Famous Quotes & Sayings

Recruiting rankings are all well and good, but they shouldn't pay dividends until two or three years down the line, assuming you've recruited to where you should have (in needs) to begin with. I don't care how talented the player is, if you are playing true freshmen you're in trouble.

David Powers

Management gave no assurance as to when business is going to improve.

Management assured Wall Street on yesterday's call that the pipeline is full of innovative new products. With our pre-quarter concerns allayed and a significant rise in consensus estimates we are raising our rating.

I'm humbled. This is indeed an honor to have an opportunity to be a part of the rich tradition and history that is associated with this program and this university. I'm excited, grateful, confident, all those things. I'm dedicated to putting together all the pieces to make this program exciting and successful.

Simon Wiesenthal

I'm here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations, ... Power was restored to the vast majority of D.W.P. customers, 90 percent, within the first two hours.

Most school shootings, 99 percent, are over in the first two minutes. They don't know what they're really dealing with, and they don't know what to expect. They must assess each person.

Michael Ballack

We've talked. You can assume that I had a good feeling during that conversation. I have a feeling for myself and I know what I want.

We need the assistance of the law enforcement community here.

We need somebody with broad personnel experience who can look from top to bottom to assess what we are.

Glenn Hoddle

We now have to plan an assault on trying to win promotion. It's a big challenge but one I feel everyone here can achieve,

We normally have a gala in October, but we had to cancel it for the first time ever since 1995 because we were so busy assisting the hurricane evacuees.

We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books.

We need an overall provincial obesity strategy to drive down the risk factors associated with being obese.

We'll assume for the first time that you didn't know, and we'll send you that letter. And if you change and do things legally, you're off the hook, even though we could sue you.

We'll assess this project for reliability, ease of use ... but I have no way of knowing if these votes are the ones that will decide this election.

We'll assess him when and if we need.

Bethenny Frankel

Never assume someone is smarter than you.

I want to thank the organization and players for giving me the opportunity to be involved in soccer. I assure you that the team will do everything they can to succeed and represent Laredo well.

Larry Thompson

I want to thank the Muslim community of Buffalo for their extraordinary cooperation, ... The assistance of the Muslim community in Buffalo has helped to make the nation safer.

I want to thank Sean for his contributions to our program the past two seasons. Everyone associated with our program wishes him the best of luck in the future.

I want to thank my assistant coach Virginia Slicker for being there this season, and I want to thank the All Saints family, the administration and the staff for believing in us.

Peter Phillips

I want us to be assured when those local government elections are held that the KSAC will return to the control of the People's National Party, and that means that we will have to do some serious work in every division,

Mark Warner

I will not tolerate any assault on the health, safety and welfare of Virginia's citizens or the environment, and I insist on compliance with environmental laws and regulations. This matter must be brought to a swift and responsible conclusion ... The bottom line is that you need to either fully comply with environmental laws and regulations or shut down.

I will certainly, I can assure you, press them forward on that issue when I'm there next week.

Michael Griffin

I will be visiting Stennis and the Michoud Assembly Facility soon to talk with our people.

Robert Zoellick

I will be emphasizing that the leaders who engage in corruption and their associates will have no place with the United States.

Jonty Rhodes

I will be assisting Pakistan for only two weeks before their England tour.

I will fulfill my duty as president of the National Assembly in bringing about democracy, openness and transparency...in allowing, in particular, the representatives of the people to express their will.

I will assure you after all these years that it is about relationships. There is a trust factor that has to go on between the lobbying community and the legislative community. They've got to trust us, and we've got to provide factual and truthful information, pros and cons, to them. And you can only do that once you've had a relationship with somebody.

I will sit down with Student Assembly and get things the way they should be (before Thursday's meeting).

I will set up an independent commission to evaluate the effort of each of the players, and their sporting and personal conduct. The commission won't be there to harass or to oblige. It will make an assessment and recommend what we need to do.

Maxwell

I will say to all the fellas out there that, seriously, I am a setup. I'm just like rose petals. I'm like incense. I'm a background thing for you when you do your thing with your lady. I'm a friend, only assisting you in your lurve machinations. So have no fear of me, people.

James LeGros

I will say that over the years I've been associated with things that were well-reviewed that I wasn't particularly crazy about, and I've been in things that didn't get very good reviews that I was rather fond of.