Famous Quotes & Sayings

We really don?t have anything to compare it to. Victims are protected by federal law from having to pay fraudulent charges, so the loss is primarily of time.

Homaro Cantu

Wood pellet grilling could potentially have a lower risk of cancer when compared to other forms of grilling, as some people say that it leads to the creation of fewer carcinogens.

Hilary Mantel

The old always think the world is getting worse; it is for the young, equipped with historical facts, to point out that, compared with 1509, or even 1939, life in 2009 is sweet as honey.

We only gave up five in overtime, where compared to the last overtime we just played we gave up 17. And Jason Van Eck had some big blocks.

Expenses grew just 4 percent this quarter compared with 17 percent in the first half.

But the neutral zone will be shrunk by a few feet so I think it'll have a minimal impact compared to some of the other changes.

Michael Nyqvist

If I compared myself to my kids, they know everything, and they're like small little hackers. I feel also that my identity can be stolen; I'm very paranoid about it compared to other people in the younger generation.

Chuck Palahniuk

I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a grown-up means doing every part of the larger task.

The good news is that concert consumer spending is miniscule compared to total entertainment spending, so there's a lot of room to grow.

Rami Malek

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

John Abraham

We have the guy that was there in 2000 with us, so he understands the defense can win some games. They had a lot of wins with that defense that year. We're not trying to compare ourselves to them at all. But that's something we can look to if we're trying to say we want to do the same things this year.

Don Murray

We were hit with this flood a year ago as a result of Hurricane Ivan and compared to what those folks went through we had nothing, of course we were devastated at the time, but compared to them, we just had nothing.

Lofa Tatupu

Troy is a special case. He is in a league of his own and you really can't compare him with anyone.

Mercedes has the potential to earn a lot more profit in the next years compared to this year because of the restructuring.

Michigan's threshold had been consistently under the poverty line. The threshold in Michigan is slipping compared to the poverty line.

Whoever succeeds him will be compared to Welch. He's kind of like Henry Ford, or Mozart in music.

Brian Urlacher

We haven't won any games in the playoffs yet. If we can win, I'll definitely be happy to be compared to them.

You just can't compare the impact of a large number of sales of flashlights, which may cost $2 to $4, with lost sales, for example, of hundreds of pairs of shoes, each costing $50 to $200.

Utilizing a large-cap value fund, or a small-cap international fund, allows you to better measure your fund's performance compared with its peers,

LeBron James

Those guys don't realize, I'm a football player first. I'm going to lay down for a little bit, regroup and get back up. I'm used to taking those hits. They're nothing compared to football hits.

Without a doubt, he's the guy that I play the most alike. If you wanted to compare me to somebody, I play like him. ... I like the way he plays. He's such a competitor. I met him this summer and he's a big inspiration for me. We hung out a little bit, got to know him. He's a real nice guy, and everything was cool.

Amy Vanderbilt

We received 4.4 inches of rain, compared to a 10-year mean of 2.14 inches.

Yes, the demand for space at independent schools is a very real issue, especially at the more 'well-known' or 'prestigious' schools. The sector is also growing very rapidly, with around 2 000 registered schools in 2004 compared to 550 in 1990,

We executed really well compared to their quickness and speed.

We finally played them like we knew what we were doing. They were very surprised at how well we played on the field compared to the last game with them.

John O'Hara

We get together and encourage each other. We compare ideas and show off our stuff.

We are not prepared to say, to assert, that they are or are not. We are looking at what they are saying, what they are doing and looking at how it compares to the law.

Brian Billick

The problem I see is I don't know who you compare Vince Young to - and I think that makes people uncomfortable. Young is a different breed.

Phil Klay

We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage.

Revenues in the third quarter of 2005 reflected lower prescription growth and increased competition in key therapeutic markets in the U.S., such as the lipid-lowering market, where the rate of growth in the third quarter declined significantly versus the first half of the year; and the erectile dysfunction market, which has been in decline compared to 2004.

Revenue share for portable devices would be very small compared to this business.

On the ice, I don't even have to look for Paul Daley, I can just feel where he is. He doesn't even need a number out there. He's a great skilled player, but nobody can compare to him in the locker room. If not for him, I don't know if we even get as far as we did.

One of the marked characteristics of the U.K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can put our firms at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to big contracts.