Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Coleman

A raise should be based on performance and market data establishing the value of your job.

Any new decision they make is probably based more on their need for cash than upholding their credibility.

And the misuse rate is about 90 percent in Brevard County, based upon the child passenger safety check up events that we have held locally.

Albert Schweitzer

Any religion or philosophy, which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

As far as the village is concerned, we'll preserve the status quo based on official county records.

A senator or a congressman's faith should never be called into question based on their support or opposition to a particular nominee.

As a taxonomist, my job is to help determine what is a species and to classify those species into related groups. Other scientists use these results as a kind of roadmap to guide them in the use of these species based on prior knowledge of traits in other species.

A score of over 300 is a very high score. I took the test myself, based on what people were going through, and had a score of over 500.

Steve Erickson

As a genre, the noir of post-World War II was based on characters who were weak or repellent, bound to let down us and themselves.

Our constitution is based on the premise of upholding rural identity, traditions, security and prosperity ... all of which depend on recognition of individual property rights.

Our concern is that we get a truth. We have reason to doubt our state based on what has happened in Panama City.

Ron Dennis

Our computer simulation said a second and third was possible, based on our Friday dry running. The race win was never at any stage predicted by our system.

Chuck D.

Our downgrade is based on the company's preannouncement for contract revenue of $1.25 bilion-$1.3 billion. Our estimate was $1.65 billion.

Our decision was based on patient safety. We support it then, and we support it now.

Our decisions are always based on safety to horses, jockeys, fans and employees, so there was no question how we had to decide.

John Gray

People say, 'Where did you come up with all this stuff?' I mean, who are you?' ... It's based on spending my life understanding relationships between men and women. It's ironic. If you understand relationships, you understand how life works.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had guys, when I've been single, come out of the woodwork to date me and I've found out very quickly that they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person - and that's just not me.

Micky Arison

Originally, we envisioned this ship would be designated for one of our European brands. However, Carnival Cruise Lines continues to perform at a very high level and based on the tremendous consumer demand for its products, we now believe that this specific tonnage would be best utilized for Carnival's North American market,

No reasonable jury could have reached this verdict, based on the evidence presented in court.

Chuck Hagel

North Korea is a different situation as well, ... Different area, different dynamics, different leader, different possibilities. Syria is different from Iraq. Each of these nations must be dealt with based on their own specific situation.

Normally, economists downplay periodic swings in energy prices. However, the most recent run-up is a source of concern because it may be raising inflation expectations. Workers do not live in a world that excludes food and energy prices. Wage demands, especially in the current tight labor market, will be based on the increase in the overall CPI.

Normally, economists downplay periodic swings in energy prices, ... However, the most recent run-up is a source of concern because it may be raising inflation expectations. Workers do not live in a world that excludes food and energy prices. Wage demands, especially in the current tight labor market, will be based on the increase in the overall CPI.

Megan Hilty

The musical based on my life would most likely be called 'Something Fabulous.' 'Something Fabulous' - that's a great title!

A few months ago I would have said prices would be up as much as 20 percent. But based on recent feedback you're going to see localized bumps and a longer-term stable to downward trend.

Penn Jillette

The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the existence of God or religion doesn't matter, it's not an important decision. I think it's vitally important; it's what all our lives are based on.

The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits.

The old system was based on subjective factors and was fundamentally flawed.

Elgin Baylor

After long and careful consideration, we have elected not to match the offer sheet presented to us by Lamar Odom, ... In the final analysis, the decision was based on issues of character and other risks involved.

After each round is complete, we take the same pool of 49 players plus a field (all others) that we started with, and update their odds based on their performance as well as how much money we have taken on them so far.

And when we expect trading partners to respect science, we should be willing to do the same. So I don't support depriving the Department of Agriculture with the funding it needs to make decisions based on sound science even while we need to send a loud and clear message to Japan.

Jeb Bush

And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based on a set of shared values. That's American citizenship.

Ibrahim Hooper

And we saw the other case where a Copt, an Egyptian Copt, a Christian, was probably killed because he looked like he could be a Muslim. So bigots are never brain surgeons. I mean, when they do these things it's based on ignorance. So their targets always aren't the right targets in their own minds.

Harmony Korine

Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.