Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. J. Johnson

I thought 'This is it. This is something (Riley) can play without someone having to assist him,' ... The sport gives him independence.

I thought that he was a great swan, so I associated with him.

I think we might not have as much talent on our defense this year, but I think we have much better team players this year. Guys aren't going out there and freelancing. They're spending more time in film study and playing good assignment defense the only way it should be played, and that's at 100 miles per hour.

I think we have a tremendous number of assets in the region, and getting those assets marketed to the right people is going to be key to how the region grows, and how fast it grows.

I think we have a PR issue, in that people do not think the utility industry has great significant technical challenges. College graduates look at us and see poles and wires, and don't realize there are things like automation, computer control and sophisticated asset management systems out there.

I think we'd be interested in looking at other opportunities. Preschool education is growing; if we could provide assistance to other districts, by all means we'd be interested in working with them.

John Taylor

I think we ought to assume that $59.99 is going to be the place we start for game prices,

I think we need to have more front-line resources in the city of Winnipeg. Thirty of those we would propose be assigned to the gang and drug unit.

I think we just assumed that Snow wasn't going to come out and play as hard as they did. By halftime we realized that that was not the case and that if we didn't pull it together we were going to be in trouble.

Sidney Jones

I think we have to be careful not to assume that, just because Azahari and Noordin were involved, that it was a JI operation.

I think that over the last couple of years, it's become obvious the disk drive has been going through the same commoditization pressures that were commonly associated with the processor market a few years ago.

I think we're ready. We're ready to get after them. It was never that we all just got overpowered. It was just one guy missing an assignment or two guys missing assignments. We were just never in sync last year.

Rod Smith

I think we should thank the Republican Party in Washington because they assured us we are going to win next year.

I think we should know about candidates' desires and views, but I think it would be a mistake to assume that they will become reality.

I think we saw more of Kansas last year because they were on TV more. The coaches have assured us they have tape on everybody and they've already gone through it.

I think what this shows is an ongoing, strong commitment to the asset management business.

Ricky Jay

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

Rivers Cuomo

I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it's all about.

I think any number below 350,000 is associated with good job growth. I think we are definitely getting back on track for fundamentally good job generation.

Orison Swett Marden

No man can stand still; the moment progress is not made, retrogression begins. If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim.

Orison Swett Marden

Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.

Bobby Ray Inman

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.

Billy Porter

I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.

Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year.

Wilbur Smith

I've been associated with Macmillan for over 45 years. I'd like to thank them for their continued commitment to my backlist and I look forward to continuing to work with them as they publish my next novel, 'Vicious Circle' in 2013.

Ali Babacan

Turkey has a young and growing population. Until recently, this was perceived as a problem, a burden that Turkey would bring to the E.U. But it is, in fact, an asset that can help the population deficit of the E.U. and the economic growth of Turkey.

Andy Cohen

The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And I've never stopped talking. My mouth has been my greatest asset and my biggest Achilles' heel.

Beyonce Knowles

We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

Debbie Harry

Music has its own emotional embodiment. It carries an emotion with it. When you associate a lyric with the music, it's much easier; but when you're standing there completely dry in front of the camera with no musical background, just a fine-tuned, get-this-emotional-story across, it's a very, very intense kind of focus.

Debbie Harry

I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.

Arnold Palmer

I was mixing iced tea and lemonade in my kitchen since as long as I can remember. It wasn't until some time in the early 1960s that it became associated with me publicly.

Arnold Palmer

I find myself getting associated with a lot of younger people in the game. I still enjoy playing with them, and I think they still enjoy playing with me. As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I'm doing, I guess I'll keep doing it.

Andrew Nikiforuk

The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.