Surpass Quotations

If you're playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If you're playing a dark guy, you show something different, like humor, that will mix it up and hopefully surpass the audience's expectations. What I'm battling all the time is complacency in the audience. I try to bring a little mystery to what might happen because that engages people more.

There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these are books for adults. Actually, they're just stories, and if they're good stories, then they surpass those boundaries.

And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with God, in the solitary darkness of God, who is set above all things, shall surpass them all.

You create a blueprint of your best performance, and you're happiest the night you surpass that blueprint. That won't happen that often, but it will happen. It's like sculpting: you keep refining. When you have a piece that is yours, that is just you, that becomes obsessive; you think about it all the time.

As soon as we can wrest from Nature the secret of the internal structure of the compounds produced by her, chemical science can then even surpass Nature by producing compounds as variations of the natural ones, which the living cell is unable to construct.

There's a lot of imagination in Asia, and I believe that the next Google will come from there, and the next Pixar. I believe that the great new media companies will come out of Asia and surpass the big media conglomerates that exist right now in the West.

There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will ultimately produce the general population of America.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

The woman pastor would often be, especially for women and children, a better minister than the clergyman; for them also, the woman judge might often surpass the man in penetration and understanding.

I'm very proud of all my children. They all have Christian families; they read the Bible; they pray; the kids go to Sunday school; they know the Ten Commandments by heart. That's my greatest honor, and I couldn't do anything to glorify God that could surpass that. That's very meaningful.

We believe that somewhere around age 20, we'll begin to see low-lead exposed individuals surpass high-lead exposed individuals in bone mass density. Then, in the 50 to 60 age group ? the age at which any individuals will begin to experience a natural loss of bone ? we expect to see the high-lead exposed individuals losing more bone sooner.

When we closed (Magellan), we were aware of the fact that it was likely some day another fund would surpass it, but that wasn't a concern of ours. Growth in and of itself has never been our goal.

What's special is the great tradition in our program. To be in the same fraternity as Dave Gunther - and surpass him - is simply great.

We have just begun to realize how large the global growth prospects are, and we anticipate many years of significant development in existing and new markets, ... Ultimately we believe we can surpass 20,000 stores worldwide.

The only person right now who would be able to be in the same sentence with him is Maurice Greene. I think in a couple of years he may surpass that. Justin Gatlin is on his way to being the greatest ever.

Motorola's results did not just surpass our estimates, consensus, and management guidance, these 1Q 04 numbers were downright huge.

Post-human intelligence will develop hypercomputers with the processing power to simulate living things - even entire worlds. Perhaps advanced beings could use hypercomputers to surpass the best 'special effects' in movies or computer games so vastly that they could simulate a world, fully, as complex as the one we perceive ourselves to be in.

...If we had a serious disciplined effort to apply on a large- scale, existing clean energy and energy conservation technologies - -we could meet and surpass the Kyoto targets easily in a way that would strengthen, not weaken, our economy.

I am thrilled and honored to be nominated, and also aghast that anybody could imagine that I could surpass the unsurpassable Katharine Hepburn in any category whatsoever. But it's lovely to even be mentioned in the same sentence.

For me to get anywhere near him is a fantastic achievement and to surpass him by one - I'm delighted. I grew up an Everton fan but Kenny is a proper Liverpool legend and to get anywhere near him is fantastic.

There is a fair degree of skepticism in the industry given some of the past failures. But we are selling services to very knowledgeable customers who are looking for services that meet or exceed their expectations in terms of quality and service levels. We are working quietly with many of those providers to achieve and surpass the metrics that they set and expect.

Within the next few years we believe the gold price will surpass the all-time high of $US850 an ounce.

We are expecting to surpass 3,000 permits in this year.

It is not news that obesity and related disorders are a major health concern for the U.S.. If it hasn't already, many experts believe that it will soon surpass tobacco as the number-one cause of preventable death in this country.

It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

Our key industries are starting to show more consistent growth and with the national economy still heating up, hopefully, job creation will surpass our earlier forecast.

Our vision is to surpass the success of Sydney and other past host cities and to set new standards of how tourism can be integrated into the Olympics. We really want to demonstrate just what a big part of the Olympic Games the tourism benefit is.

Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S.

Markets don't make a top and then slide, topping is a process. Typically markets make an initial top, back off, try to surpass it, and can't do it.

Wisconsin's export growth rate continues to surpass that of the nation, ... For the first half of 2005, our state ranks 18th in export volume, up from 21st over the same period in 2004.

We were 9-17 my sophomore year. We made a vow to turn this program around. This year our goal was 20 wins. We were able to surpass that, and I'm pretty proud of that.

We estimate that the diet category could actually surpass the regular soda category in about 12 to 15 years,

We don't know what else can be done to surpass everything else. When FAMU puts good things out, FAMU gets good things in return.

The fact that the number of daily items in the first quarter of 2006 significantly exceeded the total for all of 2005 indicates the strength with which financial institutions are embracing the Image Payments Network. We expect the current growth rates to continue and anticipate the total number of check images to surpass 60 million a month by the end of 2006.

We believe that we are still in the very early days of Starbucks growth cycle and that we can surpass 20,000 Starbucks stores worldwide,

We always set a goal you feel very confident in reaching, and of course we're always hoping to surpass the goal. We were more ambitious on reaching this year's goal as opposed to prior years, and we felt very confident in reaching it.

While the numbers are fairly insignificant right now, ... they keep doubling year over year?Online sales will surpass catalog sales within 10 years.

We had a good hand and I think we overplayed it, ... We're not alone in that, by the way, and others are still playing that hand as they surpass us now in incentive programs.

We expect the Vanguard 500 Index Fund to surpass the Magellan Fund in terms of net managed assets by late next year or early 2000.

We are very pleased with the progress achieved by RIM and its partners over the summer, and we are particularly energized by our prospects for the second half of the fiscal year, ... We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services. As a result, we are now expecting to surpass $2 billion in annual revenue and the 5 million subscriber milestone before the end of the fiscal year.

Even this disability from which I suffer I have assumed by the very fact that I live; I surpass ittoward my own projects, I make of it the necessary obstacle for my being and I cannot be crippledwithout choosing myself as crippled. This means that I choose the way I constitute my disability (as'unbearable', 'humiliating, 'to be hidden', 'to be revealed to all').

Everything pales when compared to this. These demonstrations are historic because they surpass in size any of the previous Latino-organized protests, going back to the '50s and '60s.

Asia will surpass Europe in the coming 20 years,

Even as the pace of layoffs has ebbed, no new hiring is taking place, so continuing claims will rise even further and surpass their peak in the last recession. Labor market deterioration is continuing with no end in sight.

Flash-device sales will surpass hard-drive sales. But the technology is not important. What's important is reaching a certain capacity at a certain price point at a certain size.

The saying goes that men wounded in the battlefield call out for their mothers. So spending on Mom will generally surpass that for Dad despite the aberration this year.

I've achieved everything I wanted. I have nothing to prove, including to myself. Looking at what I've achieved, I don't think there is anything that is going to surpass that.

Across two counties he can hear / And catch your words before you speak. / The woodlouse or the maggot's weak / Clamour rings in his sad ear, / And noise so slight it would surpass / Credence.

Any retailer who could not surpass expectations last month has to have company-specific problems. September was simply a stellar month.

The budget of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will not surpass that of 2.4 billion US dollars for the Games in Athens.

As our company grows, we want to find and hire the right people to help us meet and surpass our goals. Both Lori and Jason have the experience and personality we were looking for, and we are excited about the possibilities for growth their addition brings.

This is the first year where digital television will surpass the sales of analog television sets. Sixty-two percent of all televisions sold this year will be some form of digital television, and will account for 48.2 million sets shipped.

This fight makes Jeff the man. It really makes him the man. A lot of times when you beat the man, you don't become the man. I believe in this fight if we beat the man, we'll surpass him.

The remainder of fiscal 2006 is shaping up to be extremely robust and we are on track to surpass $2 billion in annual revenue for the first time in our history,

There'll come a time when all of us must leave here, then nothing sister Mary can do Will keep me here with you. As nothing in this life that I've been trying could equal or surpass the art of dying. Do you believe me?

As more and more companies realize the power and reach of the Mid-America Trucking Show, we expect the show to continue to grow and surpass long-established show records.

It was a really enjoyable season because of the youth we had. It was enjoyable to watch them progress the way they did and surpass most people's expectations. It was a group that worked extremely hard in practice, had a great work ethic and great senior leadership.

The number of orders and deals done has been increasing today on the exchange and the cases of deals may surpass the volume the system can handle.

It's praised for fulfilling the expectations of the audience when it should surpass the expectations of the audience.

They came at us with a lot of defensive energy and we didn't match or surpass it.

Indeed, at current growth rates, credit cards and debit cards will both surpass check in terms of total annual transactions in 2007. Such rapid change presents opportunities and challenges for an industry traditionally geared toward paper-based payment.

I'm trying not to classify this as a rebuilding year. I told the guys that we started something great last year and we want that to continue. ... I sat them all down and said, 'We have to work as a unit, work as a team.' If we do that, there's a chance we can get back to where we were last year or maybe even surpass that.

If you raise the bar for children, they not only reach it, they far surpass it.

In the year 2000, finishing in the world top ten was our aim, and when we made it we thought that being in the top six would be enough. After reaching that goal, we realized that the world top three was so close and at that time we found it easy to surpass one skater after another.

Investors are reacting to the Toyota figures. Although it shouldn't be any great surprise. ... We've been saying for a while that at the current pace, Toyota will surpass GM next year.

In the next five years, it could surpass France.

Internet and mobile phone users will grow, and Web 2.0 is still in the spotlight. VC investment volume this year will surely surpass 2004 and 2005.

In 2005 the U.S. ethanol industry produced 4 billion gallons. We think we will produce close to 5 billion gallons this year, and surpass Brazil. There are probably 150 more planned like the ones in Florida.

In 2005, Duke Energy took a number of significant strategic steps to shape our future, but at the same time stayed focused on the tasks at hand to deliver outstanding results for the year. I'm very proud that our employees were able to surpass their earnings targets at the same time they were creating the foundation for the organization that will become the 'new' Duke Energy.

By 2007, we expect the number of triple-stacked acres in our national corn brands will surpass the number of single-trait acres.

But undeniably they're going to be the second-largest economy in the world in a few years. And then the question is, At what point do they surpass the U.S. in size?

He's working hard enough now to surpass everything that he did last year.

Heading into Turin our athletes are legitimate medals contenders for five to seven medals. That puts us on pace to achieve or surpass our best-ever medal total in long track at the Games.

The market is now and always has been fiercely competitive and we compete every day on every level of business. We're confident in our ability to surpass any competitor in terms of value and choice. We are a reality today ... I think it is one thing to talk about delivering television service someday and another to already be doing it.