Famous Quotes & Sayings

The president has an important challenge and opportunity. He can choose a nominee who will unite the country in support of fundamental American rights and freedoms, or he can choose a judicial activist who can dramatically change the court's direction. I pray for the former but I expect the latter.

The present era has no comparable referent in the past history of capitalism. We have a higher percentage of the intelligentsia engaged in buying and selling pieces of paper and promoting trading activity than in any past era. A lot of what I see now reminds me of Sodom and Gomorrah. You get activity feeding on itself, envy and imitation. It has happened in the past that there came bad consequences.

The pressure on SmithKline is clearly greater and, indeed, their actions have to show that. I expect the market will still work on the assumption that SmithKline will do a deal in the not-too-distant future.

Roy Jones

The problems with the water have not gone away. They have continued unabated and we need to take action to remedy the situation ourselves.

The problem is, we fear negative consequences a lot more than we value positive ones. What happens to an athlete is that if he wore a particular sock, or pair of shirts, or did some ritual, and had success, he'll continue to do that. That act reduces the anxiety associated with not doing it. It's the exact same mechanism, clinically, we find in obsessive-compulsive people.

Aristotle

The quality of a life is determined by its activities

The QEP is a carefully designed and focused course of action that addresses a topic, which enhances student learning at the institution. The QEP will be implemented over a five year period and will be infused throughout campus and involve in-class and out-of-class learning. All students will benefit from the initiatives that evolve from its implementation.

Raj Kapoor

Those days acting was not considered a respectable profession. Only prostitutes and other such lower classes were associated with it.

Those cities are the hub of activity for the Gen X market. Eventually the Web site will expand and we want people to visit places outside of those metro areas.

Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher. In the fourth watch of the early morning hours, a longing arises in their higher consciousness. They are attuned to the river of life; the True Name is in their minds and on their lips.

those around him and those who carry out acts of terror ... will pay the full price.

Sarah Taylor

Those are the critical hours when kids can possibly get into trouble. We try and provide a safe haven for them with positive activities that help foster their self-esteem and character.

Henry Paulson

Weakness in the capital markets, compounded by an erosion of corporate and investor confidence, has depressed activity in a number of our most important businesses, ... While we have seen some encouraging economic data of late, the current environment remains very challenging.

Weaker job creation weakens the Canadian dollar. The Bank of Canada may be a little less active in 2006.

We anticipate that the $1.5 million will be a drop in the bucket to the actual expenses that the locals are enduring.

We anticipated the commissioners were going to take this action this morning,

We are complaint-driven. We're not actively going out inspecting offices.

We are in the business of helping people manage their long-term wealth. Our new name better reflects both our activities and aspirations.

Richard Blumenthal

We are in seriously uncharted legal territory, ... But there is no precedent for a state winning when BRAC acted lawlessly.

We are in discussions with FIFA on retrospective disciplinary action and we have raised diving as a priority area where video evidence could be used.

We are indeed aware of criminal organizations that wear military-style uniforms, use military-style equipment and weapons and employ military-style vehicles and tactics while conducting illegal activity in border areas.

We are in an active cycle of storms, and there is nothing to indicate that won't happen. It's too early to tell what will happen.

Russell Sherman

We are in active discussions with them regarding alternative arrangements. In any event, Bear Stearns remains committed to the energy trading sector, and we intend to continue expanding our presence in the market.

We are in active discussions with regulators on several of these matters and are working diligently to resolve them. We have cooperated fully with the ongoing investigations and will continue to do so.

We are hoping to draw some of the younger people with newer acts this year. We added extra shows and a couple of new rides.

We are hoping to be able to conclude consultations on the action plans for all three countries of the South Caucasus as rapidly as possible, and consultations up to this point have gone very well. We've just completed the second round - - the first was held just before Christmas -- and we are making very good progress. We are narrowing down the number of topics that still have to be tackled.

We are hoping that if we can get through these principles, we can get going with an actual agreement in September, or the latest in October and see if we can finally put this terrible problem to bed,

We are hoping that by Monday next week we will formally announce the content of our plan of action.

We are disturbed by the breakup of the demonstrations. As we have said before, we condemn all acts by the government of Belarus to deprive the citizens of that country of their right to peacefully express their views.

We are disengaging from Gaza but if they want to see the continuation of the peace process, the Palestinian Authority must take firm action... If such action is not taken, they put in danger the whole peace process.

We are disappointed with Moody's actions because we are beginning to see signs of progress in product excellence and in a revitalized marketing strategy. There is more work to be done in improving our cost position and health care burden and we are working as quickly as we can to address these issues.

David Frost

We are disappointed that the MPC felt unable to take action to counter the adverse pressures affecting the economy.

Eliot Spitzer

We are disappointed that the court has taken an unduly narrow view of its power and obligation to decide cases that come before it, ... Because the science is clear that global warming poses a real and inevitable environmental threat with grave human consequences, we will appeal this decision and continue to work on other fronts to demand action on this critical problem.