Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the problems is that the reporting of data on wildlife crime is extremely haphazard. We don't have any feel for what is taking place compared to trafficking in firearms, humans or narcotics.

Poe Ballantine

I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there.

Fabio Capello

We have an extremely competitive roster in terms of quality and quantity. And compared to last year we know each other better and have all been together from the first day of training camp.

Mark Ronson

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.

Kurt Russell

Well, for a nine year old kid to be able to earn $110 in one day compared to $10 for a paper round, the economics were even obvious to a ten year old.

Unfortunately this year there was a great disparity on the home side as compared to the road side.

Jay Wright

Our guys still have some things to prove. But I'd be proud to have my team compared to that team.

Paolo Maldini

My situation has improved a great deal compared to the start of 2006. The injury is still there, but it has been treated and is much better. I am not too worried by it and can live with the discomfort.

Nationally, production is down and demand is up compared to last year. In addition, many regions of the country are having trouble getting sufficient supplies of ethanol, which is used in new formulas for gas. Uncertainty about supply has lifted gasoline to near-record prices on the spot market and that filters down to the neighborhood gas pump.

Looking at the preliminary numbers, obviously February was a disappointment compared to last year and year-to-date.

We'll have more product launches in 2006 compared with 2005.

Jonathan Frakes

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

Wisconsin's labor market continues to show healthy gains in 2006 in all of our metropolitan areas, with decreasing unemployment for the second month in a row when compared with 2005.

Vera Zvonareva

We're all upset. I think my tennis match doesn't mean anything compared to what happened.

Mark Teixeira

What I like about this year compared to last year is that I really haven't had a lot of fluctuation from big highs to big lows, ... When you do that, your team can count on you pretty much every game to make a contribution.

Annika Sorenstam

To finish birdie-birdie on this course -- two difficult holes -- was promising for tomorrow. Compared to yesterday, this was quite an improvement.

What we have here is paradise compared to what we have in Mexico. We have everything we need.

This was a slow-paced game compared with what we played on Monday. We missed some shots that I don't think we should be missing at this point in the season ... (but) I liked some of the looks we had defensively.

Jermaine Jackson

There is nothing to be compared to this, 'cause we lost our brother, our hero. The world is mourning. We are mourning. The fans are mourning. It is unreal. Unbelievable.