Famous Quotes & Sayings

The only yardstick of objectively assessing, evaluating and commenting on (the deal) is India's national interest. Based on this, it is our view that the government has surrendered on two important counts.

Kofi Annan

The only way to escape from the present downward spiral lies through ending the violence and resuming negotiations aimed at comprehensive peaceful settlement based on relevant United Nations resolutions,

We decide on what items to replace based on the demand and popularity of the item and also if it is our only copy of it. We are not going to replace CDs, however, since they are a large ticket item. As you can see, this causes a problem because we cannot replace everything and that means that our community will have to do without.

Steve Winwood

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

It appears to suggest that I was removed because I was disabled - based on one occasion out of hundreds.

Gioconda Belli

We have built our identities in many respects based on the guilt-ridden stories we have been told about our creation. For women, it is a very damning knowledge to be portrayed as curious and careless seductresses.

John Scofield

We sharply limited the number we would consider, based on good government reform. The fewer coming in, the better you can scrub the ones coming in.

We really felt like he would be a better fit on that side of the ball, ... based on evaluating who we had over there and based on our running back situation. It's really worked out well.

We're actually the original value-based comparison shopper. We pioneered the concept of helping shoppers evaluate merchants as well as products. We found out that people don't shop just based on price. We take all the factors that go into a purchase decision, replicate those, and lay them out for the consumer.

We're able to sense how a crop grows within a field, much like a yield monitor will make a map based on yield. We can create different variable application maps to control different rates of fertilizers and chemicals that are put on the field automatically through a GPS receiver.

We're anticipating more high-tech job losses based on the downsizing in the process of occurring now.

Alex Cox

We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd.

Yesterday's rally was based on a number of factors. There was some financial geometry in there as well. It was an options expiry day on the New York Mercantile with a rising market. That gave it a little more oomph than it needed. Now that oil's flowing, prices are coming back in line.

We didn't want to sit on it any longer, based upon the respect we have for the patients and the risk it could potentially create.

We have people who are based in their emotions and so they're hurt. It doesn't hurt me, a fool doesn't hurt me. As far as I'm concerned, me personally, it's like it never happened.

Phil Brown

We've signed him on a monthly contract and it will be based on his fitness levels.

We have revised our testing policy from earlier in the off-season based on the commitment from Honda to serve as the league's single-engine supplier. This testing format brings more efficiency to the teams, Honda and the league as we ready ourselves for the 2006 season, the league's first featuring its compacted schedule.

The fact that it's based on the Web doesn't make the project any easier. You need to do all the due diligence that you'd do on any outsourcing project, especially one that's this strategic.

The fact that it's based on the Web doesn't make the project any easier, ... You need to do all the due diligence that you'd do on any outsourcing project, especially one that's this strategic.

The problem with the state's case is its faulty foundation. Because it's all based on Pearl Cruz. And it's a house of cards.

The problem with national gardening magazines and TV shows is that they're based on the East Coast, the West Coast and in the South. They're rarely plants for the prairie.

I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for the weekend. I also lived in Italy for ten years and now live in Ireland.

Kerry Greenwood

When I first started writing the books in the 1980s, all of the female detectives were flawed in some way because they were based on noir characters.

James E. Faust

Peace in this life is based upon faith and testimony. We can all find hope from our personal prayers and gain comfort from the scriptures. Priesthood blessings lift us and sustain us. Hope also comes from direct personal revelation, to which we are entitled if we are worthy.

Lech Walesa

Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans.

Lex Luger

I'm involved in quite a few ministries as a bridge builder, trying to match generous givers and donors to other ministries. Based on my past, I'm also involved in mainly the prison ministry. I go to jails and prisons and share my story, trying to give them some hope.

We actually choose the schools that we work with in each location, so basically we evaluate them based on curriculum, facilities, reputation and cost.

We were always skeptical about how fast consumer recovery (would) be. It had been pretty slow. This year, we've revised our growth forecast for the Korean economy to 5 percent based on strong fourth-quarter numbers that we saw, particularly in consumption. The export sector still looks positive." ()

We want the line -- which for McDonald's includes our divisional and regional staffs, owner/operators and restaurant personnel -- to make decisions on behalf of customers based on field operating needs. The line ultimately has responsibility and accountability for our business success,

Nick Woodman

I learned that most people buy based on emotion, not on a rational breakdown of the product or service.

John Seabrook

When you take the individual out of the equation, then you're making programming based on some marketer's idea of what will sell, and not based on the idea of what an individual would like.

It's the whole big picture that we have to look at to create an organization that wins over the long term. And to just shoot from the hip on a decision based on winning over a 10-game period. No, that doesn't make sense.

Hayley Kiyoko

For me, I think 'Jem' fans were expecting a remake of the cartoon, and the movie really is inspired by the cartoon based in a 2015, modern-day setting. It is going to be very different, but it's also going to be very familiar as well.