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.

Bruce Bochy

Swagger goes hand in hand with playing well. We have a lot of experience here. We're not looking for these guys to bounce back and have MVP years, but to be productive and have a year close to the previous year.

George S. Patton

Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

Mark Hummel

Sure. I'm still very encouraged. I still think we can have a great season. There's not a doubt in my mind we can bounce back from this. Two games doesn't mean anything.

Charles Spencer

Steel markets are at an inflection point and we forecast a bounce in demand.

Nastassia Alcius

Our season's not over yet. We know that. We'll bounce back.

Ben Braun

Our team obviously is down after the game. I don't know how you can play that game and not be down. We have to come back. That's our challenge right now. We have to bounce back. We can't go back to this game. It's over. We have to have the same mentality we had during that stretch. That's going to be our challenge right now.

Lindsey Harding

Our timing was kind of off at times. We'll work through it and get through it. It's just like a little bump. It's really, in my opinion, not really a big deal -- I'm not sure what Coach G said. We'll bounce right back from it.

Mitul Kotecha

Overall, a disappointing number, but growth is set to bounce back strongly in the first quarter, with government consumption set to provide a positive contribution and consumer spending also likely to strengthen.

Scott Johnstone

Our top three should be OK. Our fourth score will bounce a bit, but it is there.

Berenice Marlohe

I really enjoyed 'Casino Royale' because suddenly something changed with this modernity and with Daniel bringing life to James Bond in a very new way.

Peter Swire

I think people get desensitized by cameras. They get used to them in casinos and then are less surprised when they are elsewhere.

David Anders

I think the Suncoast will have minimal impact on the locals market. The market grows fast enough to more than make up for increases in casino supply.

James Navolio

Full casinos are tourist destinations. They're not just casinos. They're shows, they're shopping, and dining.

Nick Hays

If all the ducks are lined in a row, these casinos can open the doors as soon as the conditional license is received.

Cathy Burke

We have to be competitive to stay alive. The casinos can give food, rooms and drinks away, but we can't. Now, you can only smoke at the casinos ? this is going to be devastating to business.

James Clinton

I would be able to drive to a casino instead of paying to ride a bus. I could come and go when I wanted to.

Joseph Finnerty

If the studies that are supposed to be done are done, then there will never be a casino in this community because it will never make sense.

Charles Sullivan

If the casinos don't re-prime the pump, then the pump's not going to get re-primed. There is nothing else down here that could do it.

Michael Carty

Stagflation is in the back of the minds of many investors right now. When they see energy getting quirky, they want to duck. And when they see the market rally, they want to take some chips off the table.

Jeremy Cox

Our sophomores understand where there are. We're in good shape physically. Mentally, I think we're fine. We just have to go out and play and see where the chips may fall.

Peter Scott

Our fish hits the table within two minutes of being cooked, the chips within one minute.

Don Eckerle

Playing them was not totally unfamiliar turf to us. We went in with a goal of playing a defensive game and letting the chips fall where they may.

Mark James

It is of the utmost importance. The newspapers said what they had to say and we have just got to play football on the field and let the chips fall where they may.

David Shuster

I think Shep Smith is probably the premier anchor/journalist of my generation. He's terrific, and he does the news straight and let the chips fall where they may.

Tresa LaBoube

I sure don't see it and I don't really feel it either and I don't think they do. It's like you go out to play golf that day, expect to do your best, gut it out, play as hard as you can and see where the chips fall. I think that's the mindset they've had from day one and they're just keeping that same focus.

Mark James

I struck it well. It's only my second event and last week I was pretty pathetic. So, yeah, it's a lot better. Holed a few putts as well. I hit a few chips and chips coming back and swinging well, so it was encouraging today.

Linley Gwennap

If Intel had delivered these two chips on time, it would have really opened up a performance gap with AMD's K6-2.

Carlos Parreira

Other teams have problems deciding who will be picked, we have problems deciding who will be left out. Some very good players will miss out because we can only take 23.

Rahul Dravid

I will have to see how the wicket looks tomorrow before deciding what to do (If I win the toss), but I don't think the toss would make much of a difference.

Jacques Rogge

I think the members must take that element into consideration. It is not just an issue of deciding to include or not to include. This is also reviewing a decision that has been taken six or seven months before.

Carlos Dimas

I think that ultimately the grouping that will have the deciding power is the movie studios in the US because they've got to feel comfortable in term of the intellectual property management of the movies,

Brian Cashman

He didn't want to sign here and then in a week be traded. I think that was the deciding factor.

Geoff Smith

Jack is known for deciding the time has come for a change.

Adam Fisher

I think I still got my point across, irrelevant to the jury deciding or not. Plus, with the jury you never know. I mean, there's always that risk. And with the settlement presented to me I was happy,

Chan Gailey

I think in the fall we'll still be in the position of deciding who's going to play what positions for the first two weeks. And then we've got to make a decision one way or the other after two weeks and go with it. And the interesting part will be how quickly any of the freshmen might be able to get involved.

Bodo Fritzen

I think it's going to be a strong team. I will probably have some headaches deciding who to start, which is a pleasant headache to have.

Dave Roberts

Regardless of what our record is, the goal is to make the playoffs. If you win 100 games and you don't get to the postseason, what good is it? I guarantee you every single team that wins more games than us this year would like to be in our position.

Terri Sullivan

Record wise we want to get back on track, so we know the opportunity is there to play games and do something with them. At this time of the year we're looking to play as many games as we can.

Ray Allen

Records are always made to be broken. I have a long way to go, games to play, threes to hit. The key is getting to playoff basketball.

Lana Ross

Our region is tough. We're going with the same lineup to give our players a lot of at bats. Right now, we're sore. We've played a lot of games with a little rest. Our pitchers are doing just enough and Maple Woods is a good team.

Jacques Rogge

Organizing the Games is never easy. But I am glad the fundamentals are sound.

Scott White

Oregon and Washington State are the most physical, hardest-fought games every year. You always have to pick it up a notch when you go play at Oregon.

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player. He's a good friend, and I think he's going to have a great year. The backup's role is to always be ready. That's the purpose of preseason, to get ready for the regular season, so I feel good about the games I had and the time I was in there.

Geno Auriemma

Our offense always looks good in practice. It is games sometimes that it leaves a lot to be desired.

Keith Newman

Our No. 1 goal is to win the division, and that's still probable. But we need to turn things around ASAP. There's a lot of games left. But week by week, the season is getting shorter.

David Adler

Patrons from around the world have always been gearing together for benefits--it's the serendipity effect, ... You don't know who you're going to run into. It's the ultimate status symbol.

Bruce Henning

We need our seniors to kick it into gear one of these days. But those guys are working hard and doing what they have to do to get better. Unfortunately, their scores don't show it right now. But they'll get better.

Tom Boonen

I was unable to move up one gear but I still managed to keep pedaling and win that great sprint as you all saw.

Norman Cook

I didn't really get into second gear until I was 30. My first wife was a nurse and she was very anti. I never really started caning it until 1990, when I was 29. I had to make up for being a late starter. It wasn't self-destruction - I was having fun. There was never any reason to stop doing it, because it was fun. It makes it much harder to give up. It wasn't even starting to hurt.

Marco Polo

Getting all of our gear was pretty cool. We got 20 shirts and just a ton of stuff.

Don McKee

His passion to win is unbelievable. It always seems that some players have another gear when it comes to the playoffs. He's very relaxed right now and doing a good job. I'm very pleased with the performance and he's a guy that's really stepped up.

John Wiater

When they get moving on the construction, there will be 75-80 construction workers, and when the plant is all geared up, the workforce will (more than) double. All hiring is done under the West Virginia Jobs Act, which means 75 percent of them have to be local workers.

John Travolta

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

Lance Wilson

We can kick it into gear when we need to. We try to always keep it in gear. Sometimes, you just come out flat.

Brian Rooney

Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).

Andre Patterson

Starting just helps me get into a rhythm faster. But anything this team needs, I'll sacrifice and do.

Gina Mitchell

Our substitute players have meant so much to this team. You know they are going to play well when you put them in, and it really helps this team out.

Zygi Wilf

Retail helps the stadium. The stadium helps the retail.

Cara Hendry

Playing a team for the first time just helps us get a feel for them.

Kevin Donovan

Pick up the phone and make the call, ... You may have the one piece of information that helps us solve this case.

Chet Faker

That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.

Kurt Rouhselang

That's a wonderful program that helps kids who are in need. They get it done. I'd like to think this will be a long standing relationship.

Chone Figgins

Listen, I would love to play every day at one position but it's just not happening. Being able to play all these different positions makes it fun. It helps the team and it helps me stay in the lineup.

Arlen Specter

Regrettably, you need homeland security, and I think you are going to need it if not forever, for the foreseeable future,

Kenny MacAskill

Our message to the Scottish Diaspora this New Year should be to come home to Scotland.

Francis Thompson

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet./ And all the things are made young with young desires.

Judah Friedlander

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

Bill Henderson

Someone from home will be praying for you,

James Augustine

That'd be the best. To do it at home on Senior Night, to do it with Dee. It would be a special night.

Taylor Twellman

Our first home match is going to be difficult, and we know that better than anybody,

Nick Russo

Residents of these temporary homes need to practice safety first at all times.

Tina Barrett

I'm just the little mouse in the background.

Kristy Sobel

I went online because I wanted to see if there was something I could use if I was going out.

Susannah Fox

There aren't any new recruits. It's online veterans who are signing up for a second or third tour.

Jeffrey Grau

Online sales still represent about 2 percent of total retails sales. So there's a lot more room to grow,

Timothy Simons

We live in a world in which whatever you do has a parody account online in moments.

Rebecca Ryan

many times, online is the first way a young professional sees the area.

Mark Logan

Scott's been out there from the get-go on how to make the online space profitable.

Gina Bellman

I think there was a petition online to get me involved in 'Doctor Who.' I'm not a 'Doctor Who' fanatic, but I am a Steven Moffat fanatic.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

Sometimes I'll be reading something online and just get so frustrated because of what people are saying.

Nev Schulman

The idea of finding your soul mate, whether it's online or not, is what people want.

Terry Capps

The pad is ready. We?re just waiting for the building.

Jeff Walk

If some of those shots fall, you never know. Whether we were or weren't getting bumped, we push on each other with pads every day so we're use to those bumps. But that's characteristic of sophomores and freshmen.

Marco Coleman

On the practice field, though, they were the same. They like to put the pads on and go.

John Noel

Our kicker doesn't even have pads right now.

E. M. Forster

Money pads the edges of things.

Denis Waitley

Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

John Ray

Wedlock is a padlock.

Kenneth Jolly

They put the pads on him seven times.

Dusty Dvoracek

I've been waiting a whole year to put the pads back on Saturday and can't wait. TCU is going to get my best.

Jim Smith

Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.

M. Wolfe

Reggie White was the ultimate player at his position for two decades.

Greg Marshall

Our players were as embarrassed as I was.

Sherri Coale

Our players have such tremendous respect for Marsha. I wanted them to be a part of treating her the way she has always treated us.

Steve Spurrier

Our players have remained relaxed when on the verge of winning,

George Steinbrenner

Sure, there will be some more back out, whether it's our players or somebody else's. I'm used to spring training being to concentrate on the World Series, and that's what we like to see our players do. But we don't tell them not to play.

Ben Gordon

Some of the players just brain-locked out there.

Mary Pinkowski

Some of our players were nervous. We got off to a slow start. It was frustrating.

Phil Jackson

Some of our players didn't look ready to play.

Jim Smith

Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.

Greg Marshall

Our players were as embarrassed as I was.

Sherri Coale

Our players have such tremendous respect for Marsha. I wanted them to be a part of treating her the way she has always treated us.

Steve Spurrier

Our players have remained relaxed when on the verge of winning,

George Steinbrenner

Sure, there will be some more back out, whether it's our players or somebody else's. I'm used to spring training being to concentrate on the World Series, and that's what we like to see our players do. But we don't tell them not to play.

Ben Gordon

Some of the players just brain-locked out there.

Mary Pinkowski

Some of our players were nervous. We got off to a slow start. It was frustrating.

Phil Jackson

Some of our players didn't look ready to play.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Some of the younger players do need protecting as they are new at this level. That is why I do not play them all the time as they need to be bedded in slowly.

Gene Upshaw

The price of poker will go up. We can not stay in the place where we are now.

Evan Depew

I used to play real poker at least twice a week.

Jim Griffin

It's a computer. It's not a poker machine.

Shannon Flaherty

It is his right, and he has been practicing that right.

Philippe Petit

I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.

Kimmie Meissner

I think I could have done much better. I've been practicing a lot better, but it's my first pretty big international competition, so I think I did pretty good.

Rob Gronkowski

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Royce Waltman

He's been practicing and he's in school, but I'm not sure what his status is going to be.

Chuck Barta

If it wasn't a bye week, he probably would be practicing and going through the things he had been going through.

Dan Brown

If we aren't practicing now we're going to be in trouble in April.

David Gilmour

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.

Donald Glover

I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit.

Dick Ebersol

I was just swept away with how that sounded. It just rolls off your mouth.

Frank Molinaro

That was a tough loss. But no excuses. Now we just have to take this win and try to keep rolling through the Shore Conference.

Derek Lowe

I think it's tough for everybody. We can't just go out there and roll over and die. ... To see where we are right now is very disappointing.

Tiger Woods

I don't feel like I'm on a roll at all,

Capt. Ball

If someone's challenging you, you let it roll off.

Rob Kurz

We're on a roll right now. We can't wait to play another game.

Kelly Hawthorne

We are on a roll right now. We just want to keep it going.

Alex O'Loughlin

I've always loved, as an Aussie, comedy is part of my life. My friends and I are always ribbing each other and that's how we get through the days. When it comes to cameras rolling and getting that timing right, the only way to do it and do it well is to throw yourself into it.

Dwight Schultz

In fact, their eyes sort of roll around and they kind of go, 'Hmm'- like there's something there and they don't want to talk about it. But they're not that kind when they are speaking in public.

Carrie Snodgress

There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.

Nancy Heaton

I can't really talk as to what they're considering doing because there's too many things on the table right now.

Ted Saskin

I can't see anything worse than what they put on the table today.

Boomer Esiason

I got the title for you, ... Table For One.

Calvin Coolidge

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

It is not enough to offer a smorgasbord of courses. We must insure that students are not just eating at one end of the table.

Agatha Christie

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

Adam Gopnik

What we eat is the one simplest way to declare who we are - the table reflects our values with a clarity that few other theaters of human behaviour posses.

Kevin Hall

The only thing they've put on the table is their elbows.

James Rota

There are no tricks with us. What you see is what you get.

Douglas MacArthur

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

Dorothy Richardson

If there was a trick, there must be a trickster.

Heidi Klum

You have to play tricks for the TV.

Mike Ross

I'm from Las Vegas and all my tricks are magic.

Josh Radnor

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

James Rosenquist

I learned a lot of painting tricks painting outside.

Lulu

A solid giggle should do the trick.

Mark Millar

The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised.