Famous Quotes & Sayings

Debra Peterson

We're going to take all steps necessary to protect the creativity and innovation of our employees.

Eric Kanagy

We're just not quite sure how it's going to turn out. Under pressure you can either produce something brilliant or crap. It's that creativity crammed into such a short time that makes it interesting.

Ian Clarke

We're hoping that the gap between amateur creativity and creativity funded by large, centralized media companies will probably continue to shrink.

William Shakespeare

Conscience doth make cowards of us all.

Alan Arkin

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

Alan Alda

If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.

Alan Alda

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Alan Alda

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Al Seckel

The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics.

Nick Montepara

When we were thinking this through, the emphasis was on what solutions we could enable that would allow us to provide our customers with greater convenience and greater comfort when they?re shopping our stores. We spent a lot of time working with the various businesses before we even touched the technology because I felt it was important not to get confused by any preconceived limitations of what technology can do.

Joan Bonvicini

When we got here at shoot-around today, I felt good and I knew they felt good. I think the key thing was, we didn't put the emphasis on Stanford. We put the emphasis on us and playing our butts off and having fun.

David Collins

Unfortunately it looks like another hurricane is ready to go through Florida over the week-end. I think there's going to be another emphasis to generate donations.

Robert Johnston

We want to substantially put greater emphasis on customer service and customer satisfaction. We really want to revitalize the spirit of the organization. It needs to be a much greater competitor.

Chogyam Trungpa

The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.

Dominic Raiola

We're not going to put more emphasis on it now. We should be doing that already.

Nancy Kress

Words that add no new information or aren't repeated for emphasis are just padding. A sentence may carry three or five or eight of them, each one as unnoticeable as an extra two ounces on your hips but collectively adding up to a large burden of fat.

R. Robinson

We're looking for creativity and a fun way of explaining the five classifications (G, PG, 14A, 18A, and R), with particular emphasis on the Parental Guidance rating.

Brad Pitt

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.

David Hopcraft

We're hopeful that the new language that we have submitted will serve as a rallying point for the different interests on this. It would allow us to concentrate on putting forward and explaining Learn and Earn.

Charles C. Mann

The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

Bill Cheney

We're still looking at job growth, but not enough to prevent unemployment from rising. If there were no special factors explaining this, it would be a rather dramatic piece of news.

R. Robinson

We're looking for creativity and a fun way of explaining the five classifications (G, PG, 14A, 18A, and R), with particular emphasis on the Parental Guidance rating.

Terri Sewell

We could have done a better job explaining what was in the Affordable Care Act, but when you talk to people and you don't label it, people get really excited about what's in it. It is going to make a big difference for people.

Eugene Fama

Debates go on to this day about what caused the Great Depression. Economics is not very good at explaining swings in economic activity.

Bill Maher

It's very hard not to be condescending when you're explaining something to an idiot.

Leonard Susskind

I have always enjoyed explaining physics. In fact it's more than just enjoyment: I need to explain physics.

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.

DeLoss Dodds

We've always wanted to keep him in the top five in the country, where he belongs.

John Carr

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

Stephen Wright

When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice.

Jason Peters

When I was little I'd design these dresses and show them to my family. There'd always be three or four or five (designs) on the fridge.

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.'

Deb Vercauteren

When I was in high school, we had track for five weeks my senior year. That was all for women's sports. So, we've come a long way from having almost nothing.

Rodney Lewis

When it comes to a big game, a national championship game, either a five hundred or thousand dollar board.

Mary Roach

When I was a kid, I hated everything. I was really skinny, and I'd have a milkshake with an egg in it. Growing up, I ate, like, five different foods. I was not an adventurous eater. But as soon as I left home, that all changed and from that point on, I've been a pretty enthusiastic eater of new and strange food.

Kevin Young

When we were making our run it was fun. Everybody's game changed. Everybody was playing together. If this team can get that it would be awesome.

Jon Scieszka

When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time I was three, I had finished 212 short stories, 38 novels, 730 poems, and one very funny limerick, all before breakfast.

Chelsea Peretti

When I was in New York, I got to see Joan Rivers do an hour of material, and it blew my mind. I don't remember how old she was at the time, but she just had this edgy hour that had so much funny stuff in it, and she was so fearless. If you only watch her on the red carpet, you don't get a sense of what a legendary standup comedian she is.

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.

Miles Teller

When I was in high school, there was 'Superbad' and 'The Girl Next Door' and 'Wedding Crashers' and all these great movies. You hope to be a part of something that's smart, funny and in that Todd Phillips-vein. You want to make something like 'Superbad.' That movie was so good and so funny.

Sam Claflin

When I was in high school, I was a bad singer. I mean, all my early acting was musical theater, and my first ever show was 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' Everyone's familiar with it. I played priest number 3 and sang so out of tune that it's not even funny.

Nicky Hilton

When I was a kid I had this funny blond hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.

Romola Garai

When I was a child, I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family. As you grow up that instinct becomes more refined, but it's still there.

Jerry Cantrell

We're making it up as we go along. It's what we always did in the past. We're writing the book as we live it. We feel confident that we will have a good time and that it's something that will live up to the same level. It's an exploratory thing, and we're just having fun with it. We'd like to go out and play for the people that supported us and love the music as much as we have all these years. We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend.

Rev. Donaldson

When we went through it, we had nowhere to turn, no one to talk to who had a similar experience. Small, rural churches usually have no money and little or no insurance to rebuild. So we helped form an organization that gives guidance to pastors whose churches have burned.

Jonathan Maberry

When I was in middle school, the librarian there was secretary for a couple of groups of professional writers. She introduced me to Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, and I became very friendly with them over a period of two years. Both of them were very generous with their time, guidance and advice.

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,

M. Russell Ballard

Set goals that are well balanced-not too many nor too few, and not too high nor too low. Write down your attainable goals and work on them according to their importance. Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting.

Cisco Systems

We believe we are in compliance with all of the rules and related guidance as they currently exist,

Derek Brown

With the increase in guidance and a very strong quarter under its belt, valuation becomes less of an issue, but it doesn't mean that it's off the table. The valuation seems full,

Brian Tunick

With November comparable down 8 percent and the company lowering guidance once again, Hot Topic continues to be on the wrong side of the fashion trend with no near term catalysts in sight. Hot Topic will obviously need to take deep markdowns in order to clear unwanted holiday product.

Dr. Hsia

We feel that our data are completely consistent with the current American Heart Association guidelines and the current FDA guidance to use the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible duration.

James Niosi

We're experiencing a wait-and-see attitude because it's widely expected that earnings will not be that great. The odd surprise will help bolster the market but more importantly investors are waiting to hear guidance heading into the next quarter.

Toni Simonetti

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

Marc Kudisch

When we were looking for a weekend place, ... Shannon was working at Jacob's Pillow in the Berkshires, and I was tooling around. I called her all excited about getting a home up there. But she said: 'Yeah, but it's a three-hour drive. When do we have the time for a three-hour drive? With our one day off, we'll come up and we'll have to go home right away.'

Matthew Caws

When we were 14, it was Cost of Living. Then later, it was Because Because Because. That band was real ambitious and networking, looking for a deal. And that sucked, so we broke up. Nada Surf was formed for fun.

Marty Schottenheimer

When I was playing, it was 10 or 12 plays that determined the outcome of a game. Now, because of the balance of talent in the league, it's come down to three or four plays a game. All you're looking for is to be in a position where you have a chance to win at the end. We haven't been able to do that, in a number of cases but we just keep chipping at it, trying to find a way to turn that corner.

Charles Bullock

When I was out looking at different degrees, I felt it was the best degree to prepare me for any type of position in business with the exception of maybe marketing. The language of business is accounting.

Sean Payton

When I was introduced last week I said that I wanted to bring teachers in who were looking to work hard, enjoy their work and be part of a team with everyone moving in the same direction. Gary defines that description. Getting him in New Orleans sets the tone for the rest of the additions to my coaching staff.

Mike Pelfrey

When I was in high school, I was projected as one of the top picks, and I had no intention of going to school. But, I had a bad senior year and I fell. Looking back, if I had gone (pro) out of high school, I would not have made it. I wasn't mature enough. ... Going to college was the best thing I ever did.

Ken Duncan

When it comes down to it we're not looking for the person, we're looking for a clue.

Marty Turco

When it comes down to it, the opportunity to win here is at its highest level. That's what I was looking for.

Ten Eyck

The reason for a review is concerns relating to the way that parents have some say and participation, ... Our problem is the process is so limited. They're looking at the bylaws with the intent to modify them for parental participation.

R. Robinson

We're looking for creativity and a fun way of explaining the five classifications (G, PG, 14A, 18A, and R), with particular emphasis on the Parental Guidance rating.

Michael Baumgartner

I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect life. Whenever abortion comes up, we get questioned about the exceptions, but no one ever questions the extreme positions on the other side: late-term abortions, no on parental notification.

Michael Fox

But there was never any confusion about our roles off-camera -- Meredith (Baxter) and I were never parental surrogates.

Ty Zabel

He's going with parental and doctor permission. It's his senior year.

Russ Rader

We look at this from the standpoint that the more parental involvement the better because too many teens end up driving in risky situations, even with graduated driving laws in many states.

Michael Gorman

It all stems from a fearfulness of well-meaning people. We believe in parental responsibility, and that you should take care of what your children are reading. But it's not your responsibility to tell a whole class of kids what they should read.

John Faso

I thought the bill was too broad and needed protection against use by minors. I favor some type of parental notification.

Ed Garcia

I think when it's a total team effort with parental support, it does work. It seems to have an effect on the kids. A lot of kids get suspended once, and that's the end of it.

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.

Matt Reeves

When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, 'What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?'

John Travolta

When I was a kid in the 60s, believe it or not, most of you are younger and don't know that, but it was a blast to fly! You dressed up, you got in your Sunday best, women wore white gloves, you had room to stretch your legs out, you had a very nice meal, the stewardess paid particular attention to you. It was an event. It's so different today.

Steve Grossman

Tom Reillys case to the people of Massachusetts does not rest on where he stands on one particular issue or another. It rests on his integrity, honesty, and a hundred-percent commitment to giving the people of Massachusetts a full days work for a full days pay.... He is as honest as the sun, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with him.

David Chase

We're making a show about a particular group of people. We don't try to maintain an outlaw status, but they are outlaws.

Alan Foreman

We're starting to find that investors in particular are measuring their risks carefully and are not afraid to put their money to work at this time.

Bruce Martin

We respond once we have had a call. We will usually dispatch officers to the scene and look for any suspects. We will make sure that the person that called is all right. We will start an investigation by interviewing them and checking for any evidence. We would heighten our patrol in that area whether it be by car or by foot and that is what we have done is this past particular instance.

Kathryn Hahn

I feel like there is something about having a copacetic world POV that helps in making a comedy. Like, David Wain has such a particular way of looking at the world. It helps when everyone can see behind his eyes, you know?

Jim Spears

What they're doing is, they're bringing in fresh air and trying to pump out the bad air, and that's constant in the air filtration system, so, in this particular case, even though there are high levels, as long as that fresh air is being pumped in, you never know where you might find it.