Famous Quotes & Sayings

Florence Henderson

My goal has always been to be like a female George Burns. Having had the opportunity to work with him so many times, especially at the end of his life, I felt so inspired by him all the time. I totally agreed with him. We would talk about how lucky we were to find something that we loved when we were kids and to just grow more in love with it as time goes on.

Kofi Annan

Now we must decide whether it is possible to continue on the basis agreed then, or whether radical changes are needed.

Now the two sides will go back to Sri Lanka and implement what they have agreed during the talks.

Given that the Court has not agreed to rehear a decision in over 50 years, this is not a huge surprise. But the denial makes it crystal clear that since the Supreme Court will not protect home and small business owners, it is now up to state legislatures and state courts to protect people from eminent domain abuse.

Given that nothing has been moving for many months, the fact the president and speaker actually met and agreed on key issues ... is really a step forward.

Jack Rio

Fred is getting better, it's week to week, but he's not going to make it this week. We both agreed that it would be best to give it a little more time. We are expecting him back this season.

Bill Cunningham

From what I can see, they're trying to create a new debate debate and it's pretty well established we have agreed to two debates,

I don't think he would've agreed to it if he wouldn't come out and play more than a minor role.

If anything important happens, obviously we'll talk with the president as well. But at this point, we've agreed that my personal reports will be to the vice president over that weekend.

I don't think it's going to be a big kind of conflict between the White House and China because they've basically agreed to let the other side call it what they want.

For the second year in a row a highly respected quintet of former international cricketers has agreed to take undertake the important responsibility of sitting on the Selection Panel for the ICC Awards,

Michael Owen

If the transfer cannot be finalized in time I have agreed to go to Newcastle United, but only on a one-year loan. I need to be playing regularly in a World Cup year.

If we had a conference report, we would have filed it. Until everything is agreed upon, nothing is agreed upon.

If they attempt to redo the entire deal, it could pose a problem. If they come up with something that just strengthens what we've already agreed to, then there's no problem.

E. O. Wilson

Oh yeah, I'm fine with it - left field, center field, it doesn't matter. That was part of what I agreed to when I came here.

Kelly Packard

She and I agreed (Sunday) night to not let our minds just race with all the scenarios that may or may not unfold. Once we have the information, she'll decide on what needs to happen.

I have spoken at length to him ands he has agreed that he'd like to come back and play.

I felt it was very important that this franchise retain him and not lose him. I spoke very strongly on his behalf. For the new owner's sake, Dana was an important asset that they needed. With the approval of the Commissioner's office, we agreed to terms with Dana.

He's likely to sign it. It's the compromise he agreed to.

Diana Ossana

He said it was a masterpiece. That's the only time in the 20 years that I've known him that he's agreed with me on the first time.

John Podhoretz

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate.

Before the tournament, everyone agreed we had a lot of talented players. Now we are a team. We are prepared to battle not only a very tough Egypt, but the fans as well.

Hinson just doubled up on top of him, and I looked up and the stands were clearing. Everything was happening. I dove between them to get them apart, and I looked up and (another official) Jimmy Hudson had the coaches at center court. We met out at center court and the coaches agreed with us that there wasn't any way we were going to complete the game.

He stepped down a year ago, but we couldn't find anyone to replace him. He agreed to stay one for one more year.

I don't think (Looper) is where he needs to be yet, and I don't think he thinks he's where he wants to be yet. I know he's not because we talked about it. It's a long season. I think it's more important we concentrate our efforts into getting him into some games and some situations where it's not critical. That way he can re-establish himself before we start putting him into difficult situations. He agreed with me.

Jack Roush

I didn't have to beg him. He saw the need we had, and he agreed to it.

Most people would prefer there are no known human carcinogens in what they drink. This is a case where industry agreed to get it out of the products, and all the evidence says they didn't.

Mike told me that he would not be seeking a renewal of his contract for personal and family reasons, even though we had reached agreement on its terms. We both agreed that it would be in his and the team's best interests if he stepped down immediately. This has come as a shock.

Mr. Van Dorn has agreed to a conditional release that will move him to the Department of Corrections as early as Monday.

MSHA will take every step to protect the miners' interest in a fair and open investigation into this tragic accident, including ensuring that the UMWA can participate fully as the miners' representative. We made a commitment to the miners and the families on this. We are elated that the court agreed that the rights of miners' representatives must be protected.

Jonathan Maberry

My first book deal was actually for a textbook - 'Judo and You' - that I wrote while teaching at Temple University. A scout for Kendall-Hunt came looking for someone to write the book, and even though it wasn't a course I was teaching there, I agreed to write it.

Lou Holtz

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.

Saeb Erekat

Of course, Mrs. Arafat did not mean poison gas, but tear gas. We agreed with President Clinton that the Palestinians and Israelis must resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations.