Famous Quotes & Sayings

Condoleezza Rice

I think that we will not get hung up on this statement (by Pyongyang), ... We will stick to the text of the Beijing (agreement) and I believe we can make progress if everybody sticks to what we agreed to.

It is highly unlikely that the sort of detail that is needed will be agreed by April not just because there is a lot of it and it's technical but because the major players are still holding back, waiting for the other ones to move first.

Richard Boucher

It is important to us to be able to keep working with the parties and try to do what we can diplomatically to calm the situation, get back to implementation of the agreements of the cease-fire.

It is important that the two big German parties have reached agreement on the formation of a future government. I need to congratulate Mrs. Merkel, who, moreover, will be the first female chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany ,

He said he was to pilot a fifth plane and then he declined to answer other questions. He said the government would have to agree to a deal first.

He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.

Joan Collins

He's also very bright. Very knowledgeable about everything. And we agree about everything. He's my best friend. He's my partner. We share everything.

He's doing an outstanding job. We're in 100 percent agreement on the terms of his service.

It definitely makes it harder. The racial issues are hard to ignore, ... We all agree that what happened was a failure and a disgrace, but the biggest test is what happens now.

is to see how we can take an agreement in principle and begin to see how an agreement in principle can be put into practice.

I think it would be barely satisfactory from the strong message I got from (Vilsack), but we're trying to come up with something that a majority of the board could agree on,

I think it would be a miracle for us to reach an agreement during this round of bargaining.

Theodore Kaczynski

I think I would like to be represented by him, ... He had agreed not to use a mental health defense. ... He would need considerable time to prepare.

Tom Izzo

I think I've got kind of a worn-out team. We were just flat-out beat. I just don't think we had anything left in us. That Thursday-Saturday noon thing was a joke in my mind and I think most coaches would agree with me. I turned down going to the NBA. I didn't think I'd have back-to-backs (here).

It hasn't been agreed to yet. We're still working on that. But the maintenance fees that we're going to receive are going to help us improve the stadium downstream. Plus the fact that we would not be out of pocket for any of the day-to-day cost associated with putting on the game.

It's hard to characterize negotiations, but there are issues that we have not agreed on. We're just going to move ahead and see if we can reach an agreement. If not, we'll analyze our options and move forward.

Tom Reilly

It's hard to believe the (Justice Department) would enter into an agreement like this, ... But apparently they have.

It's better to continue the negotiating process than sow the seeds for civil war, which is the alternative. Every effort must be made to hammer out an agreement by all sides because the alternative is bloodshed and endless violence.

Robert Kraft

It's criminal that a decade has gone by and all these young kids are growing up without a team to relate to. We're going to have to make some hard decisions as a league. Are we going to expand or move a team there? But this committee should basically be the votes, when we agree on something, that we can get it done.

It's imperative that something positive comes out of the negotiations in Geneva. The cease-fire agreement serves as the basis for a permanent peace settlement.

It's illegal for teachers to strike and counterproductive to raise it. Mayor Bloomberg gave the teachers the largest raise in history and is optimistic that we can agree to another one.

It was a bit of a risk. But we all came to the conclusion it was time to put a public face on this. So I agreed to do the ad.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. you only need a heart full of grace. a soul generated by love.

Arlen Specter

Everybody agrees there's an enormous problem, everybody agrees with the border security lines and there's general agreement that we have to craft a compromise.

That's partly a legal issue. You have the labor marketplace, where people agreed to work for a particular salary, even if it was in violation of the court's mandate.

That's the beginning of a month, and we felt that was a good time to terminate the agreement,

Chris Chelios

That's taking $90 million out of the market place for players. That lowers the market for everyone. That's going to hurt our marquee players. It's contradicting the deal we agreed to.

That is a sign that we could not reach a full agreement on what the goal of the IAEA is through a resolution but that more time is needed.

Terrell Owens

That's a good assessment. I would agree with that just with what Favre brings to the table. A number of commentators will say he's a warrior and that he's played with injuries. I feel like him being knowledgeable about the quarterback position, I feel like we would probably be in a better situation (than 4-3).

That's a choice I made. It's an agreement I made with (Sanders) when I hired him that he would have as many calls as he could.

Steven Soderbergh

That line doesn't exist, ... It's all exploitation. I mean, it is if you're honest about it. You pick up a camera and point it at someone, you are exploiting them. I don't care who you are. The issue to me is what is the agreement between you and the person you are exploiting? But I know the experience we had in Ohio and how people on both sides of the camera felt. And that is what matters to me.

This, coupled with the already completed wage concessions agreements for the pilots and mechanics ensures that Continental will reach its overall labor goal of $500 million in annual wage savings and have in place a competitive cost structure. In addition, the risk of labor discord is now off the table.

This could certainly help us in the long-term to gain market share in Europe. This agreement is moving us in the right direction.