Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Byrne

I expect that we will achieve consensus on Monday,

I enjoy working with the Atlas group. The Atlas personnel are very helpful and are instrumental in helping us achieve our goals for providing large volumes of this unique, naturally occurring nanotube material for use in the wide range of applications we have identified at NaturalNano.

I enjoy motivating the girls and just helping them achieve what they are capable of...reaching their full potential.

Oprah Winfrey

From the moment I had Rachael on my show earlier this year, I knew she had it. She has that connection with her audience that most people only achieve one-on-one.

Henry A. Kissinger

For me, the tragedy of Vietnam was the divisions that occurred in the United States that made it, in the end, impossible to achieve an outcome that was compatible with the sacrifices that had been made, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

For us to have four boys under a minute is quite an accomplishment.

Ibrahim Rugova

For two and a half years we have achieved a great development and the decision to go further towards the democracy of Kosovo was a success too.

E. P. Thompson

For the third consecutive year, we were able to achieve a respectable margin in the typically difficult first quarter, a feat which had been an elusive target for us prior to 2004.

Aristotle

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

John Winthrop

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

Given the poor grades that Texas received ... it is amazing that student achievement continued to improve over the last decade. We must, however, be concerned that the chickens will eventually come home to roost and the current inadequately funded system will no longer be able to provide the gains in achievement that we have seen in the past.

God, have these guys achieved more than I ever would've dreamed. We proved that we can compete with good teams. I'm so proud of these guys.

Glenn played so many years here and had got so much pride in his work. We wanted to give the Spurs fans success and joy and we never really achieved that. We would have loved to have given them success but it hasn't happened.

Robbie Fowler

For me to get anywhere near him is a fantastic achievement and to surpass him by one - I'm delighted. I grew up an Everton fan but Kenny is a proper Liverpool legend and to get anywhere near him is fantastic.

If today was the day you were finally going to win, did you show up?

If those of us in positions of leadership do our jobs to make and keep our companies competitive; and if all of us demand that our elected officials do their part to enact and enforce policies that will level the playing field, there's no doubt in my mind that we can achieve the competitiveness of Japan, or the improved energy self-sufficiency of Brazil.

He's been an outstanding kid to have in our program. I think (finishing second) is quite an accomplishment. It's been a joy to have him. It just kind of breaks your heart when you've got to lose a kid like Wes. Going into next year he's the only guy we lose. But I can't replace him.

the Palestinians and Israelis stand at a crossroads, ready to make hard decisions to achieve a just and lasting peace.

Jim Nelson

The Rand report confirms what those of us in Texas have known for many years -- that Texas is at the forefront in education reform, leading the nation in achievement gains among minority students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds,

There is ample research that demonstrates that a rigorous curriculum for all students not just high achievers leads to better opportunities after high school.

Samuel Larsen

There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.

Under Modi's leadership, Gujarat will be able to achieve rural development in a manner in which it has not been achieved previously in India.

Under current economic conditions, we have to position ourselves on world markets and thanks to a structure of this sort we could achieve a competitive position.

Unless we are of one accord, we are just beating the bushes coming to these meetings and accomplishing nothing.

Unless we achieve meaningful success here, we cannot say we are a winner in the next-generation console battle.

We must escape this monotony, this slavery of our minds, We have not achieved complete freedom yet.

We lost seven starters last year and have a different group now. But they want a state championship and with four undefeated wrestlers on our squad I think we can achieve that goal also.

Don Young

HP management argues that the cost savings inherent in this deal are significant and that a stronger enterprise computing company will emerge. We, however, believe that the issue is not whether management can achieve their cost savings target of $2.5 billion. The more important issue is how much revenue will be lost from the acquired Compaq business,

Dan Wheldon

I achieved a lot at Andretti Green Racing,

Pau Gasol

He's played more minutes today than in the previous three games, and it's difficult mentally to achieve that, but he's done it.

Hu Jintao

I admire what you have achieved at Microsoft. You, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, and I'm a friend of Microsoft.

Sol Campbell

He was a great guy, he knew what he wanted and achieved it in his own way.

He wants to see uniform standards set. We're hoping to achieve uniform safety standards across the board.