Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Martin

We are finding that the President has surrounded himself with some capable and pretty knowledgeable people. I am comfortable that they will adequately be able to represent the issues.

Gerald Garrett

It is probably not going to happen, ... At this point, I have had no indication from the members that we need to have a formal hearing to adequately explore this matter.

James Loney

I am grateful in a way that can never be adequately expressed in words. To the British soldiers who risked their lives to rescue us, to the government of Canada who sent a team to Baghdad to help secure our release, to all those who thought about us and prayed for us, for all those who spoke for us when we had no voice, I am forever and truly grateful. It's great to be alive.

William Westmoreland

I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.

Azim Premji

Our clients are under a lot of pressure to get new products faster into the market. Their core employment isn't adequate for it, so they're looking for partners who can do it for them.

Richard Ptak

Recent trends are such that 'reasonable prudence and responsibility' are no longer adequate to protect executives from liability in the case of security or performance breakdown. You need to show extraordinary efforts are taken to ensure policies exist, are applied consistently and that rigorous searches to look for, identify and resolve vulnerabilities are made regularly.

Michael Cunningham

It has not been given adequate funding. It lacks all of the tools it needs, so this is an effort to revive this program.

Jack Cheevers

The health plans are required to have adequate pharmacy networks. If pharmacies drop out, the plans will have to find somebody else to replace them.

Joseph Dunn

The Guard leadership will forever tell the people of California they are adequately staffed to deal with anything. They're not,

Leonard Sand

I don't believe First Amendment rights are being infringed,

Dick Thornburgh

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

Jim Cooper

Immortality awaits the legislator fortunate enough to have a significant law named after him. Think of Pell grants or Stafford loans for students, Sarbanes-Oxley to regulate Wall Street, or the Hyde Amendment on abortions.

William Kelly

In contrast to the prescribed right to statewide referendum process, there is no affirmative right under the Maine Constitution which enables citizens to enact local ordinances by petition. This conclusion is in accordance with Maine law.... In conclusion, the city drafted the charter to provide for a citizen's initiative process and the city can amend the charter to limit that process. The proposed amendment is in accordance with state and federal constitutions, as well as state statute.

John McCain

I know that money corrupts. I would rather have a clean government than one where ""First Amendment rights are being respected,"" that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government.

Sen. Baker

The intent had been to provide them with $1 million each. There was not as much in (the budget) as initially thought. We're going to be able to correct it with a floor amendment tomorrow.

Joe Curtin

The military must be very careful in not violating an individual's First Amendment rights,

Jerry Yang

The Internet, as a First Amendment medium, hinges on free expression, and that means free advertising.

Greg Allen

The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech? The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make no law (abridging the freedom of speech).' No law, period.

Freman Hendrix

It has been a labor of love for me. I have not tired. I am energized when I am around the citizens of Detroit.

Rick Scott

No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

Ashley Painter

I'm praying they're going to give him his citizenship.

Willie Williams

I have no idea yet; I know I'll be evaluating the entire agency. One of the first things I'll be doing is making contact with the citizens of this fine town.

Dan Bartlett

The federal government stands ready to work with state and local officials to secure New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. The president will not let any form of bureaucracy get in the way of protecting the citizens of Louisiana.

John Monks

The Commission has sided with the general employer offensive on working time. Now the Commission has failed in its duty, the ETUC expects the Parliament to confirm its earlier stance and protect Europe's citizens from longer and longer working hours.

Steve Oestreicher

The citizens of Wisconsin have truly lost a conservation legend.

James Perkins

The citizens of Selma have a strong desire to help people who are in need, ... We have a lot of people in our town that are not being serviced. What I'm trying to do is fill (the void).

Ariel Sharon

The citizens of Israel deserve leadership which acts, first and foremost, for the good of the public, and not for the narrow political interest,

Montae Reagor

We've earned the right to be there, so you've got to enjoy the moment in the moment. It's good to see all the media and all the coverage because we've worked hard and it's been a long journey, but it has been fun.

Bill Bradley

I am going to replace Medicaid with something better, ... Some 40 percent of minorities do not have coverage (under Medicaid). They would be covered.

Mike Singletary

Playing coverage isn't about speed. It's about technique and studying film. Jeff Ulbrich understands that. He's the ears and eyes of the defense.

Billy Davis

We still have to work real hard at us working together, not (having) somebody playing one coverage and somebody else playing another. We have to fit together and play together.

Mike Mularkey

Tampa Bay's (two-deep zone) coverage was trying to take away the deep threats, so you've got to have somebody inside that's got a good feel for finding soft spots underneath the coverage. Sometimes it's not a matter of how quick or how fast you are, but how elusive you can be and how well can you get open. Josh did a nice job of that (Sunday).

Philip Schneider

There's a huge media coverage and it has an impact, and the judge has to live with that.

TobyMac

I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by being on the road.

Maria Sharapova

Women's tennis players are getting as many sponsors and media coverage as men, and our TV ratings at the Grand Slams are pretty much equal to and often better than the men, so I don't understand the rationale for paying the men more than us.

Lalit Modi

With Nimbus Sport's excellent track record and very competitive cost, BCCI has secured for itself and its fans a fantastic level of TV coverage never before seen in India.

Dick Cheney

I think the economic outlook makes tax reform, tax cuts more important than ever, ... Because it does look like the economy has slowed significantly.

David H. Koch

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

Devin Aromashodu

I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking for. ... I need to get in and out of cuts ASAP. I need to be as good at that as possible.

Jim Taylor

It's likely there will be some major cuts in future rounds. Whether we will be one of them, I don't know.

Karl Malone

Look at this, scabs and cuts all over me, I get these every night, every game. They can't tell you that you're not at risk, and you can't tell me there's one guy in the N.B.A. who hasn't thought about it.

Heino Ruland

The job cuts were well priced in. What was not in the price was the results, because the fourth-quarter result was driven by the top line as opposed to anything else.

Tony Marshall

All of those cuts have to be restored before we can talk about staffing.

John Casesa

The massive cuts reflect high inventory levels, falling new vehicle sales and a shift in automaker tactics from price cuts to production cuts,

Hugh Johnson

The markets are getting a little nervous . On balance, investors want to see this president and the tax cuts preserved.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Bobby Smith

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

Bouna Ndiaye

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

A. Hodge

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

Kiki Vandeweghe

He wants to be helping his team. Let's just leave it at that.

Doug Mitchell

He did everything he could to help this team succeed.

Stephen Jones

He can really help solidify our offensive line. We needed some flexibility there as well.

Larry Sabato

He could have made millions in the private sector.

Nandan Nilekani

I'm in politics to make the lives of millions of Indians better.

Beau Greely

This is two millions in a row. He'll stay here for the Breeders' Cup.

Notting Hill

Bernie: I'm sorry I am so late. Bollocksed up at work again, I fear. Millions down the drain.

John H. Reagan

You are not content with the vast millions of tribute we pay you annually under the operation of our revenue law, our navigation laws, your fishing bounties, and by making your people our manufacturers, our merchants, our shippers.

Zhu Rongji

At this occasion of reunion for millions of families, we miss our Taiwan compatriots more than ever,

Albert Brooks

If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money.

Mike Burkett

So many millions of people don't feel like their vote has any meaning. There is no reason why younger people can't be a unified force.

Ian Livingstone

We have spent tens of millions of pounds on it and we will spend more tens of millions of pounds.

Mike Slive

Just the fundamental format, I think, needs explanation.

Jolanda Schreurs

I think it's an opportunity to redress that and start working in concert. Our needs should be aligned.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

A ruler who needs religion to help him rule is a weakling. No weakling should rule..

Two Chainz

You need to be your own individual.

Tim Lappano

He needs to understand that playing quarterback in this system takes a lot of work and a lot of film study.

Brent Kemnitz

He needs to pitch like a fifth-year senior for us.

Richelle Mead

When you've got everything you need, why complicate it?

Richelle Mead

Coming to my rescue?' 'Of course. It's what we do. I rescue you; you rescue me. We just take turns whenever the other needs it.

Rex Harrison

Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation.

Sally Ride

I don't have any nicknames.

Scott Pelley

It's not the nicknames, it's how they got the nicknames that matters.

Christopher Poole

As a teenager, I used to use the nickname 'Moo' as a moniker online, and then I turned into 'Moot' for fun, which I didn't even realize was a real word at the time, and it just stuck with me.

Steve Sabol

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames.

Johnny Marr

Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.

Bea Arthur

If you would have told me ten years ago I'd be doing this and being received like I am now, I'd say you're crazy.

Jerry Glover

I have never received one dime. This is all volunteer.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

I have not received the resolution for signing.

Rachel Johnson

After that I received 74 unsolicited text messages,

Henry Ward Beecher

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Dita Von Teese

Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.

Sean Moran

We have yet to receive a response from the town or the Benjamin Co..

Dimieari Kemedi

Most of these militants received their first weapon from the ruling party.

Sen. Nass

I think it will receive an even more overwhelming reception in the Senate.

Ken Starr

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Greg Rucka

When they're saying 'it's too dark,' they're saying, 'I'm scared.'

Giulio Tremonti

I have been saying for three years that Fazio is not suitable for this job.

Johnathon Schaech

I'm loving saying 'I'm not a big movie star, but I play one on television.'

Heather Hibner

I'm not saying this to be political, but it really was a team effort.

Allen Settle

This is like saying I could not vote on sewer or water projects,

Elizabeth May

It's unfortunate. I sort of feel like saying

Jakob Nielsen

That's a big credibility booster. It's not just you saying it, but there's actually someone else who's saying it as well.

Sam Albert

It's a multi-vendor world, and you can't get there by saying we've got the only answer.

Joseph Biden

It's time for him (President Clinton) to stop saying he won't put them on the table,

Mike Carey

I think Ann Strother took over the game, which a senior should.

Sara Zarr

Ethan and I are done," I said finally. "I'm sorry." "He was my first boyfriend." "I know." "The only real boyfriend I've had. I'm a senior in high school and he was my only real boyfriend." "I know." "And I won't find another one at Jones Hall. That is guaranteed." "Okay." "This is all very sad and tragic," I said. Alan unwrapped a sleeve of Smarties. "Yet, oddly, you don't seem that upset." "I know.

Robert Morse

I love to go into the studio on days when I'm not even doing anything. It's like my senior club. Some people go to senior centers, well I go to my senior center.

Taquan Dean

I have nothing to say. As a senior leader, it's tough.

Jack Welch

Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.

Friedrich August von Hayek

The central problem of management is how spontaneous interaction of people within a firm, each possessing only bits of knowledge, can bring about the competitive success that could only be achieved by the deliberate direction of a senior management that possesses the combined knowledge of all employees and contractors

Eric Kandel

I went to medical school after having decided to do so somewhere between my junior and senior year at Harvard - very late. I initially wanted to be an intellectual historian.

Eric Holder

Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate. 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

Lucky Wurtz

They've got some senior playmakers in Lambert and Gillespie. They outplayed us, simple as that.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

Sgt. Reynolds

His statement was that it was a very small amount.

Ian Fleming

To come and see them live at a small track has appeal.

Dale Maharidge

In a small town, there is a thin veil of anonymity,

Mikhail Prokhorov

I don't understand small businesses, only big ones. Marriage is the hardest small business.

James Fenton

An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again.

Philippa Gregory

It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.

Peter Ustinov

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer

John Irving

Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes.

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Friedrich Engels

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

Jules Verne

I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!

Milton Friedman

If you cannot state a proposition clearly and unambiguously, you do not understand it.

Mike McCurry

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

The Bravery

the only town in the United States of that name!

Antonin Scalia

Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is "established by the State".

Corrine Brown

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?

Warren Buffett

Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

Wellington Mara

I'm not taking that. Go ahead, it's here, just take it.

Nancy Grace

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

Abraham Torres

I've been up there a long time. I just don't see the justification for what is taking place.

Bob Krabbe

This is devastating. It's unfortunate it's taking place.

Abdul Sattar

First of all there are the American offensives and then the threats from the militants that they will kill those taking part in the referendum.

Mike Gold

We are taking a robust, step-by-step development approach,

Jack Evans

There are not even any discussions about it taking place around here.

Warren Buffett

I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.

Wesley Snipes

I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.

Robert Orben

Did you ever get to wondering if taxation without representation might have been cheaper?

Lyndon B. Johnson

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.

Jim Ramstad

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

David R. Ellis

No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.

Alan Sugar

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

Calvin Trillin

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.

Robert James

The taxpayers have spoken. They want a change.

Ryan Miller

From the coaches on down, especially Jim Corsi whose been a great supporter, a true friend who really cares about his players and allowed me the chance to develop.

Whitney Cummings

A true friend will go with the instagram filter that flatters you.

Samuel Richardson

Virtue only is the true beauty.

Robert Pattinson

I see love as an evolution of true friendship.

Robin McKinley

[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous.

Wilmer Valderrama

If you loved once, and if you cared once, you never really stop. And if you build a true foundation, a true friendship, that never really goes away.

William Hazlitt

True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.

Nancy Werlin

From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not?

Jose Marti

Cultivo una rosa blanca, En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo ni oruga cultivo Cultivo una rosa blanca. I have a white rose to tend In July as in January; I give it to the true friend Who offers his frank hand to me. And to the cruel one whose blows Break the heart by which I live, Thistle nor thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose.