Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kessel Stelling

I truly understand the passion about where your child goes to school but dealing with it as proposed is just plain wrong and contradicts the idea of 'less government' where it doesn't belong. I also understand the politics here, I know the predicament the Governor will be placed in if the bill reaches his desk, and I ask each of you to do the right thing regardless of the political consequences and not sign the amended bill.

Courtney Pratt

We believe this plan does have a fighting chance of winning approval on the understanding that it's going to be discussed and probably modified or amended in some way,

Jonathan Todd

As a result of our investigation and our contact with the two companies, they have now amended their practices so that consumers will now be able to buy other brands of cars from dealerships that were previously exclusively for BMW, Mini and General Motors.

Yves Fortier

After considering several offers for the company, (the board) has unanimously endorsed and is recommending that shareholders tender to the amended offer. We are satisfied the amended offer constitutes full and fair value for the company.

Steve Owen

The zoning ordinance is always a work in progress and is amended from time to time and will be amended in the future. After so many years of amendments you have a document that is inconsistent. At some places it contradicts itself.

Chuck Bowen

While we continue to oppose even the amended version, we knew that if we appeared before the committee, the chances were likely that the original version of the bill could be adopted.

Mario Ramirez

The public input is essential to the overall process. I won't say that the charter is strengthened by this process but it is a very positive step to have the charter reviewed and essentially clarified where needed, or amended as needed. The process of reviewing the charter should be viewed as a positive step overall.

Courtney Pratt

But it can only be modified or amended in ways that are satisfactory to the other parties.

Tom Rathbun

Management was a bigger concern to us than the finances. The reclamation just wasn't being done despite several amended agreements.

Bruce Myers

I think the contract started out at maybe $500,000, and they had a change order to get it to $700,000, but they ended up paying like $1 million, and there was no evidence of any other change orders or any other board approval for that last change.

Andrew Forman

These fines and the permanent injunction demonstrate that there is a strong system in place for ensuring that pharmaceutical companies fully comply with all aspects of the drug approval process.

Bill Corr

This is one tax that voters like. Raising cigarette taxes is a win-win-win solution for state legislators and governors as they face challenges in the next few months. The evidence that voters support cigarette tax increases is clear and overwhelming. Last November, 65 percent of Washington state residents voted approval of a 60-cent increase in their tobacco tax.

Tom Harkin

This has created ridiculous situations where companies have sought $5 million and as a condition for approval they have been required to have that much money in the bank, ... If they have that much money in the bank, why would they need the loan?

Christopher King

All clients are thoroughly screened before starting weight training, everyone must first obtain a (physician's) approval.

Charlie Cook

A less visible part of the damage done by Katrina may be what's happened to the President's approval rating.

Jonathan Allen

There was approval at ambassadorial level but not ministerial level.

John Kinsey

These things are just small, tuck-in acquisitions. The banks are still waiting for the approval to merge. That will be the icing on the cake for them.

Aristotle

It's been approved and gone to the board,

Kay Redfield Jamison

I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do.

Alex Guerrero

I was like, 'I can't believed I missed that.' It was a one-in-a-million that I'd miss that. That goal could have taken us to OT. I wanted to win this one. I'm so bummed out right now. This one was tougher than our last lost to them. We had our chances, and that's what kills me. We had more chances.

Hal Miller

I was lucky to get away from that with only a few small injuries, ... The next day I looked at the car and just couldn't believe I had survived it.

Richard Byyny

Knowing these individuals as I do, I believe them,

Chad Vollmecke

Knoxville brought a tough team to town last night and we wrestled the best we could under the circumstances. There were some very high points for us and we made some big strides in a few weight classes. A few of our boys still need to learn better position and mat sense, but that comes with time. Time is running short for this year, but I believe we are seeing things at this stage of the season that were not here last year.

Robert Browning

Kiss me as if you made believe You were not sure this eve, How my face, your flower, had pursed It's petals up ...

Mike Jarvis

Kids believe practice makes perfect. It doesn't. It makes permanent.

Tom Shaheen

I wouldn't say it's scientifically an absolute, but I believe it personally from my experience in the lottery.

Gisele Bundchen

I wouldn't say I'm going to quit modeling and become an actress, especially because I can't do that because I have contracts, but I definitely enjoyed it. I wouldn't call myself an actress, but I at the same time, if there is an opportunity... I believe in taking chances and living your life.

Tim Thomas

I was looking forward to showing some character by giving a good effort all the way to the end of the year. I thought there was a good chance that maybe we could end the season with a win and feel good about ourselves. But it wasn't to be.

Lyle Overbay

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Donna Reed

Just the idea of giving a critically ill person a new chance at life. Every time I think about it I get goose bumps. My son lives on in them.

Brian France

Joe Gibbs has proven that you can take success from one sport and translate it to another. If they follow anything close to his model, and they're smart guys, they'll have a chance to be successful.

John Lucas

John has had a lot of skills for a long time, ... Sometimes, picking the wrong school, picking a system that doesn't fit, you have to go where you can. I think he's in a system now he likes and respects a lot, he's getting a chance to play with high-level athletes.

Ron Wilson

It actually gave us a chance to stop the goal from being counted. But it's just one of those things.

Brian Jensen

I think it's a great team. You get a chance to talk about poker with some great players and there's a feeling of team spirit.

Larry Davis

I think it's a great idea. While my wife's doing the grocery shopping instead of just wandering around the store, it would be a good chance to have my cholesterol checked again.

The Archives

has not been discussed in any meeting I've been in. And I would estimate I've been in at least 100 meetings.

Leslie Johnson

After the interview, we felt more involved, ... My husband and I discussed how pleased we were. Our son doesn't need to go in green.

Neil Howard

We've already discussed it, and it's a good possibility.

Mike Brey

Our seniors helped with a poised demeanor. We discussed that since Saturday. They were rocks that the guys on the floor could rely on.

Donnie Walsh

I've talked to a lot of teams, discussed myriad types of offers. Some are player for player, some involve first-round draft picks, some involve savings, some involve a combination of those things. I'm encouraged by some of the things we were offered.

Dan Bartlett

I've never heard the two even discussed together.

Harry Redknapp

I've not discussed it with Milan yet. I don't know where it's at yet. But if someone's going to come in and we are going to be able to improve the playing squad, which we need to do, it's got to be good for the football club.

Vanessa Gulati

The word has been removed from the NOI (notice of intent) that discussed mechanical ways to remove milfoil at the lake.

Wang Jiarui

This is a topic that was specifically mentioned in the fourth round, that North Korea has the right to peaceful use to nuclear energy. This will be discussed at an appropriate time.

Vince Young

He's been through a lot. Just to see him keep fighting ... I'm proud of him, proud of all the hard work he's done to get to this point.

Dana Altman

I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in fighting back. We were in trouble, obviously.

Mike Morris

It is hard. A lot of guys are fighting for the same spots and it might be from the same teams, so it is kind of hard.

Catherine Jones

He is a real person. His power is really a moral issue more than a superhuman issue. He is for the people, fighting for the people, with the people. I think that, for generations, has been one of the greatest qualities.

Ned Yost

He never got settled in. He never found a groove, never got anything going. He was fighting all night long.

Richard Paul Evans

sometimes it's the fight that makes a thing worth having

Richelle Mead

He was hiding from his problems in a bottle, something that went against every piece of my nature. Me? I couldnʹt let my problems win without a fight.

Richelle Mead

Rose is in red, But never in blue, Sharp as a thorn, Fights like one too.

Richelle Mead

...but Dimitri...well, my former lover and instructor was in a category all his own. His fighting skills were beyond anyone else's, and he was using them all in defense of me. "Stay back," he ordered me. "They aren't laying a hand on you.

Seth Shostak

The planets and moons of our solar system are blatantly visible because they reflect sunlight. Without the nearby Sun, these planets would be cryptic and dark on the sky.

Juli Lax

I think we're up to Plan K right now.

Fred Williams

I ain't got no plane money. I just stayed... this is all I got right here.

Richard Paul Evans

Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else.

River Phoenix

Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.

Vladimir Putin

Though we still come first in the sphere of gas export, national production has diminished due to the increasing volumes of hydrogenation for the electric power industry and therefore there is a lower need for gas at thermal power plants.

Winston Churchill

Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless.

Walter Raleigh

Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.

Mack Brown

Plan on being behind. Plan on getting yourself in trouble.

Teller

Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

Susanna Moore

The task of understanding the past is neverending.

Richard Whately

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

Ryan Reynolds

I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line.

Robert M. Pirsig

There's so much talk about the system. And so little understanding.

Robert Jordan

Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.

Yoshihiko Noda

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.

Arthur Young

Resellers will need an understanding of messaging systems.

Zen Saying

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Woodrow Wilson

I have no happy fairyland vision that she can win.

Woody Allen

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

Woody Allen

You'll find as you go through life that great depth and smoldering sensuality don't always win.

William J. Clinton

If ever there comes a time when everyone you vote for wins and they do everything you think they should do, there will still be a gap between what is and what ought to be.

Will Ferrell

I’m just a big, hairy, American winning machine!