Famous Quotes & Sayings

Muqtada al Sadr

I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements.

Ken Wilber

Saving the biosphere depends first and foremost on human beings reaching mutual understanding and unforced agreement as to common ends. And that intersubjective accord occurs only in the noosphere. Anything short of that noospheric accord will continue to destroy the biosphere.

Kim Harrison

Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David’s answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement.

Gloria Steinem

Why are solutions not just as newsworthy as problems? The notion that hostility is necessary all the time to create interest and news is not going to help us [humanity] come to agreements and solve the huge problems we have.

J. Lee Thompson

I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it.

Nick Hornby

We have one of those conversations where every thing clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even our punctuation marks, seem to be nodding in agreement.

Matt Damon

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

Marvin J. Ashton

The gospel is one of harmony, unity, and agreement. It must be presented in love, and with glad tidings, by those who are calm.

Frank Herbert

Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

Margaret Thatcher

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

Mary Ritter Beard

The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall accept the capitalist system of production and make terms of peace with it.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.

Neelie Kroes

The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation.

Mitt Romney

Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.

Publilius Syrus

Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.

Jean Rostand

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.

Grover Cleveland

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.

Groucho Marx

I have an agreement with the houseflies. The flies don't practice law and I don't walk on the ceiling.

It's sad that we didn't come to an agreement, because it would have benefited the taxpayers,

It's really historic; it's amazing. What else in California do the L.A. Chamber of Commerce and the SEIU agree on?

It's puzzling that any government would fight it rather than make an agreement.

David Prowse

It sounded like a lot of fun, so I agreed to come over and do it. I think it's lovely and the fans totally enjoy it.

It's our fervent hope that we will be able to negotiate that contract and get it over as quickly as possible. We continue to believe that we've made progress and that the end of this negotiation process continues to be within reach. We believe we can reach an agreement quickly and get workers back on the job. We want this strike to be over.

It's unfortunate you've chosen such busy experts, ... The trial ended July 18, and we've waited two months for you to agree on a trial date. And now you're talking about a much further delay.

It's unfortunate that before we even arrived at the meeting place yesterday, the students who called for the meeting had announced another public protest. It felt like they were more interested in getting publicity for themselves than they were in hearing if any real progress could be made or an agreement could be established.

Dad was never the type to write a 'gotcha' book. He was never going to divulge things that coaches had spoken with him in private. He may not have agreed with all the decisions the coaches made, but he supported them.

Do I agree with everything the governor does? No. But break down the things he has accomplished with education, healthcare and economic growth, and in a politically competitive state that has had wide Republican influence during his terms, and no one could argue that he's been out cutting ribbons.

Dick Armey

Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing, ... And Senator Daschle seems to be committed to doing nothing, unless he can get others to agree to do the wrong thing.

Congressman Sensenbrenner needs to do what's right for Americans and agree to let the bipartisan Senate bill pass promptly.

The next round would be very crucial because we're putting in more flesh and bones to the final peace agreement.

The next government will have a full term of four years, which requires that we have agreement on how to positively run the government and the state. We don't want to end up with a government similar to the current one.

The next government can of course wiggle out of an agreement, ... but it will find it extremely difficult to do it.