Famous Quotes & Sayings

Classic Bill Miller is to find companies that other people don't like and see if the projections were incorrect.

Because it treats one person differently, there's a special, strict scrutiny a private bill undergoes to ensure the integrity of the House, because it's such a powerful tool.

His complaint is not the volume of bills (legislators) focus on, but sometimes they don't focus on the most important ones.

Higher oil prices and a strong dollar will push the trade deficit to new record highs, with the monthly trade deficit likely exceeding $75 billion by mid 2006.

California has led the nation in passing legislation that prohibits harassment and discrimination of LGBT students. This bill will ensure and enforce existing protections so that all students can learn and grow in a safe environment.

By using crop wastes as well as grain, we could be producing tens of billions of gallons of ethanol in this country every year and lessening our dependence on foreign petroleum.

Calling for lower heating bills as we stood there shivering was an effective comment.

Barbara Boxer

can, and should, be paid for by freezing new tax cuts to the wealthy and redirecting billions of dollars currently being spent in Iraq.

By the year 2040, the world's population is likely to increase by about 2 billion people, with also projected economic output will be up about 130 percent versus the year 2010.

By the time I get done paying all my bills at the end of the month, I'm lucky if I have $10 left. If it wasn't for St. Vincent's, I don't know what we'd do.

Certainly, the trend has been toward legislatures passing bills that would require some sort of paper.

Change your name to RedCreek.com and they'll take you out with a $6 billion market cap. You just have to make sure you lose lots of money if you want to play that game.

By consensus decision, all governments have re-affirmed the moratorium on a genetic engineering technology that threatens the lives and livelihoods of 1.4 billion people who depend on farmer-saved seed.

By raiding the surplus to pay for a property-tax cut, Perry is proposing a plan that is still $1 billion short of inadequate because it forgets one very important thing: schools.

By our calculation, Pfizer's consumer business has an implied market value of US$4.6 billion ($6.9 billion) but could be sold for 2 to 2.5 times that amount, or US$10 billion.

By our calculation, Pfizer's consumer business has an implied market value of $4.6 billion but could be sold for 2 to 2.5 times that amount, or $10 billion.

Mike Holmgren

Honestly, when Bill and I visit, we don't talk about football as much as we do about our families. He tells me about his three daughters, I tell him about my four daughters. We're both very proud of our daughters. We've both been married to our wives since college. What it shows to me is, even though this business can be difficult on families, we've got strong ones.

Jeff Gordon

Honestly, I've been going up in that trailer for 10 years now . . . and I feel like very little of it ever really makes an impact. I sat there many times with Dale, and I heard him make his points, and I knew he had a special relationship with Bill (France) Jr., and NASCAR and I felt like, sometimes he definitely made a difference, sometimes he got credit for it when I think they were already going to do something and half the time they didn't do anything.

He's the right leader to build on the important work of Bill Owens -- and take Nortel to the next level.

Jonny Gomes

He's a player's manager. Certain kind of eye contact from Bill can mean a thousand different words from him.

Pat Gillick

He said that, pending the outcome of a physical, Billy was going to sign with the Mets,

He's a perfect example of what we've let slip away in the image of a coach - the job is a teaching job, ... Bill certainly has a great deal of self-confidence, but he's got the humility to know that he can always learn from somebody that's successful. To me, the smarter you are, the more you want to learn.

Bud Selig

He's a partner in the Cardinals and he's been with Bill DeWitt in other deals. Everybody raves about him. He's very personable and a Cincinnati man. I think it's great. Frankly this was an easy one. This was quick.

Lloyd Carr

I recommended Bill to Bo as a graduate assistant. Before Bo could make a decision, Bill went to Illinois, and his career took off.

I received an e-mail stating that I had been chosen to fly out to LA with 11 other people to share our stories with Billy on the infomercial. It was a dream come true.

Johann Lamont

I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go and hear preachers, and then we always went to church and Sunday school. That mattered a lot to me.

Craig Newmark

I remember and know the Bill of Rights. But my instincts tell me to be helpful, and (that attitude) is surprising to a lot of cops who deal with Internet crimes.

I remain opposed to changes the bill would make to food stamps, Medicaid, student loan programs and payments to help states enforce child support agreements,

Ric Keller

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses.

Maria Cantwell

I'll tell you where my constituents are. They want to know why we spend billions of dollars on Star Wars defense, and yet we don't have the security to guarantee that there's not going to be a nuclear device in a cargo container that comes to the Port of Seattle.

I live in a city that is billboards. Billboards and graffiti.

Brad Childress

I know Bill will probably have a 'get right' meeting with him, tell him what his expectations are, what his rules are. And I think it will go from there.

Lester Holt

I have this vision of maybe going the way of Bill Kurtis and, I think, Tom Brokaw, to a certain extent - the ability to not be tied to the desk anymore, but to do projects that are meaningful to you.