Famous Quotes & Sayings

The role that publishers play in terms of helping to put together the product in a way that has market appeal, in publicizing the product ... that's something that Stephen King was able to forgo by going directly to the public, based on his reputation, ... Most artists, and especially new authors, don't have that ability.

I've seen denim that doesn't get wet, clothes that change color based on exposure to sunlight, even clothes with sun protection built into it. These new-age type products are generally more expensive. The challenge for retailers also will be to get consumers to believe that they work.

I've put together a proposal, based on negotiations with Metro-North, that I'll present at our next Town Board meeting for raising our fees and bringing them in line.

Justin Cronin

I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me.

It was thought collagen was a relatively recent invention in vertebrate evolution that unites us with reptiles, amphibians, sharks and bony fishes, while the lamprey skeleton was based on quite different proteins. Knowing that lampreys also use collagen to build their skeletons makes sense. Lampreys and jawed vertebrates inherited the same genetic program for skeletal development from our common ancestor.

It was very hard, but we could not convict her of manslaughter in the other five cases based on the evidence we had.

It was very clear from their testimony yesterday that they make up their minds based upon what the current market conditions are.

It was tough losing games we should have won, based on execution and rebounding. It was the small things that good teams should do.

It was a needed force, and we will be reimbursed for the overtime hours, ... The rate will be based on the officer's regular overtime pay.

It was a little stronger than expected. I think we are going to see the bond confined to a narrow range based on the economics.

These rumors have been spread for a period of time. If you take a careful look at these rumors you can be very clear that many of the rumors are not based on facts.

These rules are there for schools like Nevada. We don't have the budget. We rent compact cars. We do everything as cost effective as possible. If a kid is making his decision based on whether I pull up in a Cadillac or a compact car, we don't want them here.

Brian Schmidt

These results are remarkable. Based on this success, we will continue to use Cohorts to tailor our messages and creative to specific target markets.

These reports are expected to be pretty strong based on July's retail sales figures.

These data are consistent with slightly better pricing power for both importers and exporters, which reflects the improvement in international economic activity. However, the gains are sufficiently restrained as to not cause any concerns about broader based measures of inflation.

The securities industry had a very good year during 2005. The industry paid record bonuses based on exceptional revenue growth and solid profits.

The state money was based on the premise that there would be economic development and job creation.

Paul Hewitt

The statement that college basketball isn't a business -- let's be real here. It can be a business that can be a very positive experience for athletes, coaches, for schools. Kids learn responsibility, coaches learn how to put together a team, and administrators learn how to build some momentum, build a lot of school spirit based on that one entity -- the program. It doesn't have to be a dirty word, something sleazy to say it is a business.

(The six-party talks) looked like a breakthrough in September 2005, but based on the subsequent interpretation of that by the Korean Foreign Ministry, there is a lot of uncertainty as to where we are.

I see why people think it is, and sometimes I do. And sometimes I don't think it's selfish. I'm probably an atheist, though I was raised a Catholic - and that whole religion is based on the first suicide, in many ways.

Michael Polanyi

I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies,to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell.

Paul Tagliabue

I've been getting periodic updates from our counsel. I think very shortly we'll have a final report from our counsel and investigative team. Hopefully, we can learn some lessons together with the (NFL) Players Association from the report. I think one thing is clear already, based on what I have been presented with: No one within the Panthers' organization was in any way, shape or form involved with any of these players who were playing outside the lines.

It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were all composers or classical musicians.

I understand their reaction is based on their personal loss. Revenge and retaliation are never appropriate goals.

I upgraded CN based on the news. Now they can stick to knitting, concentrate on what they do best, running a classic textbook railroad.

I understand what happened, and I understand the position the FBI took based upon the information they received,

I understand the tickets are very limited, but I thought I had a shot because we did get them when the Super Bowl was here in '82, and that was also supposedly based on seniority.

The worst thing is, this caused the community to make a decision based on information that has a quicksand foundation,

Norv Turner

They always are. They always have been, ... Guys play or don't play based on performance.

The whole property tax discussion is about reform ... moving the property tax system to an income tax based system. We're talking about the wrong issues.

The whole project is based on meaningful discussion and conversation. When you get into large groups, you don't get that.

Mark Regev

The whole process of reconciliation between us and the Palestinians is based on the principle that terrorist groups will be disarmed. Unfortunately, things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.

Bill Bryson

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of teo per cent of the world's population.