Famous Quotes & Sayings

As we head into the close of the year, I couldn't be more pleased with the overall health of the business,

A strong set of results to close out 2005.

As rates float higher, it's better to keep your money close to home and wait for better opportunities down the road.

As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly on what might be viewed as partisan or difficult issues, diminishes.

As you continue to either close or turn over these bases, it's just self-evident that there would be some reduced need for the American presence in those areas,

As you come closer to the deadline, we want to make sure there is some movement on it.

John Kufuor

as with many other member countries of the Fund, who are effectively managing their economies and recording sustained growth in a stable environment, we will continue our close collaboration with the Fund, and all the other international financial institutions.

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A smile is the most important expression a star can make. If the smile is a 200-watt smile, it's extraordinary. It's become a cosmetic necessity for the fancy folk. It's now more noticeable when you meet a star up close who doesn't have it.

John Searles

All my friends are female, I've edited for a magazine for young girls for 15 years, I relate to women, and I'm very, very close to my younger sister.

A big and disappointing loss to close out a tough week. This is always a game I personally look forward to, having graduated from and having played for A-B. We out-hit them by a 9-5 margin, but left 11 runners on base. We left the tying run on in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

Jonathan Coe

A biographer has to get as emotionally close to his/her subject as possible: otherwise the writing won't come to life at all.

A big thing is that we have to be able to stay off our backs. And we've got to get someone to close the door and get that pin that we need.

The more you lose close games, the easier it is to lose close games. We would like to turn that around. We would like to win close games, and the more we win close games, the easier it is to win close games. To do that, we had to make some changes. I feel very strongly about that.

The more we do things that are positive and happy, the closer we get.

Tommy Bowden

A coach doesn't get giddy. The excitement from a coaching perspective is if we can get those guys to make improvement. And it's not like a lot of improvement because we were close in the four games we lost. We can get better.

A close relative is one you see occasionally between family funerals.

A closed window isn't as efficient as a locked window.

Jim Calhoun

It's just going to happen because of the parity. It's getting closer and closer. Every year I maintain, you're going to see more upsets.

This event was always going to be very, very close and that's the way it's shaping up. It's going to be flat out all the way to the finish.

This can't go on any longer. Any tactics to delay... anything that does not close this chapter... is unacceptable. They could have done this six months ago.

This all but closes the door for a breakthrough in U.S.-Iran relations.

Charles Schumer

This administration has been far too close for far too long to the Saudi ruling family, a family that has supported terrorism for over a decade.

This acquisition will get us close to $500 million in sales next year.

Warren Spector

Third-person camera is way harder than I even imagined it could be. It is the hardest problem in video game development. Everybody gets it wrong. It's just a question of how close to right do you get it.

Jeff Byrd

Third, and probably the most critical factor, is the hospitality of the people of this region. They are the most welcoming people in NASCAR, which is mandated because we've only got 6,000 hotel rooms and we will have close to 200,000 people here. The police say there are 20,000 to 30,000 people camped or parked around here without tickets.

They should have closed the garage. Lives would have been saved, and 1,000 people would not have been hurt.

Jacques Chirac

They sent an unmistakable signal of freedom, ... which in turn made closer European integration possible.

They were driving too fast and too close to each other, and on top of that, they start to look over to see what the officers were doing.

Chris Russo

They were disappointed. To come that close and not get the win was tough.

This is about the fourth game in a row where Thomas has pulled down a double-double or close to one.

Robert Mathis

This is about the closest thing you can get to Sturgis (South Dakota) in Washington.

This is about the closest I've seen the House and Senate. It really bodes well for our local projects.