches,

Samaire Armstrong

I think that men's clothing should be functional. If there's a rip in his jeans, it should be because he was out working, not because he ripped them so they looked cool. It's even better if they're ripped because he got in a fight.

Carl Hagelin

Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight.

Bible Bible

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. (Psalms 35:13)

Diahann Carroll

I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated.

Chris Bryant

If we go up and grocery stores go up and clothing stores go up, gas is high right now -- everything's expensive. I don't know how we're going to withstand that. It's gonna be hard.

Ruby Rose

I got to host a radio show. I got a clothing range. I was the face of fashion week. I got to do a whole television show with kids.

Paul Moroney

Paul does all the work, inspects all the yearlings at a sale and then we go through them together, form a final list, and then decide what to buy,

Bruce Sullivan

Our observers will be the eyes for the National Weather Service. They'll use the information to decide if they need to put a warning out for the county.

Kiran More

Our one-day team has being doing well and we have decided not to disturb the combination.

Jeff Butler

Our lease ran out and we decided not to renew because of all the construction (on U.S. 41). We loved that spot, but fiscally, we couldn't keep up with the sales we needed.

Ahmed Ali

Suddenly we found the Sunnis pushed out of the Iraqi government. Because of that, we decided to go to the new election, we voted for the Sunni list.

Bob McKenzie

State engineers have taken a look at it and decided what we'd do to alleviate some of the problems we have there by reducing it to 45 mph.

Deborah Pierce

Some of our members heard about Nathaniel's situation and we decided to do what we could to help.

Chuck D.

Our plan was to develop some physical toughness. The last three years, we've really had that, and we decided that we needed to start that today.

Nancy Todd

Our girls just decided in the second game that we had the match won. After that, it was check-out time for us.

Doug Aitken

'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place.

Ryan Murphy

I didn't want it to feel like a slasher movie, ... I wanted it to be a little more kabuki and delicate and weird.

Fran Wallis

Ginger is delicate and fragile, and Ginger is looking for her partner. So it fit.

Floyd Abrams

There is a great reluctance on the part of journalists..to pick up the phone and sort of badger sources into relieving them of the promises they made, especially at the time that the promises are most important, when the source is in trouble. This is a very difficult and very delicate area.

William Wordsworth

She gave me eyes, she gave me ears;And humble cares, and delicate fears;A heart, the fountain of sweet tears;And love and thought and joy.

Howard Staunton

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.

C. L. R. James

The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.

Carlo Ancelotti

We are going through a delicate time and we must overcome this situation as soon as possible. We are making mistakes and as usual in football you pay for them.

Gordon Miller

Our rescue teams have been working since early this morning.

Mark Fields

Our path is not going to be linear or smooth. It's still early days.

Jim Wygonik

Our passing was crisp, and our movement on offense was fluid early on. That combination produced seven goals in the first quarter.

Jeb Bush

Particularly in the northern parts of the state, people need to wait and be patient ... until they receive instructions that it's okay to go back home, ... That may take place early in the evening (on Wednesday) or maybe (on Thursday).

Tanya Kessenich

Our offense just wasn't working together early on. But we turned it around and played better after that early start.

John Brady

Our league took a hit from people early because we had so many players graduate and so many players leave early (for the NBA), but this was a league with a lot of young talent and with some outstanding coaches. Our league improved as the year went along, and with two teams in the Final Four, I think we've proven ourselves to be a lot better league than people thought we'd be.

Cindy Hockenberry

People often wait until the last minute to get this done and realize they can't do it this year. Another reason they should plan early is so they can notify their employees so they can start deferring their money.

Becky Nelson

People now live and recover from it and live many, many productive years after having cancer. So often in the early years, the treatment was worse than the disease. That's really improved a lot. We've made great strides in the treatment of cancer.

Niels From

People now expect the ECB to hike in the first quarter, or even as early as December. This has been supporting the euro.

Brent Mitchell

Patrick is trying to extract as much as possible out of Toll.

Paul Cullen

Paul made a massive contribution and gives us an extra dimension.

Mike Engle

Stamps are always good. You can use stamps that were printed 50 years ago. You'll just have to pay the extra postage.

Manfred Guellner

Some of the undecided SPD voters have come back and that is what has given them the extra three points. We'll have to wait to see if they can hold on to them.

Jason Guy

Robbie Schremp would stay out and take extra shots and try to show me up,

Rasheed Wallace

Man, we're just playing. It doesn't have anything to do with being extra physical or nothing like that. That's the way we've been playing all year.

Kevin Turner

I think this team is going to be on fire. They're ready to go. We're right there. We just need that little extra something special to get us over the top.

C. S. Lewis

God is not an optional extra, He's an absolute must!

Derek Fisher

I was just trying to do whatever I needed to help us win. That was the objective. Today we needed extra offense and at times, I provided that. Just not enough to get a win.

Will Chase

Flops are always disappointing, but 'High Fidelity' was devastating. Not that I thought it was going to make me a big star, but I did think it was going to run longer than a week and a half.

Mahesh Babu

When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.

Theodore Bikel

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

Ben Brantley

Whether you like it or not, a performance's triumphs and belly flops come to seem excruciatingly intimate, as if you were somehow partly responsible for them.

Steve Sternberg

It's not that the broadcasters struck out. There was just so much reality that there were more flops than successes.

Donna Roberts

Our main fundraiser is the gala. We raised $200,000 during the gala and our hope is to raise $50,000 here today.

E. O. Wilson

Our losing streak ended, so hopefully the Leafs' will end theirs (tonight).

Jim Eastin

Our line has been our strength so far. We get after people and stay after them. Our season is not over. Hopefully the kids understand that.

Jeanette Siemens

Our leadership was well represented and we hope it will be again.

Dan White

Our members look for leadership from us and hopefully they'll take our advice. The majority said they liked what Culver had to say and that's where the endorsement went.

Helio Castroneves

People might see an opportunity, but I hope people are more patient a little bit, ... This is the last road course, but there is nothing I can do. It's out of my control.

Peter Jensen

Sure there are things that are discouraging. But I'm never going to lose hope.

Bart Schouten

Sure, some words have been exchanged. They've been talking about training together next year, and I hope they still feel that way.

Ben Tate

Some of the linebackers tell me what they're going to do. Steve Gandy told me he was going to put the 'boom' on me -- knock me out. I just laugh. I don't know if we're tackling or not, but hopefully we are. I get to show what I can do a little bit.

Robert Morton

we can keep an inventory of what we got, what we need.

Tetsu Emori

Most of the traders are looking at the Iranian issue over the bearish inventory report.

Adam Savage

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Paul Lang

Today, people in loss prevention need to have skills in finance, inventory control, accounting. They really need to understand the retail operations thoroughly.

Clint Hurdle

We're not going to continually put 20 rookies out there. That's why we took the inventory that we took the last two years to find out what we had, and find a wave that would land and stay on beach, not be sent back out to the sea.

Sage Marie

The only thing that will keep us from selling more is limited inventory from Japan.

Jim Cain

Our inventory is actually less than one per dealer.

David Lereah

The continuing shortages of housing inventory are driving the price gains. There is no evidence of bubbles popping.

Bruce Lee

Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.

Michael Mosley

A lot of producers and creative types want to see you be you. Throw something else out there and show them where you would take this part. A lot of them are launching shows for the first time, so they've got a lot riding on this, too, and they want you to be their flight.

Jessica Simpson

The point of launching a maternity line, for me, was to do something different.

Lori Smith

(We were) launching until about 10 p.m. (Saturday).

Jerry Colangelo

That is for the purpose of (NBA Properties) launching sponsorships (in China).

Rod Shealy

As a part of our campaign, we're launching a series of real-people, paper-plate dinners.

Supachai Panitchpakdi

It is unclear whether a round of international trade talks can be launched in 2001, so it wouldn't be right to set a timetable for launching the round now.

John Hanson

All we're launching is a 1/2-ton. We're going to have a 1/2-ton vehicle that will tow more than 10,000 pounds. That will be quite a statement.

Jonathan Chen

Listen to others with an open mind. Normally, that leads to a pleasant conversation.

Philip Dow

I think this is a one-day pause. I'd be really surprised if this was all there is to this rally. .. . I don't see anything in the tape today that leads me to think this trend should be over.

Susanna Moore

The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.

Tim Donovan

For the second match in a row, we have leads and get to 20 points and lose our focus. We have to learn to put teams away when we're ahead.

Rocky Watson

more tips, more leads as this investigation proceeds.

Paige Patterson

Numerous leads have come in from South Florida. We are determining how valid they are and then putting them in priority and pursuing the most important leads first. There have been some real positive tips.

Patrick Valenzuela

She didn't want to switch leads but when she did, she accelerated again.

Ariel Sharon

make us desperate, to make us lose hope, to make us lose the national vision that leads us.

Vidya Balan

I think the beautiful thing about the past is that it leads you to the present.

Cecelia Ahern

Any tightrope walker can walk in a straight line and hold a cane at the same time. It's the balancing on the rope at those dizzying heights that they have to practise

Carrie Vaughn

I punched to line. "Yes? What?" "Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.

Carrie Fisher

Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

Carrie Fisher

My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.

Sidney Crosby

That would be unbelievable, but I'm not going to have any expectations going in. I'm not sure how the lines are going to shape up but, if I had the opportunity, it would be a dream.

Lindy Ruff

I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.

Andrew Friedman

I thought it went well. I thought it was important to keep the lines of communications open.

Steve Tyndal

If a trip is warranted, we take it. We also visit with several shipping lines around the world that have U.S. offices.

Antoni Gaudi

There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.

Todd Swindall

Some of them (the evacuees) are in a little better shape than others. Some of them lost every single thing they had.

David Harris

Some of us lost our houses, so the whole team moved into the school. We're tightly-knit, we're like a family,

Ashleigh Cole

Rivalry or no rivalry, I think we would have lost this game.

Camille Little

Remembering that we lost to Maryland before was pressure on us.

Girish Tyagi

Physicians themselves haven't lost anything. As long as revenue is there, they're getting paid.

Benjamin Franklin

Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.

Connie Williams

(We need) supplies, something to sleep on. We lost everything. We used to live in New Orleans.

Jimmy Williams

We never lost our swagger. When we do what we have to do, nobody can play with us. That's how we feel.

C. S. Lewis

You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience.

John Palmer

Part B is going to have to go up significantly next year.

Travis Reinsch

Patrick is already talking about getting ready for next season.

Linda Connolly

Pawling is the next Bedford. That's what all the realtors are saying.

Charles Hamowy

People in their 40s and 50s have to plan for the next 50 years.

Pete Carroll

Surgery may be down the road. It's not at all the time to do that. If after about two weeks he hasn't responded, then (team doctors) have to think more seriously about what the next step is.

Richard Myers

surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.

Chad Belville

Somehow we're going to go from being a young team this year to even younger next year. I don't know how it was possible, but it's just a fact.

Sam Paul

Some have put in a lot of time and really want to make it to the next level.

Richard Boucher

Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next steps are.

Rajon Rondo

I was trying to get up and pressure the ball, but the picks were very effective. It was very frustrating. It's a play that we run a lot, but they executed it very well.

Drew Young

I thought he was ready (for varsity football) the first day I saw him. He's very intelligent and he picks things up quick. You tell him once and he's got it.

Dean Laidley

Hawthorn want two first-round picks and that's what we are offering.

Derek Blasberg

I feel like I have been portrayed as if I was standing outside Cipriani hoping someone picks me as their plus-one.

Janet Frank

When (Life Flight) picks up a patient, they have nothing to do with money. When they're called, they pick the person up.

Richard Avedon

Any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.

Amy Waldman

Nothing in life gets dropped without someone else having to pick it up.

Mike Shanahan

When he's in there, there is a presence. He really picks up our team.

Chris Colfer

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

David Whitehead

It essentially puts our little town on the map.

Mack Strong

He comes out to compete. He comes out and puts up MVP numbers.

Larry Coker

This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting.

Jim Stone

This puts them on the same side of the table as you,

Francis Bradley

There are those who understand everything till one puts it into words

Phil Rizzuto

Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win!

Kofi Annan

Usually, because society's inequalities puts them at risk -- unjust, unconscionable risk.

Sonequa Martin-Green

Not being secure affects us as humans. It throws us off our balance. It puts us in disarray.

Mike Jacobs

It was a big boost. When you start off with three runs, it puts them on the defensive.

Chad Johnson

Really, nothing. You're just putting together as much as you can. You work on whatever you're working on personally, and you just want to get out healthy.

Daron Rahlves

I was just trying to concentrate on the simple things: Putting down some smooth skiing, which I didn't do yesterday, and having fun.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Bubba Crosby

I was thinking about putting down another bunt.

Rajeev Shukla

I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment.

Robert Bea

It didn't hold. There isn't a door, and they've got measly sandbags they're putting in to compensate.

John Madden

His team is not putting up much of a fight.

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.

Jason Kenney

I think the result is positive, and the dividend is a real bonus.

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.

Scott Nelson

Retailers haven't told us they wanted to be down there.

S. Walker

We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.

Michael Beyard

The retailers want to be on the street now.

David Cook

It's time for big-box retailers to start to do the right things by their employees.

Todd Jones

The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners.

John Longworth

As retailers had feared, the spending surge was short-lived.

Shahrukh Khan

I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank.

Linda Thomas

Our sales are expanding. We've had to turn down stores for milk.

Keith Pearson

Overall, sales have been good. Things have been going smooth.

Tom McMillan

There has never been a three-week stretch of season ticket sales like this. Ever.

Chuck Morris

Ticket sales are very solid, to say the least.

Richard Foreman

We really won't see the story until we get into the spring and see the spring sales activity.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Peter Reynolds

When we have a special event, our sales triple,

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Catherine Lee

It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.

M. Wolfe

I still think we could be better, though. We showed signs in the first inning of being very good. We let up after that.

Peter Scobie

There are tentative signs things are slowing. It's not a foregone conclusion.

Rosette Lerias

There are no signs of life, no rooftops, no nothing.

Kevin Earley

Now there are no street signs and no landmarks. It was really tough trying to navigate.

Franz Kafka

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Saul Williams

The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness.

Bill Engvall

I hate stupid people. They should have to wear signs that just say, 'I'm stupid.'

Jon Alterman

There hasn't been a 'peace process' for some time, and I don't see any signs there's going to be one resuming.

Olivier Gasnier

There are really no encouraging signs in this survey.

Sathya Baba

Start the Day with Love;Spend the Day with Love;Fill the Day with Love;End the Day with Love;This is the way to God.

Steve Wilson

Some of the things offensively are starting to come together,

Jermaine Wiggins

Man, that ain't even a thought for me, ... I can't get into that world. I've been around too long to start something like that up.

Beck

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did the other records. You're learning all over. It's some weird musician amnesia, or maybe the road wipes it out.

Brian Boland

I think Doug is starting to take it to another level.

Bill Budge

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

Charles Davis

That was his first start and he was sharp.

Kim Parker

That will be a big start all over for us, but you've got to start somewhere,

Neil Thompson

That way we have something to start with if you do go missing.

Oscar Wilde

Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

Neil Hamilton

Usually we don't have any vacant stores, ... I think the town is a thriving community. The stores can survive.

Karen Burk

We don't have a listing of stores impacted that we can provide. It's going to vary store by store.

Elie Tahari

Financially Im comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.

J. Hoover

It will be tough but we have two other stores that are non-smoking and things are going well there.

James Henderson

I'll play here. I got two stores to go to.

Jane Krakowski

I am someone who puts their takeout or leftovers into the Tupperware and stores it in the refrigerator overnight.

Eugene Fram

The stores have become a hangout for teen girls.

David Pearson

Those stores will be in transition over a four-week period. It takes a lot to get these things done.

Leon Johnson

Our spinners bowled well as they stuck to the task and bowled well to their fields.

LaSheena Brown

That was something new. They were able to get that lob in, but we stuck it out.

Alan Lightman

Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.

Shirley Manson

There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall.

Mike McCabe

There have been spotty things here and there. It's a surprise that we stuck it all together.

Anthony Nelson

First half, it was back and forth. They are a tough team, but we stuck in there.

Phil Garner

No, ... He snow-coned it. Stuck to the top of his glove.

Don Blalock

I said 'who is he?' I was stuck thereafter.

Dave Eggers

I'll always be working on five things at once, usually with those documents open at the same time because if I get stuck somewhere I'll jump over to something else. That's how my head has always worked.

Alan Dundes

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Brit Hume

It's perfectly possible for somebody to make the transition from politics to journalism.

Brandon Sanderson

It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

Alfred Rosenberg

We are the transition from one education to the other.