Famous Quotes & Sayings

We wanted to make sure the crowd saw them come in. We decided to capitalize on it. When they saw him, the place went into a frenzy. It gave us a spark and we went off from there.

We have to limit our own mistakes and capitalize on their mistakes. When two good teams are playing each other, you've got to be sharp mentally. Every trip counts.

We're very pro-education here. Anything that can enhance human capital in our community makes us more salable to employers.

Usually when you get field goals and you don't get touchdowns, it comes back to haunt you later in the game. Sure enough, it did. That just shows you that you really have to capitalize when you get that opportunity.

Pierre Omidyar

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time.

While capital spending has been the main driver of growth, we're going to see the consumer start to play a larger role. Growth led by consumer spending will increase the stability of the recovery.

Rob Patterson

We're certainly expecting a pretty solid result and potentially a capital return of that quantity.

John Marshall

We really wanted to get to the goal. We took some shots, but probably not as many as we wanted to. Don't get me wrong, we had plenty of shots on goal, but we just didn't capitalize on them.

We really need to focus as much capital as feasible in rebuilding the roadway. We had a toll increase in 2004, and we had a commitment that every penny of that money would go into improvements in the road.

We really need to cut down on our own mistakes, use our heads, and start playing with discipline. Our success is predicated off of our defense. When we complete our tackles and capitalize on our opponent's mistakes, our offense benefits.

We can use this capital as a springboard for making ourselves into global institutions.

We can use evidence of homicides committed in other jurisdictions, because under the Virginia statute we aren't trying those other crimes, we're using those other crimes to elevate our crime into the capital murder section,

We can undertake a great number of capital projects and keep the tax rate at 63 cents.

We are the only major capital city in the world that doesn't have a jazz festival. It's a shame to me. This is the nation's capital. Jazz was invented in this country.

We played them really well, actually. We gave them a good run. We just didn't capitalize on some of our chances that we had.

We played very well, but we didn't capitalize on some big opportunities we had.

We had lots of chances. But we never pulled the trigger. That's been the story of the last four or five games. We haven't been able to capitalize on our chances.

Geoff Jenkins

We had him on the ropes. We needed to capitalize on that, get at least one run.

Ryan Smyth

We had ample opportunity to capitalize and we never did,

Miami was coming off of a tough loss and I thought if we got that doubles point we would have a lot of momentum. We couldn't capitalize on that momentum and that's unusual for us.

We just weren't able to capitalize on some of the mismatches we had created. They had a lot of three-point shots that opened it up for them.

We have one staff person. We have one investigator. We have no capital case defense lawyers, no office, no telephones, no computers.

We just couldn't finish our shot and capitalize on our opportunities.

You'll see increased capital spending. Even if oil does go to $50 a barrel, these companies are going to show net earnings growth year over year.

Winners capitalize and losers shake their heads and wait for next week,

The acquisition of LCI International was completed in just 88 days, and the integration of the two companies is progressing very well, with operating and capital synergies expected to be better than originally announced.

Guillermo Coria

That was the key point. There was everything in this match, a lot of turnarounds, but I knew how to capitalize on my chances.

That was big tonight, coming out focused and not letting them get a lead. Capital picked up the tempo and got into an up-and-down game.

Rick Carlisle

That's a tough one. It was a tough way to get a lead then lose it. They kept playing. They kept coming. I thought we tried. We just didn't capitalize on our opportunities.

Mark Thompson

We made excellent progress in 2005 by improving our management of the distribution channel, reducing inventories throughout the supply chain and reducing our capital spending and ultimately depreciation expense.

We have a very constructive view on China: We like the economic story and we like the real estate story. We have a very deep pipeline and there are a lot of things going on. I wouldn't be surprised if we invest this year as much capital in China as we do in Japan.

We haven't been able to get (DNA) in most of the capital cases. In 75 percent of the cases we take on, we can't do DNA because the evidence has been lost or destroyed,

Samuel Johnson

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.