Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sebastien Bourdais

The result last year in Las Vegas was definitely a big team effort, ... The engineering office definitely spent a lot of time thinking about what was going to be the best option especially for the race setup because it was pretty easy flat and everybody was able to make it easy around the place. It was about having the proper amount of downforce and being able to go through traffic with your foot on the floor and that's what we achieved and we had a really spectacular 1-2 with very exciting finish of the race. But I'm not too excited to try and do that again it's just really nerve racking. We'll see what happens but it was quite a race and hopefully it's going to be easier this year but I'm not quite sure about that really.

As the Ethiopian government has reiterated on numerous occasions, it has no interest in occupying sovereign Eritrean territory and, having achieved its goals, it has withdrawn its troops accordingly.

Cost savings of $3.3 billion were achieved last year, which was more than our target,

Corporate Japan is looking toward India as an incentive destination. If employees did a good job or achieved a target, a company sends them on a holiday package to India at the company's cost. For example, Suzuki Motor Corp. is sending 2,600 employees, in several groups, to India on a five-day incentive holiday this month.

Steve Coppell

Complacency is not on our agenda. It is certainly not our biggest danger. My players have worked very hard for what they have achieved so far. They will not allow that to creep in. Neither myself, nor the coaching staff have to do anything to prevent that. They do it themselves.

James Ray

Control is never achieved when sought after directly. It is the surprising outcome of letting go.

Drew Powell

We're disappointed but not down hearted. Our top priority this term was promotion and we have achieved that.

Cary Sherman

We are appreciative of our partners in the university community and all they have done in recent years to tackle the problem of digital piracy at campuses across the country. Despite the progress achieved by our collaborative efforts, this remains an ever-evolving problem. We cannot ignore the growing misuse of campus local area network systems or the toll this means of theft is taking on our industry.

Jim Balsillie

We are very pleased with the progress achieved by RIM and its partners over the summer, and we are particularly energized by our prospects for the second half of the fiscal year, ... We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services. As a result, we are now expecting to surpass $2 billion in annual revenue and the 5 million subscriber milestone before the end of the fiscal year.

We are very much happy. We think we achieved a victory in dragging the match to its fifth day against a mighty team.

Ron Paul

We are, of course, proud of the many accomplishments we have achieved over the past 40 years. That said, I am even more excited about our plans for the future.

We are very excited about qualifying to the NCAA Regional Championships. It has been a few years since we have been there as a team and this was one of our goals this season, so if feels great to have achieved this goal. Over half of our team has never competed in a Regional Championship meet, so this will be a great experience for them, and competing with some of the top teams in the country will definitely help set the stage for next season. Anything can happen on any given night. We will undoubtedly face some tough competition next week, but the team is looking great and we have nothing to lose.

We had set our targets higher for unit volume and average selling prices for our MP3 players than we achieved in the period.

Austin Ligon

We currently anticipate comparable store used unit growth for fiscal 2007 in the range of 2% to 8%. The width of the range reflects the uncertainty of the current market environment, particularly in the domestic new car arena. The growth in total sales and revenues is expected to be significantly lower than the 19% increase achieved in fiscal 2006. This decrease reflects the difference in store opening patterns. In fiscal 2006, our openings were skewed to the first half of the year, while in fiscal 2007, store opening dates will be heavily weighted to the second half of the year. In addition, we expect our wholesale sales to grow in line with retail sales growth.

Both of them had great seasons and finished with 30 wins apiece. They achieved more than I expected and probably more than even they expected. This will set them up for next year because it gives that extra bit of confidence. I know they will be good because they work hard together.

We are very dedicated to continuing - even improving - the tradition of excellence that has been achieved on this amazing piece of land. The magic that has happened here will continue.

Adrian Fernandez

To be honest, I have achieved a lot more success in my career than I ever dreamed,

This was achieved despite a relatively modest market growth.

This was a change for us to get back to .500 ball and we achieved that goal,

Amar'e Stoudemire

What I've achieved now is something that I always figured I would as a kid. I've had that type of determination since I was a youngster playing around the playgrounds, getting dirty after school.

Jahangir Khan

You hire a chief executive, pay him, and hold him accountable after a year or two. The time for so-called honorary jobs is over. What Pakistan squash needs is results, and that can only be achieved by professionals.

Within a year, 245 Lewisville residents were taking part in YMCA activities and, by that time, Lewisville achieved extension status in 1978 and began fundraising efforts for a permanent facility.

With house prices still looking robust, the chance of the bank cutting rates is slim. They are not going to jeopardize the soft landing they achieved for the housing market last year.

George Bernard Shaw

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world

Henry Rollins

To me, getting muscular was the first thing I ever achieved by working at it, and it was a game changer for me, because it was the first time I ever had confidence.

Robert Hall

UPS has partnered with Eaton over the last five years to test hybrid drive train systems in real world settings. We are excited about the technology advancements Eaton and UPS have achieved through testing and look forward to seeing these next-generation hybrids perform for our fleet.

There appears to be a tremendous void in the business in thinking beyond the constraints of directed search. The industry is focused on things like behavioral advertising and the impact of next generation ad models. It appears in that process we're leaving behind the cumulative information and the cumulative understandings that can be achieved by pulling the entire knowledge base together.

The operation is making steady progress. We have achieved our first objective.

The operating results our company achieved in the fourth quarter and full calendar year were impressive.

Pascal Lamy

There is not a sufficient level of convergence among members on the level of ambition in the key areas of the negotiations, ... If we try this jump and miss it, we might lose what has been achieved already.

There could be a national ranking achieved in the (800) relay. Whoever wins, both teams should get national rankings.

William Osler

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.

Christopher Galvin

These actions have been designed to adjust our costs to softening global market conditions and, as the market recovers, to restore the trend of improved profitability that we had achieved over the last two years.