Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's storytelling, it's poetry, it's music, and I hope it's the start of an annual tradition.

The big ones, those are the ones that everybody notices. They're held in the big centers and they get a lot of press. But groups of 500 or less host more than 80 percent of the annual meetings.

Larry Coker

It was a good finish for us. This has been an outstanding spring. We'll have a good finish tomorrow in the annual spring game, and hopefully everybody will stay healthy. Everybody has a good attitude and they're ready for Saturday.

There needs to be a commitment to fund an annual class, but before that, there needs to be back-to-back classes or overlapping classes to even reach 1,248.

Jim Balsillie

The remainder of fiscal 2006 is shaping up to be extremely robust and we are on track to surpass $2 billion in annual revenue for the first time in our history,

This is the second consecutive year that households did not experience an annual change in real median income.

Andrew Mitchell

This is the second consecutive gain in annual terms after falling for 19 consecutive months, which is very encouraging.

This marks the fourth consecutive year that GM Certified Used Vehicles set an all-time annual sales record for the certified segment. Chevrolet continues to be the industry's top-selling single-make certified brand, with total 2005 sales of 292,301 units.

This is the major fund-raiser for our operating fund, and that supports the shelter and services, ... It couldn't be more needed. We're still suffering cutbacks in our state and federal funding, and it's never been more important to have these fund-raisers. Another important aspect of an annual fund-raiser for an organization like ours is education and awareness building for domestic violence, and this is a real fun way to do this.

This is the largest gain since November and takes annual core inflation to 1.7 percent -- not a major move, but approaching 2 percent and this will reinforce speculation of two more rate hikes from the Bank of Canada.

David Hewson

In the world of crime novels, the annual Audible Sounds of Crime awards are a pretty big deal, and I was thrilled to be shortlisted for my fifth novel in my bestselling Nic Costa series.

In the 1970s, the annual erosion loss for hillside vineyards around here was 14 to 15 tons an acre. Now it's down to 2.5 tons an acre.

In soliciting donations from his flock, a preacher may promise eternal life in a celestial city whose streets are paved with gold, and that's none of the law's business. But if he promises an annual free stay in a luxury hotel on Earth, he'd better have the rooms available.

In the rapidly evolving commercial digital printing market, technology buyers and users need information and support year round. We recognized that the annual ON DEMAND Conference & Expo could be strengthened for both exhibitors and attendees by a dedicated website.

In the near term, the gilt market will react to any economic data release that helps shape investors' BOE view. The annual growth figure was lower than expected, showing continuation of declining growth.

Adam Cole

Interest rates are at their peak, but it's probably going to be some time before we see them coming down, probably another six months or so, ... an unhelpful factor...but is probably at its worst in terms of annual inflation now.

In terms of the annual budget, it goes down a little more each year.

In the belief that this purveyor of authentic brands and unique styles will continue to deliver annual earnings growth of at least 30% helped by comp growth, new-store expansion, and operating margin gains, we reiterate our 'outperform' rating.

If you make a couple of late payments on a new card with an introductory rate, ... your annual percentage rate could jump as much as 15 percentage points.

I can see wrong-headed but well-intentioned people saying bad data will just reinforce stereotypes. But I think if you want to change the stereotype, you shine a big light on the truth and you deal with it, which seems the far more courageous way. You have to have the courage to say 'we're in big trouble' and on an annual basis back that up with objective information.

Colorado's annual average unemployment rate fell from 5.5 percent in 2004 to 5.0 in 2005. In 2005, Colorado's economic recovery gained traction.

Ronald Reagan

However, our task is far from over. Our friends in the other party will never forgive us for our success, and are doing everything in their power to rewrite history. Listening to the liberals, you'd think that the 1980's were the worst period since the Great Depression, filled with suffering and despair. I don't know about you, but I'm getting awfully tired of the whining voices from the White House these days. They're claiming there was a decade of greed and neglect, but you and I know better than that. We were there. (RNC Annual Gala, Feb. 3, 1994)

How well you drive should matter should matter most. Annual mileage, years of driving experience, other factors should be important. But they can't be more important than how ell you drive.

I consider our channel partners as an extension of our sales capability and like any good sales organization we want to recognize and reward our top performers. Last week, at our annual Partner Summit, I had the privilege of recognizing our top channel partner performers for 2005. I would like to congratulate World Wide Technology on an award-winning year.

Check the terms and conditions, particularly the grace period and fee levels -- whether or not there's an annual fee -- and interest rates.

Cape Cod baseball dates back to the time of the Civil War. A poster at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown touts a round-trip train ride from Hyannis to Sandwich on July 4, 1885 - the occasion of the 14th annual baseball game between Sandwich and Barnstable.

can articulate why we need annual review for this treaty.

Canadian governments must pursue sound fiscal policies such as controlled spending, balanced budgets, and sensible tax policy to ensure long term economic success. In preparing their annual budgets, governments should examine their fiscal performance relative to other jurisdictions and implement policies that enhance economic prosperity.

In an annual report, you'll have a great deal of information that is of value, some that has some sort of value, and some that is worthless,

If President Bush were to commit to annual summits with his counterparts, that would be a positive step and some vindication for President Fox and for the North American community he has been trying to build.

Stephanie March

I love New York City in the fall, and one of my favorite events of the season is the annual World of Children Award Gala, at which I have the profound pleasure of meeting the newest class of changemakers for children who are there to receive their World of Children Award.

How can it be that in a city with an annual budget of over $55 billion that the lives of firefighters and the citizens we are sworn to protect depends on apparatus built in the 1980s, when Ed Koch was mayor?

He's really a renaissance man and a big supporter of the arts and sciences. He's an art collector, quite a unique man. Since the big gift in 1998, he has been supporting us on an annual basis.