Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Nabarro

That outbreak was noted by the villagers, but was not handled because they didn't report it in time. We have to work harder on helping to convert knowledge into practice.

This was a tough loss. We missed key free throws and weren't able to convert in key situations.

Joan Smith

I've never met an evangelist who gave up so easily and I hope she wasn't sent off for retraining when she reported back to HQ, sans convert but with some useful gardening tips.

Billy Donovan

We missed a lot of easy baskets and missed a lot of opportunities. We had decent looks and couldn't convert in a lot of situations.

We have to convert to the world stage, we can't just walk away from the Commonwealth Games and be satisfied with our results.

Kyle Boller

We gotta stay out of third and long. We have to give ourselves a chance. It's tough to convert on long distances. We'll just have to watch the tape. We still have a long season to go. We have to correct our mistakes and get better.

We converted all our grade-A scoring chances. That was the difference. The kids were seeing the net. I hope that continues.

Peyton Manning

We're doing a good job of getting into the third-and-shorts, ... When you get into those, you've got to be able to convert them.

Their upperclassmen made plays and ours struggled to convert on those 24 turnovers.

Lord Byron

I know that two and two make four -- and should be glad to prove it too if I could -- though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

Rainer Maria Rilke

That is the principle thing - not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being-in-the-mood, but always forcibly to convert it into all things

It really starts with getting less third-and-long situations, and that's what we've gotten ourselves into early. Our short yardage has hurt us. We've missed on three third-and-ones and one third-and two. If you convert those, we're middle of the pack on third down. Now we've been great in short yardage (in the past). It hasn't been great to start out with, and we'll improve on that.

Forever 21 has the option to operate either a second format or convert those Gadzooks stores into its own brand,

I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.

That's something that we wanted to do. But when we get those turnovers, we've got to come back and convert them into points. We didn't do that tonight.

That may be one of very first major projects other than houses being converted and constructed.

Paul Davies

Everyone plays a little tighter, and I'm just trying to create something. If you can get a turnover and convert it, it's a big lift for the team.

It was a good night. We always had a hand in the shooters' face. We switched well. Our quickness enabled us to get a lot of long rebounds and convert them into points on the break. The guys are learning what we're teaching them.

Franz Grillparzer

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.

This is why we really emphasize people getting at least a yearlong lease. Month-to-month is dangerous, especially in Florida, because so many rental properties are being converted into condominiums. That reality can really surprise renters and hit them hard.

In the huddle after the third quarter, we drew up about three different plays that we wanted to use and we executed all of them perfectly for baskets to start the final quarter. Then we were able to convert once we got to the foul line. Katie Stanley is a special player, and she hit the foul shots when we needed them.

In New York, it's all about restaurants -- prepared food. Nobody cooks because nobody has a kitchen, or if they do, they've converted it into a shoe closet,

Milton Friedman

Anybody who was easily converted was not worth converting.

I converted Ethiopian Birr into dollars, ... and spent 32,000 dollars for one, 12,000 for another.

I converted C2K at the Venetian from a showroom into a club.

Cesar took genuine pride in producing numerous converts to vegetarianism over the decades. You?re looking at one of them. He felt so strongly about it that sometimes I think he took as much personal satisfaction from converting people to vegetarianism as he did to trade unionism.

Oscar Wilde

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful.

Tom Ford

He's very proud and sincere, but he's not going to try to convert anyone.

Michael Ballack

In European Championship games you don't usually create more than a few chances. You need somebody to convert at least one.

Bryan Colangelo

I'm happy for Steven that he was able to convert his good year into that kind of contract, ... We hope he makes the most of it.

I hit it good in the first two days but didn't make any putts but today, I hit it just as good and was able to convert those 10-12 putts. That was the main difference.

Daniel Everett

It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion be? It should produce peaceful, strong, secure people who are right with God and right with the world. I don't see that evidence very often.

It's very good to get through to the second round. My serve was solid today. I didn't convert as many opportunities as I'd have liked, but it's a good start to my week here.