Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Hall

We are acting in line with what the ordinances tells us. We are not treating this any different from any other violation.

We are acting in a just cause. We are convinced of that.

We are acting as facilitators, as mediators, as brokers if you will. We are helping them bring this list down to the 28 that they feel would be perfect to serve their country in the next six months, and we are also going to assist them in their selection of a leader.

We are accelerating our reform efforts to recover from this severe earnings downturn. We must act quickly to dispose of the things we no longer need.

We are able to make this commitment because we have confidence in our betting lines - we're not waiting to see how lines open, we're setting the markets. Everybody bets, but the more time we can give our players to consider their positions the better. Posting our betting lines the afternoon before next day's game provides our customers with a real edge. And our in-game betting takes the action to a whole other level, although it can be tough to type while jumping up and down screaming for your team!

Brian Baker

We're not trying to say that Patience Cooks is a horrible human being, but that act she committed on March 26, 2005, was horrible. Justice has to be blind. ... Human life has to mean more than that.

We're not the yard police. We're not actively on patrol looking for violations. We respond to resident complaints.

We're not taking any possible action off the table. We need to be prepared.

Richard Jefferson

We're not sitting up here, jumping up and down like we won a championship. When things are going well, you can't act like you're surprised they are.

We're not recommending purchase of it, but I do think that the worst is probably behind. I do think that there is probably a bounce due in the stock. It's Microsoft's turn at the plate, if you will. I think the actions really will start to play in their favor. I think a stock buyback program begins within the next six-to-eight weeks. I think that's one line of defense that the company has for the stock.

We remain buyers of the developers, ... The flow of new launches over the next two quarters should see good take-up, with this soothing current market fears and acting as a catalyst for renewed investor interest.

Brian Doherty

We're losing control of how the money is being spent. . . . It's long overdue that we are active participants,

We are regulating the conduct of the student while the student is in school. The student doesn't have the right to engage in gang activity while in school.

We are really lucky we have a business that is trying to be an active part of our community.

We are, quite frankly, suspicious that a plan is in the works to prevent our national class action, on behalf of some 60,000 flight attendants, from going to trial on Monday,

We are quite disappointed at the unprofessional and dangerous acts of the ships. The company is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ships' operators because they not only brought danger to Odyssey, but to their own ships. The company will file a lawsuit against the crew members too since they violated a lot of maritime affairs rules.

We are quickly running out of time. We are making very little progress in our negotiations. The situation is fragile and not one where we can afford to be divided. What the politicians don't seem to grasp is that if we don't act wisely and quickly, our decision could lead the country into even worse chaos.

We are pleased that the court acted quickly to protect women and their doctors,

We are pleased that the Council on Foundations has acted to restore our membership status. We have worked closely with the Council to address its concerns, and we are confident the Council's decision was based on a belief that the measures we have taken to strengthen existing policies and implement new measures will set a high standard going forward.

We are planning on that committee to host a number of activities in that space downtown and to facilitate commercial activities that could come from that.

We are paying very close attention to those who are involved in activities that promote either fraudulent elections or promote violence.

We are part of the Boston metro area. The more connectivity that we have, particularly mass transit, the stronger economic activity we are going to enjoy.

Richard Holbrooke

we are on the brink of military action.

We are one of the only country acts tapped into colleges.

We are one of the few places that have zoning in place. The city acted even before the legislature changed the law. I think council and staff saw the very likely possibility that tattooing would be allowed in South Carolina and wanted to be prepared and wanted to have something in place if and when it passed. There's no reason to wait until the last minute if the train is coming down the tracks.

To be sure, this requires effort and love, a careful cultivation of the spiritual life, and a watchful, honest, active oversight of all one's mental attitudes towards things and people. It is not to be learned by world-flight, running away from things, turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.

We are going to start looking and acting like an engaged campaign. It's a tactical shift.

Harlan Coben

Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we parents are rarely the role models we want to be. True for life. True for driving.

Harlan Coben

Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it.

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.

Xavier Samuel

Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.

Yuichiro Miura

I've been doing extremely dangerous activities for a long time, but I've been lucky enough to have survived so far. However, sooner or later we all die... and, if that's the case, I want to die doing what I love to do the most. That's how I view death.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.