Famous Quotes & Sayings

Angela Allen

Regardless of how this 'report' ranks New York, our city is the most generous jurisdiction in the country when it comes to addressing the needs of at-risk and homeless citizens.

Antonio Szabo

Refined product fundamentals are quite strong and likely to pull up crude prices. If one adds to all this the possibility of continued 'hot' news from Iraq, Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela, crude prices are likely to rise next week.

Don Mitchell

Recently we added another leading U.S. semiconductor manufacturer to our MAGELLAN(R) System customer base,

Eric Alterman

Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully 93 percent of additional income gains coming out of the recession went straight into the wallets and purses of the top 1 percent.

Bob Taft

Recently, I saw firsthand how the Emerald Ash Borer is destroying our vital ash tree resources, ... We appreciate these additional federal dollars, and I will continue to work with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to pursue further funding for 2006.

Bob Davidson

Receiving the Excellence in Claims/Loss Prevention Award three times in the past five years demonstrates ABF's commitment to proper cargo handling. We recognize that each pallet, carton or box is a critical part of our customers' business and that loss, damage or delay harms that business, ... The low turnover among our conscientious, experienced employees, coupled with management emphasis and training, results in the best claims experience in our industry. When specific problem areas are uncovered, we use focus groups and the ABF Quality Process to address the root causes; we typically involve our customers and dock employees in this effective problem resolution process. This approach has positioned ABF as the premiere LTL carrier when it comes to delivering shipments on time, intact, and damage free.

David Gordon

Recovery is a long process. There can be four, five or more relapses before an addict gets clean. Parents get tired, disgusted and depressed. They lose faith in 'cures' and grow wary of treatments.

Ben Bernanke

Reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy,

David Cole

Recognizing that the No-Build alternative fails to address the long-term congestion problem, we believe that only the N8c and N2 alternatives are realistic prospects for a solution,

John Mahoney

Our primary concern is this is the most blatant example of the Legislature trying to violate home rule that we have seen in a very long time.

Melanie Sloan

Rep. Jefferson's conduct shows a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the integrity of the House of Representatives. We urge a member of the House to ignore the long-standing ethics truce and file CREW's complaint with the House Ethics Committee today.

Josephine Potuto

The $6,000 payment was a blatant violation. The circumstances surrounding this violation are especially troubling because the former coaches concealed the cash payment from administrators at the institution for over five years.

Don Perata

That was over the line. A blatant effort to promote the initiative.

Philip Johnson

It is just blatant aggravation. I've never been treated this way before.

Harry Redknapp

It is about deciding what is a blatant dive and what is not.

Richard Stiennon

I was really shocked at how blatant they were in discussing what they did and were going to do. They knew exactly what they were doing.

Mathias Kiwanuka

I was shocked at how blatant it was. I had done nothing to him. ... I don't buy that he got overexcited.

Rob Scuderi

Obviously, I was just going for the puck first. I can't say I was surprised with the call. I haven't seen the replay, whether it was a blatant trip or not. But either way, I cost my team the game, so it's kind of tough to take.

Kevin McCabe

Regardless of the operator, the Department of Homeland Security controls all security operations in the seaport. That's our job.

Carl Sousa

He controls the tempo, and he distributes the ball. The kid is just a genius with a soccer ball.

Kevin Boyle

He controls (his potential), not me, not Pitino. His skill level is as good as anyone's.

M. Wolfe

He controls his man and directs him where he wants him to go. His on-the-ball defense is spectacular.

Marc Rotenberg

Key escrow would not have prevented what took place. And the rush to establish Draconian security controls may do very little to provide greater safety for Americans. They would, however, provide a great cost in terms of freedom.

Marc Rotenberg

Key escrow would not have prevented what took place, ... And the rush to establish Draconian security controls may do very little to provide greater safety for Americans. They would, however, provide a great cost in terms of freedom.

John Efford

I had to take some time off to get better controls and to manage my diabetes,

Wayne Allard

I think it's a matter of supply and demand. We know that government price controls don't work, ... We tried that back in the 1970s and that created gas lines, the misery index and all of that mess.

Sally Regenhard

I was convinced that this man was only a heartbeat away from taking the controls of a plane.

Anthony Zinni

That decentralization was done so they insured they had control, ... I think it was done more for internal reasons and internal military problems they thought they might have than for any military preparations they had for us.

Gerhard Schroeder

It is an internal Russian problem to be solved between the Chechen people and the Russian federation.

Mike Turner

He will not be rehired ... regardless, ... an internal personnel matter.

Shen Si

So far, we have just been notified by our shareholders about such an internal deal, which is still pending on our board's permission.

Richard P. Feynman

The internal machinery of life, the chemistry of the parts, is something beautiful. And it turns out that all life is interconnected with all other life.

Lao Tzu

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Dean Wareham

Galaxie 500 broke up because it was time. We broke up as a result of internal contradictions.

Chuck Schumer

The president ought to do his own internal investigation of the vice president's office, to see what happened, set some standards and if need be take the vice president to the woodshed,

Fred Mumford

There are a lot of internal meetings going on here. We obviously don't have the power to make the quarry resume pumping.

Valery Yashin

Our main task is to strengthen our position on the market through investment in the development of new services.

Andrew Steer

Our strong view is that private investment will surge in the second half.

Richard Pierce

Our taxes are going up anyway. It's an investment in your children. You owe it to the kids to vote for the budget.

Nathaniel Smith

I'd like see the the party give strong arguments for more investment in post-secondary education. What's a better place to do it than in Halifax, where there are so many students?

Judy Genshaft

I would say that the Legislature and the people of Tampa made a very savvy investment 50 years ago.

Trevor Manuel

It is something that we should be able to release very very soon. We owe it to the people who need to make a long-term investment in mining in this country.

Matthew Lloyd

For most people, it represents a stable, solid investment in choppy waters.

Harvey Pitt

We meet with lots of people ... we meet with representatives of many investment groups,

Todd Pratt

He has been great, ... This is what the organization made that investment for.

Richard Harris

I think they have an obligation to be part of the solution.

Gerard Warren

He takes everything personally. You feel the obligation when you work with him.

Ryan Costello

Municipalities have an obligation to step up to the plate.

Dennis Prager

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

James Nicholson

We have an obligation to remember and to pay tribute to those who took up freedom's call,

John Cornyn

You have no obligation to tell us how you will rule. Don't take the bait.

Diana Aviv

In the First Amendment, people have the right to petition the government. That is a constitutional right and we take that obligation very seriously.

Glen Loyd

You may keep it without any obligation whatsoever.

Susan Gray

We feel we have an obligation to not only uphold school policy, but also the law,

Richard Flaherty

Many (of these) services are legitimate. But some have overzealous salespeople making promises that aren't realistic and some are outright scams.

Richard Flaherty

Many (of these) services are legitimate, ... But some have overzealous salespeople making promises that aren't realistic and some are outright scams.

Gary Weiss

Legitimate institutions historically have been defenseless in the face of outright fraud.

Bruce Johnston

We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.

Christopher White

Our first priority is to prevent these breaches from occurring at all.

John McLaren

I was just trying to prevent someone else from getting thrown out. It turns out I got thrown out.

Marco Rubio

The primary goal of the War on Terror is to prevent an attack from happening.

Gore Vidal

To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.

Ellen Key

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

A. Hodge

We would like them to be more constrained, more enlightened. There's nothing to prevent them from doing the right thing.

Ada Yonath

My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.

Marianne Williamson

It's a fraction of the cost to prevent a war than prosecute a war.

Shoichi Nakagawa

We have to start over from zero regarding preventive measures.

Garry Marshall

I think she's a find. She's got a shot. She's pretty, but she's not a sexpot. She can play a regular person in a film. And she's also very bright.

Garry Marshall

I think she's a find, ... She's got a shot. She's pretty, but she's not a sexpot. She can play a regular person in a film. And she's also very bright.

Kenneth Chenault

Regular feedback is one of the hardest things to drive through an organization.

Amar'e Stoudemire

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

Jerry Kelly

He runs on a regular basis, I truly don't know what his capabilities are.

Javon Walker

If it was the regular season, I could have played.

Buddy Bell

If this was the regular season, he'd play. But I don't want it to run into the season.

John Servis

He's been able to train on a regular basis, and it's been a long time since he's done that.

James Calhoun

Of course, any vote will be made in regular session.

Bob Hartley

We need some big saves. The teams that are doing well in the standings are getting the big saves. You need solid goaltending.

Brian Butterfield

That was a tremendous play. Troy has been solid at third base.

Jim Schmidt

I think it was more nerve-racking for me than for Ellie. She put together 11 real solid dives.

Rory Bruer

I think it's a good, solid start for us,

Doug Mirabelli

He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.

Mo Johnston

He's been very solid in the preseason and training and everything that he's done.

Lawrence Lau

He may have been transferring waste without a solid waste permit.

Paul Woods

Shannon has always been real solid for us,

David Granger

Make sure they're solid so they make you look substantial, not too slight.

Martin Parr

Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.

Saint Ignatius

The wellbeing of the head resounds throughout the whole body, and as are the Superiors, so, in turn, will their subjects be.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'

Joe Solmonese

I don't think it has anything to do with the subject matter.

Dan Smith

He was getting at a really important subject and he did it thoughtfully and gracefully.

Alan Simpson

Whatever he does, Dick will do it his own way, because whatever he does, it will be the subject of ridicule.

Robert Luskin

Mr. Rove is still a subject of the investigation.

Elizabeth Bowen

Writers do not find subjects; subjects find them.

Garry Wills

I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.

Shellie Samuels

Sure they were suspicious that night. No question! They're cops. That's their job,

Bubba Scott

Sure it's nerve-wracking when it's so close. But you get used to them and compete.

Peter Jacobsen

Sure I do. After all, I know Tonya Harding.

Genderen Stort

Resettlement for sure has become more difficult. They don't see the pressing need any more.

David Fox

I'm here to make sure we get things resolved.

Dave Shoji

I think they just wanted to get some confidence. I'm sure he wanted to see better play out of his starters.

Brian Levy

I think there will be a place for him in this league. I'm not sure where it will be.

John Carey

That was a time when they weren't really sure if things were going to come together, ... And they sure did!

Starhawk Starhawk

That would be great, but I am not so sure it will be that easy.

Haim Saban

Me? I don't know what you're talking about.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Dante said, “I tried talking Nora into a ride, but she keeps blowing me off.” “That’s because she has a hard-A boyfriend. He must have been homeschooled, because he missed all those valuable lessons we learned in kindergarten, like sharing. He finds out you took Nora for a ride, he’ll wrap this shiny new Porsche around the nearest tree.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I can't imagine why you're so interested." He shook his head. "Interested? We're talking about you. I'm fascinated.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You're going to have to drive off the road and park behind thoses bushes," I instructed Vee. Vee leaned forward, peering into the darkness. "Is that a ditch between me and the bushes ?" "It's not very deep. Trust me, we'll clear it." "Looks deep to me. This is a Neon we're talking about, not a Hummer.

Bill Engvall

Because we've become so ecologically minded now, they have developed a product called Rapidly Dissolving Toilet Paper. Just how rapidly are we talking? 'Cause I don't want to have to play Beat the Clock in the thicket.

C. S. Lewis

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

C. S. Lewis

There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.

Carrie Fisher

If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world.

Bill Bryson

Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.