Points Quotes - page 28

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality. (James McGreevey)
In business, there's a constant focus on developing strategies, reviewing executive performance against those strategies each year, engaging with opposing or different points of view, and having intellectual dialogue. View quote
Jeff Raikes
As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
Well, I don't really eat cereal that much because on Weight Watchers it's not worth the points. View quote
Jennifer Hudson
We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary. View quote
Jack Lynch
Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows. View quote
John Doolittle
The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points. View quote
John H. Sununu
You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three. View quote
John Podhoretz
And one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance. View quote
John W. Snow
I am convinced that in my own career I could usually have hit 30 points higher if I had made a specialty of hitting. View quote
Johnny Evers
Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise. (Jonathan Evison)
I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that. View quote
Jonny Wilkinson
True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits. View quote
Julian Baggini
I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good. View quote
Julius Erving
So you know, everyone points out Greece's default record, but the history of a lot of sovereign nations is not a good one when it comes to lending them money. View quote
James Chanos
Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight. View quote
Kenyon Martin
It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated. View quote
Knute Nelson
I would like beautiful gymnastics to be recognized as the best. I want the judges to appreciate things that are not necessarily winning points. View quote
Kohei Uchimura
I really do not think about 'Oh, right now I have to defend those points and this title.' I just really want to enjoy playing on the court, in front of the fans. View quote
Li Na
You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence. View quote
Lee H. Hamilton
When I first ran for Congress in the 1990s, my background as an openly gay Asian was one of the focal points of the campaign, and, in fact, my opponent attacked me for it. (Mark Takano)
I am surprised with the reelection of Mr. Obama. The S&P is only down, like, 30 points. I would have thought that the market on his reelection should be down at least 50%. View quote
Marc Faber
You need to understand the market, know how you can differentiate yourself in it, and grasp the price and the functional differentiation competitive points that are going to allow you to be disruptive. View quote
Audrey MacLean
People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems. View quote
Gary Peters
The shortest distance between two points is under construction. View quote
Leo Aikman