Famous Quotes & Sayings

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.

Carl Honore

There are times when fixing things quickly is the only option: when you have to channel MacGyver, reach for the duct tape, and cobble together whatever solution works right now. If someone is choking on a morsel of food, you don't sit back, stroke your chin and take the Aristotelian long view. You quickly administer the Heimlich maneuvre.

Some 300,000 vaccines arrived today but it is of no use as we cannot administer them to those already infected.

Arlen Specter

Senator Reid is entitled to his opinion, but he's not the president of the United States, and he doesn't administer justice in this country,

You know, you don't need a leader to sort of administer something that's going very well. In fact, in one sense, an overly ambitious person in that circumstance can probably screw it up.

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

was invited and agreed to administer the oath.

Music labels would much rather have variable price, so they can charge more for hits and perhaps less for older tracks. Apple likes the $0.99 price because it is simple, uniform, not too high to discourage buyers, and very easy to administer and merchandise.

I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.

Thomas Jordan Jarvis

It has worked great good in other communities in the state where it has been honestly and faithfully tried, and I feel confident it will do the same in Pitt, if we faithfully administer the law, and that it will bring gladness and joy into the homes of the people.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

We must invest in building world class infrastructure, the skills of those who administer the game on the African continent, and invest more in the game itself and have a more comprehensive approach to the development of the youth on the African continent.

I think we're really committed to looking at a more efficient way to administer the program with lower overhead expenses, so more dollars can go into insuring kids.

He found the Indians to be very appreciative, kind. They were extremely happy they were there to administer this help. They have no electricity, no running water. They don't have anything.

I wish there was something different I could tell you. But the government wrote this policy we're just here to administer it.

While the number of individuals who benefit from a price registry appear to be small, the one number we're really concerned about is the potential cost to the state and pharmacies to administer such a program.

We would administer it only after there was some kind of probable cause.

Irrespective of the fact that we do not have the technology or the skill to administer the anesthesia, I believe (it) is part of informed consent.

Abraham Lincoln

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while I remain President that if at the end I have lost every other Friend on earth I shall at least have one friend remaining and that one shall be down inside me

That would be a hard decision for the court to make in that I don't think (Morales) has the medical evidence. I think doctors will eventually be able to assure the courts that it's possible to administer lethal injection so that inmates don't feel pain.

We are aware that it happens, but it is the counties that administer those bonds or letters of credit.

it does start to bring into question the whole sovereign risk of Tanzania if that's the way they are going to administer their tax act.

David Davis

Border controls and a border police force to administer those controls is exactly what we need.

An agent has to combine investigative skills and technical skills. It's hard to find people in society who can administer UNIX and professionally carry a weapon. And they pay way below market value.

As a chaplain he would be required to administer to all of our people, and his expressed views make it clear to me that he would not be able to perform that function with any credibility,

Karen Bass

There was a lady at the sink and she was trying to administer something to him. She pulled him into her, giving him some sort of medication.

There's a fair amount of coordination beginning to go on. The bigger issue is how to administer it once it happens.

John Ashcroft

President-elect Bush, you have my word that I will administer the Department of Justice with integrity, I will advise your administration with integrity, and I will enforce the law with integrity, ... embraces the job without any reservation.

Jam Master Jay

Profile has half the publishing and they control and administer the publishing and distribute and own the records, so our group is a 10-point crew. But we got a lot of money off of the shows.

As the state Department of Health has existing links to pharmacies, it would be most efficient to house and administer the site there. However, the attorney general's office welcomes the opportunity to provide this necessary service to the people of New York.

Zero Touch Linux is the only office server, server operating system and server control panel in one package. It's also the easiest way for businesses of all sizes to setup and administer their back office infrastructure.

They (Fed policy makers) know at any point of the time they may need to administer CPR to this economy.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A careful physician, before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.