Famous Quotes & Sayings

Time is our enemy again the lack of communication and the lack of the ability to know where the location is are the two strongest factors that give us concern.

Time and again, whenever we have posed any kind of challenge, Visa enacted punitive new rules tailored to interfere with our business plans and our ability to compete.

True genius is not found in superior wisdom or intellect, but rather in the ability to unlock the God-given gifts within one's self and use them in a manner that no one else has!

Joe Daniels

Troy went from a guy that had great ability to scramble and run and step up in the pocket and take off with great athletic ability, to a guy that uses that athletic ability to buy time to find an open receiver. That's a giant step.

Dick LeBeau

Troy's got that rare ability to play at all levels of the defense - deep, intermediate, at the line and blitz. Those people just don't come along every day.

Bill Gates

Today's realignment optimizes Microsoft's ability to take advantage of the business and technical opportunities we see as customers rapidly adopt the Internet and intranets into their daily lives,

Ian Bremmer

Today's exceptionally tight market gives marginal producers unprecedented power and greater geopolitical importance. They have the ability to press. They have leverage.

You know what's so crazy about it? In high school, I played basketball and I was a trash-talker. Basketball is such a one-on-one sport and if I know I've got the ability to beat the guy, I can talk trash.

You know he gives you a chance every single night he plays. It's not like he's going to save everything, but you know he's going to give you a chance to win every night. That's a big thing. Also, he's got the ability to steal games.

You know discipline means to do things well and to do it to the best of your ability even if you don't feel like it. We're really not too far from where we were earlier when we were winning, but it feels like a long way. The difference is our mental expectations. If we needed any extra incentive we should have it in this game because the kids know each other so well.

You know, Americans have jobs. Americans are earning money. They feel good about themselves. They feel secure in their ability to hold onto the job, and even if they lose the job they know they don't have to go too far to find another one, ... So they feel a sense of security, of freedom to go out and spend and buy and do things for themselves, and that is why we are absolutely convinced that consumer spending will remain strong certainly throughout the balance of this year, and ... maybe into next year.

When I saw him at our summer camp, (Hurd) demonstrated a lot of athletic ability. And he showed good speed for a big man. We'll put some weight on him and where we plays ... I'm not sure yet ... but I know he's going to keep getting bigger and better.

William Kennedy

When I first talked about writing with Saul he insisted on the ability to change, to get a serious grip on what was real in your life, ... He was the 20th century's literary wizard, who fused the intellect and the imagination in glorious and comic language that we'd never heard before.

We never call on one guy to take over. We don't have the ability to do that. But we do have five or six guys in our rotation that are willing to come in and be aggressive at any time.

We need to take our defensive zone coverage to heart, once again. But once we get out of our defensive zone, our breakouts and ability to score will not be a problem.

Tommy Amaker

We need him to be one of our better players, if not our best player. Whatever that takes, whatever that means for Dion to internalize that. He's that good. He has the ability to do those kinds of things. Certainly, we need that from him. I'm going to expect him to be a key guy and one of our better players.

John Butler

We need help. We need the ability to change the amount we are paying.

We needed to do something to get the ball in his hands as a runner as well as a passer, ... We wanted to take advantage of his athleticism and his ability to get out in space and make some plays.

We have kids that range in ability from being third-year players to kids that have been playing since they were 4 years old. But they're all rising to the occasion, and overall, I think they're a superior group.

I wasn't too worried. I knew we had the ability to win because we controlled the game until the last four minutes.

John Grisham

I was never a bookworm. I remember reading Dr. Seuss, the Hardy Boys, Emil and the Detectives, Chip Hilton, and lots of Mark Twain and Dickens. My athletic ability did nothing but invite taunts. I was an indifferent student and an athlete with delusions of adequacy, dreams of adulation.

I would like to see where I stand as a player and realistically judge my ability in relation to the NBA draft.

Craig Phillips

I would like to clean them up and get them out of there, ... We've had interest from several groups that like the ability to place signs for a limited time on weekends. We want to be careful what we allow because we don't want to create a bigger problem than we had before.

Dick Armey

I would like to think that no American president would even consider using the military to help him remain in office, ... But the fact that Americans are expressing these doubts shows that the president is losing his ability to lead.

Jeffrey Zeldman

I worry about every newspaper. I worry about the financial undertaking, and I worry that somehow the loss of the sale of the paper version will affect their ability to have journalists and editors and producers. We really need those.

My Coke Rewards is unique in its ability to truly personalize the consumer's experience with Coca-Cola. The program allows us to tap into our consumers' passions and tailor their online experience to offer them what they really want.

Rose McIver

My brother was scouted for a commercial when he was three, and it was just because he could speak clearly and was well behaved, basically. I don't think he had any amazing acting ability at that age - although he is actually a great actor.

John Keegan

My biggest asset is that I have the ability to listen, and give people the respect they're entitled to.

Vinton Cerf

My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to the services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place.

Jon Katz

My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability to repair or control.

My character, she's kind of gotten away with her looks, gotten away with her ability to charm people and find her way without having to work,'' Diaz said.

Paul Tracy

My championship aspirations are the same as they've been every year. Our goal is to win races. I think that our team, we have the ability (and) we have the speed, we just need to cut out the mistakes and some of the bad luck ... This year we're going to be a factor.

Deng Xiaoping

Most of them have passed their peak time and their sustained presence in the field shows the lack of young players, ... Most of them will retire after the National Games and the young players don't have enough ability to stand affront.