Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katsuya Okada

If you make your voting decision based only on the postal privatization, it would mean (Koizumi) would exploit it and would say the public entrusted him with all other decisions as well.

If you were at a university where the president meted out punishment based on what he reads in the newspaper, it would be a pretty dangerous place.

In every matter we make our decisions based on the facts and the law.

In 2004, the FCC issued a staff report based on erroneous assumptions that kept this costly bundling charade going. Today's FCC report shreds the foundation of this industry-sponsored deceit.

I guess we're going to have to do it the hard way and bring it in the conference tournament. That's really the only way we can take it out of the selection committee's hands. But I think if we get this win (today), they have to give us a good look based on what we've done this season, like beating LSU and Arizona. Hopefully it will be impressive enough.

If there is a lot of social pressure to vote, we find that based on class or incomes, not based on age.

I put out the players who I have seen training best during the week. Beckham and Roberto Carlos have not trained well and I considered that they should not play. I choose the side based on the work they do during the week and this was my ideal side.

Joshua Malina

I plan someday to do a one-man show based solely on the e-mails of Bellamy Young. And people will think I've written a brilliant comedy myself when, in fact, all the text will be directly from Bellamy.

I pick sports based on facility availability, the variety of games, and to maximize participation, not to encourage the competitive spirit to extremes like winning at all costs. I don't want players to sacrifice the credibility of their witness for Christ.

clarify and reinforce that all businesses that provide services, goods or accommodations to the public cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status.

His legitimacy is based on the lingering respect for his father. This is also, perhaps, why he keeps his next-in-line out of site - to keep himself enshrined and base his son's legitimacy on himself.

Chrysler Group believes it's only fair that we take the fight to our global competitors in markets where it makes sense for us. We are launching a major effort to take Dodge to international markets based upon Dodge's very American core values.

(Campbell) is most deserving of this recognition based upon his outstanding qualities of leadership, moral character, and exceptional performance with promoting the game of golf.

Can you get better at finding what people are really looking for, based on either prior search traffic or something about their interests?

Jack Evans

By and large, these decisions are being based on our decision to focus on core businesses.

Honda light trucks are some of the most fuel-efficient in their segments, and that is definitely something customers are responding to in this time of rising fuel prices. We're not seeing a shift away from light trucks right now, but we are seeing customers make purchase decisions based on fuel economy.

Honestly, we don't really know how it works. But we're just making a plan based on what we do know.

Andre Agassi

He's unique to the game based on his size and the way he plays. A guy like that is really awkward. It's an odd trajectory that the ball's coming down from,

He's a popular figure in the Somali community and it's clear based on the initial community support that people are concerned.

He said that there is no clear-cut answer. It's opinion based on opinions.

Generally speaking, to do that the government needs a warrant based on probable cause.

Gardner had the type of last home game you'd like to have. It's very deserving based on the type of season he's had.

In the thinking of most analysts, based on the fundamentals, there certainly is enough out there that the Fed should keep going, at least at this meeting.

Ravi Shankar

In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform live, 95% of the music is improvised: it never sounds the same twice.

Jim Nussle

Hope, yes, but it's probably not realistic, ... It would be very difficult, based on the way things have transpired this year so far.

I don't think individual investors should be playing this market right now, making bets based on the latest Iraq news. Once the war ends, we've got underlying fundamental issues that will return to focus. The war is not the reason the economy is having trouble. Fundamentals have gotten worse since the beginning of the year and yet the market has gone higher because of the focus on Iraq.

Paul Cook

I don't recommend buying our fund based on returns. You buy a fund based on its management team.

Sonakshi Sinha

I don't pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles.

I don't know if we're going to get less or more money, but we will have a very competitive application based on that methodology.

I don't know how someone who has tried to make his entire career be based upon principles could turn around and switch parties overnight.

I dont know how much Jack knows about our work. I dont know how hes based his opinion of us, and Ill just leave it at that,

I don't know how much Jack knows about our work. I don't know how he's based his opinion of us, and I'll just leave it at that.

Bernard Hopkins

I didn't expect right after July 16th to be more in demand and more respected everywhere I went, from the West coast to the East coast, from hard-core gang members to corporate people with suits and ties on, black and white. It just secured everything for me. I've been on a nonstop crusade since July 16th. I haven't had much time for family time, based on the outpouring of love and respect they have for Bernard Hopkins.