Famous Quotes & Sayings

The job-cut numbers in 2001 far exceeded anything we ever could have anticipated back in January.

At this time last year, our forecast called for interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages to exceed six percent by this time this year,

Jorma Ollila

to reach or slightly exceed the high-end of our 1999 net sales growth target of 25-35 percent.

Operationally they exceeded expectations in terms of production; their production volume was up significantly from year ago.

Oh, heavens yes. I can't say enough about how fun it is. It has just really exceeded my hopes.

James Thurber

seems to be exceeding the quota one or two.

People Who Do things, exceed my endurance;/ God, for a man that solicits insurance!

This group has kind of exceeded expectations all year long. It's just kind of weird to be back in this position again. I'm just happy for these guys because they've been through a lot.

A lot of people thought he could just run the football, but they found out that he could throw the football. I knew he'd do a great job because he's the ultimate competitor. He exceeded our expectations.

Robert Browning

A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?

Dean Devlin

Your reach must exceed your grasp, otherwise what is heaven for?

You're going to see us take off at the top of a crescendo this year. I know there are people who say, 'Is there too much hype around the LPGA?' I think we're going to exceed everyone's expectations.

This is being done because things are going well. We met or exceeded our expectations for every quarter of the year.

This is a really special group of players and I'm just so proud of them. They've exceeded my expectations and they've been a joy to coach.

They exceeded what they guided to pretty significantly.

They exceeded our expectations. They were killing us inside in the first half. We were able to adjust.

There were probably a lot of people who thought we might not have made it this far, but we did. I feel like, even though we aren't in the championship game, that we exceeded expectations.

Rick Schroder

It's exceeded my expectations, in every way, really. The people are nicer than I imagined they could have been. They were more supportive of me than I hoped they would be.

Billy Taylor

(Brown) was physical and aggressive. His intensity exceeded ours tonight.

Darryl Sutter

Every goal that we've quietly set in our room, our players have reached it as a team. As a team, we've exceeded what I've expected. What we haven't exceeded -- or reached -- is individuals, where we thought they should be.

The thing is, the market keeps expecting it to set new highs. We have had two or three years of exceeding expectations, so you have to keep exceeding it more each year.

The standard has been set by Frank. You can try to meet it or you can try to exceed it. But I will tell you this, the standard is pretty high up there.

Michael Chertoff

That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight,

George H. W. Bush

That perfect storm combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners and maybe anybody's foresight,

This team has met and exceeded all of my expectations. Most of these kids were undefeated as a JV team. But I did not return a single varsity starter. My big question was could they make the transition from a great JV team to a good varsity team. I'd have to say they've turned into a great varsity team.

This was better than I expected. I thought that mike would place first and the others would get second. They exceeded our expectations.

What a tremendous accomplishment this is. We felt like we were going to have a great year, but this has already exceeded what we thought. ... To win and HVL championship is pretty special.

We were really down in numbers for the tournament. This group showed heart and what working with each other can do. It's just a testament to us, as a team, how we pulled together. We were all of the same mindset. They have exceeded my expectations at this point in the season.

Paul Allen

What's happened so far has exceeded my expectations.

We're very happy because we way exceeded Wall Street's expectations, and I think that's why the stock is way up,

The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small

The interests at stake exceed what are conventionally called market interests.

In Cairo, for example, voter turnout does not usually exceed nine per cent.