Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't know how the name came up. I'm sure people 50 to 55 or older know Burbank across the country. He definitely impacted the agricultural industry in the 20th century.

Paul O'Neill

I didn't think this was worthy of me running across the street and telling the president. I don't go across the street and tell the president every time somebody calls me.

I didn't know we were going to be ahead of the offense. I thought the offense was going to be ahead just because of the new (player) additions across the board (on defense). We've got new guys out there that didn't even play for us last year.

High-stakes testing has basically guided the curriculum in public schools all across the state of Texas and has left us with the highest drop out rate in the entire country -- around 40 percent.

He stopped at the finish line and Westlake pushed him across the line and that's where I kind of learned it from,

He's the X-factor across the board. He can play with anybody in our rotation, and he can play from the two to the five, and even point guard or center in short minutes.

He's fast. He can run between the tackles. He can break it outside. He can catch a screen and go for 70 yards. Everybody's got to play well across the board.

Paul Jewell

He's experienced, played at the highest level, is versatile and can play anywhere across the park. He's also got a good pedigree and an eye for goal.

He set the goal of winning a league title his junior year and he was very, very dedicated to his team. His sense of loyalty was unmatched. I've been coaching high school wrestling for 22 years over three states, and I've never come across anybody with the same competitive nature as Chris.

Hospitals all across America are struggling to fund a lot of things because of cutbacks on reimbursements. For a lot of reasons, hospitals are trying to be more creative about generating new revenue streams.

Housing starts across Canada remain strong and are on track with our expectations for the year.

Housing markets across the country have cooled, as predicted, and builders are aware that some slowing in demand is inevitable following the record-breaking sales for the past three years.

How can the minister explain $42 million on travel and hospitality, while Coast Guard vessels were tied up at wharves across this country because they couldn't afford fuel?

He's respected on both sides of the aisle. Politics in Colorado have become polarized and partisan. Because he was a statewide politician, he's had to work across the aisle to get elected and get things done.

He's regarded as a reasonable guy and I think he is prepared to reach across to the opposition.

Rita Ora

I don't know how 'X Factor' works. I was only there as a guest judge for a day. But I watched 'The Voice' a lot; I respected how it came across on TV, and I love the freedom we get as coaches to do what we want.

I don't know if there's anything we've been more responsive on at all levels of the department and across all agencies that are members of the committee.

Jim Rice

I flat out see no evidence for any fossils in our data. If a trilobite, for example, evolved on Mars and we came across a rock with it, we could resolve it.

Terry Bradshaw

If I were a resident of New Orleans who lost everything I owned, had no home, and possibly lost a loved one, I don't think football is necessarily something that would help me escape. Honestly, I don't think football is something they 'can't wait to see' on Sunday, even if they have TV sets or are at a shelter somewhere across America.

Steve Nash

If my career has somehow inspired or gained interest in kids across the country, that would be unbelievable to have that sort of impact.

If I were to rub my finger across it, that could create an indentation and that obviously should not be counted as intention to vote.

John Negroponte

If I were to choose one single watchword of this strategy, it's 'integration,' and I think that the whole thrust of this strategy is to drive toward the best possible integration of our intelligence efforts across the board.

Shane Smith

I haven't come across many players that are as well-rounded as him. If he were 6-4, 6-5, Duke would be over here looking at him.

I had no choice but to put this big, fat cat in a car and drive him across the country.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

I had a really hard time after 9/11. I was basically living across the street from the World Trade Center, and a big chunk of debris fell on top of my building, and the roof caved in. I thought I was going to die. Really. I'd never thought that before, but on that day I sat there and thought 'I cannot believe it's going to end this way.'

I grew up in New York, and for the first ten years of my life, we lived across from the Metropolitan Museum. When I was an adult, I moved back to that neighborhood and lived there again.

In 2002 governments meeting at the World Summit on Sustainable Development agreed to reverse the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010 including in the marine world. Our valuable association with 3D Entertainment has allowed us to convey the importance of marine wildlife conservation to vast audiences, and we are thrilled this project has been so well received across countries and cultures.

Dennis Banks

In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.

Ansel Adams

I never know in advance what I will photograph, ... I go out into the world and hope I will come across something that imperatively interests me. I am addicted to the found object. I have no doubt that I will continue to make photographs till my last breath.

Jim Doyle

I'm working hard to encourage travel all across our state and I'm pleased to support 'Blaze A New Trail,' ... The event will offer a fun get-away for women and showcase Wisconsin as a great travel destination for everyone.

Industrial activity is contracting across a broad set of industries, reflecting the declines in both consumer and business spending.

Paul Wolfowitz

Indonesian investors will tell you the same thing, that the biggest discouragement to investing your money here is corruption. This problem is something that needs to be tackled across a whole range of initiatives.

Individuals of merit always find themselves subjects of interest elsewhere across the landscape of American higher education, and this has been the case with Vice President West,