Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Brown

And that's one of the things that I think we need to go back and find out, because I was sounding those alarm bells, and to this day I'm incredibly frustrated that we didn't move and could not move things faster.

The situation is not an alarming one. It is a concern that we have a constituent in the groundwater that should not be there, but we don't see this as a large-spread contamination. We believe it is in a small area that we're able to control and do corrective action.

The single most effective thing proprietors can do is to install a fire detection system with an alarm that rings at the station.

The T-CAS system is our last resort to prevent us from hitting each other. A pilot may experience the alarm going off maybe once a year.

The thugs shot off the alarm system before proceeding to the bedroom window where they shot Root and escaped in the darkness.

ADI realized we knew how to drive alarm companies to them. We're the only company that is a patented, UL-approved system that monitors for carbon monoxide and proactively shuts down the cause -- usually a faulty furnace.

ADI realized we knew how to drive alarm companies to them, ... We're the only company that is a patented, UL-approved system that monitors for carbon monoxide and proactively shuts down the cause -- usually a faulty furnace.

Louise Arbour

The scale of this massacre is very alarming and suggests that the strongest deterrent message must be sent to those who are inclined to perpetuate the cycle of violence that has shattered Kosovo in the last year.

Will Davis

I've never known anyone to tamper with their smoke detectors, I knew one guy who tried smoking out the window, but he set the alarm off anyway,

Eliot Spitzer

They acknowledged the problem of market timing, but then allowed a favored client to engage in that harmful practice. The departure of these board members should sound an alarm for all those who serve in similar capacities.

These are the folks who actually run the departments, ... We're losing them at an alarming rate.

Alarming to me was when I started to hear some of the key Scripps people saying yes we will build there, but our heart is not in it.

Tom Harkin

Alarm bells must be rung, ... The warning signs are there and we have to start preparing. The time for planning and thinking about it is past. We have to do something immediately.

Richard Alley

The models we had were not terribly alarming about Greenland. This paper is a real wake-up call.

Encephalitis is a perennial problem during the rainy season, but the situation appears to be quite alarming this time.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Enough is enough. The truth is our planet's alarm is now going off and it's time to wake up and take action.

I have the luxury of getting up quite late, so I hardly ever set an alarm clock.

John M. McHugh

We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view.

Jonathan Goodwin

Every team we're going to play is going to be a better team skill-wise than us. But that's OK. That's OK. It shouldn't alarm anybody. It's just that you've got to (play simple against) other teams to beat them. We have to play the consummate team game to beat them.

Every case must be evaluated on its merits but the phenomenon of unjustifiable police homicides is something that is recurring at an alarming level.

As soon as they try, the alarm goes off. It's not a silent alarm. It screams. We haven't had a break-in since.

Susan Collins

This nomination did not set off alarm bells with any of us, and we're pleased about that,

We can not only tell when traffic is backing up, if traffic stops we get an alarm from the computer system to see what's causing traffic to stop.

Warren Rudman

There is nothing new and alarming that we have come across.

There is no reason to expect that G.M.'s pension plans will be terminated, and to assume otherwise is to unnecessarily alarm the many thousands of people who rely upon those plans for their retirement.

We're very lucky more people were not injured. Two people firing into a crowded hallway that's a very alarming situation.

There are all these alarm bells that these young kids are sending off. More often than not, they go unheeded.

We understand and respect Florida is a tourism-based economy, ... We don't want to unnecessarily alarm anyone, but we think visitors should know what the law is on the books starting Saturday.

Patricia Highsmith

I don`t set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it.

Security guards at the shopping centre heard an alarm early this morning and upon investigation saw smoke coming out of the building, but could not ascertain where the fire was coming from.

Tom Harkin

Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.

Policy makers want to make sure in the language of their statement that whatever they do, it's meant as insurance -- they don't want to create alarm about the state of the economy, but they also don't want to create alarm in the bond market about the end of accommodative policy,

Dan Green

No one likes to come home to a dark house or worry about security while away. With our technology homebuyers can opt to turn on lights when using a remote control to open garage doors or be called on their cell phone if an alarm or water sensor is tripped. A working parent also could confirm a child's arrival home from school by monitoring the security code access, and if security cameras are part of the program images and/or video could be viewed over the web. Many automated features save energy, helping the system pay for itself over time. Others improve safety, like fire, carbon monoxide and low temperature sensors.