Famous Quotes & Sayings

Phil Sorensen

Our obligation is to seek justice on behalf of the citizens of the state of Washington. I think this offer reflects the nature of what happened and the seriousness of the consequences expected to be paid for such an act.

Kevin Chalmers

Our focus is the prime minister. This is an opportunity for him to step up on behalf of democracy and correct that mistake.

Curt Johnson

I want to thank Chris on behalf of our entire organization for his eight seasons in Kansas City. He is a very talented player and an even better person. We wish he and his family all the best.

Kjell Bondevik

I will not give a statement on behalf of the president, but my impression was that we share the views on the main lines for the Middle East situation.

Jack Reed

It is an opportunity for us to build on that with responsible reforms such as the elimination of soft money. So we've been given a chance. I just hope we take that chance on the behalf of the American people.

Jerry Donnellan

It is an acknowledgement of the veterans' service. The fact that the towns are going to the full capacity, it's money, but it's also a gesture on their behalf to thank the veterans for the time they put on a uniform.

Scott Graham

I think there's a lot to be said for kids coming forward because you don't see that very often. I'm very proud of that. We have a good group of kids. It speaks loudly on their behalf that they did this.

Johann Most

The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat that it will have to win a gigantic battle before it realizes its goals.

AJ Pierzynski

I'm speechless right now. On behalf of the White Sox and the whole organization, including myself, I want to thank TNA for everything you've done. With this belt, I'm going to make a presentation after every game to the Player of the Game. Whoever has the best game gets to carry it around for the night, but one thing, it's going to be in my locker a whole lot.

Margaret Wittenberg

Organic foods continue to move into the mainstream, and more Americans are choosing organic foods as part of a lifestyle aimed at wellness.

Jacques Chirac

Robert Parker is the most followed and influential critic of French wines in the world, something I witnessed recently when choosing wine for President Clinton, who automatically referred to Robert Parker as his reference for making a proper wine-buying decision,

Mike Holmgren

It happens, because now you're down to one game, and anything can happen in any one game. But I think if you look over percentages over the last however many years, most of the times the guys that are playing at home have the advantage. So we're choosing to look at it that way.

Clay Johnson

I think that's one of the greatest skills that politicians have, is choosing when to listen to the polls and when not to.

Bob Samson

I think IBM invented proprietary back in the 80s, but that's not what customers want. They want to have flexibility in choosing a variety of different technologies that they want to deploy.

Pat Burns

I think he's a wordsmith. I think he's very good at choosing his words. There's all kinds of literary references. ... The man is just so well-read, just really a Renaissance man.

Max von Sydow

I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There might be interesting actors or directors in the project, even if the part is not important. And then sometimes, you need the money.

Chen Huiqin

Funds are choosing to lock in their profits after decent gains recently and more profit-taking will likely occur in coming sessions.

Sven Eriksson

I think the fans must have had a very hard time choosing because we are lucky enough to have a number of really outstanding individual players.

Jerome Bonnafont

President Chirac expressed his hope that the international community would show solidarity with Lebanon on the economic and financial levels.

John Burness

President Brodhead has had a positive influence on town-gown relations. Duke's relations with the Durham community actually have been far stronger than one might have guessed from recent media reports. I suspect that's why despite all the tensions the media describe, the community has not splintered but, in fact, has come together during the current crisis.

Albert Carlson

Our position is that we want to protect community services, and there's no need to privatize or make cuts if there is no economic crisis in the city.

Joy Redding

Our paper actually the community's paper will cover eight years of local history each month using headlines and pictures from community archives.

Beth Martin

Parks are very important. Ours are used for many different events, including family gatherings and other community social events.

Jennifer Wagner

Passover is one of my favorite times of the year. This is when the whole community and family gets together to remember who we are and why we are here.

Charlie King

Part of what Mediacom is trying to do is become part of the economic development plans of our communities,

Adrienne Worthy

Part of the focus is educating people about the day-to-day work we do at Legal Aid. ... We've raised our profile in the legal community in terms of the work we do and how we are a big part of the justice system.

Jeff Jenkins

Our main purpose is to make sure fraternities are cooperating and making sure the Greek community is healthy.

Jay Nixon

It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site.

Diane Plotzke

Just as soon as we get low another donation comes in. It's funny how that works.

Carroll Klein

I'd like to see more donations from retailers and wholesalers. The store has a lot more potential.

Karen Braswell

He let us know about organ donation and how he felt about that, so we kind of knew these things beforehand.

Stephanie Nichols

Fresh produce is just a wonderful donation for us.

Michael Bernstein

HIV-positive donations knowingly entered the plasma pool and were knowingly manufactured and distributed.

Mark Love

If they (businesses) make a donation for two years, 90 percent of their tax liability is forgiven by the state.

Les Newman

I have called some places, like Germantown, that have done something similar. It is hard to figure out how much to suggest as a donation for the named bricks. I've been told that about $25 may be what would be a good figure.

Lee Hartmann

One donation a year is great, but two to three would help us become self-sufficient.

Jay Cooper

People have to be educated to realize they're going to have to pay for music; otherwise there won't be music,

Jerry Misik

Our goal is to enlighten and to educate them and make this place a better place for everybody.

John Callahan

Our goal is to educate people in all services on what other service (departments) do and how important it is to leave everything as virgin as possible.

Matthew Wagner

Our whole goal with this event is to educate entrepreneurs about what is possible in terms of licensing technology.

Vera Franklin

We need more scholarships and vocational training programs. We have to be able to get our kids to school and then not forget about them. We need to do all that we can to get them educated and then keep them here if we are going to thrive as a tribe.

Michelle Dunn

That way we could research this more, maybe get more information, become more educated and try harder to let them know that they?re not welcome here.

Bill Waye

It is not that they are not needed and it is not that they are not valuable. Our legal mission, and what we are required to do, is to educate kids from kindergarten through 12th grade, and when we can go outside that within our financial strengths I think it is OK to do that.

Robert F. Kennedy

I think that all of us have an obligation, we have a responsibility. If we don't do it, nobody's going to do it. If educated people don't do it, nobody's going to do it.

Ryan Hamlin

I won't say spam is dead, but we can say spam is contained. If you use the latest anti-spam technologies and educate yourself on how to use them, you should not have a problem.

Martin Winterkorn

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

Tim Frank

Our policy . . . does not require a player to take a drug test at any point during a game, and we will ensure going forward that no testing is conducted during this time.

David Emerson

Part of what we're doing right now is to ensure that what we do doesn't make matters worse.

Ramalinga Raju

Our marketing expenses will go down too. We are taking a stand where we would be guided by what opportunities it brings, whether it preserves our margins or whether it ensures higher growth. There is a range of things that we can do to structure these deals.

Rob Conway

Our goal is to ensure that in future, every notebook will be SIM ready.

Dayle Stewart

Our crews are ensuring that their trucks are stocked with all the equipment that they might need. We're going to ensure that all the trucks have been fueled and are ready to go at a moment's notice.

Bob Goodlatte

Our trading partners need to understand that we will do everything possible to ensure the competitive position of American farmers and ranchers,

Jon Postel

reserved for infrastructure purposes to help ensure stable operation of the Internet.

Scott Baker

We need something better than peaker plants to ensure energy. I think we can do better.

Doug Conaway

Part of the problem with the fire is we are having roof falls. The heat from the fire is deteriorating the roof.

Michael Gregory

Our last two fires had smoke detectors, but no batteries, ... We're praying to get the word out (about smoke alarms).

Steve Martin

Sure, you can start now. Fire the janitor.

Don Brownlee

Remarkably enough, we have found fire and ice. We have found samples in the coldest part of the solar system.

Donald Brownlee

Remarkably enough, we have found fire and ice.

Marcus Williams

Play With Fire, ... there's no iBook in team.

Becca Fitzpatrick

There was nothing wrong with fire … as long as you didn’t stand too close. Something to keep in mind.

Bill Crawford

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.

C. S. Lewis

Friends are like coals in a fire - together, they glow; apart, they grow cold.

Scott Baker

Regardless of who I'm facing, if I'm going to be nervous it's not going to help the situation.

Herman Sanders

Reed just made the shot. We said in the huddle to make sure we knew where he was on the last play. We tried to help on Chad, but he kicked it out and we couldn't recover.

Pedro Marquez

Our relay team did well. We just need to work on passing the baton, but that's something that we can work on and improve on. Also, not looking back while we're running will help out.

King Abdullah

Our relations with India will help Indo-Pak relations.

Brian Rooney

Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).

Lee Janzen

Part of his learning process is helping other guys.

Rob Gorman

Part of what we're about now is trying to help people come up with their own recovery plans.

Nathan Thompson

Paul Wellstone was a person who really would have liked to see something like this happen. Projects that help people in need are what he wanted; it's really fitting.

Sam Loeffler

Our lyrics are about a lot of things. They are not very introspective. For example, the song 'Panic Prone' is about drugs, this idea about kids getting drugged up and medicating themselves and whether to help people or not help people at all.

Arlen Specter

Regrettably, you need homeland security, and I think you are going to need it if not forever, for the foreseeable future,

Kenny MacAskill

Our message to the Scottish Diaspora this New Year should be to come home to Scotland.

Francis Thompson

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet./ And all the things are made young with young desires.

Judah Friedlander

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

Bill Henderson

Someone from home will be praying for you,

James Augustine

That'd be the best. To do it at home on Senior Night, to do it with Dee. It would be a special night.

Taylor Twellman

Our first home match is going to be difficult, and we know that better than anybody,

Nick Russo

Residents of these temporary homes need to practice safety first at all times.

Anders Igel

Our acquisition strategy is still very much the same as before, but we are opening up our thinking a little.

Mark Buehrle

I think I'll be ready for Opening Day. I could go right now.

Jana Lindsey

It hasn't sunk in yet and probably won't until the Opening Ceremony.

Mike Gonzalez

I feel like I'm right where I need to be. I feel like I'm really sharp right now and ready to pitch in a regular-season game. I wish opening day was tomorrow.

Barry Bonds

If Opening Day was tomorrow and I had to go out there, I'd go out there. It's what I get paid to do.

Brian Roberts

I think, without a setback, I don't see why I won't be ready for Opening Day. I haven't really put that much thought into Tuesday yet.

Bill Cowher

If we were opening up (the regular season) tomorrow, I think that's the way I'd go,

Dan Hedges

If they come away from your opening statement confused, you're in big trouble for the rest of the trial.

Anthony Geary

I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.

Walt Frazier

Red would get in your face. But not in the press.

Bill Shankly

Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.

Bernadette Peters

I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.

Arsene Wenger

The background looks like a lot of red cards.

Arsene Wenger

Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.

Roberta Anding

Just as there are more antioxidants in red wine versus Chardonnay, the same is true for beer.

Wendy Larry

I wish I had my red shoes on. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

Rain Bojangles

It is better to be redundant than remiss.

Daron Rahlves

I'd like to be wearing the red (leader's) bib in downhill.

Ali Smith

The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me.

Claude Rains

There's a death sentence for your Robin of Locksley.

Carl Icahn

I'm no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.

Kevin Reilly

Those two really clicked. When we sat down and Robinson started telling his story, we just could see it. We could see the show.

Ned Yost

I tried to set Robin up as much as I could.

Kevin Warsh

I would say [Fed policy] has been in some sense Reverse Robin Hood.

Julie Kagawa

Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly.

Maurice Gibb

I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily.

Robin McKinley

Mice are terribly chatty. They will chat about anything, and if there is nothing to chat about, they will chat about having nothing to chat about. Compared to mice, robins are reserved.

Ernest Moore

That could wind up costing a person a lot more than $50-$60 for a safety seat.

Roger Anderson

I think it will be an important tool for the safety of children.

Joe Scott

It has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with money.

Tom Chambers

For the under-insured and the working poor, this is their safety net.

Robert Sternberg

If Tufts doesn't work out, my safety is to go back to Yale, where I used to teach.

Ron Hill

We've been trying to look at things with some safety,

Eliot Spitzer

Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond.

David Neeleman

Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.

David Neeleman

Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots.

Frank Bennett

Part of it was to support the facility,

Hank Aaron

I'm here to support the commissioner and tougher drug penalties.

Kim Coble

We need a much more supportive infrastructure for farming.

Carl Sagan

Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries.

Art Alexakis

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

Homer Thompson

I was always in support of the coach.

Debbie Smith

I think the winds are changing. We're all tired of supporting the scandals.

Michael Campbell

I think it's the Polynesian connection. I have a lot of support here and it's wonderful.

Rafa Benitez

I was with our supporters at the end. I could see him but he didn't want to.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

Barry McCaffrey

Thank God we're going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.

Bill Cosby

I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not on a professional football team looking to tackle a fullback who is built like solid wood. I'm a thinking person, and I've been blessed with the ability to see some things and talk about them in a way that registers in a humorous and funny way.

Catullus

Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.

Aron Ralston

Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.

Sammy Sosa

I want to thank you all for making the signs,

Don Hamilton

I want to thank the volunteer firefighters without them things would've been ugly.

Bill Uttley

I want to thank Mr. Edwards for his time in the negotiations.

Mayor Lloyd

I thank the Teamsters for the three-year contract.

Carrie Fisher

You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!

Joan Bonvicini

That week was surreal. We were numb, we made it through it.

James Blake

It doesn't get better than this, ... If every week were like this I would never retire.

Pat Riley

I think he is a week away from conditioning.

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Michael Campbell

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

Doug MacIntyre

We may see another week or two of increases.