Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Behlendorf

What we were trying to do here is to find a consensus that this was a good direction to go in and that there weren't any fundamental problems, and I think we pretty much agreed on that.

What we were hoping for was to help the delegates better define who they're going to be as leaders. We all got something from Coleen Rowley, whether we personally agreed with (what she said) or not.

What we have agreed naturally concerns developments in our countries, but also Europe's development, ... The two cannot be separated.

What we have agreed is that hostilities should cease and we should work towards a solution.

Edward Johnson, III

Abby Johnson has agreed to become Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity, reflecting a further step forward in our leadership succession plan. Abby will retain her role of President, and I will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Edward M. Lerner

It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's hard to build something that's incompletely defined.

John Cassavetes

I think people are very stiff. Money makes people stiff, and we want it, and we have to pay the penalty. I never agreed with stiffness. I think people have an understanding of what their life is. I define success by being a realist and not humiliating people. I'm a revolutionary - but not in the political sense.

Sally Quinn

When I met Little Edie, she was clearly nuts, but there were flashes of charm and style. When I agreed to buy the house, I said that I would take it on the condition that either she leave it broom-clean - which was laughable - or that she leave it all ... and she chose to leave everything.

Tom Noonan

When I was a little kid, no matter what my parents told me, I would always argue - even if I agreed with them. And I've always been a show-off. As I've gotten older, I've found ways to be more subtle about it, but that's the way I am. I suppose that has something to do with why I write and direct.

We share the tenets of the Energy Charter Treaty, and will be ready to ratify it after we have coordinated previously agreed amendments with our partners.

We hope very much that we can schedule a date and venue for a briefing on the four-party talks, ... The North Koreans have agreed to that. We just need to schedule it.

We hope to discuss the issue in the next executive committee meeting and once we have agreed we shall make the recommendation to the council before we reply to the request.

Yesterday (Sunday) the meeting of the president with the other parties agreed on the principle of forming a national security council.

We didn't want to lose him but he had a clause in his contract stating that, if a club met the agreed asking price, he could go.

David Barnes

We didn't want to go to court. The settlement we agreed on is the way we wanted it to be in the first place.

We have presented our plan and agreed to bring back the proposal to our respective government for consideration.

We've seen the allegation, but we have not seen any information to substantiate what would seem to us to be rather bald assertions. And we would also note that Saudi Arabia is a party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, under which it has agreed not to obtain nuclear weapons.

We have received this and have agreed to inform our members so that this order can be complied with throughout the areas where our members are striking.

James Comey

There is no possibility that any consultations with Padilla's counsel will result in agreed terms of attorney access.

There is no need to talk to anyone unless and until Roger decides to play. He has indicated to me that he does not intend to play in April or May. We agreed to review everything in mid-May.

Without industry, finance and government consciously and collaboratively ensuring that capital flows to where it is needed in order to ensure the scaling up of climate change solutions, whatever deal is agreed risks never being realised.

Nate Ruess

I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.

Whether one agreed with him or not, for anyone who values the independence of the Fed, it is important that the chair of the Fed maintain some distance from fiscal policy debates.

Mona Simpson

When I was in high school in Los Angeles, my mother, who was a speech therapist, agreed to stay over the weekend with one of her clients and his little sister while the parents went away on vacation. She brought me along.

John Brady

We're going to the Final Four. That's where it all is. But when I was just talking with Glen walking down the hall, he agreed with me. For some reason, this doesn't seem like the end to me. Maybe there's something more in store for this team.

Gordon Strachan

We're back in terms of freshness and imagination and touch. We were a wee bit nervy near the end when they scored but I think we all agreed the game should have been all over and done with.

Igor Ivanov

We have assurances by the president and vice president that the American side says they will follow the ABM treaty, ... Any possible plans must be agreed to, and that's what we discussed.

Rupert Lowe

We have not agreed to sell Theo. We want to keep him.

Joe Dumars

We have not agreed to anything with Larry and there is no buyout yet. Both sides are still talking.

Saddam Hussein

We have not agreed on this constitution. We have objections which are the same as we had from day one,

We have never said we wanted a Kurdish state. The Arabs have never said they wanted a totally Arab state. So I think as long as we all agreed to democracy we should be flexible and meet in the middle.

What the town agreed to do, was share 45% of the sales tax revenue generated by the businesses there, with the developer, for about 14 years.

Karen Hughes

Unlike Vice President Gore, Gov. Bush says what he means and means what he says. He has said all along, for more than a month now, he wants three debates: Today our campaign has agreed with the Gore campaign to have three debates.