Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christine Gregoire

If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

Iain Banks

Maybe it wasn't anything remotely to do with religion, mysticism or metaphilosophy after all; maybe it was more banal; maybe it was just...accounting.

He said they try to do their best to clear accounts but made a point of saying that they can't be held responsible.

Norv Turner

He's an outstanding football player. I mean, he's a physical guy that brings it. He's a competitive guy. In that game, he looked to me like he misjudged the player's speed. He was in good position, and just didn't take account of his speed. That, unfortunately, happens to guys in this league. But he's one of the better safeties in the league.

Generally speaking, the rule is that any account that lies dormant in a Swiss bank for 20 years, no deposits no withdrawals...the money reverts to the bank. In other words, they keep it.

Generic drug sales are expected to reach $60 billion by next year and today account for more than half of all prescriptions filled in the US. Branded companies must employ a range of defensive strategies if they are to maintain an influential market position after their patents reach expiration.

GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.

Everything I know about her is from what my dad has told me - it is not a lot. From all accounts though, she was incredible.

Everything is trading off equities now. European investors are buying less U.S. assets and it's enough to put pressure on the dollar because of the current account deficit.

Even if we take account of income, the composition of households and the ages of household members, that does not explain why so many immigrants live in public housing.

Even though most retirement plans are protected from seizure before retirement, the proceeds of these plans become fair game once the account owner begins taking distributions.

Even though holiday sales account for 65 percent of the industry's overall sales, the first nine months of the year can determine whether the Christmas season will be good or bad for retailers. I'm very excited about the new products for the summer.

Easter is the third-biggest seasonal driver for retailers in malls. The Christmas season November and December accounted for 25 percent of their sales last year. The beginning of summer May and June accounted for 15. 4 percent of total sales last year. Then came March and April, accounting for 12 percent of sales.

Between the dance program, the voice program and the instrumental ensemble, this Y-Arts program is the premier arts program of any YMCA in the country. That's not even taking into account the theater productions.

Greta Susteren

Everybody conceded that one event could account or could be sexual harassment if it is severe. The big question is -- can a trial court judge throw a case out? Can she decide if it is severe or not? Or is that a question of fact that must go to a jury.

Jason Hanson

Every person in business ? that's their goal ? to get the money into their account quicker.

Every law school is going to have its strengths and weaknesses, but no set of rankings can take all these into account evenly. It's still nice to see us ranked in the top 50.

As the final results are not confirmed, there is scope for the New Zealand dollar to be a little shaky on account of the perceived uncertainty. This is exactly what has happened.

The most logical political decision, taking into account the mutual claims of massive violations, is to pronounce the elections invalid in the sense of trying to determine the real will of the people.

A couple years ago our online sales was male-dominated. Now women account for 40 percent of Web sales overall, and are placing 20 percent of our Valentine's orders.

Subscribers will also get additional e-mail accounts and extra e-mail storage capacity.

Some people will like the flexibility to take their account wherever they want to go. This gives people additional options and brings in additional competition.

Robert Scheer

So this guy, Jeff Johnson, who is an accountant who cares nothing at all about a free press and cares nothing about journalism, he's a right winger who supported the war, you know, who two years ago told people he couldn't stand a word that I wrote.

One consequence of the St. James's Place and Equitable transactions is that we now expect diversified businesses to account for more than half of the profits in 2001.

One day I was in Starbucks going through one of my books on accounting, and this beautiful young woman came up to me and said, 'My accounting book is different from yours.' Her name was Joyce, she had a background in finance and administration and ran a surgery center. Within a short time, we were married.

The Supreme Court explained to universities how it is that they can take race into account in admitting students, and it does lay a road map for the next 25 years on how they'll do that,

The supervisor then takes into account the conditions of the roadway, this location, the time of day, traffic. All of those conditions are evaluated.

Gigi Hadid

I usually stalk fans because I think they're really funny on Twitter. They don't know it, but I'll just go through their timelines, and if something is happening in the media, I always read fan accounts instead of the news because they have all the info and make the funniest jokes about it, so that's how I get my gossip - by stalking fans.

Sometimes IM conversations you have are private and sensitive. You click a link, and that means the chat won't be saved in your email account or theirs or anywhere in between.

Teams are doing their homework. They're figuring out a way to get eight guys in the box, and doing it in a way we can't account for. That's their way to control the tempo of the game, but when you do that you compromise your coverage, You have man-to-man coverage every play, and they can't do that all day. Teams will eventually jump out of it or we are going to be a passing team, because we can do both. We're two-dimensional.

Technology is enabling the restaurant industry to use the accountant very similarly to other industries.

Technology can empower small retailers, freeing them up from mundane chores such as managing inventory and accounting systems manually. It can enable them to be a little more creative, a lot more efficient and a lot less sweaty.

It was very clear to me the parents have been working hard, and they're very deeply vested in this. But we have to take more into account when it comes to public money,