Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. C. H. Pounder

When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again.

You don't know what will happen in spring training, but it was an encouraging board to look at.

John Morrill

We're missing the boat on a lot of cool things.

We respect what they do, the job they perform. But they have these teeny-weenie boats that don't really do much.

We're going to sue the superintendent, and we're going to sue the state Board of Education. ... It's like a three-ring circus over there. We will spare no expense to help these kids.

We're going to go back and develop a plan. We may do different variations and bring them back to the board in April.

Whenever possible, the State Board of Education should not impose things on local school districts just because they can,

What a devil of a bore it must be to be the superior person! - those mental anaemics who never read about murders, divorces, or whatever the special squeamishness may be to which they pin their vanity - as grotesque as going to the play and boasting

We were determined to do everything as a board of directors to get the field ready to play because we understand how important this is to these kids.

Russell Coutts

We'll see who is close on points and keep an eye on them. Vinnie drives the boat well and is pretty relaxed. It's the Italian factor. The whole team is laid back.

We are all very excited, (with) five Kiwis on board we have had an enjoyable race to date and we're looking forward to getting back down into some familiar waters now.

We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

Shortly after he died, our board decided to name the new trail for him,

Joe Browne

She had the foresight just as her grandfather had the foresight about supermarkets. She convinced the board of directors that this was a great future, and it is a direction the food industry is going to go and that we needed to get in on the ground floor.

She gets at least 10-12 (points), or she gets boards every time. She's stepped into her leadership really, really well. She's a big leader on the floor.

Since Mike came on board we have seen measurable results in the growth of our resort rental program, Suite Getaways (SM) . As we continue to expand our resort management relationships Mike is key to ensuring smooth transitions and to imparting the finest of hospitality services to resort guests. His diverse experience in the hospitality industry makes it possible for him to get to the bottom of challenges and opportunities with little difficulty. His eye for detail, strong operations knowledge and motivation allows him to focus on result-oriented leadership.

Most of the time, adults say they are just here to watch. I always offer to give them my helmet and my board. I know that if I get people on the hill, they'll be the ones holding the board over their heads at the bottom.

Mike requested a meeting with the full board of directors, and I was happy to oblige. Mike has not told me exactly what it is he wants to say, or what he expects out of the meeting, but it will be useful to hear his side of a story that has obviously stirred up so much emotion.

Mr. (Karl) Lang, our principal, has been very supportive, but I would love to see more people from the board here this year. It is so important for these students. It really teaches them a lot. They learn what it takes to put something like this together, and it helps them to learn to present. Some students have to moderate sessions as well.

Ms. Kaczynski felt that management failed to keep the board informed of important issues facing the company or failed to do so in a timely fashion.

My job is to protect student's rights. As was dictated to me by the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the UIL states that when school boards rezone, the students are given the opportunity to go to their newly zoned school or stay at their old school.

Ben Kingsley

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.

The Prime Minister's comments have been unhelpful. He has no more right to call for the Telstra directors to talk up the interests of the company than the Telstra board has a right to talk down the interests of the company. The directors must tell it as they see it. If they are subsequently found to be misleading the market, they will be held accountable.

The P.R.I.D.E. board determines where (the money) goes. They allocate it.

Let Willamette's board deal with the consequences. This is a great time for Weyerhaeuser to be out looking for deals.

Ken Auletta

Let's concede that most journalistic enterprises need to make a profit, and to do that, they must be like supermarkets, offering a range of choices to their customers - international news, weather, sports, business, gossip, movie reviews and results of planning board meetings. But too often, journalistic supermarkets have become specialty stores,

Leslie worked hard on the boards and defensive end. But we have grown to expect that out of her.

Many of the skippers said it was more like sailing in a real regatta. Rarely do you get to use all three sails, but we did this time. The wind created havoc as all boats came to the line for the starting gun.

Many of the Board members have been out of school for 30, or even 40 years.

Scotty writes all checks and approves all checks. There is no board oversight.

See a problem; find a solution; then tell the company that this is the way it's going to be -- get on board or else.

So far this school year I've had 21 hearings at the board office with parents whose children had at least 20 absences.

Michael Ramsey

(She) took all the raw notes of all the meetings of the board. They're better than minutes. Board minutes are notoriously dry and empty. Her notes will have a lot more color.