Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maple syrup can help you lose weight -- if you eat nothing else and don't have too much! Otherwise, I agree that the whole idea is a little ridiculous.

E. O. Wilson

Marv and I entered into an agreement initially that made him the general manager of the Bills. He was hired to be GM and would never coach the team. We are excited to have Marv as our general manager as we move forward in hiring a new head coach.

Lindsay and Serena are my singles players, ... Venus agreed to come, but knows she might not be playing. She's a team player.

I wish we weren't there. I support the president, but for me, personally, this is the one area where I really can't agree with him.

Richard Shelby

I wish ... that the administration would agree to declassify a lot more of the report. Seventy percent -- or whatever the figure is -- is not enough. Probably you could go and declassify 90, 95 percent of it without any harm at all to national security. That would be my considered judgment.

Michael Brown

I won't say that we will implementing every one as they have recommended, but I think their recommendations are sound. Chief Lovett and I will be implementing those. We don't agree with every one.

W. Averell Harriman

I was very much concerned over our failure to come to an agreement with the British on continuing Lend-Lease assistance after the war was over.

Wayne Allard

It is imperative that we have confidence that the cleanup at Rocky Flats meets the standards agreed to by the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Colorado,

It is huge that the district has agreed to redesign this school based on this concept. This did not happen before because there is a huge resource question with this.

Mahmoud Abbas

It is necessary for everyone to be committed to a calm agreement.

Jean Lapierre

It is my hope that this agreement will encourage the development of new markets, new services, lower prices and greater competition.

Last year, kids were willing to negotiate with their parents, agreeing to less clothing and outright shunning some things to get what they wanted in an electronic item.

I was worried about the amount of rain we might get. Mr. Cooley (EBHS Principal) and I got in touch with Pickering and they agreed to play Thursday.

I want to thank the IAM leadership and its negotiating team for working together with Continental to get this deal done within the deadline set by the National Mediation Board. Now, we must go forward and get this agreement ratified.

I want to try and reach an agreement with the family regarding burial.

Robin Cook

I warmly welcome the news that the meeting in Rome has agreed (to) the terms of a statute to establish the International Criminal Court,

I will have direct talks with the LTTE and take steps to correct the shortcomings in the ceasefire agreement,

George H. W. Bush

I will never understand and never agree that five private law firms should collect more than $3.3 billion for working less than two years on a case that was settled before it went to trial. The fee seems totally out of proportion for the work performed.

I was just grateful that they agreed to work with him. They've handled it well, under tough circumstances.

I think they could probably get a very good labor agreement here that would allow them to control their costs, ensure productivity and eliminate their fears over flexibility.

George Clooney

I think the truth is and the secret to this is in a way of trying to not be polarizing and I find that people on the left and right are - it's an incredibly polarized time. In general we're trying to find things that we can agree on and one of them for me is we have to agree on the idea that we're allowed to question authority.

Mike Hoffman

I think the whole thing was designed to show how we were divided and how we couldn't agree on what should be done. All of the votes would have been captured on a computer and the percentages would have been locked in. We didn't like that at all.

Roy Blunt

I think the whole leadership is in agreement this is what ought to happen, both the House and the Senate,

It is a sign of hope for many Catholics and for many people in the world that two so different people as we are nevertheless agreed on many things with regard to the future of the world.

It is an agreement that I believe is fair.

Jacques Chirac

It is a measure necessary to give law enforcement all the means they need to bring a permanent return to calm ... naturally this is a strictly temporary measure which will only apply where it is strictly necessary and with the full agreement of local elected officials,

Ted Cruz

It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.

It is always good to have standards in place because it shows people what to agree to, in what is often a confusing world.

John Catsimatidis

I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.

Jerry Moran

I think there is general belief here that agreement is still possible.

I think there's more interest in the league right now, but it's on a franchise-by-franchise basis. It depends on the market, ... If you're in a good market, the collective bargaining agreement helps you a lot. If it's a marginal market, with a bad building deal, small season ticket base, I would say wait and see.

I think there may have been some nervousness, but after reading the plea agreement today and seeing that only one person was named, there's got to be a little bit of relief out there.

Justin Hayward

I think there'll always be a kid with a guitar with a song in his heart that's going to turn me on - that's as far as I can see. Whether lots of people agree with that, I'm not sure.