Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Friedman

There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.

Irwin M. Jacobs

While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op student, and that turned out to be very valuable because we'd go out every other term to work in industry and have that close association with industry.

Gail Carson Levine

I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.

The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown.

Yuri Milner

We monitor close to 50 companies globally that can be potential investment opportunities. I'd like to see DST as a significant global investment company in the Internet arena.

Vanessa Hudgens

My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.

Vanessa Hudgens

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

Billy Graham

Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.

Billy Graham

It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.

Yehuda Berg

A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It's about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.

Colm Meaney

I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for.

Etel Adnan

Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case.

Don Shula

The 347 wins is the thing I'm most proud of. Nobody's even close to it.

We stepped up our defense and stopped fouling. We've been a little sluggish, but we played a lot better. The second half of this game prepares us real well. It prepares us for close situations.

We stay pretty close to home now. No more shooting acts, or Wild West shows up north like we used to. I'm more of a historian now.

We stayed in that offensive muck that we had in the second quarter. The difference was that we stayed close in the first half by playing good defense and rebounding well.

We start from eighth place in the constructors' championship, any improvement is satisfying and we have to make as big a step as we can. I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

We started with some givens at the time. For example, one of those was that we didn't want to close a school. Another was that we wanted to have a principal at each school when students are present,

We'd like to have played better in the second game (12-4 loss), but we'll take a split. Winning the first game today makes it a little easier as far as getting in the playoffs. It's one win closer to getting in the (Region XIV) tournament.

We were about done riding. He wanted to do another round, a mile or so. He was getting close to having 600 miles on his bike.

We were able to use some of our younger players and enabled Mason (City) to make a close match with the score 5-4.

We definitely kept it close with our defense. We pitched well, our outfield played the wind great, and we made some great plays in the infield also.

We definitely have to get better. We know we're not playing as well as we should. We're getting close to where we want to be.

We don't hesitate to close funds when we need to.

We don't have very many skill players ... that's a big loss. We have to close ranks and keep marching.

We don't know exactly what the storm is going to look like. But we're going to keep a close watch for any spots that might be in danger.

Brett Myers

We work quite closely with the WSU Police and Pullman Police. Unfortunately, due to the lack of resources, a lot of times we end up playing firemen on drug cases, reacting to what has already happened. WSU had a problem and that problem is not getting any better.

Pat Buchanan

We worked very closely with the nominating committee ... We followed exactly their instructions,

We worked very closely with major foundries in Taiwan and the U.S. to identify their most important, next-generation modeling requirements. These customers told us that process characterization is on the critical path to their success. Today's announcement emphasizes our significant and ongoing investment in device modeling. And what's really exciting is that these customers are responding by standardizing on our flow.

We worked through the government scandals and closed a few contracts in the fourth quarter of 2004.

We worked hard every day and during every practice to get back here. We didn't just want to get back and get close and lose. We had it working this year, we prepared a little different and we were ready.

We worked closely with Microsoft over the last year to get next-generation devices that satisfied the consumer.

We work closely with the police department. We're an extra set of eyes and ears for them.