Famous Quotes & Sayings

Regardless of the number of men we ordain to the priesthood each year, that number does not keep pace with the number of priests who retire from the ministry. As a result of fewer priests, the need for well-trained lay ministers is even more important.

Our report can only reflect the numbers provided to the state. There are larger communities that reported fewer than some smaller communities.

Part of the real story here is that, through July, producers were still getting more output, with fewer labor hours put in. Productivity in the third quarter is probably going to be stronger than in the second quarter, confirming the idea that, while the stock market's not in good shape, the overall economy's not that bad.

Pier 1 needs to fix the problem with its merchandise. Fewer people are going into their stores because they're not selling anything different,

It doesn't matter how friendly you are if the end result is people watching fewer commercials,

I think he did a great job last year of taking a lot fewer hits. He understands how important his health is to this team and that he doesn't need to put himself in harm's way.

Teju Cole

I'd like to meet fewer people who say 'Oh, I want to write a book, here are 10 pages I've written,' and more 'Oh, I want to write a book, here are 300 pages I've written.'

I feel that recording a song already compromises the magical music one can create in the mind, so the fewer people watering down this process the better.

Jack is taking fewer shots because of the double-teams. He's doing a good job of finding the open man.

Jason Chaffetz

If we're going to win this battle over fiscal responsibility, we need more of the people who vote right and fewer of those whose seniority is their only selling point.

If they were able to target her, it would probably take even fewer steps to get information from random people.

More of the same nightmare scenario of fewer orders and fewer sales, but no different to other sectors,

Morale is at an all-time low. Fewer young people are going into teaching.

Naturally, with fewer people, we can't follow up as effectively as we'd like to.

Ray Mabus

On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors.

This program is all about giving our kids a healthy start in life. We hope that, by pursuing this option, we'll be able to insure more kids for fewer dollars.

Robert Reich

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.

Our country's growing obsession with organized sports isn't just hurting our children, but also our communities. As play is siphoned off to gyms and fields, fewer kids are playing in our streets, parks, and playgrounds.

Wolfgang Puck

You see fewer and fewer chefs who are really big - most stay in shape.

We are not losing production. We have highly productive operations with fewer employees.

Nancy Gibbs

In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Back in 1990, there were fewer than 20 wineries in and around Paso Robles, a farming community midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Most of the wines produced there were rustic, highly tannic and alcoholic, with little charm or finesse.

Cynthia Kenyon

Just living longer and being sick is the worst. But the idea that you could have fewer diseases, and just have a healthy life and then turn out the lights, that's a good vision to have. And I think what we know about some of these pathways suggests that might be possible.

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.

If you have fewer teenagers having children, they could focus more on their vocational development.

Michelle Fairley

There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.

Bindi Irwin

With fewer resources to share around more people, how can the poor have improved lifestyles?

Kevin Mattson

There are going to be fewer resources to work with more students who have more needs.

William Hazlitt

Women have often more of what is called good sense then men. They have fewer pretensions; are less implicated in theories; and judge of objects more from their immediate and involuntary impression on the mind, and, therefore, more truly and naturally.

Mike Johanns

We don't want this generation of young people to be the first generation that lives fewer years than their parents,

Clyde Edgerton

I think I would have written more books if I'd had fewer kids or had them earlier, but I think the books in general would have had a little less spark to them.

Robert Scoble

Facebook is teachable. If you hide items, you'll see fewer of those kinds of items in the future. Like more items, and you'll see more of those in the future.

Pico Iyer

Wherever we are, any time of night or day, our bosses, junk-mailers, our parents can get to us. Sociologists have actually found that in recent years Americans are working fewer hours than 50 years ago, but we feel as if we're working more. We have more and more time-saving devices, but sometimes, it seems, less and less time.