Famous Quotes & Sayings

During that transfer, ... I couldn't get a firm grip on the ball.

This modest rise in July may reflect the firm July payroll rather than being a signal for August.

George W. Bush

The relationship between our two nations is strong and it rests on a firm foundation.

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed in your mind.

This is a tough walk when it's firm and perfect on a perfect day. It'll be a challenge.

These days, just about every major tech firm is raising its profit forecasts, generating rather strong demand.

It's remarkable what's happened with the firm since 1992.

Doesn't matter. His legacy is firmly in place.

Andrew Mitchell

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.

It's a part of doing business. We're a professional-services firm and we have given to many politicians over the years.

Martin Winterkorn

The Volkswagen Group has proved that it can remain firmly on track even when the terrain is slippery.

The veil is off. India is now firmly in the US camp.

Lawrence Wilkerson

It takes firm leadership to preside over the bureaucracy. But it also takes a willingness to listen to dissenting opinions. It requires leaders who can analyze, synthesize, ponder and decide.

It's good for the state to take it on. This is going to firm up what we are doing.

Stewart Butterfield

It's hard to overestimate how much the perception of the quality of the V.C. firm you're with matters - the signal it sends to other V.C.s, to potential employees, to customers, to the tech press. It's like where you went to college.

Rates will remain firm and that's supporting the dollar. The report looks good.

People who knew Troy outside the locker room knew he had very firm opinions on how the game should be played, ... I got to see that side of Troy.

People preach things all the time that they don't really mean or believe. Staying firm within yourself is sometimes the only hope to reflect their wrongs to them, so reflect my friend.

For parents that are very firm in their religious beliefs, I don't see any problem with that.

Pras Michel

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

I can't, and don't even know that. I do know there are no firm plans yet.

Jim McKay

Identity is a huge issue for kids, We all need a firm sense of identity.

I don't see him as a victim; I think he's going to be happier not having to baby-sit a lot of egos. The music industry is firmly entrenched in its habits, and it's a very parochial, self- preserving industry.

Glenn McGrath

I am not trying to think about the possibility that my tour might be over, but the next 48 hours should settle the issue once and for all, ... While I have more or less conceded it is highly unlikely I will be fit in time to play the third Test at Old Trafford, I still have my sights set firmly on the fourth Test at Trent Bridge.

A private firm has been retained by the insurance company. They further investigated. They may have gotten the results from it, but they wouldn't have told me. They were on the scene for three or four days.

Barry Zito

I'm just trying to lock in a routine and stand firm on my mechanics. I'm focusing on mixing all my pitches up like I'm going to do in the season.

If you are accusing me of something you better be on firm ground.

Sophie Hannah

I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as writers rather than ghettoised as crime writers, but I love being thought of firmly as a crime writer.

Kathleen Blanco

I'm just as pleased as I can be that we were able to expedite the process of getting a Louisiana firm on site, working as quickly as possible and actually, I think, a little head of schedule,

It was the firm that releases it each month to our Web site with instructions from us as to what time to release it, and it was released by that firm early.

It was a moment on the national stage for Pataki. And he can say that when an out-of-control, liberal union tried to shut down New York, he took a firm line.

Boris Yeltsin

There will be tough measures in the North Caucasus and we will restore order there in Dagestan and other regions, ... But once again, I state it firmly as president -- there will be no state of emergency.

The law firm . . . was the staging ground of this stunt.