Famous Quotes & Sayings

Deborah Ellis

One of the things that has really hit home for me is that the world is how we decide it is going to be. Very few things just happen. They grow out of history, and they grow out of the present, and the more we can get a sense of how our actions lead into other actions in the future, hopefully we'll learn to make better decisions.

One of our primary objectives is to bring HOMELAND SECURITY CORPORATION to a fully reporting status. Further, it is our intent to move forward with our sales and marketing plan for 2006 and develop strategic alliances in the government security sector. These actions underline the commitment to build shareholder equity and confidence.

None of those situations are situations where an officer has time to think. It's someone else's actions that forces them to react. It's not that the officers are choosing to go to work to shoot somebody.

Only actions will dispel critics who believe I have a political agenda, which I do not have. I want to define my tenure in as open a way as I can.

Only actions performed with perseverance can ensure success.

Lane Garrison

One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival.

Paul Allen

What we're doing here in very broad terms is outlining the actions we're going to take. It's premature for us to try to comment further at this point.

I am very concerned about the actions of USDA to close beef processing plants in Montana. The timing of this action is disturbing. We hope USDA is not taking this action in retribution for MCA, R-CALF USA and Governor Schweitzer's recent actions to protect the Montana cow herd from Canadian bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Governor Schweitzer purchased a 4-H pig during the Lewis and Clark County Fair, and that carcass is hanging at the Butte plant targeted for closure by USDA.

I am very sorry and I deeply regret my actions on Sunday. In the heat of a tense game, I lost my head and made a bad decision. I'm not making excuses for my actions and I take full responsibility for what I did. I want to take this opportunity to apologize to Loren Stokes, who I have great respect for. I also want to say I'm sorry to Hofstra University's players, coaches and fans. They played a terrific game and that should not be overshadowed by what I did.

Certainly, the antitrust actions against Microsoft and Intel have raised the visibility of the industry substantially.

Certain comments and actions in the build-up to the England and Poland games have made my position within the Welsh squad untenable for the time being.

Based on the re-sourcing threats and actions of many of the automakers, it's obvious that they are about as loyal to their old-line partners as Brad Pitt was to Jennifer Anniston.

Because of the potential conflicts of interest, both real and perceived, it is essential that we have an independent investigation so that the community is confident that all actions by all parties involved are thoroughly and impartially investigated.

Because of the success we had in driving some of this ... out of the traditional banking sector, criminals are looking for alternative ways. They are intelligent people, and they are going to be innovative. But it requires us to be innovative as well, because we now have to adjust our actions on all levels, law enforcement, regulation and education in the private sector, to stay one step ahead.

Chris still has some work to do with the team, but he has taken responsibility for his actions and will be traveling with us.

I'm a guy who leads through my actions rather than my words.

Sandy Berger

My actions . . . were wrong. They were foolish. I deeply regret them, and I have every day since. I let considerations of personal convenience override clear rules of handling classified material.

My actions are not based on some kind of report card out there or marching in lockstep to any specific group. I can't be all things to all people. They are not the only constituent base out there.

My actions appeared justified, ... I did this work without pleasure, without pleasure.

Obviously this is an extremely important fleet concentration area for us. I've just got to get a better understanding of what's going on here and understand what the issues are and make sure I'm in the proper position to take the actions needed.

Obviously, this dad is going to suffer the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life.

Given the current environment with gasoline prices, the fact that GM's major actions are so heavily weighted in mid- and large SUVs, that seems problematic,

Charles Schumer

From conflicts of interest to inexplicable delays the actions so far of the attorney general and the Justice Department make it far less likely that the culprit will be found and that justice will be served.

Pascal Lamy

If adopted the actions recommended to the president would drastically reduce U.S. steel imports with severe implications for both the EU and third countries,

I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.

I have stated ... that we will fight the terrorists and those who support them or condone their actions for 10, 20 or 30 years if we have to, until we eliminate this scourge.

I find it hard to believe these actions could have taken place without a degree of collaboration or passivity by governments or services operating under them. I am thinking of the secret services.

Roy Moore

I can't predict the future, but I can tell you that people are very upset over the past actions of state officials, to include the governor and justices of the Supreme Court, who have chosen to blindly follow a federal court order to remove the acknowledgment of God from Alabama,

Idling plants and reducing staff are obviously very difficult decisions for all of us, but they also are necessary actions to help restore our North American business to profitability no later than 2008.

I don't know that many companies the size of GE whose earnings are up 16-17 percent right now, ... It's really because of cost-cutting actions that really positions this company to do very nicely for what could be 20 percent earnings growth in 2002.

I don't believe (Clinton's actions rise) to the level of impacting a danger on the nation to the extent that the nation has to be saved by removing this president from his office.

Deborah Moggach

I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them.

James Nesbitt

I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.