Famous Quotes & Sayings

The girls rode beautifully today. Auburn is a very good opponent and we knew that coming in. Everyone worked together as a team and took care of what they needed to take care of. We are extremely proud of what we have accomplished, not only as a hunt seat team, but what the team overall achieved with the Co-Reserve title.

Nora Ephron

The major concrete achievement of the women's movement in the 1970s was the Dutch treat

Benjamin Franklin

The man who achieves makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing

The man who seeks one thing in life and but one May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows A harvest of barren regrets

Michael Owen

The (Madrid) president understood and said he would try to help me achieve this, ... If the transfer cannot be finalized in time I have agreed to go to Newcastle United, but only on a one-year loan. I need to be playing regularly in a World Cup year.

Barack Obama

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

The kids believe we can take it a step further this year. At the same time, we don't look too far ahead. We have to prove ourselves each match, set new goals and achieve them.

The jury had to know, 'Well, they couldn't have both done it, so they're obviously asking us to do something that's not quite clear from the jury instructions,' ... In fact, that's exactly what the prosecution had done and they did it, I believe, to achieve the outcome they did.

The Junior Blind Olympics provides an inspirational opportunity for blind and visually impaired children to challenge their abilities, surmount sight barriers and achieve their dreams.

John Sununu

The Iraqi elections present a real challenge and also an opportunity to achieve the goal of electing a strong and credible leadership.

The key here is not necessarily public reporting, but what's going on behind those school doors when that data comes in. We do something to help each child achieve at a higher level.

The key challenge for the government and the sector is to achieve a soft landing of the market.

The union's actions today shows that it thinks nothing of using distorted facts and fear tactics to achieve its goal of converting our loyal employees into dues-paying members of its struggling organization. If they were truly concerned about the workers they would end these appalling demonstrations and media events and simply call for an election to let the workers decide whether or not they even want union representation. Why are they so afraid of Democracy?

The underlying profit result was achieved in a period of intense competition and milder weather conditions, which affected the retail business in particular.

The UK is a vital part of the bank, and we won't achieve our goals unless the UK business is successful. But I expect the rate of growth of our international business to exceed the rate of growth of our UK businesses.

The UAE has already achieved admirable results in protecting IPR laws, and we are looking forward to further boost our cooperation with the country's authorities to step up the anti-piracy campaign. We would like to express our appreciation for the concerned authorities for the positive steps they have taken to restrict software piracy. We call upon countries elsewhere in the region to take similar measures to effectively tackle the menace of software piracy.

Susan Collins

These are challenging times at home and around the world. We will have to work together in a bipartisan spirit and with our international partners if we are going to achieve progress and peace now and for future generations.

These kids have something that nobody can take away from them, a desire and a want, and that is something that you can't coach. All 12 of these kids on this team have a burning desire to achieve and they feel that they won't be denied.

These guys won 17 games; that's no small feat especially as inexperienced as they were. It was an accomplishment and yet we had some disappointment. But I am excited about the future. I think we have a good basketball team brewing. I really do.

These girls have done considerably well and what they have achieved so far will only auger well for women's football in Jamaica.

These gentlemen represent very different styles. They're both civic-minded, and they have achieved a lot for their community.

These findings suggest that in addition to the valuation premium from cross-listing and bonding to U.S. capital markets, cross-listed companies that take steps to increase their DR liquidity through improved investor relations and strong corporate governance can achieve even higher valuations.

These pleasing results, achieved in the context of a weak worldwide music market and in spite of the potential distraction of our merger discussions, demonstrate the fundamental strength and quality of EMI's businesses.

Christopher Galvin

This is our eighth consecutive quarter of delivering on our promises to achieve a significant turnaround, improved profitability and a strategic refocusing of Motorola around wireless, broadband and the Internet.

This is a great achievement for our team and I am very proud of them. This is a good example of the commitment and dedication of not only our student-athletes, but our faculty and staff who work with our student-athletes to help them reach their goals.

This is a great accomplishment. I'll never forget this moment. District 11 is hard, hard, hard. I fought my way through this tournament and believed.

Terry Clark

This has taken four years of planning and the collaboration of many, many dedicated partners. The grand opening celebrates the achievement of a goal that was a result of the commitment of those wonderful partners.

This is a huge opportunity for UPS customers. Our traditional small package customers are excited about the freight capabilities we now can offer and we expect freight services to become an increasingly important part of why customers turn to UPS. In addition, this will allow UPS to achieve our goal of growing the overall business and sustaining our competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

This is a huge accomplishment for these guys.

This is a complex agreement. To reopen it, we're probably at risk of never being able to achieve it again and to reassemble it.

This is a combination that we believe would restore the Disney brand, ... There is no doubt that these two companies can achieve things together that they would not be able to do alone.

This is a classic 'chicken and egg' problem that needs some government intervention and up-front investment to achieve a breakthrough.

Alonzo Mourning

All I know is we're going into the All-Star beak on a positive note. But we haven't achieved anything. Nobody has done anything except gotten to the All-Star break.