Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. C. Watts

We're just getting energy prices going through the roof. The longer period of time (consumers) have these elevated prices, the more it starts to weigh on sentiment. People have held on pretty well but the longer this remains the more risky it becomes.

Single family starts will likely remain elevated until we see a significant increase in long term interest rates.

Ferdinand Porsche

A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.

Ellen Key

How the woman movement has elevated woman's work, since it has raised the standard of qualification in many fields and increased the feeling of responsibility in all!

Sean Astin

The first stage I preformed on were the stairs to the hallway in the living room. There was a really nice platform, and when people were sitting in the living room, it was kind of an elevated platform and we would put on shows and skits.

Linda Chavez

Frankly, I've often thought that conservatives might be partly responsible for Hillary's success. ... By demonizing her, we've elevated her importance and encouraged liberals to rally around her.

He was 16, a French immigrant, nobody knew who he was ? he was an orphan. He was nobody, and then all of the sudden because he's a survivor and cannibalism was said to have taken place, he's suddenly elevated to stardom and infamy. He probably made the whole thing sound as sexy and gory and sensational as possible.

Tony Lewis

He just elevated the whole team. He was never a 'me' guy, and he always had a smile on his face.

Brian Schweitzer

has been elevated to a much higher level than it has been in the past.

He recruited me out of high school, I remember him calling. He's the same guy, he never changed. He's done so much for women's basketball. He's elevated it.

He has elevated his game at a time when we needed it the most.

Given the relatively low inventory levels, we expect an elevated likelihood of materially higher prices rather than a lower correction.

Ridley Scott

'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it hadn't had that great monster, even with a wonderful cast, it wouldn't have been as good, I don't think.

Ben Feldman

I would say what Mad Men has taught me has been a super elevated evaluation of text in general, and understanding subtext, and understanding where a character comes from - what he means by this or by that.

Aaron Hill

We had a great game offensively. Every one contributed and elevated their game to replace Brad.

Overall industry production is expected to remain stable at elevated levels throughout 2006-2007.

Scott Gordon

We not only had to (beat Madison Plains), but play well. I think we improved ourselves and elevated our games, but we still made a lot of mistakes which shows we can only play better.

Stephen is a three-year starter, and he provides us a lot of leadership and poise. He's elevated his game to a new level.

I was very happy the way we turned it up in the third. We elevated our game and made it hard for them to do anything.

I think he's elevated himself into that league.

Michael Chertoff

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before.

We don't see the very elevated levels of toxics that would make you think of this water as toxic waste.

He spent a lot of time on things that made the press. He elevated ISBE so it has more influence on the governor but he didn't appoint people with independent minds to serve on it. It lost independence.

A lot of the domestic-demand stocks, which have been our focus, are at elevated valuations now.

He took his traditional music that he grew up with and mountain music and elevated it up to a whole other level in terms of the quality of what he did. It's so good it can be appreciated by anyone.

Big game after big game he's elevated himself.

(Aung) is going to be one of the top players in the state eventually. He is going to make a huge impact. The rest of the guys have elevated their level. The team really meshes well and pulls for each other.

James Salter

The writing workshops and programs that are everywhere have encouraged writing. And if that produces more writing, it's also producing more readers of an elevated level. So all in all, a good thing.

The trained mind is torn by fear; the pure elevated mind is placid and unruffled, like that of a homeless Sage.

We showed some grit to get back into it. We didn't do anything special, the players just put it on themselves and elevated their game.

The nice thing is that the rivalry has grown into a rivalry of respect. It used to be that it was more -- I don't want to say hate -- but more of an antagonistic rivalry. Now, you know, it's more respect than anything. And that's elevated it.

They just played more physical than us. The officials did a great job. They let us play, which is a great thing. But Magna Vista just elevated their game and we didn't match that.

Randy Johnson

I pitch and my teammates expect us to win and for me to put us in a position to win, and I didn't do that. My slider found too much of the middle of the plate. I didn't have a sharp one going down and away. Unfortunately, my pitches were elevated today, and I paid the price.