Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patrick Stokes

We remain confident in our ability to consistently achieve annual double-digit earnings per share growth over the long-term, with a 12 percent average annualized target through 2004,

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

Javier Zanetti

We respect Porto and know the game will be difficult, but we want victory at all costs and we know we can achieve it.

Tom Galligan

We're getting there. The kids are starting to learn how hard they have to work achieve in this sport. We're just going to keep working hard and see where it takes us.

Shimon Peres

What he started will never be forgotten and we shall continue to act in the same way until we shall achieve the most noble goal of our life, and that is peace among ourselves and our neighbors.

Paul Levinson

What he did down in New Orleans was really an extraordinary accomplishment, which goes way beyond what we would expect a news anchor to do, ... He not only reported what was going on, he did not allow other people to minimize or mischaracterize what was happening.

Ehud Barak

We found in Egypt a listening ear to the complexity of the problem, ... I clarified that we are ready to do what is necessary to achieve an agreement, but we have important interests, and an agreement will only be achieved if the other side demonstrates openness, seriousness and responsibility.

Tom Hoffman

We find by educating, talking and working with homeowners we achieve a high level of compliance. We want to be flexible and work with them, but if we're not seeing progress or they refuse to work toward compliance, we have that citation authority available.

Tony Blair

We believe you can achieve much more through persuasion and by encouraging China to open up to the outside world than by turning your back on China,

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

Eric Sorensen

We are seeing a lot of success in the ski/wakeboard segment in attracting new boaters, while pontoons have declined substantially in this area.

Bill Bryan

Ultimately, retaining and attracting businesses means saving and creating jobs. That's good for our customers and the Southern California economy.

Steven Smith

We always have a harder time attracting women to this kind of a career vs. men, ... A lot more guys are interested in this job.

Robyn Rose

Plumbers and dentists are busy running their business and may not have time or the expertise to create and manage a Web site. These business owners recognize the value of attracting online customers, however, and use our expertise to design high-quality, attractive Web sites at very reasonable rates.

Steve Cole

Nichols is attracting companies that want to establish a beachhead in western Maine as a way to test the waters.

Hesham Abojamee

New stock offerings on the market are attracting more interest. There's also a lot of speculative trading by investors on the hope that the index will keep touching record highs.

Anne Brouwer

One of the challenges that Sears has faced is the mix of customers that shop their hard lines is different than what they were typically attracting in apparel.

Hugh Johnson

One of the most important factors driving bonds, clearly, and stocks, less clearly, is the expectation that the euro will fall further, ... It is attracting capital from European markets to the U.S.

Kevin Stallings

We're more athletic, but again, I'm not saying that we're at the same athletic level of all of the teams in our conference. Our skill level also has improved. We've been able to compete a little bit more athletically and it's shown up in some areas of our play.

John McCullough

We're making progress, and my challenge to them was to play at this level the rest of the year and keep building on that," ()

Don Young

We remain concerned that Dell may push industry pricing levels lower, responding to actions by competitors, lowering everyone's operating profitability,

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

Melindo Persi

We're spending at a level not supported by the tax base.

Brian Butch

We're so uptight half the darn time. And you can't blame us. We're playing at a level where we had three big games against three great teams and we needed to play hard. We played hard; we didn't make shots. The shots will come. We can't stress here and think we're not going to make any more shots for the rest of our lives.

Mark Snyder

We're so much further ahead of the one practice that I had last year with the first one this year, it isn't even close. The comfort level is so much higher this year.

Colin Lundgren

We're getting to levels now where to buy bonds you have to subscribe to the notion that the economy's going to experience a slowdown and the Fed may have to reverse course later in the year. We don't subscribe to that.

Dan Hawkins

We're going to try a few things to try to clean his mechanics up a little bit. He's capable of really banging it, and he's not doing bad. We're trying to get him to that next level of consistent distance, consistent hang (time) and consistent direction.

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

Alan Hovhaness

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.

Doug Barry

We are a fully professional orchestra with fully paid musicians, but we are still perceived as a small community orchestra. We need to change that.

Billy Porter

I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra.

Jane Byrne

The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The Lord did not people the earth with a vibrant orchestra of personalities only to value the piccolos of the world. Every instrument is precious and adds to the complex beauty of the symphony.

Pam Slaton

We did not ask for it. They knew about us. They were impressed at how an orchestra our size was growing and achieving professional status.

Jason Bateman

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.

Bette Midler

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

Stephanie Gamble

We're going to focus on (the regional championship) starting right now.

John Pinkerton

What they said in that bill is we're going to close the regional centers and we're going to establish community-based services.

Gary Ackerman

What has the federal government been doing all these years to prepare for a disaster striking a major American city, ... With all the bureaucratic federal agencies, super czars and homeland preparedness, there seems to be no national or regional master plan to evacuate people, bring in relief and adequately deal with a large scale emergency of this nature. Is there a plan in place for how to deal with the profiteers when the resettling and rebuilding begins? Is there a plan to freeze oil prices?

Brian Colbert

We got what we wanted ? winning a regional and a chance to get back home to the Dog Pound for the sectional. We are looking forward to playing Warren on Tuesday.

Brian Lapointe

We believe we've already seen regional extinctions of coralsin other words, a shrinking of the area where corals can now survive in Florida and elsewhereas a result of nutrient inputs through various forms of pollution.

Brian Lapointe

We believe we've already seen regional extinctions of corals--in other words, a shrinking of the area where corals can now survive in Florida and elsewhere--as a result of nutrient inputs through various forms of pollution.

Steve Johnson

Working separately, environmental success is limited, ... The unprecedented partnership of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration has brought all our partners to the table to ensure the Great Lakes remain an international treasure -- forever open to trade and tourism.

John Robertson

Working people in regional Australia will feel the brunt of Howard's workplace laws and I'd be very worried if I was a federal MP who has voted for this legislation.

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.

Mark Krikorian

Tom was like an Old Testament prophet crying out in the wilderness, and finally people are starting to listen.

Dave Hohenthal

We're midway through the season now and I think the girls are starting to progress. We've got a lot more work to do, but I think that we're going in the right direction.

H. Hunt

We're making good strides every week. I think we're really starting to believe.

Bob Moulton

We're making a transition from a seller's market to a buyer's market. Inventory is starting to swell.

Jeff Pendergraph

We're starting to get a little upset with ourselves. We're losing these games because of ourselves.

Rob Jordan

We're starting to get a little more notice.

Bruce Bochy

We're starting to get a little concerned whether he's getting enough playing time.

Donald Steel

We've asked investment bankers to assist with the review, but that doesn't mean we're putting it up for sale. We're exploring every option, from status quo to complete sale and everything in between.

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

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.

Kaya Scodelario

Who doesn't want to shoot for 'Vogue?' I remember updating my Facebook status to say 'Doing 'Vogue' today', it was so exciting. I thought it would be really intimidating, and I don't like photoshoots, but that was the most relaxed one I've done.

M. Wolfe

What he did for Chanel made fashion history and changed the direction of status brands. And his H&M deal was an extraordinary thing to do. He's the bravest of them all - he takes chances and they all seem to pay off.

Chris Chiames

We feel that we're in a good position, that this will make us a stronger airline, ... We'll be able to clean up our financial status with regard to balance sheets and aircraft that are too expensive to fly, and emerge as a stronger, more viable competitor on the East Coast, where most of our flights are operating.

Stephanie Filson

Were just not at the point where any specific alignment has been chosen. I hope that having this Web site out there will continue to show that and the current status of the project.

Scott Magruder

We're back to the status quo. After all the discussion we've had about this issue, there's no reason to make any changes.

Bill Mauldin

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.