Famous Quotes & Sayings

Magic Johnson

You always run a risk, but I think the positive outweighs the risks, ... Life itself is a risk. But I'm not worried about that. If I was concerned about that, I wouldn't be up here.

We're a little concerned that there could be revenue dilution, but we're taking a wait-and-see approach,

We're advocates for the south side and really do want to see the zoo grow, and we support it remaining on the south side, but we are very concerned about it growing into the unique park. We now are at odds with some of the other south-side groups.

We're always concerned when the government is maintaining databases of private information and personal information that's really none of the government's business. When a private entity does it, it's a different matter, but it always raises concerns about our privacy because today they may not be sharing it, tomorrow they may be sharing it with other businesses, with people who may be engaged in using it for illicit purposes.

We're always concerned about that. It's going to be challenging.

Bill Crawford

We're already having concerns by major employers that their workforce is disappearing. The faster we can get investment back in there and recreate an economy, the sooner this will all come back.

Antonio Davis

We don't feel we have dissension. I just feel they have another opinion. We say come in and talk about it. We need those guys to voice their concerns -- what's right and what's wrong -- not only to speak out in the media. This is their union too.

We have substantial concerns ... with the definition of 'open formats' in the current proposal.

We do think the court members (jury) had to consider the fact there were people who died in this tragic accident, and we are concerned they let that override their decision in terms of looking at what the real offense was in this particular court-martial.

I wasn't too concerned near the end of the game. Sure, we have gotten tentative in finishing two games. But, a win is a win, whether it is by 10 points or four points.

I was not concerned about my health by any means. I knew I would be rusty, and I was. It was what I expected.

Tim Healy

I wasn't as much concerned with the 13-0 start as with how it happened. It was all our mistakes that let them take that lead.

Kenenisa Bekele

I was not trying to save any energy for tomorrow's race. The short race is the tougher race and this was the one I was concerned about.

Most of our experience is on defense with four veterans and an experienced goalkeeper back. But a lot of our kids haven't played a lot of varsity field hockey, so our first concern is getting all of them working together.

Leslie Miller

Most countries in the hemisphere have concerns ... It's just pressure tactics. The U.S. wants to consolidate its position.

Jack Evans

Microsoft is working hard to resolve the concerns raised today by the DOJ. In our filing Jan. 17, we detailed the efforts we've made to increase the speed of our responses to technical documentation issues found by the Technical Committee.

will give a voice to the public who are concerned with uncontrolled immigration.

We need to protect all of the funds that are to be directed toward educating those students and running the schools. Our concern would not be what resources they have or don't have to make their case.

Seiji Maehara

We have obtained information concerning a financial institution.

You'll see people wearing protective gear. Our concern is (contamination) from us to the particles, not the other way.

Maureen O'Sullivan

Will Rogers wasn't helpful to me at all. He was just concerned with his way of doing things. He didn't like me much because I used to wear slacks to the studio, and that was not done much in those days, so I guess he thought I was rather fast.

Tom Lantos

will pay a very hefty price for their total disregard of U.S. concerns vis-a-vis Iran, the single most important international threat we face.

Winter is a done deal. The big concern now is we're going to have too much gas.

The American public needs help from the employers, help from the government to save. They're very concerned about not being told the truth about Medicare and Social Security. They're ready to deal with that truth.

That was really bad. Mr. Zhang had said we could have an honest dialogue, but when we raised the issues that the Hong Kong people are concerned about, he got angry.

That was enough of a public health concern to get it in the dictionary right away. Now, one of two things could happen. Either we'll never hear about SARS again, and if so, I've wasted three lines of type in the dictionary. Or it will come back, and everyone will go to the dictionary in a time of need to see how SARS is defined.

That was definitely a concern for me. I'm always fully committed; I try to stick to things.

That's the thing that concerns me more than anything is are we going to be ready to play? I keep telling (the players) you don't stay the same. It's the old saying, 'You either get better or you get worse.' And we have to try and get better no matter who you are playing.

Joan Konner

That's the least they could do. This is the most egregious kind of error that a news organization can make: unreliable sources for a story damaging to all concerned parties. It severely tarnishes CNN, which has a very good record, and Time magazine as well.

Joan Konner

That's the least they could do, ... This is the most egregious kind of error that a news organization can make: unreliable sources for a story damaging to all concerned parties. It severely tarnishes CNN, which has a very good record, and Time magazine as well.

That's a very difficult fine line for that person to walk. It raises concern as to what's going on.

I was really nervous about this game. The whole day, I was freaking out about it, I was worried. I was a little concerned about how we'd match up and how we'd handle their pressure, but I think overall we did a decent job.

I was quite surprised to hear that he wanted the slate cleaned, because as far as we were concerned everything had already been sorted out.