Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johnny Damon

We'd be kidding ourselves if this weekend wasn't going to determine the outcome of this season. It's going to come down to this weekend. It's the master plan. God's way. Yankees-Red Sox. We just need to win some games before that series starts.

The government is determined to bring the program back on track, and proceed with the privatizations.

Geoff Hoon

During the last economic slowdown in the 1990s, the Tories slashed infrastructure investment. I am determined not to make that mistake.

Paul Johnson

I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could have become a dress designer: Dior was willing to take me on as an assistant, but he did not have an immediate vacancy.

The pilots determined that to be safe rather than sorry they needed to make an emergency-style landing.

When I was submitting my first novel, I had no idea that publishing scams existed. I never encountered any, but I could have - and knowing how easily I might have been taken advantage of makes me determined to protect others from falling into that trap.

Jennifer Smith

We are having trouble figuring out her identity, ... It's paramount we determine who this woman is and how she died in order to enable us to look at suspects.

Luke Evans

My style is determined by the mood, the period and the circumstances which I'm going through in a given moment.

Lee Smolin

How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.

Dean Ornish

Science is simply a powerful way of understanding what's real and what isn't, what's true and what's not. It can help us determine what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under what circumstances.

David Suzuki

Over and over, the economy has determined the extent of our response, but how much value does it place on breathable air, drinkable water, edible food and stable weather and climate? Surely the economy is the means to a better future, not an end in itself. Surely it must be subordinate to a rich, diverse ecosphere that sustains all life.

Seinabo Sey

I guess one thing that makes my music stand out is that it is quite hard to determine what genre it is.

Tom Brokaw

Originally, the main purpose of the convention was to determine who the party would have as the presidential nominee and the vice-presidential nominee.

Jason Chaffetz

When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity's performance, then employee compensation is probably too low.

We are concluding the pilot program and we are going to review the results to determine how Registered Traveler would fit as a link in the security chain,

Mike Wallace

In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.

Colleen Atwood

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

We are looking at expansion of inpatient and outpatient areas, ... as well as diagnostic services. Part of the process is assessing which services we need and how much of them we need. That will determine cost.

Angelo Scola

It's very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world.

Upon further investigation, they determined the person was involved with a fire.

We needed more poise offensively. We weren't determined enough to just hang on. If we have the ball, they can't score. It seemed like we lost our poise and would throw up about anything to try to win it all of a sudden.

Richard Carson

We needed to determine the value of the resource before it was damaged, and what should have been spent to protect it.

Hans Jonas

For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature.

Peter Wright

We get to determine our own fate. That is very exciting to me.

We can be proud of the way we played. They are a quality team, but they got lucky today. I think it was circumstances other than the players that determined the outcome of the game.

Daunte Culpepper

We have a veteran group with a lot of pride, and we're embarrassed with the way we're playing. I'm determined to fix it. One thing we've got to do is stay together.

The present system says the town determines the fair market value, which is a very expensive to assess, ... But the IOU's can respond with a much higher figure if they don't like what the town has offered, and that's the price we have to take.

Sathya Baba

The quality of one's feelings determines one's future.

Ehud Barak

We are determined to turn every stone to find a way to go forward without risking our security or vital interest,

Ehud Barak

We are determined to push it forward, if there is a possibility of having an agreement,

We are determined to make a visit to the Ricoh a great day out for all fans especially families and female supporters.

We are determined to do what needs to be done to save the peace process and, therefore, regain our land and rights,

Donald Kennedy

We are determined to do everything in our power to evaluate our own procedures for detecting research misconduct.