Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's mostly just coming off the back of profit selling, if you like, after a good result yesterday. The down move in the U.S. is basically due to oil.

It's still under investigation. Basically I have not made a final determination whether to charge anybody.

Raul Gonzalez

It's still subject to dialogue between (Department of Foreign Affairs) and US government. Under VFA, we basically waived custody to US except in cases of importance to our country. In which case, we must justify importance within 20 days,

It's still open. It's a soft verbal. Anything can happen. I'm basically down to N.C. State for now.

It's starting at basically ground zero. There's no floodplain, no meanders. It's one of the worst spots on the creek.

It's similar basically to the techniques of early whalers. You get towed around. Sometimes the whale will just plain stop. This guy didn't.

Christie Brinkley

It's so funny because all those years I was working, I basically always felt that whatever job I was doing would probably be the last one I would get. I really never thought that I stacked up with the other girls.

It's so frustrating to not know what the next day is going to bring, and sitting here wondering if we will have anything to go back to when that day finally comes, ... We are only college kids and basically left our lives in our apartment.

It's not good enough. There are basically two groups of people, champions and everybody else. I didn't deserve to win. I have to work harder.

It's not an ideal solution, but it will work if everybody follows the basic criteria of food is in classrooms only on days when rooms are scheduled for cleaning.

It's not a dance for men, which most people don't understand. It's for women, with women. It's like a rite of childbirth. The basic movement of the woman is the swaying of the hips. It was built around the natural movement of the woman.

Education has really one basic factor, a sine qua non-you must want it

Efrain basically carried our team on the offensive end. He will probably do the same thing this year too.

Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years.

Everyone knew coming into the state tournament that those three teams were the teams that everyone was gunning for. We knew that we were basically fighting for fourth place, and we did what we set out to accomplish.

Everyone else is up there because of what they've done at Timberline. He's up there basically because of what he's done after Timberline.

Everyone has the same basic equipment and qualified people, more or less. The service level is what sets companies apart.

Everybody's proud of what we've accomplished by following our basic procedures.

a very strong endorsement... of the basic objectives established (by the 19-nation NATO alliance) ... to stop the repression in Kosovo.

A typical medical practice is like an old-fashioned business which keeps all of its records on paper. It can probably track down any individual transaction if it needs to, but it's basically helpless when it comes to overall measurements of performance. And that's the big problem.

Carlos Pena

(Bachelet) wasn't perfect ... her smile was reserved, she was firm on one or two basic points. Nothing more. It was just enough -- right at the edge -- so as not to break the spell.

Andrew Brunette

As players, I don't think that's any of our business. There's nothing we can do about it. This is between Marian and the Wild organization. It's not between any of the players. We basically come to play and we still have a job to do. The season is not going to stop. We have a job to do and we can't worry about his situation. That's something that he believes in and he's making a stand for it.

Gene Luen Yang

As I was researching, I was struck by how similar the Boxers were to Joan of Arc. Joan was basically a French Boxer. She was a poor teenager who wanted to do something about the foreign aggressors invading her homeland.

As mayor of Warsaw, President Kaczynski opposed the right of lesbian and gay people to basic freedoms and equal respect. As president, he will determine whether Poland protects rights or chips away at them. Europe is waiting for the answer.

Jeff Lindsay

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time.

That's where the mentors come in. We make a commitment for at least one year to meet with a specific student weekly. We shoot hoops, play board games, help out a little bit with homework if needed basically we become a friend.

That's what we were kind of emphasizing in practice. If we beat them, there might not be that second slide coming. Basically I was able to get open and just walk down there.

That's why it's football and you have to play with your eyes. All that window dressing, they're still going to run the same basic stuff. They can run it out of different things, but you just have to play with your eyes.

That's what makes her so difficult to defend now. That's why she's put up the numbers she's put up this year. Before, she was basically a back-to-the-basket, low-post player. Now she's versatile enough to come outside, too.

That's normally issued to mine operators that basically thumb their nose to the law, these unwarrantable failure violations.

Cadillac Williams

That's New England. They came out and basically dominated in all phases of the game. They were physical, and the most physical team usually wins.

All a recipe is is a road map -- how to get from Point A to Point B. In the recreational books, it's a lot more descriptive. Cooking isn't brain surgery. It isn't rocket science. It's the application of some basic principles. It just takes some experience.

A little effort goes a long way. Do one or two things on the list, not all of them. Otherwise, do a good job with the basics and be a friendly, hospitable host. As word gets around and your guests become regulars, your off-season problem will solve itself.