Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Koenig

Just saying it was approved by the board and accountants wasn't going to cut it.

John Thompson

The only thing that has been approved so far is the subdivision of the land.

Sam Bodman

Last night I approved a company's request for loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,

Linda Malec

I am extremely concerned about the recent application, approved by current directors, to convert to a mutual savings bank. And I'm even more concerned about the lack of communication from board members and executive management to members.

William Reinsch

Had we known ... then what we know now, we wouldn't have approved the license -- no question.

John Cowen

We can get verification that they're approved and whether or not we can get the insurance to go through right then or not we still can fill the script and do the nightmare later.

Richard Hooker

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

Ron Wyden

Oregon's fishing industry is a critical part of our state's economy, and it will benefit in many ways from this Federal support approved today, ... The dollars included in this bill will also go toward improving Oregon's tsunami readiness, while also giving a boost to our state's cutting-edge oceanic research for the benefit of Oregon and the nation as a whole.

Maria Miller

Our office has no objection to work release, as long as it is approved by the administrators at the Wayne County Jail.

Bobby Hauck

Jake's a good tackler. That's how guys who walk onto your program find their way onto the field, and that's the benefit of going live out here and watching them play.

Sathya Baba

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.

Mike Wallace

Just merging the two organizations has a lot of challenges, ... The potential pitfalls and opportunities for disagreements exceed whatever benefits could be gained.

Muhammad Abdullah

It benefits me more because I'm more in the box. It puts me in the position where I can make more plays and bigger plays for the team.

Ben Martinez

I also depart from this portion of my life with a great sense of pride having played an integral part of the many projects and programs that will benefit National City residents in the coming years.

Francisco Gonzalez

Having a Club Manager with such diverse experience at the executive level will be of great benefit to the club. We are excited and are looking forward to Oscar bringing the Club to the next level.

Mark Ferguson

He likes our facility. He wanted to do this for the fire departments. We figured let's try this out -- it could certainly benefit us. They're the No. 1 radio show in the city of Pittsburgh, and they have a strong following. We were one of four that were selected.

Terri Cash

He lightens the atmosphere. He brings a personality the girls really enjoy. He brings out the best in everybody. His experience has been a benefit to me. We wouldn't be where we're at without him.

Lisa Stevens

He is part of a major breeding program to maintain a healthy population of this endangered species in captivity. At 2 years of age, decisions will be made on where he should go to benefit the breeding population.

Ken Ham

What is sad to me is not what Bill Nye thinks about me. What I found really unfortunate is that after presenting my stand on God's Word, there were a number of Christians who were more complimentary of Bill Nye than of me because Bill Nye was defending evolution and billions of years.

Don Tapscott

Kids are very savvy about the technology. But I'm not sure they totally understand the implications of a billion people being able to see them doing whatever is posted.

Doug Elliott

I would think his election increases the likelihood of a pension bill this year.

Bill Harding

I think investors have become more serious about the impact of taxes because they were saddled with tax bills in 2000 -- but many funds performed poorly as the market crashed.

Tony Buzan

The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time.

Muhammad Yunus

Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.

Richard Baker

What we enable with the passage of this bill is the creation of an independent regulator with all the tools necessary to protect the taxpayer, ... This is a fair compromise.

John Atkins

Having several governors from each of our different partners united in a single trust will greatly simplify and speed up the decision-making process. As a result, the school will be more responsive to any new opportunities. We are all ready to put this to public consultation as soon as the bill gets the green light.

Ed Stewart

Here's the problem -- fuel, fuel and fuel. When you're looking at a bill that is $600 million more than last year, you have to govern yourself accordingly.

Howard Davidowitz

I think its a brilliant strategy. Make small improvements that will boost sales even 4 to 5 percent over the next few years and that could lead to a dramatic turnaround for the company,

Rashad Anderson

I think it hurt them more than us because we were able to take their elite scorer out of the game. That was a boost for us. And we just decided, hey, this is the time to turn it up.

Tommy Bowden

It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season.

Josh Pastner

He can really shoot it, so it's going to help stretch out defenses. We're excited to get him back, and it will be a big boost to our squad.

Dan Johnson

Harden at 40 percent is like most pitchers at 100 percent. When he comes back, it will be a huge boost for us. We have a lot of guys doing great already, but Harden is in an elite group, a superstar.

Ian McGeechan

Having Lawrence back is a tremendous boost for us,

Steve Barrow

History has shown currency intervention is a long drawn-out battle, ... It will take weeks, if not months, with or without the U.S., to boost the euro. It'll take a miracle.

Jarome Iginla

He's a top D-man in the league. He obviously was a pretty big boost out there for them.

Matt Rosoff

I think it's exclusively a move to boost the brand.

Edgar Chen

He is one of the most critical high-level insiders that the prosecution has been able to produce.

Joseph Stiglitz

Greenspan's irresponsible support of that tax cut was critical to its passage.

Tony Vecchio

Her loss will be felt not just here locally, but world-wide due to the critically endangered status of this species.

Tom Daschle

I think it's critical that we offer minimum wage limits to all these jobs,

Matt Fidler

What ETS is hoping to do is test vocabulary in a different way under the umbrella of 'testing critical thinking' without the use of antonyms and analogies.

Tom Peterson

We've got to let ourselves play well at critical times in the match. Sometimes, we didn't even get swings.

Dick Jauron

I thought our guys really fought hard. We just made the mistakes that have kind of set us back all year in critical areas.

Michael Robinet

I think it's reflective of the fact that they have a critical mass here.

Shaun Busick

I think that was the turning point, because that was a real critical stretch. It was a three-point game. You just can't have those kinds of mental breakdowns and the theme of the game for us was mental mistakes.

Glenn Beck

I was in Washington, D.C., on the morning show, by the time I was 18, programming a station by 19, No. 1 in the mornings. I think I was making, I don't know, a quarter of a million dollars by the time I was 25.

Clay Johnson

Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely.

Ray Manzarek

John is going to get about a million dollars for doing nothing. He gets an equal share as us, and we were out there working. A free million bucks. That's a gig I'd like.

Mark Dobson

I also want to make sure student tax dollars are spent responsibly. Regardless, they are spent on the students who pay them.

David Brazil

We've done well with their contract-in dollars and in service.

John Heisdorffer

I think it's possible. We have about a half million dollars walking into the office or by mail every day.

Chuck Adams

He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed.

Russell Taylor

Today marks a day when we are awarding more dollars in the first quarter than we have ever before.

Robbie Amell

Luckily, I didn't get too beaten up before someone gave me a shot, but there were times when I was living on friends' couches and eating five-dollar subs from Subway almost every meal.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Robert Taylor

I don't know what they think going federal is going to do for the local people. It's actually going to do nothing.

John Dwyer

I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution.

Clint Land

Knowing the place names for various stretches of the river comes in handy when you're inquiring about local fishing activity.

Vinnie Jones

I like Alaska for the salmon fishing - it's fantastic there. I usually stay in a log cabin with no one around for miles. I like to go with friends, but I'm also happy to be on my own with nature.

Virginia Woolf

the profound difference that divides the human race is a question of bait - whether to fish with worms or not ...

Yanni

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.

Will Rogers

If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.

Zane Grey

Fishing is a condition of the mind wherein one cannot have a bad time.

Ty Burrell

I got a little bit of a sense for the subculture, which is the equivalent of any subculture, really. The stakes are high, even if you live in a small town. It's like the annual bass fishing contests, or whatever it is. The stakes are always absurdly high, and this is no different. The competition at this butter carving things, from what I understand, is not that far off from what we're depicting in the movie.

Samuel Johnson

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

Rick Leard

In the long run, we're talking about an individual fishing quota, where the permit holder would have their own individual shares.

Jesper Parnevik

I would say it's like Pinehurst but maybe that's giving it too much credit.

David Jones

Greenspan is giving the markets a reality check. Good for him.

Tony Wingen

He's a force. We were willing to give up some inside points as long as we were not giving up 3-pointers. We did all that we needed to do to win.

Jeanine Pirro

Today is about thanking them for what they're doing in advance, giving them the support they need to go through the school year.

David Rebovich

He's giving us a mixed message. Is this really a new beginning, or is this the same old talk?

William Wilberforce

Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived.

Anthony Fauci

Investigating rare diseases gives researchers more clues about how the healthy immune system functions.

Anton LaVey

When other people ask me, 'What gives you the right to suggest standards for others?', my answer is, 'If I don't, someone else, perhaps less qualified, will.

Anton LaVey

I dont crave companionship. It stands in my way. I live for pleasure. There are few persons who can give me as much pleasure as those acts I perform myself. I would rather create pleasure according to my own whim than be subjected to the whims of others.

James Kelley

We still have plenty of improving to do, especially in the secondary , but I think we made an important transition tonight. As long as we keep moving in the right direction, I'll be satisfied.

O. J. Simpson

The AXP System automates what was typically an 18-step manual process while improving the recovery rates of the stem cells.

John Street

On a regular basis, more properties become vacant and deteriorated than we are improving and tearing down on a regular basis,

Riley Wallace

They're small, but they're really quick and they can shoot. And they're improving every game.

Tom Hall

The people who don't know about him will know by year's end. He's the total package. He's big, he's strong, he's quick, he's aggressive. Nothing but upside to him. He's a kid who I think will be big-time if he keeps working and improving every week.

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

James Barnes

With this investment, we are improving the quality and safety of the rail and preventing rail defects.

Houston Nutt

We're going to have to be ready. Not only running the football, we need to keep improving our passing game. Our receivers are going to have to be ready. I just think everybody, tight ends, backs, you can't be one dimensional in this league.

Tim Wright

The situation is still appalling. It looks as if it is improving a bit, but it's still massively worse than elsewhere.

Lloyd Johnston

It is possible that some students know what drugs are and are not included in the tests, and migrate toward using those not included.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models. If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models, ... If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Chris Willard

It was very smart what he (Barber) included and changed.

Twyla Tharp

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere.

Keith Henderson

Those statements will be included and not excluded,

Simon Hawkins

We've been talking internally here about different people's names and he (Chris Anderson) has been included on that list.

Marcus Williams

The experiences here at the University of Connecticut included ups and downs, but I think they have all made me into a better person and for that, I will always be grateful.

Luis Aragones

But all the players who have not been included know that they can return to the side if they prove themselves on the pitch.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Erin O'Connor

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

Ben Wood

The industry will be lucky to get it out in 2008. Issues with rights, regulations and standards need to be overcome first.

Gary Caille

The idea of using an off-the-shelf vehicle is that it already has that stuff in it. The automotive industry has spent a lot of money evaluating these chassis for safety and we can make use of that.

Jay DeMarcus

All you can do is just better yourself and everything you do. And maybe they'll take notice. Obviously (the industry is) at this point.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

David Brown

It's not as many jobs as Mack, but it's a stable company, and it diversifies the industry in the county. A lot of our industry is automotive-related.

Bill Richardson

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

Ted Dexter

The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.

Alex Salmond

It had 1,000 years as an independent nation before the union,

Aldo Radamus

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

Wallace Stegner

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.

Winston Churchill

It is bad for a nation when it is without faith.

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.

Charles Kennedy

In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.

Todd Genke

Greg is a move-in from Oregon who can pitch and play third base. Plus, he's a left-handed hitter.

David Anders

I'm from Oregon. This is a town of no. I say no to a lot of things, and I get told no for a lot of things. Sometimes there's a yes, and you hope you see something in it.

Dave Barry

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

Chip Kelly

I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

Andy Stahl

Special places in other states are proposed to be sold so Oregon can get its pork.

Douglas Coupland

Truth be told, John said, the one thing in this world I want more than anything else is a great big crowbar, to jimmy myself open and take whatever creature that's sitting inside and shake it clean like a rug and then rinse it in a cold, clear lake like up in Oregon, and then I want to put it under the sun to let it heal and dry and grow and sit and come to consciousness again with a clear and quiet mind.

Ron Wyden

As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world.

Skylar Grey

I lived in a cabin in the woods in Oregon, and I'd basically given up on the music industry for an indefinite amount of time. And while I was out there, I came up with a very specific vision of what I wanted my music to sound like.

Christopher Atkins

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!

Skylar Astin

I think that I am willing to do anything. I like to collaborate. If my voice will be heard, than I will do some research and think about it.

Rosemarie Truglio

We took a long time and did a lot of research and preparation. We wanted to make sure we did this right.

Will Wright

I typically go overboard when I research new projects.

Warren Buffett

I like to buy things I can understand. I do a lot of research on things.

James Franco

I become kind of obsessive about research.

B. R. Hayden

They were told they shouldn't be supporting the arts, they should be supporting science research.

Paul Nurse

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken.

Masanobu Fukuoka

Before researchers become researches they should become philosophers.

Nathalie Sarraute

All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is.

Ahmed Hussein

Khartoum supports the Chadian rebels, financially, politically and militarily.

Teresa Johnson

He wants to win and we're just supporting him.

Jessica Wolf

He wanted to find his goals. We supported his choice.

Sam Richards

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.

Joe Pemberton

Her support was important to me, ... I could sense her smiling.

David Newhan

He's a teammate. You're supportive of your teammates.

Gary Larsen

We feel it's safe, we feel it's a viable technology and we're supportive of it,

Joseph Lieberman

We support a woman's right to choose, ... The other ticket does not.

Javier Solana

We must find ways to support the Palestinian people.

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

Bible Bible

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

Maurice Cheeks

We still have a long way to go and we're still working toward that.

Jane McGonigal

We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.

John Gandy

As we got toward the end of the year, he was indicating some things he had to complete.

Preity Zinta

I am very reactive towards everything. There are some who don't react at all, they absorb everything quietly, while I'd go all out and show my expressions. This is not part of some tamasha I do; I do it because it's part of my personality. To each his own.

Ryan Getzlaf

We're just working toward that now. Everyone wants to be in the same place at the end.

David Dearborn

Essentially, we're all working toward the same goal.

Larry Davis

Everything has to go perfect. We're working toward that date. We'll see if we make it.

Eugene Tempel

The tsunami was on a completely different scale,

Bob Scott

It was like a tsunami for which you had warning.

Kapil Sibal

If the tsunami was coming, it would have come by now,

Chris McCray

It can only go one of two ways now, up or down. I think this year we really want it." ()

Devin Brown

There are so many different ways you can do that.

Tom Daschle

I think it's important for us to try to find ways to work together,

Nathan Rosane

In U.S. ways so that when we leave, we don't have to come back.

Phil Savage

There are other ways to get up there to get him.

Andrew Jones

It's really sad, but in a lot of ways it was time.

Warren McCormick

Not at all. But there are ways to do it properly." ()

Matt Hasselbeck

They make you prepare. Just some of the things they do and all of the ways they come after you.

Jesus Fierro

They've come up. They are on the rise, but they've got a ways to go yet.