Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were lucky that we didn't have a serious accident on our hands with the gas.

Roads really aren't in bad shape. We've probably had 15 or 20 weather-related accidents in the region that required ODOT crews. The snow seemed to come down heavy from 5 to 8 a.m.

Residents of Massachusetts and particularly those along the Buzzards Bay coastline have experienced first-hand the devastation to the environment that can result from accidental oil spills. However, there was nothing accidental about this case. The defendant knowingly violated anti-pollution laws, intentionally dumping oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean--and even went so far as to manufacture a so-called 'magic pipe' to accomplish the crime. Our hope is that this substantial $10 million fine will send a strong message to those in the maritime community who would try to circumvent our Nation's anti-pollution laws.

Research shows these measures can reduce accidents and fatalities. That's why legislators around the country are thinking about this.

Chris Hadfield

'Boldface' is a pilot term, a magic word to describe the procedures that could, in a crisis, save your life. We say that 'boldface is written in blood' because often it's created in response to an accident investigation. It highlights the series of steps that should have been taken to avoid a fatal crash, but weren't.

The laws are in place, the men understand all the laws, but freak accidents happen.

Noam Chomsky

By curious accident of history and geography, the world's major energy resources are located pretty much in Shiite regions. They're a minority in the Middle East, but they happen to be where the oil is, right around the northern part of the Gulf.

Francis Thompson

An atheist is a man who believes himself to be an accident

The medical evidence was overwhelming that this kind of injury could only be inflicted by a deliberate, intentional act. Accidents described by Steen just don?t account for what happened to the baby.

The Mazda Navajo is a safe, reliable vehicle and not the cause of either the accident or Miss Munoz's injuries. For this and other reasons, Ford is confident this verdict will be reversed on appeal.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Promptly improve your accidents.

Emile M. Cioran

I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nothing is or can be accidental with God.

Howard Rheingold

SMS was commercially an accident ? it was not originally seen as a revenue-producing service, but today 100 billion SMS messages are being exchanged every month.

At this time, we are asking companies to rededicate themselves and their miners and their operations to signify the enduring commitment to protecting miners in West Virginia by participating in the stand-down for safety. We will take an active approach to accident reduction.

Every weekend there's a significant accident. There are bad accidents out here.

Coach Sutton has been dealing with constant back and hip problems the last couple of seasons and after last Friday?s accident he feels this is the best decision for his health and for the team.

Coal production will not resume at the Sago Mine until our internal investigation of the accident is completed and we can share those findings with the families and co-workers of those lost in that tragic accident. We hope to conclude those efforts in the very near future.

Coexistence measures are designed to ensure that GM crops can be grown alongside non-GM crops without negative economic consequences caused by accidental mixing of the two.

Any move trying to cover up the cause of the accident and any passive attitude toward the probe are deemed deception and a defiance of law.

Any lost-time accident we take as a serious injury. I wouldn't refer to any injury as minor.

An important focus of our investigation will be to understand what was different about conditions on Jan. 31 that could have caused the major accident that occurred.

Annika might be the best player, but Michelle is the biggest story. She's drawing in the accidental fan, much like Tiger did when he first came out. The thing that bothers me is, it seems like every anti-Michelle comment I heard always mentioned her age. We're not involved in age-discrimination here. I wondered if there would be the same type of negative reaction if we gave an exemption to a 26-year-old woman from Nebraska.

Are we an exceptionally unlikely accident or is the universe brimming over with intelligence? (It's) a vital question for understanding ourselves and our history,

Anything that will help alleviate the amount of traffic will greatly reduce not only cars, but hopefully accidents.

Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted has the potential to avoid accidents and then save lives.

Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted can prevent accidents and save lives, and the safety of our Sailors is important.

As for our interim project, it should help limit turning accidents in the area, but we might have more rear-end accidents.

Sergei Ivanov

A scrupulous investigation into the accident has been conducted within a month's time, as was promised. It was established that outrageous violation of the instructions by senior officials of the Russian Pacific Fleet was the main cause of wrong 'swimming and diving rounds'

As a bowman it's normal to be prone to accidents as you can easily get in the way of a pole.

As a bowman it is normal to be prone to accidents as you can easily get in the way of the pole. But usually it comes down on you vertically so you'll get hit by about 50 kilograms. This time it hit me from a horizontal direction with a force of about three tons.

Our concern goes out to Ms. Munoz, but this accident was caused by driver error.

Our environmental officer says it is unusual to have a case of snowmobile, or ATV, operating under the influence. That said, one accident is one too many for operating these vehicles under the influence.