Famous Quotes & Sayings

Duane Ackerman

Reducing workforce is the toughest business decision a company has to make. We have worked hard to avoid it, but many companies our size and particularly our competitors operate with lower overhead and fewer management layers.

Jewel

Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.

Carol Bellamy

recognizes that economic sanctions are an instrument intended by the international community to promote peace and security ... but our concern is that whenever sanctions are imposed, they should be designed and implemented in such a way as to avoid a negative impact on children.

Mark Stahlman

Previous management understood what needed to be changed, but they were unable to make it happen, ... To actually make these changes is a massive challenge. It can't be done quickly. There will be people who will resist. There's no avoiding a good deal of internal conflict.

Robert Wood

Our research shows that for some children, however, lifelong avoidance of these nuts, found in countless food products, may not be necessary.

Doug Smith

Parking was totally disorganized on Monday. We left extra early (Tuesday) to avoid another rush.

Shinya Yamanaka

Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible.

Nancy McBride

Our message is that children should recognize and avoid certain situations, rather than certain people.

Juan Lubroth

People need to be informed about the importance of basic hygiene notably washing hands after touching poultry and disinfecting boots or shoes before entering or leaving a poultry farm. They should also be aware of suitable farming practices such as ensuring that poultry are roofed-in to avoid any contact with wild birds and not mixing chickens with other species, such as ducks.

J. Horton

Regardless of what you all were told, when you basically tell somebody with six games left that they?re not going to be here next year, I think it?s pretty tough to finish the year out.

Donnie Wilson

Our rent has gone from $1,000 a month to $2,500. That's basically our whole budget.

Herb Sendek

Our rebounding was basically non-existent tonight, and I'm very disappointed in the way we played. Noel had it going and their entire team really played well, but we certainly helped their cause.

Craig Venter

Patents are basically rights to try and develop a commercial product.

Johannes Ullrich

Particularly over the last year, anti-virus (programs) have lost a lot of their effectiveness. They are basically no longer capable of keeping up with the proliferation of new viruses.

Gary Meyer

Partway through the process, we threw up a flare and said, 'We think we've made a mistake. We think we should design for 400 watts per square foot.' And we were basically laughed out of the room,

Ken Holland

Pavel and Hank are two young players who are very, very important to our franchise. In Hank's case, he's really coming into the prime of his career. I'm happy he made a long-term commitment; basically we bought ourselves one year of unrestricted free agency.

Ken Ford

Orange had one of the better programs in the state. One thing I remember was how he had an offensive and defensive system that basically was the same every year. The kids knew what to do. It was like playing a machine.

Cheryl Brom

People have been basically staying away from them. The citizens need to keep up the good work of letting the professionals handle it pesticide companies and us.

Sharon Bolton

Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.

Darrell Smith

People may lie to you over the phone, but they may not lie to you looking at you face to face.

Paul Nocito

St. Anthony's was one of the better shooting teams we have faced this year.

Dick Todd

Stan Jonathan was one of the toughest guys I've ever seen, but after a fight his face would look like it had gone through a Mixmaster. Tie never got a scratch on him.

Ivette Mendez

Some of the faces that remain are those that Jon felt could do that job best. He wasn't going to replace people just to replace people.

Bob Coolen

Our players are ready to face somebody else.

Jason Bay

Roger wasn't as sharp as the other times we've faced him,

Ned Yost

Rodriguez was really good today. The last time we faced him he was just OK.

Richard Tischler

Playing a quality team like Marietta really boosted our guys up. We had four tough games that started (Tuesday) with Marietta, and Marietta was a measuring stick for us and the toughest team we faced so far.

Arlen Specter

Regrettably, you need homeland security, and I think you are going to need it if not forever, for the foreseeable future,

Kenny MacAskill

Our message to the Scottish Diaspora this New Year should be to come home to Scotland.

Francis Thompson

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet./ And all the things are made young with young desires.

Judah Friedlander

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

Bill Henderson

Someone from home will be praying for you,

James Augustine

That'd be the best. To do it at home on Senior Night, to do it with Dee. It would be a special night.

Taylor Twellman

Our first home match is going to be difficult, and we know that better than anybody,

Nick Russo

Residents of these temporary homes need to practice safety first at all times.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

Nick Russo

Residents of these temporary homes need to practice safety first at all times.

David Williams

We need more volunteers, particularly during the week, ... A lot of (damaged) homes haven't been touched and people are trying to live in them.

Ernesto Zedillo

I will not permit these homes to be rebuilt in the same places,

Sean Pertwee

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.

Michael Brown

I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever.

Tom Morris

Getting people in homes is real important towards improving the quality of life in the parish.

John Ortberg

Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

Hilaire Belloc

From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,There's nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends.

Eric Dubin

Regardless of what she did for a living, Bonny loved her kids and her kids loved her,

Tony Arntson

Really what we are focussed on is getting better each week. The kids keep competing.

Joan Chen

Relatively speaking, I was a lot more naive than kids today.

Craig Pippen

Our players have stayed positive even though we haven't come up with some wins. There's been some negativity surrounding our program, and the kids haven't listened to it.

Mark Douglass

Our rebounding killed us. In all of our losses rebounding has been an issue. We must become a better rebounding team. We need kids to step up.

Kendy Hinkel

Parents will see differences in the way kids are talking about what they learn.

Jim Wiscombe

Part of it was fatigue. We didn't sub a lot and kids got tired. We didn't make plays we normally make.

Billy Donovan

Part of it is youthfulness, but the one thing about the kids is that they're in every game.

Bob Williams

Part of this river is the Native Americans and the people we took it from. These kids never had that as part of their experience, so why not throw that in?

Sergei Krikalev

We need another shuttle and many more Soyuz's to visit the station,

Elaine Elliott

Langhorne pretty much had her way. We are what we are in terms of our size. We're not talking about shutting her down.

Rene Burri

I witnessed the building of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first orbiter to be launched into space.

Ron Gardenhire

I won't shut him down unless he wants to be shut down.

Donte' Stallworth

I don't know what it was, ... but I know it wasn't us being shut down.

Frank Robinson

He could be shut down, or go to the bullpen,

Jimmy Epperly

Basically, Woods shut us down in the middle.

Andy Scott

He's a tremedous player. We shut him down, but everyone else scored.

Kevin Roberts

If we need to shut down, we're prepared.

Scarlet Knights

Stay on her, ... You go where she goes.

Arsene Wenger

I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying.

Laime Contreras

I was just trying to concentrate on each point. I was like, 'This is 5-2 - we can't get any worse.' So I was just trying to stay focused.

Dave McCullough

It is a readjustment. We're going to stay here and I think we will survive this, but it won't be easy." ()

Jose Gonzalez

That was the most important thing to see this weekend, to see where we are at. If we stay together as a team this year, we're going to do very well. I can't see us not making the playoffs.

Dick Umile

I think if we all stay healthy, we'll all keep going.

Vincent Lecavalier

I think he thought I was going on my backhand but I stayed with my forehand.

Juan Rincon

I thought I would never see him again, ... We have been able to stay together through baseball.

Reggie Myles

I'm still trying to get them to come up and stay with me, but they won't,

Richard Skaggs

Some of the students were still out of control.

Roy Barnhart

Our students will not be the only ones using this building.

Margie Feinberg

Our students have been shortchanged for so long.

Nelson Fields

Our better students tend to op for the (Bachelor of Arts) program.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Human reproduction can be a sticky subject—” “Ewww!” groaned a chorus of students

Deborah Moore

That's a violation and could place the students eligibility in jeopardy.

Heather Hillman

I think it was what we were expecting. I don't think it was what students were expecting.

John Boyles

I have a vision for the way students can be represented.

Willie Smith

If the students see it as something they can put to use, then they are interested.

Robert Redford

I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off by actors and actresses that tried to keep themselves young.

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

Aaron Swartz

Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

Stephen Covey

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Friedrich Schiller

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Bill Cosby

We've got too many young girls, who don't know how to parent, turning themselves into parents.

Buck Showalter

These things have a way of working themselves out over a 162-game season.

Robert MacIntosh

They wanted to give themselves some flexibility, which they didn't have with that language.

Rob Babcock

But those things usually work themselves out during training camp.

Jane Allen

Even with us working on weekends and evenings, we can't get it done by tomorrow.