Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Bacon

When it comes down to it the city made the law and they need look at it how it's affecting college students in a negative, they're being put out on the street.

Nick Saban

We respect that, as long as it's taking into account the balance of how it's affecting the player.

Andrea Salinas

When we have the Duval County Fair, they bring a lot of livestock into the city. That falls into a nuisance because it is affecting the public health, because the smell is so bad.

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.

Gabrielle Zevin

When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.

Erik Brynjolfsson

When I first started doing work on how the Internet is affecting commerce, like a lot of people, I was really excited by this nearly perfect market.

Julia Glass

The books I read, if they intrude on my writing, do so as weather will pass through and touch a landscape - affecting it, yes, but only now and then leaving a permanent mark.

Jim Jarmusch

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it.

Randy Mylyk

Through her offices, she uses it to provide an opportunity to raise awareness on issues affecting youth and affecting women and affecting new Canadians. It's putting a very human and sort of a personal face on the role of Governor General and how it can be used to raise awareness.

Bob Davis

We've always had a focus as a company on bottom line and fiscal responsibility, ... And I think especially now in the days of Internet consolidation and I think more of a discriminating investor, it pays off very well for us.

Marc Klee

We've always felt that we were going to have to test the bottoms that we've seen. We think what you are seeing today is probably that test and we really don't think that the market is going much lower.

Fred Ketchen

We're skittering around the bottom of the market,

Mike Bobo

We're going to stay with the same rotation. We're evaluating on everything they do practice, drills and everything. But the bottom line is you're going to glean more out there at the stadium going 11-on-11 when the coach is not right in your ear giving you a reminder every play.

Gareth Peirce

We've re-emphasized our concerns that this inquiry go from the bottom to the top and leave no stone unturned. It's been a chaotic mess and what we've asked the IPCC to find out is how much of it is incompetence and negligence, including gross negligence, and how much of it may be something more sinister.

Keegan Bradley

The beauty is, while you're working on chipping, you're also working on driving. This is because the bottoms of both swings - the area around impact - are identical.

Kenneth Fisher

Normally, if you have a huge category that leads a bear market all the way down to the bottom - like tech after 2000, or energy in the '80-'82 bear market - you get one quick pop, and then years of lag as we fight the old war.

Jamie Moyer

What a great honor, ... Roberto Clemente may be the greatest humanitarian in the game of baseball. I commend the Clemente family for this award and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Craig Holman

What he's doing here is frankly astonishing. This kind of coordination is obviously an attempt to get around legal contribution limits. The bottom line is that public policy is being made not by principle, but by payment up front.

John Mendoza

We respond better to the stresses and challenges of daily life. We're more creative, use our abilities to the fullest and make the most of opportunities when our mental health is strong.

Marion Orr

What he has to do is convince statewide voters that as CEO of Baltimore he did a good job. O'Malley's challenge is to show that he's been an effective executive despite the challenges Baltimore obviously has. And voters are going to ask themselves what they think about the job he's done in Baltimore when they decide.

Rusty Wallace

We brought it home in sixth place, ... We thought we had a better car than that. I just got behind early and that was about it. We had a lot of challenges today, but I was able to get back from them, and that was good.

Karen Hanretty

Unless President Bush is coming to California to hand over a check from the federal government to help us with the financial challenges we face, the visit seems ill-timed.

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.

Ed Colligan

U.S. sales are strong but there are more challenges in Europe, ... There are a number of existing brands there that are very strong. Our products have not taken off at the level we'd like them to so far.

Buck Showalter

Years ago, that's how it was done. Guys came up as relievers and worked their way into being starters. C.J. has had his challenges as a starter, but I'd like to test drive that again before the end of the season.

Loren Coleman

We face tremendous challenges to our way of life, our health care system and our state budget.

Buzz Hargrove

We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years, ... the Ford workers probably knew that more than anyone, given the amount of downtime they've had, given the uncertainty, the media speculation of workplace closures and layoffs.

Kevin Rampe

We've asked the jury so much, and they've given so much more, ... We're very excited about the jury's selection.

Will Holman

We've asked management that question (when a new contract would be imposed) and they haven't given us an answer. It could be immediately or they could use it for additional leverage at the bargaining table.

Luis Suarez

When I was playing for Nacional in Montevideo, the players who lived outside the city would be given money by the club to get there and back on the bus.

John Boyega

When I was in primary school, I was given a five-line script in 'Anansi the Spider Man,' and I decided to just improv and make it my own. For a second, I felt like Kevin Hart because everyone was laughing. I just continued to do it. Why not?

Charles Schumer

Tom Ridge is a decent man and a fine public servant, but unfortunately was not given the leeway or resources to tighten up homeland security in the way it should be done,

Alan Rifkin

We remain very positive on the home improvement sector and Home Depot's prospects, particularly given current valuation levels. Home Depot shares are currently trading in line with the five-year historic low forward price-to-earnings ratio, based on consensus estimates.

Jim Wicklund

We remain positive based on economic activity and E&P spending; we're also positive on 2007 but see some risk to E&P spending given the potential squeeze on returns (with) a possible moderation in commodity prices in '07. Visibility remains too good to worry too early, however.

Matthew Fassler

We remain concerned with the company's longer-term positioning, given its choppy sales showing despite significant store-level investment, and its poor return on capital. The majority of its remodeled stores should have yielded their most significant same-store sales impact in 2002, and we see few tangible growth drivers ahead.

Jim Bowden

We respect the arbitrators' decision. We feel that it's a good salary for the team and a good salary for the player given his talents.

Bob Davis

We've always had a focus as a company on bottom line and fiscal responsibility, ... And I think especially now in the days of Internet consolidation and I think more of a discriminating investor, it pays off very well for us.

Korvotney Barber

When we were shooting free throws, I was getting off the line quicker than them, so I got in there every time and made the tips.

Brad Blew

When it came time for our kids to play to win, we came through and did a good job. We've won a lot of games at the line and we feel that's one of our strengths. When we can get the lead and put it in deep freeze late, we feel good about our chances.

Alan Rifkin

We remain very positive on the home improvement sector and Home Depot's prospects, particularly given current valuation levels. Home Depot shares are currently trading in line with the five-year historic low forward price-to-earnings ratio, based on consensus estimates.

Adam Gollner

We respect Band Aid's ability to raise so much money for relief efforts, but their lyrics seem so misguided and inappropriate. Africa isn't a land 'where nothing ever grows' and 'no rain nor river flows.' And how are lines such as, 'Well, tonight, thank God it's them instead of you' supposed to be helpful?

Lorenzo Carmon

We're going to the end of the lines and working in. There's still design to be done, but if folks aren't interested, we'll scale the project back.

Mike Bobo

We're going to stay with the same rotation. We're evaluating on everything they do practice, drills and everything. But the bottom line is you're going to glean more out there at the stadium going 11-on-11 when the coach is not right in your ear giving you a reminder every play.

Lyle Thomas

We're going to sit down later this year and come up with a list of the (water line problems) we know about that we just haven't done anything on.

Martin Brodeur

We're going to shadow a line instead of one player.

Joan Berry

We've asked for a meeting with the sheriff numerous times, and he never has any time or even the courtesy to return my phone calls. This is very upsetting to me.

Richard Foreman

We've always respected Israel's right to defend itself, including going after armed groups and armed men in some of these areas. But we've always said they need to do that in a manner which has the utmost care to avoid harm to civilians, particularly when they're conducting operations in heavily populated areas. And we've said that often results in tragedies and numerous deaths. And that appears to be what's happened again.

Bob Nardelli

Tom Taylor brings decades of company and retail experience to his new role. He has touched virtually every part of company and has in-depth knowledge of stores, products, associates, suppliers and customers. Tom has served in numerous leadership roles that have directly influenced merchandising and marketing efforts.

Patricia Brown

We want to talk about outcomes for the people who benefit from the United Way and how just a few dollars out of a person's pay can help improve the community. We have spent a lot of time here talking about improving our campus and building new buildings, but we can't lose sight of the fact that every community needs a safety net nonprofit agencies that support the needs of the people who live there. There are numerous United Way agencies around our campus, and one way to ensure that East Baltimore's safety net is both available and thriving is to invest in the United Way.

Trey Davis

The possibility of a settlement with Arthur Andersen presented many complicated and interconnected issues that required the agreement of numerous parties. Despite our extensive efforts, in the end these simply could not be worked out. Without their resolution, any settlement would have worked to the detriment of the class.

Rig Veda

The person, who imparts knowledge also gives numerous added advantages.

Steve Brady

We are pleased with the court order and believe this validates the good work the Flathead National Forest is doing, ... The folks on the forest work hard to manage healthy forest resources within the sideboards of numerous laws and regulations.

Deborah Marrow

We are pleased to once again be working with our colleagues in Egypt. Through our numerous collaborations over the past 20 years, we have developed a strong working relationship based on mutual concern for the preservation of Egypt's rich heritage, which includes some of civilization's most significant sites. This renewed partnership will enable us to build on our joint investments and achievements in conservation, and to expand our efforts throughout the region.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.

Ed Silliere

We're just so far below normal on our demand projections that there's just no shortage of natural gas and, in fact, there's a surplus of natural gas. Surprise, surprise.

Alan Greenspan

I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits.

Angela Veitch

With the winter to summer transition, there's no air mattress below the high wire as far as surplus gas is concerned.

Michael Molligan

We're still living off a couple of years of surplus rainfall. We can get through a continued dry spring, as long as the summer rains come when they're supposed to.

Benjamin Graham

Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.

John Kasich

We are going to make every effort to try to lock up the surplus in payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare, ... Our tax cut doesn't come from Medicare.

Martin Sullivan

We want to grow the organization and improve returns to shareholders, ... If at some stage there is surplus capital - we're not at that stage now - we will return it in the optimal manner.

Steve Troxler

We want to collect as many supplies as possible, ... I encourage North Carolina farmers who have extra or surplus items to donate to their counterparts in Mississippi.

Peter Lynch

People were writing off California a couple of years ago, now they have a massive surplus. Canada is running its first surplus in 20 years and Mexico is doing well. Wouldn't you have been shocked if someone told you that the U.S. would have been running a surplus?