Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Crutcher

Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman

Scott Smyser

Low-end, ultra-low-cost mobile phones are being pushed into emerging markets in large numbers. Meanwhile, at the high-end, wireless communications service providers are continuing to demand lower-cost 3G mobile phones in order to spur greater consumer adoption of 3G services. These two factors are driving down the overall ASP in 2005 and 2006.

Kate Murray

Last year's Summer of Love' Pet Adoption Program was a remarkable success, with 122 dogs and 154 cats adopted, ... We hope that by extending this program and waiving adoption fees, Hempstead Town will be able to continue helping residents experience the joy of pet ownership and giving these animals good homes with loving owners.

Lynn Jurich

We believe widespread adoption of home solar will significantly improve life in cities by phasing out polluting coal plants, eliminating miles of ugly new transmission lines, and ensuring cleaner, healthier lives.

Tim Tebow

When I have a family someday, I'll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family.

Weston Henderek

One of the areas that's going to slow down the adoption of mobile TV is securing broadcasting rights, but the carriers who can secure broadcast rights have more of an opportunity for uniqueness in their service. If they get rights to something that no one else has and it's a hot area, then that gives them an advantage.

Shaw Wu

No one had any doubt they would reach 1 million (downloads). But I think the speed of adoption is ahead of expectations. It's a good sign for Apple, and its strategy.

Estella Olguin

She was receiving adoption subsidies for the children while they were in Africa. She was getting close to $500 for each one of the children.

Scott Herron

With the release into the commercial market with Ingram, we've had a massive adoption rate of our technology.

David Krell

When the markets get frothy they can disappear. When the markets are frothy is exactly when consumers need them.

Steven Wood

This will offer some partial restraint to consumer spending.

Gary Miller

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.

Erin McKean

Most consumers don't have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, 'Over 250,000 entries.' And they go, 'Great, this dictionary must be awesome!'

Andrew Pyle

We are hitting the consumer with headwinds that we have not witnessed on record.

Eliot Spitzer

We are hearing from consumers who are saying 'I called in an order, I placed an order online, and it wasn't executed timely,' and as a result they lost money,

Lynn Jurich

Consumers used to think they had to compromise with solar. It was, 'Okay, I'm doing the right thing for the environment; it's cool to see the panels. I have to compromise on the cost and convenience side.' And now they no longer have to. On the cost side, it's cheaper, and on the convenience side, we set it all up.

Jeff Chapman

The proximity is good, because it gives the consumer an easier way to shop.

M. Wolfe

We've seen a couple of trends. Consumers are more sophisticated than they were 10 or 15 years ago.

Rob Hartman

We're continuing to work our way toward the light at the end of that tunnel.

Darryl Sutter

We're continuing to talk and it's been very positive and productive. I don't see it as a real issue where it's a standoff or anything.

Chere' Moore

We're continuing to see big time-drops with them and other first-year swimmers. It's very rewarding to watch them feel comfortable in the water. As a whole, they've been working very hard in the pool every day and we are starting to see the results of that hard work.

Tom Rogers

We're continuing to pursue the prospects of zero upfront and all upfront pricing.

Scott McClellan

We're continuing to move forward on it and they're going to talk about the importance of finalizing an agreement." ()

Martin Gleeson

We're continuing to look for people who saw what happened or have information about what happened.

Michael Trevino

We're continuing to examine our operations and reducing our expenses to remain competitive.

Cragin Mosteller

We're continuing to discuss with Mr. Kitson, but at this point, nothing is concluded.

Bobbi Brown

We're continuing on. Normally in the winter months, your material comes down anyway. Really the only thing I see that I feel may go through the roof is sheetrock. With all the flood and stuff, I think that would be one of the items that people want.

David Ricardo

The demand for money is regulated entirely by its value, and its value by its quantity.

David Ricardo

But it is clear that the price of labour has no necessary connection with the price of food, since it depends entirely on the supply of labourers compared with the demand.

Al Gore

When energy prices go up, the difficulty of projecting demand also goes up - uncertainty goes up.

Blaise Pascal

Our notion of symmetry is derived form the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth.

Bill Hybels

Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.

Marilynne Robinson

When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.

Dave Messing

Mainly, we have to look at the demand in the marketplace and have the right number of seats to meet that.

David Brainerd

Madison Marquette is expanding Festival at Waldorf to meet the community's increasing demand for high quality retail destinations.

Dag Hammarskjold

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

George Andrews

When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The traffic was driving right through the gasoline,

Stephen Ward

Lenovo outpaced the PC industry in emerging markets, and we are focused on driving similar momentum in mature markets.

Frank Hadden

Let there be no confusion, the way forward for Scottish Rugby is for the three professional teams to be the vehicle for driving professional rugby in this country,

Carlton Cuse

'Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of this island? What is going to happen to them? What is their ultimate fate? What is their ultimate destiny? Those questions need to get answered.

Gary Johnson

Los Alamos has been hit by an 18-wheeler, and the government was driving that 18-wheeler.

Renee Fleming

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.

Laila Robins

I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.

Mark Larson

She did a good job of driving to the basket. They played us man-to-man the whole game, and she did a good job of going to the hole.

Andee Whitaker

She is a great player by every means. When she was driving in, I had good help and I stayed down on her. Basically, everybody pulled together as a team on her and on the post (players).

Mike Fitzpatrick

Monitoring our children's use of emerging technologies is a huge task and the Internet remains the focus of many parent's concerns.

Robert Friedland

Mongolia is the best-kept secret in emerging markets in Asia.

Michael Gomez

More and more investors are comfortable with emerging markets.

Bill Rocco

Most people don't need an emerging market fund, I don't think. That doesn't mean many don't.

Richard Robinson

Mobile are a key revenue-generating service emerging in China.

Henry Samueli

We need to get smarter about hardware and software innovation in order to get the most value from the emerging Internet of Things.

Fred Moran

Nextel is focused on the emerging market where wireless penetration is minute and growth potential is still ahead.

Ian McCafferty

There are emerging signs that the hard-pressed manufacturing sector is improving.

John Herrmann

Globally, the U.S. and some emerging markets are the leading growth engines.

Ceeon Quiett

We're looking at it and there are lots of factors you have to consider.

Anthony Chan

There are a lot of good factors out there.

Travis Buck

There are a lot of factors when it's been raining. You have to be a little cautious.

John Tait

There are a lot of factors to that.

Kimberly Johnson

There are a lot of factors that already established suppliers would have to take into consideration.

John Lawrence

One of our motivating factors is that talent knows no location. All you have to do is play the game and execute.

Ingrid Reisman

One of the big factors was one of the largest conventions in town is not in town. Those folks used the system heavily.

Eric Wold

Many of the factors that have negatively impacted sales over the past year are lessening.

John Casesa

Several factors should prevent an outright decline, as spending per unit will likely remain strong.

Kathleen Blanco

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming.

Tony Blair

Libya has declared its intention to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction and to limit the range of Libyan missiles to no greater than 300 kilometers, ... that this process will be transparent and verifiable.

Eric Flint

Poul Anderson's 'The High Crusade' may have had a greater impact on my development as a writer than any other book I ever read.

Karen Allen

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?

Rick Costa

The process is oftentimes too mysterious, and the public has a right to know. We're hoping that there will be a greater understanding of the process.

Slobodan Milosevic

The outcome of your Greater Serbian hegemonic policy is the unseen suffering of the people of this unfortunate country,

Benjamin Franklin

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Joan Anderson

Most women I know have, in the service of some greater good, let their very lives wilt on the vine. We've dulled our personal lives while propping up everyone else's, and we're no longer able to even imagine having any sort of adventure, romance, meaning or purpose for ourselves.

Lynsey Addario

My job is to take the pictures, communicate a message, to bring those images to the greater public through whatever publication I'm working for. My job is really to be a messenger, and that's what I've been doing.

Tullian Tchividjian

As Luke 24 shows, it's possible to read the Bible, study the Bible, and memorize large portions of the Bible, while missing the whole point of the Bible.

Jack Colley

We're looking at trains as a primary way to move large means of people.

George Casey

Level 1 is being totally independent, and we know they're not going to be there in large numbers for a while. But they're already getting to level 2, which means they can get into and lead the fight.

Marilyn Praisner

We've taken what should be a small unit and made it much larger than it needs to be.

Bob Bertini

We use larger size tomatoes in sandwiches and haven't been able to secure them with the quality and quantity that we would like.

Suzanne Fields

There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland.

Anna Kendrick

When you have no money in New York, you're living in a shoebox, and it's freezing. When you have no money in L.A., you're living in a slightly larger shoebox, and you can go outside and feel okay about your life for a minute.

Susan Collins

We have a pot of money that is going to have to be spread over a larger population at a time when prices are soaring,

Dan Landon

This project is not a large project in terms of state funding.

Timothy Noah

Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.

Firas Askari

Obviously, a little more tepid than what markets were expecting.

Robert Brusca

There is a reason for stock markets to be worried. But I don't think we need to talk about recession yet -- it's not on the radar screen.

Brian Finnerty

I don't think it's the reason the markets are down, but I think it's a big weight around the market's neck. It's like an anvil.

Brian Reynolds

GM's going out to the markets to get the money and they're going to put it back into the market, so in a sense it's a wash,

Mary Schapiro

I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors.

Roberto Azevedo

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well.

Carlos Ghosn

We don't know where the markets are going,

Alan Levenson

I think they have sent a message that I'm surprised that they wanted to send to the market. I think the markets are seeing the neutral directive and they are saying, 'Well, they're done,' which I think is wrong.

Edward Zander

Mobile phones today are more like television when I was a kid,

Mark Taylor

Mobile and fixed-line services are also converging as rapidly as the worlds of voice and data.

Jeff Jordan

With the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones, the time has never been better for the merging of e-commerce and wireless devices.

Vicki Warker

The potential is huge, considering that 55% of the U.S. population subscribes to a mobile phone.

Gene Miller

The project starts as soon as school is out. We will move them (the mobile units) in when school is out.

Mike Rucker

He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre. You don't see him as a mobile quarterback. He made some plays today.

Bruce Tulgan

Today, the most mobile part of the workforce is the most marketable.

Scott Kerstetter

We had a lot of turnovers, but Hannah Tobin was the MVP of this game. She was really mobile in this game.

Jon Tetzchner

With Opera Mini, most people can start surfing the Web with the mobile phone they have today.

David Walker

Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us.

David Viscott

Lists have always implied social order.

David Rockefeller

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...

David Hockney

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

David Hume

It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within itself, we really assert it to be God; and the sooner we arrive at that divinity, the better.

David Hume

To have recourse to the veracity of the supreme Being, in order to prove the veracity of our senses, is surely making a very unexpected circuit.

David Brooks

Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to the U.S.," or, "Hey, I'm essential to the world order."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bodybuilders and fitness people have been using, very extensively, chiropractors in order to stay healthy and fit. Whenever I had a little problem with my body, I always ran to one of my dear friends, Dr Franco Columbo, he was always right there with the adjustments. This is how I found out the best way of going, is to use chiropractors, not only after injuries , but also before injury.

August Strindberg

What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass

Charles M. Schwab

Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!

Austin Eguavoen

I was satisfied with my team's overall performance.

Al Groh

What we really need from an overall personnel standpoint is we need our veteran players to play better and we need our younger players to step up,

Carlos Asilis

Yes, it's an unambiguous positive. But in terms of its overall importance, it's only marginal.

Cathy Cook

I don't know what the overall stimulus was.

Dean Ornish

What matters most is your overall way of eating and living.

John Abizaid

There are peaks and valleys that you go through, but overall the trend is good,

Chere' Moore

We swam some very smart races Thursday and overall I'm pleased with the whole team effort.

Scott Skiles

I thought overall it was one of Kirk's better games.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously take a photo on their phone without asking. I feel it's cowardly and a bit pathetic. Just ask me if you really want me to have a photograph with you.

Ato Essandoh

Jason Bourne is supposed to be really sneaky and spry, but as soon as he walks by, everybody pulls out their cell phones and starts recording. That level of fame is wild to see.

Denis Waitley

Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.

Al Franken

Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. 'Call-time' is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my 'call-time manager,' and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I'm really good at it.

Carol Bartz

I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's chairman of the board

Alan Lightman

One metaphor for how we are living is that you see so may people with cell phones. In restaurants, walking, they have cell phones clamped to their to heads. When they are on their cell phones they are not where their bodies are...they are somewhere else in hyperspace. They are not grounded. We have become disembodied. By being always somewhere else we are nowhere.

Brady Quinn

We live in a society of social networks, with Twitter pages and Facebook, and that’s fine, but we have contact with our work associates, our family, our friends, and it seems like half the time we are more preoccupied with our phone and other things going on instead of the actual relationships that we have right in front of us. Hopefully, people can learn from this and try to actually help if someone is battling something deeper on the inside than what they are revealing on a day-to-day basis.

Edward Snowden

If an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA, etc analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want. Phone number, email, user id, cell phone handset id (IMEI), and so on - it's all the same.

Brit Marling

I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.

John Gregg

Ultimately there could be two providers in Portsmouth, ... one step at a time.

George Kafkarkou

Small solution providers are just as important to CA as the big solution provider. They make the market, and we are respectful of that.

Ted Ligety

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

Albert Young

When you saw us getting pushed back over things that were non-existent ... come on. I don't know what to say about that.

Gordon Richards

But that's not to say they're not here - they just got pushed over the sides,

Jake Eakin

I got up to try to stop him, and he just pushed me.

Ricky Ford

Sri Lanka pushed us all the way. We've been tested and bounced back stronger every time.

Stansfield Turner

I think he's being pushed out or made a scapegoat,

Malik Rose

We pushed it and got up the floor. Now we just have to get into something.

Danny White

We flat-out got pushed around tonight by a bigger, stronger team than us.

Richard Remus

Correctional officers, you really can't tell them what they can't do. They like to stand their ground. They don't get pushed around. They get that confrontational attitude.

David Turangal

We've survived 50 years because of our service.

TR Harlan

She can do everything. Her service killed us. The way she started the match, that put us back on our heels.

Bill Gates

Your customers get better when you do.

Jerry Yang

China's Web has grown away from just duplicating services from the U.S.

Sebastian Thrun

I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity.

Gerry Waldron

I did keep a local-only service for just that reason.

Sundar Pichai

We ship a new version of Google Play Services every six weeks. Typically, 90 percent of users are on the new version of that.

Edgar Mitchell

If we don't take care of our customers, someone else will.

Rocky Smith

If they put together some type of a waiting list, my service would not be needed.

David Hume

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Tobias Smollett

Opposition is the very spur of love.

John Milton

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

Graham Roberts

Spurs haven't got the funds they need so success has to be achieved gradually.

Hyman Rickover

Thoughts arising from practical experience may be a bridle or a spur.

Joseph Joubert

Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.

Jerry Yang

The cloud has become the next-generation supercomputer, and the smartphone has provided the revolution to spur its use.

Eric Balfour

If you felt like you've done the best thing you could possibly ever do, it's probably time to hang up your spurs because there's not much else to do.

Honore de Balzac

Necessity is the spur of genius.

Clyde Evans

Wireless is really kind of where everyone's going.

Michael Mahoney

Wireless is on fire. I don't see what slows wireless down.

Greg Gorbatenko

Wireless is not a failsafe. It's a telecommunications accessory.

Kathy Lang

Our wireless routers are indoors, while the new networks' will be outside.