Famous Quotes & Sayings

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Wise and prudent men - intelligent conservatives - have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time

We have six guys that are in the mix for us and all give us a little something different when they are on the field. It will just be a matter of adjusting for each game to find the appropriate combination that will give us the best opportunity to score.

One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

When you've had a group like we've had, you can kind of have some liberty about adjusting quickly and knowing that it's going to be done with discipline,

We're not going to panic here, ... You keep trying, you just have to keep adjusting little things until we can get 'em going. There's no magic fix. I try little different things, but it still comes down to we have to go out and play and execute.

Raef LaFrentz

What's new? Adjusting to a different role. What the hell's new? You know? That's all I've got to say. What's new?

Hanna Rosin

Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.

With the newer guys it's just simply being able to meet the ball in the center of the racket and directing it over the net. With other guys we go beyond that and start thinking about placement, adjusting the pace and the spin.

We are adjusting our operations to minimize the blockage at Birch Point. We'll try to minimize it to no more than 10 to 15 minutes.

The kids stepped up at the end and hit the shots. Give credit to (Northern Kentucky). We were adjusting to them all day. We had some guys with their tongues hanging out there, but we got through it.

After the last practice session yesterday we made the fatal error of adjusting something on the car and I didn't get my brake bias back to where it needed to be. I spun on the first lap and almost spun on the second lap so I spent the qualifying session adjusting my brake bias.

Jared Dudley

Against Pacific, we did a poor job adjusting to the way that their big man scored. We have to do a much better job of that. But right now I feel that we can go against (Montana's) best scorer (sophomore forward Andrew Strait) and get the win.

Paul Ford

Any time you have people that you don't need, you're going to lose money, ... I suspect they're adjusting their workforce to the work they do. If they don't, they can't survive.

In high school they play as hard as they can, but I think they're starting to realize that that's not nearly hard enough. I think a lot of it is going to be adjusting to this level of play. They're in big-time women's basketball and they're learning physically.

Todd Akin

In light of this mounting problem, it may become necessary to restore the confirmation process by adjusting the rules in the Senate.

In light of the current levels of expected industry spending, we are adjusting our work plan and targeting a cost structure, expected to be in place during the first quarter of 2002, to drive breakeven at a quarterly revenue level well below $4 billion, instead of the $5 billion quarterly revenue level outlined previously.

Baron Davis

I Like Chris Paul a lot. He was one of my favorite players when I watched him at Wake Forest. I used to talk about him a lot. I like what he's doing with that team. I like the way he's running the (pick and roll) and adjusting to the whole NBA system. He's definitely, if he continues to work, is going to be a great guard, an All-Star in this league.

I'm adjusting to seeing more off-speed pitches, more inside and outside, nothing down the middle. I just needed to get away from waiting for my pitch and hit what they're giving me.

It's very special to come back here and work with these folks, ... It's taken a little adjusting to call them by their first names, but I'm getting used to it.

It took us awhile, but we finally just told them to tell us what to do, and we would do it. There was nothing out there that was anything that we had prepared for. We were adjusting from the first play. The best part was that nobody got upset, nobody got ticked off. We had some penalties and we had things that got in our way. I'll tell you, Trent did a great job of keeping everything together in the huddle.

They did an outstanding job getting good looks and converting. We turned the ball over way too many times. We did not do a good job adjusting to the situation.

Justin Leonard

I spent a lot of time working on my game, adjusting to the new equipment. I found that I got back some excitement that maybe I had been missing the last few years.

Dusty Baker

We didn't have our team, No. 1. A lot of times you get new guys and they have a hard time adjusting to Chicago initially.

We target markets more than we target companies. We're in the business of targeting opportunities and adjusting our business to that.

In the past several months, the oil industry has been faced with a deteriorating operating environment, ... We don't anticipate margin improvements in the near term, therefore we are adjusting our plans accordingly.

In the past, it's been a tough place to get a result. They do a good job of playing at home on a big field. Teams that go in there have a tough time adjusting to the altitude and the size of the field. To give them credit, they play well at home.

In adjusting the itinerary for the Zimbabwe tour we have attempted to ensure that international cricket is played in Guyana, as they would have been without cricket with the cancellation of the Test scheduled for Guyana.

Aaron Hill

If you're not adjusting one way you're adjusting another, ... but it's good to learn that now because obviously I want to be here for a lot more years.

I had to jump on them a little bit. They just needed to relax and play. They did a good job of adjusting to the environment and playing like they were capable.

In reality, I'm pleased with where the program's at. At the beginning, I seriously wondered if we'd win two, four games. These kids had one of the toughest adjustments of any team in the state. They've done a good job adjusting to a new style and system.

David Tom

Campaigns have been very good at getting information from the elections offices on which voters are getting absentee ballots. They're keeping track of who's voting by mail. So I'm sure they're adjusting their strategies for that.

John Daley

I am very concerned about adjusting revenues, but, as has been said, it is the only thing that's going to pass. It may come back to haunt us.

Andy was at 145 until two weeks ago. He's still adjusting to that weight. It should benefit him to stay at 140.