Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Dunkelberg

Main Street optimism has backed down from the mountain top and is resting on a high plateau. The general view is that things have been going well for so long, they're bound to ease back a bit. Small-business owners aren't painting a doom-and-gloom scenario here. They just sense that the red-hot economy will cool by a degree or two.

Bill Sullivan

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks. That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Bill Sullivan

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks, ... That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Elizabeth Morse

Mother Nature has backed off. We are looking at slightly better conditions in the forecast.

Jon Favreau

Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really fit into Hollywood's business model any longer. Even if 'Chef' is successful, it will be successful in the context of what it is. There's a limited upside to a film that's so small, but there's also limited exposure for the people who backed me.

Deborah Johnson

When I backed up, I saw smoke and fire. So I called dispatch to report it.

Trot Nixon

I didn't have any fan interference at all. They backed away. I commend those fans there. I gave them a little tip of the cap.

Jay Vidovich

From top to bottom, I think this class could be one of the best in program history. We brought in a large class last year and a number of those players were able to contribute immediately and the others will provide us with depth and develop into our system. This year, we backed up that class with possibly even a stronger group. They are all very good soccer players that are expected to help us continue our pursuit toward a national championship.

Eric Bolesh

If a company doesn't use their time, money and manpower to tackle major commercial obstacles then the product will flop regardless of how much time, money and manpower is used. The successful brands are backed by teams that are knowledgeable about the industry and what potential problems may arise. These teams use what resources they have to make a favorable climate for their drug.

Robert Eckert

Led by growth in our core brands including Barbie, Fisher-Price and Hot Wheels, Mattel has experienced increased sales domestically for the third quarter in a row,

Terry Lundgren

one of the best-selling brands in American today.

Susan Kevorkian

No one has been able to catch up to Apple. Apple's ongoing dominance has made it difficult not only for major consumer electronics brands to compete, but also the much smaller brands.

David Cole

No one at these brands in their wildest imaginations thought they would be building SUVs 10 years ago,

Taufik Hidayat

The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.

Timothy Conder

I'm a little dubious of the licensing into clothes. For girls who are older than eight, do they really want to connect with the products and brands that they played with when they were younger?

Jill Lajdziak

I have a very strong opinion that brands get in trouble when they lose focus of who they are. And we're not going to let that happen.

Daymond John

One of my business partners would remind me that no fashion line lasts forever, that we would hit the down curve eventually, and that we needed to look for new brands that complement the first one.

Don Ohlmeyer

Somebody goes to a store and there's only, you know, three brands of hot dogs, they only have three choices to make. They go to a store and there's 100 brands of hot dogs ... now they start getting into the color of the packaging.

Thomas Friedman

Nature is regulating our climate for free. Mother Nature, she's been doing that for free, for a long, long time. Now do you really want to get in there and do geo-engineering and all this kind of stuff?

Jamais Cascio

Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in northern China, and, most visibly, Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans.

O. Singh

I wish to do whatever I can to use this opportunity to further contribute to creating an even better climate for taking forward the composite dialogue process,

Robert Putnam

She's cold all the time. And down here, she loves it. I mean, 95 (degrees) here and that's perfect for her. It is an ideal climate for her.

Mike Nichols

I don't know that a political climate - as long as it's still a free country - makes much difference in the film world.

Duane Grant

Idaho is perfect because of our climate. We have a drier climate and we can then supply dry straw for the first plant.

James Hansen

Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's control: if an ice sheet disintegrates and starts to slide into the ocean there's nothing we can do about that.

Todd Jones

You look at the economic climate overall, and this is not a good time to run up the credit cards.

Alex Steffen

The most climate friendly trip we are ever going to take is the trip we never had to take because we were close to what we wanted.

Steve Mansfield

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Steve Higdon

Medical real estate is just so different from commercial office.

Adrienne Esposito

My initial reaction is we have grave and serious concerns about paving over the ocean and treating it like commercial real estate.

Amber Stevens

My first commercial was an Old Navy commercial where I stood in line in front of a club, and Fran Drescher was in it.

Janeane Garofalo

Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're done with your shooting, you have no control. You're just done, as an actor.

Dan Daly

One potential hang-up: Because of that commercial he did for American Express, he might not be able to get a visa.

Taron Egerton

I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.

Rebecca Aldworth

Given that the federal government subsidized the return of the commercial seal hunt (between 1996 and 2001) we think this would be a good investment to see its end.

Jim Fleming

Get in the market. Get in the game. The only way we are going to be able to get the commercial land we need is by assembling lots and rezoning them.

Robert Scoble

Let's be honest - you work at a big company because it's comfortable. You don't have to work 80 hours per week, and you get paid, have nice benefits, and the family is all happy.

Tony Woodley

Make no mistake, we will be looking, as a matter of the utmost urgency, to explore with the company as well as with ministers ways to have this devastating decision reversed.

Robert Reid

Make no mistake, INTL has been missing estimates recently as the company has missed the last four quarters,

Michael Cohen

Lucent will never be the company it once was.

Henry Schacht

Lucent got off track because we tried to grow our company faster than, in hindsight, we were able to,

Terry Williamson

Major Moves. I support it as long as this private company lets us in on the work.

Bill Ford

Lots of stuff that made this company great started off as something that wasn't in the budget.

Konrad Becker

Last year they had a big contribution from selling company stakes. Next year they won't have that.

J. Hoover

Learn what's important to your boss, understand what your company is looking for and help the fool meet those expectations.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Kent Richland

She feels the outcome will be favorable to her.

Gene Green

We're seeing more practices with multiple locations. ... Interest rates have been favorable for ownership.

Bill Richardson

I think it is important that we get a favorable vote. I think it is doable. If we don't ... get approval, and we do go, we're going to lose some international prestige.

Jamie Jackson

We've generally become favorable of shorter-dated (agencies) inside of five years as of December. Spreads widened out, more so in the front of curve.

John Challenger

It is a favorable sign that retailers have not joined in the job-cutting spree,

Ralph Hake

Our sales growth in the quarter reflected the Amana acquisition and strong sales of higher-margin major appliances, ... That favorable sales mix improved operating income.

Christoph Rieger

Recent numbers have been very favorable for euro-zone growth. We may see a small grind higher in yields.

Jon Gruden

It goes hand-in-hand, ... You run the ball, you're going to have time of possession and it is going to have a favorable impact on the defense.

Randeep Hooda

I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.

Stan Gundy

I'd love it, because I think we've got the guy in the league that more people flop on than anybody,

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.

Theodore Bikel

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

Anushka Sharma

I don't work for production houses. I only work for good scripts and roles. If you follow my career graph, you will find that I have not given a single flop yet in my career. I am proud of it.

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.

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.

Bryan Smolinski

I know it was hard. I was watching the whole time and you never want to see a guy flop around like that.

Steve Sternberg

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

Mark Cooper

Losing competitors in this highly-concentrated industry is disastrous.

Gustav Humbert

Last year was a record year for the whole industry and for Airbus in particular.

Michael Callahan

No one industry can tackle this (dictates of a country's government) on its own.

Paul Ballew

I can't say I'd be surprised if industry ran 17 million units in April. Would I be surprised if it ran at 18? Yes I would.

Shaw Wu

From an industry perspective, consolidation is good. For Maxtor and Seagate, I'm not so sure.

Peter Bell

I don't think we're ever going to have no-one in the whole industry ever involved in it.

Juthamas Siriwan

When there was the tsunami last year, I thought that was the end of the tourism industry but we recovered very fast, in only six months.

Kathleen Walters

One of the nice things about tissue is we are not losing market share. We are No. 1 in our industry and we intend to stay there.

Ken Johnson

I work for an industry that's kind of misunderstood.

Jeremy Corbyn

Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.

Mo Ibrahim

Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem.

Ayad Allawi

major negligence on the part of some members of the multinational forces.

D. James

Major market indexes are going to remain in a range, ... I don't see a big trigger on the upside.

Jaren Jackson

Major is not a big scorer but he can play defense.

Kathy Jordan

Many students major in things, and when they go to work they say, 'This isn't quite what I thought it was'.

Jeff Burns

One of our major points is promoting four-hour rounds or less. Our members really like that.

Ang Lee

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

Jim Ford

Now, we've also got new major fundraising efforts.

Tom Wright

Manpower and materials are our two worst obstacles.

John Walsh

We need the manpower to try to get this to work,

Keith Phillips

The new Manpower survey, I think, reflects the optimism in San Antonio.

Jim Widman

They've turned over a lot of supervisors, and there has been discontinuity on the project. They haven't been able to put the manpower on the project they've needed.

William Roth

let Americans keep more of what they earn, and use their money as they see fit.

James Hong

Sentiment is weak right now and we're seeing a lot of short-term retail money selling.

Adrienne Worthy

One of the wonderful things for us is that people who give money also tend to give time.

Kevin Krewell

One is as a money scheme and the other is to produce useful technology.

Bob Hall

Obviously, you've got to have some money for a state-wide race, but the point is to have it not be an auction.

Mike Blum

No one really makes money on shorts. Probably one in 10,000, at the most.

Guy Ritchie

On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from.

Cindy Hall

One time we saved up enough money for a saw.

Michael Arcuri

One thing we know is that he can raise money whenever he wants to, so he can still run if he wants to.

Diane Keaton

Even though all these obstacles keep coming at you, you just have to keep going through them. Because it's worth it to do something in your life, as opposed to fantasizing about doing something.

Bertrand Russell

Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

Ashleigh Brilliant

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

Brian Tracy

Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.

Robert Rosenberg

There are obstacles here that are artificial. There?s really no reason why it should be taking this long,

Alan Taylor

He truly is one of the most optimistic persons that I think I've ever been around. It's amazing, with all the disabilities and obstacles that he's had to overcome, that he's remained so positive.

Daphne Koller

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.

Fidel Castro

There have been nothing but obstacles and difficulties of all kinds,

Mack Strong

There have been a lot of tough years, a lot of challenging times and obstacles to overcome. But we're here.

Cody Wright

If we have a week of temperatures in the 50s when it's rainy and overcast that turns right around and it's 75 and sunny for a week - that's a situation when the potential can be pretty great.

James Armstrong

I feel we were proactive to prevent any potential problems, ... In 10 years, I've never seen anything like this.

Aubrey Edgmon

She's starting to realize the potential she has.

Jackie Parsley

She wanted to be a varsity starter very badly. You could see she had the potential, but whenever she got on the floor, she wanted to prove too much to me.

Jesse Miltier

She's showing a lot of potential. It usually takes until they're about 3 years old for them to reach their potential, but she's there.

Joe Pokraka

She's only a freshman, but she has the potential to score a lot of points. She's very gifted, she has it all.

Bill Davoren

She has the potential to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest.

Craig Fugate

This storm has some potential to it. The time to go is now.

Scott Appleby

This stock is up on potential takeover rumors.

Bubba Tyer

Luckily, there were no problems with his shoulder at all.

Jeff Berman

I feel sorry for George. He's a troubled person. He seemed to have some psychological problems.

Johnny Smith

For years, we have had problems with the water down here. But nothing has ever been done about it.

Peter Ashkenaz

From everything we've seen, those problems are in the past.

Alyce Wiedner

We've never had an argument. We've never had any problems.

Peter Beutel

One of the big problems is that it seems there's no supply to see us through the end of the year.

Jim Mora

I wouldn't say we let down our fans, but we wanted to go 9-7 and get rid of that 40-year problems we've had. We didn't get that done.

Robert Hartman

I would have some real problems with going back and recovering the money.

M. Thompson

She understands the problems we have up here. I know she doesn't have the solutions, but she's willing to look for them. I'm a supporter - 100 percent. One thousand percent.

Jerry Yang

one of the better products we've launched in a long time.

Liem Nguyen

no new product announcements are forthcoming at this time.

Michael Howard

More and more of the products are going to become 'carrier Ethernet,' because manufacturers aren't going to be able to sell them to service providers unless they have all these features.

Karen Burk

We want to make sure we're only putting safe, quality products on our shelves for our customers.

Mark Klein

I wouldn't want to say how much production has been slowed, but it has been slowed. Definitely.

Stanley Hauerwas

I'm a happy and productive person. I'm very fortunate; I was born with happy genes. I've got a lot of energy.

John Jackson

If they didn't want the product or they didn't have the money, than they should just say (so).

Frank Robinson

We are not getting the production offensively for what we need to be successful.

Drew Rosenhaus

We had a productive meeting. We talked about things important to us, and they talked about things important to them.

Debbie Smith

No one should be doing this to another person, regardless of whether they're students.

Alex Newell

Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing that no one can ever take away from me is my voice, and that is what I really want to do.

Luke Hudson

I didn't want to get better any more just because I was out of the rotation. I wanted to get better regardless of where I was.

Tim Tebow

Regardless of whatever I do, I know what my purpose is: to make a difference in people's lives.

Donald Johanson

Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.

Jeffrey Fieler

Regardless of the (earnings) metric, they're on the right path.

Ichiro Ozawa

I will do my best, regardless of whether I would be running at the top or at the bottom.

Edward Witten

Regardless of any deviations, it was clear I was supposed to end up in math and physics.

Sean Kline

They always play us harder. It always seems like they come out and give us a game, regardless of the way the rest of the season is going.

Edsger Dijkstra

Brainpower is by far our scarcest resource.

Jon Purnell

There are only so many resources that can be allocated to these programs.

William Green

I'm using all my resources to help me with that and I feel the sky is the limit for me.

Larry Gibson

We have all the resources we need at this time.

Anne Schwartz

We have tremendous resources expended to look for these boys.

Norm Zada

We don't have the resources to sue everybody.

David Taylor

We're getting a lot of good, technological resources we can use.

Alain Ducasse

The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.

Brian Tracy

Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.

Susan Hayward

We had a very successful fair. We were thrilled.

Dick Wolf

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

Dennis Ritchie

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group

Deana Carter

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

And we simply cannot be constant with the fact that God’s cause is not always the successful one, that we really could be “unsuccessful”; and yet be on the right road. But this is where we find out whether we have begun in faith or in a burst of enthusiasm.

Edgar Allan Poe

The most 'popular,' the most 'successful' writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred, persons of mere effrontery-in a word, busy-bodies, toadies, quacks.

Eddie Vedder

I think what happens is when something becomes successful, then a lot of people take credit for it in such ways that it takes credit away from you.

Earl Nightingale

To become successful and outstanding at something, we don't have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.

Earl Nightingale

Do, each day, all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork-or to rush blindly into your work, trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible amount of time. Don't try to do tomorrow's-or next week's-work today. It's not so much the number of the things you do but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that counts. . . . you need only to succeed in the small tasks of each day. This makes a successful day. With enough of these, you have a successful week, month, year-and lifetime.

Ed Brucker

We were fundamentally sound, we tackled better and we had some big plays.

Todd France

I was trying to tackle Dante Hall, and that wasn't going to happen.

Ryan Clark

I look at him like, hmmm, I just tackled him.

Michelle Monaghan

As much as I can and am able to, with the projects that are presented to me, I try to just really choose things that are challenging and are something I haven't tackled before.

Marissa Chovanec

Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.

Eric Ferguson

SEC teams are going to make runs. That just happens. It's part of the game, man.

Steve Segadelli

Of all the teams I've coached, I don't think I've had a team that is this great.

Randy Schaedig

From that standpoint, this isn't really much of a change. We play all those teams already anyway.

Tyler Mitchell

When we started out as freshmen, we were ok, but there were other teams out there who were a lot better than us.

Paul Davies

When the three of us are on, we're really tough. There are not a lot of teams that can keep up with us when we play like that.

Henry Hall

I do not think many teams will win at Elgin so I will take the draw.

Yulia Tymoshenko

Today, we are two different teams. I think these two teams will go their own way.

Patrick Sparks

We play two top-10 teams (this) week. It's in our hands.