Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are fighting tooth and nail to defeat backtracking by the EU on the framework agreement on market access, not to mention the developing countries -- a lot of them are viewing this negotiation as: 'We get to have everything given to us and we don't have to do anything in return.'

We are extremely pleased to announce that Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and the United Steelworkers of America have reached tentative agreements on three contracts covering 8,000 workers at nine facilities in eight states.

Ted Leonsis

We are extremely pleased the NHL and Players Association have reached an agreement in principle and look forward to the ratification process. We are excited about the prospects of returning to the ice and welcoming our fans back to the MCI Center.

We are extremely happy to have an agreement on the key terms of the contract. I have said all along that we were committed to keeping coach Mason at the University of Minnesota and today is certainly an indication of that desire.

We are extremely disappointed that we have been forced to make this decision. We don't believe the company has made good faith efforts to reach agreement at the bargaining table.

J. J. Johnson

To come to an agreement, the Chinese government will have to be willing to move considerably,

John Edward

What you're going to say to a family that's lost their job because of bad trade agreements is, 'Don't worry, we've got a Washington committee that's studying this for you,'

What we want to do is concentrate on coming to an agreement before Christmas. It's Christmas time. People want to celebrate.

What we have in front of the committee is agreement with all the parties, and that's a good thing.

He requested an early release to pursue his playing elsewhere so it's by mutual agreement he's leaving.

Sandy Alderson

have input in the decision, but it's certainly not their decision. I'm sure it will be something that is by mutual agreement and I'm sure it will be something that will be similar if not identical to what we have.

Having an endangered or candidate species on your property should be a good thing, something a landowner can be proud of, not something to avoid. With the administrative reforms we have made to the Endangered Species Act, such as safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and candidate conservation agreements with assurances, ranchers, timber companies and other landowners are able to participate in the conservation of at-risk species without the concern that their future plans may be delayed or halted.

It is a good agreement for all of us.

I think the industry has literally been shaken by this month's events. There was a broad agreement that we really needed to focus efforts, particularly looking at technology and training.

I think the importance of meeting quickly after the season cancellation in an effort to get a deal done as soon as possible is maybe we can take some germs of where there was agreement before the season cancellation and build on those, but time will tell.

I think the Chinese draft is an excellent basis for reaching an agreement.

Paul Tagliabue

I think the critical thing now is we're at the point where it's recognized, certainly by us, that the time is right, ... We have to get agreements finalized. We'll be pursuing agreements in Anaheim. We're going to work with both communities for an agreement.

It is clear that the White House has made a policy decision that we are going to honor our international agreements on ISS, and we are going to continue to fly the shuttle in order to launch the international components.

It is clearly time for the U.S. to honor its treaty agreement with Canada, and to end these illegal duties that continue to harm American consumers.

Hopefully, we can move on to other things. I still think it was something much better handled by agreement than it would have been by legislation.

Hopefully, we can come to a happy agreement. We have a team meeting Monday. I have a contract. I'm going to go out there and play. Whatever happens after that is not in my hands. They're trying to work something out, and I want to stay here.

Michael Richards

Hopefully, we can come to agreement before we go to the Legislature.

Hopefully, they'll (the Nelsons) come to an agreement with the city in lieu of us going through the courts.

There are no precise figures right now and the reason is that the number of troops we'll have to commit for a peace implementation force will depend on what type of peace agreement we are able to win, if we win a peace agreement, if we succeed.

The Pac-10 is very pleased to reach an agreement to send a conference team to the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl. The game has come a long way in a short period of time and garnered a tremendous amount of community support.

The owners want a new collective bargaining agreement? ... Well, we need to take a hard look at situations like this.

There is an emerging opportunity for commerce on the web and this agreement allows Yahoo! flexibility in aggressively pursuing this opportunity while retaining 100 percent of the financial benefit of Yahoo! shareholders.

We make our own independent agreement with our workers.

We must have a full debate and votes on issues such as China's pitiful human rights record, China's brutal suppression of religious freedom, China's increasingly belligerent stance toward the Democratic Chinese government on Taiwan and China's unbroken record of violated agreements one after another on other matters. You can't trust them,

We must find an agreement to make up with the Albanians, though not with all Albanians,

We look forward to starting fresh with this new agreement, ... I am very positive it will work out well for both sides.

We look forward to knowing the results of that investigation. The United States has every intention of living up to the letter of our recent agreement in regard to beef imports into Japan and we will work closely with the appropriate authorities here in Japan and in the United States to ensure there is no repetition of this mistake.

Glenn Tilton

We look forward to continued cooperation with all of our unions and employee groups as we work to reach consensual agreements that will help us redesign our business and compete more effectively in the long term.