Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Florida

If an employer is serious about attracting and retaining talent, about making Wisconsin the kind of place they can do business over the long haul, they've got to understand that the ability for all people to feel welcome is absolutely critical.

I expect more out of Coogan then he expects out of himself. I know he has ability, he just has to become more aggressive at the heavyweight position. He does have some ability, and he proved that to himself the other day.

I expect him to do well. He definitely has the ability to place, and he's worked hard to put himself into good shape for this. All that's left for him to do is go out there and do it.

Brian Sabean

I expect we'll have a better chance to win games, especially against right-handers. He has the ability to affect the team and provide a snapshot for the rest of the season and next year.

Chad Campbell

I expect to win. I think I have the ability to win.

If a company believes that they have the ability to do this from start to finish we would discuss that with them.

Geno Auriemma

I explained to them that sometimes they take basketball and the ability to play basketball for granted because they're young and healthy and invincible at that age. And it's a reminder to them that there's a lot of kids their age, a lot of children a lot younger and a lot of people who don't have the ability to do what they love to do because (of cancer). Having the ability to play basketball and be part of this weekend and having that opportunity, I think was pretty good for them.

Sasha Roiz

I enjoy working on a series and having a long stretch of time to get to know and connect with my cast and crew. It also gives me the ability to play a character over the span of countless hours of television.

Bruce Bowen

I enjoy playing against Ray. You're playing against one of the top guys in the league as far as perimeter players. I respect him a great deal for his ability on the court, that's why I have to prepare for him the way I do.

I don't think it's a wildly adventurous case, but it shows they're looking at types of competitive restraints they didn't before. I'd sort of look at the government's ability to prove that there is a harm to competition in the sense of either effects on prices, or on the offering of new services in the markets they're concerned about. This isn't a slam-dunk where you prove something and you win. This case involved the economy, and it's much more complex.

Geno Auriemma

I don?t think she deserved any more than that, but it?s certainly beneath her ability. So, hopefully, she takes it as kind of an incentive to want to do more, want to be recognized for being better than that.

Richard Parsons

I don't think piracy is going to kill the music industry. But digital technology and the ability to download will change the packaging from CDs to a single-based business.

Tom Tancredo

I don't think I've ever been more worried about our prospects and our ability to retain control,

Dan Hawkins

For us, the exposure on TV and the ease and ability to travel here is pretty impressive. I think you'll see this thing continue to grow.

Jenny Morris

Fortunately, we had Megan on the bench. She's always had the ability to go in and play right away. It raised my confidence in her and the confidence in herself.

For us at Northeastern, we haven't been in a static environment. The incoming classes have changed in academic ability.

Derek Fisher

For most guys, those are difficult shots. But he has the ability to make those kind of plays. The best you can do is make it difficult for him.

For more than a century, Pennsylvania contributed its natural resources to the nation and the world, leaving behind environmental scars, pollution and a reduced ability to compete for economic development. Our policy agenda provides a specific list of concrete actions our state can take to reverse this trend and make our state competitive.

GM's success earlier this summer has really taken its toll on inventory levels for several models, limiting their ability to have another terrific month. And there appears to be relatively little momentum left in GM's employee discount incentive program now that it is in its third month.

GM's competitiveness is not only dependent upon labor costs, but also on the speed of its decision-making, its success in responding to the market appropriately and its ability to identify the growth segments in the market.

Global connectivity, lots of open sites, poor security at some, and lack of tracing ability create an environment where if you are up to no good, you can flourish,

Glenn, Kyle and Eddie (Miller) are our three veteran guards and they're all playmakers. If you put the ball in their hands, they make coaching a lot easier. They make plays for themselves and others. And Glenn, he has the ability to be as good as any guard in our league, and I truly believe that.

If it had not been for that there would have been no ability to get into the database and there would have been nothing, no forensic evidence, no DNA evidence,

Charles Williams

If it's upheld by the Supreme Court, it will increase our ability to serve our customers worldwide to secure e-commerce and international information,

He's been a great kid all year. He's been so patient. He's worked hard and hasn't complained. He's had the same ability all year, he's just had more opportunity at the end of the season. He took advantage of his opportunities, and that's a credit to the type of character he's got.

He's done a good job. He's really stepped up. He's made as much improvement as anybody on our team in his competitiveness and in his ability to score and he's become a better defender. ... Before the end of the year, he'll be an elite player. He's just starting to play the way he is capable.

Hopefully we can improve on our (pitching) numbers from last year, and come conference and playoff time we should be pretty experienced. Bobby and Kyle have the ability to be dominant and Casey, Phil and Tony are solid, too.

The packaged food manufacturers' ability to raise and maintain prices to offset rising commodity costs will be a key test of the shifting of power to the retailer. Moreover, escalating costs have negatively impacted the small and midsize food companies more than their larger counterparts due to the smaller companies' higher proportion of fixed-costs and limited economies of scale.

The Pacific Gateway initiative is very important for the country when we talk about the changing economic border where China and India are becoming much more dominant, ... Canada is very strategically positioned when we look at the west and the ability to move trade through our country. A Gateway strategy right across this country is going to be an important initiative.

The pace of development is outstripping our ability to manage the environmental issue. Our unwritten energy policy is dig it up and sell it as fast as possible.

The raises in interest rates will reduce the willingness and ability of consumers to continue their pace of borrowing. This is both directly -- through the cost of debt -- and indirectly -- because it's likely to slow house price appreciation.

Connie Mack

There is a phrase around here that probably a few years ago didn't use very often. But it's called 'compartmentalization' and I would suggest that the person down in the White House is not the only one who has the ability to do that.

When they're spending this much money, they want the ability to try it.