Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Putnam

Reductions in reimbursement can cause momentary disruption in the revenue and income generation for some companies. But by and large, they have learned to offset these pressures.

Michael Osterholm

Recent clinical, epidemiological and laboratory evidence suggests that the impact of a pandemic caused by the current H5N1 strain would be similar to that of the 1918-19 pandemic,

Phil Dow

Rebuilding in the Gulf Coast will be a major focus following the destruction caused by hurricanes in the region. This is yet another demonstration of how resilient the economy has been since Sept. 11, 2001.

Pankaj Mishra

Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.

James Wolfensohn

Our objectives are one and the same, ... If the protesters took a moment to understand what we do then they might view our cause a little differently.

Bill Clinton

Our objectives are clear. Our forces are strong, and our cause is right.

Gregg Thompson

Our organization is opposed to any increase in the minimum wage. The marketplace should set the minimum wage and we feel ... that it will cause job losses in the state.

Larry Craig

Our letter has caused movement, but I'm not sure where that movement will lead.

Judy Daly

Our message is clear: One of the most effective tools in preventing the spread of infection is literally at our fingertips. Just 20 seconds of water, soap and rubbing can really cause an extremely wonderful intervention.

Ron Zook

Our players should realize we can compete with a team that is ranked 15th in the country,

Gil Amelio

Steve is different, wants to be different, wants not to compete (with the same type of products) but to be different,

Sara Hirth

Spending the entire day together lets us devote our entire evenings to our son. We had our time together, so we don't ever feel like we have to compete with him for each other's attention.

Clint Lawhorne

Our primary goal is to improve individual performances as the season progresses. Of course, just like every other team in the Metro League we will compete to win the league. Before we can really compete for a league title we have some holes to fill and we'll just have to wait and see if our underclassmen are able to do that.

Ken Blanchard

Our 'franchises' never talk to each other. They compete with each other and criticize each other. We've got to stop this ridiculous fighting over rituals and regulations.

Suzanne Murphy

Our world is Hindi, Farsi and Chinese. We want our kids to be prepared and to compete globally.

Dan Dakich

Physically I think we were there, but mentally we weren't where we needed to be at all to compete in this game. We need wins. We got to figure out what we want out of this season.

Kelli Johnson

I'm here to compete and do whatever I can.

Campbell Pryor

Most of the schools that go to this are much larger schools. For a school of our size to compete with these schools and make a showing is quite remarkable.

Terry Ragsdale

Recent labor statistics were already a concern, and another down-leg in consumer confidence seems likely.

Frank Rossi

Our last three games with Hyde have been like this. So this was nothing new. I think we are playing with confidence now.

Paul Ashworth

Such a rapid escalation in prices is sure to hit confidence and real spending hard.

Stephen Bell

Surprisingly, I think our girls have a little more confidence heading into tomorrow's round. The golf course is playing hard and we did not play our best, so to be within striking distance is a positive sign for our team.

Nicole Vaidisova

Sure, I have a little confidence after winning two titles, but everything is new here. It is new balls, a new court and different temperatures. It's very different than Seoul and Tokyo. It was a slow start, but then I got more comfortable in the second set and was able to get the win.

Shaun Pollock

Sport is a confidence game and no doubt a win will give us so much hope for the summer.

Daymond Langkow

Some of the saves he made were very timely saves and that's huge for us. It's nice having the confidence with him back there.

Nick Licari

Our team has shown that we have a lot of poise. We feel confident in what we're doing. That's a big part of this, confidence and maturity.

David Mitchell

Our running game has been struggling, and the key was to try to get on top of these guys early and work the ground game. We wanted to develop some confidence in our running game, which we did tonight.

Zhu Bangzao

Our position is consistent and clear-cut -- that Iraq must cooperate with the United Nations and effectively and comprehensively implement all the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council.

Jiang Zemin

Our policy has very long been a consistent one. Peaceful reunification, one country, two systems,

Amanda Miller

Our passing was a little better last weekend, ... We just need to be a little more consistent with that.

Jim Tracy

Paul did a fine job. He displayed the characteristics necessary to become a consistent starter at this level. I wouldn't be surprised if you saw more of that in 2006.

Sandy Buerk

Our marketing is something we focus on every day. For the past 10 years, we have been consistent with radio and television advertising, as well as public service.

Brennan Brown

Our No.1 doubles team is a team all our other doubles teams look up to. They are playing at a very high level and very consistent level.

Bruce Gordon

Our nation's immigration policy must be consistent with humanitarian values and with the need to treat all individuals with respect and dignity.

Chris Shilakes

Our model forecasts applications license revenue growth of 55 percent and database license revenue growth of 18 percent. We expect Oracle to deliver applications growth consistent with our model and database growth in-line to slightly better than our projections.

Brian Calhoun

People know that I can run. But I want to go out there and run a good time just to show them that I can run (well) on a consistent basis, so that's what my focus has been.

James Hall

It is obviously up to the FAA and the industry to work out the time frame that that needs to be done.

Heraldo Munoz

It is not ideal but it is still a noteworthy improvement. It is a new institutional framework that will oversee the promotion and protection of human rights for many decades.

Jon Garland

He wanted me to get out of there with a good start and in a good frame of mind.

Reggie Sanders

Hal and I really just sat back and started thinking about things, and the way that I need to go about seeing pitches and getting in the right frame of mind, ... I've just been working hard every day to get where I needed to be.

Mark McNulty

I feel like I've been playing well, and being back at Oak Hills should put me in a good frame of mind.

Anthony Mix

I have a big frame but I'm leaner now. I'm faster.

Alan Vest

I don't think Simon is in the right frame of mind to play this weekend so he is not in the squad for the game at Newcastle.

Bernie Williams

I already have the frame for it all ready at home.

Ahmad Fawzi

If we come out of this meeting with a framework for the process for a political transition, then we will have succeeded. This is the first step in a long road toward establishing good governance in Afghanistan.

Paul Charles

Our market share has risen to record levels on the most competitive routes in Europe.

John Lackey

Our mitigation strategy was the realignment of the road. We need to back up and start all over with a new strategy. Otherwise, I don't feel any level of comfort.

Chris Dwyer

Stable water levels are really important for management of vegetation.

Mike Brady

(Our girls) weren't going to settle for a tie and they picked up the level of play as they will have to do in our conference.

Jerry Cohen

Over 45 percent of Oregonians will qualify for some level of subsidy,

Kate Taylor

On the surface level they've got rid of a lot of the street element, but there's still the same old people in charge.

Rory Fitzpatrick

Playoffs are always a big jump. I've been through it at different levels and in the NHL.

Harry Smith

Really, what it comes down to is: What's your level of paranoia?

Javad Vaeidi

We need some time to reach that level with all centrifuges because of the two-and-a-half-year suspension. However, the preliminary phases have been launched.

Nina Daniels

People just have to have an open mind and a better understanding of the sport. People don't really understand it, and how it works.

Gitte Lindgaard

People make up their mind very, very quickly about how much they like what they see.

Jon Gruden

Some of those runs you will never forget. And you may never see them again. Those are the one where you say 'Oh, my God! Oh, my God!' They are runs etched in your mind forever.

Chris Martin

Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing... and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.

Allan Ray

That comes with experience. We've been through this. We know we can come back if we put our mind to it.

B. R. Ambedkar

Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence

B. R. Ambedkar

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

B. F. Skinner

A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.

Jon Johansen

I don't have the identity of any of them. I only had the nicks that they used on Internet Relay Chat.

Stan Crump

We swam a lot better this week. Once we won the first relay it set the tone for the rest of the night.

Kim Phillips

They're competitors. They compete. The medley relay time is a consideration all-American time. That's great.

Will Smith

We were out for the relay records. We wanted them in all three.

Maurice Cheeks

I think it starts tomorrow. We have to start evaluating and find out where we are and see what it takes to get better.

Lauren Bacall

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Jay Hopson

It all starts with him. He can do it all.

Sven Eriksson

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench.

Joan Van Ark

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.

Leslie Sloane

She's OK. She starts work in about two weeks.

Jack Smith

We are going to take it to them. Zero-zero starts the game.

Mo Ibrahim

If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread.

Tim Ritchey

We will know more after he starts galloping,

Luke Zeller

Rebounding has been one of the big things we have worked on all season. It has been a total team effort.

Mark Ellis

Sure, we had a lot of injuries. But a lot of teams have injuries. We can't use it as an excuse.

James Allen

Some of the teams have been pretty tough.

Ray Collins

Our team is one of the most competitive teams in the nation.

Milan Brown

Other teams just were not going to let him do what he did.

Jon Heacock

I think this team as a whole, have an understanding. They have had to play in this conference, and they know what's happening.

Bill Simmons

Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.

Bill Shankly

We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.

Bill Shankly

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

Charles R. Swindoll

We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.

Fred Davis

Right now, it's going real good. They're trusting me a lot more,

Mettrie L.

Don't be too trusting for not everyone are friends.

Jerry Bridges

Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.

James Macdonald

When you say, I don't know exactly what God is doing, but I know he's in control that's evidence you're trusting Him.

Lauryn Williams

It's all about understanding that God is behind every performance, good or bad, and that trusting Him will always leave you satisfied.

Max de Pree

Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

Mike Fisher

Sometimes trust takes time. We all love to be in control, but when you start to give some of that up, it's freeing. Start with some of the little things. Give those things up to the Lord. Ultimately the most important decision you can make is giving your life over to Christ and trusting Him with it. That's an amazing thing.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.

Blaise Pascal

Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.

Deepak Chopra

Your awareness has its source in unity. Instead of seeking outside yourself, go to the source to realize who you are.

Deepak Chopra

Unity consciousness is a state of enlightenment where we pierce the mask of illusion which creates separation and fragmentation. Behind the appearance of separation is one unified field of wholeness. Here the seer and the scenery are one.

Ahmed Ben Bella

Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word

Baha'u'llah

The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.

Baha'u'llah

O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.

Bashar al-Assad

There can be no peace without unity.

Edgar Mitchell

I experienced an ecstasy of unity. I not only saw the connectedness, I felt it and experienced it sentiently. The restraints and boundaries of flesh and bone fell away.