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Religion is an illusion, and it derives its strength from its readiness to fit in with our instinctual wishful impulses.

Sigmund Freud

Readiness is our return on investment.

Michael Williamson

We thought it fitting that her name be associated with this readiness tool.

Leonard Guercia

A prolonged shut down of spare parts production potentially endangers Army readiness. There's no way Sikorsky can maintain a high rate of production without the Teamsters on the line.

Loren Thompson

Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue.

Jean Baptiste Rousseau

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.

Chester W. Nimitz

We're very excited and it's a very wise move. Putting all the preschool kids together allows us to really concentrate school readiness skills. This will also allow us to provide more opportunities for families.

Nancy Cox

Fourteen member states have already started putting things in place, ... They have shown their readiness.

Koichiro Matsuura

This readiness crisis didn't come out of nowhere. You and your predecessors presided over it.

Bob Smith

It validated our corporate readiness.

Jim Wallace

We had annual physical readiness testing, a lot of things that, under the past chief, kind of fell by the wayside. I was kind of disappointed.

Doug Boyd

We came into the season [having completed] a shopping readiness analysis [of everything] from network infrastructure and capacity to communications lines.

Bill Graham

It is really a kindergarten readiness experience. Any child in Lafayette Parish is eligible to attend.

Ouida Forsyth

Yesterday we increased our condition level to four. We're one step from the bottom, an increased state of readiness, and could increase more.

Joe Farmer

The very first thing, regardless of what they use to quit, is their readiness. A lot of people feel pressure to quit even if it's not their decision. For success, though, it really has to be their decision.

Mary Baker

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

G. M. Trevelyan

By declaring pre-emptive bushfire emergencies, all local areas will be in the highest state of readiness and will be able to deploy firefighters, tankers and aircraft immediately.

Phil Koperberg

The time down in Florida was more of a training time. This weekend will be an indication of where we are with our fitness and our readiness.

Greg Roy

You have to assess your readiness on raising a child. China places about 7,000 children a year. They don't like to go higher and don't want to rush the process because it will lead to corruption.

Cara Cassella

Achieving widespread college readiness in Texas, which is critical to our social, cultural and economic well-being, will require a sea change in educational practice.

Raymund Paredes

All the teams are very, very good. You can't make too much of the seeds or anything else. You have to have a real alertness and readiness about what you're going to do. We're excited.

Joanne P. Mccallie

It's part of the overall package to improve education and increase college-readiness standards. We've already put in place a more rigorous curriculum and we're implementing several projects that are going to have an effect.

Deetta Culbertson

Yeah, I'd say anxiety, I mean more so just a readiness to get started. It's a little different, but I'm just excited.

Will Proctor

I thought [the report] was a great place to start. Most people in the medical community who are concerned about readiness, preparedness, disaster medicine and so forth felt pretty much the same way.

Jeffrey Runge

We're seeing more and more people online longer, ... Our users are on average keeping their buddy list open for seven hours per day and are sending more and more messages per day. Enterprise market readiness is increasing.

Brian Curry

We are in a dangerous position especially after the cases (reported) in Iraq...and we accept any help to improve our readiness.

George Khoury

Microsoft has a very strong interest in the readiness of America's work force, and as a company we believe access to learning is critical in advancing U.S. interests globally. By partnering with the DOL, we are opening yet another avenue for the ongoing education necessary for workers to remain competitive.

Pamela Passman

I think the notion of college readiness as a goal for increasing numbers of our students ... is going to become increasingly important.

Patrick Phillips

We are already in a high state of readiness.

Debby Reynolds

I never had any problems finding credit. I thought their (the banks') readiness to extend me further credit was in recognition of my ability as a businessman.

Calisto Tanzi

Current readiness is problematical, but future readiness is in serious trouble.

J. Collins

The price for achieving that kind of readiness in our early deploying units has been to accept risk elsewhere in the force.

Eric Shinseki

We also express our solidarity with the government of Indonesia and convey our readiness to assist in any way.

Erin Healy

We have to address the growth. Equally as important is college readiness for our average student population.

Everett Mitchell