Famous Quotes & Sayings

I brought the bill for the landowners, and if the landowners are not happy, then I know we need more work.

Identity theft is a $41 billion a year crime.

I definitely thought Billy won, but, I guess the judges saw it a different way.

I can't vote for the provision in this bill that deals with workplace safety.

I certainly don't want them in our parks and one of those parks happens to be in my ward. Let's face it, who wants billboards in our parks? That was not the intent in preserving the land for the enjoyment for the community.

I can vote on bills and create an opportunity for better legislation.

Steve Garvey

I can remember when Billy wouldn't say six words. Now you can't get the microphone away from him.

Jim Webb

I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I see him salute a Marine, it infuriates me. I don't think Bill Clinton cares one iota about what happens in a military unit.

I don't think that this bill should be considered even a little bit controversial.

I don't see any of those bills moving this year,

I don't see this as being in the taxpayer's interest -- going to higher hourly rates and people who are going to be billing us for more hours. Engineering services are a significant portion of our general fund budget. It's over $100,000. And right now I think we're getting a great value for our dollar and good service. I just don't see a reason to change.

Charles Krauthammer

I don't think Bill Bennett's a racist, though.

I am very proud of the legislation we were able to pass this year, ... Many of the bills we worked on were district bills that will have a direct and positive impact on the people who live in the 15th Senate district.

I am very thankful to the France family and as long as Bill France and Jim France and the family will keep me there, I hope to stay there.

Brian McKnight

I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.

Tom Daschle

I am pleased that Secretary Thompson has acknowledged the growing scandal over the Medicare drug bill and has pledged an independent inquiry into the misconduct,

Customers will have an easier time paying smaller monthly bills, so we will expect to see fewer cases of customers walking away without paying a final bill because it is just too high.

Customers should really heed the warning that we're not out of the woods yet. We could still have a cold February and that could certainly make the market volatile again, so customers should not get complacent. The more customers continue to reduce usage, the more they'll see lower bills and also help the situation.

Kenneth Lay

Currently, there are only a handful of large private sector companies operating in the $300 billion worldwide water market, and there are tremendous opportunities for future growth as the water industry moves toward privatization and consolidation.

Credit card companies are really looking hard at this industry. It's been $30 billion in cash sales, but they want to see that $30 billion in credit.

Cruise and containers can happily coexist. The container port is a vibrant and essential component of Brooklyn's varied waterfront. By bringing both aesthetics and billions of dollars in economic activity, it provides Brooklyn with a worthwhile use for her storied piers, and brings much-needed wealth to our local economy.

Mitt Romney

a similar bill if Massachusetts legislators passed it. But he said current high energy prices reflect a long-term problem requiring a long-term solution, and a gas tax holiday ''is not something that I'm going to be campaigning for.

Billy Joel

And the word spread of Billy the Kid.

Jim Kelly

And who is proving most effective in figuring out how to eradicate those calamities? In different ways, it is Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of the world's wealthiest charitable foundation, and Bono, the Irish rocker who has made debt reduction sexy.

Edward Kennedy

Another important part of this bill will be the periodic report it requires on the progress our forces are making in Iraq,

Wolf Blitzer

Are you talking tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions of dollars? Give us a ballpark,

Ever since Mike Tyson was champ, twenty-something dudes have microwaved nachos, popped opened Natty Lights, watched sharks do unspeakable things on TV, and whispered a billion 'Whoa, dudes.'

Energy bills are going up, people are worried about their pensions and the labor market is loosening. All of those are reasons why the consumer may not be as strong going forward.

Energy adjustments are not a new thing. It's been on bills for years.

Enactment of postal privatization bills is the top item on the agenda.

Enactment of postal privatisation bills is the top item on the agenda.

Earmarks usually are slipped into appropriation bills without a vote, without debate and without notice. That's why a seat on the Appropriations Committee is so coveted.

Drivers already pay roughly $30 billion a year in federal gasoline taxes; that ought to be enough to at least give them a decent federal Interstate highway system with maintenance costs.