Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

David Trimble

In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration,

Doug Schoen

In the absence of specifics that would throw his nomination into doubt, Democrats will be loath to want to be as combative and confrontational as they might otherwise be.

John Bolton

In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ultimate truth. That is what is seems to me the focus the U.N. Security Council should be.

Richard Opper

In the absence of real action at the federal level, states, cities and other nations are stepping forward to address the serious issues presented by climate change.

Christopher Cox

In the absence of presidential leadership, Congress must act now to strengthen communications between U.S. and Taiwan military forces, rebuild deterrence and head off a new crisis in the Taiwan Strait,

Jared Bernstein

In the absence of immigrant labor, wages might be a bit higher, particularly in sectors that hire lots of low-skilled labor, which could potentially show up as slightly higher prices.

Laura Osnes

I was always a very good student, 3.98 GPA... But once I found out I only had to take math and science for two years, I didn't take them junior or senior year. And I convinced my high school to give me actual credits for doing professional shows in Minneapolis... as work-study.

Abbey Clancy

I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.

Robert Kerr

Kenya is a multi-party democracy and a modern world which has a benefit of hundred years of experience and debate from around the world on the subject of free speech and the accumulated wisdom that a free press is the essence of democratic governance, which makes government action during the standard raid so mystifying.

Mark Frauenfelder

Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions.

John Deane

I would suspect you will see activity (at the site) in the next two weeks.

Angel Carter

Just like i said before, I am not into the acting or instrumental like the others, and I have NO idea what I want to be when I grow up, I am just. . me!

Bill Walsh

Joe might have been more active and quicker on his feet,

Dale Tallon

Jocelyn is a class act and did a lot for our organization, ... We're happy to be able to get a deal done and we're happy that he's going to a good situation in Pittsburgh. He'll do quite well for them, we wish him all the best. It was strictly a business decision.

Chris Collins

Josh was terrific. We've tried to get him to act on instincts, because he has such a good IQ and he's so quick to make impact plays.

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.

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.

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.

Michael R. Bloomberg

I don't know what goes on on ships, ... I can tell you exactly what goes on on the streets of New York City. You are safe. People are nice. It is exciting. It is easy to get around. We have rooms reserved for every member of Congress and for every delegate.

Claire McCaskill

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

Dick Durbin

I'm hoping that (the president and Congress are) sensitive to what consumers are needing,

Laura Castro

I'm hoping something will happen soon in Congress.

Lennart Johansson

I'll decide tomorrow after the Uefa Congress whether I will speak or not.

Bob Loevy

If the other senator from your state is in your party, you don't have to feel great pressure to speak out on every issue. They need to get their message out so that the other congressman from the other party doesn't establish his point of view.

Susan Roces

Kailangan na natin ang katotohanan at maayos natin ang tinatawag nilang kaguluhang ito (We need the truth to come out for this crisis to be resolved),

Joe Queenan

It can help protect the market in times of crisis. Instead of shutting down all trade, it helps you respond to the situation at hand.

Nachman Shai

He's has successfully ignited the Middle East. He's shooting everyone now. He doesn't really want to settle the current crisis.

Sean Clark

Historically, the markets have responded very positively to crisis-like events. We saw it after 9/11, after their initial downdraft, the markets responded very strongly for the next month or two.

Miroslav Klose

I think you can say we are in a mini crisis. We all need to stick together and pull through this as soon as possible.

Author unknown

He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

Abdul Jalil

Resignation of the government is the only way to solve the present crisis.

Mao Qun'an

Our news release mechanism has improved a lot since the SARS crisis and the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza. We will try to do better in the future.

Joseph Domenech

In 2004 we said it will be an international crisis if we don't stop it in Asia, and this is exactly what is happening two years later.

Matt Hammitt

Just to find the time to think about everything, just trying to wrap our heads around everything that was going on, and to try to go out and headline a show every night was really hard.

Paul Franklin

Keep your heads up, boys. This is your job. Don't let these (suicide bombers) intimidate you. We're here for the right reasons.

Steve Irwin

Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they're within range, you're dead, you're dead in your tracks. And his head weighs more than my body so it's WHACK!

Steve Hutchinson

I think we're all kind of hoping for it. But we all kind of had it in our head this is going to be a long week.

Don Thompson

I think we are heading toward a military dictatorship.

David Carr

It is nerve-wracking in there, ... Lots of tension, because it's so quiet. And everybody's got their head in the book, listening for a number.

Charles Payne

I think were heading into next week with a head of steam we haven't seen for some time.

Henry Bonilla

He's bloodied. He might be wounded. But he is going to get up, strap it on and take these things head on. He is by no means cowering. He is more passionate about standing tall than I've ever seen him.

Pat Brisson

He's going out on his own terms. He is walking out with his head up.

Richard Perle

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.

Woodrow Wilson

Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America.

Richard M. Nixon

The lesson of all history warns us that we should negotiate only when our military superiority is so convincing that we can achieve our objective at the conference table, and deny the aggressor theirs.

Ulysses S. Grant

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

Ulysses S. Grant

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

Robin Cook

I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.

Robert E. Lee

There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.

Sanford Bishop

Yes. The all-volunteer force is comprised of a very small percentage of the population. Therefore, fewer citizens have a personal interest in military matters and are not personally impacted.

Walter Bagehot

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

Marc Holtzman

I want to rebuild this party, and I want to rebuild it long term.

Pam Dashiell

We are getting to something real so we can rebuild the community, not just a plan, but a blueprint.

Tim Cox

We have one big step to go (in the rebuilding process), and I think this is the year for it.

Terry Gray

We thought this was going to be a rebuilding year.

Mike Milinkovich

We're rebuilding our Web site at Eclipse.org and we're using PHP,

Jerry A. Webman

The rise in equities helped strengthen the economy.

Steve Johnson

Democratic, market-oriented Taiwan is a thorn in its side.

Jason Wu

The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.