Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Reed

The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security.

The president has made clear that he does not want the work of his lawyers to get in the way of his admission that he had an improper relationship and he misled people to keep it private, ... No legalisms should obscure the fact that it was wrong, he apologized for it and he has asked for forgiveness.

Mark Siegel

The president didn't always listen to the advice of his consultants. But we kept trying, and Giffen kept urging us to keep trying.

The president cannot use the pursuit of national security as a carte blanche to undermine the very freedoms that define America. This administration - like that of President Nixon - has apparently secretly adopted a legal view of the Executive Branch's power that is unbounded. A commitment to the Constitution and our laws demand an independent investigation.

The president called for ending our addiction to oil but there's no 12-step program in his budget. ... The president's energy policy ... is constrained by lack of imagination, scope, resources and an unwillingness to roll back subsidies to energy companies already enjoying record profits.

David Harris

The president authorized they add a number of new attorneys, and it wasn't picked up in the budget. It's something we need to do.

Ken Salazar

the president appoints someone who brings a right-wing ideology and is going to use the court to advance their views.

the President and directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all information in the possession of the President and the Secretary of State relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq.

The presidency, whoever is in it, has real advantages in the struggle, but we may see that the Congress finally believes that the Bush administration has gone too far.

The present water situation further emphasizes the need for that additional water supply. We all know it's been a very dry spring, summer, and now it appears like fall is going to follow course.

The present value of the additional public expenditures created by the measure is estimated at about three percentage points of GDP. This bill, if implemented, would also have negative consequences for the private pension system, which as of the end of 2005 had $9.5 billion in assets under management.

The presence of at least one gun in the shop made that adventure slightly nerve wracking!

The preparation and planning that we put in place prior to the storm is paying off as we deploy recovery crews and equipment to the areas impacted by Hurricane Rita. Thanks to our advanced planning our recovery crews have the generators, fuel, and spare parts that they need to quickly restore service in areas impacted by the storm.

The preliminary plan ... was to add four to five rows in those door areas, about 60 to 70 seats in each corner. We've got to see about the viability of that. We still have to have an 8-foot clearance for fans to walk out and it has to be approved by the fire marshal.

The pressure started getting to them. The fatigue was there. You add another minute to the game and the game was ours.

The pressure on GM management is greater than ever ... to adopt a more aggressive turnaround strategy.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Chan Gailey

The pressure is more on the defense because you have a three-year starter standing back there at quarterback rather than a rookie. There's the pressure on the defense knowing he can take advantage of any little mistake.

The press conference by the ECB is going to be hawkish and the president is going to make sure to add the words 'being vigilant,' regarding inflationary expectations. That could actually increase the chances of a March rate hike.

Cary Fukunaga

The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make them. Because you have to write them... no one else is writing them for me.

The problem we're having is that other towns are also asking for additional support as well. It's tough to get them.

The problem was an unexpected power outage and we apologize to our viewers. We tried to immediately address the issue.

Tim Duncan

The problem they have is convincing advertisers it's a viable medium. I think that's a big hurdle.

The problems were plain to see at the time of last year's pre-Budget report in December, but instead of addressing them then, the Treasury chose to dress up the UK finances for the election.

The problem is they still haven't got the whole thing together online. When it comes to real estate ads, they still haven't got an offer together where ads go online and in the newspaper.

The quarter was not as strong as it first appears. While the company did seem to address some of the issues it had, after the significant volatility it has had in performance, I'm not willing to say one good quarter is a trend.

The quality of the professors was tremendous. They provided practical advice and insights from real world experiences that you can't find in a textbook. I'm involved in real estate and I learned a lot about investments to pursue and, more importantly, investments to avoid.

The quality of play, the style of play . . . your kids have to adjust differently to great players and great teams. It can only help you.

The quad throw takes a lot of risk. We admire their spirit.

Lynn Coady

We allow ourselves to unclench when we're home with our families, which is one of the truly wonderful advantages of human intimacy.

We all need to adjust our thinking in terms of how we market and what we do with our brands to remain relevant.

Those concerns weren't really raised adequately with staff so that they could address those concerns.

Those are two pretty tough teams to beat, and we wanted to do our job and were ready to take advantage of the situation if we needed to, which is what we did.