Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elizabeth Warren

Credit card agreements run as long as 30 pages, and it's 30 pages of largely incomprehensible text.

David A. Bednar

A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants.

Philip Baggaley

The pilots are the last major labor group to reach a preliminary agreement (except for striking mechanics who have been replaced) and the largest source of labor savings being sought by the airline.

Alfred Marcus

The pilots are key. This is critical. If they don't reach an agreement, it could be the end.

Javier Solana

The peace agreement must be seen as a matter of urgency.

John McCarthy

The peace advocates are more interested in beating the conservatives than in reaching agreement with the Soviets.

Bertrand Russell

The opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive. Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one. Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.

Bertrand Russell

My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in.

Greg Aiello

The arbitrator's decision is consistent with our collective bargaining agreement, and it simply enforced the terms of the player's contract.

Yolanda Adams

All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.

Yanni

My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.

Irving Stone

My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence.

William McDonough

I am very focused on large-scale deployments of renewable power and how we're going to get this done. Imagine our military bases covered with solar thermal collectors that could generate steam and electricity.

Whitey Ford

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

Vivienne Westwood

We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning.

Chuck Palahniuk

'Romance' is based on my entire creative process. I fall in love with an idea, obsess over it, isolate myself with it, and when I eventually introduce it to my friends, they all tell me that it's stupid.

will.i.am

You know, I do music. If you look under the hood of the industry I'm in, it's all based on technology. From radio to phonographs to CDs, it's all technology. Microphones, reel-to-reels, cameras, editing, chips, it's all technology.

Constance Wu

It's my privilege to be able to play somebody not myself. I'm an actor who creates characters based in voice, movement, emotional quality, speech.

George Rodriguez

We have to watch out for the mom-and-pop stores. They did not move out, they did not capitulate. They served the clients in the area.

Rick Greene

Typically, hospital clients just don't have the internal resources. They don't have the depth of resources on staff, so it's a natural evolution to go to an outside source for that.

Paul Otellini

We've known for a decade, since Intel was involved in the Desktop Management Task Force, that desktop clients need better security and better management visibility.

Terry Trippler

We have clients who are very finicky about their seats. I think they'll pay that extra $15.

Tony Perez

We have clients on the home side that have five or six computers with the sort of equipment you'd see in a small business,

Paul Downes

My clients are fighting for their lives in the port of Miami, and the losses they will suffer are very substantial indeed.

David Kock

My client keeps on saying he is not guilty.

Richard Katz

My client . . . is extremely upset and offended at the personal affronts contained in the letter directed not only at him but also at his players.

James Rubin

My client is entitled to a presumption of innocence at this point.

Geoff Davis

Our all-volunteer force continues to prove itself with a great level of professionalism, personal commitment and a technical competence that is quite remarkable.

Sean Howard

The pastor made a commitment to them. He plans on keeping it.

Christopher Dodd

It's time to renew our commitment to the world around us.

Des Browne

It will require a sustained military and financial commitment by the international community, working with the government of Afghanistan, to create the environment in which enduring democratic institutions can be established.

Arnon Goldfinger

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

Bill Vaughan

I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.

Abe Naparstek

We need to know if the Penguins are participating or not. The Penguins need to put money into this plan. It's a plan for the Penguins. They need to take the first step and make a commitment to the city.

E. Hicks

We have a life-long commitment to the handicapped.

Josh Krulewitz

We have a large commitment to these conferences. It's not that we don't want to show these games. It's that we already do.

Nita Ambani

We are very happy to have Sachin as the Mumbai Indians Icon. I am sure the youngsters in the team will be delighted to have him around for guidance, and so would be the Mumbai Indians fans.

Joe Cole

We were starting to get nervous, so I was delighted to score. It gave us the lift we needed,

Tommy Jackson

We have been waiting a long time to play in France, and we're delighted to be invited to the festival. It will be a great start to what promises to be a good tour for the band.

Fawaz Gerges

Middle East rulers are delighted at the prospect of a less demanding stance from the American government.

Zhang Ziyi

We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.

Ryutaro Hashimoto

The president and I are delighted to see that the United States and Japan have cooperated in the exchange markets to support a strong, stable yen,

Jim Calhoun

We are delighted with the reaction that the Muppets are getting from some of the top fashion boutiques around the world, and we are proud to be able to team up with today's stars to do something special for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Sandra Hebron

We are delighted with the quality and strength of this year's selection.

Paul Browne

We are delighted to welcome General Powell as an honorary guest and lecturer for the Outstanding Leaders Forum.

Will Davison

That was really disappointing. I was trying to stay out of trouble and gave him room to get by me, so to be taken out like that seems so pointless. It was very frustrating as we had moved forward and I think we could have scored some good points.

Dennis Hogue

That whole region is good. They've got two key midfielders, one really strong forward and one really strong defender.

David Peterson

We have a lot of young guys and new faces, ... I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do.

Paul Edwards

We need to have some forward thought with all of this development.

Marissa Jaret Winokur

I can honestly say - not proudly, but honestly - before I had a child, I would see things on TV or hear the news, feel sad for the people and move forward with my day. Now I see everything through a mother's eyes.

Dalai Lama

Time is always moving. The important thing is to learn from the past and then look forward to the future.

Steve Tew

We have a good relationship with the players and we look forward to talking with them again.

Terry Wallace

We wanted to have a look at him as a forward and see how he handled himself and I thought he went all right.

Paul Pierce

We've got something to look forward to next year.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

China's urbanization supported the country's impressive growth and rapid economic transformation.

Jack McCarthy

It doesn't always look impressive the way we play sometimes but we play with what we have.

Mack Brown

I was pleased with the young quarterbacks. They've got a lot of work to do. I thought the most impressive thing was their poise.

John Collins

I don't think I've ever had so many impressive people say so many impressive things.

John Reid

He's a very impressive young man who can play in various roles, so there is some keen interest there,

Pete Mackanin

He had everything going. They were off balance. He cruised the whole way. It was a very impressive performance.

Alberto Pimentel

He has a positive reputation. The more I talked to him and the more time I spent with him, he seems a very impressive guy.

Luca Cumani

He is a very impressive horse. The plan was to make the running if no-one else was ready to do so.

Pat Riley

What he does that's so impressive is he sees everybody. He's a lot like (Phoenix guard) Steve Nash. He's so unselfish.

Mario Zawadzki

The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.

Rob Enderle

The overseas market isn't saturated like the U.S..

Chris Walker

The overall market is down a tad anyway,

Michael Carty

The path of least resistance for this market is up right now.

Sheryl Kingstone

The $500,000 offer is a very tactical marketing move.

Peter Fontaine

We have to wait and see how this storm develops, ... We don't have a sense of panic in the market yet.

Peter Fontaine

We have to wait and see how this storm develops, going into Texas. We don't have a sense of panic in the market yet.

Joseph Cohen

Today the markets are already priced for imperfection,

Ned Riley

Today the market anticipated possible problems over the weekend. If nothing happens, we might have a better Monday than we've been having.

Mike Leinbach

I'm here to tell you that it really is truly better.

H. Hunt

We are now well and truly in the post-Maui era.

Herbie Hancock

I was trying to make something truly collaborative,

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

August Wilson

I think it is an extraordinary honor, and it is truly a capstone of my career. I am overwhelmed.

Dianna Agron

Without love we are not truly living.

Marianne Williamson

When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal.

Carrie Fisher

I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.

Craig Bruce

In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.