Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Greff

Louisiana's performance in the wake of the hurricanes is impressive. Statewide results are receiving a strong boost from construction crews and other personnel in the region for the post-hurricane reconstruction. We think displaced gamblers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are also driving growth.

Jennifer Duffy

Lott's re-election is something close to a sure thing, but if he had vacated his seat, the contest to replace him would have been very competitive, giving Democrats a boost in their efforts to pick up seats in November.

Bob Enos

Scott's presence gave a big boost to the team.

Dave Carlson

Most will boost their prices over a period of time. They'll do it daily.

Alan Rifkin

Net-net, the change is expected to boost earnings on a continued operating basis.

Martin Rees

One of President Obama's first acts was to give a massive boost to America's scientific community.

Jenny Taylor

One important thing in the application process for sellers will be to verify that their items are produced locally and are from those counties. The Farmer's Market is for the nature and well being of the local community and for those producers trying to boost their business.

Hideaki Kurimoto

Money is gathering into the real-estate business. The trend will help boost profits of property companies and banks.

Stephen Ahn

New models will help boost sales in overseas markets this year as they did at home last year.

Bob Swank

Levi, Clint and Zach held spots four through six and are running well. Calvin was our number seven and he will be challenged by the two freshmen.

Dan Callahan

Scott challenged us all day long and they outplayed us.

Ed DeChellis

No disrespect, but North Dakota State went in there with a pretty good game plan, followed their game plan, challenged some shots -- they went in there and they were able to win. It's not impossible; a team just did it two days ago.

Jeff Fisher

Obviously we will be challenged in the first six weeks with four of the six on the road.

Mark Snyder

My experience with these offenses is that it takes you about a quarter to get used to it. It's kind of like facing the option. Our defense is definitely going to be challenged this week.

Nelson McCullough

We were challenged today more than maybe some of the other games. They hung in there and they didn't quit. They kept putting pressure on the other team until something went wrong." ()

Herbie Hancock

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and that's what a master does.

John McKee

She showed a lot of heart today when they challenged her in the stretch.

Robert Horry

She's good. At first a lot of guys challenged her on calls, like 'Come on,' but she stood up for herself. That says a lot about her. Guys respect her. ... She doesn't back down from anybody.

Jarod Tufts

We're not complacent, but we have an extreme sense of confidence in our status for the transition. We're fairly confident that there aren't going to be many problems.

Jamie Dixon

Levon was obviously very good tonight. It was a team effort. I like our 11 guys and I have confidence in all of them. I think you can see that and they all seem to step up.

Richard Grasso

Let us not forget the great tragedy that has befallen this nation, ... restoring the public confidence that this marketplace will be up and functioning.

Brandon Roy

Last year we had huge confidence because teams didn't know how quick we were or how fast we were going to play.

Susan McGrath

Last year we had a strong team, but we didn't have the experience or confidence to be able to comeback. Getting that year of experience really helped us get a win like the one today.

Chris Gaynor

Last year, we didn't know what to expect. We were a young group of guys. This year, we've got the confidence to get over that hurdle.

Carmelo Anthony

Last year's second-half stretch was incredible. Hopefully we can come together and do the same thing we did last year. I have confidence in me and my team to step it up.

Wade Wilson

Last year we lost games, and it really didn't seem like there was a lot of hope for getting better. This year there was a feeling that this is something we can overcome. The confidence is still there. We feel like we can be a real good offensive football team.

Alberto Fujimori

Many people, myself, had confidence in Montesinos because (he) succeeded very much with fighting terrorism and narcotics,

Allen Rossi

(Leonard) pitched great. He had his usual stuff. He dominated and kept them off the scoreboard.

Champ Bailey

My front seven just dominated the second half, ... Dominated.

Angela Merkel

My government will be dominated by a firm will to renew our fatherland,

Martin Reynolds

Obviously, US Robotics is a shadow of what it used to be when it dominated the modem business.

Graham Cluley

Given more time, Sober.z would have dominated the chart, but its emergence in late November prevented it from taking pole position.

Cuki Alvarez

Frank dominated from the start. He then took him to the ground, top-mounted him, and let out a flurry of punches.

Tim Moe

Six different kids got goals so that's a positive and I thought overall we dominated play.

George Arroyo

If they hadn't gotten that goal, I think we would have dominated the game, but that goal deflated us. Once we got into our game, we played really well.

Tomas Vokoun

I don't know what the reason is, but we've been getting dominated here lately. This is the NHL, and we're foolish if we thought we were going to start picking up easy wins. It's going to be a grind all the way until the end of the season.

Tom Izzo

Let's not anoint us as a finished product yet. But I like the steps we're taking.

Hale Irwin

Let's put that in perspective, ... I finished an hour before the leaders. It wasn't like that putt sent me into the playoffs. Heading into the 11th hole, I wasn't even in the top 15.

Scott M. Gimple

Lots of shows are written completely in the writer's room. And I wouldn't say 'The Walking Dead' is that way. There are three levels to it. There's us in the room. The writers going off by themselves. And me working with the writers on a finished script.

Karl Dorrell

Look, we're not a finished product by any means and we're still in that shadow, ... But we are gaining some momentum.

Brandy Williams

Last year was hard, because we had just finished playing another hard game the night before. We really wanted to go this time.

Lynn Murray

Last year, we went 10-0 non-conference. It was huge because we did not have the same strength of schedule that we have this year. Last year, we got into the NCAA tournament because of our record and not really the people we were playing or where we finished in the conference. As a team goal, we are trying to get to the same place we were last year.

Jon Wagner

Morris is the same way. He got a kid that finished very high in the state and had a great season and he stepped up .

B. F. Skinner

My hats off to Todd, he ran a good race. I just finished second, what can you say. We ran really good.

J. J. Johnson

No other girl finished under 20 (minutes). Another very strong performance for her.

John Collins

On occasion during cross-examination, the defendant was tearful and perhaps remorseful.

R. Robinson

I do not see this as an occasion for celebration,

Billy Collins

Until recently, I thought 'occasional poetry' meant that you wrote only occasionally.

Michael Starke

I thought we rose to the occasion and played well.

Evan Snapper

But there are occasions when separate filings make more sense. For example, when one taxpayer has lot of itemized deductions and the other taxpayer has very little income.

Roger Enrico

Our second-quarter performance also confirms that we can sustain 12-to-13 percent EPS growth, with occasional upsides,

Chosun Ilbo

For the sake of the remaining two years of his administration, Roh should seize the occasion to find a replacement for the man.

Andrew Fastow

I think I said on more than one occasion yesterday that I was greedy.

Dave Roberts

With everything he has been through this year, for Sean to rise to the occasion like that, it says a lot about his character.

George Philpott

Mackenzie really rose to the occasion. She bettered her time from (Friday).

Edgar Allan Poe

Let us dismiss, as irrelevant to the poem per se, the circumstance ... which, in the first place, gave rise to the intention of composing a poem that should suit at once the popular and the critical taste.

David Nicholls

The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her.

Abraham Lincoln

You are young, and I am older; You are hopeful, I am not- Enjoy life, ere it grow colder- Pluck the roses ere they rot.

A. P. Herbert

Greenfly, it's difficult to see Why God, who made the rose, made thee.

A. J. McLean

I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.

Chogyam Trungpa

meditation is a way of developing clarity, which allows us to see the precision of daily life situations as well as our thought process so that we can relate with both of them fully and completely.

Camille Paglia

Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements.

Audrey Hepburn

Can I have a silk nightgown with rosebuds on it?

Mike Davis

I didn't want us to take any 3s tonight because of their size.

Joe Brancato

To be a part of this tonight is a thrill.

Mark Campbell

We haven't had any complaints. Tonight will be the first true test.

Buddy Hackett

Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show.

Antonio Villaraigosa

You all know I love L.A., but tonight I really love L.A.,

Dee Dee Ramone

Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right

Bill Maher

The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight...

Demi Lovato

I won't change anything in my life I'm staying myself tonight

Daniel Handler

The movie was kickass, which was appropriate, because tonight it was called Kickass: The Movie.