Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Blair

Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning.

Richard Greenfield

Mitigating the price increases of ESPN is not something Comcast has to do by acquiring Disney now. It's now something that's just happening,

Bob Sommer

Mr. Kushner had a very productive discussion today with Nets ownership and with the investment bankers, and he continues to aggressively pursue acquiring the team with the purpose of keeping them in New Jersey.

Scott Kessler

MSN was the one that may have been a logical acquiring company but they are clearly building as opposed to buying,

Yajur Veda

May our mind be inclined towards virtuous deeds, acquiring strength and long-life! May we continue to see the glorious sight of Rising Sun for eternity!

Robert Harris

One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different perspective on the present.

Jeff Bower

Getting a player of (Mason's) quality in addition to acquiring a first-round pick . . . has tremendous value, ... We feel this gives us a player we want and a player to add for our future.

Jeff Bower

Getting a player of his quality in addition to acquiring an unprotected first-round pick that we'll be able to use immediately in this upcoming draft is a package that we feel really has tremendous value,

Sam Veda

Only those people, who have wealth can dream of acquiring gems and precious stones.

Robert Mueller

Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we've also built up our analytical structure so that we're better positioned to analyze the information we have.

Kevin Walsh

We're not convinced that all the victims have been found, ... We're still reaching out for additional victims to see if there are any out there.

Henry Schacht

Lucent will continue to review its internal processes throughout fiscal year 2001, which may result in additional cost structure improvements and associated business restructuring charges as it moves from a multi-divisional company to one with a single focus on the service provider market,

David Schroeder

Mac OS X is not invulnerable--it, like any other operating system, has security deficiencies in various aspects of the software. However, the general architecture and design philosophy of Mac OS X, in addition to usage of open source components for most network-accessible services that receive intense peer scrutiny from the community, make Mac OS X a very secure operating system.

Charles Pyle

Legislators have been hearing about all of the hoops schools have to jump through with the No Child Left Behind Act, in addition to what was already a system of state accountability.

Jacob Frenkel

Less rope is needed for two necks, as the government's noose tightens. The government always benefits from the addition of high-level insiders who would have been party to conversations with most senior executives.

Mark Edwards

Many of the songs on the new record underwent drastic changes in arrangement, tempo and dynamics with the addition of the other band members.

John Erwin

Many of the patients from these communities are poor, have multiple medical problems requiring additional support, and depend on government assistance for survival. Teaching hospitals consistently step up to the plate to care for these patients as part of their missions, and frequently lose significant money in the process.

Jim Jeffries

Many of them will get additional amounts because community supporters will make a donation to the students to support them.

Dan Woods

Measure 37 has not been a model for us. We're drafting something that will work for Washington.

Jon Gruden

Monte's been here and had his system in place for some time, ... It's a one-gap scheme, and they've been drafting players that fit it. We're trying to do that on offense.

Adam Vinatieri

Nugent's a little different -- he's a draft pick and I was a free agent. I felt like I had to go out and perform every single day and prove myself. You feel like you're always 20 minutes away from being fired.

Matt Smith

Getting drafted by these guys was a dream, and now being here is a dream. It's a great feeling.

Bernie Bickerstaff

We need a scorer. It doesn't need to be a shooter, but it's got to be a scorer. There's a lot of help out there. I'm comfortable with that. ... What we project as our needs, (the 2006 draft should be) strong at that.

Chris Gratton

When you come in as a high draft pick, you do have a lot of pressure put on you -- not necessarily thrust upon you by your own team, maybe outside sources that have expectations.

John Bradley

I was praying to God that he would pass me. I hate setting the pace for races. He went by me and it was like NASCAR. I just drafted off of him.

Jerry Jones

If we get out of the draft without an offensive lineman, I'll be very disappointed. Frankly, I like putting an offensive lineman in the mix every year because of how expensive it is to get them in free agency.

Keith Ballard

I'll always keep it. I'm very grateful they drafted me and it's something I'll always remember. But I've moved on from that and I don't think there's anything I need to prove to them.

Ann Boeckman

When a product reaches the point of spoilage, there will be other signs that will be evidenced - for example, odor, slime formation and a bulging package - so the product will not smell or look right.

James Allen

We are reaffirming what is our policy. This is a standard package of incentives.

Al Jarreau

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.

Ronnie Spector

Today, they're just up there for the money, just packaged and be gone.

Mario Martinez

Where are my packages because I want to know, I got the receipts, and I can prove to them that I haven't received my packages.

Chad Reed

We're just not putting it together. The speed is decent, and the package is there. We've just got to put it together for the weekend.

Robert Genuario

We've got a lot of work to do. Frankly, I think you have to scrap the appropriations package if you're going to do tax cuts. ... It just doesn't work.

John Pike

I think we're going to see a package deal.

Tony Smith

I think we've only scratched the surface. I think she's just so unique. She's the whole package when it comes to her ability.

James Rubin

making excuses. Why don't they let the inspectors do their job? Stop making excuses, stop trying to politicize the operation, stop trying to pick the inspectors.

Mark Reiland

Obviously, we won the right one. We wanted to win both, but if we had to pick one, this would be the one we'd pick.

Astro Teller

Moonshot thinking starts with picking a big problem: something huge, long existing, or on a global scale.

Nick Fazekas

More than likely, if I'm not a first-round pick then you'll probably see me back here.

Natalie Cole

My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.

J. A. Konrath

No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.

Kelly Rowan

Now we kind of have to pick up the pieces.

Martin Jol

I can't remember him picking up a ball.

Chipper Jones

I can't pick him up. He's the one guy. My nemesis.

Jim Leyland

Makes a big difference. Players always make the difference.

Zeke Moreno

L.T. is fast. It takes 11 players to stop him. If 11 players are on the same page, then it's cool. But it's going to be very hard.

Calvin Branch

Scouting is something I'll be able to do later, but a player can play only so long.

Tim Purpura

Scouting and player development are the R&D of baseball,

Gary Wadler

One high-profile player tests positive, and look at the chaos. The problem, once again, is in the system.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Obviously, you can't replace a player like that.

Dick Vermeil

Now the players are going to say we don't need to practice on Thursday.

Paula Creamer

When the No. 1 player in the world is in the field, everything starts higher. It will be more known. But a win is a win at the end of the day.

Chris Davis

I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing.

Dennis Prager

The rarest of the good qualities in human beings is courage

Dennis Hastert

She has all the qualities of leadership, except followers.

Deng Xiaoping

We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality.

Dieter Rams

Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality

Eleanor Roosevelt

Ability is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.

Edsger Dijkstra

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

Deepak Chopra

The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention.

David Neeleman

I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular.

Aaron Eckhart

I'm always fascinated with how a person becomes a good quality person, a productive person, and how it happened to me, because I was a terror.

Jane Gardam

Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to because of that.

Robert Matthews

I had many, many wonderful conversations with her about everything under the sun. She was one tremendous person.

Jim Gresh

She's just a tremendous athlete. She can do it all. She's very versatile, and she can really play any position.

Larry Coker

We need to find out about ourselves. We're going to get a tremendous test.

Chris Jordan

I think there's a tremendous amount of unacknowledged hostility in American culture.

Lloyd Carr

He has a tremendous attitude. He's very optimistic. He's very positive.

Joel Quenneville

He's had a tremendous year, I'll tell you,

Michael Foley

There is a tremendous untapped marketplace here in Mexico.

Norm Chow

I think he's a tremendous player. He's so explosive.