Famous Quotes & Sayings

Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.

Kevin Williamson

I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad.

When I looked at film of Thursday's game, they did some things that really gave us trouble but they just missed shots. They were sending a lot of guys to the offensive board and (Mike) Hill was getting a lot of offensive penetration.

P. J. O'Rourke

When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches.

When the MTA tells us to begin, we will begin. The boat is there and we are ready.

Rabih Alameddine

When the Lebanese Civil War started in 1975, I was 15. I was shipped to boarding school in England and, after that, to UCLA.

We won't have enough observers for all the boats to fish at the same time.

O Nanak, the Boat of Truth will ferry you across; contemplate the Guru. Some come, and some go; they are totally filled with egotism.

Old tin toys, old radios. He has little soldiers, old board games, transistor radios, luggage, classic luggage. We have way more than what we could put in this studio so we could do this studio many times over with his collections.

Some are just going to tie up their boats and try to find something else.

Should he leave, the board would conduct a nationwide search for his replacement. In the interim, we'll have to appoint someone to pick up his duties.

She would receive whatever the board wants to give her at that time, plus her retirement. Potentially, it's a $300,000 package.

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.

James Larkin

We're looking to get more wins on the board and get a better seeding in the states. We'd also like to get back into the Shorelines. We took a year off from that last season.

We're looking forward to the games getting started, and that's what we're focused on now. We don't have a lot of say in what happens between the city, the school board and the developers.

We're having an internal discussion with the Christ Hospital board and hoping to resolve the issues internally.

Tom Sullivan

This proposed contract raises a lot of questions. The board should reject this contract.

There are two reasons we need to sell more land. Number one, as a board we don't feel we have enough cash on hand to weather (financial) storms. Number two, there is a reserve requirement.

We decided to come out early because the board confirmed the details yesterday and we wanted to inform the market on a timely basis.

Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.

We've been in the same boat for a while. We just have to keep winning.

We thought we'd put runs on the board early in the game but we didn't. (Vince) could have lost composure, and the team could have lost composure, but they didn't.

We really haven't set up a time-frame to do it, ... To be honest, the board hasn't sat down and said here's what we're going to do.

We're an inside-oriented team right now, so I think if we don't control the inside the way that I hope we would, then I think were going to have trouble. I think we've at least held our own with them on the boards in the first two games. The first game we actually dominated them on the boards.

Chris Connelly

We heard from a lot of parents around Christmas who were concerned about this. And the congresswoman told them to contact their local school boards and local officials and make their voices heard.

We hope to make it a real success and get people on board to have a fun and fit holiday.

The creation of the special committee reflects the serious commitment by all of our trustees to ensure that the J. Paul Getty Trust, its board and each of its members and employees meets all legal requirements as well as the highest ethical standards while carrying out the trust's mission,