Famous Quotes & Sayings

I have no problems with that. That is something that I've felt would occur over a period of time as more players who played at the highest level and went through the entire process (began entering the candidate pool).

Jeff Cohen

I'm sure he did. We inquired into a million guys' interest. Was he a candidate that we talked about? Absolutely. Was he one of my top five? No.

In general we would be talking about enhancing the existing properties. There are some that would be candidates for being torn down, the Imperial Palace being the first on the list.

In Cairo this requirement fortunately does not apply, but it is perplexing and penalizes candidates from small parties.

Nan Aron

In most cases, a candidate enjoys a honeymoon period after the nomination.

In late 1993, (Wilson) was at 31 percent, which is even lower than the governor's numbers today, ... He went on to win by 10 points in 1994. There was a lot of grumbling about Pete Wilson, but he was able to distinguish himself from (Democratic candidate) Kathleen Brown, latched onto illegal immigration as an issue and it propelled him to victory. The quality of the campaign, the way candidates raise the salience of issues - all those things matter.

I know when we started soliciting candidates to challenge incumbents that people had this fear that we would end up with a group of people right out of the Cantina from Star Wars.

I knew there were two guys interested. Two guys that I thought would be possible candidates to interview. After four weeks we were told that we shouldn't interview them. That was my list. My list had two guys.

I'm not being cynical. I'm being realistic. Most people have an honest view of how the candidates are selling themselves. Voters should be included in the situation and get some of the windfall.

I have several other candidates that are good prospects, so onward and upward.

David Boies

The first thing, your honor, is that any candidate could have requested a manual recount in any county, so that the manual recount provision is something that by statute is given to the candidates. And wherever there has been a manual recount requested, the counties have gone forward, and indeed some of the results that have already been certified have been results that included manual recounts.

The final candidate will be the president's selection, but the trustees will still have to confirm that selection.

The community is encouraged to come and hear what each candidate is about. We want to know how they are going to make a difference and what type of impact they will make in our community.

The entire electorate is traumatized to some extent. They are very worried about what's going to happen to them. They are looking for a candidate who is a savior, a champion.

The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past, ... The EU must maintain its credibility.

The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past,

Jeff Greenfield

The charge that liberal candidates don't connect with or understand the values and beliefs of regular Americans is embedded in old epithets like 'limousine liberal,' which I first heard aimed at New York Mayor John Lindsay in 1969.

The guy that's got the money is going to define the candidate before he or she can define themselves. Judy won't have any money.

And its election oath, which states that each ANC candidate commits him-or herself to fighting 'against corruption in any guise or form', is not worth the paper it is written on.

David Weinberger

Every embarrassing moment is going to be shown on the Internet, whether the candidate likes it or not. The ones that can't deal with that are going to fail.

There's very little to gain from a debate and there's always a possibility they'll make a mistake and give the other candidate a chance to get back in.

I want to make sure that this party fields the strongest possible candidate that can defeat Hillary Clinton. So I think it is very important that we have a very strong candidate. And until we are comfortable that we have that strongest possible candidate, we need to continue to look.

The NDP wanted to delay the elections to gather themselves. The make-up of the local councils in the current situation ... makes the candidate of the NDP the only player in presidential elections.

The NDP (National Democratic Party) wanted to delay the elections to gather themselves. The make-up of the local councils in the current situation makes the candidate of the NDP the only player in presidential elections.

Jim Gilmore

It's not about me. I want (the people of Virginia) to vote for the candidate who has demonstrated real leadership as the head of a state government.

That's quite a lot of job candidates hitting the market. It depends on what the timing is going to be. If it is gradual, that would the transition easier.

That's the contest that will take place, but so far our candidate is doing well.

It obviously shows that she's a candidate that is being fielded from outside the district. She lives outside the district. And her support is from outside the district.

Jason Aldean

It'll be my luck that the worst candidate will pick up 'Fly Over States' as his election song. Then I'll be forever linked to that guy, whoever he is!

It's wonderful. The speakers, such as keynote speaker (U.S. Sen.) Lamar Alexander, will speak, sign autographs, and we will have tables with various prizes such as the ones sent by presidential candidate John McCain.

The volunteer task forces were a major phenomenon in this campaign. Having found that the official task force had members who were also candidates who had to look for their own votes, these groups emerged in different regions and for different purposes specific to those areas.

They've really been thrown for a loop by the current situation. They have a front-running candidate they don't really know and don't really trust.

It seems clear that many Republicans, while they may still like and support George Bush, are growing uneasy with what may happen to their candidates -- and the policies they support -- in the November elections.