Famous Quotes & Sayings

LaDainian Tomlinson

Everybody around the league looks up to their organization, ... Just the things they have been able to do, especially in a time when free agency is critical and things change. They've proved it can be done.

Ned Colletti

This gives us a little more depth in the starting rotation. I don't think this will prohibit us from getting another starter in either free agency or in a trade. One more would be good. I think we have a rotation now that's capable of throwing 180 innings, 200, 210 through all five starters.

This designates who would be the lead agency for each disaster,

This decision means that the agency can continue to carry out its landmark program to bring back the red wolves in North Carolina.

Changing the makeup of your club, that's just routine with free agency and stuff.

By assigning this $100 million project to the Corps within days after Katrina came ashore, FEMA ensured schools could open with temporary classrooms in place and communities could get back to work. While this Corps assignment is complete, FEMA will continue to work with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency on permanent repairs and restoration of facilities.

By allowing gas drilling on these lands, the agency is ignoring public opinion and the conclusions of its own multiyear process.

Christopher Cox

I'm pleased that he has agreed to remain at the SEC long enough to help the agency search for a successor,

Mark Dayton

Apparently the primary qualification necessary to lead the nation's disaster relief agency was to have been a major supporter of the president's 2000 election campaign,

Any nonprofit organization (in Stark County) was eligible to apply. In many cases, it's the local church or the elementary school or the social service agency that's doing arts projects. We just didn't know about it.

Hector Herrera

As far as the district is concerned, we are no longer pursuing the project. If another agency wants to pick up the project and do it on its own, that's their choice.

Michael Chertoff

As far as my agency is concerned, port security really rests principally with the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection.

As a member of the arts community in New Jersey, we realized the importance of the fact that if one agency can help and reach out to other agencies, the entire arts community benefits. You can't exist in a vacuum. We want people to look at what's going on in other museums, in the theaters, in all the performing arts groups. It makes New Jersey dynamic and this area that we're in... extremely dynamic.

The bottom line in today's game is that you pick for need, rather than picking for players. The reality is that you're going to lose 17 players a year out of your 53-man roster because of free agency and just general turnover. Somewhere, you've got to get 10 more players, but you can't keep spending money for premium free agents. It's how you fill those needs, and a lot of them have to come from the draft.

The bypass remains, in its entirety, a priority for Gov. Douglas and the state Agency of Transportation. The governor is hopeful the Legislature will do the right thing and support his recommendation.

The Broward Sheriff's office has an important responsibility to continue to provide law enforcement services and to ensure the safety of the residents until another agency can assume that role,

A VPN really is a new environment, and an agency needs someone with networking expertise to drive the project in the right direction.

A U.S. government publication should not treat Holocaust-deniers as if they are a legitimate part of scholarly discussions about the Holocaust. One glance at the web site of the Institute for Historical Review reveals its blatant hate-mongering, including articles defending Hitler and alleging international Jewish conspiracies. Such bigots should not be described as 'scholars and researchers,' their organization should not be described as 'scholarly,' and their publications should not be included in a discussion of the writings of legitimate scholars of the Holocaust. We urge the National Security Agency to immediately withdraw the report from circulation until its reference to deniers as 'scholars' is corrected or removed.

A typical database might contain 100,000 words, maybe 50 or 60M bytes. I know of some twice as large ... people aren't going to wait 30 seconds or a minute to download a vocabulary database when they can just call up the agency and ask the question.

In Columbine they (police) weren't prepared, and they were crucified. Every agency in the country has learned from that.

Doug Williams

In mid-America, the mid-sized and small communities where fire protection is (done by) volunteers, there are no investigation capabilities. You have to call in agency or county fire marshals, ATF.

Jim Schwartz

In a perfect world, you look for the big, fast guys who can play. We haven't had that luxury with that position in free agency and the draft the last couple years.

I'm not aware of any government agency that can help when something like that happens.

Grant Hill

I know the draft and free agency are the hot topics over the summer for fans, but once we get to training camp, none of the players are going to be saying, 'Oh, we'd be so much better if we had drafted this guy or signed that guy,'

I'm more of a collaborator. You can't have a lot of split votes and have the agency serve its mission.

I'm blown away by the talent of this organization. This agency is peppered with unique and talented individuals.

I?m catching a lot of hell is what I?m catching. It has been difficult for us to not meet our expectations this year. We had a good draft last year and the year before. Unrestricted free agency was good to us last year. We are optimistic because we think we have cap room. I think the draft will be good for us this year. Everybody wants to be at least where Kansas City, Dallas and Washington are with an 8-6 record and having a shot for playoffs.

Mark Kelly

I personally believe this Agency has always been very dedicated and has always worked as hard as it possibly can to do things as safely and as effectively as possible.

In this case, the insurance demands were far more expensive than a public agency can afford.

I have talked with the DIF (the system of Development for Integration of the Family), a government agency in Mexico, about them picking up the shipping costs.

Mike Brown

I'm turning in my resignation today. I think it's in the best interest of the agency and the best interest of the president to do that and get the media focused on the good things that are going on, instead of me.

David McCandless

Information design has been around since the 1970s. Pioneers like Yale University design guru Edward Tufte and design agency Pentagram have long known and used its power. But now with the rise of the Internet, it's having something of a second birth.

I'm on call one weekend out of every month. Whenever any law enforcement agency needs help, they'll call Crisis Intervention. We do everything from counseling victims to providing help that is beyond what law enforcement does, like stranded motorists who are out of gas. We give them 10 gallons and send them down the road. Sometimes we'll get people a hotel room, especially people who have lost their homes and the Red Cross hasn't been able to respond yet. Whatever we can do to help.