Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fadel Gheit

Part of the reason (companies are having trouble adding real reserves) is that there has not been an elephant discovery -- one over a billion barrels -- for 15 years.

Barbara Petersen

Our list is already three pages long, and we're adding on a regular basis.

Alan Miller

Step back and review your practices to make sure all your inputs are adding value and paying their way. In particular, you've got to give the high-cost items some attention. Where you get the most savings on a percentage basis may be in finding even a small reduction on a very expensive item, like fertilizer.

Don Gher

Starbucks is doing a remarkable job of adding new drinks and more stores, and the pace hasn't slowed one bit.

Brendan Morrison

Our power play didn't come through. It's a bunch of little things but they're adding up to big points we're losing out on. To win games you've got to score goals, and we just aren't doing that.

Jim Taylor

Our success both on and off the pitch, particularly last season, has put us in an excellent position to grow our business. Adding both Sunderland of England and the L.A. Galaxy of MLS to our schedule speaks volumes about the growth of the Portland Timbers. It's shaping up to be a most exciting season.

E. O. Wilson

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Jane Johnson

Our goal here is to have a dialogue. We're not adding any new rules or making state standards more difficult to attain. We want to create a level playing field and safe food services.

Jim Maloney

Our feeling was that this would make it a better fit for San Francisco. Adding in the component of LGBT service would be obviously quite unique.

Ronde Barber

Regardless of what 2004 was about, 2005 gave us a new opportunity. Everybody jumped at it, believe in it, worked for it.

Friso Abbing

Regarding the substance of the proposal, our view is the reverse of the people you have been speaking to. We believe that we need to protect innovators, therefore we want to send a strong signal to those people infringing intellectual property that they face criminal sanctions.

James Loy

Recent information from ongoing investigations, detentions, and emerging-threat streams strongly suggests that al-Qaeda has considered using the southwest border to infiltrate the United States. Several al Qaeda leaders believe operatives can pay their way into the country through Mexico and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons.

Anthony Romero

President Bush may believe he can authorize spying on Americans without judicial or congressional approval, but this program is illegal and we intend to put a stop to it.

Trent Duffy

President Bush believes that we need to explore new methods of deriving new lines that would not result in embryos being destroyed. He feels that we should push the envelope of science in a way that does not cross fundamental moral and ethical lines.

Trent Duffy

President Bush believes Chairman Greenspan is doing an excellent job, We don't speculate on personnel decisions.

Alan Greenspan

President Bush believes Chairman Greenspan is doing an excellent job.

Donna Shalala

(President Bill Clinton) believes that we can get comprehensive legislation this year, with or without (tobacco companies), ... Meet The Press.

George Buckley

Price growth is on a softening trend and we continue to believe that the outlook for the housing market over the medium term is one of flat to falling prices.

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.

Robert Seiple

Relative to what's at stake, it's trivial. What was at stake was a violation of the core principle of the universality of the human right of religious liberty.

Anna Burger

Organizing is our core principle. It is our north star.

Rob Keck

Patriotism is one of the core values of the NWTF. We are indebted to our troops and veterans and honor them in any way we can.

Bob Colarossi

Part of the mission of this event is to give back to the communities that we visit. As an investment in the future of California's children, the education curriculum is a core element of that mission and will help ensure that we leave a positive footprint on communities throughout the state.

David Wright

Surprisingly, Utah is the second highest in the nation in the number of eighth-graders taking algebra, but we are still low in achievement. Our state math core only goes through linear equations.

Dave Brennan

Some of those jobs are still going to migrate back down to Cincinnati, where Federated is located. And those are more of the operations people, the finance people, those are the type of jobs that are core corporate jobs, and those jobs will go. So it's not that there won't be something (of a) direct impact locally. There will be some.

Simon King

Our core skill is printing variable data onto products at high speed in the manufacturing environment.

Michael Moskow

Rising oil prices, like other unfavorable price shocks, can also feed through and raise underlying core inflation, ... So there is also a risk on the inflation front, and the risk is higher now than it was a year ago.

Matthew Szulik

It is at Red Hat's very core to help unlock the power of open source and open communities.

Hu Jintao

Regardless of person or political party and regardless of what he or it has said or done, we are willing to hold talks on developing cross-Strait relations so long as he or it recognizes the 'One China' principle and the 1992 consensus,

Billy Beane

Paul has seen the ups and down of developing young players and trusting the three, four years they've had in the minor leagues and discounting their first few months in the majors. Developing young players can be a lot of fun, but you've got to have the discipline to live with their mistakes and understand their trend line isn't always going to go straight up.

Chris Jones

Our (pitching) coordinator always talks about developing a winning attitude.

Dwane Casey

Our trend the whole year has been developing a rhythm in the first quarter. Then once (Kevin Garnett) comes out we kind of get off kilter.

Dan Glickman

Researching and developing these technologies now will help save the major studios and other motion picture producers and distributors money in the future,

Jim Greenwood

Malaysia is an important market with a strong interest in developing its biotechnology industry.

Becky Dyer

We now have peer tutors. They're developing relationships with each other.

Pat Riley

I think they have great respect for New Jersey. They are a very effective team right now and they're developing a lot of confidence.

Gerald Galloway

It is an important part of the U.S. economy, and it's even more important in the developing world. You have to be able to provide water for agriculture.

Blair Horner

(Pataki does) not view it as a way of discussing the issues of the state. It's about his image. He pounds away on themes: He's tough on crime. He's tough on taxes. He's tough on regulations. I would expect they stick to the formula.

Michael Lange

I would welcome the governor going door-to-door with me and discussing the issues of the next session.

Billy Graham

I loved him very much, and had the opportunity of discussing so many things with him, and we wrote each other several times during the years.

Paul Moran

I hate even discussing moral victories, but I was happy (last night). I obviously would have liked to win, but if there is such a thing as a moral victory, we had it. We didn't quit.

Charles Clark

I was discussing this with the Dutch minister yesterday evening and I think we will be able to find a solution.

Jim Daniels

I expect there will be people who do feel a need to react negatively because we're discussing sexuality. I hope most people will see this and acknowledge that these are responsible and appropriate discussion points.

David Samson

We look forward to discussing this plan with Judge Wolff. It's the first step of a long, interesting process to see if there is a match.

Peter Ueberroth

We're pleased that they're even discussing it in the hallways.

Sean Rooney

We had been speaking about a 51 percent to 49 percent split, but we're open to discussing any percentage,

Lord Byron

Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.

Jim Tracy

Some of the elements we had last year that made us successful were not here this year,

Tomika Ferguson

Outdoor follows the same rules as indoor triple jump. The differences are the physical elements of wind, a major factor, and also temperature and weather.

Alvin Wyatt

Right now the elements haven't been kind to us.

Guillaume Duchesne

M&A is a strong element of support for the stock market. It's pushing shares higher.

Bob Elsner

I'm here to help the organization get some of these elements done that have long tails.

Carl Rogers

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

Raven Goodwin

I went to elementary like any other kid, but I was just always a little different. I had that sparkle, and everyone told my mom, 'She needs to be on TV, acting.'

Lonnie Nielsen

I was just so far out of my element out there.

Tom Stutsman

People may have other ideas, such as improving the parks or extending streets or putting in new streets. All ideas are welcome.

Brian Spencer

Our plan is to set up a house and give a family a place to stay that may have no extended family or no place to go. We wanted to give them a place to stay for three or four months or until they could go home or find another place to go.

Gary Bardini

Our goal is to try and maintain the river levels and keep flows at a regulated level. It takes a lot of planning and coordination for an extended period of time.

Atharva Veda

Repent for all the wrongs done and resolve not to repeat the mistake; then God will extend His grace.

Ralph A. Cram

Republicanism rapidly extended itself to all the governments of western Europe, but it could not maintain itself in its primal integrity.

Matthew Scully

Religious people... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless. Yet too often, they will not extend that spirit to our fellow creatures.

Randy Johnson

I was able to get my pitches in and didn't have to extend myself, which is nice. I was just glad that it didn't get postponed. I warmed up and I warmed up good.

Man Wong

I think they (the designers) met our plan, our thought. Very relaxed and still can enjoy, time after time...I wanted it to extend joy.

Rick Gibson

That's been one of our problems (holding leads or extending leads). We're a young team, but it's more than half way (through) the season, so we're not young anymore.

Johnny Damon

Regardless of the reaction, I felt the fans wanted to see that.

Dan Fellman

Releasing select sequences of Superman Returns in IMAX 3D marks a groundbreaking moment in movies. This film is going to give fans an opportunity to be immersed in a major live-action motion picture like never before.

John DeMarco

Parker was so overpowering, and so good on his feet, he could take you down and pin you all in one move. It was different than what everyone else was doing, and the fans wanted to see him.

Neal Schon

Our original fans really had a hard time. But then we gained a whole slew of brand-new fans that outweighed the initial fans.

Gerard Way

Surrounding myself with fans makes me feel like I'm not going throgh it alone.

Bill Furlong

Steelers' fans are rabid about posters. They're selling for $24. Seahawks posters are more in the $14 range.

George Steinbrenner

Our team played hard, but we let our fans down. We will do better.

Chris Gratton

Our sport's regrouping here after the lockout and heading into the Olympics on a positive note with getting some fans back. Obviously, this is news that you don't want to see.

Mikael Silvestre

Our fans will have to be present in numbers on Saturday,

Shane Battier

Pau played a man's game tonight. That's what a franchise player does.

Jack Kelly

I think the (brand) franchise is very much intact. However, I think they have to start performing.

Steve Kelley

He saved this franchise really. I think this franchise would be in L.A now if it weren't for him.

Derrick Brooks

For whatever reason, as a team, we haven't been able to get it done, ... It's one of the things we talked about in training camp, doing things that this franchise has never done before.

Sage Rosenfels

Hopefully this will turn things around and get this franchise back to its winning ways.

Gary Sullivan

He understands because he played for this franchise and knows what it takes to win in this league.

Gary Green

One-third young guys, one-third in the middle and one-third experienced. It's how you keep a franchise consistently good.

Stan Chesley

No outsider has ever seen the profit and loss statement of a franchise or of the league itself.

Jeffrey Lurie

The only model to me that correlates with big success in the NFL is having a Hall of Fame franchise quarterback.

Arnold Rothstein

There's only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities.

Gary Bongiovanni

I think there's a pretty widespread understanding now that we've pushed the upper limits of the ticket price and the public has pushed back.

Bill Bowerman

Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.

Bob Thomason

He's a role player on our team, but I think sometimes he limits his role more than he should.

Jim Silver

His return is a big positive for the industry. It will spur everyone on, especially in terms of pushing the limits of technology,

Ayn Rand

Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.

Pete Sepp

Obviously we need to start considering limits on this sort of taxation.

Earl Nightingale

There is no limit on earnings.

Deepak Chopra

To define yourself is to limit yourself. Without labels you remain the infinite being.

Cecelia Ahern

Any tightrope walker can walk in a straight line and hold a cane at the same time. It's the balancing on the rope at those dizzying heights that they have to practise

Carrie Vaughn

I punched to line. "Yes? What?" "Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.

Carrie Fisher

Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

Carrie Fisher

My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.

Sidney Crosby

That would be unbelievable, but I'm not going to have any expectations going in. I'm not sure how the lines are going to shape up but, if I had the opportunity, it would be a dream.

Lindy Ruff

I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.

Andrew Friedman

I thought it went well. I thought it was important to keep the lines of communications open.

Steve Tyndal

If a trip is warranted, we take it. We also visit with several shipping lines around the world that have U.S. offices.

Antoni Gaudi

There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.

Nancy Kotowski

Our schools are very pleased with the results.

Richard Parsons

Overall, I'm pleased with the results from most of our businesses,

Patricia Morehart

Please pray for my family, that we get through this.

Tommy Johnson

Please get down off the wall-bars, stay off the seats,

Mark Nicholas

Please don't make me out to be a cad

Kelly Svebek

I think they (teachers) are real pleased overall. This time of year, there's a lot of wondering.

Atharva Veda

That which pleases His Will has come to pass; no one else can do anything.

Marc Walters

That was a real big win for us. I was real pleased with how they played. They were businesslike.

Rob Parish

I was really pleased with that considering we raced all 5A teams.

Max de Pree

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Kevin Lowery

Our roots are here. We're not going anywhere.

Billy Corgan

That's at the root of the human interaction: fair trade.

Bharati Mukherjee

Ancestral habits of mind can be constricting; they also confer one's individuality.

Antoine Rivarol

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Charles Olson

Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.

Ayn Rand

Money is the root of all good.

Bryant H. McGill

The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings.

Bryant H. McGill

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Alan Lightman

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

C. S. Lewis

We come to Scripture not to learn a subject but to steep ourselves in a person.

C. S. Lewis

Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask.

Bette Davis

I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.

Benjamin Rush

Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them...

Richard Rossi

I was very ambitious, and I wrote a script that was 180 pages,

Ross Martin

I think I can get a script to him, ... He's my wife's cousin.

Bible Bible

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Blaise Pascal

All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.

Joe Anderson

When you read something in script form, there are some subtleties that stand out with far greater gravitas than sometimes what you see on screen.

James M. Cain

I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept.

Twyla Tharp

Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.

Richard Flanagan

Companies that are terrifying to a writer are companies like Amazon.

Sandra Tsing Loh

In my case, when it arrived at 49, perimenopause was terrifying and like nothing I had ever before physically experienced.

Rekalin Sims

We know how terrifying he can be. He can kill us himself.

K. A. Applegate

Gorillas may seem terrifying because of their bodies, but they are really magnificent and very gentle.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.

C. S. Lewis

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

C. S. Lewis

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

Bertrand Russell

True happiness for human beings is possible only to those who develop their godlike potentialities to the utmost.

David Spears

That's a true dilemma. But we don't know any way to get around it. The work has got to be done.

Eric Wise

I was always true to her. I am not a predator.

Aimee Teegarden

I don't know if I've ever been in a clique. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit.

Charles Kingsley

Love is sentimental measles.

Blake Mycoskie

The more you give, the more you live.

Kurt Vonnegut

Everything is nothing, with a twist.

Bill Paxton

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

Dean Koontz

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

Giambattista Vico

The straight line cannot proceed through the torturous twists of life.

Henry Rollins

You don't have to twist my arm to work.

Laurieann Gibson

I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.

Juliette Lewis

I'm always revving the engine. In this industry, there are so many twists and turns. You never have it made.

Julie Burchill

Transsexualism is, basically, just another, more drastic twist on the male menopause

Rick Riordan

Wouldn't that put a twist in your toga?