Famous Quotes & Sayings

Spending restraint was a major priority in the budget process, and the proof is in the pudding.

That comes so late in the year, it's probably not going to have any effect on this year's budget. A lot of it also depends on how many games we'll get next year, but certainly the increased revenue will be a good cushion.

That doesn't leave a lot of extra money in the budget to support the types of things we're talking about. The things we're talking about would cost a lot of money sustained over time and that will be difficult for the city council. The city council is not going to be able to pull a rabbit out of their hat. It's going to take voter support.

That exponentially increases the budget for this mayor's race.

That doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense given this year's budget situation.

Peter Phillips

Narcotics trafficking has spawned a criminal elite that is fighting to control a budget the same size as that presented in Parliament by our minister of finance, but without any of the obligations for debt, employment and services, which is placed on the elected government.

Local and provincial governance needs to be improved. There will have to be hard budget constraints.

It is a very moderate hike and investors had factored in an increase before the presentation of the budget.

Mahesh Rangarajan

It is a very careful budget. Definitely it is a budget made with poll calculations in mind.

Just a few family and friends and some of my buddies and hockey parents from when I played minor hockey.

Kyle told me had a buddy who was really good." ()

Rusty Wallace

Larry reminds me of my old buddy, Buddy Parrott, reminds me of what (Parrott) did for me and how many victories he helped me get, ... We're having fun again.

I see a trend. Our kids are getting into trouble and going to jail. Sixty-five percent of the county budget goes to jail and rehab, and that's fine, but only 16 percent of our budget goes to prevention programs.

Jacques Chirac

I requested a budget to support employment, spending power and the preparation of the future. This 2006 budget meets this requirements,

Sarah Waters

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own.

Kevin Connolly

I was at a party in the Hamptons this weekend with some buddies I grew up with, ... All of a sudden, they part the way for us to get in and it's, like, 'What can we do for you?' So, yeah, I guess the show is definitely registering.

Jose Barroso

It is simply not realistic. This proposal amounts to a budget for a mini-Europe, not the strong Europe that we need.

I thought, 'well might as well do it,' even though I don't know how to run it. We were good buddies and figured we'd do it together. It's easier to do it with two people.

I think we will eventually need to have an operating budget referendum but the problem is I don't think voters will go for it until we've changed how we handle the budget that we have.

Pierce Brosnan

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.

I think as we look at our starting five, it has to be a point of emphasis. We want to get more physical as a program. We lose two big guys with Phil and Buddy who are our two leading scorers inside.

I think it's particularly important as all the defense budgets around the world come under pressure that we have a balance.

I think this budget should be passed without any changes whatsoever because it meets the needs of our students here in Bloomfield.

It is not necessary or even possible for us to massively increase the defense budget,

It is on budget and looks like it's right on target.

Atom Egoyan

I think that's one of the real joys of working with a small budget - that you have to determine exactly what it is that you need and want to say.

It is more difficult to get public funds for sports facilities. State and local budgets are strained, services are being cut, taxes are being raised.

It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave),

Eric Johnson

Like most budgets, it's a roller coaster, ... We will strap ourselves in and see how many loop-de-loops there are.

Last year it took four votes to pass the budget and each time the budget kept getting depleted to what I thought was a dangerous point. I'm very happy to say the vote passed the first time out.

Late this summer we'll be going into union discussions. That contract expires Nov. 30, so we'll need to pull that stuff together. And then we've got budgets to work on. There's going to be quite a few key administrative things that the new director is going to have to deal with pretty much from the get-go.

Jesse Brown

I was just sliding directly to three o'clock, and then my buddy just came out to recover me and he got stuck as well.

Our 2006 capital expenditure budget will be approximately $1.1 billion, which will be scalable depending on market conditions. In addition, we will pursue alternative opportunities to expand our capacity through the use of strategic alliances.