Famous Quotes & Sayings

The success or failure of the euthanasia movement is based on the classification of feeding tubes as a medical treatment,

Nigel Lythgoe

The success of William Hung was based on his honesty. He really thought he was good and could get better. We try to weed out the people who are just trying to be bad.

The speaker wrote his letter to the BRAC commission based on sound policy grounds.

The thing I liked about Troy is that it seemed like a school that was based on sports. Like a lot of guys around here, I felt like it was a place where I could make my mark.

The thing I enjoy most about quiz bowl is that it is both a team and an individual competition. Even though you compete as a team, a whole game can change based on the random knowledge of one person.

John Scott

I've likened some of them to traveling musicians, in that some of them might be based in metropolitan centers and they go out and travel -- they tour the bush.

I've never felt that he was making a decision ... based on his personal feelings of the defendant,

Tyra Banks

I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.

Jaime Camil

I usually decide if I'm going to do a movie based on if I like the script or not. I thought 'Pulling Strings' had every single element that a classic romantic comedy needs to be a success. It's very well written. The cast was amazing. It was a decision I made based on the power of the script.

Sarah Jones

I've actually always started with what feels most natural. Which is, the people who surround me in my daily life. So, the first show I ever wrote, which is called 'Surface Transit,' was based in part on people I knew from my family. Co-workers, ex-boyfriends. All of that kind of thing.

Bill White

I want a performance-oriented government that produces results, ... That's contrary to a government based on sound bites and images.

Texas gives out money based on the number of voters you've got. It's basically a county-by-county system,

Gillian Anderson

So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.

Jeffrey Schwartz

So much of this is based on 35 years of studying humans physically, skeletally, developmentally, forensically,

Miki Ando

Some will say I don't deserve to go to Turin based on this result and that hurts.

Larry Brown

Teams have won with young players playing key roles. A lot of teams draft based on potential, but we have guys here who have played in college for a while. They will respect the minutes they get, not expect them, and they will be given every opportunity to play.

TEC is in just about every industry. Being the largest in the world at what we do, we have a very broad based membership. We're kind of a representative sampling of small to mid-sized business in this country as well as other countries.

Teachers were excited to have their kids back in class and to welcome some new ones. The students seemed to be rested and ready to go back to work. Everybody's looking forward to a great second semester, and based on the first day, we're off to a good start.

Kyle Cooper

Temperatures need to fall to alleviate what will be very large inventories by the end of January based on current forecasts.

Telstra is certainly accentuating the falls based on its magnitude in the index.

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.