Famous Quotes & Sayings

You're talking about standard operating procedure here in Washington suddenly being turned on its head and a key operator signing a plea agreement that he may have been involved in some kind of public corruption.

You spoke with (one Goldman Sachs employee) and told him to say nothing and listen to your version of the story. You then told him you would be interested in calling Goldman Sachs witnesses to make sure they were in agreement with your story.

Your life insurance coverage benefits were not set forth in the expired contract, nor has any agreement been reached to continue such benefits.

Rick Fox

This is broadband-Internet-based. It's not a cable service, so cable television franchise agreements don't apply.

Jonny Moseley

We're gratified that we're going forward, ... I think we came to a reasonable agreement with the neighbors about their concerns. A lot of the concerns were legitimate, but some were way out there.

We are all at work, all the services are prepared for signing the necessary agreements in the remaining eight hours before the end of the day and the year.

Charles E. Wilson

Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs.

We decided not to play another game because winning it won't make us the district champions out right. We just talked about it, and we came to a verbal agreement over who would have the No. 1 and 2 seeds.

The production of nuclear fuel is still in suspension and we hope to reach a conclusion over it in the near future, and also reach a clear agreement with the Europeans in this regard.

We had a very long and protracted negotiation the last time. The parties just want to give it a different approach to see if we can reach an agreement in a quicker fashion.

Dennis Prager

I prefer clarity over agreement

We have just ended the fourth round of negotiations with the Chinese aimed at reaching a broad agreement.

We really have no expectations at this point. This meeting is about seeing where we are, and what the parties' thoughts are about where we go from here. It remains our objective to reach a new agreement with the union at the earliest possible date.

Abdullah Gul

We reached agreement; I am going to Luxembourg,

Jorge Valdano

We have reached an agreement in principle with Roma and with the player and we can finally announce we've signed a central defender, a priority for us for next season.

We have reached an agreement in principle for the creation of a joint company.

We have reached an agreement in concept. There is still one wrinkle that needs to be worked out. And there is still a little bit of due diligence left to do. This agreement would resolve all the annexation disputes and decide which city would provide services.

We have reached a collective-bargaining agreement subject to a membership vote.

We have pretty much won the bid, but we still need to reach a final agreement.

We've signed the agreement, and I'm waiting for a final copy.

We've signed agreements with all of them. I think they're all pretty much happy campers at this point. When we couldn't give them an answer, it was frustrating for them.

We have received very strong feedback from the state that 21 homes in Clyde will be bought out, but we won't have anything official until we get the grant agreement from FEMA later this month.

The fact that it's now a two-way agreement is symbolic and a positive step that may lead to further cooperation. A currency swap is still just a safety net for countries in the case of crisis, but I'm hopeful that this will lead to more forward-looking policy initiatives about how to get private- sector money flowing in the region.

Elbert Hubbard

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Elizabeth Dole

I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.

Martti Ahtisaari

Considering what has taken place during the negotiations and in the execution of the agreement, it would be difficult not to describe this as a success.

Currently, nothing is preventing the fulfillment of our obligations in the area of military and technical cooperation with Iran. This deals with all the agreements made.

An interim peace agreement on this component is expected to be signed soon.

Duke will not build a new power plant, but LS Power might. They'll make the decision. It will be their obligation to execute the lease agreement Duke signed.

Early elections are still a possibility. Some people are betting on an agreement being reached between parties but until that happens the market is in wait-and-see mode.

During the night sessions, everybody was saying it was the time for decisions. We are thinking that a new cease-fire would create conditions on the ground to reach agreement on the issues of wealth and power sharing.

First of all, we did not sign any agreement. I think that we are patriots who are trying to save ourselves. This is more than legitimate.

First of all, the project couldn't go on without it. This is the best agreement for all the railroads involved.