Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Burnett Tylor

The Indian fig trees sent down from every branch suckers, like smooth strings, which rooted themselves in the ground to draw up more water.

(The district tournament) is just as important as ever. We don't want to get a low seed and end up on the same side of the bracket as St. Mike's.

The distribution of cards through third-party vendors is starting to take hold. They will be able to expand their brand and reach, improving market share.

Alta Vista will be okay. It's a brand name, people recognize it and CMGI can group its technology offerings together and really provide Alta Vista a boost.

Ah! never shall the land forgetHow gushed the life-blood of her brave --Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet,Upon the soil they fought to save.

Ah! never shall the land forget How gushed the life-blood of her brave -- Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save.

You want to have a brand stand for something. In order to do that, you have a point of view, and some will feel differently about that.

E. P. Thompson

You will not see a Wal-Mart branch in a Wal-Mart store.

You've got to be brave to oppose a champion but she is not over the line.

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: / Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.

Tom Baker

The road to freedom is paved with grave markers of brave men and women, who gave their lives for their country, never to come marching home, except in the hearts of the loved ones they left behind".

These are important policy issues that we have to get straight between our two branches of government, and the decision today is a big step in the wrong direction.

John Sullivan

These kids train their brains out, and that's why they're all here. Everyone who ran tonight really ran well.

These kids live in the same communities and hang out, so the intensity will be there. They're playing not just for state but for personal bragging rights, so everybody's coming to play.

These guys (the Irish) can light you up quick. Quarterback Brady Quinn can hurt you, and they have some weapons. But we have some weapons too.

This is our first step in connoisseurship for cigarettes. The lounge is all about introducing the brand. We looked at how connoisseurship started in other categories, like wine, coffee and chocolate. There's always a place for the full brand immersion experience.

This is my first movie, so it's pretty overwhelming to see all those characters that were living in my own fevered little brain suddenly 30 feet tall,

Kevin Hall

This is a great platform from which the governor can brag about the results.

A long time ago, people used to brag about reserves. It's all about reserves.

William Shakespeare

All is but toys: renown, and grace, is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of

All international brands have a responsibility to work together to improve the ARR, and towards reaching the Ministry of Tourism target of US$80 and beyond.

Eric Jensen

.....the research on the brain does not validate that we are singularly processing input or learning with a single sensory input.

Eric Jensen

We are social beings and our brains grow in a social environment.

Eric Kandel

The brain is a complex biological organ of great computational capability that constructs our sensory experiences, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and control our actions.

Eric Bogosian

The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

The hotel will not be a franchise hotel. At this point, the U of I will be the brand of the hotel.

The hotel business is on fire. I mean, you look at every major city, and the Four Seasons continues to widen its gap over Ritz-Carlton and other premium brands that are out there. But the reality is, you know, the stock is trading at a huge valuation multiple, over 20 times cash flow.

Paul Wright

The hotel already has a good reputation and the new brand will see extensive investment to bring it up to the standard expected of a top-quality Holiday Inn hotel.

John Battelle

The home phone is relatively cheap, incredibly reliable, and - if you buy the right phone - will work for years without replacement. Oh, and far as I can tell, a home phone won't give you brain cancer. In a perfect world, the hard line should have become a platform for building out an entire app ecosystem for the home. And yet... it didn't.

The flashing lights, the change of colors. It has a hypnotic sense to it. The brain has no sense of time, so people can sit in front of a screen for hours watching pornography.

Jim Haslett

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to figure out that we want to play where we practice, ... We'd prefer to play in Louisiana, of course. But that's not going to happen this year. We'd like to play in the Superdome, but that's not possible. So we'd prefer to be here, so we can see our families on Saturday. We don't see a lot of them during the week.