Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

Tim Finchem

We've always believed we're prepared to do it, ... We can handle it in short order if we need to.

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.

Kyle Hines

When we weren't winning, we were still working hard. It just didn't seem like we had all the pieces of the puzzle. We all believed sometime we'd click, and I'm happy it's now.

Karen Stewart

When we were in Waveland, we were thinking about how we could help folks. We wanted it to be more than that we went to Waveland for two weeks to help. We wanted to say that people outside of Mississippi care about them and believe as they do that they will rebuild.

Annette O'Toole

When we were first together, he said, Nobody's ever called me Darling. I said, I can't believe that - I could just cry thinking about it.

Nick Vitucci

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

Phil Hamilton

We've always defeated those types of things in full committee. At least when his bills die, he doesn't rant and rave.

Courtney Barnett

When I was on the road with Billy Bragg, it was cool because I was doing the whole thing solo and travel a lot by myself, which I quite like. I mean, I love being with friends, but it's kind of nice having that alone time.

Anthony Burger

When I was little I thought, 'Wow, to meet Bill Gaither, that would be great,'

Cory Lidle

When I was in Oakland, knowing that Billy had played the game meant a lot.

John Battelle

When it broke out in the mid 1990s, the web was society's first at-scale digital artifact. It spread in orders of ten, first thousands, then millions, then hundreds of millions of pages - and on it went, to the billions it now encompasses.

Brent Jones

You don't know which concussion is going to put you over the line. And I said, 'What more can you accomplish?' But when you're such a competitor, like Steve was, or like Bill is, you can't see beyond the next game.

Kevin Sharer

We remain confident in our long-term guidance of compound annual growth rate for sales and EPS of low 20s for the 2001-2005 period and sales between $8 billion and $9 billion in 2005,

Sandra Taylor

We're spending billions of dollars on a country that doesn't want us there.

Harry Reid

We're spending a lot of money in the Gulf, ... We have to do that, but is there anyone in the world that can justify $70 billion in tax cuts? I don't think so. So before I talk about offsets, let the president focus on that.

Ron Brown

We've appointed a committee to look at our needs. We post the meetings and the public is welcome to come and voice their opinion. The public is always welcome. We need to find enough property where we can build as we need. We'll get it done.

Mark Joseph

We've always had a School Committee member or two on these committees, and I feel very strongly that should continue. We need to know what we're bringing in.

Gary Anderson

We broke it down into indoor facilities and outdoor facilities. The (high school athletic facilities) committee listed what we felt every school needed in priority order.

Richard Shelby

We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,

David Courtney

unless the nominating committee of our board of directors decides otherwise in accordance with our corporate governance guidelines.

Ted White

Unless investors can see where compensation committees are setting those hurdles, it's hard for us to assess the quality of those plans.

James Loewen

Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy to catch the eye of adoption committees but dull when read by students.

David Frost

With UK growth remaining weak and below trend, and with inflationary pressures easing, we urge the (Bank of England's) monetary policy committee to consider an early interest rate cut.

Wu Bangguo

Work safety incidents, which always involve losses of human lives, attracted wide public attention. Therefore, in 2005, the NPC Standing Committee examined the work safety law implementation from various aspects.

Richard Shelby

We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,

Lee Raymond

History teaches us that punitive measures hastily crafted in response to short-term rises in prices will have unintended consequences and disincentives to investment,

Lee Raymond

History teaches us that punitive measures, hastily crafted in reaction to short-term market fluctuations, will likely have unintended negative consequences.

Kelly Corrigan

It's funny, I'd rather be known as a writer who crafted a really nice piece about women's friendships over time. But that doesn't roll off the tongue like 'YouTube sensation.'

Stuart Miller

Our strategy, as we have navigated these market conditions, has been to use locally crafted strategies in a measured and orderly fashion to keep inventory levels very low while keeping our home-building machine working.

Richard Gingras

From the outset, this was a very consumer-centric solution. What we've crafted is a means to allow consumers to feel safe in dealing with commercial messages.

Emily Oster

Lovingly crafted and super-creative cupcakes are not exactly on tap in my household after a full day at work, and I do not blame my mother for a second that they were not on tap in hers, either.

Stuart Witt

The FAA is now finding that the statutes as crafted don't fit. So now they have to be very liberal in their interpretations of the law in order to accommodate the emerging technologies.

T'Keyah Crystal Keymah

I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.

Chris Cornell

When I was maybe nine years old, I listened to the entire Beatles catalogue, non-stop, for about a year,

David Lambert

When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definitely a culture shock. But it was a really interesting time to be there. I didn't entirely realize how different it is from the States. I just accepted it because I was there and my parents needed to be there.

Roland Martin

When I was in meditation, God began to speak to me, and God said, 'Roland, I have enough preachers. I need people where you are in your positions. When you are on radio, when you are on television, you speak into more people in the five minutes than some preachers speak to in an entire year.'

Martin O'Malley

When I was in Grade 9, there was an election for high school president, and one of the candidates told us that if we elected him, he would abolish homework. He promised this to the entire student body from the stage in the school gymnasium.

Ma Jun

We're manufacturing to meet the demands of our own people but, in the meantime, for the entire world as well, and that definitely put a lot of extra pressure on our environment.

Mayor Mayans

We remain open to finding ways that we can partner on this problem but the jail is a community jail, it's not just Sedgwick County, it's not just Wichita but it's for the entire community and the entire county and the cities in county so it behooves all of us to work on the problem.

Joe Browne

We're going to take into account the status of the relief and rescue efforts in Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast and apply league policies and precedents in as much of an extent as possible. NFL teams play their games outside their home stadiums either in another NFL city or in a city in their home territory. There is no precedent for playing any games in a non-NFL city.

Lawrence Rita

We're going to take a look at the entire scope of our responsibilities in the Department of Defense and determine what is it that we can or should be doing better, differently, more of, less of.

Bryan Hilferty

We're going to operate simultaneously throughout the entire eastern and southern part of the country so we get inside the decision cycle; so we hit them before they can hit innocent men, women and children,

Martin Bates

We're so excited to have him. The wonderful part about the Granite School District Police Department is their priorities, and only priorities . . . are the safety of kids and patrons in the district.

Richard Shelby

We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,

Akon

It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

Dave Lindimore

We want to stress that the order of these projects isn't set in stone. The list is an estimate, and after annual inventory of streets, priorities will change.

Chris Christie

I think we have to focus,on exactly what the priorities are.

Chris Christie

We need a president who is going to understand what actionable intelligence looks like and act on it. And we need a president and a cabinet who understands that the first and most important priority of the president of the United States is to protect the safety and security of Americans.

Chris Christie

When elected, I will make education funding a top priority and I believe we must ensure those dollars reach our children and the classroom

Chino Moreno

Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as projects. It’s not like I’m unfulfilled with a need to find another outlet. I look at it as making music with my friends, and I’m blessed that they’re great musicians.

Cheryl Richardson

I am focused, organized, and easily able to honor the priorities that need my attention.

Ellen Galinsky

What this finding reflects is the dissonance of today's reality and yesterday's old ideas. There's the assumption that family for women detracts from work while for men it supposedly enhances their viability and stability.

Richard Shelby

We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,

William Floyd

We believe this transaction fairly reflects for our stock holders the many improvements we have made throughout Beverly in recent years, as well as our strong operating and financial momentum.

Scott Sullivan

WorldCom's decision to retire the notes reflects the company's strong liquidity position and positive free cash flow, ... The repayment of these notes is consistent with our stated objective of reducing overall debt.

David Tom

We're finding that it's reflecting one-to-one the voters at the polls. It reflects the populace.

Paul Eibeler

We're extremely proud of our entire sales team, and this new sales structure reflects our confidence in the team's abilities to maximize Take-Two's position in the video game industry. The individuals promoted today have played a leadership role in managing our sales initiatives for a number of years. We are further supporting our retail customer base to fit their needs and our growing business.

Craig Jackson

We're extremely pleased by the results of our second South Florida event. The success we achieved at this auction, along with the results from our Scottsdale auction, reflects the increased popularity of classic vehicles and the automotive lifestyle experience.

George Clooney

We're investing financially and creatively to develop an idyllic environment that reflects our personal tastes and interests and where we can relax with our friends who also love this town,

Mohsin Hamid

In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you see out there reflects what you are. The other one is to look inside yourself and recognise that the universe is present there.