Famous Quotes & Sayings

Troy Polamalu

There's rule changes every year. I do wish, however, that the NFL did have a voice from the players' side, whether it's our players' union president, or team captains, or our executive committee on the players' side. Because we're the guys that realize the risk; we're the guys on the field.

David Blunkett

Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will.

We have made a lot of changes here. We felt those changes were necessary.

We have listened to our fans, owners and players and made some significant scheduling changes for the 2006 WTT season. By moving the WTT Finals to immediately after the conclusion of the regular season we keep the momentum moving forward for the teams, improve the overall scheduling for the players and keep our fans happy by not having a major gap between the end of the season and the championship weekend.

Right after he got sick, he was really passionate about wanting to have a child. When you deal with the possibility of death, your perspective changes so quickly. You realize what's important.

People who wait for changes to occur on the outside before they commit to making changes on the inside will never make any changes at all.

Ralph Nader

People want positive politics demonstrating changes and reforms instead of the politics of personality and personal acrimony enveloped in sterile media forays about the tactics of the day.

People wanted mapping to be more integrated in their search. This really changes the local search paradigm.

Personnel changes happen. That's just the reality of the league.

Robert Parker

Personally, I'm happy to get a tax cut, ... But when I look at how much the war on terrorism is costing and the other large items out there, like changes to Medicare, I am watching it. Worried is too strong a word, but I am concerned.

Arthur Hertzberg

Nobody is in the process of making any changes that we can be specific about.

David Walker

On the path that we're headed on today, either there have to be dramatic changes in entitlement programs and other federal spending, or dramatic tax increases to close the fiscal gap.

One of the real transformations is that it seems to me that for some people it dramatically changes the way that they're sports fans and the way that they watch games and the way that they interact with their fascination with sports.

I was hunting (for a hotel chain) which continually changes and upgrades its standards as the industry changes. We won't use the Days Inn name until we're finished (with the renovations). But we're about two-thirds of the way through.

I was surprised that second game took as long as it did. We were trying to get everyone in, but later we had to make some changes to get the right personnel in the game.

Mother has seen a lot of changes to the city over the past years. This plaza is the final piece of what she helped to start.

Moving from the headwaters in Colorado, the salt concentration changes from a few parts per million to thousands of parts per million.

Moving a runner 90 feet makes quite a difference in a game. It changes decision-making and depth of infielders. The big thing is the introduction of it to everyone. They've really taken to it.

Men's fashion definitely changes less than women's. Guys are looking to Hollywood, as well.

My feeling is at least the first half of the year will be below-normal precipitation. We might see changes in that by the late summer and fall.

Mark McNulty

My first six tournaments haven't been good, so I made a couple of changes with my swing. I'm happy to shoot a 68.

Andy Roddick

My first-serve percentage was up where I wanted to be and that totally changes the dynamic of a match. All the important stats were good.

George Hamilton

Network managers need to be more application-aware. As you move toward service-oriented architectures and Web services, the management changes pretty dramatically, and there isn't the tight coupling between the application and the infrastructure. It's more dynamic, and the network has more impact on the performance of those applications.

One- and two-day high-performance driving programs (available in a variety of states) teach defensive driving as well as the car-control skills that professional drivers possess. Topics include downshifting, emergency lane changes and road etiquette.

Paul Wolfowitz

one hopes each time you get a success like that, not only to have gotten rid of somebody dangerous, but to have imposed changes in their tactics and operations and procedures.

Dick Vermeil

Obviously we weren't getting it done going in the direction we were going. We had to make some changes and spend some money and when we went after somebody we had to get them. We've gone after defensive players before and didn't get them. This year we got a few of them.

Obviously, we're not doing a good job out there on the field, consistently. Probably, at the end of the year, I'll express myself, because there's a lot of changes that need to be made. But I don't want to go into it right now.

Of all the changes we could make, the one with regard to home-versus-away games is one that your gut tells you should be incorporated, ... How we do that and in what proportions is yet to be determined, but I think it's fair to say that most people's intuition is that there ought to be some weighting for road wins.

Of course I hate it, ... The changes are likely to ruin the game. They've made a scoring system that doesn't exist.

None of us played any good, to be honest. When the wind picks up, the golf course changes immensely.

None of us played any good, to be honest. The wind picked up, the golf course changes immensely. I was just a little quick. I don't know whether it was the wind or nerves or whatever it was.

None of these changes were influenced by anyone.

Buddy Bell

My expectations aren't real high for the first week to 10 days. We're just letting them get used to changes we've made. We did some good things.