Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Systrom

Every startup should address a real and demonstrated need in the world - if you build a solution to a problem lots of people have, it's so easy to sell your product to the world.

Kevin Rose

I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain.

Katie McGrath

My friend once sculpted me a bust of Admiral Ackbar from 'Star Wars.' He's my favourite character in the films after Han Solo. He's that goldfish-type alien in the white costume. 'It's a trap!' I'm a big geek.

Kathryn Lasky

My mother was a great advocate of women's rights, a member of the League of Women's Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a woman's rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding member of Common Cause in the state of Indiana.

Keeley Hawes

I love fashion; I adore it. I love the madness of it.

Ma Huateng

A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the economy.

John Eldredge

Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.

Marc Bulger

When he has that adrenaline going, he's tough to bring down. You give him a little bit of a crease, his legs are so big and he's so strong that he's tough to bring down.

Whenever you play Newport, you have to stay out of the big inning and just keep adding runs to the scoreboard.

Whenever you look at a game I am always reminded of a Bill Lawry quote that you should always add two wickets on and then re-assess the game. If we were to do that then I would say that it's evenly poised on a pretty good batting wicket.

When you're a little more clear, definitive and concrete about what you think may well happen, and what you may have to do as a result, it will be easier for people to point out when you aren't right. One advantage of never being pinned down on whether things are going up, down or unchanged is that it's hard to say when you're wrong.

When you're ahead in the game, or you're not a long ways behind, you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned and we're not ahead. That's one of the things this team has not faced yet, is some adversity like that. As we get into the meat of our schedule, things aren't always going to go our way like they did last week.

When you're adding those extra 5,000 seats, you have to build more ramps, more bathrooms, more plumbing, and it gets very expensive to build those extra seats. The number of times you sell the last 4,000 to 5,000 seats and the fact that they're going to be the less expensive seats, does not offset the cost of operating a larger facility.

Homer

When your design stinks, Engineering 101 says admit your mistakes and go back to the drawing board,

Michael Hayden

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.

Andrew Brunette

We had been working a little on that in practice. We talked about it the shift before we went on. We made an adjustment or two and they were a little aggressive, so we thought we would catch them off-guard. Clark snuck down there and snuck one past them.

We had been thinking about (retiring) for a few years, and this year we decided to take advantage of the early-retirement package and go ahead. We're excited, but I'm sure I'll have some melancholy times in the coming months. This district has a way of getting in your blood.

Kimi Raikkonen

We had been quick all weekend and we had a big advantage on speed. The circuit was not bad physically, and I was able to just take it pretty easy.

Amy Jackson

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

We had a very constructive backdrop in the markets for this quarter, and we were able to take advantage of that. And we still have many opportunities to drive further growth.

We can no longer wait to address this issue. Our business outside of the U.S. is going very well, and non-GM business is growing. This high U.S. legacy cost structure is overtaking the good side of our company.

David Roberts

When I got to McAfee, the channel was narrow, but with 2,000 new partners added in the past year, what will be critical in 2006 will be setting up the right care and feeding strategy for them.

When I look back, I'm proud of where he's come from. He's overcome adversity; he struggled early on, but he was persistent.

George Lois

When I lecture kids, I say, 'You've got to be ambitious by the advertising - ambitious. You've got to say, 'See, this product? Maybe I can change the world with this product.'' They look at me like I'm nuts, but that's what you can do.

When I came to Denver, he was one of the guys I brought up. (The Browns) were going to the 3-4 (alignment); this guy is 6-foot-7 (and) it's going to be tough for him to make the adjustment to be a defensive end, so when they released him, we were ready to sign him, so we signed him to the practice squad and he did an outstanding job for us on the practice squad.

Donald Trump

When I build something for somebody, I always add $50 million or $60 million onto the price. My guys come in, they say it's going to cost $75 million. I say it's going to cost $125 million, and I build it for $100 million. Basically, I did a lousy job. But they think I did a great job.

Ann Hood

When I began my career as a flight attendant, I was a 21-year-old with a B.A. in English and stars in her eyes. I wanted to see every city in the world. I wanted to have adventures that, I hoped, would fuel a writing career some day.

When I asked Kellogg's to explain why their cereal bags are so hard to open, at first they seemed responsive, and sent an e-mail saying they'd assigned someone to help me. But the next thing I knew they told me they just didn't have the manpower to address it and were going to take a pass.

Jeremy Foley

When the NCAA added the 12th game, we wanted to look for years where there was a 14-week window to the season to give us flexibility in picking a date for this series. The 2008 and 2013 calendar years allow us to do just that. In every other year, there are just 13 weeks to play 12 games, giving you less flexibility to schedule games and opponents.

When the judges are sentencing these people, in a lot of ways they see their neighbors. These are not violent people. They tend to be well-educated, well-spoken. Most have no prior criminal record. When you add that all up, that is the type of situation that tends to generate sympathy with the judge.

Joel Silver

We needed an actor who could convey the character's blend of optimism, recklessness, misguided persistence and likeability. In addition to his obvious talents as an actor, Robert Downey Jr. exudes a boyish charm and an appeal that is perfect for Harry.

Cal Saunders

We needed all those foul shots for sure. We obviously came up with some clutch foul shooting down the stretch. Not only that, we overcame a big East Aurora crowd and we adjusted well to what the officials were calling.

We needed a change. It added pressure on us, but we stepped up to it. You'll see them Tuesday.