Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're elated. The more times the owl is mentioned, the more aware people get about it. The more recognition, the better.

Wal-Mart has identified a strategy of urban expansion, and they're not going to walk away from it, ... They know that operating in an urban market is different from the suburbs and I'm sure they were already aware of things like zoning laws. Did they really need to put up a fight in Inglewood? No. What they did here is lay down the marker. Wal-Mart is saying that they've identified a new market and they're going to move it and attack.

Wal-Mart has become aware of how they are perceived and that they don't want to be perceived as down market in part because it makes it difficult to penetrate certain urban and suburban markets. I think they want to get that middle-class customer to spend money with them.

Brian Helgeland

I think 'Cool Hand Luke' was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as its own separate thing. It was that speech when the guy reads Paul Newman the riot act. The speech about going in the box.

Ashley Jensen

Nothing is forever, and I do still talk about when I'll come back to Britain. I'd love to come back and do a nice big juicy period drama. I don't understand it when people suddenly turn their back on Britain or Scotland. I'm so aware of it, and it's so much a part of who I am.

Seamus Heaney

The day I entered St Columb's College, my parents bought me a Conway Stewart pen. It was a special afternoon, of course. We were going to be parting that evening; they were aware of it, I was aware of it, nothing much was said about it.

Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support the coalition government through the current challenges, every day, and in every part of Britain.

Iain McGilchrist

To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.

When you don?t block out on free throws and have the ball knocked away from you late in the game, it?s tough. You have to be aware of who is around you. We made too many mental mistakes late in the game to win.

The prevalence of disaster recovery and business continuity as a driver suggests that users are more aware that disasters can happen anywhere, at any time. On the other hand, there is a sense that the complementary roles of archiving and backup often are not clearly understood.

Buck Martinez

The players have been aware that they were going to be involved with this for a while now. But we're taking three catchers for a reason. You can't expect to catch this much this early without getting sore. Fourteen pitchers is another obvious thing. As for the players, we'll take things on an individual basis. For example, Ken Griffey told me he'd be ready to go.

(What she meant was fencing is relevant) because of the moment-to-moment interaction of two actors together who have to be listening and aware of each other, and who have to be so completely involved in what's going on in the moment that everything else sort of becomes secondary. It's the focus, the one-on-one interaction, the moment-to-moment.

Rich Rodriguez

We've got to be aware of where No. 18 (Davis) is on every play.

W. S. Gilbert

We've got to be aware of where he is on the ice keep him to the outside. He's got great vision, so we've got to know how many guys are coming down on the rush on us. We've just got to be ready.

W. S. Gilbert

We've got to be aware of where he is on the ice (and) keep him to the outside.

Gerard Depardieu

I had rapidly become aware there were problems with the Kalifa group.

Carole Bouquet

A man can't pass on, like a mother could, an awareness of your body, or sensuality, or what it means to be a woman. I was never taught what femininity was. I learnt it - or rather I invented it - on my own. I tended not to talk at all, if people were staring at me.

While I am reasonably optimistic about the sustainability of the recovery that, we expect, will start this year, I am also aware of the remaining downside risks.

Alex Lifeson

With 'One Little Victory,' I love the idea that Neil is the one who starts the record and he starts it with such a fury and it just says, 'We're back.' And the whole sentiment of that song about being aware of those little successes -- the daily little things that really count -- that we so often take for granted.

Gary Numan

Without doubt, there are unexpected pressures that come with success, that I would be surprised if many people are prepared for, or even aware of beforehand, that takes getting used to. But then again, when you're doing very well, you earn a great deal of money so at least you can sit there worrying in a nice big house, rather than a little house.

Stevie Wonder

We must begin now to make the public aware that this is an important democratic right we must protect for all people. The right to vote is so precious, we must do everything we can to protect that right for all citizens.

Jan Egeland

We must be acutely aware that all that has been built up by the thousands of relief workers and hundreds of millions of dollars in donor contributions could be destroyed, and we could be on the brink of losing this huge humanitarian operation.

Linda Tripp

Well, yes. I mean, look, you can only do your job, and my job was to ensure that they were aware of what the law was.

When we play it, my husband and I get less facial features on the 'Hangman' than do my daughter. So she gets lots more chances to guess than we do. Those games not only keep them engaged, they create a sense of conversation, and also really work on spatial awareness and vocabulary.

We want to win the rest of our games and go into the conference tournament with a good seeding, so we are really aware of all the mistakes we've been making. We know that when we move without the ball and make the extra pass, we score. And we know when we score a lot, we're tough to beat because we're a pretty good defensive team.

John Gibson

We wanted to get this out in the open and elevate the awareness of the organization in the Billings area. We're spread pretty thin.

We had started a campaign down there, a couple of stories ran, but none of the reviews have appeared, so we'll probably be OK as awareness builds.

We had Speed Awareness Day on a Saturday in July where we had a big banner and bicycle police. Neighbors spent the morning outside with 'slow down' signs.

Richard Petty

We are excited to partner with TEAM, RADD and NHTSA on this campaign, designed to raise awareness of two major safety issues -- impaired driving and seatbelt use. Richard Petty Driving Experience provides the perfect venue for the campaign's messages and incentives, particularly for reaching young men, who make up the highest risk group for motor vehicle crashes, ... The collaboration of our staff, NASCAR driver hosts and fans with the celebrities and dignitaries that represent the campaign at Richard Petty Driving Experience is exciting to see.

We are enthusiastic about the potential of having a very accurate, simple test in the home to increase testing and awareness in people about their HIV status. But we are seeking broad input from our panel and the public on the benefits and any risks.

The Port Lavaca Police Department is requesting that parents make their children aware that a prank of this nature is a serious crime which can result in a permanent criminal record,

The population should be aware that we have our own sets of clones out there, and that this isn't so sinister when you're talking about working in a laboratory to intentionally create a second or third embryo.

Essentially, you have to be aware of a crisis happening: 'Can the company go on if I get hit by a bus?' That's, I think, how you build a great company and something that can scale.