Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Jay Gould

I'm not a great deductive thinker, but I will admit to having competence in a very wide range of things - not being afraid to try to write about baseball, choral music and dinosaurs in the same week and see connections among them.

The real winners of this case are Dover students. Students should be able to learn about the nature of science, which can be tested based on our observations of the natural world. Intelligent design does not fit that criterion.

Theoretically, Lexmark could maintain prices and cede share. But they're unlikely to do that. If they cede share their installed base won't grow, so the all-important cartridge revenue won't grow. If HP does price aggressively, Lexmark will be forced to meet their pricing.

Theoretically, Lexmark could maintain prices and cede share, ... But they're unlikely to do that. If they cede share their installed base won't grow, so the all-important cartridge revenue won't grow. If HP does price aggressively, Lexmark will be forced to meet their pricing.

The orchestra plays the first movement as usual, but there are two sportscasters narrating it as if it were a baseball game.

The opportunity to return to the Carolina region was one that interested me. My decision was based largely upon that opportunity for my family. The decision was increasingly difficult as my situation here at Drake ... has been extremely positive.

The operating schedule is a collective decision based on a monstrous review a couple years back.

There have only been four presidents of Aerospace. The growth of the company in terms of revenue and power, and him elevating the status of minorities and women in the workplace were things he was proud of. It was always based on merit of course, but he just wanted to make sure that everybody got a fair shake.

The recent rally in the yen based on expectations for an early policy shift has run out steam.

The recent price consolidation...has built a very solid base for a move higher.

There can't be a superstar on a losing team. Whether it's basketball, track, football, hockey, baseball or whatever, you have to win, no matter what level.

Jalal Talabani

There is not a need for a huge number of American forces, but I think there will be a need for two or three small bases for frightening others not to intervene in our international affairs,

We will plan next year's orientation based on these evaluations, and we will also be talking to the resident peer leaders who led the group discussions to hear their reactions,

UMSL has a huge multicultural base and we wanted to incorporate not just the traditional homecoming theme of stars and the moon, we wanted something kind of different this year.

Umpires made more seven years ago than they do now. Baseball has had tremendous growth and the pressure on officiating to be next to super human is very evident.

Various companies have sought refundable credits, and those have been rejected as essentially corporate welfare or handouts based not on economics but solely based on special pleadings.

We think the largest emerging threat is very different. Today's threats are not based on notoriety, but on profit." ()

We think the concern is well-founded, and that's not based on a prediction that inflation will be higher in the future, but we find that the impact of inflation is often underestimated in the planning process. Small numbers have a big impact over longer-term horizons.

Ricky Rudd

We're real pleased with that, ... There is nothing there for the guys to hang their head about.  We came off the truck fast and only made a few changes to the car.  It started in the spring race with a new car built for this race track. We had a good solid run and I don't think the car has been run since then. Our car will be good on long race runs.  I'm more excited about the race than qualifying based on the long runs.

We're pursuing the girls' civil rights, their right to be free from discrimination based on their perceived sexual orientation.

Why should we pay if we're not culpable of anything? They're trying to hold the taxpayers responsible, and based on the media reports I've seen, there has been no link.

Frank Robinson

Why put the burden on baseball to try and figure out where to go, and maybe put an asterisk? Just wipe the whole thing out.

Why did Sen. Frist suddenly decide to sell the stock in June after holding the stock for so long? Also, did the Senator order the sale based on insider knowledge that the value of the stock was about to decline precipitously?

Garret Anderson

Why be concerned? There's a lot of baseball left to play. We haven't pressed all year so there's no reason to start now.

Andrew Ference

We've come this far this year and built a solid base with the guys in the room . . .

John Reed

We've certainly seen some improvement in 2005. Based on what our clients are telling us, we're expecting more of the same for 2006.

Pat Summitt

We've built this fan base not on scheduling patsies. We've built it on bringing in the top opponents throughout the country from a lot of conferences and our fans deserve that. We also think that to be the best you have to play the best.

To me, that win wasn't so much based on talent, but on the heart and guts of the kids. Especially where we had to come from behind and had to deal with that. With all of that emotion, to pull out that win I think says a lot about those kids, about who they are as people. I'm very proud of them right now.

Nicholas Kristof

Too often, wealthy people born on third base blithely criticize the poor for failing to hit home runs. The advantaged sometimes perceive empathy as a sign of muddle-headed weakness rather than as a marker of civilization.

Guy Kawasaki

When I saw that the mouse was the controlling thing and there was graphics moving all over and it wasn't character based ... it was a religious experience. Definitely, the scales were removed from my eyes. ... I became a believer in 30 seconds.

Bill Janklow

Those 3,000 jobs in Sioux Falls, based on our population back then in Sioux Falls, would have taken 300,000 jobs in New York City to equal it at Citibank.

This year, the games we've played well in, we've scored early. That's a credit to the top of our lineup. Those guys have consistently gotten on base and made things happen.

This trading is based on yen-dollar and the jittery stock market.