Famous Quotes & Sayings

Leonard Boswell

I've been very instrumental in pushing for the reform in our intelligence system, to have a national director where they've got clout over these 15 different agencies. We look back prior to 9/11 and there was some information out there that wasn't being shared just because the system is antiquated and wasn't working. We've got to fix that and we're in the process of doing it.

Christopher Dodd

We need to do something about antiquated voting machines, ballots that confuse rather than clarify, and overcrowded polling places.

Dan Smith

It's really quite astonishing how little Floridians are getting from their 25 House members. We have a dearth of real leaders in the House from Florida. It's surprising how little clout these members have.

John Curran

As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they'll still get made.

Pete Witte

The West Side neighborhoods haven't had the kind of clout they had in the WEST PAC days. We're trying to pick up where they left off.

Scott Smith

There's no doubt that in today's world, booster clubs have more clout because the need for them is more than it used to be.

Dave Bautista

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

Stephen Chbosky

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me.

Aaron Johnson

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Rebecca Hall

You either are a good director or you're not.

Zhang Yimou

I'm very honored to become executive director of the ceremonies.

Coleen Rowley

I never really anticipated this kind of impact when I wrote this letter to Director Mueller two weeks ago.

Rich Campbell

(The film festival) has become very popular in a lot of different communities. And the director of the world tour says that the films are as good as he's ever seen them.

Ernie Passailaigue

The first day the executive director walks through the door, it should take no more than five months - it might be done in 4 1/2 months.

Norman Lear

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

Justin McCareins

I was wondering who that guy was throwing that ball. We'll get it fixed up for when it matters the most.

Chris Gray

In the past, he would really jump your case. This year, if something happens, or someone makes a mistake he comes up to you and says, 'You know what you did wrong, right? Well, fix it!

S. Walker

If you have a concern, we want to know so we can fix it.

Kent Scheidegger

If the provision holds up, it should fix the problem.

Scott Johnson

If there's something wrong with the no-fault laws, let's fix those problems.

Billy Tauzin

If the networks and the VNS system made a mistake, the first good thing to do is to say we made a mistake and many of you did, ... And the second good thing you can do is to find out how you can fix it so it doesn't happen again.

David Meredith

If you can feel the air, you can fix it,

Jeff Samardzija

I have to go back to fundamentals during the week. There are some things I need to correct, but it shouldn't be too hard to fix them.

Rob Sumner

I liked our start and our finish, and we can fix the way we played in-between. I really liked the way we played with desperation once we got to that point.

Rob Baskin

I think the key is to share the information you have when you have it with the public, with the press, with regulatory or governmental officials. That's important, to be open and transparent with communications.

Jim Moran

It is premature, we don't have enough information and . . . it may turn out to be unnecessary.

Bryan Whitman

I don't have any specific information on these images.

James Jeffrey

I don't have any more information for you on that.

Arlen Specter

Had that information been shared with the FBI, which was trying to get it, 9/11 might have been prevented,

William S. Burroughs

Paranoia is just having the right information.

Sam Walton

Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.

Vladimir Nabokov

All the information I have about myself is from forged documents.

William O. Douglas

A reporter is no better than his source of information.

Mark Turgeon

He had a tough night at Southern; it's as simple as that. He didn't play with the intelligence he usually plays with.

Bill Frist

the intelligence committee's progress of the Phase II review of the prewar intelligence and its schedule for completion.

Emile M. Cioran

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

Edgar Degas

There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.

Alex Winter

The talent, the technical facilities, and the intelligence of the people - I just love London.

David Skuse

Teenagers really do get 'dumber' in their social intelligence around the time of puberty,

John McCarthy

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

Michael Howard

did not tell the truth about the intelligence he received.

Stephen Hadley

We all looked at the same intelligence, and most people -- on the intelligence -- reached the same conclusion.

William Dembski

without speculating about the nature of the intelligence.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Aldo Radamus

It is Julia's first year on the national team, and she's been successful in downhill.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

Hong Feng

I suggest taking pictures here with an unfolded national flag.

Jason Mraz

I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all singing along. It was as if I was singing the Swedish national anthem. I was stunned.

Seimone Augustus

I just had a lot of thoughts about the opportunities we've had (to win a national championship). I also thought about the opportunities we have now.

Tony Blair

The circumstances of our national security have now self-evidently changed,

John Hurt

The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.

Jakaya Kikwete

I will make sure research and development is a top priority in agricultural development.

Sarah Kay

One of my highest priorities as an educator is to be as inclusive as possible.

Gary Snyder

The first priority is just to get them registered,

Mahatma Gandhi

Your action expresses your priorities.

Dennis Hastert

The two priorities have to find a commonality. That's what this negotiation is about,

Edgerrin James

They just signed a new guy, so they are working to get better. As long as it is a priority ten it is all right.

Nancy Sinatra

I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.

Oswald Chambers

Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God ...

Olivia Wilde

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.

Steve Siegel

We're in the process of returning it to its rightful owner.

Phil Frame

We're in the process of interviewing right now. We take their statements, then go back to the site to verify what they said they saw.

Pearl Norris

We're in the process of getting it started.

Vince Dooley

I think we all realize that the more subjective the process is, the worse things are for everybody. I think it would be proper to come up with something more definitive.

Lloyd Dobens

It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how well they all work together.

Eric Stoltz

Roger visited us and got to know and spend time with Nestor before he died. That's an important part of the process of portraiture. And, of course, we have thousands of photos.

Judith Stadtman

If you're going to try to put this process into a box, it's going to kill you.

Pat Gelsinger

The combination of platforms, products and process technology we think is a winning combination for the year.

Eric Holder

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.

Ryan Baker

I think it's from each other and pushing each other and having fun. If somebody does well, then we'll give him some support.

Sally Ride

Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.

Grady Jackson

I'll be ready for Detroit. I just have to get the footwork down, get used to pushing and everything again.

Albert Einstein

I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram!

Ann Aguirre

He is not the same person as when we met, but . . . neither am I. Time has refined us, but instead of pushing us apart, we’re closer than ever.

Thomas Reid

I sit in my loft with the haves and look out at the have-nots - the bottom of the bottom - and I have to rationalize it, ... Am I pushing out the homeless?

Simon Sinek

Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before.

Susan Jeffers

So commit! Commit yourself to pushing through the fear and becoming more than you are at the present moment. The you that could be is absolutely colossal.

Sherilyn Fenn

They're pushing me to do Howard. Howard's a trip. My friend made me watch the Lesbian Love Connection and I was like, Oh God, get me out of here!

Narendra Modi

Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective.

Mo Udall

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.

Julia Gillard

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

Justin Amash

There seems to be a lot of momentum behind immigration reform.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every reform was once a private opinion.

Phil Bredesen

It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation.

John Garamendi

I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.

John Mica

Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

Farid Abdulkadir

It's the first time this system has been used.

Myles Munroe

External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.

David Garrett

This is a system that we take for granted,

Chuck Wilson

We have all new duct work and a new heating and ventilation system in there, so we won't be using the old system,