Famous Quotes & Sayings

We did a good job coming out of the gate, and held them to four field goal attempts in the first quarter.

Kofi Annan

I did not influence, or attempt to influence, the procurement process.

As usual this is a lock-in attempt by Sony on the valuable accessories market. This in keeping with Sony's strategy of getting Memory Stick onto all its devices, but I do not see any other manufacturers getting behind it. It is not as though we're short on storage formats.

Ted Kennedy

a campaign-like attempt to rebuild his own credibility by tearing down those who seek the truth about the clear manipulation of intelligence.

It's just another attempt by the city to deal with me. They're trying to get something for free all the time.

It's just a terrible way to lose. Like we didn't even attempt to get stuff done the way it needed to be done. Just a bad weekend overall.

It seems like it is simply a desperate attempt by a nearly broke organization to try to come up with more funds to perpetuate its own existence.

Dan Bartlett

It's a tough part of the world; it's hard to access; it's hard to penetrate. And when we do, it's important that we be able to strike on the offense, and that's something we'll continue to attempt to do.

This decision reflects a growing international chorus: those who promote theft can be held accountable, no matter how they attempt to escape responsibility.

This (complaint) is, in part, an attempt to show their position was pretty well-guided and it was Commissioner Englund who has not played by the book.

Jon Stewart

This feels like some attempt at accountability. And that's what I really like about it.

This is a blurring of the margins of people who are engaged in non-violent political speech, an attempt to bunch them in with extremists and terrorists,

Raila Odinga

This is an attempt to turn the clock backward. The Kenyan people will resist this attempt.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

This is an attempt to smear a well-known group with allegations of involvement in espionage activity. They are preparing public opinion for a government move to close us down, which they can now do under the new law.

This is an attempt to religiously sterilize the teaching of history in our schools.

This is an attempt to play a shell game with the law.

This is an attempt to get discovery they are not entitled to - it's also six months too late.

This is an attempt to disrupt the very trusting (doctor-patient) relationship, one which is very important when a patient is ill, ... When they come to their physician, (patients) need to trust that physician, not think that they're crooks.

Matthias Platzeck

This is an attempt to discredit the policies of Gerhard Schroeder, policies that were right.

This is an attempt to broker a compromise that has completely backfired,

This is an attempt by Nippon Sheet Glass to smooth out the business cycle so they are not totally dependent on supplying glass to liquid crystal displays. Once Nippon Sheet Glass gets the Japanese carmakers under its belt, it can then sell to the European manufacturers.

Arjuna Mahendran

This is an attempt by Indonesia to try and supplement their oil output because they have not been very successful in inviting foreign investment into their country to boost domestic production.

This is a further attempt by the Brooklyn district attorney's office to besmirch Lou's excellent reputation and to discredit an otherwise outstanding and remarkable police career, ... With Lou's career, there is nothing to ever run from.

This is a desperate attempt to remake their faltering image.

This is a deliberate attempt by high level members of organized crime to make a lot of money,

This is a cruel effort to inflict even more pain on the victims of the government's long-acknowledged misbehavior. I have never seen a more blatant and transparent attempt to politicize this case in order to divide and conquer Indian country.

This is a belated attempt by the Buckingham Palace organization to bring itself into the 20th century, never mind the 21st century,

They (the guidelines) are designed as a desperate attempt to fend off real regulation of drug ads.

It's one more attempt to create a theocracy.

Don Catlin

It's obfuscation. There is no attempt to be clear and concise and to describe the product for what it is.

They endured life-threatening ... conditions and executed an extremely difficult and dangerous rescue mission ... It took courage and heroism for people to conclude that they would make the effort and attempt that rescue mission.

Alejandro Toledo

They are dressing up the results without listening to the will of the people, ... I want them to know if they attempt to twist the will of the people that I will be the first to go to the streets at the front of the line, to defend the rights of the nation.

This meeting was an attempt to do the people's work. We are hereby calling for another meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m.