Famous Quotes & Sayings

Justin Smith

We continue to struggle to put seven innings together. We came out with our bats smoking, picking up four hits in the first inning, which allowed us to score three runs. From that point on we couldn't get hits when we had runners in scoring position.

We continue to negotiate, and we continue to be hopeful. However, the negotiating process is a two-way street and the unions have not been willing to approve a contract that would allow the company to remain competitive.

We continue to make very good progress on executing our strategic initiatives. During the quarter we continued our plan to invest heavily in remodeling and enhancing the customer experience in our U.S. toy stores, ... We remain confident that the improvement being made will deliver substantial benefits to Toys 'R' Us beginning with this year's holiday season and will allow us to better grow and enhance our business well into the future.

Lindsey Graham

We couldn't get by as a nation without these workers. We as a nation sat on the sidelines since at least the '80s and allowed this problem to build up.

We feel good we're in third place with such a young team. It's good for them to know that the defense they've played all year can allow you to be one of the top teams in America East, even if we don't have the scoring power Vermont has been used to having.

We were very disappointed. We felt confident that we had presented a valid argument on why the project should be allowed to move forward.

Jason Lee

We were under a lot of pressure but we didn't allow them any real chances. It was as comfortable a victory as 1-0 in a vital match can possibly be.

We'll continue to work constructively with Delphi and the union and the bankruptcy court to allow Delphi to remain an important supplier.

We'll capitalize it more conservatively, which will allow them better opportunities for internal growth and just as important, better opportunities for acquisitions and external growth.

Frank Woolley

We were never allowed to play for averages in the Kent side or take half an hour or more to get the last ten runs under normal conditions.

Tom Turner

We were able to get some big plays early and that allowed our players to relax and just play football,

We were able to avoid playing five consecutive conference games in the middle of the schedule. Secondly, it allowed us to have our first SEC home game in September instead of the first week in October.

When it starts to rain or get cold, you'll see an immediate spike in doghouse sales. That means people are trying to keep their pets safe from the environment, the cold weather or the rain. If you buy too large a dog house, it's not going to allow the dog to remain as comfortably warm as it would in one that's sized right for it.

When it's bad, it's bad. We did terrible. We allowed 42 points on national television. We were terrible.

We are aware that we cannot complete the purchase of the cemetery at this time. However, making an offer and, if necessary, initiating condemnation proceedings are allowed by both court orders.

We believe that the wholesale power market is broken. Out- of-state generators are charging us outrageous prices. We don't make a profit on the power we buy from out-of-state generators. We are basically paying out 15, 18, 40 cents a kilowatt hour and we're only allowed to collect about a nickel from our customers.

We believe that the U.S. should not allow a (foreign)government-run company to operate American ports.

Bob Herbold

We're all pleased to put the compliance question behind us. Rather than allow the controversy to continue, we're offering options to resolve the dispute.

Theodore Kaczynski

We're allowing every Eric Harris, every troubled kid out there, to become the next Tim McVeigh,

Mike Rogers

We're allowed by the PUC to change the fuel factor on customers' bills to reflect those projected fuel costs.

Rebecca Stead

We're allowed as adults to create a life that we like. Kids don't have that freedom.

Ken Hitchcock

We put a lot of focus on not allowing scoring chances, but (also) spend a lot of time trying to use everybody offensively. Both our teams were very, very good offensively in junior. To win, you have to play defense, just like in basketball, football and baseball. But we would like to win 6-0, not 6-5.

We played a tough schedule that allowed us to enter the West Regional tournament and we're excited to be there. The team deserves this opportunity.

Bob McKenzie

We hope those crosses won't be a distraction to the motorists. As long as those signs don't provide a safety problem or distraction to motorists, we generally allow those.

We hoped that our depth would wear them down. The way we were able to sub allowed us to have more gas at the end. Our tempo and our style are conducive to runs like that.

We hoped that March would be back on track and strong enough to bail out the quarter, but it doesn't look like it got there fast enough to really allow this company to climb out of the hole they dug themselves in for January and February.

We have systems that are robust and strong enough to do important things like move money, but not apparently robust enough to allow privacy choice.

Out-of-state contractors are not allowed to do business in California in areas that have been declared a national disaster. We snag one of them, and it's a trip to jail.

Our balance sheet remains asset sensitive, which allowed us to benefit modestly from the rise in interest rates that produced a slight margin expansion throughout 2005.

Andrew Demetriou

Our assessment was that the factors that led to the introduction of the allowances had changed. If Brisbane weren't as successful as they are, I believe the decision would be the same.

Our biggest problem is that we have a lot of civil process to serve, so the cars have to keep moving and we cannot allow patrol coverage to degrade,

Seth Shostak

Our brains are continuing to evolve, and perhaps a few tens of thousands of years from now, our descendants will walk around with five pound brains, allowing them insights that we can't imagine.

Our client wants to tell the American public about the dangers of allowing the FBI to demand library records without court approval.