Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tinashe

My dad was a theater actor, so he had an agent, and he brought me into his agency when I was maybe four years old. That was how I started. I started modeling, and it progressed from there.

Tom Glavine

I think you're going to see another winter where free agency is not as ... chaotic as it has been in years past, ... It'll be more like last winter.

Bennie Thompson

I am glad that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has recognized the problems with its contracting methods,

Bruce Babbitt

Had those calculations been properly done there would have been a larger background personnel and support, ... With those mistakes embedded in it, the process began with the (Forest Service) agency and participants behind the curve.

Richard Perle

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go.

Richard Curtis

We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!

Ronald Reagan

The American Petroleum Institute filed suit against the EPA [and] charged that the agency was suppressing a scientific study for fear it might be misinterpreted... The suppressed study reveals that 80 percent of air pollution comes not from chimneys and auto exhaust pipes, but from plants and trees.

Brian Billick

Our collective mind-set is to improve this team. We'll keep doing this through the draft, free agency and in other ways. It's a disappointment to not get T.O., but I'm confident in our abilities to raise the Ravens to the next level.

Bob Lohn

Recent information and further analysis leads our agency to conclude that the Southern Resident killer whale population is at risk of extinction, and should be listed as endangered. By giving it protection under the ESA, we have a better chance of keeping this population alive for future generations.

Mahbubur Rahman

The university authority often conduct survey in the Hall, but that is all. We are forced to live in the Hall risking our lives.

Ted Cruz

We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.

Zhu Bangzao

If the Taiwanese authorities refuse peaceful negotiation to solve the reunification issue, China will have no choice but to take all measures, including the use of force, to defend its territorial integrity.

B. F. Skinner

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing. They were under a lot of pressure, and they took a lot of shortcuts that may have resulted in a lot of waste. And they may have abused their authority to enter into contracts that they were not authorized to do.

Webster Franklin

When you're creating a new taxing authority, it could possibly create instability, of which Tunica has been fortunate not to have over the last 14 years.

Sol Campbell

It is now being dealt with by the authorities.

Carlos Queiroz

He went to make a statement as was planned. Based on those statements, the authorities are going to reach fair and correct conclusions,

Gilles Duceppe

Today is the moment of truth for the Liberals, who do not have moral authority to govern. Will the prime minister respect the will of the elected representatives of the people and recognize he no longer has their trust?

Andrew Fulghum

Our authority to own and operate a container terminal has been confirmed and now it is time to build it.

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.

Maria Fernandez

All we want Congress to do is hear what we have to say. We have illegal parents. Some of us are here illegally. And all we want is an education and to succeed in the United States, because we're already here.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Hal Capps

You never know what we are going to run. We feel like we have six tailbacks that can get the job done on any given night.

David Brodsky

Everything (entitled to the defense) is not given to us,

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Mark Rylance

This situation has given them an opportunity to really set themselves up.

Orrin Hatch

We think that this money should be given in tax relief to the American people, not spent by those know-it-alls back in Washington,

Taylor Swift

I never expected anything to be given to me.

Luan Enjie

Sending a man to the Moon? It would be a one-way ticket if we do it now, given the thrust of our rockets at present is not strong enough.

Doug Thornton

She's taken a hit. She's been given the ultimate test.

Mayor Iwuc

Better than the minimum qualifications outlined in the charter. Not only do I want the best-qualified chief, I want the best.

Sebastian Bellomo

You don't have to worry about safety. It's very safe.

Thomas Guthrie

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

Jerry Smith

Don't learn safety by accident.

Jackie Stewart

It takes leadership to improve safety.

Frederick Douglass

The ballot is the only safety.

Harold MacMillan

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.

Nathan Myhrvold

If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.

Benjamin Graham

There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.

Pema Chodron

Patience is not learned in safety.

Brent Pohlonski

We always say our team is like a family. With so many sets of siblings, it just makes it more like a family.

Joan Claybrook

These standards are written for Detroit, by Detroit.

Thomas S. Monson

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.