Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrea Barrett

In the story I eventually called 'Archangel' and published in 2008, Eudora MacEachern, working as an assistant to a surgeon at a hospital in Archangel, one night finds outside the gates an exhausted and frostbitten soldier crouched over the reins of a pony sleigh carrying the body of another soldier.

For much of Toyota's history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line - and empowering any team member to halt production if there's an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again.

Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place between seatmates on a plane.

Aimee Bender

In terms of foods for me, I think I have more of the usual associations - foods from childhood that I associate with care and love, from relatives or special restaurants like the kind elderly man who dusted seasoning salt on French fries at the corner burger joint.

Aerin Lauder

My grandmother had a lilac bush at her home in Long Island. I always associate the scent of it with her and try to have lilacs in my home.

Adrian Peterson

I've been through a lot of different situations, and the key thing I've learned is: Don't panic. That's the advice I give people. If anaphylaxis occurs, just do the necessary things. If it's your first time, call and seek emergency assistance and find out exactly what's happening. Get help.

We're likely to see advertisers pull away ... They would much rather invest in Oprah's media publishing empire rather than associate with the Stewart brand now.

We're leveling the assistance that's being put out there.

Were (Kim's trip) purely for external consumption, there certainly would have been some photo ops. We have to assume that this was educational to learn how special economic zones function.

We're not getting any backing or assistance from them. We feel they're neglectful of their duties. We charge that they are not standing behind the Navajo Nation.

John Deane

We still have to figure out what kind of relocation assistance we will provide as a company. But we're excited about coming to Conroe and Montgomery County. It's a good place for our people to work and live.

We still have needy people here in Allen, Fairview and Lucas, and they still require assistance even though the holidays are over.

We still have an opportunity, but I believe the best opportunity has passed us by. I assume after what was said here this evening nobody is going to want to see something pasted together over the weekend and thrown on your desk on Monday. I certainly don't. Not any more. So now were talking about November.

We still don't know why. We assume it has something to do with heat fluctuations.

We still don't have confirmation from either the county or state health departments. We still assume it's there until we have some indication it's not.

Jennifer Freeman

We are cooperating with the DA's office, providing our assistance where needed.

We are continually assessing what the impacts are, and the decision to run a campaign or not and/or the scale of that campaign will depend on that assessment. If the story tends to blow over quickly, we may simply have the same marketing message that we already have on the books. If there's an impact on the business, we might assess that situation differently.

We are confident that they will assess not only the substance of the recommendations but also the circumstances, rationale and bases behind them.

This says, 'If I really care enough as a high school student, I can assure my entrance to a state university of my choice.' I like that a lot.

John Ashcroft

was providing the necessary assistance to help calm and resolve the situation.

We actually need to assist them with technology transfers which I believe is a euphemism for loosening the patent laws,

Tomorrow, hopefully there's a lot of sun like today, and if that's the case we may be able to pull signs off Thursday or Friday, assuming we don't have any more rains.

Ken Thompson

Tom is one of the most astute financial professionals I have ever known. We are incredibly fortunate to have an individual with Tom's talents assume the responsibilities of CFO for Wachovia.

Charles Schumer

We are going to assert ourselves, ... What has given us new vigor in this is we think the American people are on our side.

W. S. Gilbert

We are looking for a more lasting relationship with our sponsors. We are involved in negotiations with a marketing company for outsourcing sponsorship to assist us.

We are keeping our fingers crossed. Regardless of the outcome, we will continue to intensely monitor this and other bald eagle pairs in the Channel Islands over the coming years to assess their overall reproductive success.

We're coming close to a heavy reporting season. We will start to hear positive or ... more than likely negative surprises like what we saw with Computer Associates earlier.

Michael Brown

We recognize your immediate focus is to provide relief for the hurricane victims in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, but hope you will reconsider your denial of individual assistance for our communities.

We recognize that this has been a difficult process for our employees and shareholders. We continue to make all efforts to assist the SEC in completing their investigation as expeditiously as possible.

We recognize that employers have varied behavioral care needs. Our Custom Network Solutions enables employers to create the benefit design plan that works best for their employees, reducing costs without limiting member choice. And, regardless of the option selected, employers are assured that the network is managed to the highest standards of quality and efficiency using evidence- based treatment protocols.

We're encouraged with how strong the quarter finished for our radio stations, which outperformed their markets for the sixth straight quarter, ... As we continue to focus on operations, the disposition of our TV assets continues. The sale of 9 of our 16 stations will result in proceeds that exceed expectations.

We're emerging from this disappointed, given our hard work associated with the transaction, but gratified that the company's in as good a position as it is. You can expect that we will continue to be very aggressive.

We reduce the number of singles and that provides more spaces to assign students to.