Famous Quotes & Sayings

Any time you have good running backs and you can pound the ball, it creeps up that defense. That play action works very well, and that's what happened with Hart.

Anytime you have a coach whose players act right and (he) does a wonderful job of making them outstanding citizens, it's a plus.

Brooks Orpik

Anytime there's a serious injury, they have to act on it, but the three games -- I was surprised about that based on how the conference call went.

John Jenkins

Any type of sick attempt or any type of obvious evil act to discredit any type of staff member or fellow worker ... is inexcusable. It clearly shows a personal agenda over the team focus and the team's goals. This has happened here in Ottawa before, and it has delayed the progress of this Ottawa Renegades organization.

Anytime you've got activities going on in your community that are going to result in quality-of-life offerings, it can't be anything but an added benefit.

Information obtained through the end of March continues to indicate that the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be much more active than the average 1950-2000 season.

In international law, states are required to prevent acts of torture, and not turn a blind eye to it.

Lionel Jospin

Inhuman and barbaric acts were carried out by both sides, even if each side tended for too long to deny its own,

In his later years Pablo Picasso was not allowed to roam an art unattended, for he had previously been discovered in the act of trying to improve on one of his old masterpieces.

In hindsight again, you would like to see a higher factor of safety today. But, you really can go back to the same two things: the actual failure mechanism was not anticipated and then the sheer strength at the toe of the levee was weaker.

Uma Bharti

India has become a soft target for Islamic fundamentalists. Moreover, the Uttar Pradesh government has a soft stance towards fundamentalists. It could have acted after the intelligence report but it did not.

India expects Pakistan to act against terrorism directed at India,

In diabetes, a healthy weight and physical activity really help improve blood sugars, and the kinds of food you eat and how much (you eat) does, too.

Indexing is a long-term strategy. It still makes sense to have a mix of index funds and actively managed funds.

Index funds really deliver what they promised, and you don't necessarily get that with an active manager.

Increased transaction volumes continued to drive non-interest income growth. Price increases contributed moderately as they were kept well below the inflation rate. The growth in transaction volumes emanated from the increased activities of existing customers and growth in the retail customer base from 6.9 million in March 2005 to 7,6 million in December 2005.

John Deane

Increased business activity and acquisitions present us the opportunity to reconfigure our operations, and we are excited about the opportunities this new facility brings us.

Woody Harrelson

Individual action is the most important thing. Individual action in concert, maybe with a lot of other people. It is an exponential growth.

Samuel Bodman

Individual action from every American can add up to a tremendous collective effort and can produce significant results.

Atal Vajpayee

India will not bow to such barbaric acts and won't be afraid

E. B. White

In December, what (Albertsons) meant when they said they were no longer for sale is that they are no longer actively seeking bids. That of course doesn't mean any entity is prevented from bidding.

In both instances, these issues represent the sovereignty of tribal government. It would threaten a vital revenue stream. Passage of this bill is an action that seems both premature and unnecessary.

Frank Rich

In between, he had done Pia Zadora's act in Vegas,

In a world where news stories continue to make ominous ripples, gold is acting like the thermometer of collective global anxiety.

In a word, I would describe the market action right now as 'Yuck,' ... We're in a bear market for the time being. Things are pretty bleak and people are overreacting to every little thing, but this will pass.

Indeed, while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools.

In college I started studying the stock market. I went down to the stock exchange, watched all the activity from the visitors' gallery, people running around, calling numbers, shouting, and all the paper flying and the bells ringing, and of course that was exciting, and it seemed to lend itself to my analytical skills.

In cold years you have more activity than in warm years,

Jeremy Collier

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.

In 1957, at the age of 18, I entered Kyoto University, which was known to be the most active institution in the research of polymer chemistry.

In its own way, this activity of testifying before the Congress is most like being a professor. You start by giving a lecture. And then you submit, so to speak, to questions from your students. So temperamentally, I think he's very well-suited to this sort of congressional appearance.

Initially, we asked AP to conduct fitness performance tests on our squad and provide us with a plan of action through the World Cup in 2006. Having our own staff involved has meant that we have been able to compare some of the results from our testing of the current squad with that of previous squads to help us gauge where we are during the preparation period leading up to the World Cup.

Initially, the Endangered Species Act created a preservation pattern that was oriented species by species. It made for a complex but not very efficient system.