Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Blake

Speaking for myself I took office with reluctance, I will have it with pleasure, & while I am obliged to hold it my effort will be, as it has been, to do the thing that is right according to my lights.

One gets good and bad results according to the good and bad deeds performed.

William Petty

Now, forasmuch as princes are not only powerful but rich, according to a number of people (hands being the Father as lands are the Mother or Womb of Wealth), it is no wonder why states by encouraging marriage, advance their own interests.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

So that a French ship that's going to be decontaminated in India will be done according to the same standards used in the homeland.

Aaron Stanford

Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according to various needs that arise.

Right now, we can make roughly 60 million doses domestically of a normal flu vaccine in a normal year, ... But according to recent research, the total amount of antigen required to immunize a person against H5N1 is four times as much as the total amount in a normal flu shot. In a pandemic, nearly everyone would need flu vaccines, but with the current version, we could immunize only 15 million Americans, just over 5% of the country.

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. This doctrine should not be confused with that of foreordination, which means that all things are programmed, but does not affirm their occurrence, that being only an implication from other doctrines by which this is entailed. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore. With the distinction of the two doctrines kept well in mind, and a reverent belief in both, one may hope to escape perdition if spared.

Lawrence Wilkerson

(Powell) came through the door ... and he had in his hands a sheaf of papers, and he said, 'This is what I've got to present at the United Nations according to the White House, and you need to look at it,' ... It was anything but an intelligence document. It was, as some people characterized it later, sort of a Chinese menu from which you could pick and choose.

SASAC will decide whether to set up asset-management companies according to the development.

The same is true of Windows and other platformsthere are dozens of potential ways in, according to the SANS Institute, but a vulnerability does not an exploit make. These Mac security holes are a storm in a teacup. They've inspired hundreds of stories in the press and even the national network news, but if they were Windows holes, no one would have blinked.

The scariest picture in town is the Hyundai Sonata. It's the best value in the automotive market. It has everything that a Honda Accord and a Toyota Camry has, and it's built in Alabama.

The Roman Church has never erred, and, according to the scripture, never shall err.

The role was carved out for government backbenchers purely for Nationalist Party reasons, not to satisfy any constitutional and public need, as in the case of Cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, who head the Executive according to the democratic separation of powers.

I've... used a very conservative approach. You only hear my own voice, a slight choral accompaniment and drums. Let's say that's the safest option according to certain Islamic schools of thought. I've made minimal use of musical instruments, and in some schools of thought in Islam musical instruments are disapproved of.

These standards were from making sure the board of directors had current bylaws and governs the chapter according to those bylaws to determining that 24-hours a day, seven days a week that disaster and military casework is provided to Bourbon County by our chapter.

(These decisions) will resolve the majority of those concerns. We can now see the lay of the land and hire more staff according to need.

Kevin McCall

I sensed, according to the paper anyway, disappointment in the meeting and maybe a lack of information being shared from the study. The NRCS' thought about the meeting was a way to talk to the Watershed Planning Board and give a brief preview of what the draft plan might look like. What we hoped to receive from that meeting was a discussion with that board to see what the actual public meetings might look like.

I've been here since 7 a.m. and I'll be here until 6 p.m., but it's already been eventful. The wreck happened at 8:32 (a.m.) according to my cell phone clock, and there have been a few other close calls.

Mark Sheppard

I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan.

It would happen within around two years' time according to my estimate.

I understand that a court hearing for this case is scheduled for November 15, but I don't know if there is still a hearing because according to this letter I received, the judges no longer want to have anything to do with my cases,

John Roberts

They apply and decide cases according to the judicial process, not on the basis of promises made earlier to get elected or promises made earlier to get confirmed,

The viciousness shown in shooting helpless animals must not go unpunished. Area residents have reason to be concerned. According to leading mental health professionals and law enforcement agencies, perpetrators of violent acts against animals are often repeat offenders who pose a serious threat not only to other animals but to the community as a whole.

The very god who, according to those who believe in him, made every last electron spin in its orbit everywhere throughout the universe, still cannot write a clear, unmistakable volume of instructions to human beings who are supposed to follow his wis

Adoniram Judson

The word which denotes the act of baptizing, according to the usage of Greek writers, uniformly signifies or implies immersion.

These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

John Jay Hooker

The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.

Jay Sekulow

This is an important move by the Air Force to protect the free-speech rights of chaplains to pray according to their faith. We are delighted that the Air Force has clarified this issue and has moved to protect the rights of chaplains in a manner that is both appropriate and constitutional.

This is an important generation for the future of hybrid vehicles. With these models as well as the Ford Escape and the Honda Accord we're starting to see hybrid versions of mainstream vehicles. The auto makers are giving customers a direct choice: to opt for hybrid technology on a given model, or not. Will they pay the premium for the hybrid technology when everything else about the vehicle is the same?

This is possible during the period of temporary detention, according to Vietnam's criminal procedure code. However, we still have to consider this issue.

This is possible during the period of temporary detention, according to ... Vietnam's criminal procedure code. However, we still have to consider this issue.

Muqtada al Sadr

The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.