Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're disappointed, and we'll work with the IOC in an attempt to reinstate baseball.

There have been attempts this year to solve the bottleneck in the refinery part of the energy equation. That is still not resolved.

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

We didn't make a three and that hurt. Only free throw attempts hurt and 29-15 on the glass is pretty distinctive.

We didn't kill them. The court sentenced them to death. There is a huge difference between killing and transferring the defendants to the court. They carried out an operation, an attempt on the president's life.

I sometimes think there's not a real serious attempt to make our contractors comply with the same safety standards that everybody else has to out here.

It would have triggered an immediate attempt to gather every piece of information we could about the plan, the targets.

It would not surprise us if there may be an attempt or two by perhaps some rogue groups that may not want to live up to this commitment, ... They may attempt to break this cease-fire. They will find that the coalition forces retain the right, the inherent right, to self-defense, and if they are fired at, they will respond.

What are they thinking about now? The fact that J&J is silent on that speaks volumes about what they had attempted to do before -- just to get a good price.

Ron Meyer

We sincerely hope that the governor, the Legislature and others who have attempted in the past to justify unconstitutional voucher programs will now embrace public schools.

We simply object to any attempt by the Socialists to sneak into the transition government some of the party's most heavily compromised people.

Douglas Brinkley

Thus did nature triumph over man's attempt to conquer it. Nature always wins.

Robin Cook

Tony made no attempt to pretend that what (then-chief U.N. weapons inspector) Hans Blix might report would make any difference to the countdown to invasion,

Henry Hyde

When all the distractions and diversions have been made, at the end of it all we're about one mighty task, and that's vindicating the rule of law, ... Therefore, it's very important that we don't get sidetracked by attempts to cut deals or cry wolf about partisanship, but keep our eye on the ball.

We will sever the hands that attempt to touch any ballot box in order to sabotage the vote.

What's happening right now is that ski manufacturers are attempting to provide a one-ski-does-it-all scenario.

We had three attempts to tie the game late with all having good looks. They just didn't fall for us.

We wish the governor would have vetoed it, but it's not like we're surprised. He and his family were victims of the behaviour that it was attempting to end.

We try to rehabilitate most people, but if you have set fire to Chicago, we probably won't attempt to rehabilitate you.

We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the castle and some health-and-safety issues, but suggestions were made to resolve these and with a bit of goodwill and better joint working it could have happened. At the time, I don't think there was a meaningful attempt to do so but we need to ensure that these concerts happen next year.

We didn't feel good about giving up three goals last week. This week, we made a pretty strong attempt to do a better job as an overall group of being better collectively on a defensive end.

We attempted to get (Williams) to come and verify the condition of the deceased,

We attempted to do some research on who this organization was, but their flyer does not have any contact names or numbers, does not have a website, nothing that we have been able to locate.

Marilyn Tavenner

To the millions of Americans who've attempted to use HealthCare.gov to shop and enroll in health-care coverage, I want to apologize to you that the Web site has not worked as well as it should. We know how desperately you need affordable coverage.

To the extent that she attempted to keep the Democrat flame burning in the Schwarzenegger administration he snuffed out that flame.

James Gray

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

Rene Preval

There are risks of attempts to disrupt the elections by people linked to organized crime who do not want stability.

Charles Schumer

While this nomination did not warrant an attempt to block the nominee on the floor of the Senate, the next one might.

You are seeing a little bit of rebound in some of the worst-hit sectors. It's clearly a short-term attempt at trying to find some stabilizing level.

Moshe Safdie

We inherited a site with a large, bunker-like structure and made every attempt to weave it into the narrative of the project. The lower portion of the building, with its militaristic past, represents the first portion of Rabin's life as a warrior. The upper portion of the building, with its mission of education, its expansive views, and symbolic dove's wings, represents the diplomat and mediator that he became.

We expect that the trial will show that this prosecution represents a misguided attempt to criminalize the public's right to participate in the political process,

We are very confident that a number of states throughout the country will now move forward in attempts to replicate Oregon's very specific law.

Bill Cowher

We're going to attempt to get as many people as we can signed to extensions and hopefully get our draft picks in on time.