Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rob Stillwell

We want to retain both as many employees and customers as we possibly can. We're fortunate we have 11 other properties that afford us great flexibility from an employee and a customer standpoint.

Scott Sanders

We have to have a popular price for this show so that anyone who wants to see The Color Purple, regardless of their income level, can afford to come,

Madeline Albright

We have a strategic opportunity to put the peace process back on track and we cannot afford to lose it,

Mike Herndon

We were already down two games, and we felt like we couldn't afford to go down three. We talked about it yesterday and today before the game.

Nick Boynton

We have put ourselves in a pretty good position the last month or so, so we have as good a chance as anybody to make it. We should have gotten more points than we did in the last week, but we can't do anything about that now. We just can't afford to let points get away the rest of the season.

Joe McInerney

We have provided competitive salaries, affordable wages and good pensions to our employees and remain committed to do that.

Herman Walton

When you get to the playoffs, you can't afford to turn the ball over. Free throw shooting is always important too. That's an area that we need to work on.

Arnold Palmer

The fact is the Berger Foundation has afford us the opportunity to do this. You can't beat it. This is something that, I think as far as golf and golf-related things are concerned, this is the kind of thing that should happen more and more, and particularly in cities where they have golf tournaments such as this.

Deborah Dowdell

The reality is, today, in some communities, really just the big guys or the chains can afford to buy into the system. Our system has made it prohibitive for small operators to buy into.

David Ferrell

We want to provide the kids with an opportunity to play against the state's best. It gives the kids a chance to get better and it gives them a chance to get seen by some of the college coaches.

Angelo Forte

We want to prepare our team mentally and physically against the best teams in Ohio. This is an important week. The Stellar gives us the opportunity to play some top teams.

Joe Sakic

We want to play well against Vancouver. We want to make sure we try and get a good win and have a good game there. We'll see how it plays out.

Jeff House

We have to have all five players on the court and be aware of where she is. She can get shots in a variety of ways, and everybody has to be aware of her presence. The biggest thing we need to do against her is get to her before she has the basketball. If you prevent her from getting the basketball you can get under her skin and limit her production.

Jon Jansen

We have to go out and prove we can do it against teams that we should have success against. We need to prove that we're a good team, and we haven't done that yet.

Tom Peterson

We have to go on the road against No. 2 (Cal Irvine) but first is tomorrow night. We have to make sure we're playing better each night. That's who will come out on top, who's playing better at the end.

Scott Johnson

We have to go back on to that drawing board and come up with something different next weekend against France.

Andy Nieto

We have to get those guys to go out with the same type of confidence they had against Cal.

Matt Cavanaugh

We have to get the turnovers under control. But it is more than just Tyler -- our receivers have to work back to some balls, our line has to protect a little better. But if we can cut down on turnovers against Nebraska we will have a chance. There are a lot of nuances about the college game that I have to learn as well. It's only two games so it is too early to press the panic button just yet.

B. R. Hayden

We're right on the edge of going into a drought period. If there's no change, we're likely to see a drought this spring.

Richard Peterson

Next week looks kind of low, ... We're headed into the late summer, pre-Labor Day drought for deals.

Christopher Dell

Neither drought nor sanctions are at the root of Zimbabwe's decline.

Mitch Miller

The real problem is the underlying drought conditions.

Catherine Pearce

Extreme weather events, drought and rising sea levels threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. Negotiators must remember this as they enter these talks.

Robert Shiller

Transferring the risk of drought to international financiers makes sense for insurance companies, because it enables them to expand their portfolios.

Maxwell Gaylard

We need external assistance. It is not a dry season or a drought period, it's a drought.

Stan Cliburn

With the talent we have here, that's a real, real good possibility that we're going to end that drought in '97 when the Red Wings won their last championship. I'm the man to do it and I think I can back it up.

John Tracy

Having year after year of drought really puts a lot of pressure on the whole system. This year it looks like we're over that.

C. S. Lewis

Edmund, give a special goodbye to Trumpkin for me. He's been a brick.

Chris Hamilton

We have sat down and done the figures, and the result is that there has been an increase of just under 10-per-cent on last year's sales. We're not up in purely money terms, just on ticket sales, but it's good news for the club.

David Bennett

We have to have a good week of practice. We've got to get back to fundamentals.

Craig Beesley

We have to go up there tomorrow and play good ball.

Mike Thomas

We have to get there, but we should be on our way (to the title game). There's other good teams up there, but we should have a good shot.

Jordan Leopold

We have to get off to a good start. It's one of those things of whoever wants it the most is going to end up getting it.

James Greer

We have to get better at getting through the full-court trap. We had been struggling with that, but we did a good job when we needed it.

Siv Meisingseth

We have normal traffic today and the prospects for tomorrow are good too.

Kay Runge

Whenever you have an urban library, there are parking issues. The good thing about our new location is the nearby ramps.

Aidan Turner

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue.

Kenny Ortega

Whenever you went into any place where there was Michael Jackson footage at Sony, it was like going through Homeland Security.

Tracy Rocker

Since that first day, he's been the Keith Jackson we've been waiting on. He's doing what he's supposed to do.

Johnnie Cochran

But that's who Michael Jackson is, he's a very, very naive person in many respects, and there's no question about that. Yeah, he does wear a bull's eye,

Rick Carlisle

We run that (offense) sometimes, but we're going to be doing it more, obviously, when he and ( Stephen Jackson ) are in there. Now that you don't have Jermaine, it necessitates some adjustments offensively. We'll do what we need to do.

Conor Maynard

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.

Vijay

I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!

Robert Sanger

Was Michael Jackson ever on a single call?

Victor LaValle

It's tough to write beautifully about ugly things, but Mitchell S. Jackson makes it look easy.

Carole Bouquet

I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home.

Carol Leifer

Stand-up comedy - I love this job, and I gotta tell you, folks - knock wood - it's been working. 'Cause I was one of those kind of people, even when I had a regular job, I couldn't even call in sick right. You know, I was like, 'Hello? Yeah, I can't come in today. I have scurvy.

Carol Moseley Braun

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

Carlos Ghosn

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.

Carlos Ghosn

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

C. S. Lewis

Puddleglum,' they've said, 'You're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits. You've got to learn that life isn't all fricasseed frogs and ell pie. You want something to sober you down a bit. We're only saying it for your own good, Puddleglum.' That's what they say. Now a job like this --a journey up north just as winter's beginning looking for a prince that probably isn't there, by way of ruined city nobody's ever seen-- will be just the thing. If that doesn't steady a chap, I don't know what will.

Shannon Miller

We have to get jobs to support ourselves. We can't sit around for six months like it's vacation.

Dan Webster

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.

Agnes Macphail

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

Michael Essien

I don't know why (Lauren) should make out I elbowed him on purpose. All I was doing was protecting the ball... For me, it was not even a foul.

Kurt Knauff

We're treating it, where we weren't treating it before. We were just protecting her.

Jonathan Safran Foer

When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets. So what is it that's so important to shoot at?

John Simmons

He was just protecting us. That showed us that he'll do what it takes to protect us.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

I’m protecting her. (Wulf) From? (Chris) Daimons. (Wulf) Big bad ones. (Cassandra)

Larry Mullen

I'm thinking he thought he was protecting them.

Veronica Roth

You promised you wouldn't tell her," she says, pointing at me. "What happened to protecting her?" "I changed my mind," I say. Tris laughs, harshly,"That's what you told him, that he would be protecting me? That's a pretty skillful manipulation. Well done.

Mike Ward

She did things for us that will not show up in the scoring column.

Brent Norberg

We've got to get some more scoring out of other guys.

Kurt Budke

We've had trouble scoring all year long. We've got the most inexperienced lineup in the Big 12.

Greg Williams

We've had (slow) spells like that, and that SMU team, you didn't want to do that with. Val cranked it. She got us going, scoring and rebounding.

Mike Eaves

Three of them (in the second period) were Grade-A scoring chances.

Rick Anthony

We are scoring in bunches and getting them from everywhere.

Billy Donovan

He hasn't had big scoring nights. But he's also done other things.

George Gwozdecky

If we did, it wasn't a scoring chance. I'm not disappointed at the loss, I'm disappointed in the way we performed.

Jeff Ackermann

I think we're a better scoring team than we showed tonight. I know we're a better shooting team than we showed tonight.

Carlos Beltran

My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.

Carlos Beltran

Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.

Carlos Gonzalez

I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.

Carlos Gonzalez

I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.

Carlos Ghosn

More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.

Carl Crawford

I hate walking around known as a team that loses all the time.

Rick Adelman

We were a team without a personality. With Ron, we have one.

Steve Bruce

We were always the better team but Everton threw on their He-Men and I was always worried they would get a touch or ricochet.

Alan Shearer

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.