Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindsey Vonn

Nothing really compares to the original 'Law & Order.'

That is the danger with influenza compared to any other virus I know that it can suddenly transform itself, reinvent itself and spread around the world.

Tom Izzo

Talking about sacrificing in terms of giving up a couple of hours compared to giving up a life, they just don't match.

Tax time is a great time to take any refund you receive and invest in your future either by opening up an IRA account, or increasing the deferrals in your 401(k) plan. What's very encouraging today compared to a few years ago is that American workers are increasingly demonstrating a discipline for saving and investing their hard earned dollars, and are less likely than in the past to say they will run out and turn it in for a plasma TV for example.

This is insane. I can't compare this to anything in my life. This was crazy, but I knew we could do it.

Not only does it help us understand what our priorities should be, but also, how we're doing compared to others.

The neighbors who we hear from have really noticed the difference compared to the concrete freeways that they used to live next to.

After that I will go straight to France and join my team. Honestly, one should not compare the soccer here and that in France.

It really just follows the trends of where TV has been going. If you compare it to what's going on in the TV world, this is a half-full glass.

It's a huge surprise. There's a big difference in the level of play at the varsity that compares to whatever they saw in the past. They're a big reason we've had success.

It's a little uncommon, but it does happen. It's not one of those things that we issue every day, compared to flash flooding.

Jamie Dixon

It's a hand-off play. We dribble it over and hand it off. ... People say we're a football team playing basketball. We've heard it for the past couple of years now. They all say, 'Now we have to get ready to play the Steelers.' We think it's good to be compared to a team that's had so much success.

I told them this is the worst part about the job. Cuts are tough, but nothing compares to the last game for the seniors and we have nine of them. It is really tough.

LeBron James

It puts a smile on my face to be compared to a legend. Year by year, as you play basketball, you've got to know the history of the game.

Stephen Lewis

It is worth noting that, in its revised forecasts for GDP growth, the OECD saw fit to raise its 1999 forecasts for most (euro-zone) member-countries, as compared with its June projections, but lowered those for Germany and Italy.

Richard Davis

It is totally price-driven, ... Now students are earlier adopters of technology. They know about the power of the Internet. You can compare prices within seconds.

It's not perfect, but compared to the competition, they've made significant progress.

For consumers, a big crop like this tends to stabilize wine prices. For growers, it may slow the rebound in prices for red grape varietals, except pinot noir, which remains in tight supply compared to the strong demand.

I'm expecting to stay on schedule, ... The mayor and I are going to meet Thursday to get this wrapped up so we can get back on schedule. We might end up being possibly two weeks off. Compared to the way it was last year, I'm ecstatic.

Maurice Ashley

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example.

I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.

Rob Thurman

I love Urban Fantasy, even though I'm inevitably compared to 'Supernatural,' only a little more edgy.

Bruce Pearl

I love his passion and his energy. He's a one-man press. You talk about the one-two-one-one, he's just the one in front of that press with his length. He compares favorably with a lot of the big men in this league.

Bob Johnson

I never expected it to take off the way it has. Property values have just gone through the roof here compared to what they were.

That's one of the key reasons why we have such a big presence here compared to past years.

Mary Williams

That is a small number, compared to concerns expressed that the law might be abused or people might feel pressured to use it. It confirms that the law gives the terminally ill some control and say in their final days whether they want to have physician help in hastening death.

Bill Evans

It's like having a designer dress compared with one from Woolworth's. Which one is more impressive when you go to the debutante ball?

It's nice to be out because compared to what it was like there, it's like a five-star hotel here.

It's nice to see that kind of improvement. It still doesn't compare to Dell's margins, but HP is headed down the right path.

Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else -- an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is complete only to be imaginary.

Jay Wright

It's cool. That was an old school, split-the-house type of night. Thank God, (Lowry) plays for us. There have been a lot of great Philadelphia guards to play here. That's just a great thing to hear him compared on this night to some of them.

It was a pretty good report, not great, but compared to estimates it was well above.

It was like a very long dream, and we're finally waking up. Gasoline by any measure is still very, very inexpensive compared to anywhere.