Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Mahoney

For the past 20 years or so they have led a bus trip to Boston College for talented African-American students from the D.C. area who are considering Boston College.

For perhaps the first time since the beginning of the hip-hop culture, we've been able to provide an empirical definition of what this market truly is. We finally have the hard data showing the difference in core values between young people who affiliate with hip-hop and those who don't, and the eye-opening differences span a wide range of areas from shopping behavior and purchasing decisions, to attitudes towards cars, media usage and fashion.

Billy Cox

There's enough business in this area for everyone. If you can help someone in their time of need, then why not,

There's definitely some technology we could put in those areas to help us out. We have to do some better work in our office to get into those areas.

Nathan Thompson

There's definitely a need in this area. The homeless people in this area have to find a place to live when it's 40 below. Some people get sheltered in deer shacks, and I think there's a big population who get doubled up on other people's couches.

There's definitely a need in this area for another high school.

There's countries that we all identify as particular areas of concern -- China, Russia -- and I think that will get a good deal of discussion. But I think both of our governments go into this dialogue recognizing this is a global problem and it's got to be a global solution.

There's certainly scope for significantly more growth. It's an area where investment banks must be involved.

There's always been Native Americans in the area and the region and it's time that we have a place here in town. It's about bringing people of all different cultures together. It's about integration not segregation.

There's always a sense of a rivalry that comes into play when you play a Bay Area team.

Stephen Hadley

The relationship with China is extremely complex. We have areas of very positive cooperation with China.

The relationship between the San Francisco Giants and the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation dates back to 1997, and we are proud to be associated with such an outstanding organization. We are reminded how precious life is each time a child asks for his or her wish to be fulfilled through meeting a player or visiting the ballpark. We salute Make-A-Wish for all they have done to make a difference not only in the lives of so many children, but in all our lives as well.

The Related Group of Florida is very excited to be working on this waterfront project. Oasis on the Bay will serve as a catalyst towards the revitalization of the area while encouraging the city to continue their development of the 79th street causeway.

Jonathan Gruber

there is very strong evidence of racial segregation in church-going, so that the density of Hispanics or non-whites in a religion in some area is not likely to be relevant for the religious participation of whites in that area.

There's areas that are just not safe for firefighters to go in, areas that are dangerous even on a good day.

There's a probability that she's here, ... What we want to do is eliminate this area as a possibility.

There's a portion of the Tar River in the lower part of Pitt County that floods real bad with a large tidal surge and we used it to notify people that it was a possibility their area could flood.

There's a perception out there that there are areas that are unsafe, and it could become reality of that's what people think.

There's a number of errors ranging from where the course area was, the length of the course, as well as procedural errors...it's probably the first America's Cup race that's gone around an island since 1851.

John Simpson

There's a need to remember that this is public money funding this research. I had a sense that there was recognition of that today and there was progress in a number of areas that I thought was outstanding.

There's a massive police staging area on Canal Street right by the casino, ... The 82nd Airborne is here in force. They're patrolling the city. There's a massive military staging area near the Convention Center by the I-10. The helicopter traffic is the most I've seen since I was stationed at Ft. Hood.

At least these areas were created. The next step is implementation. If they are going to start paving without implementing the reserves we are going to lose everything.

At least these areas were created. The next step is implementation.

Atlanta is an extremely hot metropolitan area because job growth is good. The Washington, D.C., area is a very bad market because we have been cutting government workers.

Atlanta, in the last five years, has created more jobs than any other metropolitan area in the country.

Russ Mitchell

At first, in many areas it didn't look really bad and suddenly we realized we'd been fooled.

At Feed The Children, we believe in feeding the mind as well as the body. By joining with Office Depot and Peoples' Self-Help Housing today, we are making sure that area children get the supplies and help they need to make the most of their education and create a better tomorrow.

At Dell, we're on a mission to find, hire and develop diverse talent. Thurmond has galvanized our internal belief that to be a successful company and a great place to work, Dell must leverage the similarities and differences of employees. The Austin Area Urban League could not have picked a more deserving recipient of its 2006 Whitney M. Young Junior Award.

Stephen Harper

As we end this week, we're campaigning in areas of the country that have been strong Liberal ridings, at least in the recent past, and I notice Mr. Martin is campaigning in Montreal, which was considered not too long ago the strongest set of Liberal ridings in the country. I think at this point that's an encouraging sign.

As rural areas benefit from the central government's new drive to build a 'new socialist countryside' during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), farmers' income will continue to grow this year.

As more and more middle class African-Americans are moving to areas that are traditionally all-white, we're starting to see a lot of racial bias incidents like this occur.

Fred Wilson

All of us in the venture capital area are going through a triage, where we have to decide which portfolio companies are so wounded we will never save them, ... As horrible as it is to go through that process, it's a cleansing process. To have some branches grow and bear fruit, you have to trim others.

A broker-dealer cannot place the financial markets, and its customers, at risk by its own inadequacies, especially in the areas of anti-money laundering and customer accounts.