Famous Quotes & Sayings

On issue after issue, the Bush Administration has put the interests of its corporate cronies ahead of protecting the safety and security of America's working families. The Republican culture of corruption continues to have real costs for America's working families. Instead of protecting their corporate cronies, Republicans in Washington should join Democrats in fighting to put the safety of the American people first by restoring honest leadership and open government, enforcing workplace safety rules, and ending the outsourcing of our national security.

My first four starts I've had trouble with that, and finally you just get fed up with it. If we were going to win, I had to get ahead and get people out.

Barbara Wagner

My dad was 16, and Liberace was 17. They were both finalists. My dad was a humble guy, but he was always sort of proud that he placed ahead of Liberace in the contest.

Michael Eisner

My assumption is that I would not continue on the board, or as chairman. I have a full business life ahead of me,

Morgan did a great job throwing. She got ahead all night long, and I was glad to see that. It's not something we can take for granted. We can't assume we are going to score six or seven runs a night.

My goal this year was to get ahead of one team in the standings. We're capable of doing it.

My guess is there will be a bigger stimulus package in the months ahead -- more than $50 billion -- in response to frustration they can't get the economy moving faster.

Mack Brown

Maybe they throw more when they're behind out there. When we're ahead 60-0, they don't throw much.

No one wants gangs in the schools. Our teachers have gone through training (to recognize signs of gang activity) and our principal stays ahead of the game on that issue.

Alan Curbishley

Now we have the cup game ahead to look forward to and keep our season going.

Now we have a clear picture of where we're going and what we're going to do. We're comfortable with it. There is only one guess. They are only picking one name ahead of ours. They're going to do whatever they're going to do.

Now we've got the summer ahead of us where every day is a holiday (and) our audience expands.

Tony Gwynn

Now that the contract has been signed, we can concentrate on moving ahead toward our goal of becoming a nationally recognized program.

Dave Checketts

Next season we will move ahead and begin working toward the ultimate goal of a Stanley Cup championship. That's what I think is very possible and I want our fans clearly to know that.

Negotiations that lie ahead won't be easy, ... But we are all in the same boat, headed for the same harbor. We will charter the voyage, but there is a consensus among the six nations that it's much better to sail together than jumping off the boat.

Howard Schultz

need to really invest ahead of the growth curve and get underneath the complexity of distributing products effectively and efficiently throughout the country.

Obviously, the market was disappointed in Apple and AMD; and you also have to realize that Mr. Greenspan has been reiterating his stance on inflation and the need to stay ahead of the inflation curve,

Obviously, the entry, decent and landing is a very big challenge. I think we're going down the path...retiring a lot of the risk in the technology. But there's still the whole validation process...and still a lot of effort ahead to make that work.

Al Groh

Obviously, somebody will be ahead to start with, based on fall performance and so forth, but it probably will be an open horse race here in the spring.

Rick Adelman

Obviously it was a real disappointing loss. We did very poorly offensively in the second quarter and just couldn't play well as a team. They got ahead of us and we couldn't get the stops to get into the game.

Obviously, I'd go ahead and kick the ball,

Al Golden

Obviously, everybody was way ahead of me, but certainly I considered it, ... I have no regrets. I love the kids that we're coaching right now. They do everything we ask them to do. There are no prima donnas.

The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of other people have got to be willing - for the sheer fun and joy of it - to go right ahead and fight, knowing you're going to lose. You mustn't feel like a martyr. You've got to enjoy it.

We were caught on our heels in the second half thinking we were going to coast through. We were comfortable we were going to win. We got a little ahead of ourselves. We got a little cocky. That was our downfall.

When you come to a decision and all parties concerned, it's best to go ahead and talk with whoever you need to talk to and make that decision. Why not try to keep it quiet? ... Nothing's ever quiet. Any time a final decision is made on anything, if it's going to be public knowledge, try to get it out.

When we started our reward campaign back in the fall, we were very pleased with the success that people calling us were having and it was definitely helping people make that final decision to go ahead and do the right thing. Many had been contemplating calling us for a long time. We just decided that if some is good, more is better. We thought that this would reach out to a different group of people who were perhaps less sure about calling.

When they went ahead 10-0 at the beginning, my head was spinning just like the girls'. Everything we did, we didn't execute. I said, 'It's time to stop looking up in the stands. It's time to stop being star struck. It's time to play.' But we went on a run and that was a great answer.

When there's this much momentum behind the dollar, it's difficult to resist. There's still more dollar strength ahead of us.

We want to make sure we're the best. I'm excited about the opportunities ahead of us.

Kurt Busiek

The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write stories and show people what's in them when they read them, not tell them all about it ahead of time.

Julia Roberts

When you've got four people to get dressed to get out the door, you don't really tend to spend a lot of time on yourself. But that's the way I roll anyway. I was never one to do my hair and make-up just to go down to the market, so it's really not that much different. If I get a little eye cream on, I feel like I'm ahead of myself.

She's furious with me right now. But I have to think about what's best for this team and look ahead to the playoffs.

She's always a clutch shooter. That put us ahead by just enough.