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When we get 2,000 pounds (of food), we spend $320. When you think about a box of cereal that could sell on the shelf for three dollars, we get it for 16 cents.

Bob Bowen

I'm not going to say I picked the corner, was going for top shelf and all that. I'm trying to be honest.

Ruslan Fedotenko

The town was growing and there wasn't room for anything new. Near the end of the time there, if we bought a book, we had to take a different one off of the shelf because of the weight on the floor.

Carlton Whitney

He's definitely got shelf life. He's one of those rare breeds that comes along once or twice in lifetime.

Henry Schafer

One of the first things I want to do is take that plan off the shelf. Let's take a look at it. If this is where we want to go, let's get moving. If not, then let's come up with another plan.

Pat Gerard

It's a piece of legislation which is packed away in a little box and left on a shelf.

Alexander Neill

I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.

Robert Bloch

I don't think anyone will be confused, because there are no more versions on the shelf than there were before. I do think consumers will be excited because their choices will be more rational.

Barry Goffe

My mom has a shelf for my trophies in our dining room. This is special. It's going right on the top shelf ... in the center.

Rashad Reed

Apparently there are those in the Pentagon who don't appreciate the work of Fort Monmouth, which is excellent and of the highest military value. There is a sense in the Pentagon that research and development can be purchased off the shelf.

Rush Holt

Theoretically, with this antifreeze protein we might be able to store an organ at minus 6 degrees (21 degrees Fahrenheit). Hopefully, it would be able to last longer so that you would have longer to do tissue matching to get the organ to the patient and just increase the shelf life of organs.

Laurie Graham

I think the big question is how much more expensive it will make the wine. The real test of it is once it's produced and on the shelf, what are people willing to pay?

Aaron White

We encourage customers to get on the product. We want them to feel the difference between different styles and to feel comfortable. How can you know if you'll like using a certain fitness machine if you can't get near it because it's up on a shelf or in a box?

Tony Pfaff

The specialty market offers pet lovers something unique. Pet lovers will pay more for a high-quality designer item that isn't found on every mass market store shelf.

Joyce Reavey

I asked one store owner if I could put a few bottles on the shelf, ... I gave him a cold one to drink. Eight hours later, they called and said they were sold out.

Chris Reed

When have you seen an EMC product in a box, for sale off the shelf? Never, right? Well, now we are selling products packaged for retail.

Juliette Lepoutre

We'll keep them on the shelf and hope not to use them.

Jonathan Blum

All of us can think of a book that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf -- that work I abhor -- then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.

Katherine Paterson

Our goal is to get resources back on the shelf, so it has helped us get more things back into the library.

Audrey Betcher

It's a good business ... but we came to the conclusion that these projects [ in the shelf] would not fare well in a competition for capital in our company.

Hugh Depland

We believe Congress should enact comprehensive (Offshore Continental Shelf) budget sharing legislation to appropriately compensate states, such as Louisiana, that shoulder the burden of oil and gas development.

John Hofmeister

The competition for shelf space is intense.

Gary Hemphill

All safety systems worked to successfully shut down production on the OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) platforms.

Rebecca Watson

We anticipate plenty of groceries on the shelf for Y2K and hereafter.

Brian Sansoni

There was a lot of competition for both the deep water and shelf blocks. The bidders were newcomers and several major companies. We are very pleased with this addition to our portfolio.

Kelly Barnes

Unlike a lot of reports that are left on the shelf when they're written, we want to make the Appleseed report a living document. This is a chance for a fresh start for a lot of people.

Channing Wickham

There were maybe six or seven things that they left, but for the most part, they cleared everything off the shelf.

Chris Wise

We hope the report won't sit on the shelf somewhere but that it actually gets into the currency of political thinking. With the mayor and council races coming up next year, I think there's a good chance that it will.

Alice M. Rivlin

Katrina took things off the shelf.

Allen Lew

I think the most important education you can get for writing, music, and creativity is live. You can learn the book, but at some point you have to put the book on the shelf and realize that imagination comes before logic.

Ben Romans

He's been on the shelf, (but) he threw well. It was feast or famine ? 10 strikeouts and five walks ? but overall, he did a good job.

Jeff Finch

A lot of biotech companies end up partnering things for what look like good financial terms and then the product languishes somewhere on a shelf. So having a partner that's really dedicated to promoting the product is important.

Sharon Seiler

We added some verbiage that water quality (should be protected) for purposes of human enjoyment as well as (preservation). It was in recognition that we're preserving this area for use - not just to put it on a museum shelf.

Lauri Kemper

I'm sure the Pentagon has on the shelf plans to invade Canada or Mexico, but they don't have any plans to do so, ... It's very safe to say the chairman has no interest in, and no intention of, introducing legislation that would sell national parks.

Brian Kennedy

The bar is a really easy place to save money. Instead of just offering everything from top-shelf liquor to house wine, just limit it to wine, beer and soft drinks.

Doug Gordon

There is more stupidity then hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life.

Frank Zappa

It's an honor to have a guy who's got [four] Gold Gloves on his shelf, and I look forward to learning everything I can from him.

Todd Greene

Increasing demand in East Asia can be met from Australian interests, the Middle East or projects being developed north of Japan, ... but I want it to come from the North West Shelf.

Peter Costello

Shelf-life for a regular video game usually is about three to five years, and that's it.

Don Bluth

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself.

Philip Larkin

These aren't the kind of records to put on a shelf and brag about because they spell bad news for American industry, workers and families.

Sherrod Brown

Until the product is back on the shelf, you can't say what the market is going to be. The NHL hopes its core fans are the first to come back -- and that they bring a friend.

Paul Swangard

We suggest that if you find something you like, clear the shelf because we may not get it again for a while.

Pat Quillen

It's going to run the gamut because we don?t have limited shelf space.

Ashwin Navin

After this go-around, particularly with the movie, then you can pretty much put it on the shelf.

Larry Conley

This is basically surplus, and the vaccine has a limited shelf-life. So instead of disposing of it, we wanted to make it available to people who may have missed earlier opportunities to get their shots.

Jeannie Keating

If you pull a loaf of bread off a shelf, most likely it came from our plant.

Alan Mersnick

Four years ago, we took down the book called Homo sapiens, ... Today, we take down the book next to it on the shelf.

Francis Collins

We have reached the point where we can't do that anymore, so as a result, the building has a shelf life. They're estimating anywhere from six to eight years.

Daniel Martinez

I guarantee you, this study is not going to sit on a shelf. The city administration is very concerned about this area of town.

Roy Lamotte

Their selection of merchandise has to be top shelf. That's what it's all about -- repeat business.

Sue Rothberg

Food-borne illness is an issue that has been shoved to the back of the shelf for far too long.

Carol Tucker Foreman

Theoretically, with this antifreeze protein we might be able to store an organ at 21 degrees Fahrenheit. Hopefully, it would be able to last longer so that you would have longer to do tissue matching to get the organ to the patient and just increase the shelf life of organs.

Laurie Graham

It doesn't seem credible that they got P2 design information and it sat on a shelf.

Corey Hinderstein

We're at the end of our shelf life for these roads. To fix a highway, you have to get on the highway.

George Dunheimer

If you walk into CompUSA or Babbage's and see the vast array of game titles on the shelf, chances are that 95% of those titles are not worth playing.

John Romero

She threw it out from the corner to the high slot, and I just sort of made a little fake and went top shelf over the Swedish goalie. It was a decent goal, a nice goal. Sometimes you get them on garbage goals, but this was kind of a fun one.

Hayley Wickenheiser

Self-service can help retailers better manage staff, especially during peak times. With self-checkout, store personnel can be redirected onto the floor to provide more product information, sales assistance and shelf restocking -- tasks that help contribute to improved levels of customer satisfaction.

Patrick Leonard

I have no idea whether anyone will have any desire to read it. Will people who don't know me at all grab the book off the shelf to read it? That would be lovely, but I didn't think about the audience when I was writing. You're building the book for yourself, and it becomes your companion. If people hate it, then that's great ? at least they have an opinion about it.

Justin Tussing

They may not have been profitable for a big record company, but they were getting air time and music sales, ... You'll see some very known bands going to self-release of albums, many more independent companies having shelf-space at retail.

Michael Nathanson

There is no shortage of wonderful ideas, but it is big step going from the idea to a product on the shelf.

Jerry Crawford

This is the first DSP to have a dedicated co-processor on a standard, off-the-shelf product.

Markus Levy

For four years the agency workers directive has been blocked by various governments, including our own, and now it is destined to sit on a Brussels shelf for many more years to come.

Brendan Barber

Our Core Values Program doesn't sit on a shelf. We feel the opportunity should be seized every day, in every class and infused into the curriculum.

Jacqui Rivait

They want to make sure RU-486 is on the shelf of every doctor's office. It's really disgusting.

Deirdre Mcquade

All my dogs are socialized every day and they all have names. We are inspected and the inspectors have told me that my dogs are socialized and that I run a top-shelf kennel.

Gary Mcduffee

If you pick a fresh bell pepper, for example, and look at the nutrient content right away versus put it on a shelf for two weeks and then look at the nutrient content, it's dropped a lot in various aspects.

Skip Richter

There was a book shelf in our living room with books that were left on it by my dad who was a big tough guy fan. So you would find your Mickey Spillane there. So I'm literally a nine year old kid reading Mickey Spillane and my father is very upset because of the dirty parts you know. The naked parts.

Shane Black

I had pretty much an open net. I put it top shelf.

Sonia Corriveau

That's one of the beauties of the organization. You put it on the shelf until you need it.

Jan Hibbard

If it's (a certain book) not being used, that's a pretty good indicator. Fiction generally has a shorter shelf life than nonfiction, though if, for instance, we have the last copy of 'Tom Sawyer' I don't care if it hasn't been checked our for five years, we're not getting rid of it.

Willie Nelms

I can't keep them on the shelf.

Tony Baker

The crew was absolutely top-shelf.

Mark Peragine

It takes two hands to reach for a basket on a high shelf, but only one to grab a coat from a high rod.

Barb Larocque

Even though we were up 3-0, we didn't want to let them get back to their game. I thought he might try to go (top) shelf, but I saw him look five-hole and was able to get my stick there in time.

Sebastien Caron

The shelf space has been shrinking, ... We underinvested in making sure that hasn't happened, and that's one of the things we're going to fix.

Chris Donahue

We're ready to go no matter what. We do have technology on the shelf to be able to handle this.

Robby Cunningham

Some strange things definitely happen here. I have been tapped on the shoulder when no one else has been in the room. And, the other day, a heavy goblet seemed to jump off a shelf and crash to the floor.

Susan Parker

The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

Calvin Trillin

We're not buying some report that's going to go on the shelf and never be seen again. This is a research and marketing tool we can start using immediately once we get it.

Del Horton

Consumers think it's only at the pumps, but unless something is done they're going to start seeing higher prices on every shelf out there.

Donna Feidler

(The students) have been doing so much reading, the books don't stay on the shelf, which we love.

Linda Guenin

All too often, COTS [commercial-off-the-shelf] products do not fully conform to existing business processes and quite frequently cannot be integrated into an enterprise environment. Designing and developing applications internally allows us to effectively manage user expectations, more closely integrate enterprise data and systems, and provide long-term ongoing support.

John Roessler

The TV games are our latest success story. We've secured shelf space for this product in over 200 retailers, ... This is a fashionable electronic product that's a great value at $20. Kids are very into it, and parents like it too.

Jack Friedman

The main principles for trout fishing are food and cover. If fish can get under the (ice) shelf and feel protected, they will eat more aggressively.

Adam Grant

We're all professional enough to put that on the shelf but of course there will be emotion because a lot of guys have played a lot of their career with him.

George Gregan

I have been very fortunate from the get-go because I am a songwriter and was writing songs and was fortunate enough that I was getting pitched top-shelf songs because the songwriters were my friends.

Craig Morgan

We buy many products off the shelf, and vendors say that nobody else cares about security, but they should. We don't want to be in the newspaper with the bad headline.

Steve Zimmerman

The idea of using an off-the-shelf vehicle is that it already has that stuff in it. The automotive industry has spent a lot of money evaluating these chassis for safety and we can make use of that.

Gary Caille

We don't keep a lot of type B blood on the shelf.

Peggy Simpson

Part of the magic of looking at Barbie is how she smiles at girls from her box on the shelf. And when our little girls open up that package, they want her to be in pristine condition, with neat hair and clothes all in check.

Lauren Dougherty

We literally wanted it to stand head and shoulders above the other brands on the shelf.

Janet Kinghorn

One stone was thrown hard enough to dent a shelf 12 feet from the window.

Jeff Brooks

We can't continue to do work on projects that will just sit on a shelf, and spend millions for something that will never happen. We do projects that we feel are realistic and can be done.

Marvin Murphy

This is not an issue that can be just set aside and placed on the shelf. This is a true emergency. I think rather than speculate about what is or isn't going to happen we put the pedal to the metal.

Anna Eshoo

There are so many events there - the floor is put up and taken down all the time, and that shortens the shelf life quite a bit.

Chip Howard

It's hard for us to keep it on the shelf. One customer wanted to buy $500 worth of dehydrated food.

Bruce Hamilton

Due to their exposure to ample transportation and fulfillment challenges, 3PLs have developed creative ways to get product to the shelf.

Bill Read

The starters were on the shelf four minutes into the third quarter. A lot of people played tonight, so hopefully this will give us some confidence.

Bill Ryan

There are certain pigments that contain glass mentioned in the 1534 inventory, but by no means all, ... Because (customers) were all buying colorants in the same place, we hypothesize that they traded ideas and ingredients including materials not on the shelf.

Louisa Matthew

High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad.

Barbara Kingsolver

It's on the shelf collecting dust.

Jonathan Blum

If we could cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent over the next 20 years we could perhaps prevent this. If we continue burning fossil fuels as we are today in the very near future (the ice shelf) will slip in (the ocean).

Will Steger

When you put out a movie like King Kong, you'll get a certain amount of shelf space, but once sales slow down, you'll start to lose that shelf space to other titles and that's deadly.

Paul Sweeting

Where Adidas might have trouble getting retail shelf space because they sell less in the United States, now they can ride Reebok's coattails.

Ravi Dhar

This could have been a very expensive mantelpiece for my shelf, ... But I realized that if I couldn't sell this, I shouldn't even be in the business. Instead of investing the money I earn with the Stones in the stock market, I decided to have faith, leap in and invest in myself.

Tim Ries

Look at the names in the Jackie Robinson Wing, ... Steve Young, Dorothy Hamill. The Jackie Robinson Wing. Goodness gracious . . .That's top shelf.

Calvin Murphy

We were very excited. We were just jumping up and down. We think it will be well received and have a very long shelf life.

Arlene Cohen Rossen

There is a lot of activity, particularly in nanotechnology. We need political leaders to open up exploration and give us access to gas reserves in the Outer Continental Shelf.

Bill Carteaux

The U.S. government's support for Linux is indicative of the shift away from government-developed code and the lower costs associated with commercial off-the-shelf solutions. The U.S. government benefits from the community efforts to enhance the security of Linux with up-to-date technical innovation.

Stacey Quandt

Properly sealed bottled water doesn't have a (limited) shelf life. There's nothing in it to spoil.

Stephen Kay

We used to have just one little shelf devoted to local history. We have tremendous new resources now. We have gotten some CDs, some microfilm, lots of reference materials.

Estelle Perrault

I believe I'll have a real story to tell. I may not sell a great many copies, I don't know. Maybe just a single copy will sit on my shelf. Maybe somewhere someone will pick up a copy, though, and it will prompt others to see a need for cancer research.

Eric Latham

Go on in, ... The testimonials are in the back of the mine on a shelf. They go back a long ways. Your camera will work just fine in there.

Elizabeth Kelly

We need to expand outside Norway given that the Norwegian continental shelf won't be able to deliver the growth we need.

Eivind Reiten

Our used book store is a fundraiser for Hospice. The community donates books and Hospice puts them on the shelf. We sell them and the money goes to patient care.

Eileen Petrocelli

We can't keep his books on the shelf.

Zandra Blake