Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are comfortable with the terms of the tentative agreement. And the reason that we're comfortable is not only does it not reward the employees for going on strike -- no matter how you spin it, none of the penalties are waived, mitigated, ameliorated or a blind eye cast to them -- the contract is cheaper and better for the MTA than what was on the table at the time the strike commenced.

We are closer to an agreement than we were before and both sides have shown flexibility, ... critical stage.

Celso Amorim

We don't want to bury the agreement, ... and we don't want to resuscitate it, either.

We have been in negotiations with those folks. We have signed an agreement to sell the club to them. But with the approval processes being what they are, nothing is a done deal until it's done.

We have got an agreement from the Water Authority that whatever steps have to be pulled out, those steps are going to be pulled out with a view to having your new wage levels or your new salary scales by May 1, 2006.

We have filed a proposal for some US$3 billion worth of machinery and Japan has agreed as long as the government is willing to guarantee (the loan).

You can't consider a president weak because he will have a Congress that Mexican voters have wanted to be co-responsible in the decisions to be taken... It will be through the leadership that I will exercise that we will be able to build the agreements in Congress.

We had a hard time agreeing on a price.

We know that, for an agreement, we have to compromise and pay a price. I hope the other side will also recognize this fact.

Well, I don't -- we never agreed with the audit.

Well, I can't agree with you more, and I really wish every piece of mine were recorded, and I wish I had spent more time trying to pursue that.

Richard Boucher

We'll have to work out mechanisms in the agreement -- work out a framework in the resolution or some other mechanism, ... So that these states are allowed to continue to do what they need to do vis-a-vis their trade with Iraq, and particularly in civilian goods for the people of Iraq.

Tom and I had a few discussions and got an agreement signed. Flowe and the staff at Burningtree have been excellent to work with in preparing for the tournament. They are really wanting this to be first class. The tour has always wanted to play the Burningtree course.

To state that their proposal demonstrates a lack of commitment to reach an agreement would be a gross understatement.

We all agree we live in a much better situation today than when we arrived. It's not ideal. Nobody ever said it would be. There is a long way in front of us.

We all agree the manufacturing tax hurts us. We just have to see how that fits in with the rest of the budget.

We all agree that we want to be inclusive and want to create a stronger community.

We all agree that Mr. Chance tragically lost his life during a robbery. After that, the conclusions drawn by the state are utterly disparate from the conclusions we will draw.

Harry Reid

We all agree that Monday should be the day.

Mahmoud Abbas

We all agree that Jerusalem should be included in the elections. If it is not included, all the factions agree there should be no elections.

We all agree that if we can get this thing constructed, that it's in the net best interests of all concerned,

We all agree that CSI needs to grow and prosper but the funding needs to be more equal.

John Cornyn

We all agree that comprehensive immigration reform is the way to go. You can't fix a piece of this and claim victory.

We all agree on one thing; there are too many otters in the Ozarks.

We all agree in principle it is a viable proposal. The only problem is that Pakistan is hosting Zimbabwe from late September and we are still not sure if their tour will go ahead on schedule.

We all agreed this was good for the airport and the entire community. I see no reason to change course now. I think we should let Mr. Quill handle it.

Chris Martin

We all agreed that philosophically, it was not OK, and ethically, it wasn't OK. We're going to take the word 'divert' totally out of our vocabulary.

We all agreed on the direction we wanted to go, and we said if you're ready to put your energy behind us, let's go.

Robert Jordan

We all agreed it's unacceptable to see the numbers the way they are.

We're taking back an agreement that we think that our membership can live with.

We all know the consequences if we can't reach an agreement.

We all know that at some point an agreement must be reached. We also know that any tentative agreement is going to be extreme by any measure.

David Trimble

We all knew that the agreement was not going to be a magic wand and ... that there are elements opposed to it. These elements will not succeed.