Famous Quotes & Sayings

Deborah Norville

The reason the board of directors voted to discontinue the program was for lack of national sponsors. I think it's a sad commentary on the world we live in today, if nowhere in this 500-channel, 24/7 broadcast day can they find room for a program that celebrates girls for being good.

The reason I didn't give the proposal to the board members at that time is because Gabe (Stine) wasn't there,

The organization has state offices and is also governed by a board of governors made up of teachers and university representatives from around the state.

Chris Neil

There is nothing on the tape that shows the Coast Guard in any way endangering the lives of those on board the vessel. The only ones who put those people's lives in jeopardy were the people at the controls of that boat.

There is not a Plan B. It's up to the board to tell us what the next steps are.

There is no sense of fairness or equity shown to teachers and it looks like the Board of Trustees only listens to district office administrators.

There is still a question mark on cricket as the board is yet to respond. Time is fast running out and if we don't get any word by December 31, cricket may not be there.

We've heard a couple things about how they hit the boards and play defense. But we hit the boards and play defense just like they do. We are just going to have to play our game.

We will be doing a moment of silence on board (the Queen of Prince Rupert). This is the first time a B.C. ferry will pass by the site of the sinking of the Queen of the North and our crew certainly want to recognize that.

We have a bulletin board where the principal from Biloxi is sending us pictures and new updates so we can see how improvements are made. The pictures really help and hit home.

We had to be patient on offense to spread out their zone and find the gaps, but we didn't do that. I don't know what the rebound total was, but they controlled the boards and that was the difference in the game.

Dan Brown

This was wonderful. I now had a sounding board and a travel partner on research trips ... She also served as a first pass set of eyes for new sections I was writing.

Vaclav Klaus

This week, we created a Board for the Temporary Administration of State Property that will look into selling government-owned assets.

Those two factors, when we sat down and went through it, helped the board decide that the responsible thing to do is the Proposition 39 bond, where we will pay less in interest and generate more in proceeds.

This was a very difficult decision for the board given Harry's strong performance, ... The board felt this was a right and necessary decision, given the circumstances. We have fought hard to restore our reputation.

This was a difficult decision that we did not take lightly. It involved all the members of our board and after much discussion we all came to the same conclusion: it was time to make a change and move forward with the next generation team under new leadership.

This was a big game and big two points for us. Of course we were looking at Atlanta. We saw the score on the board there at the top. It was a crazy game.

We got an incredible contribution from Bo. He was just everywhere defensively and on the boards in that fourth quarter.

We got a few runs on the board and Trey went to work and kept them off the bases. Everyone got up there and competed real well at the plate tonight.

Tom Nelson

We gained a ton of fan support this year in Richland and in Idaho. We're a family-oriented race team. The kids have really come on board with the Piranha boat with everybody has been standing up and cheering us on. That brings them to the pits, too.

We want to get the School Board involved with this, too, ... Only a very small part of this will be used as a substation.

We were on board and rolling as soon as we got into town. It's really surprising how it's gotten into my head. The more I do, the more I have fun with it.

We just felt it was our duty to serve on the boards we serve on. We knew that we were elected to perform these duties.

We just dug ourselves too big a hole in the first half. Coach (Pearl) puts defense and rebounding on the board before every game, and we haven't been able to do that consistently.

Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.

John Travolta

When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it.

We're told the feasibility study will be completed in February, so we wanted the board to hear from those who want the school to stay open.

We knew she was good. We didn't know she was that good. She was very, very aggressive. She crashed the boards very well. We didn't do a very good job rebounding.

We kept saying how important it was for us to get the boards and get good looks. I think we did a great job on that.

We thought it would make better understanding for those people (the board members) could represent.

We thought for sure Reynolds' board would fight this to remain independent, ... Frankly I didn't think this merger would take place. I'm just stunned.

Bruce Bowen

We thought about the way we played them last time at home, because when you get smacked at home, you don't like that. You go back to the drawing board and figure out what you can do to turn it around.

We think we need a new school even without annexation. And our board is thinking about presenting that (to the BMA) in about a month.