Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Ritter Beard

The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall accept the capitalist system of production and make terms of peace with it.

Nick Hornby

We have one of those conversations where every thing clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even our punctuation marks, seem to be nodding in agreement.

Matt Damon

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

Marvin J. Ashton

The gospel is one of harmony, unity, and agreement. It must be presented in love, and with glad tidings, by those who are calm.

Madonna Ciccone

The only way we know we love ourselves and the people in our life is by the agreements we are willing to make and keep

Michael K. Simpson

I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.

Neelie Kroes

The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation.

Mitt Romney

Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.

Publilius Syrus

Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

Margaret Thatcher

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

Paul Ricoeur

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.

Leon Trotsky

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.

Learned Hand

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.

Paul Cellucci

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.

Governments must stop hiding in their corners and work to reach agreements on crucial poverty reduction and genocide prevention measures.

Gordon had approached us on this project that he wanted to do for Unity. We really enjoy working with students and of course agreed to work and plan with the students on these dinner events.

Chuck D.

Greater customer diversity makes Dana a stronger company, which makes us a better supplier to all of our customers. Our customers understand and agree with this.

For the most part, Mr. Reese is making good progress, ... but not on the agreed upon timeline.

For now, perhaps the only goal all parties can agree on is avoiding a crisis, but more meaningful engagement is needed if, in the long run, North Korea is not to loom as a flash point in Sino-U.S. relations.

For the past three years at least, we've been asked that players be allowed not to comply with their agreements with Zimbabwe, or that cricket not be played in Zimbabwe,

Gloria Steinem

Why are solutions not just as newsworthy as problems? The notion that hostility is necessary all the time to create interest and news is not going to help us [humanity] come to agreements and solve the huge problems we have.

J. Lee Thompson

I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it.

Muqtada al Sadr

I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements.

Ken Wilber

Saving the biosphere depends first and foremost on human beings reaching mutual understanding and unforced agreement as to common ends. And that intersubjective accord occurs only in the noosphere. Anything short of that noospheric accord will continue to destroy the biosphere.

Kim Harrison

Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David’s answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement.

There's always a chance that some agreement could be reached. But our position is firm at the moment: we would continue to vote no.

There is usually an agreement between the person and the trustee that this will happen. But you certainly don't want it written down.

There's a perceived halo effect, which is negative, that we don't agree with. Each of the cancer vaccine companies should be viewed as different companies.

There's an upward bias in the market, with more people generally kind of positive because the economy is doing well. Most people agree there's going to be at least two more rate changes. If you start talking about more than two, then it's going to be weird. That will have a negative effect on the market.

There's an interesting trend that occurs in times of mounting pressure and high uncertainty, which is that it's a natural human tendency to seek out people that agree with us, that are similar to us because it's a source of comfort in a world that's so rapidly changing.

There's an agreement that in the event he travels in the future between domestic point A and B that he be given consideration, given the demands on his time and attention.