Famous Quotes & Sayings

If the state and city departments of education can't avoid forcing kids to take four standardized tests a year because they can't align their calendars, they shouldn't be in the business of public education,

Charles Schumer

If the stars align right we could actually take back the Senate.

He is a good athlete. He is the bell cow of their defense. They structure their defense around him. He makes the calls and he runs the alleys well. He keeps everybody aligned so that they do not get out of position. He is a dangerous football player.

Richard Boucher

Much of the violence that we see now is being created by the gangs that were once aligned with the Aristide government. Without that factor, Haiti would be much closer to the rule of law and farther away from gang violence. So it's critical for the actors who supported these groups and who supported this violence to be part of ending it.

Motorola is one of the leading government networking providers, and given that some of their competitors like Cisco and Nortel have already combined government and enterprise operations, this is a smart step to align things tighter internally to deal with that and market new products to existing customers.

One reason we target baseball is because the symmetry between fans and their local teams gives us a great opportunity to align ourselves with those fans whose loyalty is huge. Baseball stadiums are a great place to show off some of our technology.

None of these are particular mandates in terms of what the industry has to do, but the stars do sort of align for the use of ethanol.

More important than this temporary alignment is the fact that the indicators are going in the same direction and have been doing so for several months. The Katrina period seems to have been the low point and we interpret the trend as the slow accommodation to the reality of higher oil prices. We also like seeing user expectations in line with vendor revenue forecasts.

Now what happens to the market depends on the interest rate structure. Long rates have been better than expected, but I think we can see them rising, moving into alignment with what's going on with the economy and with short-term rates.

Steve Shaw

When you can align yourself with something like the University of Colorado, it's a good thing for your company, ... We believe this is a great way to get the word out and get people around the state to know who we are. I think it's one of those things that benefits everyone involved.

Shippers that are not aligned with their carriers and carriers that aren't approaching their shippers in a collaborative way are really going to suffer. It's a difficult marketplace.

Mistakes, alignment problems, some mental stuff we've got to get done. (Valley's) d-line was just fast, just tough to block.

We're happy to extend our strategic alliance with IBM to drive innovation in the marketplace for our joint customers. Both companies share a vision for providing cost effective, integrated business solutions for enterprise companies. With this alliance, our organizations will be more tightly aligned and in an optimal position to help our customers succeed with their BI and performance management initiatives.

Mark Shapiro

There are two relationships that are crucial to success. One is the GM-owner, and the other is the GM-manager. If there's not alignment in vision in where you're trying to go between either of those two relationships, then what happens is wasted energy, frankly.

Marcos Pontes

Many people ask about the number 13, linking it to the eclipse and the alignment of the stars. I think everything is aligning for a very good mission.

We're shifting slightly to align the content with people's expectations.

Joe Gibbs

We're concerned there. We gave up five sacks. Two of them were a little situation where we didn't get the alignment the way we wanted it, so it was our fault. But at the same time, we scrambled out of there to save us a couple, too.

Life is a wonderful administration of the heart, the mind and the soul. By listening to your heart and visualizing with your mind, you can come into alignment with your soul.

Luke and I played that way in college, and it worked great for our team. But this team needs a sweeper in the back. The 3-5-2 alignment gives us more depth in the back and more numbers in the midfield.

Common

One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it is a situation of steel sharpening steel.

Dennis Ross

Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.

Soledad O'Brien

CoverGirl's Girls CAN movement is perfectly aligned with my passion for helping young women overcome life's challenges, and my commitment to highlighting girls' successes. I am thrilled to partner with CoverGirl to embark on this exciting journey to improve the lives of girls and women in the world.

Gautam Adani

I don't like politics. I am not aligned to any political party. I have friends in all political parties.

Anne Sweeney

I believe in having total clarity around our goals. I believe in creating these goals together as a group and making sure they're aligned with Bob Iger's goals for the Walt Disney Co. And more than anything, making sure people understand that they have a responsibility to one another.

Bob Beauprez

In 2008 all the stars aligned perfectly for Obama's 6-point victory over John McCain. He was an inexperienced, untested neophyte, and successfully convinced enough voters to paint their own version of what hope-and-change was all about on the blank canvas he provided.

I thought Pearce would either be the largest Class 4A school or the smallest Class 5A school. That wouldn't have been good. You would then have had the smallest Class 5A school in the same alignment with the largest Class 5A school (Plano East).

I thought overall the execution was good on both sides of the football. I was looking for a few things. I was looking for an improvement on penalties over last week, which we did, and better alignment on assignment, which we did. We still need to take care of the ball better, but defensively we created some turnovers, which was plus for them.

I think we've made some strategic decisions to align with a partnership relationship with our key retailers throughout the world. We've been successful almost 100 percent getting them aligned, giving them creative ideas, ... In some cases we're giving them exclusive properties of ours to use. They're effectively enjoying it, we're enjoying it and it's helping bring both the relationship and the retail presence much stronger for Reebok than it has been, and I think that's the beginning steps.

I think all the stars are aligned for the economy to pick up, ... It's been growing; it just hasn't been growing fast enough to create new jobs. But I think the tax package, on top of easy money, will probably kick it over.

We have (mobile porn) very much on our radar. We are appealing to carriers and asking them to align themselves with parents or pornographers. They have a choice to make.

We wanted to extend the Smith & Hawken brand into our existing channels of retail. That's exactly what we're doing with the Target transaction. Target makes great use of brands, and the demographics of their customer base and those who are interested in Smith & Hawken align nicely.

We are excited to introduce the Nokia Wireless Audio Gateway AD-42W to the market. Nokia enhancements are designed to align with consumer's needs and the Nokia Wireless Audio Gateway AD-42W lives up to that promise, by allowing them to use their digital music in a multitude of ways.

Ken Levine

We are excited to be aligned with a publishing label like 2K Games that shares similar development goals and vision. Fans will be blown away when they see the next-generation titles we are working on.