Famous Quotes & Sayings

They're big. They're strong. They looked like men among boys out there.

There's a very, very great misconception among people who read about DNA technology that it's a magic bullet and it's not. It's a very powerful tool and probably the most powerful in terms of human identification, but it's not the only tool.

Tim Howard

There's a tacit understanding among clubs that a good player shouldn't miss out on the big break of his career or a chance at exponentially improved earnings.

Robert McCormick

There's a strong feeling among shareholders that either current management is not in a strong position to run the company or they are not the ones in the best position to determine the best possible price for the company. That's kind of the tricky part - to determine exactly what the shareholders are thinking." ()

Kiefer Sutherland

There's a running joke among fans that Jack never goes to the bathroom. We had a scene where I was running towards a sign pointing ?BATHROOM' to the left and ?OFFICES' to the right. I did a double-take and ran towards the bathroom! We sent it in to the network, as a joke reel. But, quite frankly, nobody wants to see Jack Bauer go to the bathroom.

There's a romanticizing of the '60s, an inclination to protest, among today's youth.

There's been continued resilience among consumers. And manufacturers are having to produce things to meet that demand.

There's been a desire lately among consumers to gravitate toward exotic foods like this.

If you can usually find a way to finish as the low man among the guys living in Orlando, ... you're going to have a pretty good career.

If you don't eliminate the bias caused by smoking, it will artificially inflate the risk of dying among the lean and underestimate the risk of dying in the overweight,

If you're not going to use private sector, who are you going to use? The only countries that do provide peace-keeping services are among the poorest countries in the world, so it's no small wonder that UN peacekeeping fails.

If you live among wolves you have to howl like a wolf.

Laurence Steinberg

If you have these four things, it doesn't matter what ethnic group you're from, you'll do well in school, ... It's just more common among Asian kids and less common among black and Latino kids.

In this case, it seemed the video's circulation online was driving more people to watch SNL on television, (and likely encouraging them to watch it live so they could have the first crack at talking about new episodes with friends) -- attracting viewers especially among the young, connected demographic advertisers want to reach.

In the Soviet Union, errors led to popular discontent among other reasons due to the bad performance of the economy.

John Hanning Speke

In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa.

In the first stage, a low-orbit system of personal e-mail-type satellite communication, Gonets-D1, was deployed on the basis of six satellites of the same name. Among other things, it provides communication links between governmental structures and remote areas. The satellite to be launched on Tuesday is the first one in the multifunctional personal satellite communication system Gonets-D1M to be built in the second stage. We plan to launch 12 spacecraft of this type. They will operate in four dimensions, three satellites in each.

In the era of big-money sports, I think a lot of our problems have gotten swept under the rug, and maybe they haven't meant to be. There is a tremendous sense of frustration among the rank and file.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

In the 1990s, I was among those Indonesians who demanded and celebrated the departure of our own autocrat, Suharto, and I joined the new government when he left.

Institutional investors believe that China financial companies will be among the major beneficiaries of the latest Beijing move on the liberalization of Chinese investments overseas.

Intel Capital is a global investor and we recognize the importance of Brazil as an emerging market leader. Intel Capital plays a critical role in Intel's wide-ranging efforts to stimulate technological innovation in the countries where we invest. We anticipate that the establishment of the Brazil fund will inspire even more innovative business models among Brazilian entrepreneurs, and stimulate greater distribution of technology to the people of Brazil.

Insurance stocks are way up -- Protective Life ( PL : Research , Estimates ) not so much. It's had kind of a mediocre year in a stock performance. And I think that is one of the better values left. Among other things they are strong in prepaid dental insurance.

Instant runoffs encourage candidates to run high-minded races, because they need to simultaneously court voters for their second- and third-choice votes. So instead of seeking a plurality by only working their respective racial, religious or community niches, candidates have to seek votes outside their own particular constituency. That avoids the scenario of a winner who gets elected by a sliver of voters only because the majority was divided among more generally favored candidates.

In our deliberations, it became clear that Erskine Bowles was uniquely qualified among our applicants. Holding another round of interviews would have been superfluous, ... He emerged as the committee's sole finalist and support among the search committee was unanimous.

Albert Hofmann

In old times, and also in our time among the Indian tribes, psychedelic substances were considered sacred and they were used with the right attitude and in a ritual and spiritual context. And what a difference if we compare it with the careless and irresponsible use of LSD in the streets and in the discotheques of New York City and everywhere in the West. It is a tragic misunderstanding of the nature and the meaning of these kinds of substances.

Ronald Reagan

In raising and instructing our children, in providing personal and compassionate care for the elderly, in maintaining the spiritual strength of religious commitment among our people-- in these and other ways, America's families make immeasurable contributions to America's well-being. Today, more than ever, it is essential that these contributions not be taken for granted and that each of us remember that the strength of our families is vital to the strength of our nation.

In principle, every social situation involves strategic interaction among the participants.

In our view, the company is likely to deliver one of the highest top-line growths in 2000 and 2001, among its peers.

IPP is the first step in bringing printing to the Internet that is more than just printing out a Web page. Users will be able to print documents either within their enterprises or among enterprises instead of sending faxes.

Jalal Talabani

I pledge we will not waver, and I appreciate your same pledge, ... Iraq will take its place among the world's democracies.

Investors for whom this level of oversight is important already can select from among registered advisers, ... If SEC registration were perceived to be uniformly desirable, the market -- meaning investors -- would eventually lead all hedge-fund advisers to register.

Investment in some industries is expanding too fast, the pattern of distribution of investment among different industries is irrational, and there is pressure for overheated investment to rebound.

Investors should be out there, picking up some stocks that are trading near their lows or have bounced off their lows and I think that have good futures. And among them: AT&T ( T : Research , Estimates ) -- their wireless division came in on target, 25, 30 percent growth, and I think that's what is going to carry them. Stock is hovering around their lows here. I think it's a 'great buy.' And I think in the next market rally, that the stock will have a nice bounce.