Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martha Beck

To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style.

We are delighted that Tom Benson decided to return to New Orleans and play the 2006 season in the Superdome. This was a very positive step in our rebuilding efforts and has already provided an enormous boost to the spirits of our community. Our group will work closely with the Saints to provide support at all levels -- selling suites and season tickets, identifying creative sponsorship arrangements, and generally working as hard as we can to help them succeed here.

That doesn't mean that competition is getting any less. It just means that companies have to turn inward to innovate in order to boost profits and customer satisfaction,

Joe Johnson

That definitely was an energy boost for me. I wanted to have a great performance to show I was worthy. I had a lot of fun tonight.

That effort just got a boost this week. I suspect they will all have Democratic challengers.

Tyler Smith

My main job is to play defense and set the guys up that need to be set up. Our whole team takes a lot of pride in playing defense. I knew we needed a defensive boost and we got it. So ...

Marissa's goal was a big boost to the team.

Winter is typically our slowest tourism season, so to have this caliber of event occur during the off-season was a tremendous boost for local businesses.

John Shelby

Winning the series would be a huge boost and show we can go to (NCAA) Regional and the College World Series.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

We were looking for a boost and he (Murray) did it for us. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be celebrating this win.

To extend the deals of these two influential squad members is a huge boost for the club.

Justin Turner

This will probably boost that number by 15 percent.

Infrastructure investment can boost economic growth and employment, and, in fact, it is fiscally neutral.

There are some pretty good underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy. A good Philadelphia Fed number will confirm the U.S. economy is solid and boost the dollar.

We've been inundated with complaints. This company is engaged in the worst kind of consumer fraud, preying on people's fears of rising natural gas prices and resorting to deception in order to boost sales.

We have put ourselves in a strong position and it is a big boost to have the pair back for the St Pat's game,

We've started to see a gradual improvement in the labor market, and that will slowly feed through to consumer spending and boost services more widely.

Gretchen Rubin

Take care of difficult calls or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating just makes it harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy.

With the Internet being such an essential business communication tool, the NB750 provides small and medium businesses with a safety net that is simple and cost-effective to implement, helps save money and boost productivity.

We're getting an oversold bounce. Telecoms are getting a boost because of the AT&T Wireless (news), ... Investors are going to buy those tech stocks that we're not necessarily worried about.

We're real excited about sending 11 to state. We also got a big boost from our junior varsity wrestlers, which is what you need to win a district championship.

We want to provide that service in a way that reduces our dependence on foreign oil, is less injurious to the environment, and really gives a boost to our local economy.

Wouldn't that be something? I think it be a terrific boost for both programs.

We've got a week to try and build a stronger squad than we have now. Things can change from day to day, and we are trying very hard to identify players who might improve us, and boost our play-off hopes.

Paul Hewitt

We've tried to remind him that he's a very good player and he can make plays for us. That's a nice boost for his confidence going into our last game.

We need to get off the oil dependence treadmill, we need to do it fast, and we need to start now. The single most important step we can take is to boost fuel economy standards significantly. Unfortunately, the Transportation Department's weak proposal shows that Washington lacks the will to face up to the problem and help solve it.

Sharpe has been playing well and has been consistently shooting in the low 50s all year. That was the boost that we needed today.

A pause by the Fed would give a temporary boost to stocks.

The labels really want to be able to boost up the price for downloads on new releases. The question is, are we at a time now that we want to experiment with variable pricing?

The joke was, how loud are the boos going to be if he didn't play today,

The merger will really boost bilateral trade opportunities for businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.

Once I got out on the floor I felt really good. Seeing my first two shots go down was definitely a boost of confidence.

The new equipment will give a much needed boost to the facilities within the school.