Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kofi Annan

I would want us all to put real collective pressure and sustain it on President Milosevic in the hope that we will get an agreement and he will understand the implications of any escalation,

Jamie Clark

Having an endangered or candidate species on your property should be a good thing, something a landowner can be proud of, not something to avoid. With the administrative reforms we have made to the Endangered Species Act, such as safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and candidate conservation agreements with assurances, ranchers, timber companies and other landowners are able to participate in the conservation of at-risk species without the concern that their future plans may be delayed or halted.

Bruce Allen

He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.

Andrew Sorensen

He's doing an outstanding job. We're in 100 percent agreement on the terms of his service.

Christopher Hill

It is a good agreement for all of us.

Carol Raulston

I think the industry has literally been shaken by this month's events. There was a broad agreement that we really needed to focus efforts, particularly looking at technology and training.

Bill Daly

I think the importance of meeting quickly after the season cancellation in an effort to get a deal done as soon as possible is maybe we can take some germs of where there was agreement before the season cancellation and build on those, but time will tell.

Christopher Hill

I think the Chinese draft is an excellent basis for reaching an agreement.

Susan Petniunas

It is clearly time for the U.S. to honor its treaty agreement with Canada, and to end these illegal duties that continue to harm American consumers.

Kent Willis

Jails may accommodate the religious needs of inmates by funding chaplains' services that offer assistance to all prisoners regardless of their faith. But they cannot pay a Christian ministry to bring only the Christian message into their jails.

Colin Roy

I also think he won't be a dictator but that he'll be an open coach. He wants his assistants to do their jobs. He also has good insight as to what is the purpose of high school athletics and what his kids will have learned when the season is over.

Bob McNair

He's here as a resource to assist me as we go forward and to assist the other people in our organization to help us be a better team.

Bob Shrader

I think the players wear really in the game because of that (loss) in their preparation. My assistant coach ran practice Friday and he said they were just primed. They had a real enthusiasm for the game.

Erich Leinsdorf

I was an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan. It was my first trip to America. During that winter, Austria was swallowed up by the Nazis.

Erik Solheim

The purpose of the visit is to brief India about what Norway had been doing. We will assist both India and Sri Lanka to find a peaceful solution to the problem.

Himanshu Patel

We think GM will see it as more of an opportunity than a risk to assist in a Delphi bailout, as it will likely be able to extract sizable UAW health care concessions in return,

J. J. Johnson

I thought 'This is it. This is something (Riley) can play without someone having to assist him,' ... The sport gives him independence.

Peter Fitzgerald

I think this assistance is too generous, it gives too much money,

Ken Schanzer

Whatever it is we're paying, ... we're delighted to be in this relationship. We want to keep going forever.

Gordon Strachan

He is doing very well. I have been delighted with his performances recently and he is not going anywhere.

Mark Ford

I'm delighted we have a general manager that would be in demand. I love that they want to get our general manager, if it's true. But we're going to keep Doug with us.

Fabio Capello

I'm delighted he has taken his total to 100. He has always been a great finisher,

Bernhard Langer

It was a fantastic response from Luke. The result could not have been better and it just shows how good a player he is to have played only eight events in Europe this year and win twice. I'm delighted for him.

Florentino Perez

All the English teams are fighting to try and get him to return there, but we are delighted with him.

Lyall Gorman

They are excited and delighted to be part of the Mariners and their involvement is just the start for us.

Bryan Robson

The way he's done his job is very good. This is the reward for that and I'm delighted he's signed.

Sandra Hebron

We are delighted with the quality and strength of this year's selection.

Clay Johnson

Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely.

Mark Dobson

I also want to make sure student tax dollars are spent responsibly. Regardless, they are spent on the students who pay them.

Hugh Walsh

I think (today's dollar drop) might have something to do with things heating up in Syria; the U.S. withdrawing their ambassador.

Chuck Adams

He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed.

Kamal Sharma

Investors are reluctant to take the dollar significantly higher and we are having thin markets. The market still prefers to sell the dollar on rallies.

Tom Fitzpatrick

In the near term there could be some dollar strength.

Michael Woolfolk

Interest rate differentials are supporting the U.S. dollar for the time being. Until the Fed pauses, it looks that's going to provide support for dollar bulls.

Ron Franklin

In the history of TSU, historically these expenditures have been allowed. Secondly, every dollar that was spent was the kind of expense that is an appropriate use of state funds.

Jay Monahan

If there were any dollar figures mentioned they didn't come from us.

Thomas Powell

Joy, living in the moment, plus lack of fear equals abundance. Live for the moment without fear and you have all you truly need.

Marlon Devonish

To come back from the World Championships and equal my PB was very, very pleasing,

Ron Rainey

I think it was very equal out there today. It was really a one-goal game and I think we played that way defensively.

Lewis Sharp

It has an equal value to the Hamilton Building.

Carnegie Hall

He was just magic. He was equally as wonderful offstage as on.

W. C. Fields

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

Steve Mitchell

He has a ways to go (to equal SLM Big Daddy), but they're a lot alike, ... Don has said the older he gets, the more he reminds him of 'Big Daddy' - temperament, they're all business. This one's a little more lovable.

Samuel Johnson

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

William Makepeace Thackeray

As if the ray which travels from the sun would reach me sooner than the man who blacks my boots.

John Sherman

Here's this quiet kid who got some quick exposure ... very quick exposure.

Bill Self

Today couldn't have been scripted much better for Kansas. This did a lot for our program from an exposure standpoint. Playing well was icing on the cake.

Brian Ross

It's an interesting concept. I don't see it as a threat at all. The plus side is that it will reach people who can't come to the theater. In the end, it will mean new exposure for this smaller product.

Raul Ramirez

It opened my mind to law enforcement that I hadn't seen before because I had limited exposure to law enforcement growing up, ... That was the motivation that put me in that direction.

Jim Carter

It's a little hard to fake snow in October, ... but it is great exposure for the University.

Chris Browne

They realize we have a great asset. The international exposure on Darlington, the focus of the world is on South Carolina. That's something you can't buy.

Ian Macdonald

As IT projects come up, we go in and do the research into the technology and identify what level of risk and exposure that it gives to the company.

Jack Lind

Any kind of exposure to good players and the way the game is played (helps), and he sees how people handle themselves, and his dad's been a true professional all these years. It can do nothing but help him.

Hugh Johnson

Technology -- you really have to have exposure there.

Mary Shapiro

I don't know whether they will say yes or no since there are all sorts of administrative, financial and legal issues.

Randy Sharp

I think no question this will have a financial impact on American Girl.

Timothy Smith

The financial office still has the power to request financial information from these organizations so we're still not running the risk of giving money to financially unstable organizations.

Oliver Friedrichs

The general trend is that attackers aren't concentrating on 'far and wide,' worms, but on financial gain.

Joe Phillips

This has left us with a serious financial burden.

Brock Kreitzburg

The Home Depot has provided me with the financial support and flexibility to work and maintain a job while pursuing my Olympic dream. I would not be an Olympian if it weren't for The Home Depot.

Timothy Adams

This is just yet another step on the road to Iraq's normalization with the global financial community. We see this as solid forward progress.

David Stern

It's our preference, our strong preference, to have the Blazers in Portland, in Oregon, playing at the Rose Garden and being able to be a financial success.

Tricia Neuman

It speaks to the importance of health and financial protections as an important part of retirement security.

Paul Doughty

Knowing that I have these younger girls who are playing and getting better every game is encouraging.

David Ward

Jacob pitched a really good game for us today. He was throwing pretty hard. If he can keep pitching like that, we'll be in good shape.

Larry Finucane

I would say the pressure is on them (Mills). They're the #6 or #7 seed and have the game on their home court.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Joel Allen

Joe has gotten the most out of his senior season and his selection to the all-star game reflects that.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Champ Bailey

John, he knows everything, he studies the game very hard and he'll knock you out.

Clint Hurdle

I talked to Todd (on Sunday) night after the game and left another message for him (Monday) morning. He told me he might not make it on this road trip and laughed.

Mo Rocca

It addresses a life-long concern, the risk of someone ruining your game. I just don't want you, 50 years down the road, to have your game killed by some guy with a shinier walker.

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

Muhammad Yunus

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

James Salter

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

Jerry Stracke

We're pretty balanced. I think that is what has gotten us this far. We have different players that can step up on any given day. It makes it hard for other teams to play us because we are so balanced.

Ed Comeau

We talk about winning as a team and on any given night we think we have the talent to get all our guys scoring. We want that type of balance; we don't want to rely on (Grant) and Willy to score seven between them.

Maria Semple

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

Dave Hall

It had the potential to get really bad. The loss of life is unfortunate but, given the location, it worked out well for us,

Julien Pain

I think that the government is scared of what might happen in the country, if real information is given to the people.

Nelson Wong

I think that may have given them some momentum.

John Greene

For many years, the Taft name in Ohio has been greatly respected. The Tafts were men of sober and conservative temperament. They were somewhat seen as stodgy, but they were men of principle and integrity.

Tom Rath

The right choices over time greatly improve your odds of a long and healthy life.

Simon Newcomb

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment.

Andrew Walker

Luke's been an outstanding editor-in-chief. Throughout the year, he's always been greatly supportive to me.

Larry King

If asked, I would be greatly honored to stay on,

Pierre Lafontaine

One of the things that will be greatly missed is Mike's leadership within the national swim team,

Jack Quinn

That would greatly surprise me. I can't image that happening, ... Meet The Press.

Jimmy Smits

John was a true pillar of a man, he set the stage for kindness and generosity. His humor and smile were infectious, he will be greatly missed.

Tiffani Bruce

For the most part, verifying eligibility has greatly improved.

Javier Solana

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Mike King

I think it should get big. It's growing pretty rapidly.

Chris Drury

I think the important thing is we've just got to grow as a team. You can't just learn and grow together with wins, you also have to do it with losses.

Akio Yoshino

There is a growing view that insurers have had their run for the short term, ... Money is shifting to the laggards of the markets now, such as the technology companies.

Stuart Freeman

We've been thinking that the Nasdaq, as an index, would likely outperform a lot of the other indexes this year. It's a lot about secular growth. We're seeing growth in technology. And for the most part, it's been a tech year.

Paul Polzin

We've got to go back to the 1970s to get three strong years of 4 percent growth.

Preston Beckman

I think we're relieved and a little shocked that it's showing such growth this year. For us, having maintained the ratings we had last year would have been a plus.

Joe Lieberman

I think what we've learned is that when growth occurs, it occurs in the private sector,

Ric Keller

The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.

Martin Nissenbaum

In Florida, there is no income tax but there is an intangible tax, so they will be able to deduct both.

Stephen Baldwin

All the toys are gone. Everything's gone, and I'm making 25 percent of my usual income. And my wife-couldn't be happier.

Karl Marx

A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

John Kenneth Galbraith

No solution [to the problem of poverty] is so effective as providing income to the poor. Whether in the form of food, housing, health services, education or money, income is an excellent antidote for deprivation. No truth has spawned so much ingenious evasion.

John F. Kennedy

A technological revolution on the farm has led to an output explosion--but we have not yet learned to harness that explosion usefully, while protecting our farmers' right to full parity income

Louise Slaughter

Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own.

Joel Slemrod

Things that some people have come to view as income and are used to being taxed on would not be taxable anymore.

Francis Gannon

I think in this market you never know what's going to happen,

Jim Robb

I think the market will not really react to it.

Brett Gallagher

I think the market is just biding its time, and we're going to have these back-and-forth days.

Howard Skolnik

We're prisons, and we're marketing what we are.

Doug Duncan

We're prepared to say the market has peaked in terms of the numbers of units sold.

Michael Dell

We're number-one in the U.S. in the server market and now we're going after the world,

Courtney Smith

I think we'll probably see an up session in the market over the next several days.

Howard Ward

I think what we're seeing in the market is the reflection of a lot of uncertainty right now,

Jack Baker

I think it's very positive that the market was down more than 100 points and has come back, but this is essentially a vacation week,

Kypros Chrysostomides

It seems that today we reached a satisfactory conclusion.

Tom Duxbury

There's at least one more we could reach for another flyby.

Rick Wagoner

These negotiations were done in a positive, cooperative, problem-solving spirit, ... While it may have taken some time to reach this cooperative solution, I think it was time well-spent.

Joseph Biden

We have to do more to reach out and get the rest of the world in on the game,

Marina Tsvetaeva

Don't you know no one can escape the power of creatures reaching out with breath alone?

Sandra Williams

We're uniting together to reach out into the community.

Richard Wagoner

While it may have taken some time to reach this solution, I think it was time very well spent,

David Healy

I would say that's the best-ever result we've had,

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Norah Alberto

The end result is a much more comfortable garment.

Mr Bush

Ahmadi-Nejad is a result of all this appeasement,

Billy Davis

It was a big result and there were some terrific performances as well.

Pat Barker

The result was I went nowhere.

Molly Ivins

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Oliver Goldsmith

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.