Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Ehrmann

Sports have become a defining attribute for men, unfortunately.

Steve McNamara

Stanley's a handy guy to have around and he's very enthusiastic in every position he plays. It's nice to see someone who plays with a smile on his face because it's infectious. I think he's 32 but he's improving all the time. He complements all the other attributes in the team.

Charles Bronson

Our goal is to market the unique quality attributes of Florida honey, ... We want to raise consumer awareness about Florida honey and its value as a distinct product, not simply part of a mix.

Peter Graves

Our carriers are doing extremely well, better than in years past. We attribute that to the fact that ... we inspect based on criteria developed with the (bus) industry.

Mike Pence

It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.

Paul Goode

That's way beyond anything you could possible attribute to early adopters.

Zhang Guobao

It is not correct to attribute the crude oil price hike in 2004 to the growth of oil consumption in developing nations such as China and India .

Sathya Baba

It is love that shines brilliantly in every individual. But man, not being able to comprehend the significance of love attributes physical relationship to it. The love of a mother towards her child is affection.

Jason Schmidt

Last year I felt good. I just didn't get any results. It seems like since I've been on this team the changeup has been impossible to throw here. I attribute that to Arizona. It hasn't been half-bad this year. I don't know what to attribute that too, but I'm happy with it.

Abigail Breslin

I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it's like making a really compact movie. Because you don't have as much time, especially hour long shows, they move so quickly.

Lleyton Hewitt

I couldn't put in first serves and was double faulting. He puts a lot pressure on anyone's service games. He has a good compact return.

James Jeffrey

It indicates that the path to national reconciliation and the path to a national compact that we're striving so much for has a ways to go. It means we better continue working and work harder on it.

Joanne Ciulla

When they lost their jobs, they lost everything, ... income, benefits, friends, reputation, and sometimes even family. Their years of work didn't deliver what they thought the organization had promised. They'd had an unwritten social compact with their employer that if they did their job well, they could keep it until retirement.

Christopher Reynolds

There are other families of particles out there that can form massive compact objects.

David Hewson

Alfriston is a compact village set around a rather traffic-weary High Street, mainly of old, timbered buildings. The principal sights lie to the east on the river side.

Christie Brinkley

When a shoot was over, I'd get in a cab, pull out a compact and go, 'WHOA! Who's that ?'

Xabi Alonso

We're doing much better away from home this season and that's why we can get a result at Old Trafford. We're more solid, more compact and more consistent in our results.

Henrik Ibsen

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

Tatsushi Shikano

Reflecting solid consumer spending, the real estate and retail sectors are likely to lead the improvement in the overall non-manufacturing sector.

Paul Patterson

Regulators often want to see some of the synergies and cost savings from these deals come back to the consumers in terms of lower rates or limited rate increases. Usually there are some givebacks in terms of rates.

Howard Archer

Relatively subdued consumer spending, intense domestic and international competition, and high input costs continue to dampen ... the sector.

Britt Beemer

Our research on holiday gift returns shows that it's only three percent of Americans who are real jerks and they indulge in consumer fraud and return abuse. The rest of us have to deal with the consequences.

David Emanuel

Our removal of those features was because we have become focused on search for consumers and businesses, and those features were not in line with our goals.

Anthony Chan

Our own studies have shown that consumers tend to switch over to non-store outlets in times of higher energy costs .

Stephen Baker

Part of the problem Sony has had in the past couple of years is that as the consumer electronics market has changed, ... A lot of it has been about lower prices and distribution and neither have been Sony's strong points.

Jon Miller

Our new corporate identity better reflects our expanded mission -- to make everyone's online experience better. Plus, consumers in the U.S. and around the world already know us by our initials.

O. Henry

Our mission has been to enable the service providers and network operators to deploy uninterrupted video throughout the home without interfering with other consumer devices and networking environments already in place.

David Graveney

People have a spring in their step. When you read that the TV ratings exceeded the final night of Big Brother, you know that you're heading in the right direction.

Paul Whetsell

Results from all three of our recent investments have exceeded our initial expectations and contributed significantly to our excellent 2005 results.

Albert Einstein

It is appallingly obvious our technology has exceeded our humanity

Mary Martin

That's the highest you can receive. It means we not only met but exceeded all the requirements.

Dan Fellman

I was very pleased with the opening. It exceeded our expectations.

Donald Brownlee

It exceeded all of our grandest expectations. We should have more than 1 million particles larger than 1 micron in diameter.

Dr. Roberts

I think Randy is a fantastic success story. He exceeded my personal expectations for recovery.

Jeff Banks

He just exceeded our expectations. He just kept making play after play and running the football and not wanting to get out of the game.

Kevin White

From Sunday through Friday our football team has exceeded all expectations. In fact, it's never been better.

Rob Miller

Some of the Northeast's most memorable snows occur in late February and March.

Colin McGranahan

January and February is actually a pretty important time of the year for the TV cycle.

Surapong Suebwonglee

I think that all this will be solved within this week before the rally on February 4.

Brad Blew

Lauren Dennis is such a great passer and she picked her moments well. I thought we did a great job of running the floor and executed on the other end. I'm very pleased with where this team is and I think we're playing about as good as we can right now. In February that's about all you can ask.

Buck Showalter

I can tell you what we're looking at right now on February 20-whatever, but that will change. There's a long way to go.

Matt Kelmon

I think the odds of it getting shut down are very, very slim at this point. As an investor, it's going to be a very, very choppy stock between now and February 24. It's not for widows and orphans. That being said, the stock is cheap. When the overhang's gone, the stock will go higher.

Duff McKagan

Hopefully we'll be in the studio in February or March. It would be nice to have something out by July.

Chris Davenport

If we get to the end of February and I've only skied a couple, I'll start to worry. I need to stay positive. The silver lining is that it is snowing, so there will be a longer spring for skiing.

Frank Arnesen

He is 31 in February and it is the ideal situation for him and us -- and he will stay here for 18 months.

Adriano Galliani

Real Madrid are interested in him but I don't know if there have been any contacts.

Doug Bereuter

Releasing Mr. Pollard would put vital U.S. interests at risk and send the message that we are not serious about punishing espionage.

Phil Brown

Paulo would be one we are interested in but not at the moment.

Alan Greenspan

Our operating procedures, as you suggest, do tend to smooth out short-run fluctuations in short-term interest rates,

Chris Byrne

Star Wars' is a 20-year-old brand. When the next 'Star Wars' movie comes out, there's going to be much more interest in the product.

Danny Diaz

Sportsmen represent a very important constituency to this campaign. They reflect, in many cases, the interests and views of a majority of Americans and rural America.

R. Robinson

Our weakness is inexperience. We have no seniors and we've never been here before. I'll be interested to see how we come out and play.

Beck

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Bill Shaw

We've told all judges we're not interested in their money, we don't want it. We want the poles removed.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

Brad Anderson

Some have worked three months and some just started this week.

Derek Kool

Out of all the time that I've been on the floor, I think probably once every three months you'll get an upsetting call.

Mark Wilson

I'm in a lot better place than I was a month ago, but I still have a lot of work to do.

Ashton Kutcher

When you do movies, it's you have a 3-month family and then everybody goes away and then joins another family, you know?

Richard H. Davis

I went up to see Hopper the other night, which was the first time in three months that I have been back of a theater, and it was like going home.

Irene Little

That was the first time I had seen it under 100 for a month in two years. I also never thought I would see over 200 in one month, but as unemployment rates go up, our numbers also go up.

Wole Soyinka

I was placed in solitary confinement for a year and ten months out of the period in which I stayed in prison, which was just over two years.

Nick Saban

I wonder what this technology is up here, ... (Rewind it) to six months ago. You'd get the same answers.

Gordon Taylor

It could well be - unless there's a very substantial reason as to why this is positive that is to be understood - anything from six months to two years.

Andrew Neff

It corroborates our view of a renewed sense of vigor and competitive spirit at HP.

Marco Caceres

All the sudden, you have these new visions for space exploration, and there's renewed excitement.

Brad Anderson

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

Paul Hill

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

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.

John Carroll

It will be a much more robust system and structure.

Linda Thomas

Our sales are expanding. We've had to turn down stores for milk.

Keith Pearson

Overall, sales have been good. Things have been going smooth.

Tom McMillan

There has never been a three-week stretch of season ticket sales like this. Ever.

Chuck Morris

Ticket sales are very solid, to say the least.

Richard Foreman

We really won't see the story until we get into the spring and see the spring sales activity.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Peter Reynolds

When we have a special event, our sales triple,

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Catherine Lee

It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.

Jordan Leopold

I was actually kind of surprised but it's OK. We get all of the attention.

Stephen McPherson

I was a little surprised to see another 'Apprentice',

John Stocco

I was a little surprised by the call, but it was unbelievable.

John Heimlich

I will be very surprised if there is not a proposal.

Joe Mazzella

That surprised me. He's getting better and better all the time.

Michael Morris

I think we all were surprised by the price.

Jerry Jones

I was very surprised that he was still there.

Felipe Alou

I won't say surprised but I'm kind of disappointed.

David Levine

I was very surprised in the ambulance when they started talking about e-mailing some doctor.