Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kent Conrad

I think it is unlikely, absent some new information, some bombshell that comes up in the process, that I would support a filibuster.

Steve Alford

Guys had to play different roles. Their effort while he was absent was pretty good.

James Bailey

Here in the body pent, / Absent from Him I roam, / Yet nightly pitch my moving tent / A day's march nearer home.

Bill Becker

I think it's fair to say the states would much prefer a strong federal approach ... but absent that, they have no option but to take action at the state and regional levels and to enter into litigation.

Cheryl Hepfer

I think that most judges understand that children require physical one-on-one contact with the absent parent.

Kurt Barnard

I think that Jupiter's conclusions are, absent documented evidence of this development, somewhat optimistic, ... They (consumers) do their research on the computer, then they buy in the store, but they're not going to buy more than they had planned to buy. They might buy different things from what they had planned to buy, but there are only so many dollars to go around.

John Hunt Morgan

It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders.

Kent Conrad

I am impressed with his demeanor, his intelligence, his sense of humor, his modesty, ... Absent some bombshell, which I don't expect, I think he will be confirmed and quite handily.

W. H. Auden

What living occasion can, Be just to the absent?

Dionne Bromfield

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

Charles Boucher

It appears that Intel's significant shortfall in Europe is company-specific, although the exact cause of the shortfall is still unclear.

John Berger

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

Michael Vaughan

He just controlled everything in a measured fashion although he obviously had harsh words to say in the sanctuary of the dressing room. His team on the field always appeared to have a huge amount of respect for him.

Russ Sonaty

He likes to be involved although he is over there. They like that he talks to them. It gives them something to work for.

Paula Zahn

He joined the Army and would have gone to the first Gulf War, but it finished before he got there, although he had orders to go, ... He's been in Korea twice and Saudi Arabia and various other places.

Steve Patterson

He is under contract. He has refused to render his services, and so we have not paid him for his services, although we've kept him on his medical insurance.

Steve Cook

Hard work on the training ground paid off tonight, although certain aspects of our play was sloppy. If this was a blip, then it couldn't have come at a better time.

Stephen Richer

Having these three resorts back in business will attract thousands of day trip customers, some of our meetings business, and many tour groups. Although we still will be far short of our previous room inventory and meeting space, we know that the demand to visit our destination is high and that business will take off with the reopening of the Imperial Palace, the Isle of Capri, and the Palace.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's sham economic indicator says that our economy was better under Jimmy Carter than under Ronald Reagan, a deception few Ohioans are likely to believe.

Andre Previn

I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.

E. Hicks

I think it's going to be very close. This is one of these elections that there will not be a breakaway winner. Probably in this state we're in for a Gerald Ford-Jimmy Carter race where it may be one vote a precinct. Ohio's going to determine the next president.

Rick Carlisle

I thought we played hard. I thought we rebounded well. (Jason) Kidd and (Vince) Carter are difference makers.

Robin Farquhar

I had heard the Carter Family's music, but I didn't realize how much they were responsible for creating. Their story is quite amazing, filled with humor and heart and emotional roller coaster rides.

Bill White

Chip Carter admits that he's guilty of these crimes, ... Mr. Carter killed Liz Reed, her daughter, Courtney, and Glenn Pafford. ... You don't have to figure out who did it.

Dwight Schultz

It's a very typical UFO sighting. Carter said it changed color and, in the physical report, described it as being about the size of the moon. And he saw it with about twenty-five other people.

Sam Cassell

Vince Carter is such a great player that we need two guys to try to stop him. When we got there to try to stop him, we got there too late and he either made the shot or we fouled him.

Daryl Sabara

My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young.

Evan Wilson

I was intrigued by the opportunity to live and experience a country less well off than ours. And see firsthand the problems that plague a developing nation.

Troy Sunderland

Kish is a kid that pushes the tempo, even though he might not be as highly ranked as other guys, but he will be a guy ranked high in the country by the end of the year.

Brian France

I would vote no. Other people in our organization would like to see it. But I like distinguishing the elite division in the country with a unique way of settling the championship.

Ifzal Ali

Just look at the organized sector of the economy in a country such as India, which employs less than 10 percent of workforce, you are worrying about this when there is a multitude of people completely being bypassed.

Brian Martin

I think it's a great idea, there are a lot of different cultures in the fire departments throughout the country. It's a neat idea.

Otton Solis

I think it is a very delicate moment for the country and we are going to wait until the end, until the electoral tribunal has processed all the votes because with such a small difference, anything can happen.

Silvio Berlusconi

Italy will always be grateful to the United States for what this country has been doing to free us from totalitarianism in the past century,

Tony Greig

Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped.

Kelly Jones

The Millennium Stadium thing was for the Tsunami concert. It was a thing that I think every band in the country would have liked to be a part of at the time that it happened.

Houston Nutt

I had to dismiss him from the team,

Ice Cube

It was just funny to me that some of our leaders would take that much time and energy to dismiss something that was loved by so many of our people,

John Perry Barlow

It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing.

John Sheffield

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past received.

Mike Blouin

I don't think you dismiss out of hand an independent, nonpartisan report from an entity that's looked and used the same factors to grade all 50 states as something that's totally erroneous.

Colin Morton

I would be surprised if someone was willing to pay at this price for the stock. I am pretty cynical, but I am loath to dismiss it completely.

Michael Shifter

I think they're not as quick to dismiss his bluster as they used to be.

Harvey Kronberg

I do not dismiss Merritt's allegation out of hand.

Anthony Chan

The overall weakness was so pervasive that it would be silly to completely dismiss the devastating weakness of this report.

Rob Lowe

I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.

Bob Hartwig

Jackson was not targeted for any other reason than the physical condition, the location of it and being able to put students in other schools.

Audrey Moore

Jack didn't used to be able to get a second for his motions, and I didn't either.

Don Gould

Jack and I do most of the cleaning.

Kenneth Edmonds

I mean, it's nice to know Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, but when you're sitting next to a movie star, that's a whole 'nother thing.

Robin Clifford

Once Jackson is satisfied, he will make a statement,

Kari Koch

It went excellent. I'm not lying. I said I didn't want to come here because of that speech. I saw Jackie (Stiles) do it and it made me nervous.

Keith Stanfield

I wanted to be as genuine as possible because all those people like Jimmie Lee Jackson - me, Mike Brown, all these people - we're all the same; we're not much different.

Laura Seeger

It's going to be strange walking in in my purple jacket and sitting on the other side of the floor. It will be weird.

Terry Lanni

I am a resident of Nevada. I vote in Nevada, so if you run for office in Nevada I'm not going to vote for you,

Brenda Ellis

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Mark Grudzielanek

Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.

Barry Alvarez

He's a tough little guy. He's only 175 pounds, but he's a tough guy.

Pete Domenici

I think it's going to be very tough for them,

Ai Sugiyama

I think it's going to be a tough match,

Dawn Fraser

It is going to be a very tough series,

Richard Schiff

Things happen to us and reaction is sometimes tough to measure.

Robert Redford

I love making films more than anything, but it's tough.

Wayne Thiebaud

Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest.