Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Julie White

People who see no gray tend to convince others to follow them. If someone talks with great conviction and joy, people tend to agree with them.

Regardless of what this legislation as a whole will cost, the idea is that it is going to save us money in the end. What illegal immigration costs us each year is overwhelming. That is something we can all agree on.

Regarding this joint venture, we have reached a basic agreement. Talks to complete this package will continue in coming days in Russia.

Tom Daschle

reasonably optimistic that we can come up with a procedural agreement, certainly in the next 24 hours.

David Stern

Realm Realty is agreeable to the 'right in and right out' restriction and is awaiting the county's comments to that drawing. I would think that a deceleration lane, right in - right out, headache bar and sidewalk should appease most everyone. We do appreciate all the input we have received and have diligently worked to try to incorporate many of these suggestions.

Regrettably we were not able to reach a draft we could all agree on.

Relevant agreements are in the process of being signed one by one, with some of them still under negotiation.

Jamie Drummond

President Bush and Prime Minister Blair made great progress and Gordon Brown and John Snow agreed on an excellent proposal for debt cancellation for many of the poorest countries.

Tom Daschle

President Bush and I both support a tax cut and I am confident that we can agree on a plan that benefits all Americans, not just the wealthy.

Our position is that it must be implemented as is. It's a very complex agreement. A lot of detail. Very delicate proposition and any tinkering with the proposed compensation package would cause it to unravel. And that's a view held very clearly by our experts who were involved in the negotiations.

Our overall goal, as we've said all along, is to reach a longer-term solution that will permit greater stability in textile and apparel trade. The US has been using its right under China's WTO accession agreement to invoke safeguards in cases of market disruption or the threat of market disruption, and we will continue to do so as appropriate.

Donald Peterson

Our outside auditors agree this change is preferable.

Stewart Cink

Originally everyone was saying they were trying to Tiger proof the course. But most people agree that it probably only helps the longer players.

Ross Anderson

Parliament could revisit the Unfair Contracts Act . Consumers are finding that they can't get digital content without signing an end user agreement whose terms and conditions are ridiculous.

Patent litigation has been amicably resolved and the parties have agreed to dismiss the patent claims.

James Gleick

Patent battles have become a strong catalyst for mergers, reducing competition in various domains. The largest corporations, with gigantic patent portfolios, routinely enter into cross-licensing agreements with their largest competitors.

Shimon Peres

Peace is something that needs continuous cultivating and unending dialogue, ... At Oslo it was agreed to clarify all the issues by way of dialogue at the negotiating table, without the interference of terror and violence, and that is the way to act.

PCB would like to clarify that its management, captain and coach had unanimously agreed to commission 'hard bouncy pitches' for the India series.

Part of the agreement with any and all Homeland Security equipment is if they need it, they get it.

Part of our original criticism to the agreement was that it did not contain sufficient safeguards for data protection of EU citizens.

Dennis Ross

Our objective is have the agreement implemented. Both sides have obligations and responsibilities, and we expect both sides to carry out those responsibilities and obligations.

Jim Johnson

Our objective was to end what we see as a breach of our designs and intellectual property rights by a private label manufacturer. We are pleased the terms of the settlement agreement protect the unique trade dress of the Crest Pro-Health brand.

Our members agree that the hospital should grow and thrive. But we want our workers to have a voice in how that happens.

Our members agree that the hospital should grow and thrive,

Arthur Blank

Our organization, players, coaches, and staff have agreed to take on the challenge of raising a significant amount of money, and it is our hope that our fans will join our team by doing their part as well. Together, we can make a real difference in this time of need.

Kevin Sullivan

Our offer was to lease space, on a short-term basis for five years, for ball fields. It's a great site. Open space that was accessible. It's hard to find property like that, but Boston didn't sign on to any agreement so the idea didn't move forward.

Our negotiations with Northwest Airlines have ended and a tentative agreement has not been reached.

Our merging with the NRF is indicative of the times too. We actually were negotiating this agreement with NRF 12 to 18 months ago. We realized that the world was converging, and in order for Shop.org to remain powerful and lucrative, we were looking for a more traditional partner as well.

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.

We'll be announcing that we have a plea agreement.