Famous Quotes & Sayings

Audrey Hepburn

I have always had a reputation for being frugal - less kind people might call me cheap. But my interest in building up a nest egg goes back to those days in Arnhem when I learned that money can grow, just like trees.

Arne Jacobsen

With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.

Paul Coffey

Wayne was such a big part of my career here in Edmonton as well as everybody's that I think that having him in the building is just icing on the cake,

Alain de Botton

Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.

Charles Darwin

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

Kesha Rogers

After graduating college in 2001 with a B. A. in Political Science and Speech Communications from Texas State University - San Marcos, I realized that my generation and those younger had been given no future and had been maliciously robbed of the knowledge of principles and methods necessary for building one.

John Krasinski

I want to start a Dunkin' Donuts in Los Angeles. I already have the perfect location picked out. It would be the old Tower Records buildings on Sunset.

Don Allen

When you put in the building and parking, it will take up all the area. All the runoff will go into the lake.

Richard Li

We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories.

Thomas Perez

When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods and services. And that helps businesses grow and create jobs. So many forward-looking employers, large and small, understand this.

Kevin Mitnick

To have transactions made on your web site via credit card, you must be PCI compliant. Businesses make the mistake of thinking that because you passed the requirements and are PCI certified, you are immune to attacks.

Robert Reich

The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest.

Ronald Kessler

Hiking taxes on the so-called wealthy would help send us into a recession because so many small businesses report their income on individual tax returns. If taxes are raised, they will be less likely to be able to hire new workers and make new capital investments.

Kevin Mitnick

What happens with smaller businesses is that they give in to the misconception that their site is secure because the system administrator deployed standard security products - firewalls, intrusion detection systems, or stronger authentication devices such as time-based tokens or biometric smart cards. But those things can be exploited.

Danny Brown

Lot of these businesses ain't going to get no business because of the road construction. It needs to be fixed. Eight months is long enough. They prolong it too much.

John Frisbie

Many of these ministries ran various industrial sectors, and U.S. businesses had to deal with them, but today hardly any of them are in the industrial sectors.

James Zimmerman

This was a solid third quarter for Federated, propelled by strong sales and earnings in our department store segment and a level of performance in our direct-to-customer catalog and e-commerce businesses that was in line with what we had anticipated, ... We are entering the fourth quarter with our inventories in good shape, and we remain optimistic that it will be a good retail Christmas season.

Karen Mills

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.

Wang Jianlin

There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.

Bob Cook

We're going after companies like ADP, EDS, Boeing and others I can't mention yet to help young people make a decision whether to stay or leave.

Sam Altman

All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.

Sam Altman

One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.

Kevin Mitnick

A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric authentication - which are important and needed - but then they don't train their people.

Laura Bullock

Let's put it bluntly. If rail would be profitable, private companies would be doing it already.

Michael Atmore

Let's wait and see how the two companies mesh. They can learn from each other, if they're smart.

R. Halloran

Libya has been a fairly easy place for these companies to deal with, and I think they welcome the opportunity to get back and be able to operate there again.

Richard Bernstein

Lower quality companies are dramatically overstating their growth rates by using pro forma earnings.

Tom Stoppard

The whole excitement for writing anything is quite intense. And for a day or two, you think you've done everything extremely well. The problems start on the third day, and continues for the rest of your life.

Jane Jankowski

We're continuing to monitor the judicial proceedings. The governor also continues to review Mr. Baird's clemency request.

Marcy Kaptur

That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.

Elon Musk

I'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.

Kara Swisher

The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.

Rodell Mollineau

The fact is that per-capita income in Iowa continues to grow.

Parris Glendening

The fact is, if water consumption continues at the current rate, there is only a 35-day supply in these reservoirs.

Michael Carty

There are a lot of good things happening right now, but the market continues to focus on Iraq, interest rates, the presidential election, and particularly right now, the high-profile earnings misses.

Aaron Swartz

Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.

Jonathan LaPaglia

When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or you were one of 'the wogs' - which was everybody else. But I didn't want to be in either group, so I felt like an odd one out.

Rick Astley

When I was a tiny tot, we only had one record player in the house, so there was either Genesis on it or the Jungle Book or The Beatles as well, and various other things.

Tamar Braxton

I've tried singing like somebody else, and it never worked for me. The only thing that has ever worked for me was me being me, so either you love it or not.

LeAnn Rimes

My relationship with Dean was great, but ultimately it wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us.

Rob Manuel

Most of us grew up with video games in the household, either the original Nintendo in the living room or hoarding quarters for that trip to the arcade. And as time moves on, that line of nostalgia will keep moving forward where 'Frogger' gets replaced with 'Street Fighter 2' or 'Resident Evil 4.'

Rodel Natividad

Life. You either live with or live without.

George Lucas

Luke, there is no try, there is either do or not do.

Linda Todd

Many of them left in a hurry and either forgot their prescriptions or their prescriptions have run out. No one anticipated they were going to be stranded here this long or that they would be unable to get their medications (through prescription transfers).

Tori Kelly

I really like to rock it natural and let my hair go wild, but when I do style it, I slick all the hair over to one side with pins. It's either that or a messy bun.

Uday Kotak

Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.

Edmund Burke

There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature, and of nations.

Brett Ellis

Should you need to sell the home within a year or two there is not a lot of equity there.

Scott Jones

We're seeing a divergence in the equity markets and a divergence in the tech stocks, ... Dell is weighing on hardware stocks.

Mark Russell

We feel that the blockbuster sale of RMA to NCO Group is an indication of transactions to come as private equity looks toward a sale as a way to profit from investments made a number of years ago.

Ken Miller

Because of the cooperative's financial soundness, tonight we are returning over $ 1.8 million of your equity back to you.

Mike Lenhoff

Fundamentals remain positive for equity markets so our view is: stick with the trend, it's not the end, it's still your friend.

Daniel Morgan

I would characterize March as a relatively good performance in the equity markets.

David Tepper

Given the question of where the liabilities lie, there should be a fight. That fight can't be made without an equity committee.

Harry Price

We acknowledge the problem and we're very up front about it,

Hale Irwin

When I made the turn I didn't give much thought to winning because I didn't play that well on the front nine,

Leo Howard

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

Richard Conway

We reserve the ultimate punishment ... for the worst of the worst. And folks, he still sits right in front of you without a shred of remorse.

Larry Parrish

We're not centering. We've been late on the fastballs and out in front of the off-speed pitches. We're stuck in the middle.

Steve Watkins

Making the team is not in the front of my mind at all. I just wanted to come in here and show them what I can do.

Dan Castellaneta

Lets just plop them in front of the TV. I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV

Mike Stapleton

Lower the front end. Try to keep him level. Watch the top of his head.

Tempestt Bledsoe

There is no substitute for taking off in flight in front of a live audience.

Antonio Tabucchi

There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.

Charles Freeman

When the market broadens, our fund typically does well, ... At the very least, this is a level playing field.

Terry J. Lundgren

When I was a sophomore in college, my father called me at the fraternity. He told me he no longer had the funds to pay for college. If I wanted to continue, I would have to do it on my own.

Lisa Nelson

We're looking at using the funds strategically for market and merit raises.

Tim Butler

We're looking at several different sources. We haven't secured a particular funding stream yet.

Rod Blagojevich

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education.

Jason Calacanis

I get a lot of emails from entrepreneurs. The best ones are short, to the point and include some question and/or the product

Janez Drnovsek

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

Ben Feldman

Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. It’s that fundamental!

Kathleen Sebelius

In many ways, human health is the great global connector.

Jerry Costello

Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities.

Kate Bush

As we become this one global culture, in some ways it's things like the weather and nature that still hold our culture as unique to where we are.

Lou Jiwei

There are three main pillars of China's economy. One is export, which is limited by sluggish global demand. The second is investment. In many sectors, there is already too much investment and overcapacity. The third is consumption.

John McGreevy

One of the attractions for us is Mark's interest in global Christianity.

Donald Fagen

September 11, on a global scale, and my mother dying, on a personal level, were the two major things that got me thinking about all of this.

Ryan Donovan

She will have a heavy global travel schedule as well.

Rob Hughes

We are a true globally distributed work force.

Achmad Faisal

We want our prices to better reflect the fluctuations taking place in the global market.

Jeremih

When I look for a woman, I look for one that's real - that's keeping it 100. I rather someone know that they're sexy and not show it.

Marlinda Martinez

Losing weight is usually at the top of everyone's resolution list, and keeping it off is the challenge.

Johnny Weir

Fashion is something that I want to be involved with for a long time, and I want to show that I can give people what they want while still keeping my pizzazz and my razzle-dazzle.

Miley Cyrus

I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!

Ashwin Sanghi

I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.

Frank Brunner

None of us are opposed to keeping the school where it is. But we'll have some obstacles to work through.

Barry Erwin

She is talking about keeping those cuts. It's a smaller state financially and population-wise for some time.

Bill Coleman

We are a very safe community. His primary responsibility is keeping us safe.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

Brian Greene

Supersymmetry is a theory which stipulates that for every known particle there should be a partner particle. For instance, the electron should be paired with a supersymmetric 'selectron,' quarks ought to have 'squark' partners, and so on.

Lauren Miller

When you have a writing partner and you're writing a comedy, your goal is to make each other laugh.

Arthur Henderson

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Arianna Huffington

You can do not just twice as much but 200 times as much when you have a good partner.

Jim McKelvey

I don't run any of my companies. I always partner with somebody who wants to operate.

Bob Goodenow

I feel very strongly that we've done our share. Frankly, we're still waiting for our partner to step up.

Tony Fadell

You need to set near-term milestones. Put the assumptions down on paper, and make it to your vision or ultimate product. Your team has to understand where they're going. Your partners need to understand where they're going.

Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton wants to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership; that deal will be a disaster for North Carolina, for every state. Your state.

John Burke

We've been working with our partners for years to provide them insight. Have we solved this problem? No, but we're getting closer.

Joe Wurzelbacher

Private unions, such as the UAW, is a choice between employees and employers. If that is what they want, then who am I to say you can't have it?

Greg Evans

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.

Betty White

Avoid tweeting any photos of your private parts.

Bode Miller

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.

Brigitte Bardot

My private life became public.

Wolfgang Schauble

My private financial situation is such that I don't need to worry about my investments. I don't have much to invest.

Jeb Bush

We are just going to keep at it, ... We have no alternative. It's not just to protect private property. It's our lifeblood.

Wendy E. Long

I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.

Wil S. Hylton

The tension between public and private science is powerful.

David Riesman

If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.

Denis Waitley

The world needs role models, instead of critics.

Charles Barkley

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Charles Barkley

I'm not a role model.

Channing Tatum

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself.

Romeo Miller

I didn't even dance at my high school prom, and I have turned down so many movie roles because I didn't know how to dance.

Eric Walters

I wrote my first 30 books as a teacher. I would read to my classes, and they'd give me feedback. I was trying to role model.

Jason Clarke

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

Ryan Howard

Wow, two wins in a row at home? That's big isn't it?

Diane Ackerman

Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories.

Mike Day

We've been here three years in a row ... we're the most experienced team left.

Jim Shannon

We've won three in a row now. We're getting better. This is the time of year you like to see that. We feel like we're starting to turn the corner.

Rich Bixby

We didn't play well, but I will take it. To get to Troy three years in a row is special.

Brandon Makela

That's two wins in a row for us.

Ned Yost

We need two in a row to get us over the hump.

Catriona Matthew

To start with three birdies in a row was perfect,

Robert Ray

They got us tonight, but we've got two more with them, that's why it's two out of three, ... Everyone's relaxed, we've won two in a row before. I can't tell you how many times we've won two in a row.

David Walker

Our government has made a whole lot of promises that, in the long run, it cannot possibly keep without huge tax increases.

David Ulevitch

One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.

David Ulevitch

Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.

David Twohy

There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.

David Remnick

Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.

David Horowitz

Everybody knows - but no one wants to say - that the Democratic Party has become the party of special interest bigots and racial dividers. It runs the one-party state that controls public services in every major inner city, including the corrupt and failing school systems in which half the students - mainly African American and Hispanic - are denied a shot at the American dream.

David Hume

Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblins or fairies, and canvass particularly the evidence? I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.

David Hume

All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. Even Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependent on the science of MAN; since they lie under the cognizance of men, and are judged of by their powers and faculties.

David Hume

The imagination of man is naturally sublime, delighted with whatever is remote and extraordinary, and running, without control, into the most distant parts of space and time in order to avoid the objects, which custom has rendered too familiar to it.

Isla Fisher

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

Kristy McNichol

I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11.

Kris Kristofferson

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

Augusten Burroughs

but I am not here ironically; I am here sincerely.

Thomas Steinbeck

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

Peter Murray

More is going on now than at any time since the Victorians.

Gerard Way

Since we're in an arena, ... We'll do it arena-rock style!

Janice Johnson

Since Wal-Mart and H-E-B is all out of water we had to come to Bastrop to get the things that we need. We need water, flashlights and snacks and stuff.

Jack Fultz

Since this is our first year of doing this, we're kind of winging it as we go.

David Horowitz

I have also been attacked by my opponents as someone seeking to purge university faculties of leftist professors. This is false. The first provision of the Academic Bill of Rights is that no professor should be hired or fired because of his or her political views. I have never myself called for the firing of any professor for his or her political views, nor would I.

David Hockney

I'm coming 'round to the view that there's only a personal view of the world.

David Hockney

It's all right if you don't mind looking at the world from the point of view of a paralyzed Cyclops—for a split second.

David Brooks

I take a benign view of digital connectedness. I notice in most young people's lives, Facebook and such doesn't replace normal dating or hanging out, it just facilitates it.

Denis Leary

I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.

Denis Leary

I wanted a more female point of view.

Deborah Harkness

I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important.

Alan Dershowitz

I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views.

Alain de Botton

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

David Hilbert

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesnt have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

Charles Bukowski

But she projected vitality - you knew that she was there.

Walter Salles

The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.

Al Jardine

I like to be surrounded by harmonies and fullness and richness and vitality

Nancy Astor

My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

Justin Tuck

This camp, being my first, it's a vital one.

Greg Gorbatenko

This is vital for the Bells. DSL is very important for their long-term success,

Nicolas Sarkozy

We are all hoping that he will recover his legendary vitality as quickly as possible, ... Chi-rac! Chi-rac!