Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Skains

We are talking about activity 100 miles or more offshore that will not be seen, heard or smelled.

Yun Qian

The pollution (that) resulted from human activity may have created a haze which absorbs and deflects the sun's rays.

Charlie Duggan

We are anticipating between $5 to 7 million for the cost and originally estimated it costing about $4.8 million. We also think that with all the constructing activity with (Hurricane) Katrina that we are anticipating higher prices, just not sure how high they might be. We might have to shift money from other projects if the reconstruction costs more than our expected expense.

Ken Smith

We are very much aware of the potential for gang activity here. So far we haven't seen any evidence of gang participation in the juvenile system.

Scott Davis

We are very encouraged by the amount of new business bid activity currently in the pipeline, now that we are no longer fighting the headwinds of labor uncertainty, ... Consumer confidence will be key to the success of this year's fourth quarter.

Janet Carter

We are going to have a doggone hard time showing a decrease in property values. We are going to have a doggone hard time showing a decrease in economic activity due to sexually oriented businesses.

Tom Badger

We had some activity in March, and based on that we took it off the deferred list and were working on getting it programmed for repair. We were getting ready to do some remedial design work, and it was scheduled to be built in the spring.

John Lister

We wanted a lot of activity and a lot of life on the outside of the building. We thought that this is a project that will expand the downtown down Market Street. This was the next big jump.

Tom Vincz

This type of illegal activity is a real concern and keeps our investigative units busy. It is a problem on the regional and national level.

Rick Lane

There was a hands-off mentality because Congress didn't understand the issues.

Carol Cox

We will spend less money next year than we did two years ago -- not very much less, ... The administration, having lowered the bar, got more of what it wanted out of Congress. At the end, the administration was holding the whip hand because it was Congress that wanted to go home.

Tom Daschle

OK, we'll take the first step. This is as crucial as it gets.

Tom Schatz

Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.

Rick White

Most of Congress is sort of lost in cyberspace. They know there's something called the Internet out there. But most of 'em don't know how to use it and most of 'em aren't very familiar with it.

Eric Fehrnstrom

If Congress and the President impose new requirements on the project, we'll follow the procedures and guidelines set out in the law.

Greg Valliere

I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.

Michael R. Bloomberg

I don't know what goes on on ships, ... I can tell you exactly what goes on on the streets of New York City. You are safe. People are nice. It is exciting. It is easy to get around. We have rooms reserved for every member of Congress and for every delegate.

Welshman Ncube

In 2000 we were given a mandate by the people to remove President Robert Mugabe. We are going back to congress in February, but he is still there. You have an obligation to report that we have failed to remove him. We have to report (even if) we say he stole the elections.

John Rice

Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,

Babe Ruth

It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.

Augustine Birrell

It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

Ayn Rand

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Benito Mussolini

If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!

C. S. Lewis

One of the dangers of having a lot of money is that you may be quite satisfied with the kinds of happiness money can give and so fail to realize your need for God. If everything seems to come simply by signing checks, you may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.

Bryant H. McGill

The act of true giving is indistinguishable from receiving.

Bryant H. McGill

When you give others a new chance, a new chance is really being given to you.

Bryant H. McGill

The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself.

Joseph Grundfest

There are a lot of complicated questions to answer.

Francis Bacon

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Helen Rowland

There aren't any embarrassing questions - only embarrassing answers.

Rod Barnes

I'm not going to take those questions today.

William Allan

Those are all questions we are going to be talking about with the commission.

Pat Hanlon

There's a lot of questions that need to be answered.

Susie Wisniowski

We're going to have to come up with some sort of strategy. There are just so many questions.

Jan Caldwell

We have the same questions about that as well.

Harry Reid

We know the questions that must be asked, ... Now we need answers.

Ray Stevenson

I feel like I don't exist. It's like I'm some sort of an alias.

Jay Frank

We have one person in custody. They are still trying to sort things out.

Gordon Fischer

I think he does sort of have this patina of independence. But I don't think he is all that independent from the White House.

MacGyver MacGyver

Desperation tends to make one sort of flexible.

Andrew Harrington

This is the time of year when stockpiles should be rising. We're in that sort of in-between period. Winter is sort of over and summer hasn't really started.

Candace Parker

What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back up' mentality.

Alan Greenspan

I was sort of shocked when it all of a sudden turned out that I got all A's through college, with the exception of two B's in the first term. I never envisaged myself as summa cum laude.

Kerry Washington

I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue.

Penn Badgley

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.

Elena Dementieva

I usually start to play well when I'm in trouble.

Jeff Kish

This is not how I wanted to start the New Year.

Patrick Riml

We will see. She's on the start list. We still have to see how she is doing tomorrow.

Rashard Lewis

We showed some fight, but it wasn't enough. We need that from the start and not just wait until the end.

Sander Levin

We start from scratch. Everything has to be on the table.

E. B. White

What I first had to do was to start them thinking differently. They just didn't have a whole lot of pride.

Seth Godin

Keep starting until you finish.

Frank Robinson

One thing he has to start doing, he has to start being productive. He has to, because you can't keep going 0-for-3, 0-for-4, 0-for-4, 1-for-4, that type of thing, from the top of the lineup.

S. Hughes

I am speechless, honestly, I feel like I'm going to start crying.