Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Smith

Expanding congressional representation for any territory is a pretty big decision, one that the conference should discuss and debate. Mr. Boehner has great respect for the bill's sponsors and would offer them the opportunity to make their case before the conference and our constituents.

George Freeman

Arlen went on to be a really wonderful trial lawyer, yet I never tried a case in front of a jury again. ... He was a wonderful guy then, we hit it off, and we were quite proud of each other.

The labor market seems to be improving. It bolsters the case we've been making that the economic slowdown story is a little oversold. Clearly growth is moderating, but we're still likely to see some decent growth the second half of the year.

The labor market seems to be improving, ... It bolsters the case we've been making that the economic slowdown story is a little oversold. Clearly growth is moderating, but we're still likely to see some decent growth the second half of the year.

Chris Johnson

The knee-jerk reaction was things aren't as sure as everybody thought, but when I look at this, this is right in the middle of what my expectations were. They left a rate hike in the deck here in case they need it, but that doesn't mean more of the same.

The legal question that is most central to the case is whether they have an obligation to pay John for his wages lost while he was suspended as they did an investigation into his fitness to perform his job duties.

The law is crystal clear here. The Supreme Court is not going to really be happy about having to get involved in this case simply to put Cuba on trial. In other words, they are not going to be used politically here; they are smarter than that.

The kind of high-decibel extreme emotion, even the language that a lot of Cuban Americans used about the Elian case turned off a lot of people,

Orrin Hatch

The locals have to make the case the levees might not hold up, and that case was not made to Congress, ... Congress is not going to give money that is not justified.

The local chapter has responsibility for a certain time, and then the national organization takes over. As of Friday, the national organization has been handling all of our case work.

The lower your case mix, the lower your reimbursement.

The lower court must now confront the real merits of this case ... that there is no constitutional justification for prohibiting grass-roots lobbying about upcoming votes in Congress, just because we are in an election season.

The Department of Justice looks forward to presenting this important case before the court.

All the schools have to do is fill out some paperwork, and we will send it right through, ... We have a hardship clause that waives the usual wait for transfers for extraordinary and unusual circumstances. If there was ever a case that fits that, I'd say this is it.

All the items were taken from within the building. There are no suspects at this time. The case is currently under investigation.

Andrew Mitchell

And if and when he launches, David will fight a strong campaign... and I'm confident that when he has put his case he will be successful.

Chuck Palahniuk

My father worked for the railroad, and whenever a train crashed, we would go as a family and steal food from the boxcars. One year we stole a case of butterscotch pudding that was for export to Israel. It took us years to get through.

The markets have got a case of valuation acrophobia,

The matter before the court was whether Microsoft could be held in contempt for violating a consent decree entered in 1995. The court denied the Justice Department's petition for contempt; the case should have ended there. But on its own initiative, the court proceeded to treat the matter as a tying case and, without giving Microsoft notice or an opportunity to defend itself, issued a preliminary injunction.

The materials sought were not critical to the prosecution case and could just as well be obtained in an orderly fashion by noticed motion.

The market has been spooked by the fact that these guys would overpay. But I don't think this can be in any way interpreted as a worse case scenario.

The market has been spooked by the fact that these guys would overpay, ... But I don't think this can be in any way interpreted as a worse case scenario.

The market is really waiting for (Friday's) numbers. It's going to be a case of as interest rates go, so go equity markets.

Times are tough. But this region has not been seen as a charity case because it has had a plan.

Maajid Nawaz

Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.

At a time you have a situation where you're going to either legislate or regulate in the marketplace, that never has a good outcome. Certainly that would be the case here.

At first it didn't look like I was going into an optimal situation. I'm from Long Island, and I was going 3,000 miles to a place where I had no family or friends. I was joining a franchise that was 4-12 the year before and expectations were low. But things happen for a reason, and I was fortunate. I've always been on winning teams and been around a great group of guys, and that certainly has been the case here.

James Purnell

a textbook case for undue influence in will executions.

At any cost, he was not going to be arrested, ... This is a case about one of the oldest motives in the world: to get away.

Jonathan Jackson

As James's case shows, they can be a dangerous weapon when handled in the wrong way.

The more someone persists in their innocence, the larger the wound gets in the community. You can't heal in a case like this when the finger is in the wound at the heart of the community ? the way the knife was in the victim.

Accordingly, there is no case for further rate hikes in our view.

a case study of pinning too much hope on an electoral process without doing so much of the other work.