Tapping Quotations

I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet.

One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.

Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.

What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldn't matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. That's how I started tapping my toes.

For all the popularity of spiritual advisers in South Korea, it still shocks to see the leaders of huge public companies relying on fortune-tellers. A shaman may advise a struggling executive to move a building's front entrance, tapping the widespread pungsu belief that your luck depends on the direction of your house.

I'm always looking for a cover subject that reflects the magazine, an interest in fashion, in culture, in society. We're trying to bring the world into the pages of 'Vogue.' We do that by tapping into the zeitgeists with our cover subjects.

You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.

I was swinging really well on the front nine. I was hitting it really close to the hole and was feeling it. I can't remember a tournament tapping in and knocking in 2- or 3-footers for birdie as often as I have here. That's always nice.

Lightning Bolt and Hella are two bands I listen to, and there's a lot of finger tapping going on there.

Of course it's the government. Governments will pay anything for control of other governments' computers. All governments will pay anything. It's so much better than tapping a phone.

Most people were afraid that we'd start to see some inflation, but I don't think there's much here. The Fed still has its foot on brakes and will keep tapping them at regular intervals, but perhaps not as much as investors had been expecting.

Greenspan is trying to be cautious by tapping the brakes ever so lightly, which I think will mean another quarter-point increase soon. This thing has so much momentum that, even though we've raised the speed limit, we're still going a little too fast.

Given their financial acumen, they are pretty much self-sustaining for the foreseeable future. They've managed that by tapping into the capital markets. These folks have learned very well; they don't want to be caught at the mercy of anybody.

I'd venture to say there aren't too many other programs in the country where the head coach of a Division I football program checks class. And it's an eye-opener for those student-athletes, I guarantee you, when they're five minutes late for class and there's the head football coach standing at the door tapping his foot looking highly displeased.

Fortunes will be made picking the carcass of the old energy industry and tapping into the technology and services that will typify the new energy industry.

Because of the low unemployment rate, many local employers are already tapping into the retiree market by offering flexible hours and benefits for flex-time employees. Progressive companies often seek out retiree employees as they have found they generally have a strong work ethic.

Today, investors are tapping into hype. But there needs to be a viable company at the end of the day.

When I played Darth Maul, it sort of came from inside. I'm not saying it was natural, but I really enjoyed it, and I think I was tapping into my childhood, growing up with 'Star Wars.' And I grew up with G.I. Joe as well. Same as 'Thundercats' and 'Transformers' and 'He-Man.' And so I think it was the inner kid in me just came out.

Hyper-linking is a form of etiquette. It's a way of tapping someone on the shoulder with a sign of respect.

He is definitely tapping into a younger age base. Some of his peers have been building for 30 years and they tend to attract an older client base. He's part of a new breed of bicycle frame builders that is interpreting the growing custom bicycle market with fresh designs such as the single speed and bike messenger styles.

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.

Our nation has abundant clean energy resources, and tapping them will generate jobs, make the air safer to breathe, and tackle climate change - the greatest environmental crisis of our time.

I think FEMA's just a little overwhelmed right now. There's not somebody tapping them on the shoulder. I don't think they're looking too much at the reimbursement. Hopefully that will get straightened out in time.

Last week I was watching a bit of golf on TV and I could feel my fingers and my feet tapping because I'm ready to go now.

Japan has huge potential. (But) tapping that potential is a long exercise that will take years, if not decades. It will be expensive.

National Thermal is doing a balancing act with its debt and getting the right mix in its borrowings at home and overseas. Given its size, the company is tapping the resources available to it, be it local or external.

Unlike perusing your mail or tapping your phone, this is looking inside your brain.

We are thrilled to have Alvin join the AOL Media Networks team. We feel confident that through his tremendous experience, Alvin will prove invaluable as AOL Media Networks works toward tapping the full potential of the African-American market.

We're looking to make a nice profit tapping into this market, but checking is an old payment method. You can't afford to ignore it, but I wouldn't plan my business around it for the next five years.

When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I use my conscious for research, but when I'm actually writing, I'm trying to get into a place where I'm tapping into the deeper, darker elements of what's going on.

The question is figuring out the emotions of the composer, where he's coming from, and then tapping into it the same way an actor would in approaching a role.

The polls are tapping into name recognition, and that can be a big factor later on if the dynamic doesn't change.

We're going to be tapping into Social Security trust fund for what you're asking for today, ... Let's have support for a modest security surcharge. How many people are going to turn down a ticket at $303 rather than $300? This is the same thing I've been hearing for 15 years.

We like the response we've seen. We're tapping into a different segment of our own market.

We thought North Aurora should at least begin the process of exploring tapping into that resource. Take a look at what you can do, and think big.

Someone was tapping on the window.

Virgin America flyers tend to be more likely to be using a mobile device and tapping social networks - even at 35,000 feet.

We're tapping into nostalgia -- on the adult-toy aspect, on the low-tech aspect of it. Yet it delivers an image better than what you can get in any medium.

We're tapping John Butte's considerable expertise in broadcast television management to help guide and strengthen our company's legacy station. In his roles as news director and acting general manager at WEWS, John has clearly demonstrated his ability to motivate journalistic excellence and solid financial performance. We're fortunate to have someone with John's impressive background leading the station that bears the initials of our company's founder.

The slowdown amounts to a tapping of the brakes on a hot market.

The story is accompanied by all this tapping and whacking and touching and rubbing and bumping on your back, and trust me, that's a huge hit.

When you have the opportunity to work with people like Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg, artists who've redefined this business, you jump at the chance, In this age of digital cameras, cell phones with cameras and the Internet - with hundreds of thousands of people creating their own movies at home every day - the concept of this series is completely relevant, tapping into a cultural phenomenon as it happens.

This new franchise is a living dynamic visual history of some of the most important artists and movements in popular music, ... By tapping into the sounds of each decade and creating unique ways to tell these stories, we're confirming our commitment to being the destination for adults who are passionate about music.

Brian and David are both extremely talented individuals with a keen sense for emerging market opportunities, and broad-based experience in capitalizing on them. We look forward to tapping into their industry expertise as we further accelerate the development of market-leading products and execute on our go-to-market strategy.

Nowadays true job satisfaction and happiness is about fulfilling your full potential, tapping into your own creativity and feeling that you can make a difference,

Novell is a strong proponent of open standards and open source. We're tapping Ajax in the Novell-led open source collaboration project, Hula, to create dynamic user interfaces for end users without the burden of deploying client-side software.

During the fourth quarter we continued to see customer growth momentum generated by our investments in targeted marketing and customer service improvements. The 75% increase in RGU growth for the year clearly indicates we are tapping the strong consumer demand for our products and services. Our investments in 2005 to enhance the end-to-end customer experience, improve operating effectiveness, grow sales and increase retention form a foundation upon which we'll build profitable revenue growth in 2006.

Collaboration between the Patent Office and the open source community builds on the momentum of the open source model. There is powerful logic in tapping vast public resources to address the growing public interest in patent quality.

You're tapping in to the most promising revenue stream in the world.

Alka-Seltzer has some of the most famous advertising of all time and the brand has withstood the test of time. This was a way to tap into the 75th anniversary. Tapping into the familiar, tried and true seemed a very natural place to go.

A lot of it is just having a vision and tapping into the university.

Sometimes the paintings decide what they are going to be. That's fun. That means I'll be tapping into something good.

Other people were fantastic at tapping into electricity. We'd be in a place with no electricity and they would make electricity happen.

Technically it's called an exchange of oil that we deliver today and that we will get oil back plus some interest, if you will, in the future. We will be tapping that today.

There's pressure on these companies to maintain growth, ... These chains are tapping out their own market and they view the U.S. as a much bigger market opportunity where consumers are less than satisfied with their options.

We think the right way to provide relief is through tapping the strategic petroleum reserves.

We think the way out of poverty is to view the poor as producers, and the Internet is probably the most efficient tool we have for tapping this capacity. Because you don't need roads. You don't need customs officials who are friendly. You don't need to manage shipping and delivery schedules. You don't have to worry about tariffs.

This documentary is about tapping into a celebration of gay people and prejudice against gay families that is inherent in large parts of America. If anyone's going to bring this into someone's living room, it's Rosie. She is part of America's family.

The whole idea of tapping into what's happening from a fashion sense in other markets will really become much more relevant going forward,

This is about beer grown up. This is about tapping into mainstream sophistication, and that will resonate equally with men and women.

This is how I feel about horror films: there's enough scary things that happen in day-to-day life. Sometimes just going and getting the mail is scary, when you open your bills. And so, sometimes I feel like scary movies are just tapping into those anxieties and magnifying them.

Instead of tapping your toes or drumming your fingers, you can go to the Internet.

The Chinese side stands ready to work jointly with the Moroccan side to continue advancing exchanges and cooperation at all levels and in all fields in the spirit of boosting understanding, broadening common ground and enhancing cooperation for common development, fully tapping the potentials of cooperation and incessantly enriching the contents of cooperation, so as to enable the existing friendly ties between the two countries to develop in an all-around and multi-faceted fashion for the benefit of the peoples of both countries,

Everyone has psychic abilities. It's just a matter of tapping into it.

It's really crazy. You get to meet all the CEOs at Nike. They're making a commitment to all the top high schools in the country. They're taking the top 20 (football) teams in America. They're tapping the high school market. We'll be a Nike team head to toe.

It's unfair to continue tapping the student for unreasonable costs.

It's unfair to continue tapping the student for unreasonable costs. They're the most vulnerable; they're easy to tap, but it's not fair.

The consumer's been doing a fine job, but we can't keep tapping them and expect them to get us out of a jobless recovery. That's why lots of people on both sides of the aisle are asking for fiscal stimulus.

In the moment when you're doing a show, you're thinking of that moment, but you don't think of, 'Here's down the line how people will be relating to the characters.' There's something very universal about 'Sex and the City' that people are still tapping into, where every generation seems to be discovering for itself.

Certification programs for social media are blossoming as a response to the demand for more social media training. Both industry professionals and recent graduates are tapping into tactical training programs to help them stay up to date as the industry grows.

It was one of history's great love stories, the mutually profitable romance which Hollywood and bohunk America conducted almost in the dark, a tapping of fervent messages through the wall of the San Gabriel Range.

It's an earnings per-share story. The top line is going nowhere because everyone has chicken in their refrigerator and the industry is not really tapping into new markets. But the industry is controlling costs. That's were you create value.

As he came across the deck, tapping the deck with his cane, the entire ship was absolutely silent. And the sound of him coming to surrender his country -- tap, tap, tap -- affected me greatly. And my vindictive feelings about him vanished.

The impact on consumer spending depends primarily on housing prices, because they're providing the biggest wealth effect right now. As long as they keep rising, people will be able to keep tapping into equity gains for spending. For now, this report just represents consumer grumpiness.

The essence of tapping is this: By hammering the string against the fret board with your finger, you can produce a note with one hand.

The finance committee has been given authority to determine what to do as far as do we tap the reserves or make uniform proportionate cuts. We are looking at tapping the reserve as part of a possible solution.

This has been like tapping into a whole bed of energy that's been underground. It's like a volcano erupting.

You have a generation that is saying we are tapping out of religion in many ways. But what they are not saying is that we are tapping out of a serious search for meaning in life.

We continue to turn to eBay because their open approach creates an environment of support for independent developers who are tapping into the platform. In addition to providing business opportunities and a playground for innovation, eBay is a great mentor for developers.

It's a pretty big storm system. It's really tapping the moisture from the Gulf and the sheer strength of the storm is leading to really heavy snow.

There's a lot of toe tapping that goes on.

For the companies, to bring the money back at this rate was a no-brainer, ... Even if they were not planning to make use of the money immediately, when faced with the option of tapping the funds at a 5 percent tax instead of 35 percent, most of them just decided to do it -- it makes sense.

For the companies, to bring the money back at this rate was a no-brainer. Even if they were not planning to make use of the money immediately, when faced with the option of tapping the funds at a 5 percent tax instead of 35 percent, most of them just decided to do it -- it makes sense.

I have always felt comfortable tapping into my inner idiot.

We are tapping into what the world wants: to be a part of change.

I love tapping. People don't really get to see that as much, but I love doing that.

The price of tapping water into every house is that no one values water any more.