Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Sununu

This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to other focused enemies of the United States, would have tragic consequences.

Mark Zandi

This issue is a global fault line that will get exposed if all the Asian nations don't allow their currencies to appreciate vis-a-vis the dollar.

This is still in the early phases. There are many steps along the way where the company could decide not to go forward.

This is still in its infancy. It's almost a research project.

This is still a very marketable crop. Almost every year you have something

This is something that has never been tested before. Will the FTC allow BP to be the dominant producer on the (Alaskan) North Slope?

This is something I've been talking about for a long time. We've known it almost intuitively. It's been part of my regular slide show. So it's gratifying to see the scientific data supporting it.

This is one of the most high-risk times of the year for young people as they approach both prom and graduation. Unfortunately, the perception that it is a rite of passage and even expected for young people to drink and that adults provide alcohol to them is a very dangerous proposition.

This is one of the great landmarks in our whole system. It's almost hallowed ground.

Howard Dean

This is one failure we will not allow Rove and the GOP attack machine to spin away with their usual barrage of photo ops, misinformation, smear campaigns and press conferences,

Robert Torricelli

This is the definitive day, and if Al Gore cannot persuade the Florida Supreme Court so that both the certification and the Florida Legislature (are) on the same side of this ledger, then this battle is over.

This is the cradle of democracy. This is the greatest city, we think, in the country. And we're going to do the best we can to make protesters welcome, just as we will make the delegates welcome, ... This country has a rich tradition in allowing people to say what they have to say.

This is the classic 'buy the rumor, sell the news' reaction. The market is expecting the second-quarter earnings are going to meet or beat, so even though Yahoo! almost tripled its earnings, you're seeing some selling.

This is the biggest give-back in Transport Union history, we cannot allow it to happen.

Trisha Yearwood

This is the album I have always wanted to make.

This is precisely what makes these stem cells so interesting from a therapeutic perspective. They are wired so they can become almost any part of the body. We've uncovered a key part of the wiring diagram for these cells and can now see how this is accomplished.

Craig Waibel

This is potentially a really good thing for me. Allowing me to focus solely on my soccer for a while is really fantastic.

This is our tsunami. You're going to be looking at hundreds dead along the coast of Mississippi.

The U.S. system is built around a closed model with controls placed between the brand-name marketers and the carrier gateways. By contrast, the system they designed in Europe was totally open. It gave connectivity to almost anyone who wanted it without any controls in place at the carrier level.

Daniel Hannan

The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.

Ron Wyden

The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about earmarks: it creates a slippery slope by which lobbyists and special interest groups can sneak provisions into large, must-pass legislation.

Al Groh

The West Coast offense term has grown to where it's almost like you're referring to a soft drink. There's so many varieties that you can get. Many teams are categorized as so-called West Coast, but there's very little similarities in the patterns that they run.

Wilhelm Ostwald

The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.

The weird thing about playing all those day games after night games is, you're almost not even sore until about the fourth inning of the day game. So you tell them you feel good. Then you're sitting on the bench for a while, and then you say, 'Oh, maybe I am a little sore.' But I guess I'm a little used to it, knowing what to expect.

River Viiperi

The weirdest I've felt was my first job ever. It was an editorial in London. They made me take my underwear off and cover myself with a shower curtain. It was almost see-through, so I was like, 'What's this all about?' I used to be quite shy, but modeling has made me more comfortable in those types of situations.

The Web sites allow greater transparency and interaction with government that's very important. I think it will continue that way.

The weather won't allow us to do any milling or paving, so they are going to have us do creek work.

The weather has not cooperated. We're in a stretch where we'll play seven matches in ten days. It doesn't allow us a lot of practice time.

The Weapons Systems Trainer is part of a total training program that graduates mission-qualified C-130 aircrews. Aircrews are immersed in a variety of scenarios that allow them to hone their skills. They can prepare for a variety of missions without actually flying the aircraft.

Tom Scholz

The whole experience of getting an album from an artist you like and listening to it from beginning to end is sort of gone. Now it's piecemeal.

The whole concept of having the convention was to rekindle the love for old-time music. Both young and old alike have found a bond in playing together at the convention.

The WFP has nothing in its pipeline that would allow us to feed this refugee population beyond the end of this month.

The upstream and downstream constraints are real and long-term and we're seeing almost daily examples of them. We're going to have a very strong price environment until the steam is taken out of demand or until investment catches up and restores a spare capacity cushion to production and refining.