Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Smith

We continue to very actively work on our preparation plan, both here at Mayo and, more importantly, at the county and the state (level).

We are very actively pursuing that. We think we have a very good chance to win.

Daniel Okrent

We think it's crucially important for us to understand and be actively involved in the digital distribution of content.

Dick Cheney

we're very actively engaged in trying to keep the lid on there.

The message is very clear: If a role is positive, no Italian American actors need apply; however, if a role calls for a villain, Italian actors are actively recruited. It is Jim Crow in the arts.

Atal Vajpayee

The international community has agreed that no country will allow its soil to be used actively or passively to finance, shelter, arm, or train terrorist groups.

Stan Smith

Their economic impact is substantial. I think that's reflected by the fact that other states are actively attempting to attract them.

The core nationwide CPI emerged largely in line with market consensus forecast, so market's initial reaction appeared to be generally limited. There's no fundamental reason to actively sell shares below the 15,700 mark.

I'm not out there actively recruiting all over the country. But there are students who want to go to Penn State who may not be able to get on the main campus right away. Or they may want to play basketball and see we're doing OK, so they inquire about us. I just got a call from a kid from Arizona who wants to come here.

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

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 many cases, employees don't actively manage their 401(k) portfolios because they don't know how to make good investment decisions, ... They feel safer doing nothing.

Dick Francis

In all income groups you find your average regulation slob who sniggers at anarchy but calls the police indignantly to his burglarized home, who is actively anti-authority until he needs to be saved from someone with a gun.

In any given market, index funds should beat 60 percent of actively managed funds, not 90 percent like it's been.

I knew that he knew the people who had been arrested. I became certain that he and his group were not simply people whose role it was to incite ... these people were actively involved in acts of terror,

Consumers compelled to shop are greatly influenced by the cost of coverage to switch providers, and the Internet provides them a quick and easy way to obtain quotes from competing carriers. This price transparency presents a challenge to carriers in terms of customer retention, so many providers are building service functionality and actively promoting their own Web sites as a means of attracting and retaining customers.

The best thing for the individuals concerned, and for society as a whole, is to actively encourage those on incapacity benefit who are able to work to get back into work, while providing security and a decent standard of living to those who cannot.

The basic rule is that there is no rule about the proper length, ... Every word on the resume should be actively selling the candidate.

The bank is very concerned about this incident and is working actively with police investigating the matter, and other banks.

The addition of new Four Seasons properties has been, and will continue to be, a key component of our growth program. We continue to see a strong pipeline of new opportunities for Four Seasons and are working actively with our various capital partners to bring new projects to locations around the world.

It's certainly wrong to be only selling protection for a problem you helped create without also working actively to solve that problem.

There's the feeling that there's a lot of hands-off approach from the government's side, and that they should be actively involved.

This is a very important question, especially at a time when the government is trying to expand the role of the state. But there is no one in the administration actively fighting corruption. The administration has pushed it back to the bottom of the list.

Not only has the Iraqi government failed to provide minimal protection for its citizens, it has actively pursued a policy of rounding up and torturing innocent men and women. Its failure to punish those who have committed acts of torture has added to the breakdown of the rule of law and to spiraling human rights violations in Iraq.

Tom Baker

Artists are strongly encouraged to be actively involved in the show, so they can represent themselves.

Foreign investors actively bought... towards the end of the year after seeing the overwhelming victory of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the general election.

I hope the finance minister allows our mutual funds to invest in any actively traded listed foreign company. Easing the regulation will offer mutual funds the opportunity to explore companies overseas, also giving the investors more variety.

I hope this sends a message out to anyone attempting to do this that we are actively looking for cigarette smugglers, and the courts are on our side.

Alex Winston

I'm actually one of the few kids in my grade, especially girls, who didn't end up going to college, just because I already knew what I wanted to do. I had already been actively working in music before I graduated.

It's still early in the process. Both the House and Senate are actively engaged in the process.

It's not a good situation in Colombia. They're actively pursuing other countries that have more advantages for their family.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.

Jon Glaser

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.