Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ann Hood

This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a TWA flight attendant then. I stood in my Ralph Lauren uniform at the boarding door and smiled at the passengers through lips coated with lipstick that perfectly matched the stripe on my jacket. Mostly, the passengers smiled back.

Craig Smith

We're known throughout the state for taking 30 or 40 boats and going off someplace. Nobody does that.

We are confident the people of Island Heights and its Board of Education will do what is right for its children,

Casey James

I love to play games. Anything that is competitive. I love to play darts, shoot pool, any video game or board game, anything like that I am all about. For me is more about spending time with somebody, hanging out and enjoying yourself.

David Rockefeller

Harvard has played an important role in my life. I was a student, Class of 1936, and I've been on the board of overseers. My experiences there shaped who I am.

We played a real good game. Lance owned the boards and it was nice to have him back.

We played a much cleaner game. We did not force as many turnovers as we should have, but we dominated on the boards and shot free throws. It was a good conference win.

We played a little sluggish this evening. We're going to get back to the drawing board this week in practice and gear up for a big weekend with Brownstown and Charlestown.

Ron Shelton

We project it to go to 60 to 70 million board feet by '07.

We probably didn't talk about Chris for the first two months and then on one of our (team evaluation) calls in early December, the name was brought up and everyone jumped on board with it. He played himself on this team.

We pretty much had a 10-point lead until midway through the fourth quarter. They got a run on us. We got some key boards and knocked down the free throws.

Ted Naifeh

The first 'Polly and the Pirates' is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she's the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood.

Scott Weiss

Being on a board is not just about showing up for the meetings. A board member needs to materially contribute to the success of the business.

Tom Brokaw

I was on the board of the Mayo Clinic. I was diagnosed there, and I could pick up the phone and get a hold of whoever I wanted to. What I learned is that you really have to get proactive and manage your case.

Al Sharpton

When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.

Marcus Giles

When a team comes out and gets a little momentum like that, I think it's very imperative to come out and throw a crooked number up on the board the next half inning. It's a quick momentum shift back to our side. Once we got that shift, it just seemed like we held it from there.

We have made a very strong board decision on that issue.

Vladimir Kramnik

In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

Imogen Heap

When I was 12, I went to boarding school, where I discovered the computer, which meant I no longer had to write something down and get someone to play it, I could just type it into the computer and hear it back.

Indra Nooyi

Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.

What we have on the table is a proposal and the union board will debate, discuss and vote on it within the next few weeks.

We discussed it so much with the players that there is no need for it. The executive board has the authority, anyway.

We did wage a very effective campaign to put pressure on the ABI board to do the right thing ... These contests are won or lost by how many mistakes you make. We didn't make any mistakes.

We did two different services there plus we sent a team to some places of Panama that were eight hours away by boat and then quite a ways by foot, in some of the really hard to reach places.

We are deeply saddened at George's passing. He was an incredibly influential figure in the gaming and finance industries. With his remarkable business instincts and extraordinary intellect, he made valuable contributions to our Board of Directors for many years. Personally, he had a warm and generous spirit and he will be missed by the MGM Mirage family and so many others whose lives he touched.

Leila Janah

I used to think my job as a CEO meant managing metrics and meeting goals, but I've realised now that's it's about managing my board and employees.

Katharine Cornell

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

We had an opportunity to put some runs on the board and couldn't take advantage. We had two straight innings with second and third and less than two outs and only got one run, so I thought that was going to come back and haunt us.

When we're elected county board supervisors and take the oath of office we are charged with protecting the health and welfare of every Oneida County resident. This is a safety issue, I'm voting yes.

When (Gen.) Douglas MacArthur said, on board the Battleship Missouri, 'These proceedings are closed,' it was the end of one of the bloodiest conflicts of modern times. The celebrations of course were enormous. It marked the end of the Pacific war.

Having women on boards is good for women, good for the economy and good for society. A win-win-win outcome: how rare.

Lysander Spooner

The mere toleration of the slave trade could not make slavery itself - the right of property in man - lawful any where; not even on board the slave ship. Toleration of a wrong is not law.

Craig McCracken

So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it.