Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Tobias

He is saying as little as he needs to be confirmed and hasn't made many mistakes that trouble a majority of senators whose votes he needs.

Michael Metz

He is very well respected, and he would be confirmed quite easily.

Diane Forden

For me, one of the most important issues that needs to be addressed by Judge Roberts is the constitutional right to privacy. ... It would be very difficult for me to vote to confirm someone to the Supreme Court whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade .

Syd Kitson

It confirmed people are looking for a community. A safe neighborhood where there are a lot of eyes on the kids.

Prakash Javadekar

We can confirm that the trip has been cancelled.

Dick Thompson

We can confirm that the 15-year-old girl was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus as a result of the London testing.

Shinobu Asagoe

I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, ... Then they started counting the points and nobody could rememberthe third one, so in the end it looked like it was all my fault.

Chris Baker

He was expecting a landslide to confirm his mandate and he has not got it. If he stays on, he will continue to be a divisive force.

Mark Cuban

He is creating a situation that doesn't exist. Maybe he should request that the league release results of officials' performance evaluations so fans, players and owners can see how wonderful a job they actually do. The officials do a good job overall. This would be his opportunity to confirm it to all.

John Bunting

I was looking at the scoreboard all night, ... You can really get mesmerized by that thing. It goes on and the fireworks continue to go off (after each score). I thought at one point they might run out of fireworks. That's a big number and, basically, I'm numb at this point.

J. Hoover

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

Patterson Hood

I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.

Tom Davis

Keeping our staff intact enables us to continue to recruit as well as teach.

Charlotte Ronson

Just watching the people on the streets of N.Y. is inspiring; there are so many styles and unique points of view. Fashion is very much inspired by the streets, has always been, and I'm sure it will continue to do so.

Lofa Tatupu

Just that success only comes one way -- that's through hard work. Just continue to try to improve on getting better and it'll happen.

Dave Wannstedt

Joe's a good player for us and Joe will continue to be a good player for us, but we need to threaten people,

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Daniel Chan

Job prospects will continue to improve. Job security has increased and this will lead people to spend more.

Lynn Swann

I'd like to take a look at the process and see how it goes, ... It is not my inclination to do anything that would be divisive to the party.

L.K. Advani

All such divisive policies are detrimental to national unity and integrity.

Steve Bennett

For a town our size, this is going to be a huge issue for all of us to get an understanding. I hope we are able to take our time -- I hope it doesn't become a divisive issue for the town.

Harry Reid

It is unfortunate the president made such a divisive nomination.

Howard Dean

The president has a moral obligation to rein in the right-wing extremists in his party and stop this divisive rhetoric about immigrants.

Mark DiCamillo

She's a very divisive figure. In my opinion, most people either like her or hate her.

Bob Parker

Before this is over, I predict there's going to be a lot opposition to this program. This is a pretty divisive issue.

Jacob Lew

I think the thing that the American people want is for the divisive debate on health care to stop.

Debra Ness

We hope that he won't kowtow to the far right. It would be very divisive for this nation.

Stone Gossard

J was open to our style from the get-go. They weren't expecting us to do something that was unnatural for us.

James Johnson

I suspect that most people, on balance, had been expecting a referral,

R. Robinson

It bounced right into me. I wasn't expecting it.

Grant Heslov

'Monuments Men' is a movie... I don't want to say for grown-ups, because some young folks could appreciate it, too. But if you're expecting 'Transformers,' you're going to be disappointed.

Andrew Davies

It is a fascinating period, but people are expecting miracles - and miracles just don't happen, ... We have to be realistic about how fast we can change.

Mario DeRose

I think the market is expecting a slight increase and so if they don't do anything, I think you'll see a sell-off. If it's increased more than expected, you might get a little pick-up -- but it's keeping the market a little on edge.

Julie Mattson

I think their pressure did get to us. We weren't expecting it. We had kind of that deer-in-headlights look.

Mike Greene

We thought we were going to have a good team for years to come. We didn't have a lot of old guys then. But we weren't expecting the injuries.

Yvonne Hester

We are expecting to surpass 3,000 permits in this year.

Chris Stein

Being inducted seems to mean a lot to a lot of people, and by proxy that has sort of rubbed off on me. But it's not necessarily a mandate from the masses, so I don't know. We'll see.

Ken Hammond

Any time you mandate something, you're going to have more resistance to it.

Lakhdar Brahimi

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.

James Lankford

There's a Biblical mandate to reach out to those who are the orphans, the widows in their distress, to take care of the stranger in your land. But that does not mean citizenship.

Ian Stannard

The reform mandate is probably not going to be as strong as it would have been under an outright victory by Merkel.

John Earl

OPG is not considering anything as a site. We have no mandate for that.

Larry Smith

There's no mandate that they be open. There's no mandate that they pump gas. There's no mandate to do anything.

Gene Smith

Much of what they do is mandated. They then take the mandates and massage them to meet the needs of this community.

Charles Hasse

It doesn't work well to mandate that from the state.

Alice Lowe

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

Brian Murphy

If you're going to put something in your roadway, you better make sure it stays where it's put.

Leonardo da Vinci

Time stays long enough for those who use it.

David Castillo

It was one shot. The thing is, it was the same stuff in me all three times. That's what happened. That's what it was, because it stays in your system. It was the same stuff, and there was nothing I could do about it.

Sophie Aldred

'Doctor Who' is one of those things that stays with you throughout your career, and I'm very happy with that.

Terry Pratchett

There's a door.Where does it go?It stays where it is, I think.

Richard Barber

But it stays within bounds, and that's an unusual system,

George Coleman

He waves and that's about it. He stays to himself.

Isabel Allende

one of those unforgettable stories that stays with you for years.