Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Langone

When then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued me in 2003 over my stewardship as a director of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE's legal expenses were more than $100 million, which made it perhaps the priciest litigation in the state's history.

Sen Hooser

We need both. I think you need the cooperation of the attorney general.

Tom Hildebrand

I believe the (Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission) expects me to express remorse, but I don?t see where there was even a conflict.

Pat Leahy

I am sorry that they had to go in after him this way, but I don't know what choice the attorney general had. The father actually had custody, legal custody of this child for the last nine days. The relatives in Miami would not give him up.

Jerry Berman

but there is potential serious collateral damage to our Constitution and civil liberties in the attorney general's bill.

Lara Ramsburg

Based upon parameters that are dictated by a court settlement, the attorney general often consults with the governor, but the final determination as to how the monies are returned to the people of the state lies with the Attorney General's Office, again, based upon the parameters that are dictated by the court.

John Cousins

Basically all we can do is get a bankruptcy attorney and get in line.

John Schmidt

One would have thought that a former attorney general wouldn't be doing that.

Mark Cooper

One wonders whether the government showed up with a court order or an opinion letter from the attorney general. The Bells should at the very least inquire about the law that governs their situation. I hope a conversation ensued after the government made the request.

Brian Quinn

The business must be based on the success of our football team,

William Frey

Back 30 or 40 years ago when people thought about where they'd move it was based on jobs. Now housing is as much of a factor.

Jason Mraz

A rescue mission doesn't involve going in and just taking a child and leaving. You can't just choose any child at random. Every kid has a case that is based on that child's original family. So, we made it over to a village, found the child; we were interacting with the child.

Carolyn Johnson

The students are selected based on recommendations that come from their instructors and who have demonstrated a record of high achievement.

Ron Bonjean

The speaker wrote his letter to the BRAC commission based on sound policy grounds.

DeWhitt Betterson

The thing I liked about Troy is that it seemed like a school that was based on sports. Like a lot of guys around here, I felt like it was a place where I could make my mark.

Chris Steele

The thing I enjoy most about quiz bowl is that it is both a team and an individual competition. Even though you compete as a team, a whole game can change based on the random knowledge of one person.

John Scott

I've likened some of them to traveling musicians, in that some of them might be based in metropolitan centers and they go out and travel -- they tour the bush.

Roy Minton

I've never felt that he was making a decision ... based on his personal feelings of the defendant,

Patrick Lang

The state agrees with Storms that his sentence may be impacted by the Ohio Supreme Court's decision in State v. Foster. The state has no objection to having Storms returned to the trial court for re-sentencing.

Roger Toussaint

The struggle and defiance and unfortunately sacrifice will be required and will occur and judges need to understand that, the courts need to understand that and the lawmakers need to understand that.

Kevin Keegan

The tide is very much in our court now.

John Wallace

Publicly he's saying one thing and in the court he's saying another thing.

Bobby Frasor

The whole arena-type thing, our home court is a big setting, so that really didn't shock us or anything. It's just getting used to the ball. New ball, new place, new exposure.

M. Wolfe

The way the court resolved this was correct. This decision shows how the law can be practical.

Pete Potloff

This group has never won here. It's been a long time since we've been able to pull off a win here. You know Regis defends their home court well, and they're never out of it.

David Scheffer

This court is not going away. It's here to stay, ... Get used to it, get over it, get on with it.

Leonard Sand

This court is not a vehicle for public declarations,

Carl von Clausewitz

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Charles R. Swindoll

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

Greg Howard

We determined he made a mistake, after a review. I felt like it was a mistake we needed to punish him over.

James Appathurai

There is a shared determination to push forward with the expansion of the mission.

Anton Chekhov

I don't know why one can't chase two rabbits at the same time, even in the literal sense of those words. If you have the hounds, go ahead and pursue.

Cobi Jones

We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.

Bruno Bettelheim

Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.

Elbert Hubbard

The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Aristotle

For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice is the more dangerous, and he is equipped at birth with the arms of intelligence and with moral qualities which he may use for the worst ends. Wherefore, if he have not virtue, he is the most unholy and the most savage of animals, and the most full of lust and gluttony. But justice is the bond of men in states, and the administration of justice, which is the determination of what is just, is the principle of order in political society.

Hanno Langenhoven

The route to a destination is dictated by the start location of the one that makes the journey.

Dave Smith

We tried to work for high percentage shots, we need to. Horton wasn't going to give us any easy baskets. They dictated the pace of the game pretty good.

Morris Hatalsky

I saw Scott missed his putt at 18 and that dictated my strategy on 18. I knew I could three-putt and that's what I did. It's very gratifying to come to a place like this and win.

Sonya Hartnett

I don't understand why one should be one thing or the other. Writing, to me, is writing is writing. It should be a flexible tool. Whatever skills I have, have to work for me; I won't be dictated by them.

Brian McInerney

Right now our flood threat is ... dictated by what kind of snow pack is in the mountains.

Aaron Rowand

After playing 14 innings, when my head finally hits that pillow, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble sleeping tonight.

Lauri Hakala

Sometimes it goes that way, sometimes it doesn't. I've been really mindful of my footwork. I'm happy it finally worked.

Andy White

I slept in today until about 12. I had finals (scheduled), but I hadn't studied for any of them, and I was really tired, so I took a break.

Nancy Evans

This is the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle which will let us get the most prized piece of information about a star, that is, its mass.

Darin Erstad

We're happy that spring training is finally over. It's always fun to get the season under way and to keep score for real.

Bela Lugosi

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Linda Kilpatrick

We're just too inconsistent right now. We're not ready for the playoffs. We're not playing like we should be in the playoffs. Our players need to do a little self-analyzing before our final three games.

Dynelle Tadlock

We ran our offense to get open shots and it finally paid off. I wanted the girls to recover from those two losses as a team, and I think we showed we can play team basketball.

Charles Bukowski

The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you were twelve floors up instead of four. It was very much like living on the edge of the world - a last resting place before the final big drop.

Mark Twain

The world will not stop and think- it never does, it is not its way; its way is to generalize from a single sample

Jim Tharp

Young kids were about a third, parents were about a third, and then the rest was the general audience.

Tori Kelly

When I'm on stage, I generally wear what I would wear every other day, but I think my hair is probably bigger on stage - it seems to be my accessory!

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.

Michael Williams

At the end of the day, what happened in the first 72 hours is going to be generally overshadowed by what happens in the next 12 to 24 months,

Doug Smith

Wolf populations can generally take a 30 percent mortality rate and stay stable. If this is one year, there's nothing to worry about. If it comes to successive years, we could have a problem.

Jeffrey Bewkes

We think it's a general malaise about the (media) sector.

John McHale

Issues of this type are really between the general partners, ... Our office will get involved only if there is a request for a transfer of power.

Chris Dailey

She was very much a small-town girl. I always knew that she'd be successful and happy in her life because she's generally a happy person, someone who always looks at things in a positive way. She's great with people. I'm not surprised at all that she's back home.

John Hueston

This is a simple case. It's not about accounting. It's about lies.

Susan Love

Breast cancer: Where we are and what lies ahead.

Imron Cotan

We will be telling lies if we said there has been a genocide.

Tom Nalen

Playing doesn't lie, you've got to go out there and get it done. And if you do, it doesn't matter how you got there, they'll find a place for you to play.

John Rzeznik

All we are is what we're told and most of thats been lies.

Jason Dourisseau

It's going to be tough on Wednesday, I'm not going to lie. But I think we'll be ready to go.

Eric Anderson

As you say, ... the power lies with all the heterosexuals.

Marianne Williamson

My self healing lies in praying for those who have harmed me.

John T. Flynn

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Sarah Davis

People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do.

Richard M. Nixon

People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

Alison Goldfrapp

People say that sort of thing and I just think, nah,

Juan Rincon

People say stuff at the games. But most of the people, especially here in Minnesota, have been amazing.

Bill Butler

People say one tree doesn't make a difference, but really they do.

P. J. O'Rourke

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

Rhys Ifans

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.

Al Gore

that they may be returned to us safely and soon.

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!