Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Somerhalder

I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.

It sort of takes aim at the heart of his presidency. The idea of firing Rumsfeld for poor performance over the last three years is pretty close to saying the Bush presidency has failed.

Chris Kelly

It's our long term strategic aim to sell that land, however we will not do so obviously without extensive consultation, and assuring ourselves that we do have clear title.

Graham Greene

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim

Pierre Berbizier

The objective remains the same - we go onto the pitch to express ourselves. Victory is what we must aim for, we must win a game - and if we win an away game that is even better.

The merger itself is a positive factor but pretty much priced in already, and some are now questioning what exactly the banks aim to do through the merger, besides becoming bigger in size.

Warren Christopher

The international community should universally condemn China's record as a repressor of journalists' rights and its misuse of laws with the aim of suffocating criticism. China wants to be a major player on the world stage but when it attacks journalists in such a concerted manner it demonstrates that it is a country where the truth is not able to be told.

The investigation aims to find out everything about him, his motives and thought process.

Their ultimate aim is to reach the national finals in Las Vegas where they can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The instruments to study the surface would be different that if you were aiming at a lava tube. They have to be big enough to carry the kind of fuel cell that can power their systems, but not be too small that they get wedged into everything.

The Fed is now explicitly conducting monetary policy with the aim of supporting stock prices,

Ismail Haniyeh

The continued escalation aims to shed more Palestinian blood, confuse the situation and hamper ... the formation of the Palestinian government.

The Centers for Disease Control have suggested we aim for 10,000 steps every day to see health benefits, but most Americans only get around 5,000 a day.

Pippa Funnell

I'm going to do my utmost to get a clear round inside the time (10 minutes 22 seconds) but I'm aiming to get my team place back next year.

The basic aim is to be more competitive, and I think that helps improve the situation for consumers. If they had to sell it all at one price, it would tend to be a higher price.

Guillermo Diaz

The bank aims to prevent exchange-rate volatility in the run-up to the April presidential elections.

The aim is to create a hand with the sort of functionality a human hand has but also a sense of touch.

David Steel

The aim is that it will lead to premium pricing and more sales.

The aim is always to be in contention going into the new year, then it starts to heat up and that is when it gets to the boil. You work away and plot away just to make sure that you are in there,

Rebecca Ferguson

The aim for me is to have a long career. I've got a couple of kids, and so I can't really be a fashion because I have to sustain a life for my children.

Colin Edwards

It's amazing that I'm still in with a chance of second place in the championship and I still have two more chances to grab hold of it. Nicky Hayden, Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi seem to have been flip-flopping places all around me but I've stayed in there and there's only a few points in it. Thankfully I can say second place in the championship is still a realistic aim with two rounds to go and that is a credit to the whole team.

Martina Hingis

It's always special to play Lindsay. She's the one you've been aiming for all these years and she's still there. You definitely find out where you're at, what your potential is. I'm there and I'm back.

These telemarketers never deliver on their promises. Their aim is simply to take money from consumers, not to give them money or credit assistance.

Peter Kenyon

This is a unique, ground-breaking relationship that not only demonstrates our commitment to the development of U.S. soccer but will also help Chelsea work towards its aim of becoming the most popular European club in the U.S., one of our key target markets.

Ecton aims at gaining one million customers within 10 years.

Everybody's aiming for the top two. It's still a closely contested position.

Sonia Gandhi

The biggest challenge at the national level is to defeat communal forces for which the support of the Left parties was essential but the party is opposed to the Left in Kerala because UDF's aim is to ensure economic development and social harmony,

Robert Bridges

For beauty being the best of all we know / Sums up the unsearchable and secret aims / Of nature.

It's one mighty challenge to take on the All Blacks, particularly given our record over the last 50 years, but we have to aim high,

It's a logical step. Our aim at the Bible Society is to get the Bible out there among the people and this is a very effective way of doing it.

It's always been our aim to keep the memory of Pan Am 103 alive in this amnesiac country we live in,

Kathleen Blanco

It looks like we're going to bear some of the brunt of this storm. Hurricane Katrina's aiming our way.

Kathleen Blanco

It looks like we're going to bear some of the brunt of this storm, ... Hurricane Katrina's aiming our way.