Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Andrews

Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. This was rejected by the trade union which prevented them from endorsing or accepting the rest of the offer.

Alando Tucker

They are accepting it. We know what we have and we just have to work from there.

Bobby Miller

The word adult is misleading. It's a word used to describe one who is legally responsible for his or her actions. That's it. It doesn't in anyway confer or guarantee that a person, while gladly accepting the perks afforded adults, will accept any responsibility.

George Eliot

. . . the rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families . . .

Kirk Hanson

There wouldn't even be a question if this school had done this based on the color of their skin. Once the school started accepting tuition money they became a business. Simple as that.

Jerry Bernstein

This is a significant, significant issue in this case. It is critical that the jury is instructed that the simple accepting of a comp is not a crime.

Donna Pitre

This is the first program offering assistance to Hurricane Rita evacuees. This is a big thing. We will start accepting applications Feb. 1.

Robert G. Allen

This is the classic long-term/short-term tradeoff. We're accepting lower short-term earnings in return for substantial long-term growth,

Alan Gould

A law that was passed on Aug. 29 indicates we must hold a public hearing prior to accepting unanticipated money if it exceeds $5,000, ... We made the application on June 13 and I went back to see if you (selectmen) had voted at that time to approve and expend the funds but I couldnt find that in the minutes.

Ken Baker

Approximately 26 percent of the surrounding property owners within 200 feet of the property have officially registered opposition to the request. Because of this, a super majority vote (six of seven council members) is needed to approve the requested zoning change.

Peter Takirambudde

The U.N. mission must be much larger, more mobile and better-equipped than the AMIS force. The Security Council should approve at least 20,000 troops to deter unlawful attacks, backed by a substantial international civilian police force and support personnel.

Jack King

We have approved giving them this money, but if they can't get the improvement district together the project won't go forward.

Bible Bible

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

Kofi Annan

Blix until now has been guided by approved Security Council resolutions. If the council were to pass a new resolution giving him fresh guidelines, he will have to factor that in before he continues with his work, which will be up to the council ... to determine what the next stage will be.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

At that time I was completely engrossed in concrete poetry, and I suppose I didn't approve of people writing poetry that was not concrete.

Caroline Fredrickson

Congress cannot approve an illegal program when so many questions remain unanswered.

Jane Walsh

Council approved a whole slough of information around green roofs, one of which is that there be an incentive program, on a pilot basis that would provide incentives up to $10 a foot for green roofs.

Tom Williams

We are asking you to not approve this plea. It is completely inappropriate for the nature of the crime and for the lack of remorse Daniel Robbins has shown since Jeffrey Harris died.

Emily Hall

As a group, the funds have shown that you can do about as well in a screened universe as in a non-screened universe. But that doesn't mean all socially screened funds are good.

James Sarni

It wouldn't surprise me if we get to 4 3/4 percent, but it would surprise me to see the funds rate go higher than that.

David Rose

You're going to see a lot more mutual funds owning international securities.

Darius McDermott

We rate all Japanese funds as a nine or 10 out of 10 on the risk scale, but for those investors looking for a less volatile option than the Legg Mason fund, JP Morgan is our fund manager of choice.

Edward Meir

Commodities seem to be a rather popular alternative (to bonds, equities and the dollar) for funds searching for a trend.

Bill Rocco

Those kinds of funds only work well for people who don't own a U.S. fund and who are keeping their portfolio simple.

Scott Kahan

So look at the funds you own or ones you're considering buying. All that information can only make you a smarter investor.

Jeremy East

Money goes to performance, so as the funds performed well, more investors put money into those funds.

Wes Anderson

Now we will have the funds to install it.

Eddie Van Halen

I have selective hearing.

Edward Kitsis

At the time it was airing, Claire had been kidnapped. So instead of hearing her husband was a little nervous, she just went, 'So Claire comes back? You just ruined it for me!' To this day, my wife refuses to hear anything about 'Lost.' She just wants to watch it.

Signe Cann

There's nothing like walking out of the house in the morning and seeing the sky, smelling the world and hearing the birds. Everything here -- the property, the privacy, the quiet, the wildlife -- we love it.

Conny Culver

The public hearing is the time and place for public discussion.

D. Elton Trueblood

The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.

Alicia Silverstone

I truly loved doing the videos, but it has been hard hearing all the time that you're just the Aerosmith chick.

Amy Tan

We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others.

Richard Branson

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

Stephanie Beacham

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

Dave Esquer

Thinking of the long season, it's better to hold him out than to risk injury. I don't know if (his absence) was a factor, but obviously not having one of your starters out there can hurt you.

Ed Perlmutter

This is a personal issue because it holds out hope for a lot of people.

Mack Brown

This is one night we can hook 'em and hold down the little finger, because we're No. 1.

Mary McCarty

The way this thing is playing out, Commissioner Addie Greene holds this thing in her hands.

David Brown

You're saying we can make our recommendations, but you won't take them if you don't like them. We're swift, we're thoughtful. We don't hold projects back.

Ron Gardenhire

You never really know how it's going to work. You think you can hold it together for a while, but obviously we've seen a lot of things change. There's really not a lot you can do about it.

G. Kealey

Young kids aren't strong enough to hold on.

Mike Bauer

We're holding our own pretty well. I thought we'd be depleted, but the meltdown is more at road level.

Kris Grawitch

We're holding a pre-construction open house so people can see what we don't have.

Richard Bracken

Probably until June when there is another month when there will be three pay periods.

Johnnie Cochran

It was about 10:25 p.m. on June 12, 1994, right?,

Jeff Reinebold

This is where I want to be. I love this program, and I love working for June Jones.

Bill Kirby

We are largely out of the woods with the June meeting.

Mike Love

That's what the law says, but whether they can get it or not, it's going to be a stretch.

Dwight Howard

That should come under the state's price-gouging law.

Vincent Creel

You're probably going to see martial law before too long.

Boss Tweed

The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.

Barbara Jordan

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

Barbara Kingsolver

Nine-tenths of human law is about possession.

Bashar al-Assad

Reform has to be based on opening your mind and opening the mind does not come from decrees or laws. It comes from a whole set of circumstances, which if you do not have, anything you do will be not productive or will be counter-productive.

Baruch Spinoza

Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things which are made, are made by the laws of the infinite nature of God, and necessarily follows from the necessity of his essence.

Ayn Rand

Collectivism answers: The power of society is unlimited. Society may make any laws it wishes, and force them upon anyone in any manner it wishes.

Michael Davis

The money has just been piling up and isn't being allocated.

Howard Rogers

The money can then be used only for road resurfacing,

Jim Norman

Do you know how much money that saves people?

Tim Ghriskey

Delphi is weighing on the whole automotive industry. More people want to move money out of that sector, and the situation is not going to get better any time soon.

Darrell Bryan

A number of us are very upset about this slogan. By having too little money you come up with poor ideas.

DeEtta Culbertson

The state doesn't provide any money to private schools. They're deemed private businesses, private entities.

James Bland

The taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for a low-performing job. I would like to see that money go to the teachers.

Raghu Sharma

The taxpayers money is being spent on them.

Bob Hartwig

The third option is the better use of money in the long run.

Publilius Syrus

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

John Bunyan

So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

Mike Tice

I think we've passed the point of having him anointed at any position. I think anything he earns now, he's got to work his way up the ladder.

Tony Couture

We passed very well throughout and we communicated well.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.

Dylan Smith

Prior to Box, I was a professional wiffleball player and then a professional poker player.

John Wallace

Prior to today, you were from the three towns, ... But from today on, you are from Passaic Valley.

Ron Bonjean

The speaker is making it a top priority to get that done.

David Atkinson

The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.

Jeremy Shada

I've actually done a lot of on-screen, live-action stuff prior to 'Adventure Time.'

David Townsend

This is the first time we've had this type of occurrence. There just had been no prior experience.

Michael Loomis

This is probably the highest. I think that in most years, spending exceeds the prior year, because our sales tax revenues keep increasing.

Joel Sawyer

That's going to be one of our priorities going into this session.

Dave Bowman

As of now, no response from the public or business.

Dan Stessel

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

Jim Bailey

public safety reasons and for your own safety.

Tom Bailey

We have a responsibility to the public to do the right thing, ... We've got 14-year-olds that read the newspaper.

Sharon Stone

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

Ben Schott

The radio's pretty much always on, and I also listen to some American podcasts, such as for 'National Public Radio' and 'Newsweek'.

Darryl Strawberry

didn't want to make a public thing out of it.

Bob Elliott

We want a more comprehensive look at public safety.

Alicia Munnell

With public employees, the day of reckoning is more in the distance.

Jim Veltman

After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to.

Charlie Skelton

The story is timeless and can be done in any era.

Goldie Hawn

The movie actually has a little more back story, more consequence, and I think it's more real actually for this time period.

David White

Some still have enough time to do so.

Rob Allison

Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.

Curtis Sliwa

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Chris Mills

I've never had a better time doing anything -- not just music, but anything,

Bill Cowher

This is not the time to relax. They've had their off time. You can't do that. It's around the corner.

Benjamin Disraeli

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Nelson Mandela

I voted for myself. Even if I go to my grave, I will wake up and come and vote.

Nate Silver

Well, you know, you're not going to have 86 percent of Congress voted out of office.