Famous Quotes & Sayings

Uhuru Kenyatta

Despite the fact that we are dealing with an issue that is top on the minds of Kenyans, we have done our best to abide by the rules especially on content.

Hans Blix

It would be awkward if we were doing inspections and then a new mandate, with new, changed directives were to arise, ... It would be better have those earlier. My impression is that there is good intensity with talks about that, and we will abide by whatever the council decides.

Gibson Sibanda

The Western world must tell Mugabe to stop the orchestrated violence and abide by the rule of law.

Sidney Taurel

We deeply regret the 1998 conduct, which has resulted in a federal misdemeanor charge. We take seriously our responsibilities to abide by all the laws governing our business practices and are committed to ensuring our employees' actions reflect the highest legal and ethical standards of conduct. Although the government has not charged Lilly with any unlawful intent, we will continue to take steps designed to assure that Lilly's promotional activities remain fully compliant.

Kelvin Frazier

We have rules we have to go by to make the case. You may know he did it but I still have rules I have to abide by to put my case together and for me that's the hardest thing of the job you have to let this guy go.

Ken Bacon

This soldier got prompt visitation from the ICRC as well as prompt medical care. So we have yet to see any delivery on the Serb promise that they plan to abide by the terms of the Geneva Conventions,

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There shall be sent round to them golden bowls and drinking-cups and therein shall be what their souls yearn after and (wherein) the eyes shall delight, and you shall abide therein.

Leslie Alexander

We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to abide with what they ruled. The league thinks if one team does it, everybody is going to do it, and it would set a precedent by letting everybody go there and get benefits above and beyond what the collective bargaining agreement calls for. I don't agree or disagree. That's what the league is ruling, and I'm going to abide by it.

Larry Neal

We haven't been terribly specific, except to say that the application of common sense is desirable. In the end, the House seems likely to adopt new rules, and then we'll all abide by them. In the meantime, it would be good to be wise.

Thomas McSweeny

Our analysis shows that ... you could make a 20-fold increase in safety in the center fuel tank on the 747 (with JP-5). That's worth going after.

Michael Ovitz

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

Don White

After a thorough analysis of Data Centers in the Charlotte market, we selected Hosted Solutions for their Dual Power Grid architecture, redundant infrastructure, and focus on security and process.

John Bollinger

Technical analysis works precisely because people look at it. And if people care, I care.

Michael Heffernan

Technical analysis will show you unusual trading patterns which might indicate a takeover bid or an institution building up a stake.

Timothy Dean

I've treated them just like my own students, so they've had to commit to the way we work. It's been interesting to see how the thoroughness and meticulous analysis of the way we operate has been new to them.

Melissa Fleming

It was very clear from our analysis that they were forgeries. We found 20 to 30 anomalies within a day.

Kim Foster

They are all here, or have been here recently and are doing their analysis on the market here. They are also working with one another to look at co-location opportunities. I think that you are going to see one or more of them make a move very shortly, as opposed to long-term. I think you're going to see something happen quite quickly.

Christine Gregoire

This is a significant issue for the nation, ... It is a watershed issue of public policy that requires the review and analysis of our nation's highest court.

Dean Breest

There are dramatic numbers of adjustments on a seasonal basis going in and out of a tourist destination like Las Vegas.

Claude Mandil

What we decided was in response to a shortage caused by Hurricane Katrina, in a situation where there was lack of spare capacity, which is much more difficult to offset without the reserve release. The prices are a signal, but not the basis for us to decide. We are convinced that they have hurt the economy since last year.

Richard Cripps

We've set up a situation where a 25 basis point (a quarter percentage point) cut is good but you're looking at a market that's desperate.

Robert Lang

Are you telling me they're going to do a new urbanist village when the center of the economy is vice? ... Casinos in Mississippi were such a pariah land use that they were not even on land. Now they're going to be the basis of a traditional community?

James Robertson

Even though I'm quite well established, it's not always easy to have a real security of income for the next two to three years. It gives me the freedom to experiment with form and style, and not just write a conventional novel. It gives me the breathing space and the time. They are trusting me on the basis of my track record to produce something of value and quality.

John Shelby Spong

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?

Rick Francis

We feel we can play pretty good defense, and any time you play good defense on a consistent basis you're going to be in the game.

Scott Handy

When we started off with Linux six years ago, we promised to invest $1 billion, and now we are getting that investment back on a quarterly basis going forward.

M. Wolfe

People who are on this campus on a day-to-day basis know the campus better than a consultant. It's very important for their input.

Craig Benson

The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the way the Business Profits Tax is calculated, it is highly dependent on how much sales and profits are generated in-state.

William Williams

The business of love iscruelty which,by our wills,we transformto live together.

David Healy

The business does not deserve a huge premium. It's a cyclical business, earnings are erratic.

Steve Bennett

As our customers run their businesses or manage their personal finances, dealing with tax requirements creates a lot of opportunities for Intuit.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Niklas Zennstrom

People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

Don Logan

The narrowband business is a highly profitable business, and it's going to continue to be so for a long time to come,

Mindy Lubber

Dozens of U.S. businesses are ignoring the issue with 'business as usual' responses that are putting their companies, and their shareholders, at risk.

Kevin Rollins

Dell's business model is potent in all economic cycles,

Gary Ruskin

So the question is who else is going to know. We are concerned about the invasion of privacy related to corporate advertisers knowing your position.

Kent Willis

School administrators are so concerned about discipline in school that they neglect the fundamental rights of students. Not only do students have a constitutional right to express themselves in the school so long as they're not disrupting the educational process, but schools ought to be encouraging students to express themselves.

Lara Rhame

This is not a 'ripping off the Band-Aid' kind of situation, where you know how much the pain will be and that you'll be fine afterwards. We don't know how well the economy has healed. The Fed remains very concerned ... that they might overshoot and give the economy such a shock they'll have to cut rates again.

Robert E. Lee

At present, I am not concerned with results. God's will ought to be our aim, and I am quite contented that His designs should be accomplished and not mine.

Stockwell Day

We are very concerned obviously with developments in Haiti.

Dave Bonnot

We were concerned that he seemed to be listening more to them (developers) then his constituents and us. He did say Mountain Springs was a great place to put a subdivision.

Richard Pound

We were concerned something might be going on in Italy.

Tom Padjen

We were concerned especially with homecoming week and everything. Defensively, we played a great game.

Michael Roth

We're looking at several things. We're concerned with the retaining wall, its stability from a water quality perspective, and their drainage controls, which are insufficient.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Flex Plexico

Prior to returning this detainee to Egypt, the United States received appropriate assurances from the government of Egypt regarding this detainee's treatment upon his return to Egypt. This includes assurances that this individual will continue to be treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international legal obligations, while he remains in Egypt,

Eddie Jones

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Mike Cahill

Denver's hotel market is just starting to turn around, so I think we're going to continue to see more and more sales in Colorado.

Leslie Tang

The strength in exports would continue to come from the sustained recovery in electronics demand, from the gradual recovery in the global electronics cycle, and commodities, especially from higher oil prices.

Michael Hecht

After five years of 20 percent growth, fixed income trading is unlikely to continue at that pace.

Larry Wachtel

So there's nothing to offset the economic news and stocks are muddling along. Until we get some surety about the economy or corporate earnings, we'll continue to have this drifting, dismal kind of day.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

Mike Greene

This is huge for the town. We will now use this Internet utility for economic development and distinguish ourselves.

Wang Ziqiang

This is not because of foreign pressure. This is about the country's economic development.

Harvey Pitt

This is not an economic problem, it's a physical catastrophe,

Thein Sein

To have internal peace and stability and economic development, it is important to have good relations with the political parties that we have in our country. That is why we have had engagement with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

James Gaston

You can't do right by the students in an economic vacuum,

Tom Schrader

We had such big gains yesterday that it is not unusual for us to consolidate a little bit. Then, oil's down but gasoline is up and that is counterbalancing each other. The economic news we had this morning was less than inspiring.

Lauryn Hill

I had an economic system imposed on me.

David Emery

Maine's economic performance has been spotty for a long time.

Alexei Kudrin

Lowering inflation to 3-4% annually should be a priority, a major instrument of economic policy, and we have the means to lower inflation to this level.

Gurudas Dasgupta

The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement.

Brenda Lee

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

Desiderius Erasmus

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!

Miguel de Cervantes

My honor is dearer to me than my life.

Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Peggy Corrigan

I was really shocked, very honored and very humbled. That was 30 years ago. I didn't really feel like I'd done anything special. I just did it because I loved it.

Steve Sparks

If they had anything in that arena, it would be an honor to work for this organization.

Laura Miller

She's very conscientious about the work she does at school and always has been an honor student. She's very interested in more travel and knowing how other people live and the things they like to do.

Boss Tweed

The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.

Barbara Jordan

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

Bashar al-Assad

Reform has to be based on opening your mind and opening the mind does not come from decrees or laws. It comes from a whole set of circumstances, which if you do not have, anything you do will be not productive or will be counter-productive.

Benjamin Disraeli

London owes everything to its press: it owes as much to its press as it does to its being the seat of government and the law.

Calvin Coolidge

The prohibition amendment to the Constitution requires the Congress. and the President to provide adequate laws to prevent its violation. It is my duty to enforce such laws.To prevent smuggling, the Coast Card should be greatly strengthened, and a supply of swift power boats should be provided. The major sources of production should be rigidly regulated, and every effort should be made to suppress interstate traffic... It is the duty of a citizen not only to observe the law but to let it be known that he is opposed to its violation.

Brigham Young

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

Bill James

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. There's a great many intersections between this unseemly tabloid phenomena and serious social issues and we never get to that intersection because serious people don't like to talk about that unattractive stuff.

Charles Spurgeon

If the giving of the Law, while it was yet unbroken, was attended with such a display of awe-inspiring power, what will that day be when the Lord shall, with flaming fire, take vengeance on those who have willfully broken that Law?

Dennis Prager

America derives its laws from its Constitution. It derives its values from the Bible. We don't get inalienable rights from the Constitution; we get them from God.

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.

Nathan Moss

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

E. B. White

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

Paul Decker

We've been briefed by the local organizing people.

Alan Bennett

I don't want to see libraries close; I want to find local solutions that will make them sustainable.

Steve Akers

To receive this designation, a marina must meet all federal, state and local regulations related to marina management.

Azzedine Alaia

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.

Bob McNair

If a local market is supporting the team strongly, you're not going to have a lot of support for a team leaving that market.

Rep. Arza

We don't want the state solving local problems, but we want to be partners in the local problem.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

Alfonso Scanio

The problem of railway safety has by now become a national emergency.

Rod Smith

Those are tragedies that have to be addressed on a national level.

Martha Stewart

I haven't been to Tasmania. I haven't been to the South Pole, and I haven't been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.

Larry Diamond

How can we communicate effectively if you risk being intercepted by the National Security Agency?

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.

Tom Golisano

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

Joe Philbin

I think from a penalty standpoint, he had more penalties than he's ever had and that's something he wants to get right. I think there are some things he probably didn't do as well as he has in the past.

Terry Pratchett

If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize.

Sen. Aronberg

It says you can't put signs on the right of way, but there are also penalties for people who steal other people's signs.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.

Marie Dressler

I'll have my double chins in privacy.

Lisa Kudrow

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

Kate Millett

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place

Dave Allison

That's huge. We didn't sit back and protect the lead, we went after it in the third period.

Michelle Moran

there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change

Bob Rue

I got to protect my eggs. I've got food, I've got toys, I'm having the time of my life.

Bryan Brown

That's because they took out everything that protected us.

Timothy Treadwell

I came, I saved, I protected and I studied,

Janet Norwood

He just hugged me and said, 'You've done your job, mom. It's my turn to protect you now.' I was just floored, you know, it was pretty unreal.

P. J. Harvey

Ideally, you want to protect all of the important pieces, as much as you can.

Steve Young

I just throw that brace on there, it's supposed to protect the knee. I just feel that the little brace, when I put it on, it's impenetrable.

Arlen Specter

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

Albert Einstein

If I can't picture it, I can't understand it.

Maurice Chevalier

Considering the alternative. . . it's not too bad at all.

John Ralston Saul

I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics.

Michael Crichton

Theories are just fantasies. And they change.

Hippocrates

And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.

Bertrand Russell

Zeno was concerned with three problems... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity.

H. G. Wells

Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture....

Horace

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

Hannah Arendt

Every thought is an afterthought.