Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Wilson

I've got to enjoy it and tomorrow will be a struggle because, you know, maybe they're not going to be going in. You always try to compare yourself with how you were doing the day before.

None of the old students are there. So you can't compare performance. These things are still up in the air.

None of the countries we would like to compare ourselves to or think we're better than have as many students drop out college.

It was a good day, a good day. Competition-wise ... you start getting some quality performances in and we'll go back and look where these performances are compared to last year and where we need to be. We'll see how that is.

This is what it's about. You can't compare the two (seasons). It's much more special (to win a sectional).

This is very different, because the equity market is actually about 28 percent overvalued compared to our models right now.

This keeps station operators honest because they know customers can now compare prices around town and around the state.

They're flat out good. It's tough to compare individuals but I wouldn't hesitate to compare them favorably to any group I've seen. As a group, all four guys, they're as good as we've ever had.

There's a very long transition for this species. Milk is easier to digest, especially compared to bamboo, and is more nutritious.

Jimi Mistry

If we can be compared to a film like that then that's fantastic. If you can compare me to a male Nia Vardalos then that is even better because I think she's fantastic as well.

If you're playing a match and all of a sudden somebody gets a serious injury, you start to think that this match isn't really that important when compared to somebody's face. It's scary; that's the first time we've had that happen. It's tough to play, because your mind is on your fallen teammate.

John Hickenlooper

If you look at the number of people who died from terrorism, compared to the number of highway deaths or deaths from smoking, what is safe?

If you compare the two sets of communities, you have some problems of luxury in Bucks, with the property values and the heavy development pressure.

If you compare it to Katrina the term I would use is the damage is minor. But if it's your house and your home town, it's significant.

Martin Campbell

If you compare it to 'Batman' and 'Superman,' the world of 'Green Lantern' is way bigger and potentially way more interesting in a lot of ways, I think.

If you compared 'Harry Potter' to 'Star Wars,' you're probably in the same vicinity of expected revenue, you know, in the billion-dollar-plus range. And similar to 'Star Wars,' this is something that has been around for some time now and will be around for a long time in the future.

In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.

In order to measure true growth, a distributor must secure from his vendors the real story in the form of pounds purchased compared to a previous period. A big increase in dollars is always fun to review, but it does not tell the true story.

Investors tend to compare one to the other and invariably that comparison is not favorable for Network Associates.

Chris Benz

I often feel like Facebook is a giant friend portfolio, and sometimes it can be a much more socially appropriate way of contacting a person as compared with texting or telephone. And never mind the fact that it's integrated into the iPhone. Makes me crazy in a super good way.

Andre Balazs

I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

Ian Anderson

In the past two weeks our reservations have increased by 49 percent compared to this time last year.

In terms of popularity, what hobby compares to being a sports fan?

If you walk through the office, compared to five years ago, there?s one-half-to one-third less people.

Kim Clijsters

In my mind as well I was positive, focused, and it was definitely a big step forward compared to yesterday. My serve was on most of the time. I felt good and was hitting the lines.

Inexperience is a concern. We don't have that many returning players compared to the rest of the division, but we do feel we have some good balance.

In 22 years of being in the business, there is nothing else that I can compare it to.

Jake Shimabukuro

You know, the ukulele itself is not a very loud instrument, all right? And, you know, compared to like a trumpet, right? A trumpet is really loud.

Gloria Gaynor

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

I don't like to compare the score in other games. Momentum is a key. Every sport is a game of momentum, especially lacrosse.

Sherwood Schwartz

I don't like it to be compared to 'Survivor.' The idea of 'Survivor' is to kill each other off to win the prize. There's no killing in Gilligan's Island.

Calvin Trillin

I don't mind being compared to Tolstoy literarily, but when it comes to Fun Stats it's a little humiliating.

Daron Malakian

I feel like people have only heard half a record so far. But we like releasing shorter records. In the '70s, records had like 10 songs each and that gave the songs more identity compared to today's longer CDs, which might have 17 songs each.