Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Gunn

If Amtrak fails, intercity passenger rail will be gone in this country, ... If we can't make it at Amtrak, we're all in trouble.

Jason Chaffetz

Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.

Jody Gates

The project in Ottumwa was discussed with Amtrak and the Iowa Department of Transportation as part of a larger multi-station renovation project,

Corrine Brown

Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system.

Corrine Brown

If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why.

George Pierce

We were supposed to leave on the Amtrak Crescent to New Orleans, but we have a little problem down there.

Cliff Black

There are pluses for both Amtrak and its passengers.

Gary Sease

We expect to resume operations early Thursday evening. Amtrak service will resume after midnight.

Fred Powell

We took Amtrak down there. We were trying to get out before the hurricane, but Amtrak stopped running early. There were no flights out. All the rental cars were gone. We had no way out.

Dave Zagorac

Lighting shines on all the hatches. The Police Department drives by all the time.

Tessa Hafen

Senator Reid's office has not been contacted by the Justice Department at all.

John Searles

My first day as an intern in the books department at 'Cosmopolitan' also happened to be the day the O.J. Simpson verdict was announced.

Ranjit Singh

No one seems to know for sure how much is raised and how the money is used. Not the IRB, not the ROS neither any government department nor agency.

Rick Kaufman

On Feb. 2, Mr. Bates was called into the (Lakewood) police department and confessed to the incident.

Eric Dietz

My department supports this but we support it for specific public safety reasons because we felt it will enhance and improve public safety.

Marc Lumpkin

Now that this letter has been sent to us, we will investigate (the allegations). Our legal department will get involved and investigate it.

Arthur Levin

Now the Health Department needs to publicize its existence wherever it can. Otherwise you have a hotline nobody knows about.

Terry J. Lundgren

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

John Thompson

Levy limits were discussed this year, but not enforced. Some of that's just every-year political stuff, but you don't know until the Legislature adjourns for the year what they really will do to us.

Carol Chastang

Many lenders may not have discussed the STAR program specifically with the borrower.

Malcolm Speed

Moving venues was one of the issues discussed today.

Jaime Suchlicki

None of us want what we discussed here. It's the most likely scenario, but it's not what we wish for.

Emyr Parry

We had a very good meeting. We discussed the elements that France and the UK put down. These are now being referred to capitals and I expect we will have an early meeting later this week to see what the reactions are with a view to making progress on the text.

Sarah Williams

We met with them and discussed the purchase - if not the outright purchase of the whole property, then for parts of it.

Kofi Annan

If they sat and discussed frankly and openly, I think we will be able to find a solution,

Keith Self

I don't have the foggiest idea what Rick is referring to. There was one incident with an overzealous supporter that I discussed with Rick.

Rick Ott

I discussed the possibility. It is always a tool in the tool box.

Joe Trippi

Look, we haven't won Iowa or New Hampshire, a vote hasn't been cast,

Terry Brands

To Tom, the Iowa job means something he's been working for his whole life.

Terry Branstad

Iowa voters are intelligent enough to make up their minds.

Al Sharpton

I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.

Al Sharpton

The GOP`s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?

Buffalo Bill

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.

Chuck Grassley

Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities

Chuck Grassley

It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere.

Bob Bowlsby

Many have Iowa ties, but not everyone. My preference is someone with Iowa ties and roots.

Chris Larsen

No-cost loans are pretty popular right now, especially for people with larger loans. The larger your loan, the smaller the penalty for no-cost loans.

Richard Greenfield

One of the things they'd like to do is return more to shareholders, and ... a larger buyback makes a lot of sense at this point.

John Burns

Of course, Pol Pot in Cambodia, Rwanda -- things on a much larger scale than this. But this is pretty bad.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life.

Sean M. Carroll

I'm a big believer that science is part of a larger cultural thing. Science is not all by itself.

Tim Curry

In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.

Idina Menzel

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself.

David Steinberg

The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.

James Clarke

We have two skeletons preserved, the larger lying on top of the other one.

David Bowers

One of the things that stands out about this project is how it was funded.

Sean Patterson

Now we look for projects we can do together.

Barbara Jones

We had been talking about doing more projects together.

William McDonough

I can think of no more important project than this one because its ambitions are so high.

George Lucas

I have hundreds of projects that I want to do, and I'm running out of time - so they'll never get done, I'm afraid.

Michael Hooper

The project will be done by the end of the year.

Jim Carr

The project has halted. We are 16 years out from the start of negotiations on this project.

Vince Staples

Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.

Christo

All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.