Famous Quotes & Sayings

We chose this cause because it happened during the Tour of Spain and it was in the papers at the same time as Roberto's victory. This isn't a replica, it is the actual bike Roberto rode and so it is a real collector's piece. I hope that someone will pay in the region of 50 000 euros for it.

We certainly could reach these levels sooner, but it depends on the economic environment and the actual revenue and margins achieved.

This is the theater of the absurd. We've said all along the governor had to have a plan. When you have an actual plan, you have a funding source, a mechanism by which to repay the bonds. . . . This governor has none of the above.

I have such a soft spot for the really cheesy zombie movies, but if I had to pick a really good one, I'd have to go with an actual TV show and say 'The Walking Dead'.

I haven't seen their actual paperwork yet, so I don't know whether we'll support it or not.

Christopher Cox

Investors have an interest in knowing actual brokerage and other management costs, and, and in being able to evaluate those costs, and compare them from fund to fund. Soft dollars can get in the way of that.

In the next few months, you'll see a major announcement from Glassboro showing the actual plans for Rowan Boulevard.

Olli Rehn

In the months to come, particular attention must be paid to actual implementation and enforcement of the reforms,

In terms of how much actual use is made of the networked resources, our school's use of the Internet is comparable to that of a university.

In terms of actual measurable revenues and downloads, the bigger brands with the bigger marketing budgets are seeing the lion's share of transactions.

In the 17 years I've lived in the city, 98 percent of the time when I call the city I get a message, so for me to get an actual human being on the phone was a home run, ... Providing this service was a smart move.

Stacy Schiff

In 'Plutarch,' her voice begins to come out; there are actual 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy.

If you take out the effects of sold businesses and the effect lower interest rates had on revenue, the actual number is more like a 6 percent increase.

If you really study the track record of technology transfer and commercialization, as much value, or more, in a region is accrued from the companies and projects you attract to the area versus the actual direct transfer of things that originate there.

Danah Boyd

I generally think students have these pages to express themselves and interests, but not necessarily what their actual reality is... they might talk about drinking a lot, but don't actually drink. Youth are trying on different faces to see how others react to them.

Jonathan Lethem

In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love.

Damon Jones

I never thought I'd get booed here. Anything is possible. I hope not. You never know how they perceive the reason why I left. I'm not even nervous about the actual game. When I check into the game, I'm worried about their reaction.

I guess to us that suggests not much faith in the copyright law, ... It seems to us, the moment anyone starts to do things that have an actual harm, copyright law is very well designed to deal with that. It is hard to understand exactly what is the harm.

If there is a plot of conspiracy, then an immediate investigation must take place to determine whether an actual crime was committed.

If there is an attack on a nuclear plant with the weapons and tactics described -- weapons and tactics against which the Commission decided were not important to defend -- (the) records will reveal to the public exactly who ... dismissed the actual threats.

Peter Garrett

I tend to define what we've done much more by the actual substance of what we've created than by whether we've sold 50 or 50,000 records.

Roxane Gay

I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.

Maxwell

I just turned 40, and I look at so many performers and so many people who are actually always on time and always have an album out. They don't have actual lives, in my opinion. I feel like I'm so much more than being famous and meeting a musical quota. And I don't know, just the weight of the scrutiny and attention is too weird for me.

I'm certainly pleased they are extracting cash from a non-core asset. The actual value they are attaining for it ... is unclear as it depends on how Citadel shareholders react.

Mark Zandi

If there's any disruption anywhere, actual or perceived, prices go higher -- which reflects the very thin excess capacity in the global oil market. Clearly, the record-high levels for energy prices meant a windfall for related industries.

If our guys aren't enjoying this, they are not human. Although it will be even more exciting when they have on that actual Cardinals uniform on to play baseball for St. Louis. Ultimately, this is the goal, to get here.

George Galloway

If you had any evidence of that I had ever engaged in any actual oil transaction, if you had any evidence that anybody ever gave me any money, it would be before the public and before this (committee today),

If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets than they can even drill on. So why is Congress or the administration always looking for ways to exempt the wealthiest companies in the world from their environmental responsibilities?

In the wake of the Stockwell shooting, it would have been completely negligent of us not to review it to make sure of its legality and to make sure that the actual tactical operation of it is reasonable.

Bill Hader

In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard before during the actual take.

Tim Thomas

I didn't think he'd have the guts to do it in an actual game. It's very easy to lose the puck and not even get a shot on net in that situation.

Households are maintaining relatively optimistic assessments of economic conditions, largely in defiance of actual events.

Philippe Petit

How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that's why I married them with a tight rope.