Famous Quotes & Sayings

It can't be known whether the disease is bird flu or not before the test result is announced in Ankara.

Based on the calendar of publicly announced deals, this was the best time to make the addition. The stock price wasn't a factor in our decision.

I hate it when people retire then come back all the time. I don't know if they need more applause or what they need. But I've announced it and it's done.

It in no way signals a change in our very specific direction that we announced in rejecting the Hilton offer.

Lance was pretty definitive when he announced his plans for retirement. But circumstances change. Who knows? I leave that to him. We all know he planned on staying fit.

Having said that, we announced a significant loss last year and we are going to announce a significant loss today.

He's a legitimate Friday night guy. We will have to play well to beat him. They have had a full year to recruit since they announced they were reviving the program, so they're already pretty well stocked with players.

His name was getting announced all the time over the loudspeaker. He was going sideline to sideline making plays, making vicious hits. Every time I watched the Ravens after that, I couldn't help but watch him.

I expected us to be top five but when they announced third, I was shocked. We had some good swims, especially in the 200-yard medley relay. I was just glad to be there and see it happen.

I don't think it is terribly surprising, as we have been watching all the announced projects. I think we will continue having a lot of space coming on the market.

For the remainder of the year, this will continue, toward the 7% that we announced back in November.

Given the turnaround plan that we announced last month and my new role in the company, it was imperative that we have a management team structure that ensures efficiency, accountability and faster decision making.

GM's announced cut both to the dividend and to executive pay is not a big surprise. Cuts like this were important to negotiations with the unions for similar types of cuts in unionized pay structure.

We met as a team last night since the D-III field of 59 was to be announced at approximately 10 p.m. I told my team I felt we had a 50-50 chance of being selected while understanding that the NCAA Selection Committee could chose Maryville over Huntingdon. After the NCAA press release arrived on our laptops the players were stunned that Maryville was selected over us after we had won two games versus them in the last 13 days, including the GSAC Tournament Championship.

I would have thought the big telecom deal announced would have brought a little more positive tone for the market, but people are trying to figure out how to play it. You do have a little softer tone in commodities after energy prices rallied on Friday.

I would be really surprised if they announced a settlement.

Nick Price

He tried to get hold of me the night before he announced the team. That's not the right thing to do,

Larry Sabato

He's become more prominent because he's all but announced for president. That feeds into his legislative importance. He's a sleeper. ... Look at the list of who's running. None of them are purists except for Brownback.

Larry Sabato

He's become more prominent because he's all but announced for president, ... That feeds into his legislative importance. He's a sleeper. ... Look at the list of who's running. None of them are purists except for Brownback.

We had bought a house in The Villages, and planned to rent it out for a while. However, we had a day that was 40 below. My husband came home and announced that we were moving to Florida right away.

Tyra Banks

When I announced that I wanted to do a talk show, a lot of people were very skeptical, which, of course, I understand, ... I think I'm very good at stepping outside of myself and seeing what I think other people perceive and they perceive a girl that has modeled half of her life and that's pretty much it.

We have significantly upgraded our team. We knew that we needed to replace some people in the post when Natalie Williams announced her retirement. We feel that we've got good stability and athleticism at the post now, and we've gotten bigger on our perimeter.

Geno Auriemma

My initial reaction right now is I saw where it's going to be announced during the Final Four. So if I'm sitting here in Connecticut and there's four teams playing in Boston at the Final Four and I get a phone call, my first reaction is I'm going to be (mad) that I'm not at the Final Four. I can tell you that much. So if I happen to be in Boston with my team and I get that phone call, it'll be kind of a special weekend.

Laurence Olivier

My dear boy, why don't you try acting? (on the set of 'Marathon Man', to Dustin Hoffman, who had announced that he'd gone 3 days without sleep in order to 'become' his character

Jimmy Carter

Obviously, I'm very grateful to the Nobel committee for choosing me. I think they've announced very clearly that the work of the Carter Center has been a wonderful contribution to the world for the last 20 years.

William Rehnquist

Miranda announced a constitutional rule that Congress may not supersede legislatively.

We're helping students from the roughly 30 schools that announced they are closed indefinitely in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Don Mitchell

Last year we focused on placing one or more of our flagship products at the top semiconductor manufacturers in the world as ranked by spending. Capacity expansion plans announced by several of these customers are contributing to our more optimistic outlook, and we are also experiencing increasing demand for our legacy products.

Last year, quarterly mobile phone shipments didn't reach 200 million units until the end of the fourth quarter when vendors were keeping the channels' shelves stocked for the holiday rush. As vendors announced new products earlier this year and accelerated their time to market, we've already reached this milestone.

Many companies have announced their plans to increase investments.

James Gray

Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

When a resignation for 'family reasons' is announced that close to earnings, nine times out of 10 it means bad things. Red Hat didn't do a good job handling the news.

Nicky Whelan

It's such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is a dream come true for any actor.