Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Skilling

This was about protecting gains, not hiding losses.

This verdict will go into the dustbin of history.

David R. Brower

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'

We were tied up in Korea; we were worried about the Russians. And, conceivably, they said 'nuclear' because they didn't want him to do anything for India; that this was a way of raising the stakes so high as to make it not an option.

Melissa Rosenberg

What I want is to be the highest grossing screenwriter, or to have some other woman be the highest grossing screenwriter, instead of being number nine on the list. That's my goal.

We got a nice surprise in the high jump.

We got a lot of points inside and we really hit the offensive boards, which I thought we could do a better job of.

We got a lot of hits today in key situations. Today's win was important for us.

We got a lot of big hits today and that was one of them.

We got a little more patient on offense. As we got more patient, we were able to hit more shots. We didn't try to rush our shots.

We give three $150 scholarships to Mohawk High School seniors at our June meeting each year, ... This is our way to give back to the community.

We give high priority to local bands. We don't even need to listen to their demos. We're very approachable.

Ricky Gervais

We had a hit list of people we approached, ... We told them some of the ideas we had. Because we spent such a long time writing the scripts for each episode, it would be mad to spend three months on a script for Sam Jackson, send it to him, and he goes, 'Why would I do that?' So we got a preliminary yes out of them, and then went way, wrote the ideas, spoke to them on the phone, sent them the script, and they all said yes.

We want to do more than just go back and lose again. We want to come back up Highway 69 with the state championship trophy.

We want to do it better, higher and cleaner.

We were obligated to preserve our historic landmark. Not just for this generation, but for the generations to come.

We knew Buckner was a big key. We were hoping to pressure him and wear him down. I think we did. Our kids did a nice job putting pressure on them and hitting some nice shots late in the third quarter.

We kind of started a little slower today. We were getting hits but we just couldn't score any runs.

We just kind of hit it off, you know.

We just kept talking and kept moving on defense, looking at the hitters and making smart plays.

We just kept hitting the quarterback. It was as simple as that.

We just hit an off night. I know we can hit those shots. It's been proven before. We just have nights that we're on and nights that we're off. Tonight was an off night.

Through the international hotel empire, the Hilton name has become synonymous with class and sophistication.

Though she was always working on her historical thing.

Brad Lidge

It wouldn't have surprised me if Roger went nine more innings and hit the home run himself.

Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate.

Confucius

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about; things that are past it is needless to blame.

Things just seem to hit. When one hits, they all hit at the same time.

The worse the hurricane does to us, the higher the prices are going to go.

Vernon Davis

They all speak highly of me. They all say they would love to have me, but you never know.

The whole reason we've been doing so well is that we thought there would be only one more rate hike and then they would pause.

Niall Ferguson

The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It's very restful - because you read. There's some sociopathic problem that makes me prefer it to human interaction.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

The wine world is so big. Yes, there are styles of wines I don't like. Orange wine, natural wines and low-alcohol wines. Truth is on my side, and history will prove I am right.