Famous Quotes & Sayings

Recent hurricanes like Katrina showed it doesn't make sense to develop to that extent on barrier islands.

People often feel like they're abusing the (health care) system by going when they're well, ... At this clinic, we've done a lot about cost as a barrier to care ... but we still need to get them here regularly to manage chronic diseases.

Scott Henderson

That could have been me. Those barriers literally force you onto the road ... there's nowhere to go.

Our goal is to bring building professionals in Northern California the best practices in the construction industry, and this includes bridging the gap between conventional construction and sustainable building and demonstrating the financial, social and environmental return for all parties involved. We believe a valuable consensus is emerging for delivering on this inclusive value proposition and we are removing all barriers to entry to this knowledge.

Right now, the biggest barrier to the Internet is the Internet itself,

Retailing in general is highly competitive and most companies have very poor returns on invested capital. Unless you create a barrier of entry, you're never going to see very big returns.

The appointments are unconstitutional, motivated and a barrier to the development of democracy, which cannot be accepted, and we reject it.

I think it's shameful that there is no barrier there. It's just shameful. Nobody saw the car drive off the ramp. Nobody heard it splash in the water.

I think that all of the reality TV shows have broken down barriers for us,

Tyler Oakley

I think that it's really important to step back and to take breaks as a digital creator because every other kind of platform is kind of set up to have seasons or time off or at least a barrier between creator and consumer. You have these set-up boundaries.

Paul Young

Martinelli requested a panel-less and label-free container, but with barrier properties, that could be processed on hot-fill equipment.

Manmohan Singh

I believe there is a perception in Indian trade and industry circles that the European market is becoming increasingly difficult to penetrate. As tariff barriers disintegrate, non-tariff barriers suddenly come up,

Stefan Hell

I got bored with the topic; I felt this was 19th century physics. I was wondering if there was still something profound that could be made with light microscopy. So I saw that the diffraction barrier was the only important problem that had been left over.

There are still some barriers to some particular jobs that are more high paying jobs like high-level executives, CEOs of companies that women just aren't in the proportion that men are in.

From my experience, there are so many regulations for investing in the United States that they become an impediment, a barrier to investing.

Business is a string of seemingly impossible problems looking for solutions. Each problem you solve creates a new barrier to entry for your next competitor.

Barriers aren't going to work. They are going to get around them, they are going to innovate. The next point is to try to safely enable them.

Jackie Stewart

I have a very high respect for Jenson's driving skills but whether he will break through the pain barrier of not winning is another issue.

It could be a barrier for people to get basic telephone service - and that's a problem.

It is going to make the local market inoperative and erect a strong barrier to the entry of foreign capital.

John Franklin

. . . Historical facts are all pervasive and cut through the most rigid barriers of race and caste.

Tom DeMarco

If a large company were to obtain thousands of software patents every year, the barrier to entry of new software companies could become insurmountable.

Mel Martinez

Unless we make sure that everyone is participating in this great economic expansion and until we ensure that barriers to home ownership are torn down for everyone, until then, our job is not done.

Ehud Olmert

We must go forward as quickly as possible. The decisions which we are taking will enable us to complete the security barrier as quickly as possible so that we can best prevent terrorist attacks.

We have to acknowledge that individuals can face transition costs when trade barriers come down,

Ira Glasser

If this becomes a permanent barrier to employment and volunteering because of the use of this technology, then you're locking in the racial discrimination already in the system and multiplying its effect to a devastating degree.

Richard Smalley

If we are ever to cross the 100-nano barrier in electronics, we need to develop nano structures that let electrons move through, as they do through wires and semiconductors. And these structures must survive in the real world of air, water, boiling temperatures.

If the Hispanic community was more involved with the police and fire programs, it would be better. But in a lot of cases, the cultural barriers are stronger than the language barrier.

Lord Byron

I always looked to about thirty as the barrier of any real or fierce delight in the passions, and determined to work them out in the younger ore and better veins of the mine /and I flatter myself (perhaps) that I have pretty well done so /and now the dross is coming.

He went well at the Valley and has drawn a good barrier (four) tomorrow. He's in with a chance,

Rachel Sklar

What does 'work' mean in this 21st, ultra-wired century, with its exploding new industries, low barriers to entry and endless possibilities? Is technology making our lives more flexible - or our days more endless?

There is no deal at the moment. That is not the situation that we want but others have put a barrier in the way.

We're now in wait-and-see mode. It could be weeks before we know the full extent (of damage), but given how easily $70 was reached, it's not out of the question that $80 could be the next barrier if there's long-term damage.