Famous Quotes & Sayings

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.

Ariel Sharon

We have already paid an international price for the delay in these negotiations,

With the tournament sold out, great weather and a great field, it's not surprising that were experiencing some delay.

Microsoft's delay is inexcusable. There's no excuse other than incompetence and negligence.

Robert Adams

While the delay has been aggravating, it's great to get the site that we have wanted since the beginning.

William Shakespeare

By-and-by is easily said.

We put hard work into this. Given the situation, we'll see if they can pick up the tab. Due to the delay in publication, we feel it's fair.

We have some people who chronically delay until the last minute. Some just don't want to think about it. Some are too busy, putting it off until they have to do it.

We know it's a dynamic situation, but it's totally premature to talk about delays or postponement. Runners need to be prepared and dress for the weather.

Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year.

We are ready now. We don't want to delay the disposition of this case.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

Because of the weather, we?re looking at a delayed start time of 9 a.m..

I don't view it as a delay because everyone was planning on it being in the fall if not later. There is some relief it's not going to be delayed longer.

He said if I delayed it a bit, he could get five more couples. He delivered ? he got five more couples.

Historically, packaging has been one of the major delays for us in getting product out the door.

I think it's brilliant. The worst-case outcome for them is that they delay Johnson and force them to pay several million dollars more for Guidant, which weakens them as a competitor.

Tucker Carlson

There is no five-second delay on Crossfire-if you say it, people will hear it. Things can get heated; the potential is there to overstate your position. It is vital to not misrepresent what you actually believe.

Noah Feldman

If they are acknowledging that the delay is costing them - that it is making things worse - that is a step in the right direction.

If this is the priority then I need to know so that I can plan for that and maybe next time not delay power to hospitals and water systems by 24 hours.

Alan Greenspan

If we delay, the adjustments could be abrupt and painful,

I do not see that happening either from the Indian side or from the Pakistani side. A day's delay is like an year to me. They (the governments) raise our expectations and never keep their promises,

Barney Frank

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

We actually delayed the encore so West and his management could see what was going on.

Jim Leach

We stressed that delay was not in anybody's interest, either procedurally or substantively,

We're talking about an attitude. Delayed gratification is there, planning, be able to give up something now to get something later.

With this, we hope that the authorities would delay the execution because there are key witnesses in this case.

We're not happy with the results. We had a major delay of service and had to evacuate a train with hundreds of people on it.

We're filing the suit to make sure our interests are protected. We have no intention to interfere with or delay the pending transaction between BP Amoco and Arco.

With weather delays in Chicago, it's a good option to go to St. Louis. This increases opportunity for travel to all destinations from Decatur.

We did delay some of our flights out this morning in an effort to get as many people on their flights as possible.

There are worries about mechanical failures, lost ballots, all kinds of things. But I think the market is prepared for a delay in the results. I don't think it will be as much of a surprise as it was in 2000.

Brian Setzer

It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings.