Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Ashdown

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Bob Dole

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility: the constituent has a problem, ... We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything?' That's not what they elect you for.

Jerry Reed

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Phil Smith

I think what Sen. Specter has introduced is a very good step in the right direction and we're looking forward to Congress passing legislation to improve the safety of miners.

Greg Valliere

I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.

Dave Douglas

I went to libraries. I went to the Library of Congress. I went to obscure video shops. Some of the most obscure films I found were in the dark, hidden, X-rated corners of the store.

Robert Hirsch

I'd just as soon they shut (Congress) down for a few years. All they do is keep passing laws and figuring out ways to spend our money.

Robert Hirsch

I'd just as soon they shut Congress down for a few years.

Sidney Blumenthal

I did not urge or encourage any reporter to investigate the private life of any member of Congress. Any suggestions otherwise are completely false.

F. Stone

I would say that the immigration debate is as hot as gun control, abortion, the war in Iraq. I've never seen it this hot in terms of emotion.

Tom Campbell

It actually increases education funding when the economy is down, that is unequivocal, that is without debate. Then when the economy is doing well, the legislature could put the money back in or not. It's up to the legislature. Its not automatic.

Steven Hall

What we don't want to do is turn the forum into a debate.

Tom McClintock

He offered a perspective to the debate that will be missed, ... But his decision to withdraw intensifies my resolve to stay and fight." ()

Michael Powell

Here's the truth: the ownership debate is about nothing but content. Don't be fooled. I mean, this is my greatest warning to the American public.

H. Hart

It comes down to the familiar debate about whether reporters are ignoring the good news.

Robert Hale

It comes down to a policy debate about whether the Internet is open or not.

M. J. Rose

There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.

Rep. Baxley

I think we were very successful in raising the debate. I don't think we were successful in resolving it.

Jose Gonzalez

I would say the vast majority are not in a day labor-type scenario. Contractors and employers have a need for good workers, and once they find them they keep them.

Richard Johnson

I think workers are increasingly going to be on their own as they plan for retirement. They are not going to be able to rely on their employers and on the government as they have in the past.

David Rouzer

I'm in favor of building the fence, and doing everything technologically to protect our borders. But the other way to secure the border, and one of the things we must do, is put in place good guest-worker programs that employers can actually use.

Paul Fronstin

It's significant when you have an employer like GM making this kind of move. It could trigger more of the same from other employers,

Robert Hartwig

There's evidence that many soldiers will exhibit mental stress from their experience, and it's important for employers to monitor them, particularly if they're operating heavy machinery or driving.

Dallas Salisbury

Until recently, it was an expensive and complicated thing to do because of the integration of systems that employers had to do. Now, most of these are put together with a Web-based interface and individuals are able to do most of the stuff themselves.

Sal Souto

We've become a 24/7 society and employers are taking it out of the hide of the working people. Employers are paying them less, not paying them for the hours they work.

Brendan Barber

The reforms should recognize that employer prejudice is a key obstacle in the way of many claimants moving back to work.

Erich Klemm

We're not after a strike, but if the employers don't move, then we will have no other choice.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Felix Rodriguez

He was awesome. He is one of the greatest pitchers, ... and I'm happy for the way he performed tonight.

Lance Williams

He knew he was better than Mark McGwire. It offended him when people said Mark McGwire might be the greatest player who ever lived.

Dontrelle Willis

He's already got it down to where he's telling guys when they're pitching. That's the greatest honor for any individual, to represent their country.

Ken Dunham

Historically, risk is much higher with Windows operating systems than Unix/Linux. How can I say that, look at all the major attacks. Which ones had the greatest likelihood and impact for 2005? Windows hands down.

Donald Every

I think it's his greatest accomplishment, one that has the potential for the longest-term impact.

David Osborne

I think the greatest security measure is pre-pay, period,

Jim Mandich

I think it's the greatest rivalry of them all,

Richard Childress

I think some of NASCAR's greatest inspectors are the other race teams.

Terry Pratchett

It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.

Bill Bradley

For 10 months that I was running for president, you ignored me, you pretended I didn't exist,

Ronald Walters

They (Republicans) have pretty much ignored them, and it's not Mel's fault.

Clive Sinclair

Hinde Esther Kreitman is a forgotten literary foremother, her works largely lost, ignored and out of print.

Dennis Poust

Now it can't be ignored and the Legislature needs to negotiate it.

Nick Cave

They all have their share of thoughts about what needs to be done. So we just ignored them.

Efraim Zuroff

totally ignored by the Israeli establishment for decades.

Gerry Reno

The residents here, they kind of see their rights as property owners being totally ignored in the process.

Michael Scott

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

Angus T. Jones

Jake from 'Two and a Half Men' means nothing. He is a non-existent character.

Janet Weiss

Just really be yourself, and if being yourself means you play two snare drums and nothing else, then play two snare drums and nothing else! Really figure out who you are and how you want your drums to feel because it's a very emotional instrument.

Craig Williams

I think it means a lot to the stable

Jerry Jeff Walker

'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.

Chris Higginbottom

Going to the state tournament means lot for our team, the school and the community. I think it's been six years since they've been, and to go in my first year here, there's just nothing sweeter.

Matthew Glotzbach

We're in the first inning of an extra-innings game. By no means are we at the point where search is perfect.

Ed Howat

I think that number is staggering. It means a lot to have a rate that high.

Jonathan Turley

Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.

Mike McLeod

He was really taken aback by it. It's something small, but it's the recognition that means the most.

David Lennon

That is false. They have proposed nothing to us other than threats, concessions and substandard conditions.

Khaled Mashaal

They proposed this. Our reply was clear. We told them that we already have had two recent experiences regarding the truce that were not encouraging.

Eric Hausler

What's proposed in New York is not competitive.

Hans Eichel

Everything I proposed and much more still will be done now,

Christo

Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come out of our two hearts and our two heads.

Stephen Byers

The proposed merger...might result in a substantial lessening of competition,

Tomoko Fujii

He hasn't done any reforms yet, so they would like to see the results.

Richard Baxter

You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation.

Robert Reich

We reform the system. We save capitalism from its own excesses.

Narendra Modi

Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective.

Noah Webster

There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, it wil proov that we are less under the influence of reezon than our ancestors.

Mo Udall

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.

Julia Gillard

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

Justin Amash

There seems to be a lot of momentum behind immigration reform.

Moliere

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

Luke Hudson

I didn't want to get better any more just because I was out of the rotation. I wanted to get better regardless of where I was.

Donald Johanson

Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.

Jeffrey Fieler

Regardless of the (earnings) metric, they're on the right path.

Lex Turner

(The nuns) were probably harder. Everything was more strict then, regardless of what you're talking about.

Will Brown

They're going to play regardless of what the score is, and they'll probably play early.

Daryl Manning

There's a violation to have any sign in any homeowner's yard, regardless of what it says.

Sean Kline

They always play us harder. It always seems like they come out and give us a game, regardless of the way the rest of the season is going.

Ben Wallace

That's how we've been all year. We don't panic, regardless of the situation.

Alex Newell

Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing that no one can ever take away from me is my voice, and that is what I really want to do.

Susumu Tonegawa

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

Evan Osnos

To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

John Lloyd Young

I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's really tough to do if it's not something that really grabs you and your heart's not in it.

William Amelio

In this industry, it's required of us to be best-of-breed in terms of operational efficiency.

Malin Akerman

My only requirement for life is that I don't get stuck in a rut.

Benjamin Franklin

Youth, Age, and Sick require a different Quantity.

Steve Schultz

It may require some bor­row­ing, using the village's bond­ing agreement.

Ronald Hill

When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,

Noam Chomsky

The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

Tom Moran

Whatever happens, this should not slip by unnoticed.

Jan Ullrich

Today, I had trouble because it was slippery and dangerous,

Evan Lysacek

I'm going to slip in under the radar. I know I'm ready. I know I'm trained.

Jonathan Haidt

Legalizing homosexuality is not the first step on a slippery slope to legalizing everything.

Jeff Lindsay

I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in.

Chauncey Billups

We just want to get another win. We let one slip away down there, and we want to get it back.

Don Marquis

Not every woman in old slippers can manage to look like Cinderella

Thomas Peterffy

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

Noel Coward

How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?

Riz Ahmed

Bandwagons roll through our lives. It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.

Paul Otellini

I think you'll see very aggressively priced systems out there.

Michael Morris

I'm trying to get to a comprehensive, system approach.

Ben Agosto

The new system allows for some of that unpredictability.

Farid Abdulkadir

It's the first time this system has been used.

Myles Munroe

External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.

Patrick O'Brian

There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.

Ashley Montagu

The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.

Carol Peters

The system we have in place worked just the way it should. It was a little inconvenient.

Patricia Vance

The system is working effectively now. There's nothing broken.

Jason Bay

He wants to win now. He made that pretty clear.

Ron Gardenhire

He wants to play. But I'm just going to give him a day break.

Ray Allen

He wants to be better. He wants to be the best. But don't worry about that. Those things will come.

Paul Shefrin

He wants this to be the coming-out party.

Glen Taylor

He is very, very competitive and wants to win.

Sam Claflin

I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.

Steven Spielberg

Whatever he wants to do. That's how I feel about it.

Joe Dumars

I think we will get something done long-term. We are going to keep him here. Tay wants that, I want that and Duffy wants that. We'll get something done.

Adam Sohn

He's been here 20 years and he wants to recharge.