Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Boucher

But what also matters to us is the degree of cooperation we get, the degree of transparency we get, and the degree of commitment we get towards avoiding a repetition.

Tom Ridge

They tell us that avoiding panic and confusion in a crisis helps them do their jobs better. So when you protect yourself, you're protecting your community, and it's one less concern that the first responders have at the time of an incident,

These guys (are in the business of creating) enterprise software, the focus is on systems management. They've got a couple of catalysts in front of them, one of which is that on Oct. 19, they're going to launch their e-business strategy. BMC has had a nice move and might be a good place to play in the fourth quarter as people are looking to go back into some of these software names that they've been avoiding all year.

This is a concept in its infancy, one that will eventually become mainstream. But today, shoppers are using the 'net as an information tool, not as a means of avoiding dealerships. So I don't think shoppers are looking to avoid the traditional dealership process.

After gorging on faddish, oversized SUVs for years, while studiously avoiding more rational vehicle choices, drivers in this country have woken up with a relentless hangover from Katrina made up of the double-whammy of tight supplies and jaw-dropping prices.

Now it's a matter of damage control for the union. They may be looking for a face-saving maneuver to rejuvenate the membership, while avoiding the permanent loss of jobs.

Roberto Goizueta

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

Henry Hyde

as we enact these reforms, we must exercise some care in avoiding unforeseen consequences.

As President Bush prepares to visit India, the question is whether he can cement the improvement in US-India ties while avoiding negative spill-over effects.

This is nothing more than special-interest legislation for an irresponsible developer who was nailed by the 3rd Circuit Court for polluting the water and desecrating burials and avoiding our land-use law, and now the Legislature's going to bail him out at the expense of our agricultural land.

Craig Armstrong

It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.

Ducking and hiding, I'm not sure. Avoiding what's inevitable? Yes.

Dr. Thomas knew I made the right decision by avoiding surgery. Everything is going like we planned. But I had to work hard and that's what I have been doing.

Especially if you're in contract negotiations, you help yourself a lot in terms of good will by avoiding layoffs, ... I think the industry has been pretty rational.

Susannah McCorkle

Feeling totally immobilized. Can't even listen to music, except classical. Avoiding people so word won't get around how down I am." ()

At the forefront for me this year is staying consistent every week and avoiding the peaks and valleys. I want to be a rock for the offense each week so my teammates know what to expect for me, just doing my job.

Richard Stanley

We are very proud of our track record in Korea and elsewhere in avoiding some of the problems that were seen in those markets.

Brad Stuart

We did a good job coming out ready to play. A lot of times after a road trip, you see teams come out flat so we did a good job of avoiding that.

We could very well be 3-1. With a couple of breaks or avoiding some costly errors, we could be off to a strong start.

We do not think Murphy is out of the woods yet operationally and still recommend avoiding the stock.

Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options, playing the odds.

These projects are aimed at avoiding possible oil supply interruptions and restraining global crude oil prices.

The risk you can't do anything about feels scarier than the one you can. Washing your hands a lot, sneezing into your elbow, knowing that avoiding crowded places if there's a flu epidemic of any kind, those are applicable. They're emotionally reassuring in the face of some new threat. New threats are always scarier than ones we've lived with for a while. It's just their newness.

Steven Pinker

The three-year-old, then, is a grammatical genius - master of most constructions, obeying rules farmore often than flouting them, respecting language universals, erring in sensible, adultlike ways, and avoiding many kinds of errors altogether.

Wayne Dyer

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

Stephen Chbosky

To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.

David Allen

I've experienced (more times than I like to admit) avoiding slightly uncomfortable conversations with others I should have had on the front end and then endured much more excruciating ones on the back end.

The airline's already slim chances of avoiding bankruptcy are dwindling rapidly.

System-level coverage is essential to maintaining product design freedom and avoiding supply-chain disruptions.

Consumer spending is avoiding the mall-based, high-priced stores and is now drifting rapidly to the discount and low-priced segment.

It seems like it's the classic of classics. I think we had been avoiding it for a little while.

Mal Peet

It's extremely difficult to describe interestingly what happens on the pitch. Thousands of journalists write millions of words every week trying to do it, so your chances of avoiding cliche are very slim. And you're trying to write fiction, not a match report.

It's a tough area. South of the school, there are high- and upper-middle-class citizens - lots of doctors, lawyers, teachers and principals. North of the school, where Jerome lived, you have the inner city. It's a pretty tough area. Jerome and his parents did a great job avoiding the pitfalls of that.