Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

When you look at national figures you get one picture, and you get another when you look at geographic variation. The places in the country where we have very high rates of deaths from heart disease are places that have historically experienced economic underdevelopment. ... There have been a lack of opportunities for people to experience healthy living compared to other areas.

Donna Shalala

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

While hedging and surcharges will partially offset this, we still face a 600 million dollar shortfall compared with last year,

When we play other teams that have year-round facilities, you can see the level that they are at compared to ours. If we had a year-round program and kids could skate during the summer, it would really grow and our competitive abilities would be higher.

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.

We don't play enough league games, so every loss in league is magnified. You can go from third to 10th with one loss. It's pretty dramatic compared to other leagues.

We compared North Korea's thoughts with ours, ... There are similar points as well as different points.

Charlie Jones

We have been making steady progress for the last couple years on improving our depth, ... We now have 60 players in our program, compared to only 35 two years ago.

Ken Venturi

You can't be compared to a Hogan or a Nicklaus until you do it. But... after having dinner with Tiger, he's the most mature 18-year-old golfer I've known.

We've had various tests obviously during the winter and things have in general improved compared to what was our position and situation last year.

To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism.

Wow, what a tremendous performance, particularly compared with the previous year,

There is a lot of talk about where we are compared to where Auburn was last year, but we think everything is right in front of us,

We're not a big team compared to other teams in the NHL, but we are a quick team and I think we can handle our own in the physical areas, in front of the net and in the corners, ... I don't see us being disadvantaged in size.

We keep doing stretch records each year, but for our size community, we'd probably be compared to communities with populations of three to four hundred thousand.

Jay Wright

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

Our fans were great!. They were more vocal and into the game compared to Morris. That was great to see, and the girls fed off that (support).

Overall, I'd say there's a 20 percent increase in sales this week compared to the rest of December.

Our world's a little different because we can get so many tapes on people compared to high-school and junior-college. Every one of the teams, you might have about 14-15 tapes you've got to watch and know everything about them.

I think this summer was a little off compared with previous years,

David Cohen

It is an overpriced network compared to other regional sports networks around the country.

It is an extremely passionate group of people. Compared with a hobby like golf or hunting, it's a small hobby. But it's a healthy hobby, and has never been better.

I think there's some encouragement in what we've found in the initial sweeps. Numbers so far are relatively minor as compared to the dire projections of 10,000.

I think the rain's insignificant compared to the meaning of this day.

Ron Dayne

just a little phase. ... It was nice to be compared to somebody good. But you're not that person.

Amy Ryan

Last season, we kind of compared our season to the Patriots and Red Sox. They've shown how you can be an underdog and still win. You still give it your all.

Supplies of heating oil are very low compared to other supplies of energy commodities.

Some of the catastrophic deaths some people have predicted may not have occurred. The numbers, so far, are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.

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.