Efforts Quotes (3708 Quotes)

Efforts to protect critical computer networks have unfortunately not kept pace with the march of technology.

We've been working toward getting everybody healthy in practice. They showed a lot of heart out there today. It was an all-around effort.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Profits are related to customer retention. Customer retention is related to employee retention. Employee retention may or may not be related to benefits, but benefits could be part of the package that causes people to stay and -- by the way -- engage in discretionary effort. ... If you go into any organization that's customer-facing, you can tell in five minutes when the employees are feeling abused. They retaliate on the customers.

All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Ideally he would have played for an hour, but he had to stay on in the interests of the team, and his attitude was brilliant. He has suffered no reaction despite the effort he put in, and to have him back is a huge plus for us.

They stepped up big time. David stepped in and hit a shot. Walter ... dominated for his size and the effort he put in.

That was the first time all year I've had to get in my kids' faces about effort. To their credit, they responded. But we needed three quarters of great basketball after that, and we didn't get it.

Our hearts go out to all of those people who have been affected by the storm. It seems that with every news report that comes in there is another heartbreaking story. We want to do our part to assist in the relief efforts, and we hope that we are just one of thousands of organizations that will help in the relief effort.

We gave up 35 points on turnovers and I don't think we got near a loose ball. I think most of that was effort. We can point to a lot of people in terms of lack of effort.

A lot of credit goes to our offensive line. I told them at halftime to give the running backs a second to get into the holes and that's what happened in the second half. It was a team effort.

We learned in 2003 that the federal government was headed towards researching, funding, developing and testing new nuclear weapons. I am the only member of the Utah delegation to oppose those efforts. The intent is clear - research, develop and test new nuclear weapons and each step along the way moves us toward new nuclear weapons testing.

Spark is 100 focused on developing high quality, high-impact games with cinematic realism, and contextual, dynamic advertising is the perfect addition to that effort. Massive has the best technology, is simple to integrate, but most importantly, they share our passion for great game content. The revenues that we will generate through in-game advertising will provide the funds necessary to support greater innovations in development that will ultimately benefit our gaming audience.

After the effort we gave, it makes it hard (after a game like this). It's hard to walk away with a loss when you give it your all, but we knew who we were playing. We respect them and we know they're a great offensive basketball team. We've got to get better.

We had a really great team effort, we made great decisions, and we played great team defense.

Use a gyroscope to demonstrate how, over time, we become fixed in our ways, personalities, and, as a mature person, psychologically resistant to change. With EFFORT, however, we can make changes. We are not today exactly what we were yesterday. We are almost imperceptibly different. We do change with time and we can control to an extent the direction of the changes.

He described the efforts the Manganos and their children made to rescue patients after the nursing home flooded, getting them onto mattresses to float out through broken windows, and then into boats. They saved 52 lives, ... And their reward . . . is an arrest warrant.

Adult basic training and education is one of the cornerstones of our social investment effort, not only for our own people, but also for people in the community,

I'm just so proud of their effort. I thought the second half, we were just really relaxed and played our game and let things come to us.

Despite good intentions and best efforts, the stereotyping of Native Americans into narrow images is an undeniable consequence of choosing such names and symbols.

To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity. Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know. And yet those with the courage to tread this path to real discovery are not only offered practically no guidance on how to do so, they are actively discouraged and have to set abut it in secret, pretending meanwhile to be diligently engaged in the frantic diversions and to conform with the deadening personal opinions which are continually being thrust upon them.

The Beijing Olympics will be a good opportunity for the athletes of Asia to show their abilities, ... I don't believe that Asian athletes are inferior to athletes from North America and Europe in the track sprint events. I'm a good example. It's important to wipe away existing stereotypes. I hope Japanese athletes will also make their best efforts.

He's a monster. Just a monster. He's probably the best overall lineman we have because he gives the most effort. And he's probably the fastest lineman on the team for being a 300-pound guy.

Recovering an endangered species is not easy. It takes a long time and a lot of effort. But with appropriate laws and resources we can continue to achieve success.

We came out well tonight, and I was satisfied with the guy's effort. The fatigue just started to show from playing so many games in such a short time span.

This can be a living memorial... long after the TV is gone and long after we move on to the next event. By this effort, these young people ... will understand that somebody, somebody in America cared enough to make a contribution, to make it possible for them to pursue their dreams.

We were pleased with the opportunity to co-promote XIFAXAN, ... We are confident that XIFAXAN should serve as a major contributor to Salix's ongoing success. ALTANA has made the strategic decision to realign its efforts in the respiratory therapeutic area. Therefore, in order to focus our efforts, ALTANA and Salix have agreed to end their co-promotion activities.

It's our goal to be our customers' first choice for home improvement, and we are very pleased that our efforts are reflected positively in this year's customer satisfaction index. These results are consistent with positive feedback we're getting from customers in our own internal research.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely to harm anyone, that it is properly investigated by quality news organizations, and by lawyers and human rights groups and so on.

We showed a lot of character here today. People are stepping up when they are called upon and that is the type of effort that we are going to need to stay in this league.

recognition, but not only recognition of my work, but actually the efforts that were made by my people in the course of many, many centuries in their attempts to get their freedom. Independence cost a lot for Ukraine, and probably freedom cost even more than that.

These efforts were all part of the plan from the beginning. The intention was to preserve as much of the Iraqi infrastructure as possible so as to allow follow-on agencies to conduct reconstruction efforts.

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.

Supporters such as McCaffrey want Sheehan to know she is not alone. It is very important for me to be here to show support for Cindy and what she's doing, ... We have to make a big echo across country and have all the mothers stand up and keep up with this effort.

This administration is dedicated to serving the homeless ... and HUD is proud to be leading that effort,

This was an effort in progress for months before the Bank of New York hit the news, ... This is a much broader issue than Russia.

After Frances and Jeanne, Scott and his crews provided invaluable service to the town, doing literally anything that needed to be done related to debris removal and the restoration of our green spaces. Throughout the recovery effort, depending on our needs at any particular time, Scott was both a willing soldier and an effective leader.

I'm so proud of the team and their efforts. They really deserve this success. We've worked very hard for this opportunity, and we finally put it all together.

How can you shorten the subject That stern struggle with the multiplication table, for many people not yet ended in victory, how can you make it less Square root, as obdurate as a hardwood stump in a pasturenothing but years of effort can extract it. You can't hurry the process. Or pass from arithmetic to algebra you can't shoulder your way past quadratic equations or ripple through the binomial theorem. Instead, the other way your feet are impeded in the tangled growth, your pace slackens, you sink and fall somewhere near the binomial theorem with the calculus in sight on the horizon. So died, for each of us, still bravely fighting, our mathematical training except for a set of people called 'mathematicians' born so, like crooks.

Not at all, said Leonard Leo, on leave from the conservative Federalist Society to promote the confirmation effort. What he said about privacy is, in substance, no different from what other recent nominees have said, . . . Justice Clarence Thomas in particular, ... was almost as though you were having a glimpse into the way a judge would sit in his chambers and do the analysis . . . Maybe there are times when a jolt in the legal system is acceptable.

It's not a matter of effort. We just turned the ball over too many times.

Consumers need to be educated about the risks associated with altered- title vehicles, ... Even though the storm damage occurred in the South, many of these vehicles will be dispersed across a broad area, including Pennsylvania, in an effort to swindle unsuspecting consumers. Pennsylvania saw cases of flood title fraud after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and we have to believe, given the severity of damage caused by these current disasters, that we will see similar instances in the coming months.

Moving people out of the shelters and into temporary housing has been a source of frustration for us. It is a monumental effort that FEMA has undertaken, and we understand that effort is going to take time, but we had hoped it would come about quicker than it has.

It was just one of those games where you felt like you had to win it no matter what it took. It was a winnable game. Coach left me out there. I would be damned if I was going to come out even if he wanted. When I step onto the court, I'm out there to compete. We got the win and it was a great team effort.

What we're doing is trying to find ways you balance your diplomatic efforts,

You can't make an investment like this in a vacuum and think it's going to have its own gravity. Gravity comes with great mass. This is one piece of an effort to strengthen a whole region, because strong regions have strong cores.

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.