Famous Quotes & Sayings

Compared to last year, it's not a party, but historically, it's not so bad,

Compared to industrially developed countries, we haven't done nearly enough to protect and encourage businesses' intellectual innovation.

Compared to earlier versions of Windows, there are a third less vulnerabilities because of the security development work we have done and half the number of critical vulnerabilities.

Compared to down there, Moultonborough made us work a lot harder so they've improved a little bit, but the game went about as expected.

Compared to countries in the region, Singapore has a very sophisticated dengue prevention system so when ... infections keep rising it's hard to tell what the problem is.

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

A test may instruct students to compare and contrast something. Well, what does that mean? We have some of the same issues with their homework. We do send home their math worksheets in Spanish and English if the parents request it.

Mike Dalton

As you finish your return, compare it with last year's.

A lot of people compare it to a street fight.

They need to grow their customer base, ... They had a nice compound growth rate until you compare the March 1998 quarter with the March 1997 quarter. March 1998 sales are flat with the year-ago quarter. That's not a good sign in an intensely competitive industry.

They go to the net, move the puck well and they're big and strong compared to us. They wore us down.

Jeff Probst

This is our toughest one yet, ... It's fair to say Palau was a vacation compared to this.

Jamie Wyeth

The whole consideration of - ... am I being compared as such and such's grandson and son - that was minuscule compared to the problems I was having just working... I didn't have time to start worrying about who I was in the eyes of the public.

Jordan Farmar

The way that we played in the first game at home is the way we should play every night. To have that to compare it to, that's what makes it hurt.

This crisis easily compares with any other humanitarian crisis going on around the world today.

This doctrine is a refreshing doctrine compared to what we've been hearing for the last 10 years from the Islamic world.

This compromise should be compared neither to the fragile and unsustainable status quo, nor to some idealized, universally comfortable end-state.

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.

For 2006, we're saying California's median home price will go up by 10 percent, compared with a projected increase of 16 percent for 2005.

Steven Jackson

You can't look at another guy's stats and try to compare them with yours, at the end of the year we'll see how it comes out,

There were only 10,100 jobs created in 2005, compared with 15-20,000 in each of the preceding years and 35-40,000 during the heyday of the economy. Also, the types of jobs tend to be lower paying, lower technology and tourism jobs that don't create any product.

Lee Smith

You're talking about guys here who play 25 to 30 games a season compared with 160 in our major leagues. They don't have facilities like we have here. You should have seen them when they got here ? they were taking pictures of the grass on the fields.

Dee Brown

You're always going to be compared to last year's team whatever you do, ... You can't do that. It's going to be a different team and it's going to be fun to watch because everybody's so new.

You really can't compare the two championships. These kids really worked hard for this and they deserved it.