Famous Quotes & Sayings

DeEtta Culbertson

The simplest (solution) would be (for PAISD trustees) to follow acceptable board actions and procedures.

Rocky Pullman

The shock is over with. Now we have to come back and create something that is compatible and acceptable to everybody. If we don't do what is right for the citizens and compromise, shame on us.

Jay Bilas

I understand their reticence. That's a serious issue, but if they vetted it and felt he was an acceptable choice, I have no problem with that. Forgiveness is a personal issue.

Kofi Annan

The whole of the international community has come together to reaffirm the integrity of Macedonia. They (rebels) should understand the methods they have used are neither an acceptable nor credible way of achieving their objectives.

Mark Goodstein

The X Prize is about changing paradigms. The current paradigm is that it's perfectly acceptable to drive a car that only gets 20 or 30 miles per gallon. This prize is about leveraging cash and opportunity to effect positive change in the environment, economy and geopolitics.

Bill Daly

The way it appears, union leadership now will make a last-minute proposal, possibly as late as September 14 or 15, and characterize it as its 'magnanimous last and best effort to save the season,' ... I am doubtful that the proposal will be a meaningful, bona fide effort to address our problems, which threaten to deprive our fans of a prompt start to the season. If the proposal consists of a repackaged 'status quo' system, it will not work - and will not be acceptable - and union leadership knows it.

Stephen Jarislowsky

The way hospitals are managed is not acceptable for the public; you have people waiting three years for a hip replacement,

Kevin Hall

This is an issue that a lot of people have spent a lot of time working on and it certainly is the governor's desire that an acceptable procedure be hammered out before we leave office.

Edgar Taylor

This is an unfortunate situation that is being taken seriously. The administration of the district stands firm in its belief that student safety is of the utmost importance. This type of behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in the district.

Rob Laird

So we're well on our way towards achieving the same volume as we did last year.

Andrew Morris

One gets the personal satisfaction of achieving a difficult physical challenge ? it is 150 miles on a bicycle in hot/windy conditions, and also of doing something good and noble. It is a complete win-win situation and is one of the most positive experiences in my and my students' lives.

Constanze Stelzenmueller

Some people saw (the 1-euro jobs) as a welcome way of working and achieving some form of dignity. But those who had grown up in the German welfare system found it humiliating to be doing serious work and only paid a euro.

Pete Boone

The scholarship penalty is not going to be near as harmful to us as the bad publicity for not achieving what we're supposed to achieve. Even though your major sports and all your others are good, we still didn't do what we should have in one.

Costas Karamanlis

These boys taught us a lesson as to what Greeks can do when we really believe in something, when we are united and have self-confidence, dynamism and method in achieving it,

Lola Russell

These are scientific recommendations, we have no legal authority over any physician or regulate their adhering to these standards. We are committed to achieving and improving the nation's health.

Kent Richland

The U.S. Supreme Court doesn't require her to be there. It is her decision, and we have not discussed it yet. Obviously there is a great deal of money involved in this case, but the principle is more important than the money. Ms. Nicole Smith believes that her husband intended to support her for the rest of her life, and his son is trying to stop him from achieving that.

Joel Sawyer

The way the bill was gutted in committee today means achieving significant savings is far less likely. With the changes in this bill, it does a lot more to protect the interests of personal injury lawyers and a lot less to protect the interest of small businesses and injured workers.

David Murdoch

That's fine. It's what we expected. We get a chance to get our revenge on Finland. We are going in very confident. This is the biggest thing for our sport because we have got a chance of guaranteeing a medal and achieving something we have looked forward to for a long, long time. You just have to be totally focused on what you want to achieve. It is a game of curling and the important thing is not to let your mind wander. If you focus and make every shot your dream will come true.

Chet Culver

As a lifelong Iowan who has been a farmer, a registered nurse, a small businesswoman, a state senator and secretary of agriculture, Patty has spent her life devoted to her community and her state.

Jen Schlegel

Our theme is, ?Every walker counts in a community that cares,? because a walk like this shows the number of people who do care. I think the numbers speak loudly and are overwhelming that this is a great place to live.

Albert Morris

The National Medical Association is positioned to really provide the type of resources this community could use,

Henry Giroux

Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs.

Georg Petersen

Definitely the whole international community is very much present,

Wilson Nolan

Despite the potential benefits, there are community concerns that we need time to address. This is too large and complicated a project to rush off the drawing board.

Jody Gates

Despite the challenges, Hall was enthusiastic about discussing improvements to the train depot, canopy and platform, ... He also e-mailed pictures of other community projects.

Gregory Schulte

Despite North Korea's threats and provocations, the international community maintained its resolve and solidarity.

Vojislav Kostunica

Despite the victory of democratic forces in Yugoslavia and its opening up to the world, the international community is not fulfilling its obligation to Yugoslavia.

Patrick Ryan

no credible evidence to suggest that others were involved.

Jim Sullivan

Some of the pickup reflects mix shifts, with payroll growth in above-average-wage sectors accelerating relative to growth in below-average-wage sectors. That said, some legitimate pickup in wage gains is probably credible given the low unemployment rate and the energy-led rise in inflation expectations recently.

Ian Gow

Having somebody as credible as him ... probably meant that we established that we could be trusted quicker.

Fred Viskovich

PACs are a credible source of money. We're open to PACs.

Eric Knight

There are serious and very credible parties interested.

Baruch Spinoza

Let unswerving integrity be your watchword.

Ayn Rand

A house can have integrity, just like a person.

Jamie Bell

The reason I do small, independent movies is because I want to keep my soul intact and maintain some kind of integrity within this industry.

Janet Reno

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

Anton Chekhov

I have no faith in our hypocritical, false, hysterical, uneducated and lazy intelligentsia when they suffer and complain: their oppression comes from within. I believe in individual people. I see salvation in discrete individuals, intellectuals and peasants, strewn hither and yon throughout Russia. They have the strength, although there are few of them.

Booker T. Washington

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

Brendan Gleeson

It's interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you'll do it, even if it's only five minutes on screen.

Blaise Pascal

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Charles R. Swindoll

Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness.

Dick Morris

The old rules and the old methods of winning are gone.

Cheryl Tiegs

We tried - we tried for a year, and we tried different methods and different - and I had in vitro and it didn't work. It didn't stick. It didn't - didn't produce a baby at all.

Jacques Chirac

A new resolution is neither useful nor necessary,

Michael Barnett

Neither of these goaltenders has ever been viewed as backups.

Dr. Chauvet

I don't tolerate insensitivity and neither do they.

Marie Curie

I was taught that the way of progress I neither swift nor easy.

Bhagavad Gita

There is neither Self-knowledge nor Self-perception to those whose senses are not under control. Without Self-perception there is no peace; and without peace there can be no happiness.

Todd Devereaux

North is very strong. We played with them for about 25 minutes.

Michael Griffith

North Dakota's is sort of a different pace.

Jay Grymes

Normal rainfall is not what we need. We need a wet spell.

Tahar Rahim

The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!

Abdul Aziz

Now I can sell latex at normal prices.

Larry Rice

Technology is where there's momentum, ... That's been the norm and it's getting worse. People are going to go where they can make money.

Abraham Lincoln

The world will little note nor long remember what we say here.

Nelson Oduber

This is a preposterous and irresponsible act, ... We are not terrorists. We don't pose a threat to the United States, nor to Alabama.

Jeff Wangsness

You're going to see some real challenging-type stunts, more so than they normally would do.

Barbara Mikulski

There were times, though, when the women came together on a partisan basis. [When we stopped] the privatization of Social Security during George Bush, we linked arms.

Brendan Behan

Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.

Jane Green

Nothing in this world happens without a reason. That we are all exactly where we are supposed to be, and that the pieces of the puzzle have a tendency to come together when you least expect it.

Cameron Diaz

When things are meant to come together, they come together.

Cesar Chavez

Together, all things are possible

Dennis Crowley

I'm still a really shitty programmer, but I know enough to hack a prototype together.

Deepak Chopra

The body is held together by sound. The presence of disease indicates that some sounds have gone out of tune.

Deepak Chopra

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.

Greg Beck

To see it come together is very pleasing, very refreshing.

John Mushtare

As I understand it, we're going to need a lot of help. We need to win out and get some help.

Lori Chappell

You really have to see the grounds to understand how populated they are.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

Brad Pitt

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

Cameron Diaz

Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

Alain de Botton

For all his understanding of worldly concerns, when it came to fathoming the deeper meaning of his own furious activity, Sir Bob displayed the sort of laziness for which he himself had no patience in others. He appeared to have only a passing interest in the overall purpose of his financial accumulation.

Charles Jencks

In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.

Damon Lindelof

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

Bodhidharma

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.