Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kofi Annan

I hope you will give your full backing to all points of the strategy I have outlined. Let us ensure the United Nations play its role in this fight to the full,

The inventory build was two-to-three times greater than expected, and oil prices are backing off.

The cornerback (Dailey) bailed out pretty hard. I didn't get too close to him. He was backing up so fast.

The bonds were forecast to jump as their government backing means little risk to investors. As the country's stock markets still face policy uncertainties, these bonds provide a haven for investors.

Shawn Amos

The Bangles are proof that short skirts and electric guitars go hand-in-hand. They are one of the great all-girl groups, backing up their looks with a serious pop-rock pedigree.

Daniel Hernandez

There's three good players in the middle, and I feel confident in the middle having such good guys next to me, defensively and offensively. We can take chances, and we know the other one is there backing us up. They kind of push me because they are such good players. And hopefully I do the same for them.

O. J. Simpson

These tags have an adhesive backing and can stick together. We have had occasion when the tag for one individual will be inadvertently placed in the envelope with another individual's tag.

It's been a roller-coaster ride all year, to be honest. At times, it seemed like we rolled and at times it looked like we were backing up. But the last four games were probably the best games we've played all year.

Marcus Trufant

It's been a long time coming, a long time since there was a big buzz going on, and we don't want it to stop here. Our fans have been great all year, and it's not a bandwagon thing. The fans have really been backing us and at the games they've been loud and crazy and I'm just happy we can give them a great show.

Michael Moore

Democrats have a history of backing away, backing down.

Richard Eyre

David has made an enormously impressive impact on the company's operations since he joined us in 2004. After a thorough review, the board is pleased to confirm that David has its full backing to lead the company to its next level of growth.

Then, when she embroils you in a legal tangle over the matter, instead of monitoring the situation as closely as possible, you put the discretion nearly entirely in her hands. You do not know what's in her notes. And when you believe you are backing her because she is defending a principle, she then brings in a second attorney. To people outside journalism all this looks just weird,

That means there's hope. Gene Upshaw made a commitment to the union that he's not backing down, and we support him 100 percent. The owners must finally realize if they don't come back to the table, the ramifications are potentially catastrophic.

It's starting to look as though both camps have sufficient backing to stick around for awhile.

It's incredible. (Greensburg) had a strong streak coming into this game but we took it to them and weren't backing down.

Joe Crede

It's definitely a good feeling when you know you have that many people backing you, and they're watching and supporting you,

It looked like a pretty good situation, ... I don't know if I'm going to be a backup. I don't know if I'm going to be backing up a backup. I don't know if I'm going to be a starter.

Michael Dawson

It's great that Martin Jol is backing so many of us young English players.

The two candidates who had backing from organized labor got slaughtered last night. You have to conclude that protectionist arguments just aren't going anywhere.

The volume isn't overly heavy but there are a lot of orders on the trading desks backing up what's out there right now. There's a lot of committed capital on trading desks that's trying to be put to work.

Phil Garner

They'll let Jimmy control the clubhouse, and he'll get the backing from the front office because of his good relationship with Dombrowski from their time together with the Marlins.

It's big shoes to fill, I admit. But with the help of God on my side and with my family backing me up, I feel like I can do anything. I feel like I can even take over at quarterback if I have to.

It's hard to see kids while backing out of the driveway,

James Robertson

When you're relying on something that uses electrical power and someone to do maintenance on the thing ... if you have a power failure that takes the station out, you run the risk of sewage backing up into homes. By putting in a gravity line we won't have to rely on electrical power to transport sewage.

The financial backing is out there for a stadium. Our goal is to get it done in five years. That's a realistic timeframe.

The financial backing is out there for a stadium, ... Our goal is to get it done in five years. That's a realistic timeframe.

The guys are right behind us, backing us up. It's just been crazy that they've done this for tons of years and for us to finally step up and do it is just great.

The key point is that they're finally really positive on the economy and really optimistic that this inflation is under check. What do you have backing that today? You have news that factory orders are strong.

Brandon Siler

You worry about it. We've got three young guys coming in and it's going to make these guys backing up now even that much better. I don't want to come out of the game anyhow.

The DVD recorder and games console market will be a much bigger driver than the PC market. A PC is fine for writing a movie or backing it up, but ultimately you want to play it on a DVD player.

This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can benefit from our project. And we are really fortunate to have the backing of many of the local community groups.

Helio Castroneves

The last time we were here, we were backing off and cutting back in power and you could feel it. But everybody's the same out there.

Henry Flynt

Around 1967 I began backing away from dogmatic Leninism, not so much because I thought it was false, I just decided there was nothing utopian about it.