Parameters Quotations

I will never begin to know what the accountants do or what the camera guys do, as much as I try to learn just out of respect for what they do and to try to make my job as manager more efficient. The most important thing is to let those people do their jobs while making it clear what the parameters are.

Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch transcendence and you change your life. And you want to change the life of others, too. That's why people are involved with art.

All along, I did what I was comfortable doing, which was to play the music I enjoyed and try to stretch the parameters a bit. Country and bluegrass and folk were my foundation.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.

We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.

There's nothing to be gained, and much to be lost, in trying to bend every child to match a one-size-fits-all notion of what it means to be a boy or girl of a specific age. Better to set a few parameters and then go with the flow. Call it 'jazz parenting.'

The SF genre, of course, is really an organically evolved, marketplace-determined, idiosyncratic grab bag of themes and signifiers and characters and icons and gadgets, some of which hew to the realistic parameters and paradigms embraced by science, others of which partake more of fantasy and magic.

Today's vote ensures that coal will continue to be an important part of our nation's energy policy, with strong parameters to make it cleaner and more efficient.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

As my children leave the protected parameters of the bay called childhood and enter the wavier seas of adolescence, I'm starting to get seasick.

I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself.

On our end, we see a lot of the failures when parents do not come forward and really set out those parameters for their children. Know where they are, know what they're doing. There are just a multitude of disasters awaiting their child if they look away and do not set clear guidelines about alcohol use.

Mandate has very grave doubts as to whether the social partnership process, with its current restrictive agenda and parameters can truly address the income needs of those on middle and lower incomes, given the very narrow focus on competitiveness and wage restraint being applied to the talks by both the government and employers in terms of wages in particular.

If they are going to comply with all the state air quality regulations within their permit, they will be allowed to go ahead. We are awaiting information on the air quality parameters of the test.

If they operate within the parameters that we set out, yes, they will be safe.

Since we can't track people with tracking devices, like we do animals, we needed to get data that provided us with millions of movements of individuals. What is amazing about these particular scaling laws is the fact that they are determined by two universal parameters only. This result surprised us all.

She transformed the face of Britain, ended our decline and set the parameters for 25 years of economic success.

Based upon parameters that are dictated by a court settlement, the attorney general often consults with the governor, but the final determination as to how the monies are returned to the people of the state lies with the Attorney General's Office, again, based upon the parameters that are dictated by the court.

But that's something that I like about scoring film: it makes me reach out of the parameters of my self, it requires me to do things musically that I wouldn't normally do left to my own devices.

We've been watching our own Microsoft internal marketplace service for the past couple of years and were inspired by employee behaviors. Regardless of the transaction, we noticed that trust and convenience are the key factors to closing a deal. What sets Windows Live Expo apart is that people can set their own search parameters for goods and services. They can define their own marketplace universe.

We've been watching our own Microsoft(R) internal marketplace service for the past couple of years and were inspired by employee behaviors. Regardless of the transaction, we noticed that trust and convenience are the key factors to closing a deal. What sets Windows Live Expo apart is that people can set their own search parameters for goods and services. They can define their own marketplace universe.

He's a character, ... So I take his parameters and don't infuse my issues or parameters one way or the other. He's a guy that is functioning drunk. He has what they call a traveling buzz. He might step out and have a short one at noon, but he never gets falling-down drunk.

My plan was to go to New York and do some theatre, and then I got the script for 'Psych.' I was like, 'Ahh - just as I thought I was out, you pulled me back in!' I had a great meeting with the show creator and we laid out the parameters to make the show work: what I would do, what he would let me do.

My point of view is to let them be in some type of control. There are some parameters and they have to have some control over it. Wrestling is all about controlling the mat. I was told all of the time to develop some control within yourself. That is why they play wall ball to help them warm up.

My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing.

I think the games in Baton Rouge will start in mid-December based on the parameters we got from the people at LSU. We're still in negotiations.

I think the secretary has made quite clear over the past few days that the ideas and parameters that were discussed in the last few months were President Clinton's parameters, ... And therefore, when he left office, they were no longer a U.S. proposal or a presidential proposal.

Reputation is based on network parameters that are almost impossible to obfuscate.

Our goal in Iraq is a democratic Iraq that truly respects the wishes of the people of Iraq, ... We can set up some parameters for a process, but we cannot write a blueprint.

I think we'll get a recasting of the combined company on a backward-looking basis and some parameters for looking at the second half. I doubt that we will see any specific guidance beyond that.

We now know the parameters of the debate -- it's between $1.2 trillion and $1.6 (trillion). Our goal is to get it as close to $1.6 (trillion) as we can.

We all put in the same parameters for BP and Shell, but BP just comes out better. The differences in management between the two groups are really beginning to show through.

The president accepted our parameters -- not touching Social Security, not raising taxes,

Understanding our customers' applications enables us to optimise parameters such as slew rate and ripple to meet their particular requirements.

Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment. It's not about trying to force any particular style within the parameters - and the parameters we play in are pretty large!

While the DOJ maintains long-standing, black-and-white parameters to seek out monopolies, the FCC tends to undertake a far more subjective and changeable analysis.

We have some work that we have to finish up. We had a meeting with the White House last night to try to start to lay out those parameters of getting done,

That's the kind of thing that the commission could put parameters on.

The process works best if the architect is able to engage the client and draw out all the important parameters in terms of cost and design.

We are not confined to the Starr referral, ... That was the debate we had on the floor with the resolution that empowered us to review the material from the independent counsel. Mr. (Rick) Boucher (D-Virginia) and the Democrats wanted a very narrow scope. And we wanted a wider scope. And we prevailed. And so we are not bound by the parameters of the Starr referral.

We are always interested in helping the community in any way possible, but any assistance would have to be within reasonable financial parameters and would have to go before the Board of Trustees.

We want to know what the parameters (of this program) are, what the scope of it is, what are they doing with the information, who are they sharing it with.

What we're trying to do now is get the parameters accepted in a way where the reservations are reconcilable and, therefore, we know that both sides are in a position to negotiate seriously.

We are working with the local community and with elected officials and staff to best determine design parameters and product mix for both residential and commercial components.

We have been negotiating for a process that includes some parameters that should keep us on that timeline.

With Jesus we have 100 percent security, and no one can ever breach the parameters of His love.

It's unrealistic to live your life within such strict parameters.

We're doing just the best we can given the parameters we've got to work in, ... We certainly hope we can get something done soon, but I don't know.

We're pleased with the progress we're making. We have changed some of the terms and conditions and parameters around the offerings in line with what they were telling us they wanted. That's got to be progress from their point of view and ours.

We are pleased with these trial settings and the prospect of things going forward on a rapid basis. By the last part of the second quarter of 2006, we'll know a lot more about the parameters of this litigation.

We started thinking, with all these hilarious and incredibly entertaining viral videos on the Web, what if we could harness that creativity for a brand? Would it be cool or lame? This is a grand experiment to see what happens when you kind of open it to the public and don't put any parameters on it.

We are looking forward to using the new CBA parameters to improve our team.

While the MCV return equals the second-best ever monthly result for this segment achieved in May 2005, it was only 40 units below the outright record of 1 216 units set in June, and sustains the tremendous growth spurt being exhibited by this vehicle classification. In their own right, the HCV and EHCV segment results both set new records for these categories since NAAMSA redefined its truck market segmentation parameters at the beginning of 2004.

The situation is still serious, but it's stable. All the parameters ... are as expected following this type of surgery. Part of the treatment of the prime minister, in order to preserve low pressure in the skull, is sedation and respiration for at least the next 24 hours.

When you look at the economic parameters associated with those locales, I think we draw very heavily from the strongest parts of the economy.

We tested our model using known flow parameters and environmental conditions of perennial saline springs in the Mars analog environment of the Canadian High Arctic.

What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable (and) some parameters by which people can follow how they've reached their decision.

There is a lot of talk about drug use in schools but frankly there is very little data. Proof Positive is a unique tool used to gather data, identify the presence and scope of illegal drugs and help identify the parameters of an effective anti-drug program.

We wanted to be sure we were building our new branch in the right location. Verdi helped us achieve our strategic goals by building in the parameters for profit and loss over a period of time based on an examination of the demographics in a 2 1/2-mile radius of each proposed site.

We had parameters set for him. One was to be a good student and there were other guidelines. If I looked the other way, it wouldn't be right for the team. It's the first time in my 28 years as a coach that I did something like this. It was a difficult decision.

We are very excited to be a part of this project. Our team delivered a site that was designed under tight parameters and deadlines. It's always great to be involved in a project that will excite and embrace users.

The thing about it is nobody is out there freelancing. Everybody's playing within the parameters of what we are doing.

Ten years ago, a very experienced mechanic could listen to your car to figure out the problem. Tuesday, everyone uses computers to diagnose machinery. We teach the computer to listen to the noise or to analyze major surface parameters to see if the machine is healthy.

the parameters are set: Take number 21, take number 23, add them together and cut it in half. Anything beyond that is just hard to understand.

The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it.

The parameters of Jewish identity exclusively and historically lay within the Jewish community. Unless you recognize the parameters of a religion's identity, you are going down a slippery slope and opening the doors to anything and everything n Catholics for Krishna, Mormons for Mohammed, Baptists for Buddha.

I've already had three calls today asking, 'Are you guys still ready to do business?' ... And the answer is 'Yes.' I think everybody is ready to do business. It's just that you want to make a trade that conforms to the parameters that we've set up, and those are somewhat rigid, frankly.

The nature of the telecom service business is changing -- services are becoming more numerous, varied, and complex. Operators expect to sell hundreds if not thousands of services, which means service delivery may soon require a wide range of policy-based variables, including presence management, time of day, device type, subscriber permission, subscriber preference, subscriber age, location, role, billing arrangement, and many others. Operators will need to store the expanding range of parameters that can be applied to individual subscribers and check against these to see which features apply as soon as a user requests a service.

In 'Alpha Protocol,' right from the outset, the parameters of the game explain to you that the mission needs to get done. How you approach that is your decision. The rewards and penalties for either path, those are going to balance out into different consequences.

I'm a big believer in creating parameters for creativity. I think parameters make people more creative. So that starts with my budgets. I only do low budget movies, and I think that makes the movies better.

I'm going to address the team and try to set down some parameters as to how we're going to deal with it, ... This is something now that we seriously have to take as another type of an issue, where there's a certain sense of where our privacy lies and where the boundaries lie, that we're going to have to address and we're going to have to be serious about it.

Nothing that's been done now is outside the parameters of the money we set aside.

I try to stay out of Troy's way. We establish parameters for him, and he has to be at a certain place at a certain time.

The messages can be tailored to how the parameters are defined.

It's difficult for the state to say we choose Nags Head to fund for beach nourishment with out some kind of parameters to measure the benefit that they're getting for their dollars. Almost every beach in the state is asking for beach nourishment funds.

I had done two albums with the Liquid Tension Experiment, and both were interesting compared to Dream Theater, because with those we didn't have the window or the parameters of what Dream Theater is,

The truth of the matter is they are getting paid to do (state) jobs that the public perceives they're committed to 24/7. They accepted the positions knowing what the parameters are.

They will have to wait five more days until their blood parameters go down.

In addition to having 50 percent higher power density than previous generation products, this new breed of switching power supplies uses integrated digital capabilities to provide smart communication and programmable control features that will enable designers to precisely fine tune power for their needs throughout the development process. The easy-to-use microprocessor interface allows designers to make adjustments to a host of parameters including voltage, current, fan speed, sequencing, power factor correction, inrush and more. In spite of the advanced feature set, designers should find that this new digital generation of intelligent switching power supplies will be price competitive with existing technology.

Approaching it skeptically, I wanted to know if you were going to make a sincere scientific investigation, what would be the parameters of that,

The changes in these and other engine parameters are then consistent with both engines shutting down,

It's the mind that has to stay so calm and so focused. Not to see those five rings on the wall and say, 'Oh my God, it's the Olympics.' You've got to keep the parameters really tight and focus on the job that has to be done. It's not so easy.

It's not the same mission with the solar arrays. It would have to be a conscious decision on NASA's part to say we want to change the basic parameters of the mission.

It's all data base-driven, ... Once all the runners are entered into the data base, it becomes a simple matter of setting the parameters and finding the results.

As semiconductor manufacturing moves into the sub-100 nanometer range, managing the complex interactions among hundreds of different tools with thousands of different parameters requires comprehensive software systems developed specifically for semiconductor manufacturing.

There isn't any sort of set parameters -- to any degree -- that might mitigate a team's resume.

What sets Windows Live Expo apart is that people can set their own search parameters for goods and services. They can define their own marketplace universe.

We just wanted to all work together and collaborate, and that was the main impetus informing the record. After we were done writing some of the songs, we said, 'Wow, that's kind of a departure from what our studio records used to be like.' It ended up being real interesting. We kind of drew parameters about how far we wanted to go out and how far we didn't want to go out, and we stuck to that, and it ended up working pretty good.

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

I don't think that we here in Washington should escalate our expectations that her parameters would be significantly bigger than Schroeder's,

Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Reason should investigate its own parameters before declaring its omniscience.

Parameters are the things you bounce off to create art.

The legislation that establishes the parameters for our negotiators is likely to be controversial again, so it's a risk to take it beyond the July 2007 date.

The market is likely to be reassured that management is now putting firmer parameters around 2006 performance.