Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gordon Brown

But today, countries like ours will only be able to compete if we move up a gear into the high-tech, the high skilled, the value-added products and processes, the difference between being in a race to the bottom and a race to the top.

Camilo Villegas

Hopefully, I'll be ready to meet Michelle and play well. It's going to be a great experience. I know there will be a lot of people. I know there will be a lot of distraction. But the bottom line is there's 18 fairways and 18 greens, and you have to hit them.

His bottom line is to win. He don't care about the points. His goal is to get to Jackson.

China also is going well for us, particularly now that we have the market covered from the bottom to the top.

By using data from their threat-tracking efforts, the CIO can demonstrate how I.T. investment impacted the bottom line in terms of cost savings.

But it's also a bottomless pit for story ideas.

But I keep telling you guys, he's got a lot of guys around him that make him look good. That's the bottom line.

Industrial output does show we are still in a slowdown, but it does show we may be nearing the bottom of a slowdown. We are still not out of woods yet. January was a slow month, but we could see some brightening of prospects after the first half of this year.

Henry David Thoreau

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.

Nicholas Kristof

Inequality causes problems by creating fissures in societies, leaving those at the bottom feeling marginalized or disenfranchised.

James Toney

I'm the heavyweight champion of the world. That's bottom line,

I'm not sure there is a bottom line in that sense, ... Continued discussion and dialogue on these important subjects, a whole range on subjects, is important.

I'm hoping that because we've gone through virtually a whole month of selling, we'll be in a position to get a good bounce off of the bottom of the trading range.

If the promotions are planned then we can expect retailers to hit their numbers. It's a question of if the promotions were unplanned, what does that do to the bottom line?

Brad Wilkerson

If people have problems with people not wanting to win, he needs to tell them and not send it through you guys, ... That's the bottom line. We need to take care of it within our team.

If people want to guarantee their survival, then this is what they need. It's easy to wear, it's affordable, and it does what it says on the tin. I know I'll have one and my friends will have one. It's about self-preservation - that's the bottom line.

I like to win, so right now, I am just thinking about the loss. So saying I am happy that we just got here is a bunch of baloney. The bottom line is, we have to play better to win. But I will tell you this: We are in the hunt. We have 70 sophomores and freshmen on our team. We have a chance to build this program as long as we keep battling.

Steve Kinser

I just pretty much worked the bottom all night. It had some moisture down there. I started going into the middle of Turns 3 and 4 and the middle of Turns 1 and 2 to get some lapped cars, but other than that I just hung down low.

Ben Crenshaw

I just plain did not execute. That's the bottom line.

Keith Hernandez

I really think this town is ready to embrace this team like they did the one in '86. It's early, but if they keep this going, it's going to be a special season. New Yorkers know when guys are out there busting their butts and playing good baseball. They aren't guys looking to hit the three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to get the headline.

Bob Iger

I remain rather sobered by the experience that the music industry had. The bottom line is that they were not in tune with that their customers wanted and what the world was demanding of them. And I think it hurt them significantly.

I'll play the platoon role if I have to, but I'm going to go out and play as hard as I can to try and win that job for sure. I think everyone will say that, too. If it's for the good of the team, I'm willing to do it. I want to win, and that's the bottom line.

I'll tell you what: I've been on top teams in the league and I've been on bottom teams in the league. And I haven't been on a team that has a better locker room. Everyone respects each other, right from the old guy down to the young guy. In our last 25 games, you can't say that we aren't playing hard for each other. We are playing hard; we're just not getting the job done. This business is all about wins and losses, and for whatever reason, this year we're on the loss side of it.

In these playoff situations, teams can put too much pressure on themselves or get too casual and they can get knocked off. But we didn't, and that's the bottom line. We came out focused and got the job done.

In this league that's a hard thing to do. We didn't get it done, but the bottom line is we got the win.

E. O. Wilson

I hit the bottom of the ball, and it did keep carrying. I'll take it, though.

Josh McCown

I hope that I showed that I managed the game and played well enough that people can have confidence in me, ... But the bottom line is you've got to win. That's my goal. That's what I want to change." ()

I have to give credit to Tampa Bay, they did a great job of hitting the ball. But the bottom line is, our offense overcame my poor start and I'll be able to sleep tonight because of that.

Hey man, you gotta believe. That's the bottom line. You set your sights on the moon; if you miss it you grab a few stars.

B. F. Skinner

He still had some room down there at the bottom and I knew he'd race me clean, ... I was trying to do anything I could to break his momentum.

Matt Hasselbeck

He sets the standard really high, especially at the quarterback position and he isn't going to settle for anything less. Bottom line is he just wants you to do things his way and if you do that, things will work out and he will be happy and you won't have that friction as long as things are going well. It isn't all the on the quarterback but you just have to make it right.

Martin Brodeur

He's the icon of hockey. That's the bottom line.

Ricky Carmichael

He's just a great rider, bottom line. It just takes me a little longer to get going. You've got to give it up to him for sure.