Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marc Ward

We have no basis to know whether it's a legitimate expense or not. What do any of us know about accounting? That's what we hire professionals to do.

Tom Gallagher

What these numbers have done this morning is raise a question: Does the Fed have the nerve to raise by 50 basis points (a half percentage point) next week?

Richard Cripps

We've set up a situation where a 25 basis point (a quarter percentage point) cut is good but you're looking at a market that's desperate.

Brett Scallions

The exposure will be great and plus -- it's Aerosmith! ... They're legends. It's going to be really cool. I mean, how cool would it be to be on a first-name basis with Steven Tyler?

Suzanne Collins

There's a basis for the war, historically, in the 'Hunger Games,' which would be the third servile war, which was Spartacus' war, where you have a man who is a slave who is then turned into a gladiator who broke out of the gladiator school and led a rebellion and then became the face of the war.

Stephan Pastis

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels.

Tom Hopper

I think I found that when I was doing a show on a regular basis and just acting constantly, that was when I was at my happiest.

Tony Hoare

It is easy to predict that some of the discoveries of research directed towards Grand Challenges - but only the most unexpected ones, and at the most unexpected times - will be the basis of revolutionary improvements in the way that we exploit the power of our future computing devices.

Sue Trinh

The outlook for rates is to the downside on the basis of the slowing growth environment. Any view that the relatively high nominal interest rate structure will be enough to insulate the New Zealand dollar is dead wrong.

Patrick Hamon

We have seen a continued drop beyond Paris, but persistence near the capital. We cannot yet claim victory.

Dave Wiggins

We want our clients to feel pampered beyond expectations.

Jesse Reynolds

The expectations have started to be lowered, but I think expectations were raised beyond justification.

Michael Stanley

The fact is that Tom Campbell is like you and me. He is not a career politician like Tom DeLay. He is a citizen politician. Tom Campbell calls on Tom DeLay to get beyond the negative, immaterial distractions and get back to the real issues that are important to the people of the district.

Timothy Ghriskey

The CPI number this morning sparked a rally in both stock and bond markets. But beyond the initial reaction, I think we're going to remain stuck in this range until other issues get resolved.

Timothy Ghriskey

The CPI number this morning sparked a rally in both stock and bond markets, ... But beyond the initial reaction, I think we're going to remain stuck in this range until other issues get resolved.

A. S. Byatt

The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when we've got beyond this media firestorm.

Travie McCoy

I feel like a lot of people in the hip hop world don't take me seriously as a rapper, and I feel that first-and-foremost I came up as a rapper before I started singing. All a lot of people know from me is 'Cupid's Chokehold,' and they don't scratch the surface and see beyond that dude who sings the song about his girlfriend.

Tracy Nelson

We did much better this time around than we did last year, thats for sure, ... I think we scored five points - in the two matches combined - last year.

Keith Bowman

The positive share price reaction is a result of investor perception that the sum of the parts is worth more than the current combined businesses.

David Yen

We're in a new cycle of innovation for SPARC that delivers incredible performance gains, ... Scalable high performance processing, combined with the same power consumption, footprint and price as previous generations, make the new Sun Fire servers the ideal platform for server consolidation.

Ted Rogers

When you're able to offer the customer a whole wide range of communications products, it's more attractive, ... The world is moving toward bundles and combined packaging, and not single products.

Jim Graham

When I heard that the mayor had come forward with a new parking bill, I thought 'Ah-ha, now we get to experience creativity,'? You know this is the last year of the Williams administration, and this will be the combined ... eight years of experience. But I've got to say what's lacking here is something that's dynamic and creative and out of the box.

Tanith Belbin

We're so glad to be a part of this generation of ice dancing. It's a combined score.

Peter Bauer

She had an on-the-ground understanding of the park after walking every trail, hiking every mountain and canoeing its lakes and rivers. She combined that with an incredible grasp of the park's history, its policy and law.

Jason Murgel

She combined for twenty-some points this weekend and has been shooting very well from the field.

Brian Hill

Sixty-two points combined out of their backcourt -- that's who they are.

Carol Roth

Eighty to 90 percent of success in a company has nothing to do with business at all - it's all personal.

Robert Watson

We want to reinforce the fact that we're a global company.

Mark Hurd

We have to grow our company, invest and deal with competitive forces at the same time we need to be efficient on the cost side,

David Brown

We have no plans to make any significant changes. ... The mill won't close. We understand the importance of the company to the Longview community. We would expect a significant portion of management would stay in place.

Ben Hatfield

We have no interest in getting into finger-pointing of what went on a year ago. This is a mine that operated for some significant time before my company was involved with it.

Vijay Mallya

We have registered a company in the name of Kingfisher International in the US. We will be flying to India and other international destinations, provided we get all necessary approvals at the right time.

James Falvey

The Exxon-Mobil deal has definitely raised the bar. It's going to be hard to compete with a company that size.

Michael Armstrong

We set out to transform this company from a point-to-point long-distance company. The results today are strong. They need to be better, and they will be. But it's now time to recognize the value creation phase of our strategy.

Thayer David

Dan Curtis, our producer, has the idea that people like to see a stock company of actors.

Zac Taylor

We have to get back to a Big 12 championship. I don't think there's any doubt in our minds that we can win the North.

Steve Bell

We have no doubts that he's hiding somewhere in Cannington or nearby,

Charlotte Bronte

To prolong doubt was to prolong hope.

Charles Caleb Colton

Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom; therefore, when we are in doubt and puzzle out the truth by our own exertions, we have gained a something that will stay by us, and which will serve us again. But, if to avoid the trouble of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not bought but borrowed it.

Charles Caleb Colton

Doubt is the vestibule of faith.

Charles Spurgeon

There will be no doubt about His having chosen you when you have chosen Him.

Robin Pingeton

We have put a ton of pressure on Kristi, but there was no doubt she can handle it. We knew she was a franchise player when we recruited her and she is showing that.

Marshall Hamilton

We've seen evidence that they've sealed themselves off. We have no reason to doubt they are anything but safe.

Owen McClain

The fact that I loved such an unconstant, self-centered, socio-path for ten years makes me really doubt my abilities to surround myself with good people.

Juvenal

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

Albert Schweitzer

The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.

Chris Lozier

I'm a little surprised they didn't raise guidance after this kind of a quarter, but I think that's probably just conservatism right now.

George Jackson

No guidance. Not enough mentors to teach younger people what's right and what's wrong.

Safa Rashtchy

For some reason, people had their hopes much higher than this, especially for the guidance. Everything seems to be in line.

Laura Paro

I have a very experienced defense. I'll be looking for strong senior leadership and guidance back there.

Asa Hutchinson

extraordinarily helpful guidance as we go through this historic process and very important process.

Robert King

We didn't get a whole lot of guidance from the Supreme Court,

Jay Cooperider

We are essentially cloaking him with some guidance and letting him say his piece. And not letting the guy twist away in the wind.

Lou Davis

We have no sour grapes. We're looking to the future.

Fred Thompson

We have no idea at this time (why he killed himself), ... But we are looking into it.

Neil Shubin

We were always looking over our shoulders; we saw lots of tracks.

Lisa Dutton

We were always looking for the open player. Sometimes we took a shot too soon.

Jeremy Sweet

We were always looking around for cottonmouth, rattlesnakes and alligators.

Robert Wood

We've seen the report and are looking into it.

Jason Koumas

We've still got a lot to play for and we're looking to win in Poland, definitely,

Adolf Rosenstock

The outlook for recovery is fading. We are looking at another possible recession in manufacturing which would not bode well for the overall economy.

David Young

Ulster will be a much tougher side than Connacht so we will be looking for big improvements.

Mark Schlosberg

We want to know what the parameters (of this program) are, what the scope of it is, what are they doing with the information, who are they sharing it with.

Chuck Close

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

Harold Ramis

Approaching it skeptically, I wanted to know if you were going to make a sincere scientific investigation, what would be the parameters of that,

Jeremy Irons

Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Nick Whaley

We were better in the second game, so it's disappointing that we didn't play more relaxed.

Clint Hurdle

We've seen him play short and how he can play there. We want to keep getting a feel for him at second base.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Reba McEntire

We did, Monday, a read-through, the first act; Tuesday, the second act. And then we did two shows.

Jandy Nelson

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

Jan de Bont

When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

Alan Bennett

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Al Sharpton

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

Al Jourgensen

It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

Todd Phillips

When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing in a specific voice.

Bob Hamilton

We?re still proceeding at best-possible speed and we?re still trying to get the specifics on the street.

Michael Robinet

When the new vehicles arrive, you don't want too many of the old ones on the lot. I see this as a specific case, not a wide-ranging trend.

Chris Benz

I have specific playlists for arrivals in different cities. Tokyo skews new wave, Paris more jazz, and New York is Top 40.

Raf Simons

We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.

Gustavo Torres

We are going to target them in a specific way.

Brendan Coyle

By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.

David Gilmour

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

Hilary Rhoda

I've never had a specific style philosophy. I wear what I know works on me and I'll play around with accessories or some other fun additions for the outfit.