Famous Quotes & Sayings

Manuel Pangilinan

Our net profit number is likely to lie north of 30 billion pesos -- another historic high for PLDT and for any other Philippine corporate.

Don Mischer

People look at what we do and call us stress junkies. You just say to yourself, 'If I'm going to fall on my butt, what better place to do it than in front of a billion people?

Peter Ashkenaz

States are eventually going to save billions of dollars under the new program. And that's why very few states decided to join this lawsuit, despite requests for them to do so.

Bill Bradley

Our program would cost between $50 and $65 billion to make sure 95 percent of all Americans have health insurance. We can get this right,

Joel Staff

Our priorities for 2006 will include completing the transition to a fully competitive retail market in Texas, converting to an open model in our wholesale business, improving the commercial capacity factor of our generating plants and managing our collateral exposure to reduce postings by $1 billion by year-end.

Ken Bacon

Our spending now is a little less than $300 billion a year. It's.. as I say, there are always ways to spend more money, or to spend it faster. There are always demands to modernize.

Werner Braun

Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.

Jim Redding

Our country currently uses 150 billion gallons of gasoline per year. By contrast, we consume four billion gallons of ethanol. A huge potential for growth exists within this industry.

Joel Fuhrman

Out of one pocket we pay billions of our tax dollars to support the production of expensive, disease-causing foods. Out of the other pocket, we pay medical bills that are too high because our overweight population consumes too much of these rich, disease-causing foods.

Greg Oden

Our relationship is real. It's no fake. He's down to earth, and I'm down to earth. We'd never have a falling out over money.

Rob James-Collier

Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?

Kenny Perry

Somehow, I've got to come back to earth here.

Marcus Aurelius

Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee

Richard Allen

Most seismologists are surprised, and frequently skeptical, that you can predict the magnitude of an earthquake before it has ended,

C. S. Lewis

You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.

Carl Sagan

Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the pretension that humans constitute some sort of biological aristocracy among the beings on Earth.

Carl Sagan

If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go

Shaukat Sultan

It is a national tragedy. This is the worst earthquake in recent times.

Sharon Bolton

Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.

Darrell Smith

People may lie to you over the phone, but they may not lie to you looking at you face to face.

Paul Nocito

St. Anthony's was one of the better shooting teams we have faced this year.

Dick Todd

Stan Jonathan was one of the toughest guys I've ever seen, but after a fight his face would look like it had gone through a Mixmaster. Tie never got a scratch on him.

Ivette Mendez

Some of the faces that remain are those that Jon felt could do that job best. He wasn't going to replace people just to replace people.

Bob Coolen

Our players are ready to face somebody else.

Jason Bay

Roger wasn't as sharp as the other times we've faced him,

Ned Yost

Rodriguez was really good today. The last time we faced him he was just OK.

Richard Tischler

Playing a quality team like Marietta really boosted our guys up. We had four tough games that started (Tuesday) with Marietta, and Marietta was a measuring stick for us and the toughest team we faced so far.

Louis Hinnant

People look forward to having underdogs come up and win. Fortunately for us, that didn't happen.

Dave Hobbs

Steve is just the kind of forward we have been looking for, he has all the qualities needed we need.

Carol Blazejowski

Our strategy going forward was to re-invent our team.

Ron Agor

Overall, Mayor Baptiste had done a great job as our mayor. I look forward to his reelection for four more years.

Lawrie McKinna

Overall I am just happy to get the win. Now we are looking forward to next week going to Perth.

Eric Bernotas

Right now, yes, it is a little hard to swallow. But I'll find the positive in all this to propel me forward and gain strength from it and come out stronger the next time.

Maurice Cheeks

Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big shots and make the big shots.

Sasha Abraham

Playing them will be something we'll look forward to. We have a healthy rivalry, and they're a fun team to play.

La'Roi Glover

Plain and simple, this is just a great program, ... This new RAC Room will give kids even a greater reason to come in off the streets to hang out with their friends. I'm looking forward to meeting the kids and helping to unveil the new room.

Carmelo Anthony

Regardless of who they sent at me, I was going to the hole. We won the game, that's the only thing I'm happy about.

John Dingell

People here are happy about her, and that includes me.

Kim Collins

Surprisingly the weather was excellent. I am particularly happy because I haven't been winning much this year.

Lorrin Lee

SUCCESS is a journey, not a destination. Make your life a fun-filled, joyous, and happy journey lived with passion.

Dean Ellis

Steve has been playing really well that the last two games. I'm really happy to see him perform like that.

Thomas Hearns

Some people are going to be happy with my decision, some people aren't, ... But I must live my life.

Doug Stoffel

Overall, I was very happy with our level of play.

Simon Khan

Overall, I'm happy but a little disappointed with this morning,

LaDainian Tomlinson

Out of everybody, people are the most happy he made it. It was long overdue for him.

Bijou Phillips

I'd always been treated like an object, not like a human.

Bill Hicks

I don't get along with anything, I really don't...I'm, I'm, maybe I'm just a, you know, incredibly tasteful human being.

Michio Kaku

Humans are natural-born scientists. When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques had done street theater in Paris. He'd always been interested in large architectural structures and how humans interact with them.

Jason Silva

I make short films, little documentaries, about the co-evolution of humans and technology.

Mary Roach

I think by and large, humans prefer to think of themselves as minds from the neck up. We don't really like to think of ourselves as another animal, another digesting, excreting, mating, snoring, sleeping kind of sack of guts. I don't think we like that. I think we'd rather not be reminded of it.

Erich Roeckner

Humans have had a large one-of-a-kind influence on the climate.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Humans are something very different from animals, and the numbers required to get cloning to work in animals are completely prohibitory with humans.

Paul Martin

Humans are really expensive, and they're really slow.

Tony Benn

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

Phil Goff

It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house,

Bob Davis

I think Seattle is going to become a laughingstock. ... We are going to look like the Moral Majority up here,

Diane Hochevar

It depresses me. It surprises me that the majority would not want to protect a viable unborn child.

Jim Owen

I would say the majority of those are opposed at this point in time,

Jalal Talabani

I think the majority (of all Iraqis) will vote yes,

Wayne Cornelius

The overwhelming majority would go one way or another.

Michael Stoops

The overwhelming majority of perpetrators are teens and young adults. We need to start with young people in public and private schools.

Joe Biden

He doesn't speak for me with that kind of rhetoric, and I don't think he speaks for the majority of Democrats, ... This Week.

John Palmer

Part B is going to have to go up significantly next year.

Travis Reinsch

Patrick is already talking about getting ready for next season.

Linda Connolly

Pawling is the next Bedford. That's what all the realtors are saying.

Charles Hamowy

People in their 40s and 50s have to plan for the next 50 years.

Pete Carroll

Surgery may be down the road. It's not at all the time to do that. If after about two weeks he hasn't responded, then (team doctors) have to think more seriously about what the next step is.

Richard Myers

surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.

Chad Belville

Somehow we're going to go from being a young team this year to even younger next year. I don't know how it was possible, but it's just a fact.

Sam Paul

Some have put in a lot of time and really want to make it to the next level.

Richard Boucher

Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next steps are.

C. S. Lewis

Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him.

Steven Smith

I think the schools are prepared for some reduction.

Dan McTeague

I think they were better prepared for this.

Marc Shapiro

I wish I could tell you, ... We're cooperating with all investigations, and we're prepared to do that as long as it takes.

Billy Corgan

I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.

Jane McGonigal

I don't do 'gamification,' and I'm not prepared to stand up and say, 'I think it works.'

Julie Gerberding

Frankly, we're not as prepared as we need to be.

Seth Greenberg

I don't think anything in my training has prepared me for this season. I'm not sure there's ever been another season like this. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Juan Montoya

I feel well prepared for the long season ahead. But as always there is a lot of work still to be done.

Tom Wilson

Some of them, quite frankly, are nothing more than a driveway.

Kevin Spacey

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

Mary Kelly

The (anti-virus) system worked, which was quite a relief.

Carl Jacobs

That was quite a ride. We'd be thrilled to repeat it.

Tom Miller

That was quite an accomplishment for us. This is a very tough tournament.

Paul Johnston

That's the really big trend, ... Year 2000 has been the big thing that has really worked quite well.

Steve Griffin

That suggests to me there is something quite clandestine going on or something strange.

Terry Grant

I was quite shocked when they called me.

Carol Patterson

I was quite disappointed the vote went the way it did.

Derek Jeter

He was throwing strikes, that's the thing. You try to be patient, but if he's throwing strikes with it, you find yourself in the hole.

Connie Mack

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own.

Tom Pratt

I thought (Shaver) had big-league command. Everything was down in the zone. He threw 43 strikes in 58 pitches.

Maximilian Schell

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

Dan Nobbs

We throw strikes and play defense, that's pretty much our philosophy.

John Hedgecoth

We think that this strikes the right balance.

John Wilhelm

Strikes are always a possibility. But we are not a strike-happy union. I look at strikes as a failure.

Clint Hurdle

He really struggled to throw any strikes (on the third-base side) of the plate,

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't be called out on strikes. Go down swinging.

John Boitano

I thought we were going to get wiped when we were down 14-0.

Rick Najera

New York was the place where everyone got wiped out.

Craig Miller

A lot of the departments down there have been wiped out, ... There's no 911 for us.

Nizam Idris

I would say it's more within my expectations.

Michael Mann

We're number-crunching to see what we can do within our mandate.

Jeremy Duxbury

We will have to work within the budget.

Jeffrey Smith

We work within the system. I don't want to say we're rebellious.

Kerry Bailey

Typically within two weeks, we're done with the analysis.

Roberto Azevedo

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

Gary Thompson

We have very well-trained RAs and RDs within residence halls,

Checky Herrington

We should be able to energize it within one or two days.

Harry Larrabee

We're very balanced. Within games, we get spurts from different players.