Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Fassler

We remain concerned with the company's longer-term positioning, given its choppy sales showing despite significant store-level investment, and its poor return on capital. The majority of its remodeled stores should have yielded their most significant same-store sales impact in 2002, and we see few tangible growth drivers ahead.

Roger Bailey

We're starting our fifth season of competition, and this is the timeframe we expected to see the growth in the series. We had to establish a foothold, and we've done that. Now we're seeing more drivers and teams who want to compete in the series because we are managing the cost, and we've improved the prize payout. We expect even more cars on the grid when we start the season.

Robin Pemberton

We respect all of our competitors and listen to them. ...They're out there. They're our only feedback. We know what bump drafting does, we don't know how rough it is until the drivers actually come in and complain about it.

Kyle Petty

What happens is the guys on the team hear what is going on, and it affects what they are doing. It can be a pretty big demoralizer. Sure, drivers come and go, but telling your crew that you'll be gone in 16-17 months can affect a lot of things between now and the time of your New Year's Eve party going into 2007.

Scott Ishikawa

We're going to keep the right lane closed indefinitely for now until we can figure out what to do. This area is kind of dark at night, so we were worried that any drivers would run into the debris that comes down to the road, so we figured just close the right lane down as a precaution.

Derek Leathers

We're doing everything we can to give them the newest trucks on the road. We think our fleet is one of the newest out there, and that's something drivers appreciate.

Jim Hoffa

We refuse to wait any longer for the government to rule on our challenge. We are stepping up the fight against these regulations that put Teamster drivers at greater risk.

Jim Hoffa

We refuse to wait any longer for the government to rule on our challenge -- we are stepping up the fight against these regulations that put Teamster drivers at greater risk.

Alain Prost

I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn't understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.

Bob Romeo

We've averaging 61 points per game, but the thing that makes me the proudest about this team is its defense. We've held teams to an average of 31 points per game. A lot of players get to play (as a result of big leads), and that means the kids on the bench are doing a good job defensively as well.

Elliot Diringer

We've asked the OPEC nations to keep an open mind about increased oil production, and we continue to believe an increase is good for both producing and consuming nations.

Mike Turner

We've always tried to play all of the good teams. If we're going to be one of the good teams we've got to play the good teams.

Gene Johnson

We've always tried to have a good mix of stuff on our albums -- something that's fun, something that's very radio friendly, something that's going to touch someone's heart, maybe even something that's pop influenced. More than ever, on the 'Completely' album, we wanted to show more than one musical side of Diamond Rio.

John Mackey

We've always tried to be good citizens in the communities that we do business in.

Jamie Dixon

We've always thought he was a very good player and always believed in him. He just happened to play on some very good teams behind some very good players. Last year, he developed and got better. He played in a lot of big games against a lot of good people.

John Carr

We've always said controllers are like runways -- it takes three to five years to make a good one,

Joe Hudak

We've always played well here. We're a good club, and I think we're trying to show we can play with other good clubs. We're certainly not intimidated.

Adam Ereli

We've always made clear that truces are good only insofar as they go, and that's really not very far.

Eric Thurston

When we were there at the beginning of the year, they handed it to us pretty good. We have to make sure we come out, play well and play smart. We have to be very strong in our own end. Defensive zone coverage is going to be key.

Mark Schonfeld

When it came to entering mutual-fund orders, Bear Stearns essentially handed the keys to the system over to the hedge funds.

Kevin Drew

When we handed this record in, it confused a lot of people, even within the band. That's what I love about it -- I just find it this big, beautiful mess. Sometimes, albums should be experiments, and people who truly understand us know that's all we were doing from the get-go.

Chris Crutcher

'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain.

Olin Browne

What makes it really hard is it's not a reaction sport, ... This is a premeditation sport. You're walking down the fairway, considering what your options are on the next shot that you're going to hit, how you're going to handle it, where you're going to go with it what you're going to do ... you get your head handed to you a lot out here. You know, the people that do well out here are able to absorb that, deal with it, put it in a little compartment, send it somewhere where they don't need to be in and move on to the next step.

Debra Wilson

What's so interesting is that the Aborigine language is all handed down from generation to generation - it's not a written language.

Muddy Waters

Oh, I started out young. They handed me a cotton sack when I was about 8 years old. Give me a little small one, tell me to fill it up. I never did like the farm but I was out there with my grandmother, didn't want to get away from around her too far.

Eric Liu

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

Ken Bruen

Because I've been so bad at looking after myself, how would I ever look after a kid? But the old cliche applied: they handed her to me, and my world turned upside down - and I realised I was now going to be vulnerable in more ways than I expected.

Tony Haynes

We've averaged 20-plus wins a year for the last five years, five straight NCAA tournaments. Kids graduate. Hey, that's a successful program.

Jim Grant

We've asked departments in the last two years to trim back and be as frugal as possible so we'd have the dollars to provide the services we need to provide.

Jamie Dixon

We've always thought he was a very good player and always believed in him. He just happened to play on some very good teams behind some very good players. Last year, he developed and got better. He played in a lot of big games against a lot of good people.

Casey Rabach

We've always seemed to be able to overcome, and the last two weeks it just wasn't happening. It was disappointing, because we know we're better than that.

Jamie Dixon

We've always played three guards in certain instances over the years. A number of programs do that. Oftentimes, your smaller players are your better players. Last year, our bigger guys were our better players.

Jerry Sloan

We've always had a rule in the last second or so: get next to your man. We weren't even close to the guy.

Jim Hendry

We've always had a lot of respect for him. He pitched so well against us for Houston. He went out there last year with some discomfort and gutted out his starts in Boston. He's a winning-type guy. He's a winning pitcher who, when he's out there, he wins you games.

Philip Goodhart

We've always had a broader cultural coverage, particularly in the last three or four years We have short stories in every issue. We have more of an interior life. Perhaps the mistake was not to make more noise about that in the earlier issues.

Katie Cook

When we were in Pakistan last year, we made donations to the earthquake relief and now that we're in India, we've decided that we're going to make donations to relief for the earthquake victims on this side of the border.

Peter Butler

We've avoided a race because it is inappropriate, and it may make you make some bad decisions. The damage is not just to the patient but the reputation of the whole field.

Brian Vickers

When it comes down to the end of the race, a 1-2-3 finish is great. But all three of us wants to be 1.

Craig Fuller

We're going to train progressively toward the end of the year. Last year we ran well for most of the season, but when it came to nationals we had our worst race of the year. We'll make sure we're ready at the right time this year.

Peyton Sellers

We're going to take this first race and keep a conservative approach to it, go home in one piece and try to get better for the next race. The car we've got now is a good car and we're going to build a better car.

Dick DeGuerin

We're going to see the outside money come into this race that will make 2002 and 2003 pale by comparison.

Larry King

We're going to point her towards that race again, and we need to get a couple races in her - this seems like a good place to start.

Kenny Troutt

When I was in high school, my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested. Then when I went to college at Southern Illinois University, just a few hours from Louisville, we used to go to the Kentucky Derby, and I got to see Secretariat and Riva Ridge win.

Milka Duno

When we came into this race last year, we were just off our first career win at Homestead-Miami Speedway and we had a lot of momentum and energy,

Eugene Debs

When we are in partnership and have stopped clutching each other's throats, when we have stopped enslaving each other, we will stand together, hands clasped, and be friends. we will be comrades, we will be brothers, and we will begin the march to the grandest civilization the human race has ever known.

Tom Slater

We've asked them repeatedly to produce a lease. A lease shows that there will be a continuity of care, that they'll be there, and not just on a month-to-month basis.

John Paquette

We've always said part of the reason for the repeat matches is for television.

Imad Moustapha

What they want to do is ... keep on repeating them day in, day out, every day, every day, and some people will eventually end up believing them.

John Farrell

What he has shown here is what he has shown from his first start in Double-A two years ago, pitching in a playoff atmosphere. One thing we've seen repeatedly is every time we've challenged him, he's responded favorably with an increase in his stuff, whether it be through velocity or action.

Kyle Cieplicki

We're going to have to learn from losses like today. It's hard to swallow. It's something we are going to have to remember. Our corps is intact, everyone is coming back. So we can't repeat these mistakes.

Steve Hubbard

With the information at his or her fingertips, someone in the emergency room or on call is able to give more focused and better care. When people don't know what's been done, they repeat things.

Finn Abrahamsen

We fear that in a pressure situation he can repeat this action (stabbing). We advise people to exercise caution and contact police if they meet this man.

David McEntire

The potential for damage by this storm is significant, and the risk of flooding and tornadoes exists after the hurricane has begun to dissipate. ... Texas has learned from Louisiana's example. No one wants to repeat those mistakes.

Jorge Mariscal

We are seeing a new appetite for south-of-the-border securities coming from U.S. investors who have started realizing that the extraordinary returns they saw in 1995 and '96 will not be repeated again, so they're looking for opportunities elsewhere.

Aleksey Igudesman

We've always dreamt of a TV series and working in film. When we first sat down to seriously write 'A Little Nightmare Music,' to write something for TV was our original inspiration. But all the stuff we were writing down is not going to work on stage. We had to rewrite it so it would work on the stage.

Mike Vrabel

When we went to a 4-3, it gave them some problems. We're going to make changes every week -- between series and on the fly.

Roger Bailey

We're starting our fifth season of competition, and this is the timeframe we expected to see the growth in the series. We had to establish a foothold, and we've done that. Now we're seeing more drivers and teams who want to compete in the series because we are managing the cost, and we've improved the prize payout. We expect even more cars on the grid when we start the season.

Boomer Walker

We're going to see a guy with World Series experience and a lot of success from last year. We're really looking forward to that game and it'll be an early measuring stick to see where we are.

Jim Hughes

We're going to play much better (tonight) than we did Sunday. As a team we all know we're much better than how we played on Sunday. Hartford came out playing with desperation that day and we just didn't match their intensity. But we're still in a 2-2 series and we're not panicking.

Jim Mangia

What we're hoping is that this defeat for Buchanan is the beginning of a whole series of small and large defeats over the course of the next couple of weeks until Buchanan goes back to the Republican party where he belongs.

Jake Delhomme

When we came here a couple of months ago, I lost that game for us. I threw two picks in the first three series and it was 10-0. When you play from behind, it's different than when you play with the lead.

Ruth Rendell

Wexford started off as a very conventional, tough cop and not a very original character because I had no idea I was writing a series, of course. I had no idea I'd created a series character.

Marcia Muller

We writers of series fiction tend to idealize ourselves in our characters, giving them attributes we wish we possessed and ever more interesting lives.