Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ken Ludwig

It gives them some flexibility. If they have a good commission month, they can pay some of the principal. But they do not have to pay any principal, which helps them during the slower months.

Don King

When Roger Mayweather entered the ring, it disqualified the fight. The Nevada Commission has the discretionary power to do as they may. They had the power to disqualify the fight, but they decided not to exercise that power.

Richard Ben-Veniste

And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals.

Rene Cassin

As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general.

There's a presumption taken by the (U.N.) commission that the very presence of Syrian troops and the Syrian security organs in Lebanon is something which should imply so and so and so.

A technical team from UNSCOM (the U.N. Special Commission disarming Iraq) has gone out to maintain monitoring equipment,

A common understanding has been reached. Despite these encouraging steps, it is important to note that the commission will ultimately judge the cooperation of the Syrian authorities on the merits of the information provided and the promptness with which its requests are being accommodated.

At this time, we've received no indication whatsoever from the Transportation Funding and Reform Commission that increasing fares and cutting service are unavoidable. But those are always options that we must consider.

That's an incomplete study. We did commission that. When we completed it, the insurance industry itself told us the information was wrong.

It's tough to stand up to big business. The commission really responded to the concerns of the residents.

Joseph Stiglitz

I told the commission that offering the two versions of Windows without a price difference was not a level playing field.

It's this three-body commission that decides what's going to take place.

The federal government's response to this natural disaster has been inexcusable, ... They should form a commission to look into the mistakes.

I'm elated. The commission decided to stay with our present allocation for another two years to see how it works out.

I'm extremely disappointed that the European Commission has insisted on perpetuating this dispute,

I just want to be part of a fair and impartial commission board.

It's likely that by the end of the year, the staff will recommend to the commission that the commission propose changes.

Richard Greenberg

I started in the era when Hollywood reveled in being the most cost-inefficient industry on the planet. They used to commission a hundred scripts for every one they made.

It took a long time getting these approvals through. We were struggling with the Coastal Commission and as the money shrank, we had to shrink the building.

Peter Mandelson

It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,

The governor's commission has a long history of doing educational work and community outreach.

The governor naturally is very concerned about this. But he has total confidence that the commission will handle this and do the right thing.

The Cowles Commission was the optimal environment for the type of research that I wanted to do.

When I went to the Maine State Lottery Commission as part of my investigation, they knew Mr. Dyer by name. Mr. Dyer told me he had a gambling addiction.

The position expressed by the European Commission today was just the position we were responding to on Tuesday.

This will impact our expenses next year. We gave the County Commission a heads-up that this will be a problem.

The passage of this legislation will help the commission to continue its efforts aimed at increasing investor protection and restoring confidence in our markets.

Jose Barroso

This shows that the commission is firmly committed to producing better legislation.

The Pew Commission endorses this important legislation, and we thank Senators DeWine and Rockefeller for their leadership,

The reason highly abusive governments flock to the commission is to prevent condemnation of themselves and their kind, and most of the time they succeed. If you're a thug, you want to be on the committee that tries to condemn thugs.

Jeff Johnson

The operative word in Public Service Commission is 'public.' And, for most of our members, they have a pretty strong impression the PSC is too attendant to the needs of the utility companies and not common citizens. People are concerned about how to make ends meet.

This was an issue update on education. This was an e-mail that was sent out. It was a new, electronic way to get a message out. Actually, we look forward to some guidelines from the ethics commission on something that's totally new. No one has addressed what's OK with an e-mail, what's OK with a link to a Web site.

What I would like to see is the European Commission taking a more proactive stance instead of a wait-and-see approach.