Famous Quotes & Sayings

These levees should have been expected to perform adequately at these levels if they had been designed and constructed properly.

As one of the largest lenders to each carrier and having gone through more than 200 airline bankruptcy proceedings as a lender over the past three decades, we believe GE is very well positioned to ensure its shareholders' interests are adequately protected,

Joe Hall

That part of the world was led to believe it could get away with murder, literally and figuratively. Had there been adequate response initially, I don't think we'd be in the situation we are today.

Bertie Ahern

that the weapons and explosives are safely and adequately stored and cannot be used without the knowledge of Mr. Ahtisaari and Mr. Ramaphosa, who will re-inspect the arms dumps on a regular basis to ensure that the weapons have remained secure.

That's what (the conference) is all about, to come up with a joint statement that balances the need for adequate vitamin D with the kind of sun protection you need to minimize skin cancer.

This information is not being adequately disseminated to pregnant women. If the food pyramid can't get it right, how can ordinary Americans?

Fred Upton

This hard date will also give consumers adequate notice and time to get ready for the transition, ... This legislation will provide a robust digital-to-analog converter box assistance program.

They (the players) put the show on and they should be well paid, but the league needs to adequately compensate our wages bill.

Although we continue to see attractive long-term growth potential in the shares, we feel that this is now more adequately valued at the current price.

A lot of people think that if someone has a chronic bad-breath problem, they don't take care of their teeth, ... They assume bad odor is associated with lack of adequate dental health. But that's not necessarily true. Many if not most people who have chronic halitosis have immaculate care. They've been afflicted for so long and spent so much time trying to find a cure.

This is an issue that we're all wrestling with. I've been persuaded by the argument that closing the Saunderstown station is a bad idea. If we just take the existing station we have, adequately staff it, find a way to get a truck down there, then that's probably what we have to do in the near term and probably what the growth pattern demands in the long term.

This is a tragedy of monumental proportions for the victim, his family, friends and the good people involved at EAGLE III. We can't adequately express to you how deeply saddened we are by all of this. Our prayers go out to the family of the pilot on board. It is the commitment of EAGLE III that we do everything in our power to find the cause and make certain that this never repeats.

This is not a right-left, Republican-Democrat, man-woman, old-young issue. Everybody thinks, with some very limited exceptions, that CEOs are overpaid, and because of that, shareholders aren't getting adequate bang for their buck.

This is not a good environment. If the library is not a good place for students to go to, there are no other adequate resources for them to use in the building to effectively learn.

This is something that's beyond our control, but we're dealing with it. We have adequate resources to protect the state.

The university believes there was no contract on the level of fees. Students were repeatedly notified that all published fee levels were subject to change without notice, and . . . students received adequate notice of increases that that were necessitated because the unprecedented state budget crisis.

This GAO report ... confirms my long-held suspicions: more can be done and more should be done to protect American investors. We need to ensure that the SEC's oversight of the mutual fund industry is adequate to protect consumers' investments and prevent abusive practices from developing again in the future.

This GAO report . . . confirms my long-held suspicions: More can be done and more should be done to protect American investors. We need to ensure that the SEC's oversight of the mutual fund industry is adequate to protect consumers' investments and prevent abusive practices from developing again in the future.

There will be adequate staffing in place when we beat the Carolina Panthers.

Bill Nelson

there needs to be an adequate explanation. If there is a slush fun, parking money, that is contrary to the law.

There may be some specialized skills that just don't exist in adequate supply that the project may have to look outside for, but wherever possible we're going to look locally.

This is the latest example where the government seems to think they are entitled to get all sorts of information without providing an adequate justification.

A resumption of full-scale hostilities could have negative implications for the country's already stressed fiscal and debt position, and likely impair its previously adequate level of external balances.

Harry Reid

are concerned that rescue and recovery efforts appear to remain chaotic and that many victims remain hungry and without adequate shelter nearly a week after the hurricane struck. Clearly, strong personal leadership from you is essential if we are to get this effort on track.

As housing prices and apartment rents rise, we see many families squeezed to find adequate homes.

John Strachan

As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.

As a state, we must step up to the plate and renew our commitment to ourselves, our children and our communities by adequately investing in clean water.

Kim Campbell

As Canadian citizens, we benefit from a system of social programs that is second to none. But we know that our system has let a lot of people down-that is has not adequately supported their efforts to become self-reliant and to participate in society to the best of their ability.

Marcus Samuelsson

As a chef, I always have in mind how to properly feed the public, but at times it's easy to forget that some people have trouble even getting any food, much less adequate nutrition.

Bart Stupak

As a congressman, I've never called for a ban. We've called for a full disclosure of the risks involved... Patients have a right to know that this is a very powerful and dangerous drug, and knowing all that, if they still wish to take it, then they can. But we know doctors are not adequately explaining it to the patients, pharmacists are not adequately discussing this with the person who picks up the prescription.

Arthur Caplan

Anyone who thinks (a) there is adequate supervision of clinical trials or (b) clinical trials at Phase One are not risky ain't paying attention.

Jimmy Carter

Anyone who runs for President is certainly adequately endowed with both ambition and ego. Sometimes, there are factors that occur in our lives, unanticipated factors, that tend to reduce the level of ego.

Jim Jeffords

The budget does not adequately fund important domestic programs, promotes tax cuts to the detriment of other priorities and does little to put our nation's fiscal house in order.