Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Tenet

We assess that Iraq continues to hide critical (weapons of mass destruction) production equipment and material from U.N. inspectors,

We assess market on a daily basis to make business decisions to provide customers with competitively priced vehicles.

We believe it has the potential to establish ethical and scientific safeguards and uniform standards to protect research subjects and improve the risk assessment process.

Trying to assess the earnings impact of a deal is tough since having no visibility makes it difficult to forecast. The investor base has no idea what the 2007, 2008 and 2009 original movies will be like.

Donella Meadows

The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made.

Chris Dodd

Yet 90 miles off my shore, closer than from here to Richmond, Virginia, I can't even get a commission to assess whether or not we should do something differently. That is outrageous.

Tonight was just to get the players through, get back to Melbourne, assess where we're at and then make decisions.

Tom Renney

We're going to be really very, very careful here and make sure that we give him a chance to assess where he is, both psychologically and physically, before we even contemplate putting him back in.

We're going to be looking at exactly what happened and how it happened in order to, sort of, assess what the vulnerabilities were.

At the moment there is restricted movement while we assess the situation.

Damon Hill

At the start of the year, I felt that given the machinery, there were bound to be places where I would win because of sheer chance. I didn't want to rely on that because I knew I had to show my ability. So I looked at the season and made an assessment as to where my best opportunities might come.

Simon Davies

There was a confident assessment of prospects for FY06, and there has been heavy investment in the future pipeline of books, but given the hurdle of Harry Potter sales in the prior year, growth is likely to be modest.

There should be no doubt that instability in the region should have a profound impact on the long-term risk assessment globally.

P. Chidambaram

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

John Grahame

I believe in the ISAT and teaching to that test, but my worry is that it will be changed drastically enough that teachers may not recognize it and our students will be at a disadvantage, ... But if we can have a better test to assess the kids, it should be done.

Samuel Bodman

How long before we return to normal? It's hard to know, because we have not yet got an assessment

Mary Roach

I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems occurring during the process of defecation. I gave it the briefest of thoughts before recognizing that this is beyond the pale - even for me.

Bill Berry

I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but I'm ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different phase of my life. The four of us will continue our close friendship, and I look forward to hearing their future efforts as the world's biggest R.E.M. fan.

In light of the surplus, the MTA needs to assess whether the next fare hike is necessary,

in light of the recent assessment of the magnitude of the tragedy.

In most cases the community is best placed to identify families they see as the most vulnerable. We will work with the communities and use our house-to-house assessment to identify those families.

Craig Fugate

In Martin County, many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, and they're continuing to provide those services as we assess what the impact is, ... And really, some of these neighborhoods -- until the water goes down -- people are not going to get back into their homes and start making repairs.

In July, he had one assessment. He has an assessment now that could still result in what he said earlier, it could result in no change, it could result in more.

In my assessment it would take more than one year to turn it into a capacity for enrichment.

I knew that he had great numbers in college. Still, it's a tough assessment when you look at those numbers and then project what players will do when they get to this level. Jesse has been nothing but a pleasant surprise for us. Particularly, he's been driving the net for us, which we hadn't had.

Michael Cooper

I'm changing lineups obviously to give everybody their best opportunity to show what they can do. Just giving everybody their fair chance to assess that properly.

If Rita had produced catastrophic damage, we would not have been reliant on media reports to scope and assess that damage.

If used appropriately, incentives can make a big difference. If no incentives are provided, participation in a personal health-risk assessment may be less than 10 percent of the population. Employers that have offered significant incentives have seen participation as high as 90 percent.

Andrew Johns

I'm probably going to assess it a little bit next year, see how I'm feeling, how I pull up probably after Origin,

Michael Bell

If Motivator is beaten, we'll have to assess the manner of it, ... Going down to Azamour with all guns blazing would be no disgrace. But no-one likes to see the Derby winner beaten, so let's hope it's a question we don't need to address.

I have no illusions, but I think he is extraordinarily intelligent and has a very clear assessment of the Middle East,

Roger Johnson

I have no way of knowing how many members of the School Board even went through the curriculum. School Board members are busy, just like everybody else. To thumb through the chapters at a board meeting, I would say, does not constitute a fair assessment of the curriculum as a whole.

Alex Gonzalez

It's a new role. I'm getting used to having to get ready late in the game. You can sense a difference from starting every day, but I think it's too early to assess any kind of numbers any of us have. I'm trying to find the value of it, and what I can do to help the team.