Famous Quotes & Sayings

Djimon Hounsou

As a young boy, I had strange dreams of affecting people and somehow being instrumental in changing the makeup of Africa and helping to improve life there.

I think what we've shown are that contrails are capable of affecting temperatures. Which direction, in terms of net heating or cooling, is still up in the air.

We recognize the importance of the cash dividend to our stockholders, and we remain committed to rewarding them for their support, ... At the same time, the current weak economic environment and the uncertain outlook are having significant industry-wide effects on revenue, negatively affecting our overall performance.  Therefore, the board believes it prudent to reduce the dividend rate for the time being.

Greg van Eekhout

Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting you more, and your parents' influence is going to wane. Middle grade is when a lot of kids discover their passions - art, music, sports, what have you.

With current gene therapy, it's possible to switch genes on and off, but you don't really know if you are affecting other parts and processes of the cell as well. You may be able to get a plant cell to produce a certain desired product, but the yield may drop significantly.

We will be very aggressive in affecting stops on people who are driving erratically. New Year's Eve is a holiday where unfortunately too many people imbibe.

We are entering a positive, productive stage in our relationship. There is definitely a positive momentum affecting our relationship.

Magic Johnson

I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.

Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill.

This shortage is not affecting major projects. Providence Stadium has more than 190 tons of cement in stock and the contractors have enough cement on order from their suppliers to complete the work that they are doing.

This really is a statewide problem, not just one affecting large urban counties.

Ralph Goodale

This surplus was particularly gratifying, given the numerous challenges affecting our bottom line at the end of the year,

Roy Keane

When I signed for Celtic I did say to them that it would be best for the club and myself to maybe look at things in the summer but they were quite keen for me to sign for the extra year, which I did eventually. But I will look at things in the summer and see how my hip is bearing up. I'm due to go back to the hip specialist in the summer. It's important to be fair to myself and the club if it is affecting me.

We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city, because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is affecting areas outside the city, and be able to understand its full importance.

We've been sidelined for a while now, and it's affecting our chemistry on the court.

We have been in direct contact with the Department of Management Services and have been assured that there is no evidence of a potential breach affecting university faculty or staff.

David Perry

When people think of the diseases affecting children most frequently, they often think of things like obesity or asthma. But dental disease is now the single most common chronic disease of childhood, and is seriously impairing the quality of life for thousands of children in California each year. That not only hurts our children, it hurts all of us.

We got information gradually as the details came out and people understood what had happened and how it was affecting the country and the rest of the world.

Paul Otellini

We believe PC growth rates have moderated over the course of the past few quarters, leading to slower chip-level inventory reductions at our customers and affecting our revenue in the first half of the year.

We are seeing the economy slowing down, and that is affecting same-store sales.

Export volumes and manufacturing output are playing more important roles in affecting the business mood.

We know there is plenty of virus there, but it's just not affecting humans, or even horses, very much and we can't explain why.

We believe this is a good, fair and competitive offer. The rising cost of health care is something that's affecting all Americans. We're asking our union employees to shoulder more of the cost . . . to keep our factories in Connecticut and Florida competitive.

We have to have very good information to sustain these projects. In order to get a program in effect and sustain it and defend it, we need to know what the predator-prey relationship is and what it's doing. We need to know how the control program is affecting bears and wolves. We need to know what happens after the program ends.

Paul Singer

Imagine how much capital a country like Argentina might attract - if instead of defaulting seriatim and affecting a pose of anger toward creditors, it borrowed responsibly and honored its obligations.

We don't see switching the court as affecting the outcome for us. The secretary will still uphold the election code and Texas law.

The problem is not affecting her marathon preparations.

The problems are the same: Interest rates are high, and the economy is strong. It is affecting those sectors that are credit sensitive.

Rhonda brings genuine energy and excitement to the campaign. She understands the issues affecting local families and has the skills and commitment to get Illinois moving in the right direction.

Laurie Garrett

Right now in human beings, it kills 55 percent of the people it infects. That makes it the most lethal flu we know of that has ever been on planet Earth affecting human beings.

Michael Franti

People worry that gas prices are high and how they are affecting their pocket book. But they want to know about renewable energy. People are really starting to question things, and that's made people look to the future in a positive way.

Peter took a bang and it's affecting his leg so he's a bit of a doubt for the game. We'll just see how he wakes up. He didn't respond too well. We are hoping it would be a bit better this morning so we'll give it every bit of time we can.

John A. Logan

Policy choices affecting who can return to which neighborhood, and with what forms of public and private assistance, will greatly affect the future character of the city.