Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have over 100 civil actions already filed. There's concern that this gives them some leverage going forward.

You can consider today's actions an exercise and you can stand by for the real thing.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.

Whoever hears this with faith and without cavil becomes free from sin, and attains heaven (or the higher regions for those whose actions are pure).

We continue to meet with Northwest management in an effort to reach a consensual agreement, but the outcome will be decided by management's actions at the negotiating table. Our goal is not to strike, but we will retain all legal self-help options if management forces our hand.

We continue to believe that what has happened to our teammates is the result of the actions of the U.S. and U.K. governments in their illegal attack on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people.

It definitely is an honor to be counted on and be seen as a leader. It's a responsibility you don't take lightly and I try to make sure I am always accountable for my actions and to this basketball team. I have been here the longest of anyone and I know what coach Davis expects. I have tried to pass that along to the incoming players.

I think making this real time PCR technology available to more national labs will allow them to run testing in their own labs and at least start to make decisions about what actions - public health actions, management actions - they want to take within their own country.

I think Lee's post won't have an impact on changing the tone of inter-Korean relations, but I expect there will be more practical actions towards South-North relations.

Reed Hastings

I think the stock will trade down significantly because of lower profits for the next year, but the long term value (will rise) -- in two years -- because of our actions today, being decisive and taking the steps to ensure our continued leadership in this larger market with larger competitors.

Goran Persson

It is clear today that more energetic and purposeful Swedish actions during the 1940s could have led to a more happy end for Raoul Wallenberg and his family

Bill Farmer

It is distressing and unacceptable that our actions have in respect fallen so short of what we would want and what we understand the Australian people expect,

Management did outline several actions that they plan to take that should help return the company to more profitability. This will include several hundred million dollars in charges in the December quarter.

We are now well past the point in which one or two hit products can correct the overcapacity we have or justify the staffing levels we maintain -- even with the significant actions we've taken during the past couple of years. Sadly, this isn't just a Ford issue. It's an issue for our domestic competitors as well. As hard and painful as it is to idle plants and reduce our work force, we know these sacrifices are critical to set the stage for a stronger future.

Leif Johansson

We are now investigating the matter more closely to determine what has happened, ... If it is confirmed that the accusations are valid and improper actions have occurred, we will naturally take actions.

We focus our enforcement actions on operations that are behaving in the most fraudulent and deceptive fashion.

George Friedman

We have not intended our actions to sound threatening, ... Obviously, they have been threatening, and I apologize for that. We didn't mean to be making threats.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

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.

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.

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.

I wonder how many people have heard of ECMA? I wonder how many people make actions based on ECMA? For that matter, how many people make their decisions based on standards as a whole?

I think I just have to let the ACC's actions speak for itself.

We believe that the Texas case was the result of fundamentally flawed information being presented to the jury. Merck's actions and decisions were based on sound science and in the long run, that's what is critical to patients.

We hope the Taiwan authorities will adopt a prudent and wise attitude (toward the Dalai Lama), and refrain from any actions that are detrimental to the unification of the motherland and to ethnic unity,

Jaswant Singh

We hope that such actions against terrorist activities targeting India, including Jammu and Kashmir, would be pursued vigorously until cross-border terrorism in our country is completely eliminated,

Gloria Allred

We hope for the day when Ms. Love will overcome her drug issues and present no risk of harm to herself or others. Taking full responsibility for her actions will be one sign that she is truly on the road to recovery.

We have taken a number of very important actions to improve productivity and reallocate resources to the faster growing areas of the business.

We don't conduct random sweeps. Our actions are carefully planned. We know who we are targeting and why. We don't wait at playgrounds or have checkpoints in grocery stores. We don't lie in wait and swoop down on people.

Tom Wilkinson

York was a very quiet person who let his on-field actions do the talking.

Marsha Blackburn

We do thank our men and women in uniform. And I thank them. I thank this House today that approved a bill that will allow for a pay raise for our military. We are grateful for that and for the actions of this body.

Gregory Campbell

Unionists will view her as being a partisan secretary of state ... and some of her actions will be viewed in a bad light,