Famous Quotes & Sayings

Duane Ackerman

Reducing workforce is the toughest business decision a company has to make. We have worked hard to avoid it, but many companies our size and particularly our competitors operate with lower overhead and fewer management layers.

Jewel

Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.

Carol Bellamy

recognizes that economic sanctions are an instrument intended by the international community to promote peace and security ... but our concern is that whenever sanctions are imposed, they should be designed and implemented in such a way as to avoid a negative impact on children.

Mark Stahlman

Previous management understood what needed to be changed, but they were unable to make it happen, ... To actually make these changes is a massive challenge. It can't be done quickly. There will be people who will resist. There's no avoiding a good deal of internal conflict.

Robert Wood

Our research shows that for some children, however, lifelong avoidance of these nuts, found in countless food products, may not be necessary.

Doug Smith

Parking was totally disorganized on Monday. We left extra early (Tuesday) to avoid another rush.

Shinya Yamanaka

Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible.

Nancy McBride

Our message is that children should recognize and avoid certain situations, rather than certain people.

Juan Lubroth

People need to be informed about the importance of basic hygiene notably washing hands after touching poultry and disinfecting boots or shoes before entering or leaving a poultry farm. They should also be aware of suitable farming practices such as ensuring that poultry are roofed-in to avoid any contact with wild birds and not mixing chickens with other species, such as ducks.

Stephen Smith

Parks are in the middle of neighborhoods. Otherwise there's not much option to put in a communication site.

Natalie Jones

Part of it was turnovers and our communication in not talking to each other.

Danny Marshall

Steve and I are good teammates because we communicate well with each other. Our driving style is very similar and our lap times tend to be alike. We recognize this is a 24-hour race, not a 24-minute race, and it's important to make sure you're around at the finish.

Matt Baker

Some of them were communication problems. We had a lot of holdings. I haven't seen exactly what they all were, but there were too many to win a football game.

David Kennedy

Our views on Syria are well known. A communication was made from our side to the Indian government early December conveying our objections to the oil deal.

David Aebischer

Our communication is better, ... Everyone knows where they have to be.

Devorah Goldburg

Right now, shelter, meals, water and mental health counseling are things people are in need of. But we're not always hearing exactly what the needs are, because we've had spotty communication with our people on the ground.

John Toshack

Maybe if there's a communication breakdown, it's between the Blackburn medics and their manager,

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.

John Fund

Regardless of whether or not the vetting process was complete, it represented impossible conflicts of interest,

Jason Thunstrom

That could easily come into conflict with the safe, fun family environment that we hold.

John Cena

Our visit here has been spectacular. Everybody here has been friendly. In a time of conflict and crisis, I didn't know what to expect.

John Roark

I will not get involved in anything I perceive to be a conflict of interest to this organization.

Ian Martin

It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale conflict has now resumed.

Olli Rehn

The accession process is a tool for enhancing security and stability in that region which has suffered so many wars and ethnic conflicts in the last decade,

Bill Bradley

That (strategy) was not in conflict with the way I have run my campaign, ... It shows respect for the voters, to point out that something is untrue.

Suzanne LaFollette

Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.

Scott Richardson

I think he just feels it's no more of a conflict for him than it is for the attorney,

Sen. Gallegos

Regardless of who you are, if you have this addiction, you've got to deal with it, or something's going to happen to you.

Michael Griffith

Recently, school districts have been getting more and more successful in winning these cases, and getting a great deal more money.

Frank Rijkaard

Real started with a great deal of spirit,

Walter Bugno

Our position is still that we're delighted with Dwight's contribution, delighted that he's on a two-year deal and want to see him back here next season. But internally and publicly we have been trying very hard to help Dwight find suitable arrangements until the World Cup.

Mamie Gummer

Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.

David Schultz

Our record isn't too big of a deal right now. We know what we have to do, and as a team we know we can do it.

David Montgomery

Pat has accomplished a great deal in three situations.

Jason Smith

Paul (Horvath) has a strong opinion about taxes. Every year he pays his taxes right before the (county tax) sale. This is nothing new with us. This is how Paul deals with taxes. He paid his taxes at this time last year.

Drew Neitzel

Paul gets them all the time. I guess it's not that big a deal for him. But it's big for me.

Gordon Brown

Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States have never been stronger, deeper and more cordial,

Marcus Trescothick

Our team spirit goes deeper than just one loss.

Tony Rizzo

Road warriors have laptops already, but what we're talking about is making a deeper penetration into the enterprise.

Alan Thompson

It is an extraordinary coincidence, you start to think there is more to it, but nothing has been found yet. If it happens again, we would have to look deeper into it.

Greg Nossaman

That will give us another tough presence. We're a little deeper with him.

John Brady

I think it translates into your fans having a deeper connection, maybe, having seen (the Tigers) play in high school and now at LSU.

Pat McNamara

I was hoping we'd have enough energy to sustain. But in a rivalry like this, sometimes guys dig a little deeper than they normally do. They had more energy than I thought they would. This is a great win for the Cadets.

Allen Coulter

I think Hitchcock had a thing about hills: think of the house on the hill in 'Psycho.' Then, in 'Vertigo,' Scottie is forever traversing the city, going downhill all the time as he goes deeper and deeper into himself. It's as if Hitchcock is using San Francisco as a psychological map.

Eric Wright

I think he can get maybe a sense of people wanting to do something for him. When he has birthdays, he gets excited and he knows it's for him. I don't know if it goes deeper than that.

Greg Mason

Reggie's just a player, a very good post presence offensively. That was the difference in a tight defensive struggle.

Paul Columbia

(Our pass defense) is something that we need to make better. We need to do a better job with the pass rush, it's not just the defensive backs, it's also the defensive line.

Shane Battier

Our offensive and defensive execution was poor when it mattered. We couldn't get a stop when we needed it.

Joel Sankey

Our offensive and defensive lines are very good.

Matt Sgambati

People like to use the word 'ugly' in big defensive games. But these two teams play hard physically.

Mark Watkins

Our problem tonight was we just didn't have enough contributors down the defensive end, we just didn't get guys in the right position and (only) two guys in double figures ain't gonna get it done.

Carmelo Anthony

Our team needed me out there to get some things done on the offensive end and the defensive end. At halftime, I just told (the team) it's time for me to wake up.

Fran Dunphy

Our whole defensive thrust was better that last 10 minutes or so. It was a big stretch for us. From that point on, I thought we really played terrific basketball.

Aaron Gray

Other teams are keying in on him, setting whole defensive strategies around him. That's presenting opportunities for other people to step up. It's amazing. It seems like every game, it's someone different.

Randy Schneider

Stephanie is going to be a great pitcher. She's learning to make every pitch important. When she digs in and throws hard, she's good.

Dan Ayres

Starting in April, the lowest tides are in the morning, so that's when we schedule the digs. These morning digs tend to be very popular, partly because we often get good weather.

Ulysses Yannas

Some of us were looking for $175 million in digital earnings.

Russ Feingold

Some have called for a dignified process. So have I. But at times, it sounds like what some really want for the nominee is an easy process,

Aaron Russell

Someone had come in to them and reported they had seen somebody digging what they thought was a grave.

Chinese Proverbs

Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst

Kim Powers

Our goal here is return every loved one to their final resting place as quickly as we can. We're handling this recovery with dignity and respect like it's the first time.

Carlos Lopez

Right now, obviously, our first option would be to dig into gas taxes.

Nicki Zongrone

Retail is actually the fastest growing segment of digital printing right now.

Charles Braun

Some of the holes won't even be able to be viewed from the start up point.

Retief Goosen

Some of the holes are actually playing shorter than they did last year.

Michael Dicks

Manufacturing is in a hole but the housing market is pretty buoyant,

Tom Romance

Kyle has a lot of tournament experience, but it has always been as an individual playing various tours. It's a little different going to a different school with teammates and on relatively different courses. He doesn't have many holes in his game.

Fred Couples

The 14th hole was really a killer, but there were several other putts -- I just couldn't get one to go. I think if Phil was putting for me, I would have won with 9- or 10-under.

Fred Couples

The 14th hole was just really a killer. I couldn't get one to go in the hole and get any momentum.

Fred Couples

The 14th hole was just really a killer.

Kevin Kring

I don't know what to say. The hole looked trash-can size.

Jim Fassel

I couldn't, ... It was the hole in our lives.

Joe Mires

It has been a lengthy process but worth it.

Pete Carroll

He's going to have an operation. It's going to be a lengthy recovery.

Kate Atkinson

Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.

Jack Straw

those misgivings were surely put to rest by the lengthy statement we have just heard.

Robert Rottersman

What I'm going to try and do here is take a rather lengthy report and summarize it.

Robert Brooks

This was a rather lengthy and complicated process, ... Anything of this magnitude isn't going to be a slam-dunk process.

Moe Ammar

It's a very, very lengthy process. We have a little over 500 members today, but out of the 500, we only pick four.

Will Holman

Northwest pilots are prepared for all possibilities. They all understand that a strike is a lose-lose situation. I'd say any lengthy strike would liquidate Northwest airlines.

Cliff Manlove

So you can see it's going to be a lengthy project.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Donnie Henderson

Our practice tempo was probably a little different than what we've seen.

B. F. Skinner

Overcrowding can be corrected only by inducing people not to crowd, and the environment will continue to deteriorate until polluting practices are abandoned.

B. F. Skinner

Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who has any concern for human achievements

Bill Crawford

Change isn't always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.

Bill Bryson

At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of amorant feelings by the object of the amorance." That is jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructuring implement - and it is one of the great curses of modern English.

Bernard Arnault

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

Antoine Rivarol

Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.

Shay Murphy

I was just going up there relaxed, do what I practice so much. So I was pretty confident.

Frank Scelfo

I think there's more of a sense of urgency. We saw it in practice on Tuesday.

Bob Mason

He's got the talent and skills to play at this level.

Warren Sapp

He has all the skills but I've been trying to get him to get better at the little things. He's like a big sponge. You have to slap him around and throw him back in the water every now and then but he'll be right back to soak up some more.

Charles Jennings

We are living in a world where access trumps knowledge every time. Those who know how to search, find and make the connections will succeed. Those who rely on static knowledge and skills alone will fail.

Charles Kennedy

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

Carson Kressley

Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.

Ed Parker

Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

Earl Nightingale

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

Eliot Spitzer

Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.

David Nicholls

Afterward, there was some debate as to whether we'd actually "done it properly," which gives you some idea of the awesome skill and artful dexterity of my lovemaking technique.

Sathya Baba

Start the Day with Love;Spend the Day with Love;Fill the Day with Love;End the Day with Love;This is the way to God.

Steve Wilson

Some of the things offensively are starting to come together,

Jermaine Wiggins

Man, that ain't even a thought for me, ... I can't get into that world. I've been around too long to start something like that up.

Beck

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did the other records. You're learning all over. It's some weird musician amnesia, or maybe the road wipes it out.

Brian Boland

I think Doug is starting to take it to another level.

Bill Budge

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

Charles Davis

That was his first start and he was sharp.

Kim Parker

That will be a big start all over for us, but you've got to start somewhere,

Neil Thompson

That way we have something to start with if you do go missing.

David Baker

I will do what it takes to get through this year,

James Johnson

I think they've done as much as they've been able to do. It takes a break, some remark.

Mike Parker

That's the sixth-best in the United States. She's getting to be where she wants to be. Forty-seven takes her to her new goals.

P. Herbert

It drains you; it takes a toll on you.

Ben Crenshaw

I don't know where this week is going to lead, but I've had so much fun. I'm just going to kind of see where it takes me.

Reggie Williams

I feel free. It just takes time sometimes.

Patrick Foley

It can get complicated. It takes time, and there are a lot of legal-document translations.

Jenny Lewis

I think it's always an adjustment for me, but I do feel like, ultimately, I can kind of write anywhere. It just takes a second to get back in to the groove.

David Burroughs

If it takes one day, three days, 365 days, that it will have to be.