Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mariella Frostrup

While the male eye zooms in on a particular element to the exclusion of all else, a woman's gaze flickers from one tedious task to the next, to the point where we can't distinguish between the importance of mopping the kitchen floor and achieving world peace.

People are achieving at such high levels in sports that we're consistently seeing the impossible, whether it's overcoming an age barrier or a handicap.

Our history with VCEDA has been, they have been very helpful with us in the past for our efforts in industrialization, ... We have enjoyed some success in that area. Their assistance in achieving that has always played a role.

Overall we think its a significant advance and contains the elements necessary for a stronger council but the key will be achieving the two-thirds vote for election of council members. Without the two-thirds vote, the risk is that the worst abusers will continue to be elected.

Our goal all along has been to give Grant the best chance to get healthy. At this time, and in consultation with the medical experts, we are in agreement that the risk of him returning this season to game action could be detrimental in regard to achieving the overall goal.

Our first goal was to win district, and our second one was to do something that no other class in our school's history has done. You don't get many years to get the chance for something like this, but the girls did a great job at achieving their goal.

Khaled Meshaal

Our visit to Moscow is a very important step for achieving a breakthrough in our international position. This is a visit that has no conditions. We will listen to the position of Russian officials and we will clarify our own position.

Maurice Greene

I said I would bring American sprinting back to the top and this was the start of achieving that aim.

State government and industry officials are searching for ways to stimulate California's business climate. Offering at-risk businesses a rate incentive is a proven approach to achieving this important objective.

Bill Bradley

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds, ... Athletes, in times of this kind of difficulty, can be important role models.

Bobby Julich

My work with Bjarne and the rest of the team has definitely played the main part in me achieving these kinds of results this late in my career,

Koichi Tanaka

My mother also stressed the importance of working quietly towards achieving my missions in life, without neglecting attention to details.

I think Turkey has a very important role to play in achieving a diplomatic settlement.

Karl Marx

It is not "history" which uses men as a means of achieving -- as if it were an individual person -- its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

Karl Marx

It is not ""history"" which uses men as a means of achieving -- as if it were an individual person -- its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

it is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone.

Recognizing there is a certain risk in achieving our plan, however, some of the agencies may adopt a 'wait and see' attitude before giving full recognition to all that we intend to accomplish,

Organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that they are achieving compliance. However, implementing a series of end-point technology solutions to meet each compliance mandate individually is not only difficult to manage, it's a drain on internal resources. Risk Commander is designed to alleviate the burden of managing disparate compliance controls, making compliance reporting easier and more cost-efficient so organizations can focus on what really matters -- their business.

Our ongoing efforts with Intel on the dual core processors have allowed us to provide users with a superior gaming experience. Reaching out to the gaming community by making the best PCs on the market has always been one of our primary goals. Our partnership with Intel enables us to make significant progress in achieving that goal.

We are all friends and we have the similar feelings we had in Athens, so a world record is definitely our target and we are capable of achieving it. The relay on the opening night will be a good start for us.

With this transaction behind us, we can sharpen our focus on our other improvement priorities, such as streamlining our operations and expanding our core businesses in advanced water treatment, water and wastewater solutions, space, defense electronics and leisure marine in order to provide greater potential for growth and profitability. We will continue operating our portfolio toward achieving premier multi-industry performance, with an improved growth profile, increased margins and a more efficient use of capital.

Time and time again we have seen that unilateral economic sanctions by the United States do not work. Unilateral measures -- including some bills pending in the U.S. Congress -- would harm relations with our allies without achieving the results we all desire.

While we have made impressive efforts at achieving results to tackle this epidemic ... we seem to be leaving some people behind. If there were some tendency that we leave the children behind in these global efforts, that would not only be unfortunate, it would be unacceptable.

Under the BOJ Law, the central bank is by definition aimed at achieving price stability. It is natural for the BOJ to emphasize the CPI.

We have had a quarter century of tuition going up faster than family income. And we've had completely inadequate increases in the Pell grant. Many states and institutions are shifting from need-based aid to aid based on test scores. At the same time, college has become much more essential for achieving middle-class status in the U.S.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls' education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits.

We've made excellent progress toward achieving our strategic objectives during our first full year since the leveraged buyout that took place in late October 2004.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

Patrice Motsepe

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

We have spent the last several years restructuring our business to try to assure each customer received the attention and support they needed to meet their goals online. The Certified Call Center award from J.D. Power and Associates is an acknowledgment that we are achieving that objective and a reward of the highest level for Network Solutions.

Zinedine Zidane

I would not have come back otherwise. I did not only do it so we would qualify but because this team has the players who are capable of achieving something.

Jenson Button

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at the Team, at Honda and our tyre partner Michelin for their support over the past three years. The effort that has gone into building this team into what it is today has been relentless. It's been a privilege to be a part of B*A*R Honda and I am delighted that I will be part of its future. I look forward to achieving our next goal - our first win together - in the very near future.

Bruce Rubin

The American economic system rewards those who take great risks with commensurate benefits. The compensation Mr. Brooks received is directly attributable to the risk he undertook in aiding the capitalization of DHB and achieving extraordinary results for the company.