Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Hanson

Part of the struggle was probably the fact that we gave the kids a few days off once we got back to get them back into rhythm on an academic side.

Michael Kennedy

Part of what we do in the meetings is deal with business from the Senate Committee on Academic Affairs. A part of their job is approving new classes.

David Smith

Our objective is we want their behavior to improve, their academic skills to improve and see their attendance records improve.

Terry Hollander

Our new coaching staff has adopted a 'hands-on' approach to monitoring study halls as well as setting the expectations for class attendance and performance. We have seen a remarkable improvement in the academic performance of the individual team members, but know that this is a ... responsibility that requires continuing attention.

Jeb Bush

States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.

Larry Cook

State-of-the-art laboratories are essential in our quest to recruit internationally known biomedical scientists and is key to our staying competitive as an academic health sciences center.

George J. Mitchell

Stanford. It's a pretty good university, and everyone seems to like their academic stores.

Charles Haynes

Some of the courses I've encountered around the country over 20 years would not pass muster in a court of law. They're closer to Sunday School than legitimate academic courses.

David Doyle

Our producers were tasked with finding the best and brightest the academic engineering world has to offer for the tasks at hand. Stanford is among the top engineering programs worldwide and therefore was a natural fit.

Frank Brunner

Regardless of what decision is ultimately made regarding the school, we realize there is merit in holding onto that site. One day a new elementary could be located there.

Joe Browne

Regarding Sunday's games, we will make no decision today. We'll gather information and speak to several parties within the next 24 to 48 hours.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

Stephen Harper

Our party will make those decisions in our own way and in our own time,

Shane Matthews

Patrick is their future. I will be supportive about whatever their decision is.

Phil Singer

Paul Hackett's statesmanlike decision will help us win one of the most important Senate races in the nation.

Paul Clarke

People here have been making their decision earlier over the last few years. And, by the fourth event, people were tired of evacuating.

Mary Adams

People make decisions that undermine their goals every day.

Jackie Kruszewski

People never know who their state legislator is. They're kind of obscure people who are in Richmond making decisions for us, and if they get 10 letters on one subject, then that's a big deal.

Kathleen Hohl

Regardless of the number of men we ordain to the priesthood each year, that number does not keep pace with the number of priests who retire from the ministry. As a result of fewer priests, the need for well-trained lay ministers is even more important.

Graeme Edge

(Rehearsal's) mostly to get the sound and lights up and knock a few cobwebs off.

Jon Peck

Our report can only reflect the numbers provided to the state. There are larger communities that reported fewer than some smaller communities.

Karen Hoem

Our overall goal this year was to make the playoffs. It's been a few years since we've been there.

Chris Shaw

Our question mark is in the back. We lost a few and our goalie. We are young in the back, but talented,

Ken Goldstein

Part of the real story here is that, through July, producers were still getting more output, with fewer labor hours put in. Productivity in the third quarter is probably going to be stronger than in the second quarter, confirming the idea that, while the stock market's not in good shape, the overall economy's not that bad.

Markus Persson

PC gaming has always been strong, and I see it surviving for quite a few more years. It will be around for at least as long as people use PCs.

Brad Radke

Our offense is much improved. We had a few guys who had down years last year. They'll help out more.

Chris Liddell

Our market share remains broadly where it was in the last few quarters, ... It's a monetization issue, and that is something we're going to have to reverse in the future.

Craig Colten

Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees.

Scott Norton

Reasonable' probably doesn't mean if you were out a whole semester you make up a whole semester.

Akinobu Okada

Our rally was a little late, but things are by no means over.

Cheri Cihak

Parents who understand the risks recognize that it is important to keep teens from riding with other teens, even if it means playing 'chauffer' for one more year.

Steve Sparks

Patrick's a little embarrassed by the signs. But it shows what his being at UK has meant to our community.

John Street

People have to go vote. Polls don't mean a thing,

Lisa Busch

State means everything to this team. As seniors, it means so much more for us.

Barack Obama

Some of that means that in your public statements, ... you end up trafficking in public platitudes more than you'd want to do at home.

Marcus Giles

That'd be cool, ... and it'd mean one of us is going to the World Series.

Bertrand Russell

Orthodoxy is the death of intelligence.

Dominique Moceanu

I was raised into the Romanian Orthodox culture by my parents, and most notably my mother, who is a profoundly religious and spiritual woman.

Blaise Pascal

Orthodoxy on one side of the Pyrenees may be heresy on the other.

Aldous Huxley

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.

Abraham Kuyper

Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.

Judy Gold

When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

Erma Bombeck

When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.

N. T. Wright

Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

Ricky Ford

Sri Lanka pushed us all the way. We've been tested and bounced back stronger every time.

Stansfield Turner

I think he's being pushed out or made a scapegoat,

Jake Eakin

I got up to try to stop him, and he just pushed me.

Malik Rose

We pushed it and got up the floor. Now we just have to get into something.

Ted Ligety

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

Albert Young

When you saw us getting pushed back over things that were non-existent ... come on. I don't know what to say about that.

Hassan Adams

I like how we did it. We pushed the tempo and got the shots we wanted. It was big for us.

Andre Patterson

I'm not getting pushed around as much, and I still have the quickness I've always had.

Sean McDonnell

They really took it to us. They pushed us more than we expected.

Max de Pree

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Dan Grunfeld

It's a disappointing way to go out. You don't want to end your Pac-10 tenure on a loss.

Dave Huber

That was ugly. I was waiting for the ugly duckling to turn into the swan, but it never happened.

Barry Trotz

That was the turning point. That was a big save.

Jason Garey

I think it turned out pretty well for me.

Elisa Massimino

I think things are really turning on this.

Pete Kendall

I think if you turn on the film, you can see him all over the place.

Heath Sager

I think so. I thought we were much better than an 0-3 team. Now we've kind of turned the corner.

Tom Price

I think Jaguar can turn it around, but right now it's tough. If I had only a Jaguar store, it would be very, very tough.

Steve Cox

I think Knute Rockne is turning over in his grave.

Author unknown

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.