Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chip Williams

What they want to do is drive the line with nine players and make you throw. Their game plan coming in is to score a couple, either off the special teams or a run off the offense, and then shut us out, not allowing us to run.

Ray Staver

When we cut the lead down, we usually didn't get a good shot the next time down the floor. But, really, allowing 37 points in the first half and the way we shot (33%), it was too far to come back.

Morris Dees

When we got into this case, ranchers all along the border were allowing these types to come on their property, ... Now, they're very leery of it, especially when they see someone loosing their ranch because of it.

Jim Young

Union Pacific is operating more efficiently, allowing us to handle record volumes and recover more rapidly from challenges such as hurricanes, the Kansas washouts and severe winter storms.

David Messing

Usually it's about five minutes of taxi time from the runway to the gate when we're now allowing folks to use the phone.

Lawrence Rita

We're getting more intelligence that's allowing us to stop more of these things, find more of them. So we're learning from them (the insurgents) and the enemy is learning from us, and it's going to be that way for as long as there is an insurgency.

George Allen

Unstable natural gas prices and supply volatility hurt all Americans, including Virginia families, farms, manufacturing plants and small businesses. I believe allowing states to opt in to deep-water exploration far off the coast will make Virginia and America more secure and more energy-independent.

Richard Strauss

We've actually been at the low-end of the Street range for the fourth quarter ... (and) felt that we had to go even lower, so we did -- a nine percent across-the-board trimming here for the fourth quarter, ... The backlogs are still very significant, but the current environment is just not allowing deals to get done.

Glenn Johnson

We are pleased to announce that we are allowing our residents to return to assess and secure their property,

Jim Crumlish

When we were losing, going into practice every day was tough. You go in every day to practice knowing that it will be brutal. And when you are losing, it's that much worse. You don't get to see the benefits of all your hard work, as you do when you're winning.

Ned Walker

We remain deeply concerned about any interest rate relief that allows another carrier to artificially mask its obligations, potentially paying nothing at all for many years, receive all of the benefits and ultimately leave the taxpayer to foot the bill.

Greg Saunders

We respect their right to show unity, but our focus is on what's right for our Chicago employees and their wages and benefits packages.

John Kasich

When we give a subsidy, the benefits to the public ought to exceed the benefits to the company. When it doesn't, that's our definition of corporate welfare.

Cheri Yecke

We would prefer that students in the earliest grades have the benefits of a smaller class taught by a qualified teacher, and we are striving to make this happen.

Peter Hall

We find in most of Western countries slow economic growth, which means that jobs are being created slowly and that generous social benefits systems developed in the 1960s and 1970s are often unaffordable. So in one way or another, all of these countries face this problem.

David Peterschmidt

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

Wan Kim

We believe today's lawsuit will help ensure that New York voters enjoy the benefits of these important reforms.

Michael Thun

What's interesting is that even without the potential benefits of early detection and treatment, at least one-third of cancer deaths are preventable.

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.

David Corbin

We've asked the city to continue its consideration of the project until April. We want time to look at our options with regard to Holiday House specifically and our overall employee housing needs in general. At this point, we want to go back and revisit our full employee housing goals.

Paul Johnston

We've apparently struck a reasonable middle ground and will continue to try to meet the needs of all the authorized purposes.

David Snowden

We've always worked well within DoD guidelines and of course will continue to do so. We support the directive and all regulations that would protect military members from unscrupulous business practices.

Jim Rutherford

We've always taken the position at this rookie camp that we'll give opportunities to guys who deserve them. Estrada continued to play well. He deserved to go.

Toni Simonetti

We've always said we have a number of strategic alternatives that we're looking at...We continue to do that.

Adam Pine

We've always had it in us. I think the men's team will continue to get stronger and stronger and we'll be winning many gold medals in the future.

Mark Fredrickson

We've always had a policy of qualifying and buying the very best technology that we can put in our systems. We intend to continue to buy disk drives from IBM, contingent on their ability to meet our standards.

Ellis Verdi

We've always felt that no other agency could match our creative strengths in retail advertising, and this year's continued success at RAMA is a testament to our ability in marketing leading retailers.

Melissa Eisenstat

We regard Microsoft's loss to be a foregone conclusion, which subjects it to damages that will likely be undetermined for a period of months. We also believe the issuing of the conclusions of law opens Microsoft to a flood of civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages.

Jesse Jackson

We want the people resettled and the damages paid for lives lost and lives injured.

Kamuron Gurol

We've also got to weigh the costs and time involved in continued legal activity and potential for damages if we're not upheld through the levels.

Michael Morris

would be surprised if we couldn't prove damages north of $1 billion.

Michael Speck

We want the damages order to reflect the value of the music that was distributed. We don't yet have a figure, but we expect it to be in the order of several billion dollars.

Roe Hye

We determined that this is a grave misconduct that damages the foundation of science.

Gerhard Schroeder

One thing moved us all, the damages and the peoples' suffering concerns all the countries affected. So we will continue working from tomorrow to make unified Europe a place of solidarity.

Kyrsten Sinema

A huge dollar bill is the most accurate way to teach children the real motto of the United States: In the Almighty Dollar We Trust... Until the average American realizes that capitalism damages her livelihood while augmenting the livelihoods of the wealthy, the Almighty Dollar will continue to rule. It certainly is not ruling in our favor.

David Stobaugh

We're seeking damages for the wrongful exclusion of the benefits plan; we're seeking an injunction that requires them to start classifying people properly and allowing employees to participate in the employee stock-purchase plans. In our view, they can't continue to operate the way they're operating.

Bob Phillips

We respect the right of our employees to organize,

Greg Saunders

We respect their right to show unity, but our focus is on what's right for our Chicago employees and their wages and benefits packages.

Tony Ross

We respect our employees rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining and we respect all the rules and regulations in all the jurisdictions that we operate.

Mike Cooke

We would seriously question the judgment of any board member or administrator who would have this community believe that they can simply fire the current employees and contract with an outside company to bring in strangers to work in our schools, and still provide the same degree of quality, safety and service that our current custodians and head custodians provide.

Alan Mulally

We believe this settlement provides what IAM-represented employees say they want in this contract, where they want it.

Nitin Jadhav

We're going to intensify our agitation until the government relents. It is the question of the lives of thousands of airport employees and their families.

Glenn Tilton

United has the most committed employees and strongest airline franchise in the world. We will not let it fail. We look forward to working with you to implement the coalition framework,

Brendan Barber

Unions do believe in proper regulation - but this initiative shows workplaces can do even better when managers and employees work together.

Phil Ramon

We're doing everything to keep our employees and utilize them in the most productive manner in an effort to have our community return to the way it was.

Michael Shifter

Unless Flores embarks on ... social reform aimed at addressing the country's exclusion and inequality, political unrest could mount during her presidency.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.

Carlos Mencia

Racism is exclusion, that's why I make fun of everybody.

Carl Andre

Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.

Jack O'Connell

We accepted a higher proportion of English-learner students than any other state in the country, ... Our exclusion rate of English learners was 12%, while Texas' exclusion rate was 37.5% and New York's was 29%.

David Stobaugh

We're seeking damages for the wrongful exclusion of the benefits plan; we're seeking an injunction that requires them to start classifying people properly and allowing employees to participate in the employee stock-purchase plans. In our view, they can't continue to operate the way they're operating.

Lex McCorvey

There is a general feeling that this is more often referred to as an 'open space district' to the exclusion of agricultural preservation. Our feeling is that it has strayed from its original intent." ()

Daniel Katzive

I think the break of the big level last week ... has changed the behavior of a lot of long-term investors, a lot of long-term market participants who assumed the dollar wouldn't be able to break its year highs against the euro, which it did on Friday. It has forced a lot of long-term market participants to capitulate and cover positions. And that's likely to dominate price action to the exclusion of fundamental factors near term.

Bob Lekites

We remain confident about our long-term customer demand in the U.S. and abroad. And whether it's in Europe, Asia or Latin America, we need to be prepared to deploy a modern jet freighter that's flexible enough to operate anywhere.

James Calvin

We respect the right of Native American tribes to operate commercial enterprises, and the right of licensed distributors to supply them with legal products. But in conducting commerce with non-Native American consumers, everyone in the supply chain should play by the same rules, including collecting state and local taxes.

Dan Rooney

We're going to operate the way we always do, and that is try and take care of our own. The team that took us to the Super Bowl and won are the guys that we're looking for. We think it's to their advantage and to our advantage to do it that way.

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,

Larry Flowers

We found that out officially this morning, and it will cost us more to remove the debris. But there's more to that than just the cost for me. My father built that structure with his own hands (and operated it as a store for many years).

Susan Hofer

We felt it was that person's responsibility to take care of the maintenance of the facility and make sure that the facility is operated safely and cleanly. We don't normally do summary suspensions unless there's imminent concern.

John Surma

We benefited from a positive global economic market and there is a positive environment at least through mid-year. We intend to operate as near to full capacity as we can in the second quarter.

Rob Binns

World Airways will operate five international round trips a week under the contract, which has an estimated value of $11 million.

Hanna Rosin

Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.

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.

Cameron Crowe

Tom's dad also passed away when he was a young man and he had that history of feeling he never really knew him properly - so he just seemed like the best guy to work with on this one,

Jon Brion

We're so used to everything being properly manicured, like you can hear every footstep in a movie, you can hear every bit of dialogue, and everything is in its place.

David Ward

Years ago, hog farmers were giving the manure away, even paying to get rid of it. Now they're being asked for it and getting paid. It's economically feasible now. It's a valuable resource and if it's managed properly it's a win-win situation.

Michael Defensor

We want to set this up properly because we are dealing with a military hierarchy and I might set it up wrongly.

Luke Pasqualino

I don't think I've ever properly been in love. I've had a few girlfriends and have liked them loads, but I'm not sure it was love.

James Snyder

We are proud to bring the world-renowned leader in diabetes care and education to the Las Vegas Valley. Diabetes is a major disease affecting our local community at a rate that exceeds both state and national norms. If not properly treated, it can be a life threatening and debilitating. We look forward to working with the Joslin staff in Boston to ensure that our care meets the standards of this international leader in diabetes treatment, research and education.

Andy Melin

We are properly placing kids so they can be challenged but not so challenged they shut down. Students should know going into this that it's serious business.

Robert McGowan

We've acted properly in this office, ... I understand the pressures and I understand this group just wants to pay less taxes. If you want to be an assessor and can't take the heat, don't do the job.

John Ruiz

We believe that the plane was not being properly maintained.

Alan Bersin

What this budget does is express (Schwarzenegger's) best judgment of how all the competing needs of California can be met and in this case provide a very large increase in education funding. What he also understands is that his process requires a long and detail discussion with the Legislature, which he is eager to engage.

Jennifer Pizer

What makes it discriminatory is that it requires women to present themselves in a particularly feminine way.

John Feehery

We're going to make sure that we do this in a reasonable, rational and responsible way, and that requires us to go through the ... Judiciary Committee.

Lindsey Buckingham

Working with the band, you're in a room with three other people and you're more verbal. It requires the other side of the brain.

Al Zollar

With the integration of voice, video and data traffic networks are no longer just pipelines of data. The greater reliance on networks requires a much more real-time approach to network management.

Salam Fayyad

We want the new cabinet to succeed. But this requires an understanding on many issues, especially the nature of the Palestinian political system and the role of the president of the Palestinian Authority, who is also the chairman of the executive committee of the PLO.

Oliver Friedrichs

The potential for graphical image-based exploits is especially concerning as it affects multiple applications and requires no user interaction.

Dave McKay

We usually watch the traffic as it grows on the roadway. When you are tripping 14,000 cars a day you are probably at a level of service that requires a larger road.

Franco Frattini

We are going to send the message to the Moroccans that Europe stands ready to commit itself very quickly on the ground as well, but Europe also requires a strong and clear commitment on the part of Morocco,

John Hofmeister

We respectfully request that Congress do no harm by distorting markets or seeking punitive taxes on an industry working hard to respond to high prices and supply shortfalls.

Greg Craig

When we have received assurances that Juan Miguel will be able to take custody of his son, but under circumstances that require him to remain in this country for a period of time, we will also be seeking permission for a support group of Elian's classmates, teachers and doctors to come to the United States to help smooth the transition,

John Lucas

We broke students into two groups. The first group could be accepted here as freshmen and full-time undergrads. The other 64 are enrolled in a continuing studies program, which they can do for a limited amount of time. They are people seeking temporary assistance.

Sam Veda

Unless and until a man does not stop wasting his energy in seeking sensual pleasures, he will not be able to achieve anything substantial.

James Denney

We're finally seeing dividend payers starting to outperform. That's a healthy long-awaited sign that people are seeking out quality.

Melissa Eisenstat

We regard Microsoft's loss to be a foregone conclusion, which subjects it to damages that will likely be undetermined for a period of months. We also believe the issuing of the conclusions of law opens Microsoft to a flood of civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages.

Maajid Nawaz

Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.

Mayor Barse

We are always seeking new and better information.

Jimmy Williams

We are aggressively seeking all sources of funding. We are looking at grants and other options. We really don't have (funding) identified as of yet.

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.

William Doherty

We've asked for this for a long time. Starting this summer, I want to see you all on it. I know I'll be riding.

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.

Natalie Purcell

We've always had good second halves, but we always start slow. It was nice to have a good first half.

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.

Ken Macha

When we were trying to pick a fifth starter back in camp, it was between Saarloos and Etherton, and we weren't quite sure which way we were leaning. So we went to Kendall, and he was adamant about Saarloos. That's what clinched it.

James Loney

When we were released I was sure I could jump right back into ordinary life and that's what I wanted the most, but I'm afraid no such luck. When I can get through an ordinary day without shaking legs and a pounding heart, I think that will be a sign that I can start to tell my story.

Morris Peterson

When we were off to our 1-15 start I think that's when they did the poll.

Theresa Adams

When we were letting the starters sit on the bench, to see what was going on on the floor ... that's just how the other part of the team feels when they're on the bench, wanting to get in. And after they saw all of that, they came alive to realize that they (would) rather be on the floor than on the bench.