Famous Quotes & Sayings

George W. Bush

The question is, over time, will all parties adhere to the agreement?

John Sununu

The question isn't whether we should or want to provide assistance, but we want to make sure we do it in as way that ensures that resources get to where they're most needed, and in a way that takes advantage of the $45 billion or so that's already been appropriated,

The question is not whether PTSD is real and serious. It's a devastating mental illness. The question is how many veterans have PTSD, and clearly our goal should be to try to address the veterans' needs and help them deal with their problems and move on in life.

The prospects for a rate cut have certainly increased. You have weaker inflation and in addition there are risks to gross domestic product growth.

Goran Persson

The prospect of weapons of mass destruction being used again is terrifying. We cannot afford to let this happen. Our failure to address the threats from these weapons at this summit leaves us with a crucial task ahead,

Noah Hawley

The prospect of being a father made me ask myself a question. How do you know what kind of adult your child will turn out to be? And how much can you control that?

The proposed trust schools offer no obvious advantages and they will be ignored by the vast majority of heads.

The proposed transitional arrangements address a major concern of banks,

The proposed rule is a far cry from what is needed to protect farmers, workers, and children from pesticide drift. It makes no sense to give notice only to select property owners when the whole community should be notified. Also, the notification zone is too small. We would like to see all property owners within one mile of farms given advance notice of pesticide application.

The proposed policy is inconsistent with ongoing dialogues Microsoft is having with other Massachusetts state agencies about how Microsoft products can best meet their data and records requirements for a variety of data types - ranging from traditional documents to pictures, audio, video, voice, voice-over-IP, data, database schema, web pages, and XML information. As we look to the future, and all of these data types become increasingly intertwined, locked-in formats like OpenDocument are not well suited to address these varying data types - as the proposed policy itself acknowledges. It's this need for choice and flexibility that led Microsoft to design Office in a way that supports any XML schemas that a customer chooses, a capability lacking in less functional formats.

Gordon Brown

(The proposals) recognize her concern for children and their families in times of sickness, when practical support and advice can often be as important as medical treatment,

Larry Sanders

The project will save energy, in that there is added insulation. New windows in the dispatch center also have cut energy costs.

Norman Foster

The project ultimately succeeded because we had the good fortune of working with a progressive owner that was determined to advance these principles in New York City. Environmental sustainability is a product of that holistic way of thinking.

The project is designed to increase the utility and value of patent pledges and promises in the past year by providing a central repository where intellectual property can be held for the benefit of all. Our goal is to make it easier for developers and industry to take advantage of the good works of vendors, individuals, and organizations who may wish to pledge patents and intellectual property in support of the community.

Bill Gates

The one top problem we've got in hardware advances is getting everybody connected at high speeds...Most people even five years from now will probably still be connected through the phone line,

The one thing we see repeatedly is that once a consumer owns a high definition television, he or she immediately notices the difference -- so much so that viewing habits adjust in order to watch high definition content.

Those were two big issues. We weren't in the right spots at the right time and that helped their defense. We need to use both sides of the floor and hopefully take advantage of a defensive lapse. This has happened before. We'll keep working on it.

Joe Theismann

Those were guys, maybe not in as much of a publicized way, that were the heart and soul of the defense. Yeah, they added Chad Brown. They added the athletic ability, but do you have the cohesiveness that's necessary?

Those other signs of deterioration in the market, like advance-decline ratios and market breadth, all add up for the long-forecast pullback.

Tip your hat to them. They did a good job inside. We need to learn how to defend better with fouls. We can't become liabilities out there. We need to adjust to how a game is (being called).

David Letterman

Tip to out-of-town visitors: If you buy something here in New York and want to have it shipped home, be suspicious if the clerk tells you they don't need your name and address

Time Warner retains that information to administer retirement, compensation and other benefits information for its employees,

Scott Johnson

Tough times breed tough men and we are taking a tough team to Dublin to play tough rugby. We are going to look squarely in the face of adversity and show a different side to our characters this weekend.

Paul Goodman

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.

Traditional television broadcast advertising strives to raise consumer awareness of a product or service, in the hope that a consumer will remember that product or brand when making a purchasing decision.

Traditional media doesn't have the time and resources to cover all the stories. It really does add substantially to what you are looking at when you are looking for news.

Ross Levinsohn

Traditional media brand advertising is 65% to 70% spend; online, it's like 28%. You've got a huge margin.

Traditional magazine companies couldn't imagine a launch like this. Relish is much more than a magazine. Consumers can come to the Web site, subscribe to the e-newsletter, and, uniquely, many will also receive Relish as syndicated columns within their newspaper as well. That's just the beginning. The key is the brand launches with a combination of consumer options, and advertisers can take advantage of the brand's engagement in many ways.

Traditionally, the third and fourth quarters are the peak for tourism on a higher number of conferences and conventions during that time, ... This, in addition to the Disney effect, will likely lead to stronger tourist spending.

Traditionally, most psychologists and legal scholars have assumed that the influences of racial diversity result from the contributions of minority group members, who in effect bear the burden of bringing new perspectives and experiences to the table. This study offers the novel hypothesis that majority group members are also responsible for effects of diversity, and that performance advantages to jury diversity are not limited to white and black jurors bringing different experiences to the jury room and sharing different perspectives.

Sam Altman

Traditional local advertising is not what retailers want. They want not just for you to see an ad - they want you to come into the store, to be a repeat customer and to spread the word.

Traditional high school basketball fans don't think it's necessary. There's the cost of the equipment, operational needs to find someone trained and skilled to work it. There's the flip side where people thing it adds excitement to the game. Seven states have overcome those obstacles.

Trading performance is dependent on timely, trusted communications that are relevant and accurate. The buy side needs a powerful communications tool that adds value to their decision-making process.