Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ivette Mendez

Reforms are clearly overdue and we believe an independent monitor along with the federal investigation are the catalysts to provide them.

Bill Cline

Records are made to be broken. My hats off to them...somebody will probably come along and break theirs.

Lynn Franco

Recent turmoil on Wall Street and in worldwide financial markets, along with continuing layoff announcements, have not dampened consumer confidence,

Greg Knapp

Really, when all is over and done with, people will judge a quarterback by wins and losses. That's the best criteria you can have. Sure, we want him to improve his completion percentage. We'd like for him to complete every pass he throws, but you have to be realistic. This offense develops, for many young players, from the inside out. We're moving along at just the right pace.

O. J. Simpson

Reggie, Michael and J.D. are coming along well. I'm really proud of how the three of them look thus far in the season. The other ones are learning. Most of the other ones, this is their first year, but they've got good basics and good mechanics, so I think we'll improve as the season goes.

John Browning

Our recent experience, particularly with solar, has given us the expertise and confidence to develop new products and markets alongside our mainstream business,

Eric Lindquist

Patients breathe. If you've got a lung tumor, the patient's going to move, so the tumor is going to move. You have to have an intelligent robot capable of moving along with the target. So this robotic system really expands radiosurgery for use throughout the body.

David Pepper

Part of getting along well is ... to put what was a good race behind us. We're going to work closely together. To move the region forward, you need a county commission that can really work closely together. Frankly, before the race, Mark and I always had a good relationship and we have a good relationship now.

Jeff Halpern

Part of what we're trying to do is get pucks to the net and outwork teams along the boards, something we'd like to build on. But now pucks are just going to the net. Some of the time when we're getting a lot of those chances we're trying to get second and third opportunities. It's really just getting the bounces.

Walter Miller

Price is a big concern in school districts all over the state. We didn't necessarily look this carefully at our contracts before.

Chris Svarczkopf

Our parent meeting is pretty explicit about how careful we are. Your son's health is No. 1. It's more important than any victory or any play or anything like that.

Paolo Bonaiuti

Such a narrow difference demands that there be a careful verification of the vote count.

Eugene Major

Statistically then, the risk is approximately 1 in 1,000, which is substantially higher than in the normal population. We're also careful to say we do not know what the risk is for individuals with long-term use of the drug.

John Reynolds

Some of these security fixes are simply impractical, while others could harm trade. We need to think carefully about what we do as all this moves forward.

Chris Hope

Our goal is to keep him from making big plays, but you also have to be careful with focusing everything on him. Because the thing is, they have a team full of stars. (Running back) Rudi Johnson might get going while you're focusing on Chad, then you go after Rudi, and Chad comes back and strikes. He can cause a lot of problems for you.

Adam Brown

Our feeling is that this is his first meeting (as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee) and ... we would be very surprised if he says anything that deviates from the party line -- he will be careful not to roil the markets but leave enough room for the Fed to do whatever it is going to do.

John Zaller

Our collection department is very careful to track each individual artifact, even from the smallest piece of coal, very carefully and to report on the condition of these on a daily basis.

Enrique Manzanilla

Restricted use pesticides must be handled carefully in order to protect the users and the environment. Companies selling these chemicals must make sure that they do not fall into inexperienced hands.

Keith Bishop

It casts a long shadow over the integrity of your administration of this case.

Jeff Stinson

I think the challenge Kmart really faces right now is whether it's going to be able to keep pace with Wal-Mart and Target, and can they improve the big investment in store value. ...To close the gap between your peers casts a lot of uncertainty on the numbers and expectations.

Jon Jansen

Having the casts helped me focus. I had to be perfect with my technique or I was in trouble.

Bible Bible

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear (John 4:18).

Geoff Johns

I think supporting casts in comics are missing. I think a lot of the time in comics, all we have are people in costumes talking to other people in costumes, superheroes talking to superheroes and supervillains, and that's it.

Michael Hume

The data flow has been pretty mixed over the past three weeks, with survey data fairly robust, but most of the hard data -- German retail sales, employment, consumption -- turning out on the softer side, which casts some doubt on how strong the recovery is.

Ellen Willis

To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.

John Nester

When you get it up to the mass media, that elevates it up to a much wider level. It casts it to a much wider net of people who can get ensnared.

Buddha

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Barry Ritholtz

Regardless of whether this upcoming release shows inflation today, given the supply shock to oil, we're expected to see inflation move higher in the next few months. It would certainly put a fork in the concept that the Fed has the opportunity to pause.

Tomohiko Taniguchi

Regarding these issues, certainly what is most important is to preserve and enhance the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.

Dave Vining

Record wise, I knew we would have a winning record coming into this season, but I figured maybe we'd finish around 14-8. We had good kids, seven with experience, but we did much better than I thought we would. We did great, a lot better than expected. I certainly can't complain.

E. B. White

Real world, certain positions come with certain perks, and I'm not opposed to having certain perks as long as there's no hint of impropriety

Fernando Martin

Real will have 99 percent of its squad ready by June 30, that's for certain and will have a new coach in two weeks.

S. Walker

Regrets? Well, certainly I regret that I did that which got me into jail, ... Other than that, no. I've had a very roller coaster life, very roller coaster. And except for that -- which, of course, I regret exceedingly -- boy, no, I don't have any regrets.

Gene Luen Yang

Religion and culture are two important ways in which we as humans find our identity. That's certainly true for me.

Anne Sinclair

Parts of the city have been waiting for their turns for years, and their turn has finally come. I'm not certain that there's a sense on City Council to change direction.

Scott Skiles

Paul pretty much has his way with us the whole night. There are certain rookies who come into this league and are ready to play and he is definitely one of them.

Gene Brown

Rod had it pegged from the beginning. I had doubts about his methods. But he's got guts.

Joel Jund

Physically, I have no doubts that he can succeed.

Bill Rowe

I don't have any doubts at all how he's going to do here. I realize at the end of the year he could walk. We've just got to slide through this first year, and I think we will.

Jermain Taylor

I don't have to have a knockout. I just need to win this fight and leave no doubts in the minds of my fans or his fans,

Felipe Alou

I don't have doubts that he'll hit or that they'll walk him. The swing has always been there.

Steve Howard

I got my doubts about things. But I still support the president.

William Blake

He who doubts from what he seesWill ne'er believe, do what you please.

Robert Gossett

What effect am I having on this world? I'm not sure yet. I have my worries, doubts and fears, but the way I'm trying to affect the world is with positive, right action.

Charles Schumer

There are too many questions still to be answered, too many doubts still to be alleviated to say that this nomination is a slam dunk,

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.

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.

Colin Trevorrow

That's the thing about leaks: sometimes they aren't misinterpreted or false. They're real story elements that the filmmakers were hoping to introduce to the audience in a darkened movie theater.

Terence Smith

I was quite frank in trying to explain why they're so radioactive with some elements in Washington, and why some of the language they've used in the past might set off some sparks here.

Tom O'Neil

It has all the elements that the Globe voters like. It has an important social message. It has A-list stars. It's part of the public debate.

Marie Osmond

Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren't pieced together, and so she helped me do that.

Larry Wachtel

Suddenly these inflation figures have a psychological impact.

Kathy Lien

Overall, the headline figures are solid. January inventory figures are still on the path for solid growth in the first quarter.

Alan Gross

I think they use statistics and figures that are misleading, and sometimes they are just plain erroneous.

Helen McCrory

Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now.

Nate Clements

I don't know what the figures look like, yet, I really don't get into that. I just worry about producing on the field.

Brian Brandtner

He can really be a presence. When Brandon figures out how to grind it out and how to play hard with high intensity all the time, he's really going to be a handful.

Cass Sunstein

He is unquestionably one of the most important figures in the history of American law.

Bill Zollars

Given that third quarter was revised upward significantly, I am skeptical that growth was so low and I will wait until we have the final figures to judge.

Kevin Wilson

For the right people I think those figures are a steal . . . they're by no means generous,

Joe Hall

Relatives said (Mr. Booker) made violent threats in the past, but were not sure if they involved the son,

Joe Hall

Relatives said he (Booker) made violent threats in the past, but were not sure if they involved the son,

Ron Vos

Part of the project involved getting kids to send in videos. We set up news crews to go out and videotape the kids; we also had to find contractors to mount satellite dishes.

Zwelinzima Vavi

Surely we ought to respect the rights of all involved in the case.

Marlon Defillo

Out of 1,750 officers, we're looking into the possibility that maybe 12 officers were involved in misconduct.

Aaron Boone

That's the ultimate, man. To win one of those, to be involved in something like that, that's what we all play for.

Shea Hillenbrand

I think it's the atmosphere, it's everything involved with the Yankees and Yankee Stadium.

Raymond Cruz

I went to college and studied writing, and I got involved in theater. It's always been my passion.

Claudia Stuart

Lisa was involved with so many organizations, and she was a trusted member within anything that she did.

Ron Sanders

That's because they had published prices, and we haven't set prices.

Jonathan Galassi

John Updike's first published book was a collection of poems.

Isabel Allende

I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English.

Eric Brown

Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough.

Siri Hustvedt

I published my first poem in 'The Paris Review' in 1980.

Morley Callaghan

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.

Louis Lane

The so-called No. 2 is actually the first one because he thought the first one, which he wrote second, was a little better, so he had it published first.

Rebecca Stead

Every published writer suffers through that first draft because most of the time, that's a disappointment.

Kelly Downard

I think the recommendation will probably be received favorably. We don't have one.

Robert Lawson

I was unaware of water in garages in The Vineyards until I received these letters. That's disturbing.

Hariadi Wibisono

I have just received confirmation from Hong Kong.

Christian Winthrop

He has received a lot of support from Yonkers and Westchester. A lot of them were contributions that were under $200 that were not itemized.

Dimieari Kemedi

Most of these militants received their first weapon from the ruling party.

Nyoman Kandun

We have just received the results (from the WHO) and they are positive.

Heber J. Grant

Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does.

Horton Foote

I've lived long enough to know things go in and out of fashion, and things not well received now can be totally reversed years later.

Richard McGinn

I think we're doing a lot of things well, and I think it's been received well on the street, ... Street Sweep.

Paul Otellini

Steve, I wanted to report that Intel's ready.

Margaret Mellon

Over all, I thought the report was devastating.

Mark Pervan

Other than that, it was a solid report with no real surprises.

Floyd Abrams

Reporters should keep their word to their sources.

Chris Collins

I think actually the scouting report was to kind of shoot it low, so I don't know what I was doing.

Upma Chawdhry

It has been indicated that this was reported late.

Jack Rio

I don't have anything to report other than he was awake, alert, still conscious.

Ronda Tompkins

I didn't do anything extraordinary. I just reported what I saw that night.

Stacy Flores

He did nothing wrong. He was just a victim of retaliation for reporting a crime.