Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Franti

My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that.

Maybe this is one way to move the federal government. It's a ridiculous way to be addressing the problem to go state by state, receiving threats from the government saying it's illegal, and yet states are doing it anyway. It just shows how desperate they are to come up with anything to reduce drug prices for their citizens.

Maybe they need to upgrade their skills on the computer. We can do a one-time class in Word or Excel or Access, which can give them an advantage over someone else.

Maybe Mr. Cohen and his team of lawyers think that making fun of Chief Fong's Asian heritage or an officer running over a homeless person is funny or needs context. He should consider heeding the advice of his fellow officers and community leaders and stop trying to publicize and promote this stuff.

Barry Zito

Maybe I was a little lethargic mentally, instead of being pumped up. I think that works to my advantage when I'm lethargic. It helps me not trip out on everything.

Elena Dementieva

Maybe I was a little bit angry in the second set, but then I know if I want to win this match, I have to be focused, not think about what she did, ... ... I didn't take advantage of the first set, that I was playing so good. ... I just gave her a chance to play better in the second set, and she took the advantage of this.

Maybe 20 years from now you'll be writing about me. And I'll be like Susan - hosting a Fresh Air Fund kid. I'd get to take the kid on whole new adventures that he or she has never been on before.

Brian Billick

No one's position is advanced ahead of the other's,

Rick Riordan

No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before then. Even Grimm's tales were written for adults. But it is true that ever since 'Harry Potter' there has been a renaissance in fantasy literature. J. K. Rowling opened the door again.

John Deane

No president that I can find in the history of our country has really ever adopted a policy of expanding presidential powers for the sake of expanding presidential powers. And I think that's what we have going on.

Ashley Brown

No players on this team have ever won a playoff game, ... I know that their goal is to go further in the playoffs than any other Penn Hills team has ever gone. The seniors can say that they've made the playoffs. They can say that they've won a section championship. But none of them can say that they've advanced in the playoffs. I think that is their biggest goal this year.

Now we'll find out how our guys bounce back -- how they handle adversity.

Now we know that these small particles are really dangerous, so we need to adapt to that new knowledge.

Patricia Ireland

Now we are talking about real sexual predators, and we are now talking about people in power using that power to take advantage of women.

Now what is important is the health of Coach Sutton. We admire his courage, his forthrightness and his honesty this evening. We want him to get well and we will do whatever we can to support him to the fullest.

Now we're in a mode of growth and developing opportunities, ... As a company, we have focused more on new product development. There has been a lot of emphasis based on advanced technology.

Now they want to build the levees a little higher and add some rocks on top of the canal. It's still a patchwork-quilt approach, which has already failed miserably.

Steve Phillips

Now they're limited to the amount of litter they can apply so they have a bill for the additional nitrogen as an inorganic form. They also have the extra litter that needs to be stored or transported off their farm.

Now the union has raised the issue of workplace stress, and we're working on a solution to that too, ... The work done in call centers we all agree is tough and the people that do this work face a hard job. The question is, how can we address issue of job stress and still provide customers with the service they want and that they deserve?

Now, there's been a persistent legend and a lot of slogans, and the formation of societies for the fostering of Franco-American friendship, which have had some effect, but there is a strong admiration in this country for the culture of France, and generally speaking I think the French find the Americans have been stout supporters of them in many of their periods of distress.

Oakland is a tough team to face in the first round of a tournament. We improved from the last time we played them, but we made some silly mistakes that added up quickly; it was a learning experience.

Oakdale has a size advantage on us and it is going to give us some problems.

Number one, long term, they will be a no-load buyer and a more cost-conscious investor and not lean so heavily on the advice of financial professionals. And two, it will force them to do a little self-educating, which is always a good thing. At the very least, if they are going to rely on someone else, they can ask intelligent questions.

Now that we know what we have we can start to address specific areas that we need to improve on. I think we're still going to add a couple more players, but I'm real happy with this class.

Wallace Spearmon

Now that Tyson has added this $25,000 incentive, I am more determined than ever to try and break the world record. With such a strong field in this event the winner will have to show he has a combination of power and endurance. The winner of this race will no doubt also be the new world record holder.

Now that the source code is available as open source, it means that you can use, read and modify the software in line with your own preferences. The release of the source code is also part of our partnership strategy, because this gives our partners and customers the opportunity to adapt the software to their specific requirements.

Erin Hunter

Now that the advertising dollars are going up, the tools that allow people to use that kind of information are getting that much better.

Now that the 2005 holiday shopping season is underway, traffic to retail sites will climb as shoppers head back to work on Monday ready to make headway on their holiday shopping lists, ... Cyber Monday will bring additional growth in traffic for online retailers by luring shoppers to their sites through sales promotions and free shipping incentives.

Daniel Gibson

Now that I'm playing more on the wing, I'm getting to show more stuff than when I was at the point last season. I've worked really hard to add to my game.

Now the commissioner, on his own, is announcing a new punishment, and that would be an additional punishment to what the law provides for.

Now that you have a new owner and effectively a whole new philosophy behind the team, this could be a way to adopt a new identity.

Now you've got someone admitting exactly what the motivation was and explaining all the avenues they used.

Toni Collette

Now that I know her, I admire her even more. She's a really great down-to-earth lady who's really opinionated, strong, warm. ... She's a living legend.