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benchmark internet numbers perception players traffic weak
The perception here is that traffic on the Internet was weak and, definitely, Yahoo!'s numbers are going to be used as a proxy or benchmark for the other players in the space. James Preissler
benchmark breaking chances francis high slim
Francis has set us another very high benchmark - the chances of breaking it are very slim but if we don't try, we won't know. Ellen MacArthur
benchmark closer current growth number percent
I wouldn't be surprised, once the benchmark number comes in, that we're going to be much closer to 2 percent than the current growth of 1.3 percent.
benchmark deck game good
I will be a good benchmark for us. I have shuffled the deck and this game should give us a good idea of where we are,
benchmark break economic entire league season sit steps taken takes test whether
I think the real test will come midseason when the league takes a break for the Olympics. That will be an important benchmark to see where the league is and to see whether it's taken the right steps in marketing, whether it's taken the right steps on the ice, and whether it was right to sit out an entire season to get a new economic model.
benchmark bypass consistency defines directly inherent innings looked parts pitching starters takes value
We looked for durability and consistency. In today's game, 200 innings is the benchmark that defines consistency and durability. The inherent value is that it takes you directly from the starters to the back end of your bullpen. It allows you to bypass the more unpredictable parts of the pitching staff. Jon Daniels
benchmark compared past smoothly state year
I think this year was a benchmark in negotiations between the state and tribes. Everything went smoothly compared to past history.
benchmark mining power
Sustainable development is a benchmark of our policies. We want to have sustainable communities that thrive. We have power and we have water, and we have all those things that are an artifact of our mining operation.
benchmark football intend
We intend to be the benchmark of collegiate football polls.
bunch guy knew offense outside players push start tried
We knew they were going to be an inside-out team. When you start 7-1, 6-10 and 6-9 players and have a 6-7 guy on the wing, we knew their offense would be predicated on going to the inside. We tried to push them outside and when we got them out there, we were like a bunch of little gnats on a carcass.
bunch coming fix good hurt knew team ugly
We knew they had a good team coming in with a bunch of of good individuals. It was an ugly win, but we'll take it and try to fix the things that hurt us.
bunch cars disneyland drive entrance following paparazzi pulled side
Uh, Disneyland Drive right on the entrance to the 5 Freeway . . . actually we pulled off to the side but, unfortunately, we have a bunch of paparazzi cars also following us. Scarlett Johansson
bunch game inside missed putting row start third
We still missed bunch of little lay-ups inside and that's about the third game in a row we've done that. If we can start putting those together, I think our game will be complete.
bunch giving nick people second
Where I come from and where Nick comes from, there are a lot of divorces. People are giving it a second go-around on a bunch of different levels.
bunch select tender
We've got a whole bunch of select that are more tender than a whole bunch of choice.
bunch certainly girls great
We've got a lot to learn, but we'll certainly take this group. They're a great bunch of girls.
bunch handful kids meet olympic open sent ton trials won year
We've won a ton of championships, sent a handful of kids to Olympic trials and a bunch of kids to the U.S. Open meet every year. This year should not be an exception.
bunch convinced
Sorcerers are convinced that all of us are a bunch of nincompoops. We can never relinquish our crummy control voluntarily, thus we have to be tricked Carlos Castaneda
cups world because-i-can
I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in. Diego Maradona
cups authenticity drink
Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source? Diane Ackerman
cups drink five maybe time
I can't live without my milk. We get 3 gallons every time we go shopping, and I finish it in two weeks. I drink maybe five cups a day. Rico Rodriguez
cups lace wedding
My sister really drooled a lot when she was younger. For her wedding, I was going to get her one of those lace drool cups that go around the ears. Cheri Oteri
cups east five good grey history hope league
Winnipeg has already been there for the league -- in good times and bad. We're back in the East and we've represented the East in five Grey Cups (1988, '90, '92, '93 and 2001). Let's hope history repeats.
cups earned expected purely
I think he's purely earned it. Take a look at his experience; he's been to two Olympics, how many World Cups (2), and how many World Championships (2). I kind of expected this all along. Doug Wilson
cups davis maybe people played
Maybe I should have played two more Australians and two less Davis Cups? I could have had more majors and still have three Davis Cups when most people don't have one. John McEnroe
cups illusion pints
However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
cups lips fortune
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip. Aulus Gellius
detroit accents born
I was born in Missouri, but I was raised in Detroit. One of my stock and trades is accents. Denis O'Hare
detroit figured finance four hotel nights plus raise
When we were fundraising to go down to the Detroit area, we figured we had to raise $10,000 to $15,000 to finance the trip. It's four nights in a hotel plus all the means.
detroit influenced motown rock sound
We're so influenced by Motown and the mid-'70s and the rock sound Detroit had.
detroit hard looking number positions spots technical
We have a number of spots that we're looking for in the Detroit area. There are technical positions that are hard to fill. David Hall
detroit teams
Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team. Bernie Bickerstaff
detroit fast goes mike says
Mike says when you get to Detroit everything goes by so fast that you really don't even feel like it's real preparation. Shaun Alexander
detroit good picked picks played players trying
I thought Detroit played very good defense, ... They picked up our picks and screens, and then, once we got behind, I think our players were just trying to do too much by themselves.
detroit interact knew line played players ted time together took
When I played in Detroit on a line with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay, we got used to each other, but it took time. And the more we played together the better we knew where each of us was on the ice. Also, the players must have enough time to interact with each other. Gordie Howe
detroit gets graham guys heard player
Our guys have heard a lot about their guys and (Brandon) Graham (the Detroit News' No. 1-ranked player in the preseason) and it kind of gets in their heads.
earned respect
We know him well and he has already earned our respect and admiration, John Stevens
earning eat federal flowers good gym minimum mom piano raise sending taking wage yoga
The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're not going to the gym or the yoga studio. They're not sending mom flowers on Mother's day. What good is this person in the economy? If you raise it to $15 an hour, they're doing all of those things. Nick Hanauer
earn food harvest people respect treated
The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
earnings growth pleased roe strong
We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter.
earnings growth performance pleased return revenue solid
We are pleased with the performance in the quarter, with the return of sequential revenue growth and with the solid earnings results,
earnings obviously
There are some disappointments in earnings and obviously Hewlett-Packard is a big one.
earnings growth percent track
We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter.
earn trip
where I come from would earn a trip to the woodshed. Tom Daschle
earned money save tend
When you've never had much money and earned little as an actor the first two years, you tend to save your money. Richard Chamberlain
everybody experience hard ice trying year
We want them to experience what it's like to be in that situation. This has been a hard year for everyone -- not just the kids, but everybody off the ice who are trying so hard to make this thing work.
everybody level morning provide service three treat whether
We want to treat everybody the same, ... provide the same level of service whether it's three in the morning or three in the afternoon. David Burns
everybody helped thank
We want to thank everybody who helped us,
everybody nobody sound
We want to sound like everybody and nobody at the same time.
everybody losses prepared record
We want to show everybody we belong. Our record doesn't matter. All those losses prepared us for this.
everybody segment
We want to see something that's going to be a win-win for everybody and not just for one segment of the population.
everybody gold job tough win
We know what we have to do. We know this is going to be a tough test, but we're here to win the gold medal. That's what we want ... that's what everybody wants. We just have to get the job done.
everybody hard question
We know we've got what it takes. It's not even a question. It's just a question of how much we want it. We've got to come out and play as hard as we can, and everybody has to be on the same page.
everybody knows
We know we need to play better. Everybody in here knows that.
good-mood sometimes mood
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. Charles de Lint
goods
Money and goods are certainly the best of references. Charles Dickens
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine. Charles Caleb Colton
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
greatness
There is greatness in everyone. Charlie Chaplin
greatness quality individual
The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual. Charles Sumner
greatness
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
greatness france
France cannot be France without greatness.
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.
hang hats
We know we've got to tighten that up. That's been our stamp. That's what we hang our hats on and we can't ever get away from that. Lindsey Hunter
hang past seems situation three
We know we've been in this situation before. It seems like it's been the same story for the past three years for me. It's kind of disappointing, but we're not going to hang our heads.
hang high kids school weekend
We started this for the kids. We wanted to try to get it going, give the kids something to do. Even the high school kids hang out here on the weekend now.
hang league miami miss tracy waiting
We still need to look forward. The way Miami will miss Shaq (O'Neal), they'll still need to play. Well, the league is not waiting for us or for Tracy to come back. We've got to hang in there. We can do better than that. Yao Ming
hang heads state time
We're in state of shock. It's tough, but at the same time we have nothing to hang our heads about. Reggie Bush
hang hard market onto small worked
We're in a small market and we have worked really hard to keep this thing going. All I want is enough so I can hang onto the canoe. E. O. Wilson
hanging-on toenails establishment
Well, it's not just money. I consider myself establishment right now. I'm borderline establishment, I'm hanging on by my toenails - but I'm establishment. Dennis Hopper
hanging-out core
Or maybe I'd do what I always do - hang out and see what develops. Fatalist to the core. Dennis Lehane
hangover men cures
The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can't do for another straight man. Ben Affleck
jersey common core
Common Core has been eliminated in New Jersey. Chris Christie
jersey
We still think (the series) is there to be won. We got one in Jersey earlier. We're still pretty confident. Danny Granger
jersey places
From a lot of places in New Jersey you could see the towers, Karl Rove
jersey percent supporting surprised voters
I wouldn't be surprised if as many as 25 percent of New Jersey voters said they are supporting Kean because of his father's record, or because they like his father.
jersey matter save
It always baffles me why they do these things. I've never made a save with my jersey before, but as long as we don't look too silly, it doesn't really matter to us. Marty Turco
jersey pounds spends thousands
Jersey as a whole spends hundreds of thousands of pounds on antibiotics a year,
jersey played stepped
I thought this was a very well played game. New Jersey stepped up and executed at the right times. Eddie Jordan
jersey shoes trying wears whoever
Whoever wears that jersey has some big shoes to fill. And we're out there now trying to find him. Lloyd Carr
jersey last won yellow
Last year, I had the yellow jersey on Bastille Day, now I have won this stage, it's great, Richard Virenque
looks world eternity
He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.
looks world way
Secularism teaches us that we ought to look to this world. Christianity teaches us that the best way to prepare for this world is to be fully prepared for the next. Charles Spurgeon
looks may helping
The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.
looks sin
He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.
looks worship ifs
Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.
looks world environment
Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it. Alan Watts
looks plant gardener
A good gardener looks at every plant every day. Alan Chadwick
looks want mental-health
I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health. Alan Ball
looks taste devils-advocate
Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow. Al Pacino
measured ordinary power special virtue
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing Blaise Pascal
measurement bars standards
Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement. Dick Costolo
measures ourselves safety satisfied security
We have satisfied ourselves that appropriate safety and security measures will be in place. David Morgan
measure-for-measure apprehension
The sense of death is most in apprehension. William Shakespeare
measures preventive un war
I am against preventive war because it means measures by the UN against us. Moshe Sharett
measure possible random taken
We've taken every measure possible to make sure that everything is random and fair.
measures principal protect quite security
I'm insisting, quite unapologetically, on the need to have these appropriate security measures in place to protect the voters, which is my principal charge. Kevin Shelley
measure open preparing
We had been preparing to open up with them so we could measure where we were at.
measure six snow standard
There is a standard for measuring snow that you can't measure it more often than every six hours. Because the more often you measure it, the more you get.
player games profound
As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.
player sight league
It's important that top clubs don't lose sight of the fact that it's the English Premier League and English players should be involved. Alan Pardew
player nhl cities
I played with Joey Mullen back in Salt Lake City before he got called up to St. Louis. He was the first player ever to score 20 goals in the American League and 20 in the NHL. I've kept in contact with him and he's a great guy. Alain Vigneault
player league different
All of a sudden I'm in the major leagues and we're traveling from town to town. I see the other players dressing different every day. I've got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I'm really embarrassed. Al Kaline
player long stylist
In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after Al Hirt
player thinking long
I think I earned the players' respect, and that's the ultimate in life, isn't it? I didn't care if they liked me or disliked me, as long as I had their respect. Al Barlick
player dictator guilty
Once again, as a flawed evaluator of dictators and failed strategist who has permitted Russia back in as a major player in the Middle East, is Hillary Clinton guilty or not guilty?
player trying being-the-best
I'm just trying to be the best player that I can be. Chris Bosh
player games watches
When you're not in the game, you can watch. Certain players have mannerisms, and they do the same things repetitiously.
recognized
The only ones those certifications are recognized by are the associations who give them. Ted Nelson
recognized students taking
We're 20 to 40 students away from being a Recognized district. It was close, but we're not taking any chances.
recognized ruling stance
I think the ruling recognized the government's stance and its assertions.
recognized
I remember when 'Deadwood' had first come out, there was this whole deer-in-the-headlights sense of feeling really uncomfortable with being recognized in public. Robin Weigert
recognized
Our city's playgrounds are nationally recognized for safety.
recognized wants
Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image. Loretta Lynch
recognized
Yeah, I got recognized more at home. That's for sure.
recognized
I haven't been recognized out in public or anything. The strangeness of celebrity has been relegated to Twitter, which is kind of manageable. Allison Tolman
recognized
The propeller sputtered and that was it ... we recognized it was an emergency.
teams
The other teams have left, and they're still not really back. We haven't left, and we're not going anywhere.
teams
We've already made the decision. Most teams put five, but we're going to put six.
teams together tried
We've tried to set it up where we put teams together that are pretty evenly matched.
teams
We'll see the course, and we'll see most of the teams that we'll see at district, too.
teams trying
We're just still searching, just trying to find out what teams are the best.
teams travel
Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.
teams
SEC teams are going to make runs. That just happens. It's part of the game, man.
teams
When we started out as freshmen, we were ok, but there were other teams out there who were a lot better than us.
teams three
When the three of us are on, we're really tough. There are not a lot of teams that can keep up with us when we play like that. Paul Davies
tests firsts beats
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ. David Guetta
tests failing explanation
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. David Deutsch
tests majority failing
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.
tests poultry clients
I would expect an extremely high percentage of the chickens would test positive. Our poultry industry clients wouldn't like that. Bryan Shelton
testing
I have to keep testing myself. Eartha Kitt
tests firsts calling
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. Arnold Bennett
tests faces indifference
The test of an invention is the power of an inventor to push it through in the face of staunch-not opposition, but indifference-in society. Edwin Land
tests way facts
Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact. Bill Nye
tests rings universe
The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it. C. S. Lewis
three four finished
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. Alain Prost
three balls easy
The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off. Chris Copeland
three kind i-can
I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's. Byron Katie
three
The other three have really made strides. They're consistently getting better.
three
We've already got three up on the board. Steve Alford
three moments hours
Preferred three hours quicker over one moment late.
three born persons
When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself. Anton Chekhov
three christianity lord
Lord save us from off-handed, flabby-cheeked, brittle-boned, weak-kneed, thin-skinned, pliable, plastic, spineless, effeminate, ossified, three-karat Christianity. Billy Sunday
three cinema use
When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high - you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language. Agnes Varda
winning competition want
Look at politics; they're always in competition over an election, who wants to win. It's just who we are, it's what we do. Charles Tillman
winning race looks
If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race.
winning race obstacles
Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.
winning giving soul
You will win as many souls as God gives you, but no one will be converted by your own power.
winning men fire
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if you are going to pull others out of it, and you will have to dive into the floods if you are going to draw others out of the water. You cannot work a fire escape without feeling the scorch of the conflagration, nor man a lifeboat without being covered with the waves.
winning soul pearls
The diver plunges deep to find pearls, and we must accept any labor or hazard to win a soul
winning men gambling
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win
winning soul glorifying-god
Our great object of glorifying God is to be mainly achieved by the winning of souls Do not close a single sermon without addressing the ungodly.
winning victory sides
We are not alarmed because Satan hinders us, for it is a proof that we are on the Lord’s side, and are doing the Lord’s work, and in his strength we shall win the victory, and triumph over our adversary.