Famous Quotes & Sayings

He is saying as little as he needs to be confirmed and hasn't made many mistakes that trouble a majority of senators whose votes he needs.

He is very well respected, and he would be confirmed quite easily.

For me, one of the most important issues that needs to be addressed by Judge Roberts is the constitutional right to privacy. ... It would be very difficult for me to vote to confirm someone to the Supreme Court whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade .

It confirmed people are looking for a community. A safe neighborhood where there are a lot of eyes on the kids.

We can confirm that the trip has been cancelled.

Dick Thompson

We can confirm that the 15-year-old girl was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus as a result of the London testing.

I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, ... Then they started counting the points and nobody could rememberthe third one, so in the end it looked like it was all my fault.

Phil Garner

He'll go back there just to confirm this is a tweak.

CMBX has been designed to provide investors with an efficient means to gain diversified exposure to the U.S. CMBS market. The standardized nature of the index, coupled with the fact that trades can be confirmed through DTCC, will pave the way for a liquid and operationally efficient market.

Clive Woodward

I only heard last night that it (a citing) might happen and it was confirmed this morning,

I heard a parliamentary officer contacted my son and confirmed there was no such fact.

Edward Kennedy

I hope I am proven wrong about John Roberts. I have been proven wrong before on my confirmation votes. I regret my vote to confirm Justice Scalia, even though he, too, like Judge Roberts was a nice person and a very smart Harvard lawyer.

I know that your reporter may have confirmed it to you. But that's what your correspondents have been doing for the last few days, repeating and confirming lies,

In Egypt, I do survey work on the ground. That's really the most important part of using satellite images. You know, it helps us to find potential locations for sites, and then we get to go there on the ground and confirm what we've seen.

The first purpose of such a meeting is for the leaders of the two countries to confirm the importance of friendship between Japan and China,

Alexander Cockburn

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it

David Hewson

The hearing test, which involved sitting in a quiet room listening to noises of various pitch played through headphones, confirmed the worst. I had no hearing in my left ear whatsoever.

The doctors have since confirmed that the president had indeed suffered a minor stroke for which he has been receiving appropriate treatment.

Jon Ronson

Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere.

The July data, and the year-on-year increase, confirm that a moderate but sustainable recovery continues, putting us on track for 7-9 percent sequential growth in the third quarter,

The unemployment data confirmed the recovery of the Japanese economy.

The dollar was buoyed as the market confirmed that interest rate differentials between Japan and other major economic countries would not shrink for a while.

Elaine Chao

The gains in the economy are being translated into gains for workers as well. The numbers confirm that 2006 got off to a strong start for America's workers.

The fundamentals are quite bearish ... the inventory data ... essentially confirmed that the market is (well) supplied with product.

The fundamentals are quite bearish (negative for prices) ... the (US) inventory data ... essentially confirmed that the market is supplied with product.

This has not been confirmed by the company, but it should be good news for the share price.

Debbie Reynolds

We are investigating whether there any links or movements between the two suspect farms and the confirmed infected premises.

Laura Bush

Tomorrow is going to be a hard day for a lot of Americans, ... It's going to be a day of tears and a day of prayer and a day of national resolve. It also needs to be a day in which we confirm the values which make us unique and great.

Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations of an end to the zero- interest-rate policy as early as the fourth quarter. That's yen positive for sure.

Adrian Fernandez

I want to make sure I confirm things, even though I think I know them.

O. J. Simpson

It's not confirmed yet, but I want to do it. I've battled those demons. I'm ready to go back out.

Dick Cheney

It's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several months before the attack, ... Meet the Press.

does not confirm if someone is a source or not, particularly in an ongoing investigation.