Famous Quotes & Sayings

We saw one lineman using a chain saw cut through two water moccasins so he could remove a tree that was across lines.

We're very concerned about how water users will cope with the meager runoff projected at many locations across southern Colorado this year.

Barry Ritholtz

We see inflation rearing its head across the board. Contrary to what a lot of people have been saying, it's not just energy.

Arkansas is the leading state when it comes to quality standards. You look across the board and you have to say that if Arkansas was a hit record, it is moving up the charts quickly.

A paradox exists in the world of mergers and acquisitions. Other studies that have looked at M&A deals in the past 20 years have found that deals in earlier M&A cycles destroyed, rather than created, shareholder value. Yet to grow to be an organization operating on a global scale, it is almost impossible to do so quickly enough through organic growth alone. Mergers and acquisitions have in many ways become necessary. Interestingly, evidence is now mounting that the deals conducted in the current merger wave may be different. Across a broad range of industries throughout the world, lessons learned are being applied.

The interesting thing about today's rally is that it's across the board. It's not just short covering, there's money coming into the market today.

The interesting finding of the survey was that for 2006, enterprises are facing serious challenges across multiple areas of email management. The market is demanding solutions for holistic email data management that go beyond a single feature or function.

The journey of Marco Polo is the hero's journey, one that all cultures across the globe can relate to.

The jobs situation is still not resolved. Across several industries, inventories are rising, and we're seeing that consumers are trading down. That's an indicator that people are not beset with worries but they are turning cautious.

The jobs number was a blowout. It was strong across the board.

John Battelle

The largest issue with search is that we learned about it when the web was young, when the universe was 'complete' - the entire web was searchable! Now our digital lives are utterly fractured - in apps, in walled gardens like Facebook, across clunky interfaces like those in automobiles or Comcast cable boxes.

The largest carriers have raised rates each and every month this year. Instead of increasing across the board they have been increasing rates for one plan one month and another the next month.

The large amount of drugs that are freely coming and going across the northern border in our county is mind boggling. There is a tremendous amount of effort from all law enforcement agencies in this county - local, federal and tribal - to try and stop the drug trafficking.

The last thing you want is to terminate an employee for violating your data policy and they don't even know you have one. Or they know about the policy but it has not been enforced across the board.

Willie Nelson

I grew up across the street from, you know, the Villarias, which was a great Mexican family there. In fact, there was three houses right across the street from me. So, day and night, I listened to Mexican music, and I'm sure, you know, my guitar playing, singing, writing, whatever, has a lot of Mexican flavor there, but it comes natural.

The message that we're trying to get across is that if the Palestinian Authority wants to take care of its people, the first thing it must do is free them from the shackles of terrorism.

Michael Eisner

The message that we are trying to get across here is we are conscious of how great our assets are and what they can generate. We feel strongly about our future position and this is the beginning of a series of conference calls we will do to articulate that, to help the markets have the same confidence we have.

The interest (in South Carolina ports) is from Jasper, the port community and the people of Georgia, ... It's not that important to the people of South Carolina across the board. That's probably why you see (Sanford) less engaged.

The issues at the federal level relate more to the disturbing racial composition of those who have been convicted and the apparent fact that almost all the convictions are coming out of just a handful of states, which raises the question of whether -- even though there is a uniform law across the country -- what your prosecution is may turn solely on where you committed the crime,

The issue of underage drinking is a national concern for schools and parents. At Miller Place we are not immune to teen drinking issues or many other national trends on teen activity. Students at the meeting made it clear that our community is no different than other communities both on Long Island and across the nation.

The investment community currently seems to be gleaning more of its market insight from the headlines scrolling across CNN and Fox news Channel than from underlying business fundamentals,

Their vote is very inefficient -- it's spread out across the country in a way that doesn't give them a really good chance.

Kevin Federline

The inspiration and meaning behind the title 'Playing With Fire' is self explanatory. I'm excited about this album and am looking forward to continuing my promotional club tour in support of it and seeing the first-hand reaction of my fans listening to my songs for the first time. My album is sure to set the dance floors across the world on fire!

The field event guys did pretty well across the board from throws to jumps.

The Fairmont Concert Association is able to bring in big-name entertainment from across the United States and from other countries at a very reasonable cost. For an adult membership of $35, a person can watch nine concerts in Fairmont and Blue Earth. It's a good situation for both communities.

The consent decree (under which the division operated) was the impetus for reforms across the state.

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The Canadian dollar is seen as a commodity currency and metal prices have been going up across the board, commodity prices are up.

Paul Muldoon

The center only exists in a metaphysical sense at the moment. There are no bricks and mortar involved now. And indeed, in a strange way, I'm rather glad that it's not related to a specific building; in some way, I don't think it ever can be. I think there's going to be an expansion and a consolidation so that arts aren't ghettoized in a single building, but can instead interact across the campus.

I'm not really sure what we'll do there. We'll have to work through what comes across from Optus and what we can provide.

I'm not shooting across the cardinal's bow. But we are seeing across the country a new set of bishops, who are younger and see more clearly the problems and dangers at Catholic universities.

I'm not selfish and I don't want to come across that way, I just want to know how I'll be used at both schools.

Rebecca Ferguson

I'm not on the stage going, 'Look at me! I'm amazing!' I accept my vulnerability, don't pretend I'm something I'm not. I don't want to come across as fake.