Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Leavitt

Schools are fundamentally local creatures, and they need, while there is a national interest, and we need a national obsession with improvement of schools, it must not become a federal agenda.

Alex Penelas

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

David Phelps

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

Don Heller

Federal law is supreme, and the state proposition, notwithstanding, is meaningless.

Alexander Hamilton

It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue; and those which will require a state provision. We shall discover that the former are altogether unlimited; and that the latter are circumscribed within very moderate bounds.

John Trasviña

Right now, I think state and local governments are frustrated with the inaction of the federal government on illegal immigration.

Eric Stern

But we're not a federal lobbying group. Our work is electoral.

Stephen Bernstein

But at least we have the federal judge saying he should be released.

Robert Hartwig

New Orleans is what it is because the federal government made it that way. And what it is today -- underwater.

Harold Roberts

People see these referendums as a way to stop development, and the kids are going to suffer. I'm frustrated with the logic of people who are willing to let kids be pawns in a power struggle between adults.

Joan Bonvicini

The team is frustrated because they want to win. We're playing to lose right now and not to win.

Greg Harrison

After being so frustrated by the 'ETC,' the idea of putting something together quickly, without a lot of studio interference, was really appealing. So she (Renfrew) took the script to InDigEnt, they loved it, and we were off to the races.

Chantal Claret

That?s funny that you say that, because I was trying to think, what's the theme of this record really, and I would say passion and frustration. New rock is frustrated. I'm an incredibly frustrated person. I think you could see that in my performance. That?s how I vent my frustration.

John Logan

Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to be a screenwriter?' I say, 'You know what you do? I'll tell you the secret, it's easy: Read 'Hamlet.' You know? Then read it again, and read it again, and read it until you understand it. Read 'King Lear,' and then read 'Othello.'

Bruce Feiler

You may be frustrated with religion, but don't take that out on God.

Romeo Crennel

Because I think he was a little frustrated from the year before and previous years about his production. But, you got a new quarterback, new system. I think you have to take some of that into consideration.

John Bytheway

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.

Bill Reath

We had a talk about it in practice. It's not our priority. But if she's close, we are going try to run plays for her. It's quite a milestone. She's had a good season and teams have been guarding her tough throughout the playoffs, which I know has frustrated her. She's handled it well though.

Abdul Reeki

No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.

Greg Potter

The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.

Bill Frist

Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity,

Jack Straw

putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Susan Goldstein

I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.

Lance Cottrell

This is not a government contract. This is something we're just doing ourselves.

Michael Greenberger

This isn't a clear-cut liberal-conservative issue. Libertarians, gun owners are worried about the government looking over their shoulder.

Nancy Pelosi

This isn't about small government. This is about small-minded, petty government that does not meet the needs of the American people.

Hilary Clinton

I've been subject to quite a lot of illegal leaking,

Don Blair

This is anti-Bluffton and anti-community, ... nothing illegal about it, and nothing we can do to prevent it.

Rep. Hutchins

This is not a racial issue and should not be presented as such. The principle is legal versus illegal status.

Barbara Kingsolver

A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it.

Jason Chaffetz

Straw purchasing is illegal.

Ariel Pink

It's not illegal to be an asshole.

Patricia Cornwell

I don't do things that are illegal.

Jo Handelsman

Some of it is outright illegal behavior, but most of it is subtle. It makes women feel undervalued and not respected.

Will Adams

Right now we wink and we nod and we give many of the same services and privileges to illegal aliens.

Bhagavad Gita

The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is a wise person.

Brian Sullivan

At the local level, to be able to say that you're doing better than you were, or you're not, is pretty important.

Larry Rogers

Ninety-five percent (of the workers) will be from the local area.

Nathan Moss

I got to thinking of the school system, especially our local school here.

David Dunn

Since Sept. 11, the local police, our role has changed, ... Before, we were worrying about burglaries, thefts.

Mike Adams

Occasionally, you'll find a little tool. It all tells a story. I can show you some rocks that they used as a local source of materials.

Rand Paul

Marriage has always been a state and local issue.

Alan Curbishley

He is a local ref and perhaps it is something we have to look at.

E. B. White

Its important to do things locally as well, ... impeach.

Ricardo Garcia

We want to keep that money here, and we want to use local people.

Mario Garcia

Automatically in the state of Arizona, if you're over 80,000 pounds, you get fined,

Don Stewart

Are we in violation of any state statutes?

Steve Kendall

The thought was the state was going to do something.

Mike McCurry

there will be steps that the United States will take." ()

Tiffany Fisher

It was very frustrating. (Heritage Christian) was better defensively than any of the teams we've played. They were a lot quicker. They were just better. That's why they're state champions.

Robert Hansen

The state is already telling us what to teach

Steve Mottinger

These are things the state wants you to forget.

Mark Johnson

This isn't about us wanting something now. This is about what we want our state to be 50 or 100 years from now. If we wait another 50 to 100 years, it'll be gone.

The Bravery

the only town in the United States of that name!