Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Eno

Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a sense of style, to people who just love putting all that complicated stuff together, brick by brick, on their computers, to people like me who like playing conceptual games and being surprised.

Fujio Mitarai

Whatever the trend in exchange rates or whatever the external factors, a manufacturing company is always faced with the mission of transforming itself into a company that can produce higher value-added to absorb the increase in the cost of living in the country it's operating in.

Larry Dixon

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

John Davidson

Where does the bond guy put his money now? ... Stocks can absorb inflation more readily than bonds, because you can come through with better pricing power and stronger earnings.

Domhnall Gleeson

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

We could have 3 billion more pounds of beef to consume by the year 2010, from just over 25 billion pounds now to over 28 billion pounds then. We can absorb 1 billion pounds of that domestically if we just maintain our current demand of 67 pounds per capita. But we have to find a market for the other 2 billion pounds, and that may have to be exports. It's critical we get Japan, South Korea, Russia, and other markets opened. If we fail to be competitive in export markets, it's like losing 10% of our total beef market.

Jennifer Morgan

Trees only absorb carbon to a certain point in their lifetime,

Arto Lindsay

We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather than when you're actually hearing them.

You have to absorb that excess lift and then it should take off again.

Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned receivers that pick up much more than is merely said. They are receptive and attuned to every mood, feeling, and change that goes on in people around them.

Idina Menzel

It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.

You absorb a few losses in a row and spirits start to sink a little bit. Body language starts to change, so the kids left there happy and have, I hope, a little bit better sense of how to play a complete game.

The problem with an autistic kid is they absorb so much, but they can't bring it back out a lot. He's just like a little sponge. He knows what's going on. He doesn't always tell you he knows, but he knows. It's hard for some people to understand what his disabilities are. They just think he's quiet.

While we're grateful that the nonprofits are willing to do something ... the city cannot expect to continue to absorb the revenue loss the nonprofits cause to happen,

We're all here to be sponges. We're here to absorb what it is you are looking to see.

We hope that ultimately solar energy can be extensively used in the commercial sector as well as the private sector. Imagine solar cells installed in cars to absorb solar energy to replace the traditional use of diesel and gas. People will vie to park their cars on the top level of parking garages so their cars can be charged under sunlight. Using the same principle, cell phones can also be charged by solar energy. There are such a wide variety of applications.

We will absorb workers' voices to narrow the distance between labor and management.

Craig James

There is only so long business can absorb higher production costs. Something has got to give and what's most likely to give is prices.

We seem to be able to absorb serial shocks.

Amanda Lindhout

I must try desperately to absorb all information I can about the Middle East. I want to excel. I want to speak articulately about the politics of the Middle East and its religion.

Jon Katz

It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that invades the home. All these behaviors can be curbed, but that takes a lot of work. Trainers say it requires nearly 2,000 repetitions of a behavior for a dog to completely absorb it.

We've just juggled the other programs around and had to absorb them.

Jared Bernstein

Firms have to be very concerned about rising prices. They're protecting their profit margins. They're going to be looking at every nook and cranny to absorb this increase.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world.

With Pfizer's diversified product portfolio and cash position that can be used for future deals, we would expect the company to be able to absorb the financial impact,

You cannot harbor and give shelter to international terrorist organizations and expect a country to just absorb these blows,

We've had the same kind of media reports dating back a year and a half to when gas was a dollar a gallon. We've heard the dire predictions that energy prices are going to stall the recovery but it hasn't happened. So far, I think people have been able to absorb the jump in gas prices to $2.25 or $2.50 a gallon. There's probably a limit, though, about $3 a gallon.

When one event after another comes this closely, the ground doesn't have the capability to absorb it. Unfortunately, the rest of the week we'll see good chances of rain, some of it very heavy.

Jeffrey Bewkes

We're trying to absorb any good ideas that anyone (has).

We knew that when we did all the moves in the last three years, another event in Phoenix in the calendar year, another one in California, that would take time to absorb that in the marketplace. They've made a lot of progress with management changes that I think are starting to pay some dividends. I think they're going to have a very big crowd.

Pat Quinn

We thought about switching every day and creating new lines but then we decided not to, ... The whole idea here was the introduction of some concepts of play. Rather then have them worrying about adjusting to new guys every day, we wanted them to concentrate and focus on trying to absorb the system we want to play.

There is no sound wall they can put up to absorb the noise.