Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Bruener

As a member of the organization, I have to roll with it, accept the change and know that we have to move on,

Adrienne Clarkson

A society like Canada's, with its four centuries of give-and-take, compromise and acceptance, wrong-doing and redress, is basically a forgiving society.

David Hawkins

No question, they're being tougher, more comprehensive in their audits, ... They're actually auditing transactions, rather than just auditing by interview. They're less tolerant of weaknesses in internal control systems, and not as ready to accept management explanations.

Pat Hayes

Once we get the public's acceptance on it, we're going to save some money. We've all used a pop machine, it's not that difficult, but people are still having problems with it.

Hamid-Reza Asefi

The second message is that we cannot accept that international rules are not accepted.

Alafair Burke

I've learned to accept the fact that my students are far too busy preparing for their own legal careers to care one bit about the off-campus antics of Professor Burke. I get the impression that my students are vaguely aware of my novels, but are at best mildly curious.

James Jones

I've learned that racism will not be taken as a given. I don't think we should ever accept it.

Michael Rogers

I wanted to do it, but they believe it would be in my best interests not to make myself available for the Commonwealth Games and I accept that.

Bob Kraft

A few weeks ago, they had a big meeting. And 78 percent of the people voted not to accept that offer.

David Rosenberg

A year ago, 'deflation' was dripping off everybody's lips. Today, core inflation is off its low, but it's about the same as it was a year ago, yet all anybody can talk about is how far the Fed will hike.

Mark Powers

Anybody who owns a station is committed to that particular geography to try to serve it. They'll try to make sure their audience is satisfied, or they go out of business.

John Gillis

Anybody who needs to do this, who feels they need to help by raising money, must come into my office and sign a specific form and carry it around with them, ... It is a document which says they have my authority as executive director of the Red Cross to do what they have to do in the way of fundraising.

Janet Reno

Anybody who looks at this case and doesn't know the circumstances of it is going to say 'why?', and I think that's what the president kind of naturally asked,

Bill Curry

Anybody who knows the cash flow dynamics of our business gets that. We ended the first quarter with more than a $1 billion in the bank, and we expect to generate positive cash flow from operations over the rest of the year.

Alan Adler

Anybody who has the problem -- in any state -- can get the service for it. They should bring their vehicles in. If it's the issue covered by the recall, it will be taken care of.

Bill Clinton

Anybody who has ever had kids can tell you that if things aren't going right for your kids, it doesn't matter what else is going right in your life.

Sourav Ganguly

Anybody who has been dropped will feel bad. It's the same with me. I do feel bad.

Bridgett Marx

Anybody who has any joint or knee pain, it's not necessarily a good thing to do.

Tommy Thompson

What we're going to do as a department is to collaborate and to cooperate and partnership with the people of Iraq to rebuild that medical system back to what it was in the 1970s,

Pete Carroll

We'll cooperate fully and do whatever we can to assist.

Mark Geragos

I don't see any reason in the world not to cooperate at this point, because I think this is going to exonerate him. And that's what he's looking for.

Kofi Annan

I was encouraged by what he said in the speech that he will cooperate with the U.N. investigation. I think that is essential and is good for Syria to cooperate. It is good for the region and the international system so I am happy that he did indicate he would cooperate,

Jeff Tedford

He's been one that has been cooperating. None of our players have been implicated with any wrongdoing. We're doing everything we can to cooperate with the investigation.

Ibrahim Jaafari

I hope they will cooperate with us now,

John Ostrem

Not only do we want to reduce the fragmentation of Linux, but we also want to reduce the fragmentation of the standardization groups around Linux. So we're all trying to talk and find a way that we can all cooperate together and work towards one platform and one solution -- that's an ongoing effort.

Chris Peterson

The point we're at now is we're not taking any options off the table, but I can tell you one thing: We're not moving the school. I think there's always room for discussion, and we definitely want to cooperate as much as possible.

Steve Douglas

The Rural Fire Department (east of Pueblo), Rye and Pueblo West fire departments all have permit systems within their districts.

Don Allison

The onus is on us to demonstrate (there is enough water) to the Department of Water Resources.

Terry J. Lundgren

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

John Piper

The training is more extensive, the training has been upgraded, the training is very successful, and the training is monitored by the police department of New York City,

Victor Penman

From a fire department standpoint our number 1 priority is life safety.

David Kessler

If it's good enough for McDonald's, it should be good enough for the Department of Agriculture.

George Herring

He was a small person and very soft spoken, but he was a huge presence in the department and the university. His reputation was national and went beyond.

Jim Bowden

I have never been a part of anything like this. It's been the most un-fun. To me it's been one nightmare after another. It's like I am working for the fire department and putting out fires every day.

Lynn Hightower

Horses are part of our Western heritage that we love to celebrate. From that point of view it really is kind of a sad day. But it's also a day where the department needs to be accountable to taxpayers.

Jim Cook

Our direction from (supervisors) has been to facilitate the effort, and there lies why we are putting up $1.3 million.

Chad Reed

This was a step in the right direction for me. I will take it any way I can get it. Something told me it was going to get ugly tonight.

David Watson

Be prepared. The stress and the pressure can make you run in all sorts of directions for any job out there.

Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Craig Brown

Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger.

Craig Dunn

I think establishing the new position and the new office is a step in the right direction.

Yale Hirsch

Nasdaq is not just another little place for a few stocks, ... It dominated the market and went in different directions than the Dow.

Jim Kiick

I wish I could speak to him more often. He more or less has gone in his own direction. He has gotten away from football. He enjoys hunting and fishing. He has a new life, and that's what he enjoys.

Loren Roberts

I wanted to come out here and do well and establish myself early. That's why this win is so sweet to me.

Brian Lane

That's what we wanted to do. We passed a little more last week. We wanted to establish the run this week.

Alex Morrison

I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations.

Fred Chao

We all look to Matt to establish the level of play for us. R.J. has made his improvements and Kyle has worked extremely hard and he'll make his impact when we need him to.

Stephen McCausland

We will try to establish what is the link between these three men but as of tonight there's no known connection.

Matt Mays

What we're trying to do is establish a real fan base, not like an overnight fan base, because the ones that you work for stay forever.

Newt Gingrich

My goal was to establish a Republican majority for a long time, not just to win three elections,

Kenji Johjima

I can't imagine starting on opening day. My first job is to be a part of the team. To do that, I have to learn to communicate with the pitchers. I have to establish myself. I have to prove myself.

Ryan Hunter

Hopefully, as far as picking up where we left off last year, we're hoping to establish our own identity. We're not going to be the same team we were last year. This group of seniors has already stepped up to establish their own leadership.

Ron Yoda

The theaters were the hardest hit, but to some extent all the stores got water intrusion.

Wang Zheng

The extent of the rate hike this time is fairly small. What is more important is whether or not more lies ahead. And even if there are further rate hikes, it is investment that will first be impacted, followed by consumption.

Laura McDowell

They do work to an extent in smoothing things out, but you have what you have.

Wendelin Wiedeking

When we were buying, many others were also buying, and to a great extent in fact and at prices that we never would have wanted to pay.

Eve Ensler

I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth.

Kelsey Grabiak

No, she was happy for us. She was really excited.

Robby Davis

We're happy with the jump we had. We've got work to do, but we're moving in the right direction.

Gary Cole

We're happy to see them. We hope they're here for a long time.

Hines Ward

We're happy to be going to the Super Bowl, but we want to win. We plan to go there and win the whole thing.

Jud Honaker

We're happy to be able to help, and we wish them the best.

Randy Nelson

We're happy they're willing to sponsor us since we couldn't get sponsorship here.

James Kelleher

There are a lot of reasons why (Wall Street) just isn't happy about this restructuring.

Ernie Els

When I got to my ball, I was like, what's going on? I've never seen that happen. I was very happy to make a 4.

Dennis Prager

An unhappy life is a life not lived.

Carlos Mesa

It is a resignation that has one objective and that objective is to let the Bolivian people know that this is genuine,

Roger Ebert

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

Wyndham Lewis

Wherever there is objective truth, there is satire.

Evan Bayh

Our objective is not to oppose the president; it's to do what's right for America.

Larry Davis

We're going to take it very slowly. Our objective is to see if it's possible for him to be ready Opening Day.

Dave Dombrowski

I'm going to sit down with Trams and review what's going on. It's an important day.

P. J. O'Rourke

We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.

Heather Dougherty

If someone wants to play catch-up fast, that's the way to go.

Ivan Rodriguez

He's the manager. If he wants me to DH, I'll DH.

Irving Layton

My neighbour/ doesn't want to be loved/ as much as/ he wants to be envied.

Glen Taylor

He is very, very competitive and wants to win.

Tim Danson

He doesn't want to be in the courtroom, he wants to be on the ice.

Tim Howard

In the end, very little gets in the way of what Manchester United wants to do.

Steve McClaren

There is no-one more than me wants to see Mick do well at Sunderland , and I want to see Sunderland do well,

Dan Hampton

Who wants to play in the band? I wanted to play football.

Chris Pine

Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.