Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronde Barber

Our pass defense suffered, immediately, like that game. We ended up having to move a lot of other people around. It's an adjustment when you lose somebody like that.

Brad Martin

Our outlook for the balance of the year remains quite cautious as we continue to face the uncertain economic environment, and as we rebound from the Sept. 11 event, ... Our team remains focused on maximizing our operating performance in this challenging retail environment by executing our customer focus strategy while appropriately adjusting operating expenses, inventory and capital spending.

Mark Ford

Particularly identify the game that you are shooting and particularly identify your surroundings, that it's safe to shoot. Every second, you're adjusting your personal information that it is a safe area to shoot or it's not a safe area to shoot.

Paul Wolfowitz

Part of the challenge is that we were moving from an era when there were very substantial subsidies in energy prices. Some kind of adjustment is necessary.

Dave Anderson

Our long-range goal, once we get high-school students off the yellow buses, is to start looking at adjusting the bell time of elementary schools. Then we can reduce the number of buses, and then we will see the savings.

Mark DiCamillo

People have pretty much adjusted to the risk factor of earthquakes and go about their daily lives.

Hong Liang

Such an early and decisive policy adjustment will indeed strengthen the credibility of the central bank, and give investors more confidence.

Thomas Muster

Stefan played a really great match tactically. Tim just came from the U.S. Open and it was probably a bit of adjustment for him.

Mike Flaherty

Stagg is a well coached team. We went to a trap and they adjusted and then we went to man-to-man and they adjusted again. I had hoped we could get a cushion because you knew they would come back. Williams did it when Rush wasn't shooting well lately, but they were on him and didn't give him many good looks. But when he started to score, it opened up things for the others.

Phil Barbarello

Recently, New York's air traffic controllers have become increasingly worried about the FAA's unwillingness to install the most modern and effective ground radar equipment.

Philip Omondi

Our other option was to travel to Khartoum by air and connect to Asmara by road. But that option is too expensive for us.

Kathleen Tierney

Organizational improvisation ... Research on jazz musicians shows that people don't just pull stuff out of the air when they're improvising. These are people with an extremely wide knowledge of musical genres. They have always practiced and practiced and practiced. Similarly, improvising involves a deep understanding of the resources you have at hand in your community.

Thomas Mayer

Part of the run-up in oil prices was a reflection that there was a lot of monetary stimulus in the market. Taking some of that out of the market could take the air out of oil prices.

John Butler

Passing through Berlin we were right in the middle of an air raid. Bombs were exploding all around us.

Ajay Prasad

Passengers on low-cost airlines have a common complaint that they are not given meal or accommodation in case of delays.

Scott Carson

Passengers are the foundation of air travel and, in a competitive market, the airlines will continue meeting passengers' demands for more direct nonstop flights to destinations around the world with longer-range, efficient and comfortable airplanes. This requirement will be met by airplanes in the 200-to-400-seat capacity category, with relatively few very-large aircraft being needed.

Patricia Friend

Passengers are now free to bring weapons back on board aircraft in the form of scissors.

Richard Thomas

Part of their problem is so much of the airport is under construction, they don't want to build a gate only to have to tear it down later. We are trying to work with them on a solution.

Debbie Ford

Releasing the invisible ties to those who have left you, betrayed you, disappointed you or hurt you, you open up to higher realms of love, peace and joy.

Brendan Barnicle

Oracle is betting on PeopleSoft stumbling sometime next year but that's unlikely,

Neil Jones

People have done very well betting on the dollar in the past year and they're not going to give up just yet, but there is some nervousness. People are cutting their positions.

Tom O'Neil

People mostly see it as a sporting event. In a way, it doesn't matter if they've seen the movies. They watch it so they can win their office betting pools. They watch it to see stars make fool of themselves, or show their insecurities by gushing: 'You LIKE me!

Carsten Fritsch

People have got high hopes for this number, to justify some of the bigger expectations for Fed rate increases we've seen develop this week. No one's going to want to put on big bets before the report though.

Anne Donovan

Sue went to a different level. She got everybody organized, kept everybody focused, moreso than a regular-season kind of deal. Betty stepped up verbally, so yeah, it's a different gear.

Jason Streets

Spread betting is growth business, and growth in the last six months has actually accelerated as stockbrokers have been referring clients to IG to use its platform.

Calvin Ayre

Sports betting is going to continue to steadily grow. Some market analysts suggest a 10-20% growth per year.

Thomas McInerney

Some of the bets we made did not pay off.

Kofi Annan

Reform is a process, not an event and we are going to continue after the summit

John Chambers

recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis.

Robert Milton

Recognizing the significant progress we have made, there is no room for any complacency and we must continue to pursue efficiencies throughout our businesses.

Philadelphia Fed

Price pressures remain but continue to show a moderating trend.

Jorma Ollila

Our position in the fastest-growing market in the world continues to be strong.

Ed Colligan

Our Palm OS customer loyalty is extremely high, and we intend to continue to earn that loyalty with great Palm OS-based products,

Anna Rozenich

Our reduction is taking longer than anticipated. We continue to make progress in our testing because we want to make sure we get it right for our customers.

Joseph Farah

Our rankings, relative to other sites, rise and fall over time, ... But our traffic continues to grow ? at a pace even faster than the explosive Internet itself.

Marc Andreessen

Organizations spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars installing and implementing huge servers, new Web sites and applications. They have to continue to do that, but they also have to clean up the mess of the '90s.

Brian Simmons

Our ultimate goal is to get to Detroit again. I like that stadium. It's a pretty nice stadium.

Carl Tannenbaum

Outside of Detroit -- and outside of the gulf region -- there are signs that the economy is still doing very well.

George O'Grady

It doesn't seem long ago to Detroit and that stunning performance by Bernhard Langer's team,

Brian Hill

I think he just needs a chance. He's a very skilled player, but he hasn't had much of an opportunity. He was the No. 2 pick in the draft and Detroit took him for a reason. Sometimes we just pick guys who take a little longer.

Dan Rooney

I think he could run for mayor of Detroit - and probably win.

Richie Adubato

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.

Ken Holland

He's going to be in Detroit this weekend. When he arrives we expect him to sign the standard player's contract.

James Carbone

He was the leader of this operation, of this Detroit operation.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team.

Kathleen Hohl

Regardless of the number of men we ordain to the priesthood each year, that number does not keep pace with the number of priests who retire from the ministry. As a result of fewer priests, the need for well-trained lay ministers is even more important.

Jon Peck

Our report can only reflect the numbers provided to the state. There are larger communities that reported fewer than some smaller communities.

Ken Goldstein

Part of the real story here is that, through July, producers were still getting more output, with fewer labor hours put in. Productivity in the third quarter is probably going to be stronger than in the second quarter, confirming the idea that, while the stock market's not in good shape, the overall economy's not that bad.

Anthony Chukumba

Pier 1 needs to fix the problem with its merchandise. Fewer people are going into their stores because they're not selling anything different,

Josh Bernoff

It doesn't matter how friendly you are if the end result is people watching fewer commercials,

Greg Knapp

I think he did a great job last year of taking a lot fewer hits. He understands how important his health is to this team and that he doesn't need to put himself in harm's way.

Teju Cole

I'd like to meet fewer people who say 'Oh, I want to write a book, here are 10 pages I've written,' and more 'Oh, I want to write a book, here are 300 pages I've written.'

Jason Falkner

I feel that recording a song already compromises the magical music one can create in the mind, so the fewer people watering down this process the better.

Curtis Eccles

Jack is taking fewer shots because of the double-teams. He's doing a good job of finding the open man.

Tom Parsons

If American or Northwest don't go along, fares will roll back.

Darrell Jackson

I don't think people really give the Northwest a lot of respect.

Steve MacFarlane

Obviously, we would have like their support. Once Northwest is done with us they're going to go after them.

Sarah Hall

I married an American. He was from the Pacific Northwest but went to law school in the South, so I was living in Virginia and North Carolina.

Tony Amonte

But I don't think it's on anybody's mind. What is, is staying in first position (in the Northwest Division) and winning every night. Trades are a part of the game, whether it's September or whether it's March.

Don Barnett

there is a lot of racial prejudice in northwest Ohio, in this area.

Condoleezza Rice

The northwest is very different from what I could have imagined.

Jim Higgins

It's going to be tough to do, ... I just don't think Northwest is going to walk away from this easily.

John Remington

Northwest may suspect there is some disaffection in the ranks (of AMFA),

Brendan Wilders

Overall, my putative numbers will come down just slightly.

Tony Batista

I'm here, that's what I can say. I know for sure the numbers are going to come. You just have to wait, but I know at the end of the season the numbers are going to be there.

Barry McCaffrey

So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.

Barry McGuire

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.

B. F. Skinner

If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.

C. S. Lewis

The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.

C. S. Lewis

The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets and critics are read by our most esteemed critics and poets (who don't usually like them much) and nobody else takes any notice. An increasing number of highly literate people simply ignore what the 'Highbrows' are doing. It says nothing to them. The Highbrows in return ignore and insult them.

Cecelia Ahern

Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour.

Ken Auletta

Sure we play rough, they said, but look what others do to us.

Tim Finchem

Stature is something that we don't determine. Others determine.

Tom Donahoe

Some have durability issues. Others haven't produced for more than one season. They're kind of all clumped together and no one has really separated himself.

William Butler Yeats

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Ed Abner

Others had contacted her, but these were the two others she seriously considered.

Genghis Khan

It is not sufficient that I suceed - all others must fail.

John Connors

Like many others in the industry, we are seeing slowing PC sales as the quarter progresses.

Dolores Smitley

I was the one who was always telling the others how to do things because I had more experience.

Lalit Modi

If others want to play they can. Why should we play in October?

Dave Adams

We only react when there is a threat to the aircraft, passengers or crew.

Author unknown

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

Derek Fisher

I am not a passenger in anything I do.

Dana Keeton

We're interviewing passengers and are not saying anything more until we're sure what happened.

Larry Black

When we arrived, the two passengers were walking around,

Anthony Foxx

Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

Peter Kessler

Smugglers torture, rape and shoot their passengers if they complain. It's very dangerous.

Billy Jones

It was too dark. The passengers couldn't see the stone-throwers' faces.

Shivraj Patil

A plan to protect passengers and railway property, often targeted by Maoist rebels, is underway.

Michael Chang

I think when you first come out here, you're very sensitive to planes overhead.

Kiefer Sutherland

My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.

Lyndon Johnson

One of every 16 planes was shot down,

Lloyd Edgecombe

The planes were very old. I think the plane was overworked.

Kelly Holmes

Without planes I wouldn't be able to do what I do.

Cillian Murphy

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

Amanda Lindhout

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Claudio Ranieri

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

Andrew Kluger

Rather than rush through with the inspection, to get the planes up right away faster, that they should take their time carefully.

Thurston Moore

Recording tends to restrict too much experimentation, 'cause when you're making a record it's a part of you, for that time it's your whole fabric.

George Burns

Our record doesn't show it, but we are getting better.

Jim Peters

Overall, 2006 will probably come in somewhere between the record sales of 2005 and the very strong sales of 2004.

Wayne Perry

Really, my record is my program's record. That's kind of how I look at it.

Barry Mann

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

Billy Corgan

Most great records really start with the drums.

Bert McCracken

We are the outcasts, we are the ones that are different, we are the ones that never got along with anyone else, we are the ones that went back to our rooms and put on our headphones and listened to those records that made us happy

Bill Bryson

Most of what has lived on Earth has left behind no record at all.

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

Ryan Hansen

Our nemesis all year has been our rebounding.

John Devine

Overall, 2002 will be a very challenging year for the industry,

Beck

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

Beck

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

Beck

I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

Beck

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

Barry Ritholtz

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

Barry Lopez

Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget.

Babatunde Osotimehin

The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people!