Famous Quotes & Sayings

You jump off the ladder and hopefully you land on the boat. But when you make the jump, there's no guarantee the boats won't do something unexpected.

J. Taylor

You have a series of old boats, you have some very new expensive boats and we can't control the price of fuel.

Within six months of getting the green light from the board and commission we will be up and running.

The whole thing has to be taken to the school board. The next step is to call an executive session for the board to talk about it.

The waves were so big and the wind was so strong that we couldn't keep the (escort) boat with the swimmer and that made it unsafe to continue.

The waves were coming over the boat and it was cold and very wet.

The water is the same on both sides of the boat

The vets on board were initially cautiously optimistic that it was healthy and could be released. But that has been replaced by pessimism as its condition deteriorates rapidly.

The ride was fantastic, nearly all the boats were doing 30 knots, the sun was shining, you can't wish for anything better for sailing.

The sale of the building is truly a milestone for our organization. It's been the goal of the board to get out of the landlord business." ()

The Scottish Ambulance Service board has systematically failed to implement systems to ensure compliance with minimum statutory requirements.

Marcus Trescothick

The score they (Australia) put on the board was a good total and they put a lot of pressure on us when we batted,

The scores are terrible. From a board perspective, it's very frustrating to look at these scores and not see changes.

The school board is going to have to make a decision about how to turn these failing schools around.

The role of the board and the community manager is to clearly explain their roles so there are clear expectations, not false expectations.

I've seen teachers label just about everything in the classroom. And they'll put up a bulletin board that represents the different cultures in their classroom. That makes the child feel accepted.

I've told the shelter board to use the funds as they see fit, as this is the most difficult time of year for their daily operating budget.

I've never worked with a contract and feel very confident in my abilities and skills to do this job. If the board would decide they do not want me here tomorrow, I would probably be under the same impression of not wanting to be here. I just don't see that happening.

William Douglas

I've often thought that if our zoning boards could be put in charge of botanists, of zoologists and geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such planning than we have when we leave it to the engineers.

It would be a pure embarrassment for Disney's board to do something like that, ... I doubt they would do that. They'd better not.

It would be reprehensible to us if they went back to being an all-white board. We understand that people are going to take issue with us pushing diversity but are those other 25 seats (on the board of commissioners) guaranteed to whites?

Joshua Slocum

It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing.

It was very physical, but I like playing that way. They were a little smaller team, so we just tried to use our size, but they crashed the boards pretty hard.

It was very disappointing for us, but not like it was for some of my other colleagues who are halfway through a project and have research technicians and students on board who are now scrambling to find something to do.

There's just no way that the modern canvassing board in Pinellas County can influence an election. It's just about impossible.

There's only 12 teams still alive, and we're one of them. But now it's lose and you go home. We're in the same boat as everybody else.

There's nothing very controversial in this board meeting at all. The university is running very, very well.

There's nothing mean about it. It's just facts. The members of the board need to be held accountable for what has happened. The people in charge have wrecked this company.

I started by bringing up the retirement issue in a player meeting. Then I brought it up in a telephone conversation with the plan administrator. Then I had a personal sit-down meeting with a tour liaison. Then I called two policy board directors. Then I went to my state senator, John McCain. Then I flew to Washington DC and spent a month all over Capitol Hill, where I got two meetings with the Senate finance committee's tax counsel.

I see this as an opportunity for unification of the community. It's our opportunity as members of the school board to cease the moment.

Steve Katz

I see multi-million boats out there all the time,

Richard Grasso

I shared with the board of directors ... that, with the deepest reluctance and if the board so desired, I would submit my resignation,

I've been working with boards for over 20 years and they make decisions for many reasons,