Famous Quotes & Sayings

The 7.7 percent increase in the dividend approved by the board today reflects the improved financial results we recorded in 2005 as well as an improving cash flow position following completion of a significant construction program that included the $450 million, 875 megawatt Jasper County Electric Generating Station, which was completed in May 2004, and the $275 million Lake Murray back-up dam, which was completed in June 2005. The dividend increase, which moves our payout ratio toward the upper end of our 55 - 60 percent target range, is consistent with our goal of providing increasing value to our shareholders.

The approved final plan for the project contemplates on-lot sewer systems.

We know that the public would like us to avoid using the approved bonds and we will continue to look at options to see if that is possible.

We have turned over a complete security plan to the Americans, ... President Clinton himself approved it and was happy with it.

We've done a lot to expedite our response in these areas, and over the last six months we have approved more disaster loan dollars in a shorter time frame than in any other disaster response in the agency's history.

I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.

O. J. Simpson

My biggest passion in life is shoes. My mom, I would wear hers as a kid. I am in on the creative meetings and designing and drawings. And I approve everything that you see.

Who knows what will happen if we go back to referendum in two years. The taxpayers could say they want to just approve one (portion of the package).

Michael Chertoff

You can be assured that before a deal is approved we put safeguards in place, assurances in place, that make everybody comfortable that we are where we need to be from a national security viewpoint.

I think it would be more prudent if you're going to do it for people who are going to be released in the next year, rather than play house with people who, for all intents and purposes, haven't even been approved for release.

We need to approve the resolutions tonight because the deadline to the board of elections is on Feb. 6 at 4 p.m..

We haven't done an honest evaluation of the role energy efficiency can play in our economic development and our energy future as a state. Until we do that, we think it would be bad policy to approve any new nuclear or coal plants.

Those backers of the drive can take great pride in knowing that it was their effort that helped urge lawmakers to approve the increase in the minimum wage.

We are in the process of completing the restructuring of the NASD that its members approved so resoundingly in April, ... These appointments today set the stage for the future growth of both organizations, through outstanding leadership.

Donald Rumsfeld

We are identifying and preparing to deploy forces to replace those individuals, ... Recently I approved deployment of approximately 10,000 replacement personnel. Other units are now being identified and will be approved in the coming days.

We are disappointed that the FDA did not approve our application,

We are disappointed that after hearing from so many Internet stakeholders about why this proposal is anti-competitive, the ICANN Board still approved a known bad deal. The Board has left NTIA with no choice but to reject this deal to ensure that competitive and accountable operation of the .com domain registry is not lost forever to consumers. The long-term interests of the entire Internet community must prevail over short-term expediency for a few.

I was upset. Saying that it was approved by the board and the accountants wasn't the way to go. But I was the lone wolf.

We are bogged down in red tape. We're not able to get things approved and get to (work in) the field.

Bob Parsons

We are bitterly disappointed, but we're not giving up yet. It's simply a bad deal for the industry and registrants everywhere. The fact that this monopolistic deal was approved is a loud signal that major changes are needed at ICANN.

We don't expect to disclose any further developments until the board of directors has approved a definitive transaction.

We have some way to go, though, before this drug will be approved for use in people with stroke. We need to learn the extent of its benefits, optimal initiation of treatment time and duration of treatment, as well as long-term side effects associated with treatment.

Those (Israeli) allegations are baseless. Not true. We have turned over a complete security plan to the Americans. The Americans approved it. We worked together on it. They were happy with it. President Clinton himself approved it and was satisfied with it.

To have a censor board to read scripts and approve productions that would not only be damaging to us, it would be damaging to the state of Utah.

Jesse Ventura

We don't have to approve of (China's) human rights record to help improve them,

Ben Wallace

We're not sure we'll begin on the approved site.

We are saying if federalism is going to be approved now, it will mean the destruction of Iraq .

We are pleased that so many New Yorkers continue to strongly approve of the job Senator Clinton is doing for New York.

Personally, I think everyone on the Lakeshore Committee breathed a sigh of relief once this project was completed. Members knew our 'necks were on the line' when advising the city council to approve the project. And it barely passed the city council by one vote.

I was going to give them a first, ... Obviously, I didn't start at a first, but I was going to give them a first. I had made my mind up and it had already been approved so we were going to go with that regardless.

I worked on the presentation for the school district for the past year. It was worth it, because they unanimously approved it last December.

Jeff Sessions

I have been of the view that if we in Congress can't balance the budget, we shouldn't approve a pay raise.

From what we can see, no current employee approved the trading arrangements, and that gives us a measure of comfort.