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.

Evan Bayh

Regrettably, the readiness of the Iraqi army is wholly inadequate for the needs. Our own government has said so.

Fred Kaplan

President Bush is going to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. That no longer seems in doubt. The question is: How does he plan to do it? Which troops will come out first? How quickly? Where will they go? Under what circumstances will they be put back in? Which troops will remain, and what will they do? How will they keep a profile low enough to make the Iraqi government seem genuinely autonomous yet high enough to help deter or stave off internal threats? Who will keep the borders secure, a task for which the Iraqi army doesn't even pretend to have the slightest capability? What kinds of diplomatic arrangements will he make with Iraq's neighbors -- who have their own conflicting interests in the country's future -- to assure an international peace?

Matt Daniels

Our overarching goal is to build a national grass-roots army,

Dave Brown

Or I could just hold on with one arm if you like. What do you think?

John Carpenter

Our officer reached out and grabbed her arm just as she was about to go over the edge.

Ken Olson

People need to continue to call the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, ... The support we have received from the community has been great, but we need more help.

Sean Mallon

State lands permitting is finished. And the fully executed document is on the way from the Army Corps, we understand.

Clint Hurdle

Spinning out of his delivery. Most of the times when he misses, it's (to his) arm side.

Mary Shelley

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.

Rubin Carter

Regardless of where you have been in the past, you have to go out and compete, give your best effort and don't quit. I only see a tremendous upside based on what I've been through with this program so far.

Corazon Aquino

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

Lisa Randall

Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.

Randy Vossburg

Releasing such a statement to the media (on Tuesday) before the township even had a chance to see the documents in question showed a distinct lack of courtesy and respect by the department. Creating media frenzy did not serve anyone's best interest and undermined efforts for good faith discussions based on preparation, planning and good sound scientific advice.

Colin Masson

Relatively few manufacturers have the luxury to choose a different product mix based on energy prices.

Ricardo Alarcon

President Carter represents the future, a day when there will be a mutual respect and a good neighbor policy between the U.S. and Cuba, a future with a policy based on certain moral and ethical values.

Trip Chowdhry

Our research shows that Oracle is losing some database business to IBM and Microsoft, ... Based on that, I doubt if the company can raise sales guidance.

Joe Horrigan

Our position has always been that O.J. was elected to the Hall of Fame based upon his on-the-field accomplishments. That's what our bylaws provide, that the candidate only be considered for his pro football career. And as such, he is in the Hall of Fame and will remain in the Fall of Fame.

Fidel Castro

Our relations are based on mutual interest and devotion to peace, in the context of cooperation and integration.

Barry Ritholtz

Regardless of whether this upcoming release shows inflation today, given the supply shock to oil, we're expected to see inflation move higher in the next few months. It would certainly put a fork in the concept that the Fed has the opportunity to pause.

Tomohiko Taniguchi

Regarding these issues, certainly what is most important is to preserve and enhance the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.

Dave Vining

Record wise, I knew we would have a winning record coming into this season, but I figured maybe we'd finish around 14-8. We had good kids, seven with experience, but we did much better than I thought we would. We did great, a lot better than expected. I certainly can't complain.

E. B. White

Real world, certain positions come with certain perks, and I'm not opposed to having certain perks as long as there's no hint of impropriety

Fernando Martin

Real will have 99 percent of its squad ready by June 30, that's for certain and will have a new coach in two weeks.

S. Walker

Regrets? Well, certainly I regret that I did that which got me into jail, ... Other than that, no. I've had a very roller coaster life, very roller coaster. And except for that -- which, of course, I regret exceedingly -- boy, no, I don't have any regrets.

Gene Luen Yang

Religion and culture are two important ways in which we as humans find our identity. That's certainly true for me.

Anne Sinclair

Parts of the city have been waiting for their turns for years, and their turn has finally come. I'm not certain that there's a sense on City Council to change direction.

Scott Skiles

Paul pretty much has his way with us the whole night. There are certain rookies who come into this league and are ready to play and he is definitely one of them.

Paul Adams

Recreation was important because we didn't have any. Here we were a water district and growing by leaps and bounds. It was too large to be governed by a county commission.

Shami Chakrabarti

reflect on the culture of intolerance that he may be promoting in his party and the country as a whole.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

Referendums are not held in an unstable country with unstable society.

King Abdullah

reject any country to have nuclear weapons, especially in the Middle East region.

Mark Fabiani

Our position is that we want to keep the team in San Diego and we're going to do everything possible to make that happen. We will explore all of our options within the county of San Diego the minute we're (contractually) able to do so.

John Bowen

Our position is that as a matter of law it's approved. The county would have to notify us if they disagree with that.

Philip Reeker

Our policy toward Iran has not changed. The president has said we will be looking for indications that countries do want to change. But ... we've had long-standing concerns.

Eric Stuckey

Parking itself is a very speculative revenue source. We have been hesitant to count on that as too much of a funding source.

John Tesh

Pat, the last election was decided by voters who listed 'moral values' as their primary concern. What do you think this means for the country and should we try to mend fences with the liberals?

Byron Callan

Recent divestitures have created a pure-play military tactical vehicle company.

Patrick Phillips

Relaxed, definitely. Massimo was created by several friends who have a genuine passion for design, but don't have the same enthusiasm for 'pushy' retail. We're always glad to help our customers, but we understand that hovering is just plain irritating.

Kelly McBride

Relationships between men and women will change, and so will the workplace. Maybe it will create a truly equitable society or maybe it will flip it and women will become so politically, socially and economically powerful, we'll get whiplash.

George Clarke

Our passing game has really improved this season, ... Tonight, we were passing around the other team, which created a lot of opportunities.

Michael Kelly

Our real goal is to create hydrogen transportation corridors.

Christina Baker Kline

Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that's difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption.

Rossi Ralenkotter

Part of what we do as destination markets is to fuel the local economy and create jobs in the community.

Ann Veneman

Part of what this report does is to highlight the issue to the public to create an outrage about what is going on.

Alexander Milinkevich

Our objective is to create a stir in society.

Frank Brunner

Regardless of what decision is ultimately made regarding the school, we realize there is merit in holding onto that site. One day a new elementary could be located there.

Joe Browne

Regarding Sunday's games, we will make no decision today. We'll gather information and speak to several parties within the next 24 to 48 hours.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

Stephen Harper

Our party will make those decisions in our own way and in our own time,

Shane Matthews

Patrick is their future. I will be supportive about whatever their decision is.

Phil Singer

Paul Hackett's statesmanlike decision will help us win one of the most important Senate races in the nation.

Paul Clarke

People here have been making their decision earlier over the last few years. And, by the fourth event, people were tired of evacuating.

Mary Adams

People make decisions that undermine their goals every day.

Jackie Kruszewski

People never know who their state legislator is. They're kind of obscure people who are in Richmond making decisions for us, and if they get 10 letters on one subject, then that's a big deal.

Djibril Cisse

Our relationship is a professional one. We have no problems. If he works hard for the team he can play more games, but it depends also on his team mates.

Marek Belka

Our rate moves will have an impact on the economy in 2013. Whether we raise or lower rates depends on how the economic situation develops.

Steve Hunter

Some fungicides don't hurt the bees. It just depends what kind the farmer uses.

Glenn Tasker

Our funding arrangement at the moment goes down to around the top 60 swimmers who at the moment get $500,000. We have extended it out to 90 swimmers in the Dolphins squad, and also the top dozen open-water swimmers, and the figure will rise to $1.1 million in the first year, and then increase in the years following. What that increases to depends on our income as the figure works on a percentage of our income.

Frank Hayes

Planning teams need to establish the priorities of the project. It depends on how well a school's internal groups are set up.

Arthur Lewis

We need no elaborate statistical proof that trade depends on prosperity in the industrial countries.

Achim Steiner

We now know that 15 of the world's 17 largest fisheries -- where the world depends on its fish -- are either at full exploitation level or in fact, declining.

Greg Gilchrist

I think there's all kinds of possibilities. It probably depends on how some of the other races play out. Two or three spots he could land in, and it's possible he could wind up with nothing. If we win, we'll put it on everybody else. I don't have a vote; I've got enough on my hands.

Greg Gilchrist

I think there's all kinds of possibilities, ... It depends on the way some of the races turn out.

Rosevelt Colvin

Regardless, if we said it 10 times a 1,000 times, if Rodney's out there or if Rodney's not out there, whoever's out there -- 11 guys -- we play team defense,

Claude Julien

Price is showing things at 18 guys don't usually show until their second or third year as pros.

Chris Snee

Part of it was their scheme, part of it was us not doing our assignments, and part of it was guys just getting beat.

Romeo Crennel

Part of the reason we wanted to get veteran guys in here is because of the experience,

Bill Ball

Our nine seniors, a lot of those guys have made tremendous sacrifices. Every team has scorers, but you've got to have guys willing to play roles, and that's what we've had.

Doug Aplin

Our kids worked hard for everything they got this year. I would love to get the first half back in the finals, but that is the sport. Every day, every single day, these guys showed up for practice and worked hard to succeed.

Marc Bulger

Sure it worked. We played with more of a sense of urgency. I know the message he was trying to get across, and he did it well. He went at us hard on Wednesday and Thursday, but I think we understood. Guys picked up their game. He knocked some sense into us, and hopefully we can maintain it.

Jeffrey Cohen

Steve and his guys are more strategic partners than mere contractors.

Torii Hunter

Spring training is a (time) to get to know your team. We've got new guys on our club, and you don't even know these guys.

Ken Hibbard

Our pitching was good. We just didn't hit.

Larry Beinfest

Our pitching staff was strong, and we've seen the progression here to the big leagues. Tankersley's progression has been excellent.

Curtis Eccles

Our pitching just wasn't there tonight. We're still getting better, still trying to improve. There are some first and third situations that got away from us.

Bobby Cox

Our pitching isn't where it should be and where it will be. And it's the same with the pitching we've faced. It's been a strange week.

Phil Garner

Our pitching has been good. You can't say that enough.

Wayne Vickery

Our pitching has been better than I think even we thought it would be right now.

Jeff Blauser

Our pitchers have pitched well from our starters to our bullpen. We have a tight pitch-count program here and every one of the pitchers has pitched well. I am proud of them.

Bob Erickson

Our pitcher is getting better with every game.

Derek Karcich

Our strengths will be our pitching and speed.

Fred Siget

Some of the programs I wrote there are still running maintenance free.

Gennady Zyuganov

Our stance remains unchanged. (Chernomyrdin) doesn't even understand the program he has proposed.

Christopher Hill

Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do.

Lou Holtz

I think that win really turned our program around,

Jonathan Brandis

I was in a theater program when I was about 6 years old. I didn't like it as much as most actors do. Which is probably why I never went back to it.

Lisa Williams

But all you really need to get started is a software program to record audio.

Ken Buck

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

Rolando Gonzalez

If we don't have the members, our program will not be as strong.

Benito Mussolini

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

Christine Johnson

Our students need to see role models. We feel very strongly about that.

Hans Blix

Our role is not to humiliate the Iraqis.

Cathy Rigby

I will jump into most any role.

Arsene Wenger

If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing

Andrew Cohen

I think it's unfortunate that we don't spend time talking about our role in the world.

William Daley

I think that 'strong' and 'decisive' are never words that are used for any vice president. A vice president's role is to play the second position.

John Meehan

I think it would water down the commissioners role and take away some of their authority.

Philip Ruddock

I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters.

Mahmoud Abbas

We are going to reactivate the role of the PLO.