Famous Quotes & Sayings

Despite the Democratic National Convention, the biggest story of the week has been energy prices. That's prevented the market from seeing a bigger rally off these oversold conditions.

Any place there was a crack no bigger than my little finger, they were coming in. That place was eaten alive,

Warren Farrell

And the reason that is ridiculous is because if you're approaching a problem with a lose-lose situation, you're creating a bigger and bigger problem.

An electrician was called and ultimately determined that (the) problem was bigger than a blown fuse or two.

Anything technical or scientific that the soldiers say they need, any capability gap they need filled or any tools they say they need, I provide them with, ... It turned out that the MARCBOT plays a bigger part in the improvised explosive devices fight than a lot of people had thought.

As big a jump as he's made this year, we expect him to make a bigger jump next year.

As an investor, I would love to see them increase the scale of this business. They've got the breadth and depth of management to run a bigger enterprise. The challenge is finding a market that meets their standards.

Ryan Giggs

As a young lad you go out and enjoy it, you have no fears, ... England versus Wales, a full house at the Millennium Stadium - you just don't get any bigger than that.

Our conference gets us ready for the tourney. We're one of the littler schools in the conference, so playing all these bigger schools helps us out even more.

After the first four minutes, we settled down and played very well. They're a much bigger team, so we took our chances by making them shoot more from the outside, and it worked for the most part.

The mythology was, by going great guns the way it was going, we'd reach every man in the country and we'd finish the job. The fact is, encouraging men spiritually was a much bigger systemic cultural nut to crack. Now that we're smaller, what kind of impact can we make? I think we're going after a deeper conference experience so the Friday night, all-day Saturday experience is hopefully more profound and had more impact.

The old business model was that bigger plants gained economies of scale -- the more cars you made, the more profitable you became. The new buzz word is flexibility. The successful manufacturers will be the ones that can react quickly and make subtle changes. ... That's something the imports have perfected, but Ford is really grappling with.

After an Olympic year, and this is typical when the whole Olympic team goes out, the number of gymnasts is not as big. But we have at least six exciting juniors who will be seniors next year. We will keep our system, we will do periodic training camps and we'll take them to bigger competitions.

Craig Thompson

After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create something bigger than myself and outside myself.

An earthquake won't get smarter or stronger or change locations just because we protected our buildings. The question is, how do our strategies change when their goals and values are not the same as ours? We're talking about some bigger issues.

Nicholas Negroponte

And what's really frightening, or interesting, depending on your perspective, is that the change from now will even be faster and bigger than we're expecting.

Scott Spencer

Elliott Homes brings a lot of expertise and a little bit more financial muscle. It means bigger and better projects, and bigger and better communities that we will develop.

Election years are not great years, generally speaking. You notice a little drop in lobbying business before the midterm elections and you notice a bigger drop-off every four years, in presidential election years.

Dungy said. ''He's really a power player, a physical presence inside. He's much bigger than we've had inside.

Dusty is a little longer off the tee. He's a little bigger than last year. Drew came out and fired lights out at The Den, but after that he wasn't Drew. He wasn't sharp. I think he was a little tired. He had every reason to be. He played a whole lot of golf at the end of the summer.

Due to price controls, the more you manufacture, the bigger the loss and that is why manufacturers choose to serve the export market where the prices are not controlled but determined by the market forces.

David Millar

Each year we just hope to do better than the previous year. It's not about a money goal; it's about giving guests a great value and raising as much money as possible. It just gets bigger and better each year.

Each year he played he got better and better. He always scored a lot, but he also got bigger and stronger. He always worked hard.

Each week has been one step in preparation for Big Ten Championships, and this is our opportunity to run on a large track with a bigger field of competition. Everyone has performed well and has improved. We hope to make more steps towards accomplishing team and individual goals this weekend.

Jorma Ollila

Europe has come a long way but is threatening to stop now that the need to work together is bigger than ever.

Fishing is a bigger draw than most people think.

Federal investment in university research has a much bigger impact on the nation's economy than previously thought. We are seeing much more commercialization coming out of universities that has not been measured.

Female models generally earn higher fees than men. The reason is that there's a bigger demand for female models and they bring in more of a selling potential to a client. Women do, after all, spend more money on clothing.

David Caruso

Fear is a much bigger motivator than greed, but you've got to save money and put it in stocks, ... It's like a diet - to lose weight you have to eat less and exercise.

The results were a bit weaker than expected, not due to its operating earnings but because the special payment was bigger than expected.

There's pressure on these companies to maintain growth, ... These chains are tapping out their own market and they view the U.S. as a much bigger market opportunity where consumers are less than satisfied with their options.

Jim Barnes

There was a big increase in the number of people who said that traffic and transportation issues were a number one concern, which is a much bigger concern for people than it was just three years ago.

Kate Moss

There's so much of it about. You have to deal with the bigger problem, not just blame her.