Famous Quotes & Sayings

If at least someone is trying to find jobs for people, then you have ... stability and maybe in the long run you will help the (Palestinian) Authority per se.

I don't think we should just give up stuff. We have a responsibility to the authority -- not just the city.

John Ashcroft

From the outset the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal authorities have provided virtually all the resources that would be necessary and appropriate and could be used effectively,

I give them a lot of running room and authority to do their jobs. All of that I tried to leave for my senior people and I've found ... generally that works very well. Get the best people, give them plenty of authority and let them develop their own ideas and organizations and go with it.

If we were here talking about dangerous dogs smoking, the city would have authority. This is not about smoking. This is about which level of government can regulate it.

If the Taiwanese authorities refuse peaceful negotiation to solve the reunification issue, China will have no choice but to take all measures, including the use of force, to defend its territorial integrity.

If the health authority can't handle the call, it shouldn't stop there,

If someone got terminated from my company tomorrow, it would be easy for me to revoke your rights to the presentations and documents that are spinning on their notebook computer. Once documents get out and you don't have a tie back to licensing authority how do you make those documents disappear?

Bill Stern

I grew up in South Carolina. There are a lot of things about state government that we're not proud of where we rank. The ports authority is not one of them.

If they remained in our control, we know where they went, ... If they were taken out by the authorities, we don't know.

If they're defying authority in regards to this immigration protest, they're going to be suspended, regardless of their ethnic background.

Paul Meyer

If this lawsuit ends up favorable for Durham County, then that would be interpreted as definite authority through case law.

If this is what takes to get the Port Authority back to the table, we're happy to offer them some new thoughts to get the conversation going.

If we develop our own, it will probably be our dollars. If we turn to the authority, there will be strong support from the state and water management district. So there is some real incentives to look to the authority first.

Bill Cosby

Some authority on parenting once said, ""Hold them very close and then let them go."" This is the hardest truth for a father to learn: that his children are continuously growing up and moving away from him (until, of course, they move back in).

Some of my constituents have told me to not to restrict it to commuter hours, but I suspect the opposition from the authority would be even more intense.

Signs are a symbol of authority. They tell you when to go, what to do. No one really questions them. For an artist, it's totally interesting.

Sherrod Brown

since Congress passed President Bush's trade promotion authority three years ago, we have lost one-sixth of our manufacturing jobs.

Since 1995, Governor Pataki has said he wanted the Port Authority to return to its core mission of transportation,

Leonard Maltin

She could be dogmatic, of course and Lord help you if you disagreed -- that was the tone of many of her reviews. But she spoke with great authority and great love. She loved movies and that was crystal clear every time you read her.

She does have to look to the authority figures around her and glean what to do,

Isaac Watts

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

Housing authorities have never been more broke. Funds for public housing were not keeping pace with demand, even before Katrina.

Ahmed Chalabi

meeting ... called by the U.S. to give their vision of the interim Iraqi authority. It will be a one-day meeting. And the U.S. will present its vision, and there will be a statement after the meeting.

My job is to keep people out of court. If there is a (medical) decision with no authority, you go to the courts.

One benefit of the law is that it gives schools the authority to do things they've wanted to do for a long time but couldn't.

It is extremely regrettable. We hope investigation authorities will conduct a thorough probe.

Carl Rogers

Experience is the highest authority.

B. F. Skinner

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing. They were under a lot of pressure, and they took a lot of shortcuts that may have resulted in a lot of waste. And they may have abused their authority to enter into contracts that they were not authorized to do.

Middleton bus station is extremely impressive and the Authority is committed to building more of its kind throughout Greater Manchester in the years to come.

Who has the authority to do this? Well, the people that make the maps ... you've got to standardize things at some point.

Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority.

Khalil Greene

I was trying to swing the bat with some authority, and not be overly defensive.