Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Marshall

We are concerned about development on Hackett Hill, and they're concerned about commercial development around 3A.

Farrah Fawcett

You know what I would love? I would love to be one of those actresses who can come out with a film or come out with a new commercial without the world knowing about it.

America Ferrera

I remember being a kid, and if you had to pee, well, you had to hold it until the commercial break. Then you rushed, and hopefully, if you're going to the kitchen for a snack, you'll be back before so you don't miss a line. If your sister sneezed or was talking over a line, there was no way of knowing what that line was or what the joke was.

Antonio Perez

Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer.

Arundhati Roy

Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a market and rewarding them with a lot of commercial success, has.

Think of a pitch in terms of advertising: You're trying to hook a reader the way a commercial tries to hook a detergent user.

I'm always pretty overworked with commercial illustration or design or animation.

We don't have avian influenza in commercial poultry in the European Union and we consider that poultry meat and eggs, especially when properly cooked, pose no risk to human health,

Howard Fast

I'm disenchanted with Communism and most other things. I'm cynical but not a cynic. I'm cynical about TV, Congress, and commercial peanut butter.

Hideki Tojo

During this period, Japan's peaceful commercial relations were successively obstructed, primarily by the American rupture of commercial relations, and this was a grave threat to the survival of Japan.

Xavier Rudd

I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial artist.

I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.

Wednesday's the teaser, Thursday's the Full Monty. We should get a look at their R&D (research and development) strategy, pipeline, commercial strategy and an update on cost-cutting.

'Satellite archaeology' refers to the use of NASA and commercial high resolution satellite datasets to map and discover past structures, cities, and geological features.

Ranbir Kapoor

Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.

Susan Isaacs

I've had lots of commercial success. I've also had some terrible reviews and some wonderful reviews.

Bethany Mota

YouTube videos, they're more personal and more real than a commercial on TV.

Virginia Postrel

Storage problems make neon signs the most ephemeral of commercial arts.

Victor LaValle

Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name.

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

Gwen Ifill

Nobody does commercial TV out of the goodness of their heart. There has to be a market-driven financial incentive, an economic imperative. Katie was wildly successful for so long, she created a market incentive. It made economic sense for CBS.

Much like eBay and other sites, this move provides a platform for everyday users to participate in utilizing the Internet in a commercial way while providing a service to the community at-large. Under this new structure, Expert and Elite rank users will enjoy a high level of control over the sponsored links being presented on their user pages, including their content, appearance, quantity, promotion, even their costs to advertisers.

Medical real estate is just so different from commercial office.

My initial reaction is we have grave and serious concerns about paving over the ocean and treating it like commercial real estate.

Amber Stevens

My first commercial was an Old Navy commercial where I stood in line in front of a club, and Fran Drescher was in it.

Janeane Garofalo

Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're done with your shooting, you have no control. You're just done, as an actor.

One potential hang-up: Because of that commercial he did for American Express, he might not be able to get a visa.

John Cassavetes

Commercial movies have no feeling, no sensitivity. Most people tell me people won't understand films with feeling. But everyone can feel.

Joy Fielding

I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I like to read. They're popular commercial fiction. That's what they are.

The only potential shadow ... is the slight decline in commercial premiums, which reflect an overall softening in that market.

But it's likely it would get just a small piece of a fragmented market. They would have to staff up considerably to make an impact, in particular on the commercial side.

But commercial offerings are now so vast, she says, that ''in order to have a level playing field, they have to end up doing some of the same things.