Famous Quotes & Sayings

Microsoft's exit from this market should lead to more rational pricing and likely improved profitability for Intuit's TurboTax. In an attempt to gain market share, Microsoft dramatically cut unit price, a move Intuit was forced to match.

will attempt to defend their deal not as a takeover of Warner-Lambert but as a strategic merger that is designed to deliver long-term value to shareholders.

We intend to charge him under the original warrant, on the charge of attempted first-degree murder. That charge may be reduced by the judicial system, however.

When the cocaine was discovered, (Smith) attempted to run, my partner Officer (William) Reed chased him toward the river, ... He jumped over the barricade and ran about 100 yards toward the Lumber River until he gave up.

You can do but one of these things; it is folly to attempt anything else, for there cannot exist a slave confederacy and a free confederacy side by side upon this continent.

Todd Bertuzzi

You just have to deal with it and move forward. I've made my attempts and still am going to try to. I can't change someone else's mindset on me.

We believe the proposal could be a useful attempt to break the stalemate. We hope all parties involved will give play to their wisdom so that talks can resume.

We had more turnovers than shot attempts to begin the game. We came out flat-footed, and I really didn't think that was the way we were going to start the game. I expected a little more juice than that. It's kind of like we were waiting to see how good they were.

We've got severe problems here, folks. Whoever attempts to minimize them is doing the university a disservice.

We have been welcoming foreign investment, but now we have to curb any attempt to monopolize the Chinese market.

We're taking the streets back from criminals who have attempted to terrorize citizens.

Roy Blunt

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there's no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget - one that acknowledges its available means, and makes a reasonable attempt to live within them.

John Cooper

We hope that the hunters will now realize that their attempts to frustrate the will of the majority of the people have been definitively quashed.

We hoped this day would never come, ... We believe that the Arabs, whether Sunni or Shiite, are one. We totally reject any attempt to stir up sectarian issues to divide Iraq.

Hoshyar Zebari

We do not have any preconceptions that could be seen as attempts to deprive some Russian company of the possibility of exploiting oilfields in Iraq,

We do make a large attempt at being self-supporting. We were basically taken by surprise by the cuts. We're trying to stay in business long enough to get funding at the next legislative session. In the past, Morton and Burleigh counties have never had to pay, so we come hat in hand to see if you'll help us get through this awkward time for us.

Scott Wright

We received a call from the BB&T in Mount Holly from one of the tellers. They recognized a female subject that was at the bank attempting to do what they call a check deposit split scam.

We're certainly hopeful. We've attempted to listen, and we've attempted to respond to their concerns. We've made a substantial change.

We're always attempting to balance the sounds of the race with our commentators' voices to give viewers the best experience possible. It's something we're very aware of and something that we're always trying to improve.

We really want to attempt to create a school culture where stopping bullying is everyone's responsibility.

We carefully checked this patch and are 100 percent sure that it is not malicious. The patch is, of course, not as carefully tested as an official patch. But we feel it is worth the risk. We know it blocks all exploit attempts we are aware of.

Scott Skiles

We do this a lot. It's bothersome. When you don't get to the line very much, and then you get there and can't make them, that's a bad combination. We have to be able to step up there and knock them down because we're trending up in our attempts a little bit.

We are thrilled the jury understood the importance of the First Amendment. We believe the material support statute is overbroad, and we are very glad the government's attempt to extend the bad statute has been thwarted.

We are thrilled the jury understood the importance of the First Amendment, ... We believe the material support statute is overbroad, and we are very glad the government's attempt to extend the bad statute has been thwarted.

Larry Sabato

We can always go too far, and frequently do. Is it a harbinger? Who knows. But it's unadulterated bad news for Bush and the Republican Party and great news for Democrats as they attempt to make a comeback in 2006.

Anthony Zinni

We are not seeing a great deal of enthusiasm to engage directly, ... I think these are all attempts to lure us in, to certainly not get close.

We are not saying that everyone will be out by the end of 2006 but we are saying that this process - despite the terrorist attempts to destroy it - is going relatively well, and, in the course of the next year, we could well see the handover to Iraqi forces at certain places in Iraq, including in our own area,

There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.

Marvin Sapp

Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.

The problem is, hunters and anglers have day jobs. They're lunch-pail sort of guys. They can't take a day off work to visit the Capitol. But we're making an attempt this year.

We have attempted to contact Bobby, using every method we know of. He has simply disappeared. And, as far as we're concerned, he is no longer responsible for the land.

Ayad Allawi

We have now entered the final phase of attempts to solve Falluja without a major military confrontation,

Robert Kiyosaki

When President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security, that proposal was more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war. People love their entitlements.