Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Kay

And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.'

Richard Engel

Many senior government officials, CIA, FBI, counter terrorism officials - when they look back at the decade, they effectively conclude that the United States overreacted after 9/11.

We're waiting to conclude our investigation and considering what legal recourse may be appropriate.

We have had discussions with Ryan. Hope-fully we can conclude discussions in a positive fashion in the next few days.

While we still prefer to conclude a negotiated transaction with Willamette, their refusal to discuss a combination has forced us to take our offer directly to Willamette shareholders.

Fred Thompson

It is consistent to conclude this was a money-related event,

It is difficult to look forward to the first 100 or 200 days of 2006 and not conclude that the year will be reminiscent of 2005 with powerful and pronounced updrafts on prices.

Tony Juniper

We are not taking an ideological view ... We have analysed the pros and cons ... and we have concluded that (nuclear power) is the wrong answer.

Ben Cohen

We know once the people there see how this money is spent, they will come to conclude on their own that it's right.

Juan Montoya

My two days at this week's test were focused on Michelin selection for the Spanish Grand Prix, which takes place in a month from now. We have been evaluating the prime and options with Michelin, with some interesting results, and have been able to conclude the process today.

Because of the fast fractions and the sloppy condition of the track for the Wood, I don't think you can conclude the horse doesn't want to go the (Derby) distance.

Because of time constraints we weren't able to conclude a deal with Scott Strickland to tender him a contract. We still plan to negotiate with him.

Given the success of our discussions to date, we expect to be able to conclude one or more of these alliances by the end of this year,

It can go on and on, or someone must write 'The End' to it. I have concluded that only I can do that. And if I can, I must.(Fords pardon of Richard Nixon for Watergate)

Whatever might have once been thought about the existence of a 'Greenspan put,' stock market, investors could not have endured the experience of the last five years in the United States and concluded that they were hedged on the downside by asymmetric monetary policy.

We're pleased that the court concluded that they had no jurisdiction to overturn the trial judge's ruling. We look forward to going to trial where the jury will have all of the evidence.

I agree with the Speaker and have concluded that my other activities do not permit me to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly requires.

he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.

Christopher Bond

I have concluded that the current controversy has completely overshadowed our efforts to expand the American dream to all Americans.

Rush Limbaugh

From my point of view, the end result will be as if I had gone to court and won, but the matter is concluded much sooner. I have spent thousands of hours and millions of dollars with lawyers over the past 27 months fighting this at every stage.

We still think that the growth rate will slow substantially in the fourth quarter, in part because the housing sector is softening which will tend to soften consumer spending as well. That is one factor that will probably help the Federal Reserve eventually conclude its monetary tightening cycle.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

There are those who want to conclude the Security Council reform is over. They are mistaken. Reform is a process and moves in a continuum step by step.

We have received the deposit money from Hong Kong and the band's lawyers have a signed contract having concluded negotiations last week.

John Thune

We prayed a lot about it as did a lot of other people and finally concluded that this was something that we needed to do.

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.

We are led to conclude that the current tightening cycle still has further to go.

The prolonged drama probably explains why markets have not done much of anything in response to the news. Participants have perhaps concluded that things will take a lot longer to come to a head -- if they do at all.

When we put all of these facts together, we conclude that the market today is roughly at fair value,

John Sergeant Wise

When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person.

While we haven't seen valuations drop to levels to justify a 'valuation call,' our comprehensive modeling of industry dynamics leads us to conclude that the time is now for a 'fundamental call' on the order bottom.

Our talks today were concluded without reaching any deal.

Tom Daschle

Looking at all of these things together, you would have to conclude American foreign policy today is broken,