Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Blackwell

They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped.

Marsha Blackburn

The American people have made it abundantly clear that they want less government, not more. They want problems solved in a bipartisan manner, not the creation of new problems.

Carla Blanton

I think if you use last year as a guidepost, the governor was successful in overcoming issues and working in a bipartisan manner with both chambers.

Dana Perino

We had hoped the hearings would be finished by the end of the year. However, we have tremendous confidence in Sen. Specter, who handled Chief Justice Roberts' confirmation process so well. We are encouraged by the bipartisan momentum that has set the vote on the Senate floor for January 20th.

William Daley

Gov. Bush should follow the example set by his father and by Bob Dole and participate in the universally broadcast Presidential Commission debates. The American people come first, and the bipartisan Presidential Commission debates will reach the largest possible number of viewers.

Gene Sperling

If having a separate vote on tax cuts turns out to be a means of getting a bipartisan balanced-budget agreement, we're open to that.

W. Hull

I'd particularly like to thank you, the Legislature, for your outstanding bipartisan support of our efforts to protect our citizens.

Steve Forbes

I think when those hearings are held or completed, public opinion will be such that he will be removed from office with full bipartisan support.

Stephen Hess

A big, bipartisan vote sends a message to the Iraqis and the White House. It's very, very significant.

Hugh Scott

After the complaint was received by the commission, there was a series of mutual discussions between the commission and the chief justice, and she concurred with the commission that this was an appropriate way to resolve the matter.

Matthew Fox

Compassion is the essence of Jesus' teaching, and indeed of the teaching of all great spiritual figures from Mohammed to Isaiah, from Lao Tzu to Chief Seattle. Yet compassion has been sentimentalized and severed from its relationship to justice-making and celebration. Creation Spirituality links the struggle for justice with the yearning for mysticism.

John Cornyn

The Supreme Court enjoyed renewed respect under Rehnquist's leadership, ... Chief Justice Rehnquist restored sanity to our criminal justice system, respect for our nation's allocation of power between the states and the federal government, and freedom in the public square to people of faith.

Ronald Meyer

The role of a modern studio chief is much different to how the old studio chiefs used to operate. It's not so much a position of power anymore, but a position of influence.

Scott Anderson

The State Umpire in Chief rewards umpires who want to work top games by assigning them to national tournaments, and I have been fortunate to work three nationals.

Joseph Lieberman

The when and the how is up to the Commander in Chief and our military, but whether ought not to be in doubt.

Charles Eastman

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

Edward Kennedy

There is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for chief justice, ... I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

Joanne Mariner

During his tenure as police chief there were credible reports of summary executions of gang members by police.

Ray Emery

As an athlete, you have confidence in yourself all the time. I didn't really realize I was going to play this long.

Alison Ojeda

As long as we have confidence going into our matches, we have a great shot at winning some of those big contests. We plan on doing some things that have never been done at MTSU in women's tennis.

Dean Eberling

As long as they stay in that logical band, investor confidence should remain high.

Justin Gage

As long as he keeps playing with (the swagger) and keeps his head up and plays with confidence, we'll go a long way.

Joey Cabret

As long as my confidence stays up, we should do great. This is our year.

Jack Layton

As it stands at the moment, if there's a motion of non-confidence on the table in the House, we will not be supporting or indicating confidence in the government.

Hassan Adams

That was a big one, man. We know how good we are. It's just us going out there playing. We went out, played our game and had fun doing it. It's a confidence thing.

Kris Vancas

That was a big hit because that run there in the first inning gave us a lot of confidence.

E. O. Wilson

reaffirms my confidence in the criminal justice system.

David Carr

As far as the records go, that has to be thrown out the window for right now when I go talk to the guys when I'm trying to get them encouraged and get them pumped up and ready to play. We have to lock it up, run the right route. I'll hit you and then we'll worry about the record later.

Justin Vernon

The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town.

Jeff Conine

You sure hope so. You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

Douglas Zipes

We heard what we wanted to and we are encouraged that they are putting the patient first,

Sue Townsend

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

Adrian Leppard

I am very encouraged by the response from members of the public.

John Wilkerson

He was a mentor to me. He always encouraged me to do all I could in school. He told me I had talents. He told me I could do anything I wanted,

Kate Curran

My parents always encouraged me to do what I wanted.

Joe Krabbenhoft

Ray finished it off with those free throws like I knew he would. I'm just glad I could help the team's goal of sending Ray out on a good note at home.

John Oliver

People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I've just heard.

Wally Buono

The teams that finished at the low end of the totem pole, they'll get the impact players. If you're picking where we are, they're going to be gone.

Luis Aragones

The three teams are complicated. They've finished second so they must be. All three are dangerous.

Linda Cardellini

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

Sheryl Swoopes

Somebody said to me, 'Well, you went in at halftime and you had nine assists, and you only finished with 10,'

Tyler Haynes

Someone's season is going to be finished -- nobody wants that.

Steve Squyres

Once we've finished the rest of the list, we'll start the descent.

Mark Mazzoleni

Sometimes they go in, and sometimes they don't. The thing is, we finished our scoring opportunities.

Pat Riley

Any time he gets in foul trouble and sits down, that sets him back and sets us back. You have to try to keep him on the floor for normal minutes. But when he gets that third and fourth foul, we get out of rhythm.

Kevin King

The burgers are great, but really, I come in for the floor show.

Sharon Versyp

The Big Ten tournament is pretty much up for grabs. Any team that steps on the floor can win that game.

Chris Lawrence

People on the top floor lost everything. We were very fortunate to get something out. But it was pretty scary.

Doug Bleadorn

Anthony shot very well for us. We were able to run the floor and hit the open man and he found a way to get open shots.

Bill Brooks

Are Mr. and Mrs. Gaines going to be on the second floor gawking?

Don Arnold

The third floor is a total loss. We're worried about the structural integrity.

Doc Rivers

I wanted him to stay more in the middle of the floor because we thought if he went to the sideline they would be able to double. And they actually did, and he still got the shot off. That was just a great player making a great shot.

Brian Ellis

Sometimes you've got to win ugly. We didn't play well on our floor and I think that was because of our layoff. We got a little stagnant in the third quarter and that's something we haven't done. The third quarter has been our quarter all year.

Camilo Villegas

You never know. I'm sure she's down about it. She's only 16 and she's going to keep learning. She's got a lot of pressure on her, but she handled herself well out there.

Scott Gernander

Even though we haven't seen a lot of it, I was a little disappointed at how we handled their press.

Steve Novak

We understand that any small thing like that needed to be seriously looked into. It was handled the right way.

Jason Terry

We'll sit back now and see what San Antonio and Sacramento do. We handled our business.

Tom Edwards

Two years of trying to win this race, it just didn't happen. We struggled in the conditions, they just handled it better than us.

Adam Schultz

We want to make sure things are handled appropriately and fairly.

Stew Morrill

Obviously, Nevada speaks for itself, a Top 25 team. They handled us pretty well in Logan. We played well the last time we were here. We've played pretty well in this building.

Rick Barnes

I didn't think inside we handled the pressure and the physicality of the play.

Donald Copeland

It is disappointing, but the way he's handled it shows what type of man he is. He's never made any of this about himself. For him, it's all about the team.

Charles Schumer

If there ever was a time when the hearings are going to make a huge difference, it's now,

Ian Shepherdson

This is as upbeat a testimony as could reasonably have been hoped for.

Steve Bruce

We are upset Emile has got another ban. He has an impeccable record and we hoped it would have been taken into account.

Rashid Johnson

What I really hoped to do with my work was to at least be able to define my relationship to race.

Bill Royer

We had hoped to win it, but we rebounded from some tough matches and had three kids on the podium.

Pat Smith

We had hoped to get more done, but there were so many obstacles.

Dan Svirbly

His year didn't end the way we hoped it would. He got down here for the second time and won a match again, he just couldn't quite get to the podium.

Diane Williams

I prefer open space, ... We always hoped that it would stay that way.

Tim Gramling

I hoped after today, I'd have a better idea of how long this would take, but now I couldn't even guess. There's just so much to do. I'd say cleanup will be going on probably for several months.

Andi Mallarangeng

When the session resumes on January 25th, we only have three days...that is too short a time to resolve all the issues.

Steve Stirling

Certainly, if you look at it, the month of January is critical.

Jeff Reed

If this was January or February, I would already have 3 to 400 people out here. It's winding down.

Rachel Steer

January just sucked, you know? I was just sapped.

Phil Gardner

We haven't seen a labor market this strong since prior to January 2001. This is a significant gain.

Marty Heires

We've been told we would get some shipments in December, they would not be dependable, and that in January we would get all we need.

Angus Campbell

The first week of January is historically a positive week for equities.

Mayer Morganroth

It would be a terrible miscarriage of justice if they're convicted.

Rocky Nichols

This is the first taste of justice that the victims have received.

Julian Mack

This is probably the worst miscarriage of justice I've seen in 34 years of practice.

Baha'u'llah

It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.

Arthur Ashe

It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am.

Alan Dershowitz

A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.

Alan Dershowitz

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

Alain de Botton

We feel something, and reach out for the nearest phrase or hum with which to communicate, but which fails to do justice to what has induced us to do so....We stay on the outside of our impressions, as if staring at them through a frosted window, superficially related to them, yet estranged from whatever has eluded casual definition.

Jane Addams

The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.

Jim Riccitelli

You never want to give the other team momentum for a long time, so fortunately we took it away.

Shane Doan

To get momentum like that is huge. We've got to find a way to keep it going. We've let it slip away too many times.

Brian Brohm

We got that momentum going, got in a rhythm, and you saw (that) once we get into it, we can do pretty much anything we want to, ... We've got to get into that rhythm every game.

Marlon Brando

Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.

Frank Sharry

I'm a little worried that the political momentum that we witnessed this week may dissipate somewhat.

Kasey Kahne

We had momentum. We've had momentum all weekend long.

Dick Powell

When it starts to move it will make a lot of noise and it will move and have a lot of momentum and take anything in its way out.

Hannah Arendt

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.

Dee Brown

I just threw it up and prayed for it to go in. It was just big momentum for us before halftime.

Tim Burgess

The sooner we can come to some resolution of that, the sooner we can come up with a process for the distribution of those dollars.

Long Yongtu

After going through this long negotiation process we know it is still not time for celebration, and there is still a lot of work before us.

Zheng Jingping

So there must be trade surplus in the processing trade.

Gary Wright

Sometimes when you make a record and it's not successful, you just don't want to go through that process for a while. You want to have your wounds heal.

Source Unknown

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Martin Eggleston

The whole process was done very wrong, very unfairly.

Gwen Cote

This is a year-long process of self study.

Bob Carlson

This is the first step in a long process of restoration.

Arlen Specter

The whole confirmation process is in her hands. If she does well (in her public testimony) she will be confirmed. It's up to her as to how well she does.

Pauline Hanson

She may not be sitting in the Senate but she's still standing for us.

Norm Chow

I think he's a tremendous player. He's so explosive.

Dan Bennett

Dale Hansen is a tremendous talent, and we wish him the very best.

Nelson Mandela

I voted for myself. Even if I go to my grave, I will wake up and come and vote.

Jim Mowen

You have to go where the votes are at.

Anna Howard Shaw

The millennium will not come as soon as women vote, but it will not come until they do vote.

Alice Cooper

Old enough to be drafted but not old enough to vote.

Donald Trump

We shouldn't have been in Iraq, but HillaryClinton did vote for it. We shouldn't have been in Iraq, but once we were in Iraq, we should have never left the way.

Anita Roddick

Every time you buy something consider it a vote of confidence in the company that produced it.

Steve Israel

I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.

Tom Brokaw

Votes are something that you earn.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.