Famous Quotes & Sayings

That news, combined with Rocco's great work ethic and dedication to his rehabilitation, gave us the confidence to make this deal.

J. C. Watts

Everything has changed; my tone, my harmonics, my technique and control of my horn, ... It's all part of my evolution as a jazz musician, that combined with the fact I now perform regularly and practice two to three hours a day and more, when possible.

Even though she was starting 24 out of a field of 30 she never gave in, with each of her runs faster than the run before. Jessica ended up finishing 14th in the slalom with a combined time of 68.97 seconds. This combined with her score of 55.99 in the giant slalom gave her a combined final score of 124.96 seconds. Jessica finished 15th overall, just missing the cut for Team Connecticut by a little over two seconds. Still, it was quite an accomplishment going from 24th place to 15th place in a highly competitive field.

Kent Conrad

It's the combination of massive tax cuts combined with massive spending on Iraq and Katrina when we already weren't able to pay our bills,

It's the reason I haven't thought about what-ifs. I've really liked watching the guys come together. This is a new team. We have very professional people. You take the professionalism and the way they combined their personalities, and it's fun to watch.

It's the power of the brand, combined with their judgment and creativity, that makes Budweiser successful.

Importantly for the Fed, the pace of real consumer spending slowed in March, and combined with early forecasts for lower vehicle and retail sales for April, suggests there is some scope for slower growth in the second quarter,

Chris Campbell

A number of factors have combined to make outsourcing one of the fastest growing federal market segments over the past several years.

Any kind of combined is cool. I think the super combined is pretty good because it's just a one-run slalom and it gives the speed skiers a better chance. I think the super-combined is something that will stay. For me, it's better than the normal combined with the two-run slalom.

A new pavement, combined with a new tire, that shorter run is a safe way to do it.

Connie Mack

An outfield composed of Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of DiMaggio, Musial and Ted Williams.

Sales growth combined with slower store growth implies commercial takes a larger role.

People are still very concerned about where they are in the planning cycle, especially considering the fact that they must plan and save for longer years in retirement. Increased longevity, combined with concerns over retirement savings, have created a new retirement reality for many people.

There's enough talent there on defense, combined with what they have coming back on offense, to win the whole enchilada.

There was a lot of pent-up energy and a lot of pass holders were eager to get out, combined with holiday crowds.

As we see it today, we would expect the core group to deliver a combined operating ratio of around 95% in 2006.

A strong ZEW survey, combined with rising EU labor costs for the fourth quarter, due on Friday, should help support ECB rate expectations and the currency.

They were combined into one task force to prevent duplication of effort.

Michael Drayton

It is too early to put a final loss figure on the event, but the combined insured losses from winds and flooding could reach 500 million pounds.

There were concerns that the weighting of prior offences when combined with carryover points may become excessive.

There were a number of factors that combined to make that less an optimum situation. Those are all reversed now. Everything's different this time. ... We're pleased it's not the same sort of situation.

You need to understand how incentives work in organizations, how options are priced, combined with the complexities of the latest financial techniques. But you need to make it work in the real world...That's the gap we really want to bridge.

Jorma Ollila

For the combined Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, we now have an estimated device market share of well over 30%.

I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen.

Combined with the international marketing and regulatory expertise of large pharmaceuticals, it can be incredibly valuable.

Combined with the fact that today's retail sales data point to a surge in July personal consumption, this means that the consumer entered Q3 with substantial momentum.

Combined with other economic data we've seen recently, it's safe to say the Japanese economy is maintaining its upward trajectory.

Carly Fiorina

combined to spoil what could have been a very good quarter.

Jorge Sampaio

combined the public exposure it received from its musical success with the protection of humanitarian causes.

The main reason for this decline is the stagnation in 'capture fish' production combined with a fast-growing population.

All of that combined gave us the impetus to do it.

The combined size of this market makes it a tempting target.

Andrew MacDonald

The combined effect of the number of counts that we were dealing with in this case, resulted in the sentence being longer than any others that have been previously been imposed.