Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Shelton

We project it to go to 60 to 70 million board feet by '07.

We probably didn't talk about Chris for the first two months and then on one of our (team evaluation) calls in early December, the name was brought up and everyone jumped on board with it. He played himself on this team.

We pretty much had a 10-point lead until midway through the fourth quarter. They got a run on us. We got some key boards and knocked down the free throws.

Ted Naifeh

The first 'Polly and the Pirates' is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she's the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood.

Scott Weiss

Being on a board is not just about showing up for the meetings. A board member needs to materially contribute to the success of the business.

Tom Brokaw

I was on the board of the Mayo Clinic. I was diagnosed there, and I could pick up the phone and get a hold of whoever I wanted to. What I learned is that you really have to get proactive and manage your case.

Al Sharpton

When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.

Marcus Giles

When a team comes out and gets a little momentum like that, I think it's very imperative to come out and throw a crooked number up on the board the next half inning. It's a quick momentum shift back to our side. Once we got that shift, it just seemed like we held it from there.

We have made a very strong board decision on that issue.

Vladimir Kramnik

In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

Mark Siegel

Right now, each company has its own board and then there is a separate board that governs the joint venture. Now it will just be part of one company, with one set of share owners, and that's going to make decisions a whole lot easier.

Phil has done a tremendous job and we're glad to have him back on board another season. It's something we talked about a lot, his contribution to our success.

Ninety percent of board members said they were there to make a difference in the organization.

James Lind

On the 20th of May, 1747, I took twelve patients in the scurvy on board the Salisbury at sea. Their cases were as similar as I could have them.

Leslie Phillips

One of the board members came up to a co-worker and myself after the meeting and said 'Your union should have come up with this proposal two months ago,' ... Two months ago they told us it was a rumor so why would we have given them a proposal?

Kevin Hall

One of the questions is: Is the board structure really the most effective structure for the system in times of crisis?

One of the problems we've experienced is dealing with parents who want to start paying for their child's education when they're juniors and seniors in high school. The College Board has tried to develop, through our web site, extensive planning tools such as a free scholarship locator and current college tuition costs.

I was spending most of my summers in Greece when I was a little girl, and at boarding school my first room-mate was Greek, so I guess I kind of had that Greek destiny.

I was real proud of the way we came back and put four runs on the board in those last two innings. Tyler came in and did a great job for us.

Jared Harris

I was stuck in boarding school when I was seven years old and I knew that the only way to get out was to go pass your exams, so I studied.

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.

My impressions are that the board has decided that they can do what they want to without input from the membership, that they feel like they're under no supervision otherwise (and) that they're free to do whatever they want to.

Paula Creamer

My main goal is to be the No. 1 American and the No. 1 player in the world. If an American is on top of the leader board every week, it will bring more people into the game of golf.

One of the things the board has to do is be nimble. They have to be able to turn on a dime. Being able to be nimble and responsive is going to be one of the primary characteristics of the board.

Mike Fitzpatrick

No one has come to any conclusions, and certainly the school board has not considered all the possibilities and the cost. For that reason, these working numbers should not be considered final or even that it will be the cost. It may be much lower.

No one on this board knew what was going on,

One year gives the board a chance next January to decide if they want to go outside.

Julie Miller

One thing that I have learned from this (negotiations) is that I would like better communication between the board and staff.

My experience is that entrepreneurs who have taken the step to form a board of directors are serious about growth.

D. J. Cotrona

I did the 'Justice League' thing the wrong way. I read too much on the Internet. You can't do that. The Internet is the devil. Or the Internet is not the devil - the comment boards are the devil.

Karen Finerman

I have been able to have a family and to dedicate quality time to my two sets of twins and my husband, as well as to serve on the boards of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and Montefiore Medical Center.

We are here to communicate with the board members, who we don't think are listening to us. My personal opinion is this is a power play.