Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Singh

Let the Union Cabinet speak with one voice over the issue and then we will react. There are major differences between Congress leaders and Cabinet ministers over the issue.

Mary Isselhard

Many of the cabinet cards are from the 1890s and when I look for them I try to find cards that show the children in their period clothing.

Alberto Bernal

Mr Lavagna was one of the few members of the Cabinet that seemed to have some understanding of the concerns and interests of investors.

Nabil Amr

From now on we will have two authorities and most likely this will lead to a clash. The struggle will be between the president's office on the one hand and the parliament and cabinet on the other.

Stephen Harper

We were committed at the time of the convention, and through the last debate, to put a free vote to the next Parliament on this issue, ... It will be a genuinely free vote when I am prime minister. I will not whip the cabinet; cabinet can vote as they want.

John Woods

I have a very clear idea of how executive cabinet runs because of the position I hold now. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see more participation next year.

David Cunliffe

I have never commented on a caucus issue or a shadow Cabinet issue, and I'm not about to start now.

Reg Empey

She was a larger-than-life figure. She was not the stuffy type of traditional cabinet minister.

Bruce Golding

Simpson Miller has been, indeed, like all the other contenders are - persons that are a part of the Cabinet which over the past many years has pursued a set of policies which have not produced the set of results that the country wants.

John Hennessy

Like all Americans, members of the Stanford community feel great compassion for the many who have suffered loss and a desire to respond to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, ... We are committed to helping out in whatever way we can, and we hope these efforts will make a small contribution to the outpouring of relief to victims of this disaster.

Gordon Gee

Let there be no misunderstanding of our intention, ... Vanderbilt is committed to competing at the highest levels in the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA, but we intend on competing consistent with the values of a world-class university.

I. Stone

Lowe's is committed to recognizing and supporting efforts that help our neighbors and customers. No time is this support more important than following natural disasters. Since Lowe's launched its customer donation program in 2000, thanks to the generosity and cooperation of our customers and vendor partners, we have raised nearly $16 million for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.

Bobby Dunn

Lots of people start exercising because a spouse or other person has told them they need to lose weight. But you'll only stick with it if it's your own goal, if it's something you're committed to.

Leo Kiely

Last year, we committed to a strategic review of our Brazilian business. We made good on that commitment, and this transaction is the result.

Melissa Wagoner

Senator Kennedy is committed to ensuring that this program continues and that the commonwealth's proud history in military technology continues to grow and expand.

Sen. Bray

Sen. Rita Days and I were committed to maintaining a safe and friendly emissions program even though the effort was to decentralize it. Decentralize did not mean the program was going away; it?s a federal mandate. Our six amendments protect the public and make the often inconvenient process of emissions testing as painless as possible.

Chris White

Motorola is committed to delivering 'wickedly cool' products and solutions that make always-on entertainment and communication a reality for consumers.

Ari Fleischer

Nepal is fighting a Maoist rebellion, and Nepal is an example, again, of a democracy, and the United States is committed to helping Nepal.

Kevin Spacey

makes people think ... and have a healthy debate and an open debate, rather than being so fiercely on one side or the other.

Ned Lamont

Let's have a good, robust debate on the issues.

A. Johnson

No one at any time approached him during the Medicare debate.

Deng Xiaoping

Do not debate! is one of my inventions.

Goran Persson

give hope for a better future, but the political message from our debate is clear.

Rick Friesen

Given that by far the majority of those involved in the debate have not had the opportunity to view the episode, we feel it is important to give the public of New Zealand that chance.

Anthony Chan

Given our forecast, we do not expect that this statistical release will have much impact on the policy debate when the Fed meets,

Barbara Boxer

On the other side of this debate they are very good at getting votes. And they are very good at being politicians, but I don't think they are worth a wit in the gynecological operating room! I don't want them in that operating room, telling a doctor what procedure to use for my daughter, or my niece.

Charles Schumer

one of the finer debates that I have heard in 18 years in the House.

Isabella Rossellini

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

Alan Trammel

Like a lot of guys, Pudge has tried to do too much. Yes, he's a free swinger -- to a limit. This year he has expanded his zone.

Jim Woodring

Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not.

Dutch Proverb

Life is a gift, but you do not get it for free

Anthony Smith

Make free throws. I told the girls, 'Let's make some free throws and don't foul.' That's how I felt. Let's make those free throws, and B.T. and Miranda made two of them. Not just one of them, but two of them, and that was great.

Shelly Smith

Lunch is provided, poles are provided; everything is free at this event.

Charles Gargano

Let's keep in mind that the world, the region, everyone was looking for how we rebuild the Freedom Tower and for what it represents in the rebuilding process.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and painfully as to find someone to worship

Ross Baker

So long as he is a free man, still a member of the House and participating in the conference, his influence is going to remain considerable.

Joey Avila

Last year we had a lot of egos. We had some issues. We don't have that this year. This team genuinely likes each other.

Lynn Coady

There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily get, my books. That was a hard one to swallow, to not feel slighted by.

Eric Fellner

It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.

Phil Klay

It's often difficult to get perspective on your own stories, on your own experiences, without talking them through with someone who is genuinely interested in thinking about them. And that's the key.

Simon Van Booy

The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible.

Camille Paglia

No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.

Chris Hayes

It is genuinely shocking to me that I'm on a television show.

Robbie Tobeck

We're genuinely grateful for our fans. That's why we went out to say thanks, too. I'm really thankful being part of this team, especially knowing how this town loves the Seahawks.

John Peel

Yes, I always feel that the music I like, and I genuinely like, the stuff I play on the radio is my own way of going out on the street and righting these wrongs that I think should be righted.

John Philbrook

Man-hours, especially in the last two quarters, have jumped dramatically. Our position has always been to have enough work here so we don't have to travel to find work. Well, we are in that situation now.

Rabindranath Tagore

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Steve Reinprecht

Making the run that we made, we're going into the season with a different attitude. We want to win our last game, that's the mindset here.

Steve Hadley

made that request last week in his public statements very clearly.

Bobby Bowden

Leon's got a chance, ... Last week, he couldn't have done it.

Jim Bolla

(Losing on senior night) last year was kind of a bummer. But as least we got a win tonight and we've got a lot of people out there supporting them.

William Jefferson

Louisiana is last on the things that we ought to be first on, and first on the things we ought to be last on. We can do better than this,

Ron Zook

Lou turned up the wick considerably this year from last year.

Sullivan Sykes

Last year we had the potential, but we could never get over that hurdle. This year we play more as a team.

LeeAnn Palo

Let them do it next year. They've got a lot of time left.

Al Reynolds

Many if not most of the property owners out there have taken the next steps.

Jake Gyllenhaal

One role blends into the next role. I mean, there's strange idiosyncrasies from roles that I play that I picked up that will never go away.

Craig Bradshaw

One more chance. Next season, we have one more chance.

Ed Belfour

One minute, you're a slug. And the next minute, you're a hero.

Sal Mineo

One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next - no one wanted me.

Sidney Ponson

One at a time. The next one after one is two. It's not 10.

Laurence Barron

One in six planes sold this year will go to China. Next year that will be one in five.

Chad Knaus

Obviously, we're parked right next to each other in the garage,

Derrick Kellier

I feel satisfied, it has been a long haul. I have been in Parliament since 1989.

Edmund Burke

Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation.You choose a Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, heisnotthe Member for Bristol, but heisa Member of Parliament.

William Wilberforce

Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?

Volodymyr Lytvyn

I don't think that parliament will find the strength to annul its decision.

Jeremy Corbyn

I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.

Philip Ruddock

If the parliament is sitting it has to undertake business, that's not a question of picking and choosing,

Jack Layton

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.

Dario Perkins

A split parliament would be the worst-case scenario.

Kenneth Rexroth

Victorian society was homogeneous without being homogenized. It was, to paraphrase the epigram about Parliament, a society of extreme eccentrics who agreed so well that they could afford to differ.

Sonia Gandhi

I don't disown our responsibility and my responsibility as Prime Minister,

Chang-Rae Lee

I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

We have no problem with the prime minister's offer.

Stephen Glover

Where is our prime minister? All that can be said is that he is out there somewhere.

Benjamin Franklin

I am in the prime of senility.

Ehud Olmert

Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.

Brian Mulroney

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.

Douglas Hurd

If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht.

Tsutomu Takebe

It is a private visit and I would like to respect the Prime Minister's visit to the shrine,

Robert Osborne

I think there's something about traveling in airplanes all the time that's not the healthiest thing in the world for you.

Albert Schweitzer

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Jerry Costello

Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time.

Jack Rio

So it was a valuable time for us.

Scott Ellis

My first time ever on the Tony Awards was in 1984, the year of 'The Rink.'

Anwar Robinson

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.

Rick DiPietro

Obviously, you're going to have jitters the first time you play in this event, but at the end of the day, it's still the same game.

Phil Lesh

Of course, in the band, we all interpreted in our own way simultaneously, so this time I'm just going to do it all by myself and see what comes out.

Denise Bottcher

No one got confirmation that she was napping. There was no time for napping.

Al Sharpton

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

Judy Davis

I feel like the voters made their decision.

Ed Markey

We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.

Dick Gephardt

one of the most important votes we will take in this Congress.

Jeff Denham

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

Mark McKinnon

Voters are looking for credibility and are wary of polish. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter which candidate can more deftly read a teleprompter.

David R. Brower

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.

Chetan Bhagat

When we choose a mobile network, do we check whether Airtel or Vodafone belong to a particular caste? No, we simply choose the provider based on the best value or service. Then why do we vote for somebody simply because he belongs to the same caste as us?

Charles Rangel

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

Steve Irwin

When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.

Lon Kruger

Is there an explanation? They whipped us every which way.

Michael Brown

Man, 54 years old, and I've never had a whipping like this in my life.

Tim Montgomery

It's like getting a whipping for something you know you didn't do.

Friedrich Nietzsche

When thou goest to woman, take thy whip.