Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Smith

I've been kind of all over this. It kind of sounded like he and the board went separate directions. I don't know what to give that to.

Darren Star

I've been on the board of UCLA Film and TV School, and I went to UCLA. I realized that the same movie theater that was there when I went to school, 30 years later is the same movie theater in the same condition. There was an opportunity to refurbish an existing room, and I jumped at the opportunity.

It would have been much easier for me to board up that house and walk away and file bankruptcy. But I am keeping hold of that property until I've turned over every stone.

It would require a vote from the board to do that, and I'm not sure where the funds would come from at this point. We don't have money in this year's budget that's not already spoken for.

I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer.

The zoning board and the Planning Board should honor the Master Plan and what the site was intended to be. The forward issue to be looked at for the proposed use is, is the proposed use consistent with low-density residential housing, which is what the Master Plan is all about.

Think about where they came from. They have an innate fear of water right now. The last thing they want to do is get on board a cruise ship that's in water.

Kelvin Sampson

We just gave them too many extra possessions. They kicked out butts on the boards and that doesn't happen very often.

We weren't making too many shots, but we crashed the boards hard. After the first quarter, we started substituting quite liberally and all of the kids got to play.

We weren't hustling for all 40 minutes. Everyone just tends to forget it; we still have to stay on the boards. Today, we definitely forgot to go to the boards every once in a while.

We weren't happy with that so our recommendation to the board was to reject those bids.

We were real encouraged about that. We just have to do better and play better. We don't have to go back to the drawing board or anything like that. It's more about getting on the details and executing our plays that we have. We're right there, we just have to keep going, that's all.

We missed some shots. I think that (Meadville) plays some very good defense. They controlled the boards in the first quarter. I thought they controlled the tempo. I'm sure Norm told them all week that the tempo had to be in their favor.

We missed a lot of inside shots and a lot of them early. You've got to be able to make those and we didn't. They really crashed the boards well. My timeouts were spent talking about boxing out.

Tim O'Brien

We will undertake a review of the project outlined by the governor and mayor and present a proposal to the M.T.A. board in the coming weeks.

David Perry

We will see on Friday how many people report it. People rarely report in when they miss the boat and get infected.

We welcome these new directors to our board and look forward to working with them to enhance long-term shareholder value.

What is the utilization rate? What is the optimum rate? I think those are the kinds of decisions the board is going to have to make.

Karen Peterson

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, ... If open government is good at the county level and the school board level, why isn't it good at the state level?

We had the intelligence data; there just was no system in place to intercept them as they were entering the country or as they were boarding the planes.

The public schools bring the community together and make it more vibrant. I feel that this is an excellent opportunity to serve the community by serving on the Board of Education.

Mike Birbiglia

When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling stories, so it would take a while for people to get on board for things.

When I read in the newspaper that he was going to Jacksonville, I'd have preferred that he at least talk with the board members first.

We do not just have camping; we have paddle boats, sail boats, row boats and canoes for rent. We also have hiking trails.

We felt their weakness was outside shooting and one of their strengths was crashing the boards and rebounding, so we decided to play a sagging 2-3 and win or lose with it. Luckily their shots didn't fall and we rebounded very well.

We felt that we needed to formalize the process for naming schools. The community has an opportunity to be involved. I personally think it has worked extremely well. . . . I hope that future boards will continue to use the same format.

We got some boards and played pretty good defense. We're just lucky that shot didn't go down at the very end.

We hired them to look at everything the School Board had, buildings, schools, everything. We wanted somebody from outside of Louisiana who could be totally objective.

We informed the government and UNITA of the flight details -- the flight path, the time, the number of people on board and the cargo.

We expect the board to review and give us a full accounting.

We expected to do well, and I think we executed what we wanted to do. Our goals were similar to last weekend -- definitely finding that internal boat character.

We don't usually create a new position at a board meeting.

We don't think that the fundamentals of the business have changed. Nothing can take the place of a board game in getting a family to sit down and interact with each other.