Famous Quotes & Sayings

COAG has taken important steps in helping the alleviation of skill shortages by agreeing to this raft of reforms.

James Moore

Despite the market looking overbought at the moment, the second anniversary of Sept 11th and the pending renewal of the Washington Gold Agreement are likely to underpin the metal whilst the recent rise in investor interest has been behind gold's recent gains.

Despite their pain, their mourning, they agreed to give a second life to people in distress. Thanks to them, a door to the future is open to me and to others.

Despite our efforts, we were not able to come to an agreement with our partners. Nor did they present an alternative proposal of their own. Time is now running out for the introduction of the tariff-only regime by the beginning of next year. This is why we are requesting a second round of arbitration today.

Janet Reno

Despite our efforts, the committee has voted to cite me with contempt. ... I sincerely hope the (Justice) Department can reach agreement with the committee,

Vanessa Kerry

Despite our differences, we all agree this election and this process are important. And we all agree that all of us are part of a greater American family.

Despite our best efforts we were not able to reach a broader agreement. The US remains optimistic that we can continue to make progress on the remaining issues.

Despite our best efforts, we were not able to reach a broader agreement.

Despite him being in a room with a thousand people who love him, there's plenty of people out there who don't agree with him in any way, shape or form. He's a nice guy, steered by bad people.

Despite goodwill on all sides, and a shared wish that a purchase for the nation should take place, it has not been possible to reach an agreement that the two galleries could finance,

Frederick Chiluba

Details of the agreement will be released tomorrow.

Bruce Beresford

Antonio is very focused, very well-prepared, he has thought about it a lot, read about it a lot. And he is a very agreeable sort of guy to work with.

Any emerging technology should find its way into the market by the trial and error of multiple solutions. Early in a market's development, companies whose proprietary solutions don't rely on external integration are often more successful than those that must agree with other players in the sector.

Any efforts on the part of the Serbs to violate the agreements that they have reached on particularly the role and disposition of their forces inside Kosovo would clearly have grave and substantial risks.... Any efforts on their part would be met by strong and firm NATO reaction.

Any country negotiating with the Bush Administration right now should be wary of signing an agreement, given the example of consistently shifting the finish line for CAFTA in order to appease corporate supporters. There is no reason to believe they will not pull the same stunt with Peru, Panama, Colombia, or Ecuador.

An offer that was outside the mandate would not be binding for Europe and would therefore not enable an agreement in the round,

Howard Stringer

Apple would not have sold its devices if they didn't have their agreements with music companies. Sony did not do that, even though we own the music business.

Apple is under no obligation to purchase Freescale microprocessors other than work in progress that was in place at the time the agreement was executed

Northwest was our first code share partner and this exclusive new agreement ensures their customers will continue to receive the very best service available when traveling between the islands.

Normally when such (foreign investment) agreements are spelt out, there are some fundamental control factors or check mechanisms that are implemented. So, while directly a foreign investor may not get management control, the conditions within the agreement and check mechanism ensure that a foreign investor has sufficient control on operations and finance.

After the Deer Park win, which was a big win, all three of us coaches agreed that we gotta get their feet back on the ground. As big a win as that was for the team and the school, we had to come back down to earth and we had to play.

After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into reactor-grade materials. So disarmament and nuclear energy actually are strongly linked.

After the big trailer (in June) everyone agreed Kong should go quiet for a while, which I think is a good thing. There's a bunch of other movies coming out over the next few months and it's good to sit back in the shadows and focus on finishing the best film we can.

After the auction, which soaked up a huge amount of paper, operators only agreed to buy at a much lower price.

After years of working with multiple software vendors in this industry, we're excited about this opportunity to sign an exclusive agreement with a long-standing and financially secure partner with a diverse range of customers nationwide. This partnership links us with a leader in enterprise behavioral healthcare software.

After we will be able to hurdle this issue, we are going to the final peace agreement.

After some tough negotiations we have reached a tentative agreement. This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors and of course we anticipated that.

After some initial discontent, there was general agreement that it was useful to think more carefully and consistently about our grading practices.

After review of these drafts, and given the fact that the terms of the previously negotiated agreement are no longer being honored, MLS and its owners will no longer consider San Antonio as a candidate for an MLS team in 2006.

The national oil companies agreed to invest and the international oil companies backed away.

The multinational force will be there with the agreement of the sovereign government of Iraq,

A free trade agreement with the US in the services sector will be a win-win situation for both the countries.

Jim Kolbe

A free trade agreement with Malaysia is about more than economics.