(226 quotes found)
“I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.”
Elliott Gould
“President Bush's pledge to halve the budget deficit by 2009 distracts policymakers from the real issue of unsustainable trends in long-term entitlement spending. The president's proposal to slow Medicare's 9% annual growth rate is a good fiscal step, but the budget does not propose enough immediate and bold reforms to the quickly growing entitlement programs that threaten to overwhelm the budget.”
Brian Riedl
“There won't be any intangibles that can distract the clubhouse, we'll know what to expect. That's a major plus.”
Barry Zito
“The Taiwan dollar is extremely undervalued. Once short-term political distractions have dissipated, people will refocus on what is a pretty positive story.”
Callum Henderson
“I think that with the black cloud that's hanging over Mr. Horn, this was a diversion, to try to distract people from his ethical problems.”
Bruce Thompson
“It has been a big distraction. We haven't announced the final penalty for Chad yet. We don't expect somebody to fall into the bad zone, if you will, too many times. So we're going to have to check ourselves from a deterrent standpoint to make sure the guys understand what we're trying to get done.”
Brian France
“A driver can be distracted by any number of things. We do not ban eating in cars. We do not ban changing the radio station in cars. We do not ban shaving in cars. Why should we ban talking on the phone?”
Barrett Marson
“We felt we could dedicate these single years to finding out who we are and not being so distracted by the recreational dating scene. I'm still attracted to guys. But for now I get to know guys as friends. At the end of the day, one of the best pieces of advice I've gotten from married couples is to marry your best friend.”
Alyssa Barlow
“That may be a ... distraction,”
Charles Payne
“They are distractions, but they are distractions for those three individuals more than anyone else. You can see with grown men in our league, you have to overcome any type of distraction. The (New Orleans) Saints are the best example with what they overcame to win (at Carolina). I don't think it will have an effect on the team.”
Bruce Allen
