Famous Quotes & Sayings

I want every student present to know how big their position is and how important it can be to the student body, ... We want to encourage the notion of debate. It is so important that these senators take stands on issues - don't just vote yes because everyone else did. They were elected to their positions because they are leaders, not because they will vote yes on everything.

The TV games are our latest success story. We've secured shelf space for this product in over 200 retailers, ... This is a fashionable electronic product that's a great value at $20. Kids are very into it, and parents like it too.

Mohammad Khatami

The U.S. government is, after all, the U.S. government. It has been elected by the American people, and we respect that.

They were quoting the state election laws, but we're not subject to the state election laws.

The government in Islamabad must ensure that these elections are open, free and fair.

The government waited until the elections were over and most of the foreign press and observers had gone to kick out one of the few resident foreign journalists.

Sylvia Lim

We've been preparing for the elections for some time so we're glad the wait is finally over.

We've been painting and turning on the water for the boaters, making sure those facilities (water and electricity) work so we'll be up and ready for the start of the season.

Alex Berenson

Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary.

A. N. Wilson

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.

It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.

Yes, the president is softening his pre-election hard line but I think it is still not enough to revive the peace process.

Ismail Haniyeh

We were elected on a different political agenda.

Colin Powell

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

Bruce Bowen

We should pay you the wholesale rate for ... your electricity.

Dennis Hastert

When the electricity goes out and everything else goes out -- you don't have the pumps to pump it out either. Because it doesn't work either.

When the electricity didn't work, when television didn't work, when the Internet didn't work, when pay radio didn't work, free radio worked,

When we took part in the elections we honestly expected to win but we did not expect to win by so much.

Ruth Glick

Unfortunately for me, most of the books I'd want to reprint were written for savvy publishers like Harlequin and Berkley who have held on to electronic rights. But I do have another option: Publish new e-books myself.

Finally the elections took place and they are good elections of which all Haitians can be proud.

Ehud Olmert

The question of who will win the elections has already been decided. The test now is whether we will be strong enough to do what we want and for this we need as many seats as possible.

Barbara Lee

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.

We have to be prepared for an election and I think we are very prepared,

We have set this goal: to win the election.

The participation of many observers allows a more objective evaluation of the elections, from various points of view.

The only thing we learn from a new election is we learned nothing from the old

Elvis Costello

This record may explain what I've been doing during the last 12 years when I haven't had an electric guitar in my hands.

Tab Ramos

When you get elected into the Hall of Fame, you get elected into a group of elite people who are the top of the top of the game at the professional level. Just to be standing here is an incredible honor for me.

There are indictments, there are charges, there are stories. There's a pay-to-play culture. When elections are about big things, big things can happen.

Daniel Yergin

In the mid-1980s, operating problems took [nuclear] plants off-line so often that, on an annual basis, they operated at only about 55 percent of their rated total generating capacity. Today, as a result of several decades of experience and an intense focus on performance ... nuclear plants in the United States operate at over 90 percent of capacity. That improvement in operating efficiently is so significant in its impact that it can almost be seen as a new source in electric power itself.

David Berkowitz

CES, at its core, isn't a show about electronics. It's a show about time.

The reasons for the special election and the reasons for the specific proposals the governor is endorsing are not something that are energizing the public right now or generating a lot of support.

The options of the people in that regard shouldn't be limited by other institutions so as to prejudge the election or the outcome of an election.