Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alex Black

I think Alan just wants to say that the treatment from Liverpool and all the Manchester United staff has been fantastic. He was aware of what was going on to a certain degree and he just wanted to say thank you to everybody for that.

I think Alan and really played a unique role here. He certainly expanded the power of the Fed, in the sense that he came to be the all purpose authority on economic matters -- he was commenting on trade policy, tax policy.

If RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard needed more information to stop hiking interest rates, the house-building consents data today fit the bill.

I had always assumed that Alan was done with TV. I thought he was going to do movies, so we didn't even try. Then he read this book and said, 'I want to do this.' It was really a beautiful surprise.

If you are Alan Greenspan, it's hard to make a rule that would do any better. On the other hand, we have had 12 chairmen at the Federal Reserve since 1913, and some of them have made massive blunders.

If you are Alan Greenspan, it's hard to make a rule that would do any better.

If you put someone else in to play Federer what would that do to the individual if you had Alan playing or if you had Dave playing. The permutations are endless and, as of yet, I have not made up my mind.

I'm saddened because you're dealing with somebody who has put their heart and soul into something. For the organization, he's one of the greatest players of all time. If you've met Alan Trammell and you don't like him, you should probably look at yourself.

Penn Jillette

In the '60s, you know, you had this -- you'd have, you know, James Brown on the same show with Alan King, and that was -- that made perfect sense, and it still makes perfect sense,

Stephen Hendry

I played a careless positional shot from the blue and didn't get on the red properly. From then on Alan was the better player.

Clearly people feel less wealthy and people are going to focus on what happens to the direction of interest rates. Over the next couple of weeks, as the election subsides attention is going to shift to (Federal Reserve Chairman) Alan Greenspan.

His big failing is that he hasn't provided the Fed with a replicable method of re-creating Alan Greenspan. He hasn't left behind an institutional framework that will guide his successor.

Steve Scott

By the time he's done with his career, Alan will be the greatest American distance runner ever.

But he (Fed chairman Alan Greenspan) also said they're still worried and they're not through tightening.

Kate Warne

Certainly, people are waiting to hear what Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is going to say.

Graham Moore

'The Imitation Game' is a celebration of Alan Turing's life and legacy, and Joan's final monologue is our eulogy. It's the thing we all wished we could have said to him.

And I thought Alan Tucci (6 points) gave us a nice spark off the bench. We've been playing 11 guys about every game.

David Leavitt

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer

Anything that's considered a little off-the-menu or special is going to spur some demand. And in country, we hear a lot about the 'disenfranchised core,' whose tastes run to the traditional and who like the older sound. Those people are often big Alan Jackson fans, and there's enough Sunday morning specialty programming out there in country radio land to get some good exposure for this record.

A few little injuries have slowed Alan down and it's probably the right time to retire,

Lawrence Summers

The one exception was a technical matter relating to financial modernization: but there Alan simply waited until I left and then very quickly resolved the matter with Larry,

Jeff Lemire

Sometimes, if you have a lot of history with a character and a lot of affection, it's hard for you to do anything with that character. Like with Swamp Thing, for instance, I revere the Alan Moore run so much that it would be hard for me to do my own Swamp Thing. I care too much about the way it was done before.

Joe Eszterhas

Actually, I didn't know that. I like to name my characters after baseball players. Alan Trammell of the Tigers is one of my favorites.

Associates like Alan are the reason why GEICO is so successful. They are always giving 110 percent.

Gary Neville

All our thoughts are with Alan - we've had a bad day all round.

This is the calmest I've been. Everyone says you win up the middle. I look out there and we're experienced. I don't worry about the outfield because Alan is there. Conor is out there and John controls it behind the plate.

Mark Zandi

This Administration is trying to change the whole intellectual basis for fiscal policy that Alan Greenspan enforced when deficits were large in the early 1990s. We got fiscal discipline through the idea that deficits matter. That's been flipped on its head.

Graeme Souness

There was no dispute about Alan Shearer's goals today and I'm delighted for him.

Shay Given

There will be a big gap and it seems strange to think he will never play again. I have found it emotional so I don't know how he will be feeling. There is life after Alan Shearer but it will be difficult to fill the void.

Graeme Souness

There were a couple of fine goals from Michael Owen and Alan Shearer gets one as well - but there are no surprises there,

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan recently stated that increases in unit labor costs would be one of his major concerns if productivity falls as he anticipates.

Glenn Roeder

Everything was perfect because it was a win, he scored from open play, which I think he would have preferred to have done, and it couldn't be a more perfect day for Alan Shearer, the rest of the players and the fans.

Chris Chelios

We went through Alan Eagleson days, and we were told to trust him, and the guy ended up in jail, ... We'll just leave it at that.