Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maggie Deetz

We've already set aside money for recruiting. We've been talking to principals for several years about going to job fairs and connecting with the colleges. Not all teachers will be brand new; we want to lure experienced ones from the other districts. For that, we have, for the last few years, focused on getting our teachers' salary schedule competitive.

Chris Fisher

We started setting aside two hours every Saturday last fall. A few adults come, but it?s mostly kids, some as young as six, but more around 12 to 13.

Ray Nagin

There are dead bodies floating in some of the water, ... The rescuers would basically push them aside as they were trying to save individuals.

Bob Kane

There are certain characters Bill Finger created, aside from my main characters' and many other characters that I created, including the Batmobile.

Luke Nosek

Halcyon people have put aside and left their homes, their million dollar salaries, full professorships at major universities, and fully seed-funded startup companies to be part of this effort.

Kristina McMorris

On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern communication. Soul-baring sentimentality isn't typically poured into text messages, tweets and emails. All too often, personal connections are brushed aside for the sake of convenience in a fast-paced world.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

We should always be learning. However, we must be careful not to set aside our faith in the process, because faith actually enhances our ability to learn.

Katherine Dunham

Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world.

Eliot Spitzer

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection.

Robert Hathaway

We've assured the King family we will give it our best efforts to review the case and resolve it for their family.

Ted Young

We've always wanted to get out and run the floor, and if you get an easy one, great, but be patient and get the best shot available.

Josh Sims

We've always known that we can play with some of the best teams in the league and score.

Mark Fredrickson

We've always had a policy of qualifying and buying the very best technology that we can put in our systems. We intend to continue to buy disk drives from IBM, contingent on their ability to meet our standards.

Jeff Hathaway

We've always done what was best for our basketball programs and all of our programs. You have to decide what it is you need, where you're going to put it. These are projects that take some time.

Diane Sollee

When we were saying it doesn't matter in the '60s and '70s and '80s, we didn't have the experience of enough kids in a culture when families were breaking down. It was just our best guess.

Odell Thurman

When we were coming into the (scouting) combine, they asked who was the best back you played against, and I said (Williams) the whole time. He's going to be great. You look at him, and you might not think he's all that strong. But he's a power runner. It's the style he plays.

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.

Chelsea Peretti

When I was little, people would ask what my favorite color was, and I never knew. I find it's really hard to make decisive 'best' answers on what the 'best' of something is.

Leon Tarnto

We've basically committed a mutiny. We've left DHH and we're working with the military.

Mark Fields

We remain very committed to the low-cost facility.

John Barnes

We remain very committed to continuing with this process.

Charles Scott

We remain confident about the Group's future prospects and are committed to returning value to shareholders.

Nathaniel Brown

When we do a content deal we have a rough idea of how many new subscribers it might attract. But mostly we?re committed to providing subscribers and potential subscribers with the kind of program they can?t find anywhere else, and Bob Dylan?s new show is a perfect example of that.

Frank DeRosa

We were supporting schools that were not doing well at all. This has helped a great deal. We are committed to educating these students, and we must have fiscal stability and viability to do so.

Antonio Villaraigosa

What a great actor and what a committed human being, ... For years, he's used his fame for the purpose of developing new talent and providing positive role models for Latinos.

Hal Rogers

What has happened along the Gulf Coast is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis, ... The Congress is committed to providing the funding necessary to not only offer immediate relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina but to also help rebuild their lives and get them back on their feet.

John Thomas

We find it disturbing that the networks in question seem to have no problem exploiting gay persons through mindless comedies or titillating dramas, but when it comes to a church's loving welcome of committed gay couples, that's where they draw the line.

Judy Kennedy

When it came down to a tight match, ... Chris was the one demanding everyone step up because he doesn't like to lose, which was interesting because it was only his second year playing.

Harry Reid

We're going to reform Washington, ... After years of Republican scandals and abuses of power, it's a big task. But the American people are demanding change.

Nicole Wong

What his ruling means is that neither the government nor anyone else has carte blanche when demanding data from internet companies.

Diep Kiet

With much stronger competition worldwide, especially from China, garment buyers are now demanding more and better services from producers.

Daniel Payne

The perception of what we as professors provide has changed. Constant and demanding e-mails are just another manifestation of what our society has become.

Dan Patrick

The perception is that these kids are not waving American flags and standing for a better America. These kids are denouncing America. They're demanding that America change their laws, give them free health care, give them free education ? that it's their right.

Doug Hamilton

We are a team whose mission is to compete for and win championships. I strongly feel that now is the time for us to make a change in order to give us the best possible chance to live up to this mission. This marketplace has the savviest, most demanding fans in the U.S., and we must provide them with a more entertaining and attractive product on the field.

Ted Friedman

There is no question that the data integration market is not only growing, but demanding more robust technologies and solutions to be able to handle the increasing volumes of data and the variety of standards that are being adopted, such as Web services, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), XML messaging and others, ... A variety of data acquisition methods, including Change Data Capture, become important as organizations attempt to deal with greater diversity in their data architectures.

Buzz Hargrove

Workers everywhere are just starting to say, 'Look, we're fed up with this. We're going to start demanding that we have respect and we have job security and we have decent wages and benefits,'

Richard Boucher

We've always made clear that we felt that Somalia and the situation that existed there made it a potential haven for terrorists.

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.

Tom Higgins

We've always felt that way. I'm not surprised that when he had the opportunity to go in that he performed as well as he did.

Pat Ivey

We've always felt that this Business 40 effort could be a model for other projects.

Ellis Verdi

We've always felt that no other agency could match our creative strengths in retail advertising, and this year's continued success at RAMA is a testament to our ability in marketing leading retailers.

Jeremy Shockey

We've always felt like that. Not just because of this game. We just felt we can play with anybody.

Kevin Cato

We've always felt like our defense was one of the stronger points of our game. Our goal was to have a hand in their face for the full 94 feet of the floor and that would hopefully take away some of their shooting ability.

Tom Albertrani

We've always felt he would be a better horse around two turns, and he trained better going into the Tampa Bay Derby than he did the Sam Davis.

Sean Cotter

We've always felt Heidi was a real good hitter, and she's definitely a feared hitter in the conference, but it just seemed like she just wasn't able to put it together for long stretches. And this year she's just been in a really good place, I think, both physically and mentally.

Greg Harrison

What's just as amazing is that she had to start work on the last season of 'Friends,' so she was going back and forth between our shooting locations and the studio, and from bubbly Monica to the deeply troubled Sophie.

Jon Lester

Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.

Sandy Johnson

With Ms. Truesdale's current CD album, 'I know Him' on Nashville's CIS-Christian label, Jeanie Kay has brought forth an array of inspirational music sure to please any listener, ... Her soulful voice and her emotional, believable musical delivery reaches audiences in a direct manner not often afforded many singers.

Paul Connolly

We're getting better and better. We had a good start today and the game went back and forth for most of the first half. Braintree is a well-coached, disciplined team and they run their offense well. Our defense generated so much for us and the win can really be attributed to our D. Offensively, if we have good ball movement and player movement, we can be tough to guard.

Kevin Taylor

We're hoping that someone would come forth with info about this. We think that it could be possibly sitting in someone's garage and someone is likely to know about that.

Charles Ramsey

We want to take him up on that offer, so we are working with Mr. Condit's attorney in order to arrange dates, times, locations and so forth in order to make that a reality, ... I think it's time that once and for all, we find out where we are with that case.

Chang-Rae Lee

It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's no need to talk about work.

Kevin Dineen

We are looking forward to the playoffs, especially with the gritty effort we have put forth on the road this season. The playoffs feature a lot of excitement packed into a series and just get ready to rock with us in the playoffs.

John Gilmore

We believe that the latest IANA/NSI proposal does not follow the requirements set forth by the white paper for protecting openness and free expression,

Andrew Buchan

When I was a kid, I always had a big thing for Dannii Minogue. Initially I liked Kylie, but I quickly moved on to Dannii. There was always something more alluring about her. I think I actually wrote to her asking if we could meet.

Jason Schenker

What we're seeing is a lot stronger numbers than were anticipated, also with an upward revision in August and July. All of this bodes well for the economy and shows perhaps the economy was not as severely affected by the hurricanes as initially anticipated.

John Love

What we're seeing initially is a reduction in the number of cases allowed. Many of these will eventually get a patent, though.

Don Harper

Were getting a lot more cooperation with people who initially were afraid to say some things,

James Rodgers

We are pleased to report recent tests show dramatic improvement in his bone density, making surgery possible. While initially beneficial at managing the pain, in recent months, the injections have not been as effective and the pain has only intensified. Delaying surgery is no longer a viable treatment option.

Hermann Eilts

I was initially assigned to the American Consulate in Aden, not as Principal Officer but as a supernumerary officer to handle Yemen affairs. We had no resident diplomatic mission in Yemen at the time. People from Aden went up to Yemen regularly.

Kendall Jenner

You have no idea how many doors closed on me and how many adults were either initially reluctant to take a chance working with me or who outright laughed at me behind my back.

Jennifer Grant

When I knew I was pregnant four years ago with a boy, a friend suggested I call him Cary, but I initially resisted. There was only one Cary Grant. But a week before he was due, I started thinking it would be wonderful to pass the name on to him. And anyway, my father wasn't Cary to me. He was Dad.

Jim Paulsen

On net this is not going to be a big event economically. People initially went to the big impact it was going to have, all predicated on the idea that oil was going to go a lot higher (than it has).

Ed Goren

With the hurricane bearing down on Florida, he is taking care of his family. He might still be available. With hurricanes, you never know. It might totally miss Florida, and if that happens, he will be joining us when he can.

Gustav Humbert

We are proud to see Bangkok Airways joining the growing list of launch customers for the A350. This really demonstrates the popularity of our new wide-body in the market place.

Alfred Kahn

We are proud to promote Carlin West to this new position. She has had a hand in the success of many of our most popular properties. Since joining 4Kids more than 12 years ago, Carlin has demonstrated a valuable, diverse skill set including identifying exciting new kids' properties, brand positioning and much more. We look forward to expanding her responsibilities in this new role.

Travis Rutherford

We are proud to be joining forces with the emerging leader of Asian popular culture, Korea, whose companies and stars are increasingly defining what people listen to, watch and play throughout the world.

Rob Silverstein

We've always been huge fans of Maria and believe she has the skills, attitude and style that fits 'Access Hollywood' perfectly. She's current, a unique talent, someone that cuts through, and definitely stands out in a crowd. We could not be more pleased with Maria joining the most credible entertainment news magazine in the world.

Mark Stern

We are looking forward to joining forces with Stan and Bruce to search the universe for these fearless competitors. At some point in their lives, everyone has wanted to break out and be heroic, and now is the chance for a chosen few to shed their every-day identities and truly express their inner superhero.

Noel Redding

The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it was put together as a song writing situation.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Taking a hypersensitive approach to life had come to seem so much more pure and honest then joining the ranks of the numb masses who could let it all slide by. What I stopped realizing was that if you feel everything intensely, ultimately you feel nothing at all. Everything registers at the same decibel...

Edwidge Danticat

On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What happened recently in Spain affects us here and brings questions up. It is too bad that people have to be shaken up in that way.

Shawn McDowell

We've always thought this senior class had the physical skills, it was a matter of them jelling together as a unit. A year can make a big difference both mentally and physically and the kids have really matured.

Sean Cotter

We've always felt Heidi was a real good hitter, and she's definitely a feared hitter in the conference, but it just seemed like she just wasn't able to put it together for long stretches. And this year she's just been in a really good place, I think, both physically and mentally.

Chris Woods

Tony is a hard-working guy, who physically is a work in progress. His best days are ahead of him. He's dramatically improved from where he was a year ago.

Fredrik Ljungberg

We're maybe not so physically strong. It doesn't really matter in the Champions League but maybe in the Premiership we have suffered a little bit for it, but I think in Europe we look really sharp. Unfortunately, we have not been able to cope with the physical side and we have suffered from that. In Europe we have been allowed to play more football.

Lee Fisher

We're going to stay with what got us here. We're going with the basic principles of defend, rebound and run, and making sure our kids are not mentally and physically fatigued. This is the time of the year where kids are tired. You have to keep them focused.

Marcel Lachemann

We brought the (WBC) pitchers in early because we want to make sure they are farther along than normal so they can physically handle what is going to be expected of them. I'd expect them to start throwing batting practice (before the rest of the pitchers). Once we get them ahead (in conditioning), we don't want them to take a step back.

Tony MacAulay

We?re going to have to be mentally prepared, as well as physically prepared. We?re trying to look at both departments equally and make sure we?re concentrating on both sides.

Riley Wallace

We're going to have to be mentally and physically ready. When you have no depth, the travel can really take its toll.

Chris Laramore

We want the kids to be physically fit and learn good behavior, sportsmanship, respect for themselves and for others.

Dan Beck

We've always had an aggressive e-commerce strategy. Since our first Web site in 1994, we realized a Web site was more than just a corporate brochure. It had to be an advanced business tool providing everything companies need to design, print and manage their documents online.

Theresa Adams

When we were letting the starters sit on the bench, to see what was going on on the floor ... that's just how the other part of the team feels when they're on the bench, wanting to get in. And after they saw all of that, they came alive to realize that they (would) rather be on the floor than on the bench.

Matthew Perry

When I was, like, 15, I realized there could be a career in making people laugh - like, you could get paid to do it. That was insane to me.

David Lambert

When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definitely a culture shock. But it was a really interesting time to be there. I didn't entirely realize how different it is from the States. I just accepted it because I was there and my parents needed to be there.

Shawn Chacon

When it came time to go out and pitch, I realized why I was here,

Larry Krantz

We respect the rights of Texans to have fun. But people need to realize that everyone pays when the state has to constantly stop what it's doing to repair this kind of damage. It takes away from our other responsibilities like building and maintaining roadways.

Robby Wine

We're going to solidify a lineup. There was a lot of things that went on last weekend. We just wanted to see what guys were made of. We realized that some of the freshmen weren't quite ready yet, and I think in the same aspect, we have some older guys that maybe started wondering where they stand with the team.

Katie Featherston

I've twice accidentally stolen something, and both times I went back and paid for them when I realized I had done it.

Diane Quinn

What they see first is we're located in a major university environment. People realize our size and longevity mean something in terms of the program's quality.

Craig Miller

We've always wanted to live in the village. This street offers some good-size houses, big yards. Really kind of private and quiet, but just a few steps away is the hustle and bustle of the village.

Larry Goodnature

We've always known we were strong up top, and (Thursday) we got a chance to see it. We needed them to step up, and they did.

Chuck D.

We've always got a chip on our shoulder, they always say the offense has to pull us through. But in order to win games in the playoffs, we knew our defense had to step up.

Greg Maxey

When we went up 4-2, at that point we should've closed it out. We kind of let them get the ball rolling. They played hard. They're a little deeper than us and they had a little more pop in their step at the end. Believe me, I was a little nervous.

Jermaine Spencer

When we went in the locker room, we said we weren't pushing. We weren't getting as hard after them as we should. In the second half, we brought the fight to them. Instead of backing down and letting them do what they want to do, we made them step up and play -- play defense and make tougher shots.

Joevan Catron

When I was playing we had chemistry but when I was gone we developed better chemistry. We stepped up as a team tonight.

Jason Vela

When it came down to the last few games in district we had to win to make the playoffs and the kids stepped up and got it done. They stepped up again Tuesday night in a playoff atmosphere. Our seniors have dreamed about playing at the nice facility at Lee College. It's nice to see them accomplish that and play the way they did.

Judy Kennedy

When it came down to a tight match, ... Chris was the one demanding everyone step up because he doesn't like to lose, which was interesting because it was only his second year playing.

Michael Finley

Tony is a big part of our success so far this season. Tonight, everyone had to step up and do something that he would usually give us during the game as far as assists and points. Everyone did that tonight.

Jonathan Moyo

When I was in government it was routine for these CIO agents and their factional counterparts in government and ZANU PF politicians to abuse me as a scapegoat for anything they were unable to explain or defend.

E. B. White

We responded to the area but we were unable to locate the suspect?s vehicle,

Hani Durzy

When we asked them to show us a law to show it is unlawful, and they were unable to do so, we said they're legal as far as we're concerned.

John Schweitz

When we closed the deficit to two points, however, we were unable to take advantage of our scoring opportunities.

Doug Anderson

We guarantee we can find financing for everyone. If we are unable to find someone financing for any reason then we will pay them $100 for their time.

Gary Ross

What's scary is that we're just moving out of the lowest period of demand for the year and OPEC at full stretch was unable to keep prices down,

Don Waddell

We feel bad for Aaron that he's unable to be part of the team. At the same time we're extremely fortunate to be able to replace Aaron with someone the caliber of Bret Hedican.

David Castillo

We're just not the same team we were. It really hurts us. We have so many guys banged up, unable to play, or playing hurt.

Louis Stokes

Our findings with reference to organized crime was that organized crime as an entity didn't participate in the assassination of the president. However, we were unable to preclude the possibility of individual members of organized crime having participated.