Challenger Quotations

This campaign was special because we always kept the challenger mentality we had from the start. We managed to keep the against-all-odds, can-do spirit that kept us going when no one thought we could win.

Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned probes to the planets or the images from the Hubble Telescope. The fate of Columbia (like that of Challenger in 1986) reminded us that space is still a hazardous environment.

By formally declaring anyone opposed to same-sex marriage an enemy of human decency, the majority arms well every challenger to a state law restricting marriage to its traditional definition.

We call the fates of the Titanic and the Concordia - as well as those of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia - 'accidents.' Foreseeing such undesirable events is what engineers are expected to do. However, design trade-offs leave technological systems open to failings once predicted, but later forgotten.

Of course there is still unexplored terrestrial territory, but most of it is waterlogged. Submersed secret places, such as the Challenger Deep, which today lure hi-tech adventurers like Richard Branson and James Cameron, will undoubtedly provide welcome fodder for 'National Geographic.'

We are proud to be recognized in the magic quadrant report. We believe our listing in the Challenger quadrant confirms our ability to sustain our position in the marketplace. Looking forward, we will continue to position ourselves in the forefront of the industry by delivering superior help desk services.

We're beginning to fall behind as a nation in technology. If (the Challenger Center) can stimulate students to become more interested in math, science and technology, we've done our job.

She's challenged him unlike any other challenger ever has. There's no question she's exceeded expectations. Could this be a close election?

On an ideological level, Senator Nelson is not in touch with the mainstream of Florida, ... He has voted against tax relief that has been passed by the Republican majority in Congress. He votes to protect the trial lawyers against reform of frivolous lawsuits. We think a Republican challenger is going to do very well if they contrast his record to the Republican positions.

Motorola is putting up a good fight - the only real challenger to Nokia, while the other smaller players are falling behind.

Motorola is putting up a good fight ? the only real challenger to Nokia. But its portfolio hasn't the same attraction as Nokia at the moment.

Obviously I was thrilled to receive such a strong vote of confidence from the party. Particularly since the party has never endorsed a challenger over a Republican supervisor.

I have been working very hard since the last season, I have done well in the Challenger Series, Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Ranji Trophy games.

He is having trouble. You can't be a stealth challenger to an incumbent in a primary and expect to come out on top.

It is a great way of communicating at low cost. Web sites level the playing field for a challenger like myself - and they also the opportunity for people to be able to give feedback.

I think we are really going to have to look very carefully at what lessons we didn't learn from Challenger and make sure we absolutely learn them this time.

I was very surprised to be singled out for this honor, ... Hostopia's team members are the real winners, and my partners John Nemanic, Colin Campbell, and Franc Nemanic deserve a huge share of this recognition. We've come a very long way from an upstart challenger in 1999 to the global leader in our business category today. Our team of dedicated staff and management in Toronto, Ft. Lauderdale, and Nikolaev (Ukraine) is the reason for our amazing success.

I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did not know if I would get in. It was the year after the Challenger accident in 1987.

I think it would be difficult for a challenger to use any of that.

We are not the No. 1 challenger for Bayern. People should leave us alone and let us work in peace here.

We were all hoping the Challenger would come out of that cloud of smoke.

This really muddies the waters on jobs, ... I continue to see a lot of labor market distress, and I am more impressed by the sudden weakness in the Challenger report than by the rebound in the cantankerous ISM.

Two subsequent incidents of import established CNN: the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, which CNN was the only network to cover as it happened, and the 1991 Gulf War, which CNN chronicled round the clock from a proximity as irresistible as it was alarming, bomb blasts and gunfire lighting up TV screens from coast to coast.

Even in a healthy economy, you have layoffs. The Challenger number is more useful as a story telling device than an indicator.

Even in a healthy economy, you have layoffs, ... The Challenger number is more useful as a story telling device than an indicator.

Either we bog down Hillary Clinton in 2006, in New York, or we give Hillary a free pass, let her build up chips around the country by helping other candidates, and walk out of New York with a big win and become unstoppable for 2008. Republicans have to get serious about a challenger to Hillary right now.

Bellamy is a strong guy and he was able to resist the attack. We'll look for the same type of challenger as Ron Bellamy, the same type of fight. We have a lot of offers. We have offers to fight in June or before June.

The Tory decision wouldn't seem to have done Ken Clarke's hopes a great deal of good and we think David Davis now has the clear edge over his opponents with Liam Fox - whose odds we have halved from 12/1 - potentially his main challenger

Any challenger to a market where one player holds 80 percent share not only has to build a better mousetrap but improve upon the mouse.

This is an extraordinary performance for a new challenger going against a four-term incumbent who, by all accounts, should have a much stronger base of individual support going into an election year.

The unparalleled flexibility and superior technology of the original CRJ200 airliner platform continues to generate significant interest in three distinct offerings - as a corporate shuttle, and as a large cabin executive jet, in addition to the market-leading 50-passenger CRJ regional airliner. Challenger 850 aircraft operators are able to take advantage of an outstanding dispatch reliability based on the proven CRJ200 aircraft record, low direct operating costs and an established worldwide support network.

It's a fun event -- way wet. It's one of those firefighter challenger things that grew into a sport.

I've got one more Challenger in the Ukraine and it would be great to get the top ranking, but if not then I'll do it in 2006,

never seen a grassroots organization of this size and scale, a challenger or incumbent. And I believe in a very close election -- and this will be a close election -- it will be one of the factors in a Bush victory.

I'm really strong and am hitting hard, he was my mandatory challenger and look what I've done to him. I don't think he was really up for the job. He took quite a beating in there.

Incumbents are re-elected the vast majority of the time, so a challenger like Freddy needs an overwhelming emotion argument in his ads and on the street for why the mayor should be fired. Freddy never went negative, but he had nothing to go positive with, either.

I found this very disturbing, Let your challenger stand. You are popular but that is not the reason for my saying these issues. Principles are principles. They are never divided. Please to my young comrade Yoweri Museveni, let those who want to challenge you do so.

I'll only be disappointed if an incumbent doesn't have a primary challenger or a general election challenger.

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.

Beijing has treated me well, ... I won the challenger last year in singles and won the doubles here last year too. I played well in singles here this week and won the doubles again so I've felt very comfortable here in Beijing.

Challenger showed how sophisticated this technology was and how fragile it was, and our dreams were tied to it.

If he doesn't achieve 40 or 45 percent, maybe more, he will not be judged a winner in Iowa. On the other hand, if Steve Forbes breaks 25 to 30 percent, the press will be saying there's a second challenger in New Hampshire.

These are districts where the incumbent doesn't support an exit strategy to bring the troops home and the challenger does.

The Henlopen South is loaded with playoff caliber teams. The division is as strong overall this year as I can remember. Hopefully, we will be competitive enough to be a challenger among teams with high goals. We have excellent overall team speed and we have depth at skill positions.

The challenger has an uphill fight. If he's lucky enough to win and gets to the general election, he's going to be broke.

The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them...

The Challenger accident was a wake-up call in many ways. The tragedy of losing a crew was bad enough, but losing civilians and a teacher who had been selected and prepared for the mission, was an even more tragic loss.