Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nitin Nohria

We've always treated the historical context of a particular time as a kind of sidebar to any discussion about business leadership. But we've found that context is far more salient than we ever imagined.

Kevin Jackson

We've always hoped that Page 2 would be a destination for people who wanted a good laugh and didn't take sports too seriously. Much of that was accomplished through parody, so it seemed natural that we'd be drawn to a product like the Onion. I think we've always had an admiration for what they do, and when we talked to the folks at the Onion, we found out that admiration was mutual.

Bobby Bowden

We've always had problems with Wake Forest. It looks like they've figured out their problems and found themselves.

Lorenzo Williams

When we went to the media timeout with eight minutes to go, I just told everybody that we're down right now, but we have a run in us. Eventually, shots started to fall, we started to get stops, and we found ourselves back in the game.

Sharon Hess

When we went to talk to those families, we found out that one of the families was originally from Herrin, so we were able to quickly place them in one of our vacant homes in Herrin. Our agency covers 24 counties, and if we don't have a house available, we can still help a family by making referrals.

Cory Booker

When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family.

Dennis Quaid

When I was in my mid-20s, I traveled a lot around the world, and the question I had for everyone I talked to was, 'What is your conception of God?' I found that everybody basically felt the same: God is within and without. He's in everything.

Angeles Mastretta

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be.

Michael Keaton

When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny; I loved to laugh. I always liked people I found generally funny.

Kate White

We've always written a lot about relationships, but our reader's particularly interested in figuring him out,

Park Chan-wook

When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.

Jennifer Egan

When I was little, I wanted to be a doctor. I was really interested in gore. My grandfather was an orthopedic surgeon and he had a lot of books in his library that I would just pore over. A lot of them had really horrible pictures of deformities.

Mario J. Molina

When I was in elementary school, I was very interested in science already. I must have been ten or eleven years old. I started experiments with chemistry sets at my home in Mexico. I was able to borrow a bathroom and convert it to a laboratory. My parents supported it. They were pleased. My friends just tolerated it.

Darren Shaw

We remain unconvinced that an acquirer would be interested in buying/merging with Hanson, unless the asbestos liabilities were capped in law. We continue to believe that the probability of asbestos reform becoming law in 2006 is extremely thin.

Brian Cresta

We're so much interested in seeing the younger generation helping the next generation because that generation has been so helpful in the past.

Joyce Brothers

We're so interested in it because it's different for everyone.

John Marshall

We're going to talk to the voters about the issues Colorado cares about. We don't begrudge him bringing in Eastern Bloc friends, but I suspect that the cowboys down at the coffeehouse in Delta are more interested what the candidates have to say about water and health care than whether or not the president of Poland is backing you.

Dan Daly

What we're really interested in generating is UA intellectual property. It offers a revenue stream from intellectual property.

Mike Birbiglia

When I was in high school I saw Steven Wright, a brilliant one-liner comedian, and I thought: 'That's what I should do; I should write one-liners.' And I did. My first album is mostly one-liners.

Bob Stoops

We're going to give Rhett Bomar a chance to start and see where he takes it. By no means am I sitting here saying that Paul Thompson is responsible for the way we played Saturday. That's not the case. We had a lot of guys, mostly older guys, play as poorly as I have seen them play. We feel Rhett deserves the same opportunity that Paul had.

Nathaniel Brown

When we do a content deal we have a rough idea of how many new subscribers it might attract. But mostly we?re committed to providing subscribers and potential subscribers with the kind of program they can?t find anywhere else, and Bob Dylan?s new show is a perfect example of that.

Bill Reinsch

We would probably say it's a mistake. You get kind of short-term satisfaction on the part of the university, but in the long run, you mostly hurt poor people. ... Basically, there's a negative economic impact on the poorest people, and it doesn't affect government policy or the people running the government.

Bill Varney

We found people were mostly interested in the herbs, and more interested in anything we made from our own herbs, ... We found the products we made ourselves sold 10 times better than other companies' products.

Jeanette Winterson

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We don't know who we are or how to function, much less how to bloom. Blind nature. Homo Sapiens. Who's kidding whom?

Tony Russa

We're mostly try to get to the finish line first, as soon as possible, then if we can do that, we're going to try to get to October as ready as we can. We're not trying to make a start for Anthony Reyes. We're trying to take care of those two priorities. If it turns out that we want to lengthen out the rotation for some reason, Anthony's a great guy.

Stephen Meyer

We're mostly trying to stop people from doing dumb things.

James Greenwood

We're mostly about the human health side, but we are also about food and agriculture.

Dean Baker

We've backed ourselves into a very dangerous situation. The economy is dependent on everyone consuming like crazy. If everyone heard my diatribe and said, 'Yeah, we better start saving,' the economy would go into a recession.

Ken Warwick

We've asked this question ourselves time and time again.

John Deacon

We've always decided ourselves what we wanted to put out as our singles and that sort of things.

Dick Umile

When we were down 2-0 tonight, we were playing pretty well. The third goal was not very well played by us. The kid was out front all by himself. We dug ourselves a hole, that?s the disappointing part.

Nick Vitucci

When we were 12 points behind Wheeling, we never doubted ourselves and always believed we could do it.

Lorenzo Williams

When we went to the media timeout with eight minutes to go, I just told everybody that we're down right now, but we have a run in us. Eventually, shots started to fall, we started to get stops, and we found ourselves back in the game.

Gary Payton

We're more focused on the road. On the road, those hills we create for ourselves look a lot higher.

Barbara Turner

We're more concerned about ourselves and how we prepare to play in the game. If we come in with the right mindset, know what we want to do in the game, then I think we'll be fine.

Baron Davis

We're getting there. We're trying to keep ourselves in ballgames. We just got to close it out.

Steve Matlock

We've assembled a team of dedicated, energetic people whose experience and enthusiasm for this industry is unparalleled. With these talented leaders in place, La-Z-Boy is in for an exciting ride.

Susan Dunn

We've asked the congregation a lot of different things during this period, getting opinions, because we want the whole body to be working toward the same goals. And we believe that the church should get outside its walls and reach out into the community and meet needs of people that live around the church and in the same town, as well as other places beyond our boundaries.

Bob Collins

We've asked all our section pros to put their program up on the Web site and I'm really, really excited the way they're starting to get involved. We're trying to create some awareness in the area and to get people to play. People always want to know, where do I go for a class? Where do I go if my kids want to learn? You can find it in there.

Paul Stamm

We've approached the other trusts and have gotten a verbal commitment, but they would like to be able to be the monies that put us over the top in the project. This has a great chance of being a reality and we really need $10 and $25 donations from people in the community.

Joe Hudak

We've always wanted to try to figure out ways to improve our attendance. There's no doubt it's a great advantage if you can have a lot of people in the stands cheering for you and cheering against your opponents.

Randy Honebrink

We've always tried to reduce the number of people getting bit by sharks through education and awareness. We try to get our safety tips out through our Web site and in publications.

Charlie Sands

We've always tried to have the thing that people want.

Tim Coghlin

We've always thought they were a very skilled team but they're even more skilled than people know. They skate really well, they swarm the puck, the protect they puck well. They all have exceptional puck skills, stick skills, and they compete.

Terry Lickona

We've always known there was a reason to keep all these original masters. We've never erased a single tape from any show we've ever done. We've just about run out of space to store these tapes, but they've turned out be gems. We're proud of these old shows and we think they deserve to be seen by new generations of fans and people that have been fans all along.

Mike Hess

We found that consumer interest in science and science-related consumer products is both larger and more complex than many people previously thought.

Bill Varney

We found people were mostly interested in the herbs, and more interested in anything we made from our own herbs, ... We found the products we made ourselves sold 10 times better than other companies' products.

Jeremy Batstone

We find little in these results to indicate that the group is addressing the dearth of late-stage pipeline products right now and suspect that the risk of opting for quick fixes does not come risk-free.

Phil Edwards

We find deals for the people who need it the most: the college students. We might find deals on videos, music or other products a college student might need.

Karen Neuburger

We felt it was very important to offer this line of products year-round because breast cancer is a disease that can strike at any time,

Robert McNamara

We bought products off a man who was licensed to sell them. They're telling me that there were certain products he wasn't able to sell. I only bought products that were advertised for sale to everybody.

David Peterschmidt

We believe we have the management, products and financial focus to foster long-term benefits for our shareholders and customers worldwide.

Brian Peterson

We believe we are in a period of new demand for products made from the corn wet milling starch stream as we find opportunities to replace products derived from high-priced petroleum. The strong demand should lead to improved long-term returns from corn processing operations.

Dennis Cary

United is committed to being an industry leader in customer satisfaction among frequent business travelers. Sean looks at our business through the eyes of our customers, and under his leadership, we will continue to create the experiences we expect for our customers throughout their journeys, develop products to meet their needs, and improve customer satisfaction.

Paul Allen

We've basically sold our position in USAI. We're very much focused on bearing down on cable and interactive television.

Paul Allen

We've basically sold our position in USAI, ... We're very much focused on bearing down on cable and interactive television.

Adam Rothberg

We've always believed in Dan Brown's exceptional talent as an author. Everyone in publishing knows that sometimes it takes three or more books to reach critical mass and we're happy to have ultimately sold millions of copies of his books.

Katie Leclerc

I wasn't sold on 3-D until it was in my own home. The images jump out at you, even more so than in the theater, because you're in tighter quarters and you're closer to the TV, so it feels like the depth is very dramatic.

Bill Varney

We found people were mostly interested in the herbs, and more interested in anything we made from our own herbs, ... We found the products we made ourselves sold 10 times better than other companies' products.

Jim Talent

Uniquely with methamphetamine, the drug isn't just used and sold in our neighborhoods and communities, it's made in our neighborhoods and communities. We're hoping this will throttle local labs because they will not be able to get the pseudoephedrine they need ... but that does not mean it's going to throttle methamphetamine altogether.

Greg Miller

Usually, by the end of October all the chestnut growers start calling each other looking for chestnuts because we're all sold out.

Osamu Tamada

US Treasuries were sold down heavily (overnight) and this and the upcoming Golden Week holiday appear to have provided a cue for sellers.

Michiyoshi Kato

Yen selling may not extend to today. Some investors sold a bit too much yen, so they may buy some back, which could benefit the Japanese currency.