Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you make another agreement or change it, it could affect us. We know what it says now.

Michael Adams

If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from contact with the show. If you are somebody who delights in that ephemeral novelty in language, then you realize that people are so impressed with what the show and that it's affected them so much, that at least mildly in their own language practices, they want to be a part of it, and I think that's interesting to see happen.

If you're a long-term investor with a three- to five-year horizon this shouldn't affect you at all. It's a blip in the road.

William Bennett

In my position it is hard to say exactly how many students are affected but certainly a significant portion of the student body is affected.

John Humphrys

In fact nobody has ever complained about the sorts of things I say because it is done with affection and is obviously light-hearted,

William Rehnquist

Inadequate compensation seriously compromises the judicial independence fostered by life tenure. That low salaries might force judges to return to the private sector rather than stay on the bench risks affecting judicial performance. . . . Every time an experienced judge leaves the bench, the nation suffers temporary loss in judicial productivity. Diminishing judicial salaries affects not only those who have become judges but also the pool of those willing to be considered for a position on the federal bench.

In 1918, it was 20- and 30-year-olds, but we won't know which group is being affected until a pandemic is actually under way.

If there were a good, user-level solution out there, we wouldn't be so worried about passing anti-spam legislation. ISPs can filter and block hosts who send almost nothing but spam, but at the user level there isn't much you can do that also wouldn't affect legitimate e-mail.

If there was a spark, he would be that spark. He brings that energy, and it affects us a little bit. But we've got guys stepping in and doing a good job. Max and Kevin and Jerome Jackson did their part. But missing Mike does hurt.

It hasn't affected us. If anything, it seems like we're doing better. We've been really busy. Maybe they are shopping instead of working.

It has implications far beyond just the public service. It affects so many things that go on in the economy of the country and a government has to be reasonable and responsible. It cant just simply jump up and say okay if you want this, Ill give you this.

Dolly Parton

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

I think all of us are concerned about security, but I think the lesson -- and I think it's a national lesson -- is you can't have uncontrolled power that affects individual rights. ... they (jurors) were not going to let a company simply under the guise of security fly and trample on a person's rights.

Jeff Bagwell

I think my swing is there. I hold on with two hands. I'm not having to let go because I'm restricted from getting out there. My hitting will come. The major focus of this black cloud that's sitting over this locker is that throwing arm. If it starts hurting bad enough where it's affecting my swing, we're going to have another talk.

I think obviously they'll have more support from the four people that have to vote now if they come into line with the zoning and aren't asking for too much. Anything that can potentially affect Main Street really gets people's attention and we want to proceed carefully.

I just know that when I look into the stands, I'll see them. It won't affect my concentration or my focus. It's just more fun. After the meet is over, I know I can go up to my parents, and we can go out to dinner or whatever. It's nice that they're going to see me at my last home meet.

Bartolo Colon

I just felt a twitch in my groin because I tried to change direction so quickly. The groin didn't affect me.

Michael Chang

I just feel like it would be so against my personality to have this struggle in tennis and just give up. I know it's not me, not who I am, and that would probably affect other parts of my life.

I just don't understand how it escalated and got this far. She's had a hard life. She grew up in the projects. I guess what she's seen between me and my husband, the verbal and physical abuse, affected her.

Iraqis are beginning to feel frustrated, ... The court should be more active. Saddam was captured two years ago and we feel that the sentence he will get will be reduced ... The weakness of this court might affect the verdicts and this is worrying us.

I'm blown away by the turnout. We wondered, since it's so cold, if it was going to affect anything.

William Shea

I'm both gratified and a little surprised at the on-rush of sentiment and affection for him that we've seen. You would suppose that in these circumstances a lot of hyperbole goes on, and I'm just not seeing that. This affection for Tim pre-existed these circumstances.

I may be half the man I used to be. But my heart is still the same and my affection for this community has not died. What kind of world can I create now, what type of person can I become, what type of legacy can I leave now, not what I did before but what can I do now.

Joe Montana

I'm an athlete. I'd been working out all my life, so I thought, It won't affect me.

Abraham Lincoln

If the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers.

If there has been a focus, though, it's been trying to be involved and give to those charitable groups that affect our employees personally and probably our communities a little more. Cancer's been a big one because it affects just about every family, and we've had some employees pass away in the last few years from cancer. Heart disease is another big issue that affects most families.

If there's any drawback, it would be in terms of how higher prices would affect the margins in their refining operations -- but that's not an issue now because of capacity constraints we have here in the United States.

If people can't pay the credit in 180 days, and these are people who would pay in the 240 days they get from Sears, that would affect them,

If people want to help the families affected by the flooding, the best way to do that is with financial contributions to the Red Cross. It's more efficient when we can purchase in bulk.

I had a couple of (immigrants) request the day off. Everyone that wanted to attend or not attend was good enough to request a day off. It did not affect us or our customers.

I guess you're going to be a little nervous because anything can happen and nobody is really untouchable. It's just a day. You've got to block it out and play. Before you know it, it will be here and gone. We'll wait and see if it affects the guys down here.

Jacques Chirac

if we want, in this troubled and unsettled international context, to guarantee the security of our citizens and influence the international choices that affect our interests.

If we want a seat at the political table, we really need to be able to have the monetary resources necessary to affect elections.