Famous Quotes & Sayings

Prakash Karat

Our party has its own understanding of what should constitute the third alternative. We will discuss the matter in the context of the overall political situation after the assembly elections are over.

Michael Griffin

I will be visiting Stennis and the Michoud Assembly Facility soon to talk with our people.

Prince Ranariddh

I will fulfill my duty as president of the National Assembly in bringing about democracy, openness and transparency...in allowing, in particular, the representatives of the people to express their will.

Robert Murphy

I will sit down with Student Assembly and get things the way they should be (before Thursday's meeting).

Bonnie Stewart

The 2006 General Assembly began with an overwhelming bipartisan consensus, and public expectation, that Connecticut must dramatically improve our prospects for job creation and economic growth. This bill does just the opposite.

Patrick Rocks

The allegation that the assembly was faith-based is unfounded. We don't believe there was any wrongdoing.

Wendy Parkhouse

The assembly is a great way to bring the school together. Students and teachers need a break after intensive state testing in March.

John McArdle

The Assembly concurred that it was an unnecessary expenditure. It was not included.

Sergei Yastrzhembsky

I think visits to Chechen territory of lords and other delegations from the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe should naturally be stopped.

Orrin Hatch

Regenerative medicine is pro-life and pro-family. It enhances, it does not diminish human life. ... If encouraged to flourish, it can improve the life of millions of Americans and could lead to new scientific frontiers not now in sight. So I urge my colleagues in the Senate and the American public to support this bill that opposes human cloning but promotes regenerative medicine using nuclear transplantation.

Hiroyuki Hosoda

Regardless of when the vote takes place, the government will continue to make the greatest efforts in getting the bill through, ... Whatever happens, it's only a matter of days.

Tim Johnson

President Bush has stated that the patients' bill of rights legislation ... is dead on arrival, ... If the president can't bring himself to sign a true patients' bill of rights, then he should let it become law without his signature just as he did when he was governor of Texas.

Dick Gephardt

President Bush has not yet lived up to his promise to be a reformer with results, ... During the campaign, he said he would fight for bipartisan bills with strong support from all Americans. But instead of putting people first, too often he has put special interests first.

Bob Bennett

President Bill Clinton has less rights than any citizen of the United States,

Manuel Pangilinan

Our net profit number is likely to lie north of 30 billion pesos -- another historic high for PLDT and for any other Philippine corporate.

Marsha Blackburn

Our nationwide hearings made it clear that Americans considered border security a matter of national security and this bill reflects that fact.

Jim Cooper

Our nation suffers when Congress fails to pay America's bills on time.

Tom DeLay

Our members want us to continue, the speaker wants us to continue to negotiate, and so does the Senate, so we're going to continue to negotiate and see if we can get a bill in December,

John Roberts

I will try to ensure, in the discharge of my responsibilities, that, with the help of my colleagues, I can pass on to my children's generation a charter of self-government as strong and as vibrant as the one that Chief Justice Rehnquist passed on to us.

Kevin Allen

I think I was told later that people mentioned that they were heroes for what was done. I might be mistaken, but I thought the charter mandated that we investigate possible misconduct.

Shawn Amos

I live in the social purgatory of the San Fernando Valley, while my eldest daughter is bused to a charter school in the fantasy land of Bel Air.

Bud Schmidt

I think the language to open it up to 'him' or 'her' language is important to do to keep the charter up to date.

Christopher Myers

If Toledo Public Schools want to increase student enrollment, they must first look at themselves. Themselves they can control. They can't control charter schools.

John Bolton

If the Security Council can't deal with something like the Iranian nuclear weapons program, then it's hard to imagine what circumstances the (UN) Charter contemplated the Council would be involved in.

Joseph Wu

If talks between the two sides can be completed within six months, charter flight services will be opened immediately.

Don Sherwood

On February 22, 1855, Pennsylvania Governor William Pollock signed the charter that created what is today The Pennsylvania State University.

Paul Allen

Neil is a proven, talented executive with the right combination of operational, marketing and customer service skills to lead Charter to the next level.

Sean Taylor

Pierson's been a guy who has stepped into so many roles for us. Whether it's been nickel, dime or safety, he's given us a lot of versatility on the field. Pierson does a lot of the things on the field and comes prepared to the games every weekend.

Michael Palin

The American dimension to Python happened quite late. People said they weren't interested, and we'd practically given up hope.

Lee Tergesen

I think I knew I wasn't what people looked at and saw in me. I love characters. I love things that have dimension and depth, that are hard to figure out.

Don Snyder

Jim Rogers is wonderful fundraiser and has tremendous respect from a lot of people, but there are other people out there who would not give a dime to something just because he is involved. Just because he has those strong leadership qualities that can endear people to him or enrage them.

George Clooney

I don't know that I will make a dime on any of this. I could lose my shirt, ... But it will be a big adventure.

Robert Bigelow

I can tell you that Bigelow has made substantial investments in terms of launch contracts, personnel and facilities. That is unprecedentedand hes doing so without a dime of government money.

Kevin Duffy

just to make sure that you never make a dime out of this.

Steve Ridder

Joseph's minutes tonight were great minutes. He's just a new dimension when he comes into a game. And Pyle showed in the way he finished plays why he's an All-American.

Chris Phillips

Basically, we spend every waking hour and every dime we make trying to be something we're not, ... Fake hair, fake teeth, fake tans, fake boobs.

Bruce Hillis

Our founding fathers referred to eminent domain as 'despotic power;' and that was when property was being seized for the government's use. There need to be some serious changes.

Jim Williams

I will not use eminent domain on anybody's property.

Greg Mastel

For so many years, international finance has been the domain of a very small elite in a few countries. The message the G-8 leaders got from Seattle is that they need to make their policy discussions more relevant to the general public.

Rob Simmons

I have always opposed the use of eminent domain strictly for economic development purposes. Eminent domain should be used in only the most unique of circumstances and be limited to a larger public interest.

Viviane Reding

I expect thousands of applications to be filed in the first few hours. .., making '.eu' a powerful domain name on equal footing with '.com'.

Rose Ferlita

No one has ever taken the power of eminent domain lightly.

John Ridley

Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

Bob Denham

We were aghast at that decision. When you use eminent domain for private use, you are abusing individual rights.

Aaron Allston

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

Kevin Curry

I wouldn't really expect them to use power of eminent domain.

Adam Clarke

The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.

Terry Collins

We had to stop doing what we were doing in the middle of the job because it looked like we might be forced out by eminent domain. Now that it looks like we're going to be here for a while, we don't mind spending the money.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

Craig Brown

There are few things quite so effortlessly enjoyable as watching an eminent person getting in a huff and flouncing out of a television interview, often with microphone trailing.

Malcolm Arnold

Thrilled to be honoured by the ISM and to be joining such an eminent list of members who have received the Distinguished Musician Award.

Dana Berliner

The vast, overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed to using eminent domain.

Ayelet Zurer

I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn't become the most eminent thing about what I do. I just hope that I'll do things that have meaning for me and for others somehow.

Douglas Aiken

I look at it when you do that as a form of eminent domain.

Ronnie Bond

It all flows through her. We knew that going in, but she did a heck of a job. She's a good player.

Robert Parker

There are technical ebbs and flows in the market and this is a technical bounce.

Cynthia Ozick

I find that writing comes from the three fingers. The thumb, the index and middle fingers. It flows out of the pen. Real writing comes out of your hand, for me, anyway,

George Eliot

How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the invisible throne, and flows by the path of obedience

George Harrison

Life flows on within you and without you.

Jorge Gonzalez

Volume has recovered but it's still not that high, we still don't see a lot of foreign flows or institutional funds pouring into the market.

Radhanath Swami

One who loves God sees everything in relation to God. Therefore, their love flows spontaneously toward everyone, at all times, everywhere. They even love those who wish them harm. If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die; rather, it manifests in the form.

Charles B. Rangel

It's morally wrong, and economically self-defeating, that so much wealth flows upwards towards the richest of Americans, while millions work full time but still can't provide for their families.

Tom Young

We have some very good streaks. But we don't have the self-confidence to get ourselves past when things start to go bad. When they start to go bad, they seem to go worse. Right now, that's a big hurdle for us, to stop flows from occurring.

Steve Matlock

Our reorganized sales management team is 100 percent focused on providing dealers with the support they need to be successful in their businesses.

Saddam Hussein

Our political program will focus more on getting the Americans out of Iraq ,

Tom Amstutz

Our players were aware, sure, but they didn't focus on any of that. We prepared well and we executed well. I was proud of the way our team went about its business.

Elliot Hovey

Our race on Saturday was the most focused and well-executed race this year. Every race we've been getting better and better.

Chris Hutchens

Our main focus will be to have a quick start and not wait until the second half to make plays.

Mike Pirtle

Our main focus was to play the we've been playing.

Andre Morgan

Our main focus was to come out (in the first half) and execute. I guess we did execute, because (Jacksonville) is a very competitive team.

Amanda Hansen

Our main focus is to get past that first round.

Andre Patterson

Our main focus has been getting better every time we get on the floor. We don't look at where we're playing or who we're playing. We just look at it as five-on-five and that we're going to work harder.

Howard Dean

Some of the generals have said we can withdraw some of the troops. ... We have others saying, we're not going to leave. These people do not know what they are doing,

Chris Masoner

Some people are happy at these schools and some aren't. We think these things are about general feel, and as much as you try to wrap it up in a statistical guide, you can't.

Ken Knutson

Our pitching is generally a year older with some really good arms. We have the players.

Gene Smith

Our student-athletes graduate at a higher rate than the rest of general student population.

Brian Foster

Our start to the season has been generally encouraging,

Michael Jarvis

Our general idea is to provide security and pretty much help over take over for the PD. We are going in under the martial law status. That will be one of our priorities.

Damon Hill

Pipelines in general used to be located primarily in rural areas, but as populations and communities grow and develop, more people are nearby.

Tom Sherman

Really, people are here because of a general interest in the weather - or because they like that stuff. But it's all about what they can do to help their neighbors.

FC Dallas

I think there is a kind of general deference that is accorded the prosecutors,

King Hussein

President Assad did not give me any letter, but he perfectly knows that ... I am ready to help to serve the goal of comprehensive peace and the peace process,

Joseph Finnerty

Our overall goal is to stop this casino.

Brian King

Our overall goal is meeting the students? needs,

Viviane Reding

Participation of people in decision-making is the real goal of e-government. Governments have to do more than just release information to the public.

Caroline Shepherd

Part of the goal was not to spend more resources preparing for trial. We took him off the street. We shut down his business.

Michael Rothman

Part of our goal was to take back the medium of e-mail from spammers who have really hijacked it.

Doug Griffin

Our main goal was to stop her penetration and put good pressure on the shot.

Sue Curtis

Our main goal was just to get kids being more active, just to make sure that when they're out at recess, they're actually moving, not just playing in the rocks.

Richard Cradit

Our main goals are to grow as a team and consistently improve throughout the season, leading to a strong performance at the metro league championship, as well as the regional and state championships.

Patsy Crisel

(Relay) is important because the money raised stays here.

Tom Lewis

Our political system has become more about money than it has about people,

Phil Hardberger

or at least give us the money to do it.

Jay Johnson

People laugh, but we have to move money around occasionally.

Deborah Voso

People often underestimate how much money it takes to live in retirement.

Nancy Bain

Surveyors could make some money on this one.

Peter Schiff

Some of the smaller stocks have been moving, but the big stocks are going to take real money to move.

Francis Maude

Some of that money may well have been from overseas sources.

John Nicholson

Our staff needs raises; we need roads, parks, all the things that this money can provide,

Tina Ruble

Our passing was much better than it has been in practice.

Keith Richard

Passing the vodka bottle. And playing the guitar.

Frank Uryasz

Passing a drug test is very easy. All you have to do is not use drugs or dietary supplements.

Ashton Kutcher

It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.

Charles Gabriel

That will probably be more important for its passing than for its result.

Ernie Accorsi

That was really, to me, the passing of the torch, ... This was the second part of it.

Sidney Crosby

I was trying to be him when I was 10 years old. So now, with passing him, it's pretty special.

Sidney Crosby

I thought of passing it for a second.

George Speight

I think they're making themselves look stupid with every passing day. We will not be sidelined in this process.

Ron Messick

Lauren's so big as a player. A lot of schools are starting to take notice.

Cal Jillson

For most voters, schools are the No. 1 issue,

Anne Anderson

Situations in low-rated schools like Jasper are very frustrating,

Randy Copeland

Sir, two of those schools aren't even under our jurisdiction.

Erin Gruwell

Schools are not equal. There are still the haves and the have-nots.

David D. Burns

There is no standard 'therapeutic process,' since there are so many different schools of therapy.

Anthony Hamilton

It was very important for me to touch on things that haven't changed, like schools. I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. My lady's from Ohio, and the schools are being torn down, and they turned them into high-rise condos.

Rick Page

Right now I don't think my 5A schools would go to the Valley. But they could put us with Laredo.

Mike Babineaux

They will be monitoring the schools throughout the week. They go in and use a form, similar to the one the state uses when it does its walk through.

Michael Robinson

It is expensive, but as long as it's efficient, we'll spend the money.

Craig Benson

I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

Kelli O'Hara

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.

Jack Morgan

If they end up spending 4 or 5 weeks there, it won't surprise me.

Brad Smith

If we need to spend more money, we will spend more money.

Sam Huber

He doesn't like to run. He spends most of his time on the couch.

Wally Herger

Whatever is in Medicare, ... we're not going to spend it.

Tyra Banks

Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.

Ozzie Newsome

Right or wrong on this call, the system in place has worked and he trusts it, ... You can't stretch too much and still stick with your system.

Carrie Underwood

If you stick to what you know; you sell yourself short.

Emily Smith

That was awesome. It wasn't really a surprise. We always try to stick together, because that makes it better.

Joey Porter

I still stick to my word: that's not smash-mouth football. We play smash-mouth football.

Derek Jeter

He can play. He has an approach, and he sticks to it. He can pretty much do it all.

Seth MacFarlane

If something sticks around long enough that it makes it to seasonal D.V.D. release, I'll watch it. That's how I watched 'The Sopranos'.

Ben Fountain

It's amazing what happens when you stick yourself in a place and let things take their more or less natural course.

Anthony Chan

More and more firms are sticking their toes in the water. The recovery's begun, but it will be fragile.

Dave Ramsey

When you create a basic budget and stick to it, it will suddenly seem like you have more money.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. The moment a man finds that he must play the races, go the Arctic, or make war in order to feel himself alive, that man has begin to spin the strands that bind him to other men and to the world. But what wretched strands! A civilization that is really strong fills man to the brim, though he never stir. What are we worth when motionless, is the question.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team

Becca Fitzpatrick

Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone." "The whole night?" Immediately, I realized it might not have been the smartest thing to say. "Dorothea will be coming soon." That was a lie. Dorothea was long gone. It was close to midnight. "Dorothea?" "Our housekeeper. She's old- but strong. Very strong." I tried to squeeze past him. Unsuccessfully. "Sounds frightening," he said, retrieving the key from the lock. He held it out for me. "She can clean a toilet inside and out in under a minute. More like terrifying.

Barry Pepper

Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.

Barry Manilow

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

B. D. Wong

I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.

B. H. Liddell Hart

It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.

B. H. Liddell Hart

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.

Andrew Zarnett

Plainly said, the (Pennsylvania) tax is too high.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.

Charles Adams

We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones.

Lysander Spooner

Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals only. Who are ever taxed without their consent? Individuals only. Who, then, are robbed, if taxed without their consent? Individuals only.

Adam Smith

Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation.

Austin O'Malley

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

Hans Trousil

We have been working to keep the tax levy down.

Grover Norquist

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

Grover Norquist

Income should be taxed one time at one rate, not again and again.