Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Koenig

Just saying it was approved by the board and accountants wasn't going to cut it.

John Thompson

The only thing that has been approved so far is the subdivision of the land.

Sam Bodman

Last night I approved a company's request for loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,

Linda Malec

I am extremely concerned about the recent application, approved by current directors, to convert to a mutual savings bank. And I'm even more concerned about the lack of communication from board members and executive management to members.

J. Taylor

I'm excited and a bit worn out. At the same time we approved this plan I've been hit left and right by new development. We're learning the new code ourselves and explaining it to developers, so it's been exhausting.

Bill Fontana

The first South Korean company, High-Tech Movies, was approved for the program and the Indian government is interested in sending us a company.

Kofi Annan

The Iraqi people have made their decision and have approved the draft constitution,

O. J. Simpson

The troubling thing is the court has approved a federal system that forces taxpayers to subsidize religious indoctrination.

Cathy Andreen

All tuition rates are approved by the Board of Trustees.

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.

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.

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.

Erik Thomson

He can see something and in a quick and unemotional way he can cut the fat off. You trust him implicitly because of his track record.

James Leavitt

He is probably physically incapable of doing the sort of thing they are suggesting he was doing. It takes a lot of work to cut through a limb. He maintains his innocence completely.

Dick Cheney

I think the economic outlook makes tax reform, tax cuts more important than ever, ... Because it does look like the economy has slowed significantly.

Andrew Goodsall

Whatever way you cut it, it was a good result. But it was helped by strong hedging gains because sales were better than forecast.

Jon Caldara

Whatever is the hot point is (for the audience), that's where the $200 million cut is going to come from.

Jay Wilson

What Energy Management does within the school district is we look for opportunities or ways to cut consumption in the schools.

Nick Saban

What do you want me to do, cut the guys? ... I really can't do anything to the players, to be honest with you.

Ian Morris

There is a greater degree of uncertainty, and stability will need to be restored. So that implies that they'll cut rates if they have to restore that stability.

Mark Dayton

There is no fair or justifiable reason to single out dairy farmers for such drastic programmatic cuts and tax increases.

Hal Varian

The first dose is free. Once you start using a product, you keep using it.

Dr. Fauci

It will take years to get stockpiles to the point you can effectively use it at the doses you want.

Dr. Schaffner

This is a much larger outbreak than any of us anticipated. Maybe the immunity generated by the mumps vaccine can wane and then you become newly susceptible, particularly if you encounter a large dose of virus.

Lola Russell

Seventy (million), 75 million doses typically have been enough vaccine in years past.

J. Hoover

We got big-headed. And we got a good dose of humility today. Now it's just a matter of whether or not we're going to learn from it.

Leonard Teitelbaum

I don't think there's any rabbit to pull out of a hat here. I think at this particular point in time we're looking at this as a real dose of reality. I think there's only so much he can do with what he's got unless he comes up with something spectacular.

Gail Carriger

I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.

Stephen Schwartz

The radiation would be so lethal they would get a lethal dose in minutes.

Genie Francis

I would stay on, but 'General Hospital' honestly doesn't seem to want that relationship with this character at the moment. They want little short doses during sweeps periods.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's economic policies would raise taxes on minority small-business owners, whose numbers are steadily increasing as a result of the President's pro-growth policies. Under President Bush's leadership, a majority of minority families are homeowners for the first time in history.

Ken Robinson

You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it's more important than ever to look deep inside yourself to fathom the sort of life you really want to lead and the talents and passions that can make that possible.

Larry Goldstein

Goldstein said. ''There does seem to be some lessons learned. Whether they are economic lessons or political lessons, or some combination of the two, I don't know.

Tomoko Fujii

Good economic figures will surely be euro supportive. The euro-zone economy is expanding faster than expected.

Zhu Rongji

Lack of water resources is a serious limitation on the economic and social development of our country,

Robin Urbanski

Right now, the air-to-ground solution is much more economical to us.

Stephen Gallagher

Investors maintain a healthy economic growth outlook, but now with lower inflation and interest rate risks.

Jean Johnson

If you look at statistics about their economic prospects, it's not really as promising. Yet personally, they are optimistic.

Jon Nadler

In the gold trading pits, economic uncertainties are taking a back seat to uncertainties of a different nature these days.

Dennis Moore

Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Chris Fitz

I think it's a good idea to diversify the economy and keep more of the grapes here.

Carroll Robinson

I think it's going to be hard if everything stays the same, ... If the economy drops, it's going to be even tougher.

Zig Ziglar

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.

Vladimir Putin

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

Michael Englund

In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growth path. Even though oil prices are higher, the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Therefore, we see consumers' savings rate falling and spending up.

Mario Draghi

In Italy, after stagnating in 2005, the economy now shows some signs of recovery.

O. Singh

India's economy is growing at seven to eight percent over the last 15 years,

Larry Levitt

In many ways what's been happening in the economy hits them (working poor families) the worst. Those with higher incomes are more likely to have employer-provided insurance. And many lower-income (people) have Medicaid to fall back. For that in-between group, there's nothing.

Henry Schacht

As we've said, fiscal year 2001 is a transition and rebuilding year for Lucent,

Richard Fisher

As a member of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee), I will never vote to monetize fiscal profligacy,

Richard Fox

It would be nice if there were a policy response in the form of a tighter fiscal policy.

Matt McKenna

This is not a name that no one has ever heard of. He is a respected party leader, a true fiscal conservative.

Dennis Rosa

This really is a continuation of the process, ... This is a very smart fiscal move.

Glenn Hubbard

Gradual fiscal consolidation may also be stimulative in the short run.

Anna Pennington

During his service, Bauer has had a positive impact on the fiscal policy of Indiana.

Carlos Asilis

We could talk about sunspots, we could talk about fiscal year-end effects, but whatever the explanation may be, history is on the side of the fourth quarter being a good one.

Robert Morris

We've got a big swing in fiscal policy, and a huge monetary stimulus, something we haven't had in a long time.

Vance Havner

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Robert Trout

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

Robert M. Fresco

The history of medicine is the history of the unusual.

Walter Raleigh

This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries.

James Cook

With socialized medicine, the trick is not to die while waiting for treatment.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

Napoleon Bonaparte

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Oliver Sacks

There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.

Oliver Sacks

Music is...a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.

Susanna Moore

Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin.

Terri Johnson

He's a big reason why we're having the success we are as a program.

Joel Fox

There is every reason to take it seriously when they are involved.

Ron Ellis

It has been frustrating, but there is no reason why he can't come back at 100 percent.

Juan Pierre

I think that's the only reason we're at where we're at today.

Scottie Pippen

He's a very talented player. He's got the size and the skills. There's no reason he can't do even better than what I did.

Joe Carroll

I don't know who took me, ... I'm fine. I was treated reasonably well.

Antonin Scalia

I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned.

William Whewell

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

Gord Ash

There are some things from a strategic standpoint that we don't want to share, at least not at this point.

Warren Buffett

I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.

Wesley Snipes

I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.

Robert Orben

Did you ever get to wondering if taxation without representation might have been cheaper?

Kent Conrad

It will make tax controversies more expensive, more intrusive and more inconvenient for taxpayers.

Lyndon B. Johnson

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.

Jim Ramstad

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

David R. Ellis

No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.

Alan Sugar

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

Calvin Trillin

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.

Dusty Baker

He's day to day. He's no better or worse than he was yesterday.

Carl Anderson

It was horrible. Especially because it got worse and worse.

Chris Carr

It's just crazy. This is worse than 9-11, with everything that's going on with that.

John Updike

There's almost nothing worse to live with than a struggling artist.

Sean McCarthy

If we do nothing, things will get that much worse sooner.

Jeff Johnson

I can't think of a worse place to put a church,