Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Hunter

There's no question that low salaries are affecting us. We manage to get some good people despite the salary levels because of our location, but that's not always the case.

Bill Belichick

There's no situation I've been in, before or since, that even would remotely approach that one for negativity and affecting the overall focus of the team. Not within 100 miles. It touched every single person in the building, every secretary, every ball boy. I felt badly for everyone involved.

Gary Miller

In California, we are in the midst of a population crisis that is already affecting every aspect of life in our state and will continue to get worse.

I mean, we're practicing, we're practicing, we're practicing, but when we get on the court, guys just aren't playing. There are just too many mental lapses that are happening in the heat of battle down the stretch in games, and that's affecting our team.

Abraham Lincoln

If the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers.

It's a matter of conjecture as to whether the Justice Department's investigation is affecting these sales. I would tend to think the supply is thin, and that the investigation really doesn't affect people.

It's beyond doubt that the ruling party has enhanced its power over decisions affecting the judiciary. In the long run, this move is likely to undermine public confidence in the independence of the courts and weaken the separation of powers in Argentina.

Fred Barnes

It's hypocritical. Is it affecting business, or is it not affecting business? They're telling us, the small people that it's not affecting business, but when it's in their pocket, the casinos, now you're exempting the casinos because the state's got so much money tied up in the revenue of the casinos.

It wasn't affecting my business at all. I just did it to buy equipment.

Bill Richardson

It was spontaneous based on what I saw at the time ? a very violent criminal situation at my border affecting the lives of my constituents,

O. J. Simpson

It was a short book, so the aim was to shave rather than lose en masse. The story came mainly through the characters talking to each other, so I kept their encounters and trimmed the descriptive passages. Greene wrote like a cineaste, and a lot of the picture painting could go without affecting the story-telling.

It's gonna be a difficult task a difficult road to go down, but once we start getting the parents involved and they see the benefits of how it's affecting their kids in a positive way, then it's gonna be more beneficial to them.

It's the price of gas that is driving all of this. Not just at the pump, but the way gas prices are affecting everything else in the economy, making everything else more expensive as it drives up the cost of doing business.

Tim Johnson

It is vital that the chairman make decisions affecting the economy with great care and remain free from political influences,

Intel and Microsoft SMS will mean relief for those who manage computer networks who have struggled to effectively control virus outbreaks, audit networked PCs or handle computer problems without affecting users' productivity.

In the long term, Dell is going to protect Dell. If they see that's affecting sales, they're going to drop that shipping charge. I have the feeling you'll see that happening sometime during the holiday season.

William Rehnquist

Inadequate compensation seriously compromises the judicial independence fostered by life tenure. That low salaries might force judges to return to the private sector rather than stay on the bench risks affecting judicial performance. . . . Every time an experienced judge leaves the bench, the nation suffers temporary loss in judicial productivity. Diminishing judicial salaries affects not only those who have become judges but also the pool of those willing to be considered for a position on the federal bench.

Jeff Bagwell

I think my swing is there. I hold on with two hands. I'm not having to let go because I'm restricted from getting out there. My hitting will come. The major focus of this black cloud that's sitting over this locker is that throwing arm. If it starts hurting bad enough where it's affecting my swing, we're going to have another talk.

Circumstances affecting some of PMI's key markets, most notably Spain, dictate a cautious earnings outlook this early in the year.

Circumstances affecting some of Philip Morris International's key markets, most notably Spain, dictate a cautious earnings outlook this early in the year.

Higher oil prices, and fears over Japanese stocks are affecting the dollar more than any other currency.

Andrew Lawrence

By affecting basic brain functions, amphetamine may expose experimenting teenagers to an increased risk of heart attack if they re-use the drug later in life.

Robert Zoellick

By reason of its size and its success and its growth, it is also affecting the international system.

I regret it very much that this has come to us so late and I also regret it in the sense that it's a law in South Africa and we don't always change laws overnight in that manner. The special votes are not only affecting them - they're affecting other sectors in society.

I looked and saw how it was affecting their lives and I saw how their choices made our lives more difficult.

In the third quarter, the crisis in the global equity markets weighed on the results of our primary and secondary equity businesses, as well as affecting capital gains on the industrial equity portfolio.

I don't know if it's hurting or not, but it's affecting him in the sense that he sure as heck didn't want to balance himself. He wasn't making those crisp jump stops that he's known for.

I didn't feel the need to tell people, except for a very, very few, as it was not in any way affecting my work.

He's shown that he can pitch in difficult situations without it affecting him.

John Shattuck

The issue of persecution is a serious one affecting many religions, ... The issue has not previously received much attention with respect to Christians, and the focal point of this report, at the request of Congress, is that subject.

There is a smaller margin for error today in hiring and promoting people into key positions, and a greater need to target development efforts to ensure that they really make a difference. A bad senior-level hire or promotion can severely damage a company's external brand, affecting customer trust and loyalty, and resulting in lost commercial opportunity.

Striking a balance between wildlife conservation and wind energy development starts with understanding threats to eagle populations and how our actions, including operating wind farms, are affecting them.

This disagreement that has been happening has been affecting the volunteer area.