Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Dunkelberg

Main Street optimism has backed down from the mountain top and is resting on a high plateau. The general view is that things have been going well for so long, they're bound to ease back a bit. Small-business owners aren't painting a doom-and-gloom scenario here. They just sense that the red-hot economy will cool by a degree or two.

Bill Sullivan

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks. That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Bill Sullivan

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks, ... That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Elizabeth Morse

Mother Nature has backed off. We are looking at slightly better conditions in the forecast.

Jon Favreau

Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really fit into Hollywood's business model any longer. Even if 'Chef' is successful, it will be successful in the context of what it is. There's a limited upside to a film that's so small, but there's also limited exposure for the people who backed me.

Deborah Johnson

When I backed up, I saw smoke and fire. So I called dispatch to report it.

Trot Nixon

I didn't have any fan interference at all. They backed away. I commend those fans there. I gave them a little tip of the cap.

Jay Vidovich

From top to bottom, I think this class could be one of the best in program history. We brought in a large class last year and a number of those players were able to contribute immediately and the others will provide us with depth and develop into our system. This year, we backed up that class with possibly even a stronger group. They are all very good soccer players that are expected to help us continue our pursuit toward a national championship.

Eric Bolesh

If a company doesn't use their time, money and manpower to tackle major commercial obstacles then the product will flop regardless of how much time, money and manpower is used. The successful brands are backed by teams that are knowledgeable about the industry and what potential problems may arise. These teams use what resources they have to make a favorable climate for their drug.

Marc Faber

The Federal Reserve - all of them - could be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, and then pouring gasoline on top of it, and then light a cigar with matches, throw the match into the gasoline, and then not notice that there is any danger.

Steve Marshall

We're not chasing new barrels through wildcatting. But we are chasing more of the discovered barrels.

Timothy Ghriskey

Light sweet crude is over $45 a barrel now, and that's a big drag on various parts of the economy. I think at some point, the price of oil falls and that sets off a rally in the market.

Emily Arnold

Making bottles to meet Americans' demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year.

Ben Folds

Life barrels on like a runaway train where the passengers change, they don't change anything, you get off someone else can get on.

Mark Keenan

Seventy dollars a barrel is a level that has invoked a political reaction.

Al Gore

Senator Dole and Mr. Kemp would put the American economy in a barrel and send it over Niagara Falls.

Andrew Nikiforuk

Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition?

Daisy Donovan

Nutty as 12 monkeys in a 10 monkey barrel

Rick Perlstein

In the suburban Midwestern Reform Jewish world I was raised in, in the nineteen-seventies and eighties, grown men built plastic scale models of Israeli tanks and F-15 jets and displayed them throughout the house, dangling the warplanes from bedroom ceilings with fishing line.

Deborah Moggach

My favourite room in my house is easily the top room, which is a bedroom but also a bathroom, with a big, wooden carved bath, two huge fireplaces and a raised bit in the corner for performances. I've had some really lovely parties and poetry readings up there.

Christopher Fowler

My bedroom was filled with reading material: books salvaged from dustbins, books borrowed from friends, books with missing pages, books found in the street, abandoned, unreadable, torn, scribbled on, unloved, unwanted and dismissed. My bedroom was the Battersea Dogs' Home of books.

Tom Waits

People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the sense that they may easily include a stain on your bedroom wall... and a variety of mis-recollections. And then you name it after a girl's name that you just made up.

Nigel Dennis

For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.

John McCloskey

If all of the sudden there are ten people living next door and five bedrooms and the village code says there only has to be one parking space for a one family house and there are ten cars, then it?s definitely a concern of mine." ()

Joe Hutton

When this house was built, there was probably a lady's bedroom and a gentleman's bedroom. The lady would have had a dressing room off to the side, and she probably had a dressing assistant.

Liv Tyler

I was staying with some friends in England, and it was New Year's. My husband, Roy, and I were sleeping, and I woke to the sound of our friend's two little boys. They were going around the bedrooms opening the doors and looking in. When they got to our door, one little boy went to open it and the other said, 'No! Don?t open that door. The princess is sleeping in there.' It made my heart leap out of my chest. I think that was the first time I really realized the impact these films had on people.

Dave Brown

She came to the bedroom and got me up. She told me the house is on fire, the kitchen was on fire.

Kyler Hall

We're not disappointed in A.J. at all. He's our teammate and he's our brother. You never want to see one of teammates get in a situation like that. I haven't had the chance to speak with him, but I would like a chance to before the game, just to let him know that we're all with him. I'm pretty sure he knows that already though.

Dick Vermeil

We're not concerned about the playoffs. Right now our concern is playing well Saturday. That's all that matters. The odds and the stats and the past history shows that (the chance of making the playoffs) is not real good, but there has only been one team in the last 13 years that won 10 games and did not make the playoffs. We have a chance to win 10, but you can't do that until you win No. 9. For us, it's all about Saturday.

Mike Conners

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.

Scott Sickau

Like I always tell my girls, a lot of people always wish they could go do something but they never get the chance of doing it. I may never get rich, but it's like getting on the back of a stallion with no saddle. You get on and hang on and see where it's going to take you.

Oronde Gadsden

Like everyone else in here, I hope those two moves are the moves that help us get past that playoff level to the next level. They had a chance to get Ricky, and they went out and did it. And it's like everybody says, we're going to ride him until the wheels fall off.

Dick LeBeau

Make no mistake, they've got a great quarterback. It's not easy to hold him under 20. Our guys did that and it gives you a great chance to win. It was the execution of our players. They did a great job with their timing.

Phil Simms

Make Denver make the decision here. In other words, put pressure on Mike Shanahan. What's he gonna do? Is he gonna run it and maybe waste a down because it might not gain a lot of yards, or does he take the chance and throw it and if it's incomplete it stops the clock. That's what the Patriots are hoping for.

Carlos Zambrano

Luck is something you always need to have. We have more chance than the Cardinals. They don't have some of the players they had last year, like Matt Morris. We have to start winning the first month, as many games as possible. We have a good team. We have everything.

Frank Sinatra

Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it

Carlos Santana

Life, at least with us, doesn't need to fall like a military drill. The way we do things, we don't need windows and doors and ceilings. Things just happen when they happen.

Frank Tyger

Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.

Tim Wise

Many times people will come through the door with good intentions but may not be willing to put in the work. They just want to see some results right away.

Stacey Quandt

Security is especially relevant for government vendors. Governments are saying they'd rather use open-source technology because there aren't any unseen open doors into the system. But it's not only that. Linux offers better performance, more stability, and a lower cost. It's a threat to Microsoft, and there's no turning back.

Lao Tzu

One may know the world without going out of doors

William Hall

One thing you notice is that you want to walk in the door in the morning. So it's a nice job.

Joe Solis

My door is open for that. It'd be great to have an eight- or nine-team district. If Lopez and Memorial do go up, I hope we get those schools in here with us.

Jim Allen

Montgomery is only about a 45-minute drive to the front door of our home, ... If I took the job, it meant I could go home every night.

Tim Willis

My guys went out of their way to respect Mr. McArthur's rights. That's the least restrictive thing they could have done and performed their jobs, ... They could have kicked the door down. They didn't do that.

Jay Wright

Getting on the bus, police officers know everybody. People walking down the street know all the players' names. It is fun, but it is a challenge.

Robert Patton

I wouldn't use the word embarrassed. The officers performed admirably, so I'm proud of them.

Bill Dunn

She was D.O.A. when officers got to the scene.

Patricia Schroeder

The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.

Linwood Norman

But we are, too. We're putting 50 more police officers on the streets.

Ron Moran

But the reality is that we don't live in Mr. Rogers' neighborhood anymore. The reality is that our officers should be armed.

Barbara Matthews

Right now police officers are trying to keep people off the road.

James McGreevey

Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every week, every year,

Don Kelly

With everyone working 12-hour schedules, we went from three shifts a day to two shifts a day, ... Now we're able to give our patrol officers time off.

Isabella Rossellini

I live in the country. I'm a bird-watcher, an oyster-raiser. You know, I'll do anything that - raise dogs for the blind as a volunteer.

Matt Zito

Lucent is trading at around $10 so how in the world are they going to raise capital?

Walter Mondale

Mr. Reagan will raise taxes; and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.

Mike Pompeo

My goal in getting rid of tax loopholes is not to raise taxes. Our problem in Washington, D.C. is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem.

Robert Milmore

If another bidder comes in the stakes could be raised on TWA to where AMR doesn't think it's worth it.

Sharon Cody

I was raised with a sense of not throwing things away.

Sally Field

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person.

Robert Rennie

I'd be surprised if the BOJ raises rates at all this year and that is something that will tend to see the yen underperforming.

Tom Brady

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

Charles Spurgeon

God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.

Eduard Shevardnadze

I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

Rick Perry

I can't say in strong enough terms that those who evacuated that they should not return at this time,

David Nicholls

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy

Mike Leach

On that play, we had a return on, ... I thought (Douglas) did a tremendous job.

Laurence D. Fink

When you look at dividend returns on equities versus bond yields, to me it's a pretty easy decision to be heavily in equities.

Peter Jackson

'The Return Of The King' has a conclusion.

Peter Sis

I still have an accent. But when I return to Prague, I speak the language yet do not know what they are talking about.

William Shakespeare

Ready to go but never to return.

will.i.am

I can't be quiet, as that's when I notice the ringing in my ears.

Kris Draper

One thing we wanted to do was take away Blake, with that big one-timer he has. We wanted to get into some shooting lanes, and we did that. We talked about how important specialty teams were going to be in this game, and they were.

Earl Nightingale

Shooting for the top will bring out the best that's in you.

John Beilein

When we shoot them like that, we can play with a lot of people.

John Beilein

If we're shooting well, we're a tough out.

Elaine Elliott

She's a perfectionist to a fault. She'll just keep shooting to prepare. She'll do the same thing she always does. She'll try to get into a rhythm, and I'll just try to get her to smile.

Jon Snow

Should I shoot him? He was a tyrant. He'd killed thousands.

Daryll Hill

Shoot or pass. It was in between. I should have shot it, but I made a pass.

Kyle Korver

Shooting threes is always what I do best. If it's not what I do best, something is wrong with my game.

Joe DeBruyne

Shooting has been our bugaboo. We didn't rebound. That was the difference.

John Ontjes

Friesen's a tough player. She made some unbelievable shots in the first half.

Erlana Larkins

Shots like that just take everything out of you.

Adam Haluska

Shots going down. That's what it's all about.

Scott Skiles

We had our chances. We just couldn't make enough shots at the end.

Christy Porter

We were sluggish. We couldn't make the shots fall.

Dereck Whittenburg

Three-point shots, that's why they're so dangerous. They get those three-point shots going, they can be tough to beat.

Andy Harmon

We never got in sync. Our shots weren't falling. We were out of sync offensively, and defensively, we had breakdowns.

Andres Nocioni

We need to think about no shots for Shaquille O'Neal. We need to stop O'Neal, but we need to stop the other guys, too.

Andres Nocioni

We need to think about no shots for Shaquille O'Neal.

Chris Crutcher

There's only one thing to say to the censors: Shut up.

Spanish Proverb

When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.

Jimmy Epperly

Basically, Woods shut us down in the middle.

Michael Irvin

Shut up. Goodbye. Get off the phone, man.

Donte' Stallworth

I don't know what it was, ... but I know it wasn't us being shut down.

Jason Marquis

You look out there, ... and there aren't too many true aces out there that are going to shut you down.

Vin Scully

That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.

Errol Morris

My advice to all interviewers is: Shut up and listen. It's harder than it sounds.

Marty Schottenheimer

We still could have shut them out and won by four.

Dave Peters

Of course, as soon as I say that, we'll get hit.

Greg Poehler

I feel like the longer I hold out - I feel like as soon I move to L.A., I just become one of a million.

Dr. Nabarro

Frankly, there will be a pandemic, sooner or later.

Jim Loehr

She's going to come out when she's ready, probably sooner than later, and set the world on fire,

Phil Garner

I'd just as soon us do what we do,

Phil Garner

I'd just as soon not watch them any more, they look pretty good.

Kristen Staab

To me, the sooner the better. At least with the trial it will all be over.

Gila Reinstein

We want them to feel very welcome and to be as acclimated as soon as possible.

Jon Daniels

We'd like to get him up here as soon as possible.

Lonnie Bunch

My first task for tomorrow is to stop smiling.

Alastair Reynolds

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

Charles R. Swindoll

Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned

Dave Wood

I feel that I got stopped (because I'm black),

Ed Pastor

Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better.

G. H. Hardy

Basically, it's been wars that have stopped Mardi Gras.

Warren Rensehausen

I have been able to make arrangements for him to stop by. It will be a first because we haven't been able get him here before.

Barbara Warren

She wouldn't be around if she hadn't stopped smoking,

James Rubin

I don't know who talked first. Let's just stop it, okay?

John Krasinski

I'm not trying to be the triple threat guy. I'm still working on this one threat; acting.

Kevin McCarthy

If we engage in a conflict that we know this is a threat to America, we should make it so one-sided that it gets over very quickly.

Steve Cummings

When we have those incidents, when there is a threat of violence, we take it very seriously.

Busta Rhymes

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives

Al Gore

The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.

Bill Shaw

We threatened them for a while. But they would come back, sometimes on their own account, sometimes on our account.

Dustin Hoffman

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

Donald Trump

Nuclear is the single greatest threat.

Ted Stevens

It is an offense, a threat to every person in my state.