Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Boucher

reestablish a certain sense of local authority and policing without involving the remnants of the regime or the torturers who once plagued the lives of ordinary Iraqis.

John Chiang

Past initiatives have made it difficult for California taxpayers to settle with the government when only one tax authority offers a settlement plan. This program provides an incentive for many taxpayers who were steered towards flaky shelters to come clean.

Gilles Duceppe

Paul Martin's government has lost the moral authority to govern.

Chuck Hall

Our local redevelopment authority is going to get together very shortly, and they're going to have to set some goals and objectives about what they want done.

A. N. Wilson

Someone at the federal level should have that authority.

Andrew Fulghum

Our authority to own and operate a container terminal has been confirmed and now it is time to build it.

Carl Rogers

Experience is the highest authority.

Carl Rogers

Experience is, for me, the highest authority.

Robert Barnett

I will do everything in my personal power to see this county does not lose funding, and that our housing authority becomes more stable. I expect to be clear about what we need to do to clean up the matter as far as what HUD wants to see.

Paul Adams

Recreation was important because we didn't have any. Here we were a water district and growing by leaps and bounds. It was too large to be governed by a county commission.

Shami Chakrabarti

reflect on the culture of intolerance that he may be promoting in his party and the country as a whole.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

Referendums are not held in an unstable country with unstable society.

King Abdullah

reject any country to have nuclear weapons, especially in the Middle East region.

Mark Fabiani

Our position is that we want to keep the team in San Diego and we're going to do everything possible to make that happen. We will explore all of our options within the county of San Diego the minute we're (contractually) able to do so.

John Bowen

Our position is that as a matter of law it's approved. The county would have to notify us if they disagree with that.

Philip Reeker

Our policy toward Iran has not changed. The president has said we will be looking for indications that countries do want to change. But ... we've had long-standing concerns.

Eric Stuckey

Parking itself is a very speculative revenue source. We have been hesitant to count on that as too much of a funding source.

John Tesh

Pat, the last election was decided by voters who listed 'moral values' as their primary concern. What do you think this means for the country and should we try to mend fences with the liberals?

B. B. King

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

Bharati Mukherjee

I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded.

Bill Bryson

When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise. "Oh, that's not necessary," he replied . "It's so seldom I have one.

Bernadette Peters

It was like being high when you reach those high notes.

David Bernstein

He used no notes and yet his speech was passionate and moving. It was very impressive.

Steve Miller

I get many notes from hourly workers, a lot of them angry. And they say some unkind things about me,

AJ Punjabi

We're offering a reminder service. If you sign up for our e-mail subscription list, the notes are going to automatically be in your e-mail box.

Alan Cropsey

When he was in the United States Senate, he was noted as an intellectual powerhouse,

Channing Tatum

I've cried a hundred times at The Notebook. My wife cries and that makes me cry, and she makes me promise we're going to die in bed together. I'm like: "That's weird, I don't want to talk about that."

Gene Upshaw

Our number has to start with a six.

Jose Ramos-Horta

Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not.

Scott Morris

Surprisingly, there are actually a number of useful resources already working on Linux.

Brendan Wilders

Overall, my putative numbers will come down just slightly.

Tony Batista

I'm here, that's what I can say. I know for sure the numbers are going to come. You just have to wait, but I know at the end of the season the numbers are going to be there.

Barry McCaffrey

So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.

Barry McGuire

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.

B. F. Skinner

If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.

Rita Ora

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

Kevin Youkilis

It was probably one of the sharpest pains I've had.

Paul Sutton

It pains her terribly, A Piece of Cake.

Cooter Failla

I wish it had been a unanimous vote but we had some outstanding candidates.

Jim Hall

I won't vote for it for any reason.

Hal Brown

I still have concerns, but I'll vote for it,

Jeff Denham

I don't know that you have the votes here today.

Steve Southerland

I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn.

Judy Davis

I feel like the voters made their decision.

Joseph Biden

Judge, if I look only at what you've said and written ... I would have to vote 'no,'

Charles Kennedy

If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands.

Al Sharpton

Mr. President, read our lips. Our votes are not for sale.