Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Regev

There were clear indications these killers would be set free. We had to act to make sure these killers would stay under lock and key.

There were also signs that housing market activity may be beginning to level off.

There were actually about 12 of us sitting there, so the actual chances of making the team as a wide receiver were not that great, ... The way the numbers were working and we had three NFL Europe guys that were exempt from the first cut, so it was surprising but at the same time, it's a business.

There were actions by the police officers on that night that were categorically inappropriate. I don't think that we as a commission have been clear on this point.

There were a couple of standout performers. In terms of the actual figures you've got to look at HSBC and in terms of representing what may be a pivotal point in its relationship with the City you'd look at RBS.

There was still a significant amount of activity on that Friday.

There were some that were really cool. Some of them came in with actual drawings, which was great because it gave us a good idea of what they are capable of.

There's a contradiction in knowledge of the PATRIOT Act, Americans think they're familiar with it, but when you actually ask them about the specifics, it's clear that most of the public doesn't understand what the PATRIOT Act actually does.

There is no way to actively portray where security problems are coming from because all attacks look the same, and that forces you to assume the worst every time.

The report provides extensive data on domestic institutional capacities to prosecute the alleged perpetrators of criminal acts against the voting and elections process - committed during the 2005 Local Elections - and a detailed analysis of the prosecutions undertaken and sanctions imposed.

The report is stronger than appears on the surface. Unlike other parts of the economy, manufacturing activity moved up, so I would say in general this is a pretty solid report. Utility output was down probably because of the relatively cool summer we had.

The report argues that the (low) figure is not the best measure of success or failure of the act to this point. Many endangered species are making steady progress toward recovery under the Endangered Species Act.

Simon McBurney

The repeated action of working and playing acts like a trowel that uncovers a hidden structure under the earth. It is an action that deepens and develops.

There's a balancing act between efficient vegetation management along the right-of-way and community standards for the character of the roadway.

There's a lot of advantages to working in the private sector. We can move quickly. We don't have to wait for laws to be passed or appropriations to be passed, and this is an opportunity that came on the market and we acted quickly to preserve this piece of property.

There's a lot of activity that's going to be taking place over the next two to three years.

Jack London

There's a lot of activity going, and I think you'll find this kind of activity right now because of the political aspect of this.

Joe Thomas

There's a lack of disclosure in the city, information about where our funding is going, actual costs. I think those things need to be opened up.

There's a huge conviction in the Wall Street community that this will be a successful, surgical, short-lived military incursion. That it will not cause any collateral damage to oil fields, that it will not destabilize Middle Eastern governments and that it will not lead to acts of terrorism in the United States.

There's a huge amount of activity that is controlled by hedge funds, and they're trying to find some performance after a bad last year.

There'll be a lot of short-term specials and apparent flurries of activity that will, on the surface, appear to bring prices down, but at the end of the year there will not have been a lot of progress.

The relevant department has acted in straight accordance with law and exercised humanitarianism,

The release of strategic reserves contains a very large component of unneeded crude oil and does little to directly impact on the actual supply gap of U.S. oil products.

Jim Calhoun

This is the time of season when you really need to get your act straight for the crunch run.

This is the theater of the absurd. We've said all along the governor had to have a plan. When you have an actual plan, you have a funding source, a mechanism by which to repay the bonds. . . . This governor has none of the above.

Frederick Jones

This matter was examined fully by the bipartisan Silberman-Robb commission, and the president acted on their broad recommendations to reform our intelligence apparatus.

This market is acting just like late stage bull markets have always acted in the past. What we have here are stocks that represent growth, not value. We have fewer stocks advancing and fewer groups, although it's broadening a little bit.

Charles Schumer

This is the right thing to do for the country. To let the Patriot Act lapse would have been a dereliction of duty.

It's a daily, sometimes hourly, balancing act using all the information out there.

It's Act 1, but I think it's been a very successful Act 1. Given what can go wrong in a trial, nothing has gone wrong so far.

It's about acts of giving, not just adoration. The children give the flowers.

Ariel Sharon

It's about the window of opportunity that is open now. That, of course, now all depends if the Palestinians will act against terror. And now we don't see any change whatsoever. Even yesterday we had a very, a very hard terror act. As a matter of fact it happens almost every day now,

It's about six more months. A lot of it depends on what the retail activity is and the season -- how much demand there is, whether people are buying products. It seems to fluctuate a little every year, kind of like the weather almost.