Smooth Quotations

Fidelity does have a succession plan in place to ensure a smooth transition.

It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person.

What I love about Sade other than her smooth and sultry voice is her willingness to be vulnerable. As a powerful, strong and beautiful woman of color, she showed her delicate, passionate side in a world where most of us are putting on a brave face. I love how effortless her style was and how consistent that red lip was!

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.

Grip pressure - not mechanical flaws - is the biggest factor when you're nervous. You unconsciously grip it tighter, which keeps you from making a smooth swing with a natural release. Keep your grip pressure light, and you'll be surprised how much your mechanics stabilize.

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale

In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded with numerous islands of every variety of form.

The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.

Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it.

You have to maintain the balance between fast growth and smooth growth. It's like driving a car and knowing when to balance the gas pedal and the brake.

I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

When people in Vancouver do recognize me, they hide it. I went to a store near my home and I know they're 'Battlestar' fans - they have pictures on the wall! - and I know they know me, but everyone was so smooth and pretended I wasn't there. Most people don't realize how good they are at acting in everyday life.

I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.

When your playing drama, and you're in the moment, and you can nail the emotion that is called for, it just feels like a smooth thing. It's so great. There is nothing like getting a laugh, though.

I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with.

I wear Spanx to smooth things out. I read that Jessica Alba wears them and if she wears them, then so should I.

Hope and Crosby made seven 'Road' movies, starting in 1940 with 'Road to Singapore.' The movies were always about Crosby and Hope fleeing America and finding Dorothy Lamour in some exotic location. Bob's character was cocky and cowardly; Bing's character was smooth and unruffled. They were great characters - lousy, lovable guys.

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.

Grief doesn't have a plot. It isn't smooth. There is no beginning and middle and end.

I'm pretty well-rounded. I can do most of my tricks left and right, in both directions. I try to be smooth and confident. But it's still developing. I'm still trying to find my own personal touch in the way I ski.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

My greatest vanity is my skin. It is the colour of gingerbread and, thanks to my mother's genes, smooth and mostly blemish-free.

I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.

For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.

Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.

Breathing is fundamental to speech. A stammer is caused by erratic airflow, so if you have a smooth airflow, you have smooth speech.

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

Anything looks good if you've got the body of a Victoria's Secret model and the porelessly smooth skin-tone of a piece of glass.

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.

It's not easy to slather your face with oil. It requires a little bit of work to smooth it on and rub it in. You become more familiar with the feel of your own skin and face.

And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is.

Dinner 'conversation' at the Cohens' meant my sister, mom, and I relaying in brutal detail the day's events in a state of amplified hysteria, while my father listened to his own smooth jazz station in his head.

Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think.

It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

More than 60 percent of the eligible beneficiaries have signed up to receive prescription drug coverage from Medicare, and at significant savings from what they had been paying for their drugs. In the past month alone, about 380,000 Americans signed up each week. Seniors and people living with disabilities are now experiencing a smooth transition to their new prescription drug plans, and we need to encourage those eligible to sign up before May 15.

One of the factors here is what role Yasser Arafat will play. From some of the statements that he has been making immediately, he doesn't seem to be trying to move the Bethlehem situation to a smooth and quiet resolution. Unfortunately he seems to be trying to use it as another excuse to inflame international passions, and I think that Yasser Arafat could be playing a more constructive role in trying to bring this impasse to an end.

one of the rare examples of a smooth change.

I wouldn't consider it our best offensive movement of the ball, but we did a nice job. Tiffany was feeling it. She was nice and smooth and once it left her hands, you knew it was going in.

Manhattan Associates was ahead of the curve in being able to show us how its RFID solutions would meet our needs. With the help of Manhattan Associates' project team, the implementation was smooth and came in under budget. Shire is poised and ready to meet upcoming retail requirements.

Some central banks will try to smooth the pace, but on the whole we still like Asian currencies.

One of the things I'm hoping for next year is that this is a smooth transition.

My expectations are that we're going to have a very smooth process.

Obviously I have a vested interest in what's going on up here, and I can't be happier than how things have gone. The repair work has been very smooth and very quick and we are ready to come back.

People watch four or five hours of coverage of a very sad story. Humor has always been a way to smooth that over. It's one of the ways you can process things.

When you break out of the clouds on a snowy night like that, you don't try to do a nice squeaky smooth landing. You plant the plane down onto the runway.

Since Mike came on board we have seen measurable results in the growth of our resort rental program, Suite Getaways (SM) . As we continue to expand our resort management relationships Mike is key to ensuring smooth transitions and to imparting the finest of hospitality services to resort guests. His diverse experience in the hospitality industry makes it possible for him to get to the bottom of challenges and opportunities with little difficulty. His eye for detail, strong operations knowledge and motivation allows him to focus on result-oriented leadership.

Medicare people are working very hard to smooth out the bumps in the road and I think we are making progress on that, and I think we are getting to the point where it works very smoothly. For the vast majority of people that signed up, things are working very well.

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.

Most uses of bioassay involving smooth muscle demand high sensitivity and specificity.

She loves to play around on the dance floor. Wes is a smooth dancer, and he can feel the rhythm.

She hooked up with the wrong guy. He was a smooth talker. You could tell he had a lot of control over her.

She played some outfield for us last year and she's not a big kid, but she's as smooth as any shortstop I've ever had. The stats say she has one error, but I certainly couldn't tell you when it was.

She has high goals. She has (the) potential (to do very well). A nice smooth runner; (she has) a good base.

She gets to a lot of things that a normal shortstop doesn't get to. She's just smooth out there.

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Making a transition to the adult acting industry was pretty smooth for me, and I had a great balance and a great opportunity not to do just children shows.

Sen. Baucus has said that he expects a swift and smooth confirmation process. The hearing is expected to focus more on the larger policy issues rather than any individual concerns about O'Neill's candidacy.

She's just mentally very strong. She's very smooth and she knows how to attack under pressure, and that's pretty much why she's the best.

She's so smooth on the mound - that's what I saw in her first start that caught my attention. Nothing bothers her when she pitches.

She's very energetic, excited and enthusiastic. She has us right where we need to be, and it will be a smooth transition. There's such a sense of unity on this team.

She?s six feet tall, but she?s smooth in transition. She?s a great passer and her strength is her post play. But she?s been working hard on her outside game, and it?s really coming around.

It's not always going to be smooth sailing or everyone will do it. If you have something people want, it should be the perfect recipe for success.

Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be.

He is still a long ways from being smooth in what we anticipate will be a system that he'll take to and enjoy, ... It's going to take him a while, as it will everybody, especially a guy who's a lead guard in a situation like that. It takes some time.

From past experience, we don't expect it will be very smooth in implementing the agreement in the future.

I am confident that the passing of the torch from Chairman Greenspan to his successor will be smooth and seamless.

I feel very confident, in fact I guarantee that we will have a smooth operation (Saturday).

Bush has insured a smooth transition with the least amount of disruption to Fed policy, ... That's what the market needed.

But the best was still to come. He was such a great, incredibly smooth driver. There were more world championships in him.

To compete that next weekend I would've thought was a setback because it wouldn't have given people a chance to deal with what was happening. To come together and try to play a football game and sort of smooth things over would have kind of cheated people out of their grieving.

Here it was basically a smooth transition, despite the problems that were encountered in a lot of areas, ... Mr. Essic Williams came over as assistant principal and became a big influence on my life. He played a big role in helping the transition to go smoothly.

Gulf Coast teachers who have lost or left their homes due to Katrina's devastation are being forced to make important decisions on how to continue with their lives, ... Here in Florida we have a critical need for qualified teachers and that need increases each day as our state population grows and schools struggle to meet class size requirements. We welcome these evacuated teachers and students alike with open arms and waiving the certification fee is one small effort to make this transition as smooth as possible.

He's a great player. He can be in the mid-20s and you think you've done a great job on him. He's just so smooth around the basket. I thought we had enough guys come through on the back side and give him enough trouble all night that eventually it wears on him. You're not going to stop him. You just hope you can contain him.

We're on smooth greens again. Even though they're a little bit grainy, you'd much rather see the ball roll than bounce.

He was just so smooth and in a great rhythm. I think he really wanted to show how he can play when he's in there and involved.

We make our money in a short period time. I'm trying to make my transition as smooth and stress-free as possible.

He was so raw, he needed a lot of work on his game. He's such a smooth player now, but anyone that knew him back then can really admire how he's developed." ()

We look forward to working with Donald L. Sturm and the Sturm group to insure there is a smooth transition of ownership.

We looked smooth and crisp, passes were denied and we got Nick the ball.

He is a smooth talker. Victims always said they were spoken to by a clear, intelligent-sounding adult made who came across as educated.

He had the run of his life. Smooth and big, with landings that were on the money.

I'm always joking about it -- he's the only guy who can play 30 minutes without breaking a sweat. He's so smooth and effortless. What really surprised me is how good he is in the battles. He's so strong. It looks like he's never hurried. It's unbelievable. I had no clue how good he was.

He's just so smooth and so fluid. He can just lull you to sleep at times.

He's always been a good, smooth acoustic player, but the electric seemed like an untamed beast for him until this year.

He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.

Hopefully, this team will start winning and they don't have anybody else to boo and it'll be smooth sailing in San Diego for a while.

He's been a real smooth operator for us here lately.

He's going to be all right. He's pretty smooth out there. It's fun to watch him. His first couple of steps are incredible.

He's a very smooth runner. He's technically sound. In my 36 years of coaching he's one of the better ones I've had to arrive on the scene.

He'd like to bring in inflation targeting. (But) he must build consensus to do so and he doesn't have consensus now. I think he's going to make a smooth transition, but it's going to be an evolution in policy change.

There is a fundamental sentiment change, aside from that nothing has changed. Sentiment was very bearish yesterday and you could attribute that to nervousness. I expect a roller-coaster ride for another two-to-three weeks. I'm bullish but I don't expect it to be a smooth ride.