Famous Quotes & Sayings

I am now in a position to ask the (Aviation Safety) Commission to quickly adopt the black list and to publish it, so that we can make sure that the companies identified in it will not have the possibility to enter Europe before they have resolved their problems.

Bill Clinton

I believe it is unnecessary and unwise to adopt a balanced budget amendment that could cripple our country in time of crisis later on, and force unwanted results such as judges halting Social Security checks or increasing taxes, ... hyperbolic.

If Civic Platform nails down a strong victory, then euro adoption becomes that much more likely.

Shilpa Shetty

I don't want to go into a marriage just because of my age - too many people make that mistake. But of course I'd like to be married one day - I dream of having children because I adore kids so, so much.

I don't think these low-income people are ready to adopt this purchasing style yet, ... It's different in the major cities where people don't mind spending 10,000 renminbi (US$1,234) to buy a computer.

However, when it comes to standards, it is possible for high-tech companies to influence world governments. Intel helped to persuade China not to pursue its own wireless standard and to support open standards adopted and supported worldwide.

How often do people adopt 11-year-old troubled boys? ... When he was adopted, his life opened up. ... If that hadn't happened, Gumby probably would have never happened.

John Bunyan

I could also have stepped into a style much higher than this in which I have here discoursed, and could have adorned all things more than here I have seemed to do, but I dare not.

Nicholas Johnson

Colorado's economy had been growing faster than most other states long before it adopted TABOR. The claim that TABOR explains Colorado's prosperity in the 1990s -- and that other states can boost their economies by adopting TABOR -- isn't based on fact.

I believe our philosophy of conscious capitalism will eventually be widely adopted primarily because it is a better way to do business, and it creates more total value in the world for all of its stakeholders.

Opal and Forrest need to be adopted together. They're a bonded pair. When they form deep attachments, it can cause all sorts of stress if they're separated.

Penney's is definitely at the forefront of adopting all this new type of technology.

Ezekiel Emanuel

Pending actually reading the new rules, we are generally optimistic. We think they have adopted almost everything that the Assembly of Scientists says the rules should have.

Our immigration system is outdated, inadequate and ineffective -- but H.R. 4437 is not the answer. We need sweeping reform to ensure that immigration is safe, legal, orderly and fair to workers and employers throughout the United States. As a union of immigrant workers, we call on our elected officials to adopt comprehensive reform that respects our tradition as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.

E. B. White

Our hope is to form a network that will bring animals to Tucson for adoption or fostering. It is crucial to work with a reputable agency to make sure that animals are really available for adoption,

Our greatest hope is that somebody will adopt her.

Our children continue to be healthier ... because our infant and adolescent mortality rates continue to decline,

John Betjeman

Pam, I adore you, Pam, you great big mountainous sports girl / Whizzing them over the net, full of the strength of five.

Our plan, which EPA adopted today, not only will help keep Americans healthy, it will help keep our economy healthy. And it shows that we can work together to get the job done.

David Lewis

Our study found that the majority of income trusts operate in some of the most capital intensive industries within Canada's economy. There is no evidence to suggest that the adoption of trust structures has had, or for that matter will have, any negative effect on capital investment or Canada's economy.

Our credibility was called into question. Our decision to approve the Sunbeam agreement in the form adopted was an error.

The overwhelming adoption of our solutions worldwide clearly demonstrates the demand for professional caliber software in the hosting market. We expect the significant growth that we experienced in the first quarter to continue its momentum in the remainder of the year.

The overseas-funded firms who have entered Chinese market will be permitted to enjoy preferential policies that they had been enjoyed before we adopt the new taxation systems,

David S. Goyer

What Christopher Nolan and I have done with 'Superman' is try to bring the same naturalistic approach that we adopted for the 'Batman' trilogy. We always had a naturalistic approach; we want our stories to be rooted in reality, like they could happen in the same world we live in.

Dee Wallace

I would never butt heads with Rob Zombie. I don't know anybody that's in acting that ever butted heads with Rob Zombie. I adore Rob. I adore him. I adore working with him. I adore knowing him. I'm happy to consider myself a friend and someone who he hires. I just think he's great.

David Chase

'The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, bad jokes - infantile, adolescent stuff, but it makes me laugh.

Chris Robinson

Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.'

Vladimir Prelog

For many years, when still a Yugoslav citizen, I was already a Swiss patriot, and in 1959, I obtained Swiss citizenship. However, I consider myself a world citizen, and I am very grateful to my adopted country that it allows me to be one.

Natasha Trethewey

I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers, your schoolmates, and to erase any sign of difference, to be part of the group. And being biracial but also being black in a predominately white school marked me as different.

Rick Perlstein

Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).

The planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science.

Bobby Jindal

We must insist on assimilation - immigration without assimilation is an invasion. We need to tell folks who want to come here, they need to come here legally. They need to learn English, adopt our values, roll up their sleeves and get to work.

It takes a huge amount of effort to move from a successful high-tech prototype to broader adoption of an imaging technology.