Famous Quotes & Sayings

Under Saddam, if you agreed to forego your basic right to freedom of expression and thought, you were physically more or less OK. But now, no. Here, you have a primitive, chaotic situation where anybody can do anything they want to anyone.

Under Irish law, the Company is required to obtain the approval of its shareholders to buy back its own shares. The Board, believing it to be in the best interests of the shareholders and the Company, agreed that the Company should request this approval to provide the Company with the flexibility to buy back shares if it determines that the benefits associated with such a program can be realized.

We met in our continuing meetings with Poe, it was a productive meeting and company officials have agreed to work out the claims that they still have and about which we have received calls.

We made some progress and agreed to arrive at a conclusion quickly. We could set a direction to our discussion and share a common ground.

HSBC has an agreement that when the regulation allows, half of the cards business can be bought on an agreed formula, and it can become a proper joint venture.

Tom Hall

I about did 50 cartwheels when he agreed to come. He's on a hot streak with documentaries in the last few years. We got lucky.

David Brown

I agreed with (the steep-angle theory) until I ran into Roger Long, who turned my head around on a number of things.

John Bolton

I agreed with the Nonaligned Movement today that we should have an intergovernmental negotiation process and that the entire text ought to be open, ... We are making progress. We are ready to go.

Jon Lovitz

I agreed with everything he was saying when he ran for president. I was listening to what he said. I go, this guy thinks like me and I agree with him. Now he's changing. All he keeps saying is millionaires and billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes.

Frankie Bones

I agreed to the job, ... but I want to see the camp first, and not have to boost a car to do it.

I agreed to (be a subcontractor) having been assured that none of the funds that were used to pay my firm were derived from gambling activity.

Donald Rumsfeld

I agreed only with the fact that some people talk like that and that Vice President Agnew should not have used or thought such derogatory and offensive and unfair and insensitive things about minorities.

I don't know why this happened. My guess is there was a miscommunication where one side agreed and didn't tell the other side. We think maybe there was a complete misunderstanding of how HIDTA was organized.

I am delighted that Toll Brothers has agreed to support this landmark series, the longest running classical radio program in the history of American broadcasting.

I am delighted that Jim has agreed to stay and continue to help us take our business to the next stage of our development ... In a relatively short time, he has developed a good understanding of our business and the issues we face, and has made a real contribution to the Corporation.

I am happy to state that the issue of retainer contracts has been dealt with successfully. A lot of compromises have been made on both sides and a framework has been agreed upon, paving the way to move forward.

Gale Norton

He is a consensus builder who spent a long career with the Bureau of Reclamation and then agreed to join my team to lead the bureau as commissioner. He will be missed.

Rajon Rondo

He gave me his best wishes, and we both agreed that it's the best thing for me to do.

Howard Dean

He never actually came out and said just that. But in every speech he gave during the campaign and afterwards, he left the impression. He left the impression with 65 percent of the American people, who agreed that Saddam had something to do with 9/11. It was dishonest, what he did.

ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs. It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. ""Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues."" Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. ""That,"" he said, ""is the story.

Rod wasn't going to go on tour with us. He had some other things going on. He changed his mind and by that time Jeff already agreed to play with us. But we worked it out. We're doing two sets. We're essentially opening for us. It's not a big deal.

Charles Schumer

Roche has graciously stepped up to the plate, and has essentially agreed to share its technology and the rights to manufacture this drug with other companies who are willing to help out.

Jacques Chirac

respected to the full, especially with regard to agreed dates and fixed timetables.

Jamie Drummond

President Bush and Prime Minister Blair made great progress and Gordon Brown and John Snow agreed on an excellent proposal for debt cancellation for many of the poorest countries.

Patent litigation has been amicably resolved and the parties have agreed to dismiss the patent claims.

Shimon Peres

Peace is something that needs continuous cultivating and unending dialogue, ... At Oslo it was agreed to clarify all the issues by way of dialogue at the negotiating table, without the interference of terror and violence, and that is the way to act.

PCB would like to clarify that its management, captain and coach had unanimously agreed to commission 'hard bouncy pitches' for the India series.

Arthur Blank

Our organization, players, coaches, and staff have agreed to take on the challenge of raising a significant amount of money, and it is our hope that our fans will join our team by doing their part as well. Together, we can make a real difference in this time of need.

In the past, under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization status of forces agreement, we have not agreed to local jurisdiction. But, as I said, this case is still under review.

I raised the judiciary issue with Gary Flowers yesterday before the Rocky decision was handed down and we agreed that we need to review it further.

In order to do so, we have agreed to remove certain sensitive information from our search results. We know that many people are upset about this decision, and frankly, we understand their point of view.

Richard Harris

In order to comply with the agreed upon Department of Justice mandate, the Mississippi Department of Human Services will seek to keep a population of 150 or fewer students at Oakley.

In exchange for that neutrality, we have agreed to preference Family First after the Greens in the upper house.