Famous Quotes & Sayings

Their actions in how they secured (the records) was not reasonable and certainly their actions after they found out about the breach were not reasonable, too late, too late.

Their actions have put us in this position.

Charles Spurgeon

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

Barack Obama

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

Paul Allen

What we're doing here in very broad terms is outlining the actions we're going to take. It's premature for us to try to comment further at this point.

Storm water requirements have been in place for a long time. Developers must be responsible for their actions to ensure compliance with the law. Runoff from construction sites is a primary contributor to the impairment of water quality and EPA is vigorously enforcing federal regulations to help reduce this problem. This settlement is a strong signal of this Administration's commitment to increased enforcement of our nation's environmental laws and regulations.

Tom Daschle

So those two actions have apparently at least given us the impression (that the mail safety issue is being addressed. Again as I say, we can't really make any direct connection between any of these actions, but no new cases of illness have been reported,

Bill Ford

We have demonstrated throughout the year that we will continue to take the actions necessary to return our core business to sustainable profitability. We understand the issues, our priorities, and have the right team in place to get the job done.

Brian Eno

Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one's mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment.

David Perlmutter

When a child is watching television, he or she is not involved in play, not socializing with other individuals, and most importantly, not receiving feedback as to the actions or consequences of his or her behavior.

We could walk out of Town Meeting with an unbalanced budget, which would require additional actions of a future Special Town Meeting.

Bold Moves is so much more than a tag line change. It's a new way of thinking at Ford that delivers marketing actions and more brand and customer focus.

Al Groh

Brad crossed the line and for that he must take accountability, ... We have talked in detail and he has assured me that his actions on the play at issue were a result of over-aggressiveness and over-exuberance to block a challenging opponent and without malice. His intent was to take the player to the ground, not to inflict injury. In any case, we regret that the incident occurred and apologize to Mathias.

This does not represent the values of the United States military, and doesn't represent the vast majority of the actions and behavior of our men and women in uniform. It is a despicable practice. It's unacceptable. And the department is going to address it.

This decision is an important step in safeguarding civil rights of federal employees and holding agencies accountable for failing to prevent and to timely curtail unconstitutional actions in the workplace.

Richard Grasso

Think of the metrics; eleven Fed actions in the last year, a stimulus package that will come from our leadership in Washington, ... The economy was sputtering prior to the 11th of September. We're now seeing clear leadership on both the fiscal and monetary standpoint. We're getting some good news from corporate earnings. There is a lot to be optimistic about.

Jeremiah Trotter

They should have fined the referee. That's who they should have fined for that bad call. I do think referees should get fined, too, for making a bad call. There should be some disciplinary actions for the refs.

The players are talked to in spring training and shown video about what actions are appropriate.

The player admitted what he had done was wrong and I took this, together with his previously exemplary conduct, into account. However, it is important to show that dissent of any sort at an umpire's decision is unacceptable and the player's punishment for his actions illustrates that fact.

What's in front of us is ensuring that if there is wrongdoing, that it be fully understood, and that appropriate actions be taken,

We were surprised that GM said that it does not plan to reduce permanently assembly capacity in North America to reflect the Olds phase-out, ... GM's restructuring, especially its discontinuance of the Olds brand, is undeniably a step in the right direction. However, the costs of these actions are much more visible than their ongoing benefits right now.  We anxiously await follow-up actions.

Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Henry L. Stimson

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words.

Hassan Nasrallah

The real danger to the world's resistance movements is the attempt to distort reality and to place the blame on the resistance groups' actions without allowing them to portray their perspective, thus ignoring the reality of the occupation and the siege, like the situation in occupied Palestine.

Cary Fowler

We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of past actions are already in the pipeline. Global temperatures are rising. Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are multiplying.

Scholars who contemplate on their thoughts and translate them into actions are the ones who are really great and noble.

Scale matters and global change is the sum of the actions that take place on national, regional and local levels.

Put together that letter and the commander's recent actions and statements against the government, his interference with who should be appointed the president and vice-president at the Great Council of Chiefs, and you have a recipe that threatens stability and peace.

Progress has been made in some areas, but there is still a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. Our goal is to reach an agreement, but that will depend on management's actions at the negotiating table.

People who have viewed the film -- and that includes several Toronto journalists and our curators -- indicate that it certainly does not allow room to sympathize with the actions of the convicted criminals portrayed in the documentary and shows them to be morally bankrupt.

The Teamsters stood together in solidarity not just for ourselves and our families, but on behalf of all working Americans who find themselves slipping away from the middle class and the American dream. We will return to our jobs with our heads held high, knowing that our courageous actions against the power of big business in this country will ultimately make a difference.

The team itself will be accountable for all actions on the ice. I don't want a hockey team that will be chased out of a building. If that happens, it will be resolved, ... I'll build a team that stands together and has a strong work ethic. The team will be taught to play the game the same way I learned. I spent 90% of my time in the penalty box, but my teams aren't like that. However, they are always sure to hold other teams accountable.

The system did work. Communications worked. The way they were supposed to work and the appropriate actions were taken,