Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Liu Jianchao

Recently, there were some developments of the Iranian nuclear issue. We expressed our concern. ... We hope the parties should exercise restraint and not take any actions that lead to further escalation so we can solve the question properly through dialogue and diplomacy.

Maurice Hinchey

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

John Hamre

Recent events where criminals were able to become customers have led us to take this strong action in order to regain the trust of consumers that their information is being used only for their benefit, or the benefit of society at large.

Kristen Kinley

Recall numbers vary from year to year, and they don't necessarily rise consecutively year after year, and they aren't in the case of Ford. This was a hit to our recall volumes, but the number of actions was down.

LeBron James

Record-wise and going into the playoffs, we can't improve. I'm trying to get as much rest as I can. I don't want to try to force the action by playing on an ankle that's not 100 percent.

Adrian Foster

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.

Gary Chase

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Charles Holliday

Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an end to the spreading global downturn is in sight, ... Despite that, we continue to take actions necessary to emerge from these difficult times as a much stronger company.

Nobuyoshi Fujiwara

Surging delivery prices of our steel products helped us more than offset the adverse impact of rising procurement costs.

William Winkenwerder

Our safety experience with smallpox vaccinations to date is consistent with what we expected overall. We have seen a small number of adverse reactions to the vaccine, mostly minor,

Paul Curlander

Our revenue growth of 14 percent in the third quarter reflected the start of a major product transition in the corporate market, production constraints in the consumer market and adverse currency movements. Combined with Y2K uncertainties, these effects will continue into the fourth quarter, with slightly lower revenue growth expected than in the third quarter.

George Fisher

Our financial results continue to be seriously impacted by the adverse effects of the strong dollar, reduced earnings in our core business driven by an intensifying competitive environment, and losses in digital. We are making significant changes in the company's operations to compete effectively in this environment.

David Hargreaves

Overall, I would certainly agree that it is not helpful that these costs are increasing, but also it is not going to be materially adverse to our potential profitability.

Jack Haley

Research done for the federal government shows those sorts of levels, even at the level of 20 per cent, there has been some adverse impacts on engine reliability, ... So we'd like to learn more about that.

Ken Johnson

Pill splitting can potentially harm a patient due to the adverse effects an incorrect and inaccurate dosage of a prescribed medicine can have on their health.

Paul Patterson

Reducing costs without negatively impacting revenue is a challenge. It's easy to cut costs if you don't grow a crop, but not growing a crop has a pretty adverse affect on revenue.

Mike Thompson

Most of these companies don't want to have the fluctuations, good or bad. When we saw the weakening dollar, it was a boon for companies like Coca-Cola ( Research ). But most companies hedge against the adverse scenario of a stronger dollar.

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.

John Mack

Regarding use of force, firing of the weapon, the police commission found that the use of force was out of policy.

Sergei Mironov

Our parliamentary commission will meet in an open session Wednesday to summarize the work of the past 16 months.

Jim Ramstad

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

Jim Stone

People have to be paid and they're either paid by commission or other investment management fee,

Siim Kallas

Some of the NGOs receiving funds from the commission describe on their Web site one of their main tasks as 'lobbying the commission.

Bill Summers

That commission has done some damn dirty things. I wouldn't put it past them. I know I'm going to be there.

Brad Smith

Our understanding is that we are not likely to get any formal decision from the Commission until after we file our response in this proceeding, and that is due on the 15th of February.

Festus Mogae

On the situation in Angola, the commission had expressed hope that the general elections scheduled for 2006 would entrench that country's democracy.

Harvey Pitt

Our commission has been subject to extremely high attrition, ... with the principle reason being the fact that our employees earn substantially less than their counterparts in the other financial service regulatory agencies.

Kofi Annan

reflecting our mutual commitment to a stable, prosperous and equitable world.

Jason Brown

Organic to Go was founded on the principle of providing delicious, convenient breakfasts and lunches that happen to be organic and natural delivered to corporate America, Eating organic is not only good for you personally, but good for the environment. Receiving certification proves our commitment to both. We're here for the long term health of the consumer -- and the planet.

Chris Carney

States like New Jersey have already made a commitment to reduce mercury pollution by 90 percent. The technology is out there. We just need to move in that direction.

Ed Clair

Some of the Sago miners requested that the United Mine Workers be their representatives for the purposes of this investigation, and they have a right to be there. Together, the state and MSHA made a commitment to the families that we would conduct a fair, open investigation, and we decided we needed to take this extraordinary step to keep that commitment.

Scott Kriens

Our performance during the third quarter reflects the return on our commitment and focus on continued execution.

Sidney Taurel

Our strong bottom-line results in the first quarter reflect the execution on our commitment to grow sales at a faster rate than our expenses.

Wade Henderson

Our strength is the diversity of our membership and our unity of purpose, ... Unity of purpose doesn't mean we are in lock step on every issue. Janet Murguia is a strong leader who reflects deep commitment to our values.

Jude Walsh

Our commitment is to try to keep people's out-of-pocket costs no more than what it was under DEL.

Matt Silverman

Our commitment is to keep these players here for many years to come.

O. J. Simpson

People have questions. It's had a negative impact on the fishermen.

Javier Solana

Steps are urgently needed to improve the visibility, impact and effectiveness

Dr. Jain

Our findings show that the technology is unlikely to be used by the majority of Americans and should not have an impact on the natural sex ratio.

Jason Gibbs

Our view is that this is an isolated incident and the value of the registry to parents and communities outweighs the impact of one isolated incident.

Justin Gray

Man, they made some tough shots. The three-pointers can impact the game. Especially when you give them up in a row.

Barry Manilow

Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.

Bill Crawford

The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

Bethany Hamilton

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Tom Cech

It is a target that could impact a wide variety of cancers.

Christo

Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come out of our two hearts and our two heads.

Marty McOmber

This wasn't a surprise. This is why we proposed the legislation.

Stephen Byers

The proposed merger...might result in a substantial lessening of competition,

Howard Miller

I think what he's proposed is accommodating It's gorgeous.

Abbas Zaidi

We have proposed Karachi as a Test and a one-day venue.

Eric Hausler

What's proposed in New York is not competitive.

Khaled Mashaal

They proposed this. Our reply was clear. We told them that we already have had two recent experiences regarding the truce that were not encouraging.

Paul Omodt

They've got to go through the whole proposed settlement in there.

David Lennon

That is false. They have proposed nothing to us other than threats, concessions and substandard conditions.

Chad Johnson

Really, nothing. You're just putting together as much as you can. You work on whatever you're working on personally, and you just want to get out healthy.

Daron Rahlves

I was just trying to concentrate on the simple things: Putting down some smooth skiing, which I didn't do yesterday, and having fun.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Bubba Crosby

I was thinking about putting down another bunt.

Rajeev Shukla

I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment.

Robert Bea

It didn't hold. There isn't a door, and they've got measly sandbags they're putting in to compensate.

John Madden

His team is not putting up much of a fight.

Al Gore

I'm a big fan of Bitcoin ... Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized.

Jonathan Frenkel

Legislation or regulation may not be a solution in all cases, but it may be warranted in appropriate circumstances.

Alexander Cockburn

Regulation of sexual behavior is the preferred route to wider social control.

Bill Maris

The reality is regulation often lags behind innovation.

Mike Port

There is no regulation or requirement that they say something. Some of them do, but he's not wrong if he doesn't use it.

David Cameron

Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon. Just as excessive regulation is not some external plague that's been visited on our businesses.

Bob Corker

I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate.

Antonin Scalia

You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out.

Jamie Dimon

I've been regulated my whole life. We have progressive taxes. It's not a free-market free-for-all. I completely understand that society has a perfectly legitimate right to put in structures and regulations and rules that make it fairer, better, cleaner.

Bill Cosby

I didn't know how serious it is to a female that you lift the lid.

C. S. Lewis

It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.

Berkeley Breathed

If nothing is serious anymore, then there's nothing to satirize.

Tone Loc

I was actually very into all of that seriously and I didn't really want to be carryin' all of that over, the street life, into the studio.

Judy Parfitt

That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then - the person is still with you. With dementia, there's no conversation; there's no togetherness, no sharing.

John Edward

I'm seriously considering it, but I haven't made my decision.

Michael Ballack

I am in serious negotiations with Chelsea. Nothing is signed yet, but I know what I want.

Javier Solana

We are going tomorrow to get very serious on Sudan.

Sam Wyche

I was in serious cabin-fever trouble being out of football,