Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Byrne

There may be some amendments here or there, but as long as the proposal that has been announced remains substantially intact, I will be happy.

This is the strongest array of talent we've had at the festival, and we've never been able to announce so many names so far in advance.

They have the best of breed kinds of companies in two really good industries. They have a natural gas pipeline company. In addition, a fiber optic network which will be 33,000 miles. Each have the wind at their back and we think the combined businesses conservatively are worth 60. Right now the stock trades for around 45. The company just announced a way to unlock that value with a spin-off of their Williams Communications Group. So we think it's just a matter of time before that stock reaches 60.

Katie Couric

There's been a lot of things out there; I don't know where people are getting them, but I wanted to let you all know that so we didn't have to play games with this call, because there's really nothing to announce and nothing to report.

If you announced a shelter, what we would have had is people who were fearful would have rushed to the shelter and they would have been overwhelmed and the people on the streets would be crowded out,

If you examine anyone's contributions, you find they receive contributions from the people they know and they work with. People know that Tom Gallagher has a record of fighting for consumers in this state and he's the only candidate who's announced a plan to deal with rising insurance rates.

If you liked October, you are going to love November, ... because you can anticipate some further softness in these core items like new cars. G.M. has already announced the next incentive program.

Jim Finn

If you consider that PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards put together the best financing approach when they announced their original merger, this sub-optimal approach can only be a ploy to preserve management's self-interest.

In recent months, both General Motors and Ford have announced plans to close numerous facilities, eliminating roughly 2.4 million units of North American capacity through 2008. We estimate that once these restructuring initiatives are complete, North American capacity for the 'traditional' Big Three will likely drop below 10 million units, down from over 12.5 million in 2005.

In public, the date is still Jan. 8, but in private, everybody knows that this won't be the case, and that we probably won't even be able to announce a new date for the elections by then.

In the near future, Iran will officially announce an international tender for the construction of two nuclear power plants and, taking all technical requirements as well as security guarantees into consideration, will definitely choose the most qualified companies,

Interest rate uncertainty and the fact that major blue chips have already announced results force a new correction on the market.

Alessia Cara

In second grade, I told a bunch of kids there was a homeless person living between the portable classrooms outside our school. It caused panic, and the principal had to announce on the P.A. system that no one was living there. I pretended I didn't know who started the rumor.

Jose Antonio Vargas

In 2007, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would become a 'platform,' meaning that outside developers could start creating applications that would run inside the site. It worked.

Mark Messier

I had conversations with Kevin and he's a good friend, but I thought it best to just stay in New York and announce my retirement here,

Harold Brodkey

Nothing I have ever written has been admired as much as the announcement of my death.

Ayad Allawi

I am meeting my students of Iraq to announce to them a few important steps that we have taken, including allocation of funds to send students to do further studies and scholarships abroad, ... I just signed 100 million dollars ... to support the grants and scholarships.

Joe Smith

If data is encrypted, you won't have to announce it because the risk is zero.

Jean Todt

He came after many other famous drivers and I'm trusting that the day Michael decides he's going to change his future we are going to have other great drivers who are going to write the history of Ferrari. We are going to announce it when we consider it suitable to announce it. Now we are focusing on 2006.

If I had something to announce, we would announce it. I can't comment on another club's player.

I cannot imagine Delta making any changes at Tampa International beyond the few seasonal changes they previously announced for September.

I don't see the whole picture yet, and I'm not sure GM does either. If they do, they certainly have not announced it. I'm not sure they've got a plan all together yet. But it's clear they've concluded that this plan isn't going to work and they need a better idea.

I don't see that there's any need to do it in February, ... You could do it in June -- what's the difference? Let the NHL get the Stanley Cup out of the way. Why do we want to announce it during the Stanley Cup? It can hold its own at the right time. Even at the draft.

Mike Holmgren

I am very pleased to announce that we were able to raise over $190,000 for Northwest Medical Teams tonight for people in the New Orleans area. A football game seems rather trivial when you consider what those folks are going through.

Carlos Ghosn

I am very pleased to announce that the revival process of Nissan is completed.

I am very pleased to announce Ken's promotion to executive vice president, which reflects his outstanding leadership and performance in a very critical role for Tenneco. Ken leads our global finance organization with sound judgment, exceptional knowledge and strong experience in all areas of finance. He has successfully driven our ongoing efforts to de-leverage the company and improve financial flexibility, our number one goal for Tenneco.

I am very happy to be able to announce that all 10 F1 teams have approved our late entry to the Formula One World Championship today. I would like to thank all of the teams for approving our late entry and assure them that the SUPER AGURI F1 team will cooperate and do our best to reach your expectations. We appreciate your support and we will not let you down.

I am very excited to announce that Michelle Snow will be returning. Michelle gives us a great low-post presence with unique rebounding and shot-blocking abilities. She's a great young player who has made tremendous progress during her time here.

Anne McLellan

I am pleased to announce today that we have made good on our shared resolve to deliver what I firmly believe will be a fair and lasting resolution of the Indian school legacy,

I am pleased to announce the Vancouver expansion that occurs earlier than we had first anticipated. The speed and efficiency in which we completed virtually all of the integration matters with respect to merging the operations of the former Northwest Business Bank frees many of our people from an integration focus to now turn to the Vancouver expansion.

I am proud to announce we will be fishing this year for the Make a Wish Foundation. The tournament is set for Saturday, May 13 at Braidwood Lake. We have set a goal of granting two wishes (approximately $5,000 each).

I am proud to announce that we have started enriching uranium to the 3.5 percent level.

Carl Barat

I am proud to announce that our new bass player is none other than the justly acclaimed Didz Hammond, formerly of the Cooper Temple Clause. He has never shown anything but love, compassion and talent from the off.