Famous Quotes & Sayings

We clearly do live in a society that has a persistent pattern of racial disparity and I think most people would agree that that has something to do with our history.

We can only sign him on loan now but we have agreed to sign him in the summer.

We're all very happy with this. Its a good agreement, we think.

Ben Gordon

We're all basketball players, so we're used to wearing sneakers and being comfortable on our feet. That's the only one I didn't agree with.

We hope this agreement will foster an environment in which London and Beijing can become closer business partners and develop a deeper cultural understanding through the exchange of tourists and students.

We hope they can raise the quota. The main question is how much the increase in the quota would be if both sides agree to increase it.

We hope that we will reach an agreement with India.

Yasser Arafat

We hope that we will have this agreement for the implementation of what had been agreed upon very soon.

Mahmoud Abbas

We hope that we can reach a satisfactory solution for us, because it's important to have full freedom for people to come in and out, ... This subject is under serious discussion, but there is no agreement at this time ... We hope that we can reach solutions for all the crossings very soon.

Saeb Erekat

We hope that we can conclude an agreement this year and with that we can have our own state by agreement, ... The decision last night was to recommit ourselves to peace as a strategic option.

We hope that we can come talk to them and perhaps come to a strategy we can all agree on for flights next year.

We hope that voluntarily agreeing to further scrutiny demonstrates our commitment to our long-standing relationship with the United States.

Jalal Talabani

We hope that by the end of 2006, our security forces are up to the level of taking responsibility from many American troops, with complete agreement with Americans,

We hope public transportation owners will agree to run their vehicles on natural gas.

We hope people agree that a little wait is okay in order to support the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.

We hope it will be a partnership agreement when possible. The money isn't there yet. We're still raising funds; the target is to raise $3 million over a four-year period.

We hope before the end of the week the Senate Intelligence Committee will reach an agreement to move forward in this important phase of the intelligence investigation,

We have talked about what he wanted and the future of Wolf Pack football. If we can come to some agreements (today), and I have all the confidence in the world that we will, we will talk about what's going to happen with the remainder of his contract and the years to come.

We have taken a number of steps to put a more robust export compliance system in place. And what we're committing to do in this agreement is to continue working with them to make sure we are in compliance.

Julie Harris

On the speech day, the production designer, who has a lot of say in things, and sometimes I didn't agree with him but I had to do what I was told, wanted the speech day to be all in neutral colours for the women, which was a good thing.

Robert Rodriguez has a new landlord -- and it's the school children of Texas. This agreement earns a solid return for the state's Permanent School Fund and is yet another example of the innovative ways the Land Office is making money for public schools.

ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs. It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. ""Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues."" Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. ""That,"" he said, ""is the story.

Duke Ellington

Roaming through the jungle of "oohs" and "ahs," searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

RIME, n. Agreeing sounds in the terminals of verse, mostly bad. The verses themselves, as distinguished from prose, mostly dull. Usually (and wickedly) spelled ""rhyme.

Rod wasn't going to go on tour with us. He had some other things going on. He changed his mind and by that time Jeff already agreed to play with us. But we worked it out. We're doing two sets. We're essentially opening for us. It's not a big deal.

Charles Schumer

Roche has graciously stepped up to the plate, and has essentially agreed to share its technology and the rights to manufacture this drug with other companies who are willing to help out.

Renesas is a global leader in the semiconductor market and signing this renewal represents strong validation of our patent portfolio, ... This agreement continues our relationship with an industry leader and expands the availability of our technology in the market.

responded by rejecting any limits on their authority and directing us to enter into an agreement with Local 5 providing for future payments of the same kind.

Jacques Chirac

respected to the full, especially with regard to agreed dates and fixed timetables.

Religion teaches you to try be able to stand up for what you believe in, even if other people don't agree with you, and that's important in science, ... That's happened on many number of occasions when that was a new idea in science and many people object to it and think it's crazy, especially if you're entering a new field. You have to think hard about 'Well, can you be right and if you're right be willing to differ with other people.'

Pinnacle has not been provided details of the tentative agreement between Northwest and its pilots, and therefore, cannot comment on its substance.

Jim Mora

It doesn't do you any good. It's over. You can send stuff in and it doesn't change the game. I am not sending anything in. It is done. I think the officials in this league, in my opinion, do an excellent job. We obviously had a disagreement on that play, but I felt they did a very good job. I just didn't agree with that call.

It does share the (Clinton) formula in that essentially, the North Koreans, for their breaking out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and breaking their agreement with the Clinton administration, are going to get a long list of goodies.