Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's this feeling that capital gains taxes are going to be higher this year, which I certainly agree with, but I don't think we're going to be anywhere close to what we were seeing in the late 1990s and in calendar year 2000.

There was a secret oral side agreement that the deal was risk free to AIG. Graham further stated in another context, quote: Our group will book the transaction as a deposit. How AIG books its transaction is between them, their accountants and God.

Peter DeFazio

These people on this side of the aisle are in favor of states rights everyday of the week are standing up and saying, 'we're for state's rights, as long as we agree with the state' preempting the will of the people of Oregon. It's not the state of Oregon. It's the people of the state of Oregon twice by initiative and referendum who passed this law.

Tom Wilson

These past two years, we have built a strong and solid relationship and our presenting sponsorship agreement has set the gold standard for teams in every league.

This is just the right thing to do. This is something America didn't do in the '70s. Whether we agree with why we're over there, these soldiers are dying to protect our freedoms.

John Major

This is David expressing a personal view that many people will agree with but it isn't party policy

I want to see this issue put to bed. We are willing to work with you. I think we are going to get an agreement if we work together.

Once this agreement is ratified, we will now have resolved pension and retirement issues with all of our employee groups. We're pleased to have reached this agreement.

On behalf of the players, the NFLPA staff and the negotiating team, we are pleased that this process has finally concluded with an agreement. This agreement is not about one side winning or losing. Ultimately, it is about what is best for the players, the owners and the fans of the National Football League.

Not in my mind. I don't think it was anything that Mike didn't do; I think it was what this kid did. I know Mike won't agree with it, but Greg's better. He's younger, a little more athletic, snaps the ball a tad bit quicker. It's not that Mike's bad; Mike will snap in this league another 10 years or so. I just think this guy's better.

Drew Rosenhaus

Nothing was intentional ever. He agreed with the statement. He did not come out and try and offend anyone. There was no intent, there was no malicious intent.

John Turner

Not often do I agree with the government, but I think they might be on the right track here.

Not wanting the family to be caught without this knowledge, it was agreed that it would not impact negatively on the case and the potential prosecution of this case to inform them of this information,

Andrew Demetriou

The new broadcasting rights agreement will deliver the best financial and national programming package in the history of the game and provide an important contribution to the ongoing growth of our game.

The negotiations for the agreement would take a substantial amount of time. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has been telling people on the Capitol Hill (where US Congress and Senate are) that it will be a year or so.

The nation's political parties supported the decision to delay the session until all parties agree on all the nominees for the key posts.

Again, it is quite rare and somewhat remarkable when the NRA says something we agree with, but in this case ... I think they are speaking the truth.

It's my understanding they have agreed to continue talking, and that's exactly what we want them to do.

Becky Hill

It's really been called to our attention. We agree we can do better.

David Gill

As a club, Manchester United are very supportive of the collective agreement.

Any agreement requires a compromise, and compromise means you have to trust the other side to follow through. Frankly, I do not think this basic confidence exists on either side.

Artists are used to working with producers, making the albums and doing the paperwork later ... It's always an oral agreement in this business.

Anytime you do something that opens a few doors I guess that's positive, but in this case it's not going to satisfy producers here. The elements of this agreement that I have seen may be helpful in some respects, but certainly it's not what producers here are expecting. It doesn't solve the problem.

It should not be difficult to agree on the bargaining points.

It should be noted that where a property transaction is cancelled for the purposes of avoiding or evading transfer duty, there is no true cancellation of the agreement and duty will be raised as if the original agreement had not been cancelled.

It should be explored, ... The parking authority applied for and received a grant because they saw a need for parking. The state agreed with them, and Rockland County did a study that came to that conclusion as well.

It's been a very warm winter in the U.S., so prices are pressed to fall as inventories build and demand slows down. I agree that growth in production capacity this year will be a bit higher than demand growth.

It's a very old agreement. It was made in the days when firefighters would respond to one or two calls a day.

It's basically the same offer we had previously, but we were able to also put in a signing bonus of $250 and agreed in years two and three to split any potential increases in health cares.

It's been a bit of a convoluted mess. We have such an eclectic group of people, it's hard for people to come together, to have time to meet and to agree on what is needed.

It's been a longstanding agreement but we've never managed to actually get it done. So it was sort of a sore point, an open issue.

It's great. Everybody agreed it is a good thing and should go forward. It's a matter of setting professional standards throughout the state.

It's sad that we didn't come to an agreement, because it would have benefited the taxpayers,