Famous Quotes & Sayings

Madonna Ciccone

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world...

John Paul Stevens

Requiring that an execution be relatively painless...actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based.

How often my fear and ambivalence are rooted in what somebody else may think. But I need not present my actions, my words, myself for somebody else's approval. And basing my decisions on somebody else's approval or making my own approval contingent on somebody else's only postpones what I really want.

Rod Blagojevich

I consider an approval of a reverse auction procurement process of market-based rates for wholesale power either a serious neglect of duty or gross incompetence by the ICC,

I couldn't believe all the permits and other things I had to get in order to obtain festival approval. In the end, though, the city officials have been pretty enthusiastic about the whole thing. They can't wait to see it happen.

John Williams

Incumbent on the city's approval of the campus plan, we believe it's possible to bring everything together in one place.

In deep humility, I fall at the Feet of the Perfect True Guru. The Guru is the Honor of the dishonored. The Guru, the True Guru, brings approval and applause.

If the president's approval numbers go up, he'll have a better chance of getting his way. The president retains a lot of power, and there's a chance his numbers could rebound.

If our competitors want to do the same things, they really have to become payment system operators. They'd have to integrate it in-house and then get approval from the Fed to do settlement, and that's a big step.

If voters are in a Florio anti-tax mood, his approval rating will suffer. If he's able to convince them that tax increases are necessary to maintain state services they want, then his approval rating, while not going up sharply, should not be too badly damaged.

If you get your approval in one EU country then you hit the ground running in other EU countries.

If you are Mrs. Smith watching TV, seeing images of the hurricane, seeing (former House majority leader) Tom DeLay get indicted, watching the president's approval ratings sink, you say to yourself: 'What's going on here?' Are you going to feel confident? No. Are you going to put money to work? No.

If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to the considerations',

If LaPorte County had not intervened, this was on the fast track to approval. We raised important questions and were glad others came to have what I would call grave concerns about the contract.

If Mr. Warren and Mr. Hodge run a facility with six or fewer occupants, they don't have to have a license. However, they're in a residential zone. And in that particular zone, to do anything like they are doing, they would have to have special exception approval from council. So, they are kind of messed up right there. Also if they have more than six residents, they need to be regulated by the state of Georgia, by the Office of Regulatory Services. But they can't really stay in their present location and get a license for anything.

It's a matter of finding a balance between getting things approved in a timely way, and making sure what is proposed for approval makes sense. The more that changes are being proposed to current systems - as is the case with the commercial floor area allocations - the more red flags will be raised.

It's a more stringent approval for extraordinary or large-size docks so there will be an opportunity for the public to voice their opinion.

Jim Jordan

It was driven by a petulance and frustration, and it had the tone of a president with an approval rating of 35 percent. He's sounding less statesmanlike when he needs to seem more.

Andy Williams

It's a well-designed and comprehensive site that has won the approval of Potter fans everywhere.

It is scary to most people. But I'm sure we'll be well protected. We got approval from our parents and our pastors, so I'm sure everything will be fine.

It's a good development and keeps them on track for the U.S. approval probably later this year.

It's glorious - everyone wants to help New Orleans so a lot of people are playing. People like Bruce Springsteen lending their support, that puts a big stamp of approval on it.

Aristotle

It's been approved and gone to the board,

Amy Walter

It's the bigger picture that continues to wear down Bush's approval rating on Iraq, and voter frustration with Iraq.

It's the best thing he has going for him right now, so he would be crazy not to use it. One of the things that drive presidential approval ratings is the economy. In his case, he hasn't yet reaped full credit for the last couple of years of pretty good economic growth.

In the end, any vehicle that the governor uses will have to receive the approval of the state police.

William Russell

In order to sell or change the ownership of this property, we need to seek approval from HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development).

E. B. White

I need you to establish the selection criteria, provide minimum qualification, salary range, number of candidates and approval of the application form.

Carolyn Maloney

Clearly, the administration's approval process reflects a pre-9/11 mentality.

Choosing a house to buy is easy. The difficulty lies in getting approval for your housing loan application.

Cindy Crawford

Certainly Vogue was the total seal of approval, but Cosmo was up there. You had those and your cosmetics contract, and you were all set.

Certainly, the specter of this grand jury investigation hanging over the White House doesn't help the president's approval ratings.

Cheap imitations do not thrill or inspire. Only that Love which has God's seal of approval will satisfy.