Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Mangini

Ultimately, we agreed that the best course of action would be for the Jets to go in a different direction. We wish him and his family well.

Jim Doyle

Ultimately, this is a national issue that demands the full attention of the President and Congress, ... Wisconsin consumers have already been overcharged $88 million by the oil companies - and prices are continuing to go up. It is time for the President or someone in Washington to take action against the Texas oil companies who are trying to use a national tragedy to enlarge their profits.

Richard Holbrooke

Ultimately the decision as to what happens will be made by the decisions and actions of the Yugoslav leadership. They have the power to stop this tragedy. They have the power to take action to reverse it.

Eric Schaeffer

Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit margins are the most significant factor, and record profits from high gasoline prices have encouraged a major investment in added refining capacity. Projects already reported or announced are expected to add nearly 600,000 b/d to our existing capacity over the next several years.

Brian Kennedy

Ultimately it's not serious in any way as proposed legislation, but it's very serious with regard to what the committee's real alternatives are, ... The chairman is actively working to make sure that it's ANWR -- and (the Arctic refuge) alone.

Sylvester Croom

Ultimately, I am responsible for their actions and I take full responsibility. But I want to stress that these are good kids who come from good families, who made a serious mistake in judgment.

Until Canada ends its unfair practices, the U.S. lumber industry will never stop insisting that action be taken under U.S. trade laws to fully offset the subsidies and dumping.

We won't make the problem go away just by waiting. Action is needed and action there will be.

We won't know his actual views until his first opinions at the court appear,

We won't jump right in and spend all of those dollars. But we will redirect crews to fill potholes or to other construction activities like ... curb replacement. This will give us a little head start on that.

Orrin Hatch

We want to make sure public information is available to everyone, ... We want to make sure there's no way of freezing legitimate competitors out of the system. We've had commitments from AOL and Time Warner that they will not do that. But this action has caused a lot of angst among some members of our committee.

Dick Taylor

We want to keep people close to the action that's going on,

Dieter Zetsche

We want to have the board where the action is.

We'll see an acceleration of M&A activity in 1999.

We didn't have a lot of open looks. Marshall was the more active and aggressive team.

Sergei Ivanov

We believe Europeans' striving to have their own forces to ensure their security and to eliminate crisis situations is well founded, and are prepared to act together with them in these matters,

We believed we were members who should have had a say in the actions the board have taken. I don't think the board wants to do anything malicious. I just think it's an oversight on their part.

We believe by being sensitive to the balancing act these women face each day, we're increasing their commitment to General Motors. It's not only the right thing to do, it's also good business for GM and helps us retain the brightest, most capable workers.

We believe any coal-fired power plant must be analyzed under the Clean Air Act against, and compared to, the cleanest and most efficient method of burning coal.

Bill Gates

We believe an anti-trust lawsuit is counterproductive, costly to the taxpayers and ultimately will be unsuccessful in the courts, ... The government's action today is a step backward for America ... This suit is all about Microsoft's right to innovate on behalf of consumers -- the right to integrate new technologies into Windows as they develop.

Aristotle

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

We became the first industrialized nation to legalize online gaming?The reason we introduced the act was to regulate the new forms of gambling. We can only get so far on our own.

We are not after customers. We are after the managers of large credit unions that are trying to have it both ways -- act like a bank but at the same time continue to use the credit union tax subsidy.

We are not actively looking at acquisitions right now.

We are not about being snobby - we just want everyone to be compatible. Our members are people with large personal networks, frequent travel and highly active socially.

Tony Blair

We are never going to be able to go as fast as the situation demands because actually it demands urgent action in every situation now. We are never going to be able to do everything that everyone wants, ... Let's just concentrate on getting these commitments delivered.

We are monitoring the situation closely, but right now we don't have any actual plans because a fuel surcharge always has an impact on consumer demand, so it is always a trade off,

We are merely the instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.

Tony Siragusa

What are you trying to screw up my act for?

William Shakespeare

What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god -- the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!

Janet Reno

What they did was very wrong, ... Their illegal actions affected billions of dollars of sales in the U.S. alone and forced higher prices worldwide.

What they did imply was that future Fed actions will become even more data dependent, Further tightening cannot be ruled out.

Mark Latham

We're picking up a wide range of activities that will reach the total population. It's going to be a learning curve for the students, the coaches, and the community.