Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Becker

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Martin O'Malley

Let's talk about policing and public safety. Let's debate what works and what does not. We must abandon practices that do not work, and do more of the things that actually do work to save lives.

Pope Benedict

Lent is, in the end, through alms giving, the occasion for sincere sharing of gifts received with one's brothers and for attention to the needs of the poorest and abandoned ones.

David O. McKay

Many banks and independent finance companies have abandoned new-vehicle leases because their residual exposure was too great.

Tomoko Fujii

Mr. Koizumi remains willing to pursue structural reforms, so long as the economy permits. He's not going to abandon reforms. However, realistically it's also difficult to assume very quick progress.

Ian Shepherdson

Mr. Greenspan said next to nothing about the current economic situation in his testimony, ... does not sound to us like a signal he has changed his mind on the appropriateness of the current level of interest rates. The rest of the testimony was a clear and unambiguous plea to Congress not to abandon fiscal discipline.

Charles Thomas

Mrs. Williams agreed to take care of me when all the other teachers abandoned me.

Bob Johnson

MCI still has a solid customer base and operations. There is no risk of customers being abandoned in the short run.

Atharva Veda

May it preserve thee from sorcery, from thy equals and thy kin! Undying be, immortal, exceedingly vital; thy spirits shall not abandon thy body!

Julie Zawisza

may sell product from the three bulk lots that we just released.

Jim Morrison

Now the bulk of the first-quarter corporate earnings are out of the way, the markets will move on the back of the economic data coming out, so we could be set for a choppy weak. Our clients are still suspicious of the rally in equities and prefer to remain short.

Michael Doucet

If Ontario needs a first-rate post-secondary education system, then in our view, the bulk of the funding for that should come from general revenues of the provincial government.

Michael McCabe

One of the more obvious options for smaller firms is the opportunity to outsource certain business processes so that in a sense you off-load a bulk of the compliance work.

Gerald Batto

She and her mom were so involved with kids, she decided the bulk of it would go to the children's hospital. She wanted to make sure it helped children.

Terry Teachout

I don't know of any American playwrights who earn the bulk of their living writing plays. Many of the older ones teach, while a growing number of younger ones write for series television.

Neil MacDonald

Tracking this stuff is like counting icebergs: The bulk are underwater.

Marcey Evans

Today was really the first of the bulk of them.

George Benson

The jazz rhythm won't be understood by the bulk of my audience. That's the problem. We can get away with maybe one tune a night. It depends on where we place it. A song like 'Beyond the Sea,' the fans love that. It's fresh.

Kevin Mitnick

A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric authentication - which are important and needed - but then they don't train their people.

Laura Bullock

Let's put it bluntly. If rail would be profitable, private companies would be doing it already.

Michael Atmore

Let's wait and see how the two companies mesh. They can learn from each other, if they're smart.

R. Halloran

Libya has been a fairly easy place for these companies to deal with, and I think they welcome the opportunity to get back and be able to operate there again.

Richard Bernstein

Lower quality companies are dramatically overstating their growth rates by using pro forma earnings.

Mark Greenberg

Lots of companies talk about having a long-term focus. At Liberty, they really do.

Promod Haque

Lot of technology companies in India are hoping for better relationship with the US.

Alan Ackerman

Lots of money has moved to the sidelines, ... People are not comfortable with the uncertainty ahead, made up of the fact that many of the tech companies keep lowering their guidance.

Eric Chaney

Laying-off permanent workers is so difficult and costly that companies have a strong preference for temp jobs, even if it is at the expense of productivity. When labor protection has become excessive and unaffordable, as it is in France, labor market institutions must be reformed.

Jamar Nesbit

Lucky enough, I kind of figured if it did flood, I was going to be gone at least a week,

Michael Nathanson

No one's figured out what the pricing scheme is going to be.

Steve Young

Now that we're used to the salary cap, teams that have figured it out have a leg up, ... The Patriots have figured it out.

Oriol Servia

Newman-Hass has the setup figured out here, so we're in good shape. We're four tenths of a second clear. That's impressive.

Kermit Carolina

Never in my wildest imagination would I have figured this, but we played every game to this intensity level.

Scott McKenzie

When I got the call, first thing I did was, I thanked God, ... I figured that if God leads you to it, God will lead you through it.

Ryan Dempster

I didn't go up there with any. I figured I could handle them on my own. I had the option of leaving if they got too greedy, but it was fun.

James Best

I did meet 'The Everly Brothers' once, and we talked for awhile. Then we figured out we were first cousins! My late mother was the sister of Don and Phil's father, Ike Everly.

Sandra Tsing Loh

If I was going to pretend to be the supermom next door, it would've been counterfeit and a lie. I figured I had to write something out of a new place.

Michael Graf

Looks like we're finally going to make it this February.

Carlos Emmons

Last year we would look at film and see linebackers not getting touched and making plays. I was like, 'If we don't get touched I'll make every play.' So finally we get to run around and make plays.

Rory Bremner

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

David Gallop

So finally it is time for kick off ... and what a season it is going to be.

Mark Reiland

Obviously we're in pretty good position. Sure, it's not over. I hope finally we can put it all together (today) and get it done.

Bill Cowher

Maybe it was poetic justice. We were finally able to get over the hurdle.

Bobby Bowden

Now, they know how we feel. We finally stole one from them like they have been stealing from us. (Last night) was our time.

J. K. Rowling

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. (Dumbledore)

Richie Allen

Now that we've got this finally all done, we'll be able to go back to having shows with a 500 capacity.

Masayoshi Yano

Share prices here rebounded ... after the market succumbed to profit-taking for a second straight day (on Wednesday).

Michael Carty

Sentiment, generally, is the big problem now. Even as market fundamentals are starting to improve, people are reluctant to buy,

John Yap

Sentiment around IPO stock reflects market sentiment, especially on the first day.

Corey Ostman

Semiconductors are not what the market wants to see right now.

Loren Loverde

Maybe we can't keep up the pace, but the market is healthy.

Mark Mahaney

Maybe the market wants to pay that, but I wouldn't want to do that,

Hideyuki Suzuki

Now, the market is in panic but we will see it settle down after a while.

Jeffrey Hirschkorn

Next week's market is going to be big for tech companies. As long as the Nasdaq powers ahead, we're going to see more and more filings.

Timothy Noah

Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.

Austin Eguavoen

I was satisfied with my team's overall performance.

Cathy Cook

I don't know what the overall stimulus was.

Anthony Chan

The overall trend is that we're making progress,

Peter Morgan

The overall trend is still that the recovery is weak. I wouldn't say that this is a turnaround yet.

Dean Ornish

What matters most is your overall way of eating and living.

John Abizaid

There are peaks and valleys that you go through, but overall the trend is good,

Charles M. Schwab

Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!

Al Groh

What we really need from an overall personnel standpoint is we need our veteran players to play better and we need our younger players to step up,

Carlos Asilis

Yes, it's an unambiguous positive. But in terms of its overall importance, it's only marginal.

George H. W. Bush

make it possible -- more possible -- to do our job.

Twiggy

My one big rule for the over-40s is don't try to dress like an 18-year-old. It's possible to be 'on-trend' when you're older - you just have to look for the right stuff. You don't have to spend a fortune, either.

Kiki Vandeweghe

for working with us to make this possible so quickly.

Valentino Rossi

For sure, it's possible to win the championship. There's always more pressure than normal, but we try to win this race like we do in other races.

Michiel Huisman

One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I've been really lucky in that sense, I think.

Mahmoud Othman

If we'd had more time, it would have been possible to get Sunni participation. When Oct. 15 comes, many won't even have seen the constitution.

Pete Carroll

If I'm lucky, I can see 7-8 possible recruits at these meets.

Tomas Vokoun

I don't feel any pressure. I don't think this has got anything to do with pressure. Sometimes you just play really well, and then get in a slump. Now is the worst possible timing.

Robb Felton

I'd like to see them as soon as possible and get them out. I'm sure they're probably going crazy, they're not used to being in a kennel.

Elbert Hubbard

Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

Amanda Martin

If anything, we are going to see more and more things shielded from public view rather than fewer; that's been the trend.

Dick Bronson

If we're in trouble, this should tell us, and it should be done in a public way.

Robert Lopez

If they're here illegally, they shouldn't be accessing public services.

George Galloway

I care about public perception, yes. I don't care about my enemies' perception.

Tom Smothers

Our mother was so public - we always talked about her. But with her passing, all of a sudden we don't even want to talk about her.

Nicola Sturgeon

Any politician or campaigner trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public won't get very far.

Andrew Morton

They defined what was private and what was public and they would move it whenever they wished.

Keith Gilbertson

We never had to go to public lands.

Renee James

Security can be enhanced with hardware. You can have a software-only solution, but it can be made more robust in conjunction with hardware.

Alexei Mordashov

We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target.

Paul Hill

Having one or two things slow us down isn't particularly unexpected. We are going to have a very robust spacecraft.

Brad Anderson

Our back-to school-season was not as robust as we hoped,

John Carroll

It will be a much more robust system and structure.