Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Satcher

There's clearly a difference in the ease of access to guns and the use of guns in violent behavior,

John King

The world has changed. People have amazing access to whatever they want, whenever they want it.

Buck Martinez

The World Baseball Classic is going to have an extraordinary impact on the sport. The magnitude of the Classic is enormous. It's designed to further expand the international appeal of baseball, and I think its mission is very similar to XM, which has done an amazing job of adding to the growth and popularity of baseball by giving fans greater access to the game.

Bob Barr

The work in which that committee engages is clearly the most sensitive of any committee of the Congress, and for a member to be embroiled in these sorts of problems even as he gets access to our nation's most sensitive secrets, I think, raises a very immediate concern that ought to be addressed,

These are very accessible films. They're very character-driven but also visceral at the same time. They'll appeal to the same audience that's interested in 'The Sopranos.

These are the two primary access laws, and they permit the public to hold their government agencies accountable for their actions.

The river gives and the river basically takes away. There really isn't a vocabulary that I have access to that describes this. And as always, it's the least able to recover from this disaster who will suffer most intensely.

The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy, and an essential protection of that right is the Voting Rights Act. Every voice must be heard and every vote must be counted. State and local governments continue to adopt voting laws, practices and procedures that deny equal access to voting - without the Voting Rights Act, there would be little protection against these efforts to deny some of us our right to vote. The Voting Rights Act is necessary to help ensure that every American citizen is able to exercise the franchise.

The right to vote is a fundamental guarantee for all American citizens. This settlement agreement continues our unprecedented commitment to ensuring voting access to every citizen.

Richard Butler

the right to secure full and free access at any time to material and other items, which, in its judgment, may be necessary for its monitoring and verification activities.

Russel Honore

There will be zero access to that operation. You wouldn't want to have pictures of people who are deceased shown on any media. Everybody knows it's a horrific event.

Harriet Miers

The same liberties that ensure a free society make the innocent vulnerable to those who prevent rights and privileges and commit senseless and cruel acts. Those precious liberties include free speech, freedom to assemble, freedom of liberties, access to public places, the right to bear arms, and freedom from constant surveillance. We are not willing to sacrifice these rights because of the acts of maniacs.

The Russian and international experience shows that traditional fixed-line telephony development has been exhausted. In particular, traffic growth has been decelerating recently, so too has subscriber base growth. Clients need additional opportunities, such as high-speed access to the Internet, videoconferencing, multimedia applications and fixed-mobile convergence.

Augusto Pinochet

These allegations will be deeply embarrassing for BAE, a leading British company with ready access to Downing Street under this and previous governments and a company which receives significant subsidies from the public purse ... The government needs to send a strong message to British companies that corruption and bribery will not be permitted or excused.

The scientists, the admin and the public activities have become mixed up. And things like modern disabled access tend to be difficult for us.

Joseph Wambaugh

The scandal, I can tell you for sure, is much smaller than the press would lead you to believe, ... It's driven by the L.A. Times, which hates the administration of the LAPD and has for many years. Part of the fault of that lies with LAPD, for not cozying up to the Times when it should have. I think a police department must give access to the press, and be open with the press, and the LAPD was not for many years, and they're paying the price for it now.

The rule we will be publishing today represents the first major overhaul of the format and content or prescribing information in 25 years. With this step, the FDA believes we are driving into the information age, out of the 20th century and into the 21st century. These changes will not only enable better access to paper information but will enable the revolution in electronic prescribing information.

The rules are established by the companies. As we understand it, the requirements for these programs are that you can't have access to prescription drug coverage and still qualify for the program. They can change that. It's up to them; it's not up to us.

The root cause of the intermittent access was an error in the database cluster. Salesforce.com addressed the issue with the database vendor. By Tuesday afternoon, the system was running normally for all users.

Melanne Verveer

The role of business in advancing women's rights is growing, particularly in the area of economic opportunity including opening access to training, mentoring, networks, markets, technology and even to capital in some circumstances.

Tom Daschle

I told him how critical this was to me, ... I think it did make a difference that I had access to him.

It might make sense for it to be part of Ayer, because with Devens you'd have another community with no access to it.

James Long

It's a pet peeve to have to take technology and give first access to patients out of the United States. Europeans are more aggressive... and understand risk. Our reason for being there is to learn how we can refine it.

Joss Whedon

It's a question of opening it up, and it's a question of closing it down, ... You know, opening it up in the sense of: We need a giant, epic story that is not the kind of thing these people usually get involved in in a TV series, which is more mundane. You need a reason for this to be a movie. The closing comes in making sure that it is accessible to everybody: that you explain everybody as much as you need to, that you explain the world as much as you need to, that you begin and you end, that you have an arc for the character, as well as a plot that has a question and then an answer.

It really gives the small and midsize customers access to the technology that larger customers already have been exploiting.

Don Rittner

It's a great way for people, especially kids, who don't have access to this type of information to get it for free. I'm taking cutting edge technology to promote the past. It's a historian's dream.

You should try being a downtown courier. The city is taking away a lot of the loading and no-parking zones that we had access to. It is getting hard to find drivers who are willing to work downtown.

Your library card is your ticket to opportunity. What other card in your wallet gives you free access to books and magazines, DVDs and videos, computers and Internet access?

Your library card is your ticket to opportunity, ... What other card in your wallet gives you free access to books and magazines, DVDs and videos, computers and Internet access?

You're going to have German investors looking to access Spanish utilities, and Spanish investors looking to invest in German auto companies, ... It's going to build an equity culture that doesn't exist today.

You're basically giving yourself year-round access to your report to see if anything strange is happening rather than having to wait an entire year if you order all three at the same time.

Tom Berenger

You realize just how long you've been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.

George W. Bush

You must listen to the protesters who are going to Seattle to express frustration about a system they believe excludes them. Citizens should have a voice not only in the decisions of their own governments, but also in those of international bodies. They must have access to information and be confident a mechanism exists to address legitimate concerns. China will find in America a confident and willing trade partner.