Famous Quotes & Sayings

Helen Clark

Someone had to break the impasse; we've broken the impasse, ... Someone had to agree to take them.

Some investors are relieved that Suzuki shares won't be flooding the market. The agreement also cleared some uncertainty about Suzuki's relationship with GM.

Craig Wilson

I don't think you're going to get anybody that will agree that he should have gotten out of the way.

I echo the sentiments of the council and agree that a tremendous amount of progress was made in a relatively short amount of time. We look forward to our meetings next week with a goal to conclude a final agreement that continues the city on a bright path.

David Cox

I don't think it is a good thing to sign an agreement that is vague when we still have issues to deal with.

I don't think it spells doom on an agreement.

I don't think it's our role to sit down with various parties, and come to an agreement, a consensus. We're a regulatory agency, deciding on matters which are brought before us.

I don't think it's going to be a big kind of conflict between the White House and China because they've basically agreed to let the other side call it what they want.

For us that has to mean the Government has to return to the Good Friday Agreement as the baseline document in any negotiations we have.

Lawrence Summers

For these three reasons -- national security, how China evolves, our commercial interests -- I believe that this agreement is very much in our national interest.

For the second year in a row a highly respected quintet of former international cricketers has agreed to take undertake the important responsibility of sitting on the Selection Panel for the ICC Awards,

Max Baucus

For the United States, Malaysia represents a major commercial player - in the same league as France, Italy, Taiwan, and the Netherlands. In the past, we have spent too much time, effort, and resources negotiating agreements with small countries of little commercial significance.

The Diet Mentality has come about because there is agreement in our society that the only way to lose weight is by dieting. But dieting produces absolutely no permanent, positive results. In fact, it makes you feel worse about yourself and probably does more damage than good to your health.

Johnny Damon

It caught me by surprise. I kind of heard stories that him and Boston had agreed on a contract and what not, and I hear today that he declined and he might just take some time off. Theo is a very bright guy. I'll always wish him the best. He was always honest with me and was great for the Red Sox.

Patrick Sullivan

It carves out a brief window of opportunity for parties to agree on what the problem is and have the contractor possibly fix it.

It basically describes everything that KBDJ has agreed to do on its land in order to keep the water and any pollution from seeping into the aquifer.

It appears that that's the jury has found one corrupt persuader but was unable to agree on which one.

It appears that it's over this week, and no agreement has been reached.

Bill Belichick

I think it's just a statement of fact. I agree with it. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Nobody is holding any grudges on it. But I think that opinion has been expressed far and wide. I'm not really losing too much sleep over it. It doesn't really matter what anybody else thinks about our team, or thinks about us.

It could be as little as we agree to market ourselves together or as much as we jointly entertain prospects or go after economic development elements identified in the diversification report.

To those who may not agree with the teachings of the Church, you are still in our hearts, you are still in our love.

To think they're immune would be very imprudent, and I'm sure they'd be the first to agree with me on that. But from everything I can infer, the second quarter is starting out just as strong as the first, and they manage their risk very well. Earnings growth could contract quite a bit if things get bad, but they're well protected from severe loss in most any market environment.

Bart Stupak

When you start talking about the patients' bill of rights and all the benefits that are in there, people agree with all that. What they don't know is how are you going to pay for it.

Frederick the Great

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

Dave Pietramala

With Princeton playing one week earlier we agreed to play one week earlier. I thought this was a great game for us to play before Princeton.

With playoffs coming up, we decided that this was the best decision. I think everyone was in agreement.

Without this agreement, (the NHL) can really take any player it wants at any time without any compensation.

Without the free-trade agreement, these results would not have been possible,

With breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy, we have the opposite, ... We have lack of agreement, lack of uniformity, lack of consistency. That tells me that if hormone therapy has an effect on breast cancer, it has to be a small (one). If it were a major effect, a large effect, we would have agreement.

The problem is that instead of having one way to calculate corporate earnings that everybody understands, we have two or three methods. And the one that most people use, there is virtually no agreement at all about what it means.

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.

Bruce Wilkinson

Not everybody is going to agree with your dream. I'm sure you've had border bullies in your life as you moved into your career. And what we don't want to do is focus upon them.

Barry Levinson

It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree.