Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Hegseth

Defense leaders should be searching for ways to reform out-of-date procurement processes, to collapse layers of Pentagon bureaucracy, and to restrain the growth in personnel and benefits costs. A critical first step in that process should be to conduct a full Pentagon audit to determine how DOD spends taxpayer dollars.

Tom Coburn

The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. And we refuse to have the tough forces go on the Pentagon so that at least they are efficient with the money they're spending.

Sela Ward

Well I started studying to help me with these commercial auditions and I just loved it.

I thought they would have come with some recommendations that actually reduce the burden -- maybe, you'll only have to, say, audit a third of the controls in any given year. Or maybe they would have come with some clarity on what are effective controls, a problem for all-sized companies.

I think what the minister said the whole issue of who is on lists, how do you audit or monitor it to make sure you are gaining the ground you need to gain is an important part of this.

Dax Shepard

I was 20 when I moved to Los Angeles. I went on probably 600 commercial auditions and couldn't book any of them.

Allison Williams

'Girls' was my first audition. I'd just taken an audition class, and I was excited to implement those tools.

Allison Tolman

I've been working as an actress and sort of struggling along for ten years, so I've been on a million auditions for a million things I haven't booked.

Sarah Gadon

It's tempting to think, 'This is silly. I'm an artist. I care about my work, my work is first. I don't care about what kind of dress I wear... That's so secondary to me.' But if you care about your work... then you need to take this part of it just as seriously as you would going into an audition and going into work.

Gregg Sulkin

If I had any advice to give people, it would be to relax; never treat an audition like an emergency. There will be plenty more in your career. If you think you messed up, you probably didn't. And if you did mess up, it's not the end of the world.

The players are on audition every night. You go through your bumps and high points and low points. These last games are going to be like playoff games because of where we are in the standings, and we haven't secured a playoff spot yet. These games are vitally important.

While I certainly don't have sympathy for the auditors and accountants who sold the shelters, I have perhaps even less sympathy for those who were rolling the dice just to see if they could avoid paying their share of taxes.

Beth Riesgraf

When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.

Larry King

We are excited to have Dale as a partner and Georgia as a principal in our audit practice. They each bring a strong commitment to responsive client service and a depth of technical expertise.

Chris Pine

The first audition I went out on was because my father was on an audition for a TV show called the 'Gilmore Girls,' and that kind of snowballed a lot of stuff in my life.

Chris Pine

There have been, like, three auditions in my life where I feel like I'm in a 'Saturday Night Live' skit.

Emilia Clarke

My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, 'OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what it's like.' I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing 'Memory.' I was terrible. Terrible.

We're still unraveling this whole mess, ... The special audit is identifying who is owed what amounts of money, how much was taken from the commission, the clerk's office, the state and in what amounts. It's a complex puzzle.

Ben Schnetzer

If I audition for a job that I don't get, to be honest with you, I'd rather my friend get it. I think there also has to be an acknowledgement of the fact that, as an actor, being in employment is not the norm.

Bryan Batt

I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh.

David Harewood

Before recording my 'Homeland' audition on my iPhone in my bedroom in Streatham, I hadn't worked or had an audition in the U.K. for nine months.

This safety audit that the insurance company does is thorough. It involves safety issues with equipment, building security and just all kinds of things like that. They give us a detailed report and we're glad to use it.

J. August Richards

Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!

We know that our change in auditors and the investigation by the SEC have raised concerns, ... We understand those concerns and we certainly know that this company not only has to substantially improve its performance but also needs to enhance its financial controls and discipline.

Rita Ora

When I was younger, I did my first audition at 'Eurovision.' I was about 17. After my first audition, I blacked out; I was just like, 'I can't do this.' I'm not knocking it or anything - it's been around for years. I'm just very, very happy I made that decision myself. I think that's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Bryan Williams

We had auditions for the drum line right after Thanksgiving. Things have been really going nonstop around here.

Bridgit Mendler

I did this class when I first moved to California. It was a 'Kids on Camera' class up in the Bay Area. That was good for just getting me excited in acting and everything. Then once I started working down L.A., I just stuck to my acting coach, and she helps me prepare with auditions and that sort of thing.

I worked at Barney's selling clothes to lonely, rich white women. Every time I would look down on myself - hating my job, hating my life - I would think, 'It's a character study. Study these people, and you'll have your SNL audition ready in, like, five minutes.'

Diane Paulus

Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me about being present in the moment. There's a sense of time stopping.

Ron Perlman

I couldn't make it on the swimming team in high school. In fact, I got thrown off the swimming team and was forced to audition for the school play because they had at the audition about 35 girls show up and no boys, so my swimming coach suggested that I might be able to do the drama department more good than I was doing the swimming team.

First, I'd make sure we have fiscally responsible government, and I thought this even before the audit results came down. Second, we should have a world-class education system. I'm not running for the school board, but I know the commission plays a critical role to provide a top-notch education for our students. Third, I think there should be impeccable ethical standards in our government.

Michael Pitt

'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and it put me in the position I wanted to be in, where I could audition for projects that I wanted to be a part of. I didn't find it creatively fulfilling in any way though.

Jake Johnson

My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.'