Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think big issue in campaign is, are you going to be a school board member responsive to the people who elected you, and are you going to lead?

Philip Smith

I think it's rotten. I think several members will resign. I've been on the board for 30 years. If this is the way they want to treat people, I want no part of it.

I think this board is extending itself so the public does know what we are doing.

I think under other circumstances it's possible this is something the board might have overlooked,

I think that the county, be it the Planning Commission, the administration or the Board of Supervisors, want to maintain the character of Goochland. In half a century, Goochland is going to look a whole lot different than it does today.

I think that what it says is from an external point of view, from a national stage, we're being recognized for excellence in what we're doing. When I first came on board with the CU College of Music in fall of 1999, one of the things I had hoped to see was some recognition at some point from these national awards. And for us to have had the 13 in five years has exceeded my expectations, but I think clearly represents the great work the students and faculty are doing.

It is just an effort to increase and improve customer service within DOE, both in administrative office and at schools, that is consistent with Board of Education policy on user-friendly schools.

It is my understanding from what was said is that the board may be considering letting this year's fourth graders go next year because they already have the funds.

I will do anything in my power as a member of the board to get an Applebee's here.

Hopefully we can talk the school board into taking that money and putting it into technology.

Brandon Stokley

Hopefully we can put some drives together, put some points on the board and get it going.

When they hadn't found anything by morning, two more NSRI boats were sent.

I acknowledge the decision of the board of the FAI but I am disappointed that I am not being given the opportunity to continue my work with the senior national team,

I don't know about you, but for $45 million, I'd dress up in a pink teddy, feather boa and high heels if that's what Stern wanted.

I don't have any intentions of leaving and it's just good now the board have opened up negotiations.

I don't know whether he's going to have much input, but it would shock me if he didn't have some. He's talking to the people at the board who are writing this stuff and making sure that things look sensible -- something that he can live with.

Alan Greenspan

I am honored to be nominated by President Bush and, if confirmed by the Senate, to continue my service as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Had we taken the picture a couple of years before that it would have been all male, so women are coming into our board and they will be coming on in increasing numbers, but the numbers are still relatively small.

Had that situation happened today with a different (review) board in place with the confidence we have in the community, that decision could have been far more severe. We don't know, because every situation is dealt with differently.

He has provided motivated, enthusiastic and committed leadership, ... Today, our Chamber is more focused, better organized and the Board more engaged than five years ago through his leadership.

William Walker

He is a great friend of higher education. We could think of no one better suited to the Board of Visitors.

Clint Hurdle

He had a chance to put the pitcher away and keep all those runs off the board but he wasn't able to do it and the inning unraveled on him. But he's got a few more starts. I don't have any major concerns about him.

He figured there had to be a better way, and went to the drawing board and came up with a wrecker; that's what they called them back then. He took a 1913 Cadillac touring car and cut the back out to make the first tow truck. He got a patent for it.

Our board over there now boasts three ambassadors, of Japan, Turkey and the U.S..

Our board of directors wanted to honor Lawrence for his years of outstanding leadership and personal commitment to First Charter. His long association with Davidson College made it the perfect choice for this honor.

Our board is not compensated and not staffed. We've never taken $1 in expenses. We look at this as public service.

Our board has voted on them being the vendor depending on the money coming from the state and everything.

Ozzie Newsome

Our board has been set pretty much, and everybody is in accord,

Our board chairman, a citizen of Dubai, went to Temple University. Our Chief Executive Officer also a citizen of Dubai, is a graduate of the University of Arizona.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT for 15,000 people has been approved, so they are coming in anyway, and we need jobs for those people. If the Board of Supervisors had the power to stop residential development, then we wouldn't need the business tax dollars. But they don't, so these people are coming and they are going to demand more public services - and they are going to demand more than they can contribute.

Responsibility for preventing identity theft and eliminating the insider threat has escalated from the IT department to the executive suite. With mounting federal, state, and industry regulations, board members and shareholders are demanding visibility into the infrastructure that protects a company's valuable, confidential and proprietary information. This is possible only with a comprehensive content-monitoring solution that prevents confidentiality breaches at all exit points.

Eric Chavez

Regardless, we needed to get something on the board with that at-bat. I'm the key guy in that spot to make something happen. I didn't come through. It hurt us right there. We have to get a run in, whether it's a flyball or something else. In that situation, I'm the person you want up there -- I'm the person I want up there. Hopefully, starting tomorrow, I'll have opportunities to redeem myself.

Pat has more than 20 years of viable experience with the health-care industry. He is more than qualified to serve on this board where he will be an asset.