Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mickey Spillane

I'm a commercial writer, not an "author." Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

New York state does not require insurance on either commercial or private boats. The federal government does not require it on the vessels it oversees, either.

Elizabeth Banks

No matter what, I'm in a very small club. There are very few women who have directed studio-level commercial films - very few.

Studs Terkel

Not because of its commercial value, but the name of Field's represents our past, ... The past is being erased.

David Mackay

It's very sad that there's going to be a hiatus in manned space flight from the U.S. The Shuttle was a fantastic, hugely complex vehicle. It was inevitable it would come to an end, but this is the opportunity for the commercial world to get involved. As the Shuttle era ends, another window of opportunity opens.

The wait time at DL stations is something we're working hard to improve. The station in Blountville is a full-service station. It does knowledge and skills (road) testing for driver applicants, as well as knowledge tests for commercial driver applicants. It handles renewals and duplicates. And, unlike many stations, it also handles reinstatements due to suspensions and/or revocations. This keeps the staff very busy.

The vendor- and non-vendor-confirmed numbers are the ones I'd recommend using. For one thing, it removes the delay that can effect numbers because of long patch times by commercial vendors.

They love the concept of commercial and we love the concept of commercial. But there is a dozen examples of commercial failing in Oakland.

What we are seeing is an extension of the technical computing market into the commercial space.

Venezuela and the U.S. are natural commercial partners, and this will not change.

We target nuclear power plants, commercial airports and defense facilities.

Terry Gross

We don't want commercial relations. We don't need that clientele.

They're in commercial and personal lines insurance in the U.S. and also sell insurance to the energy industry through Lloyd's of London businesses, so they're heavily involved in this.

Kurt Braunohler

I never understood using Kickstarter for commercial purposes. If you want to raise money for commercial purposes, I think you should give someone a dividend. They make money, then you make money. It should be an investment, whereas I think Kickstarter's true purpose is raising money for things that are in and of themselves justifying.

I had found myself a new mission - and once more my recurring dilemma between corporate commercial needs and personal scientific ambitions was solved unexpectedly.

Peter Ueberroth

I think New York did a great job. But the commercial terms changed, security rules changed, the guarantees changed. We were at a disadvantage, in my view.

Deion Sanders

I just think I can make plays, ... You know that, everybody knows that. I think fans want to see that . . . I gave everyone a commercial last year. I want to give them a movie.

Pierce Brosnan

I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.

If you can command a lot of attention, that's what is valuable, and many in the commercial ecology would like to have a piece of that attention.

John Taylor

If you can tap into a vein of interest that they have, then you've got a high probability of having a commercial success on your hands. And if that spills into the mass market, then you've got an overwhelming success.

If you have expertise in an area, that is welcome, such as a commercial driver's license, medical experience, data entry.

In the wake of Sept. 11 and its severe impacts on commercial aviation, United Technologies turned in another solid quarter,

Hip-hop is very commercial and is very open to commercial messages.

Brett Hull

I'm scared to death to fly commercial... I have not flown commercial since 9/11.

Theophilus London

I'm trying to fuse popular and commercial music and just make very creative music. It's popular music: it's everything for everybody.

In spite of my Peace Corps background, my heart really is in the private sector. The commercial world is something that the nonprofit sector can't ignore.

Leonardo DiCaprio

I rejected it many times because I thought it was just another commercial film. Sharon Stone and everything. But then, with one day to decide, I said, 'OK'. I like Sam Raimi and this character's really funny and cool.

Peter O'Meara

I know of one million-dollar player who gets about half his money from a commercial arrangement and no one over there (east coast) has kicked up about it. What we're doing isn't new. Commercial payments have been around rugby for some time.

Liz Phair

Being commercial is a prerequisite for staying afloat, ... I mean, it's desperate out there and you have to fit in a little, you have to go somewhere.

But whether it is military explosive, whether it is commercial explosive, whether it is plastic explosive, we do not want to say at this stage,

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.

This institute will be Janus-based - the Roman god with two faces. One face is looking toward curriculum and students, while the other looks outward at commercial development and the media world students will encounter in the next few years.

The housing market is at record levels, and commercial real estate markets should continue to be strong for some time.