Famous Quotes & Sayings

Helen Clark

Well, we don't think for a moment that either the U.S. or Australia are out to damage the New Zealand economy, but if there were a sustained period in which they had a free-trade agreement and New Zealand didn't have that same arrangement with the States, that could be both trade- and investment-distorting.

Jim Bunning

Well, the World Series has come and gone, and they still have not come to an agreement, so we're going to move ahead in Congress, ... It's my opinion that Major League Baseball and the players union will not come to an agreement that's satisfactory.

Ehud Barak

We must part from the Palestinians. It is one of our highest priorities to do so in an agreement, but we will have to prepare to do so without an agreement if it becomes clear that the Palestinians are not interested in an agreement,

We believe this is an agreement we can live with. Otherwise, we would not have made it.

Bill Richardson

We believe this is a good agreement, ... we see the British initiative as a good way to enforce the agreement.

We believe this consent agreement is in the best interests of our shareholders and employees and reflects the company's commitment to a continued presence in New Hampshire.

We believe the tentative agreement is an essential step toward ensuring that G.M. is a competitive and financially sound corporation that can continue to provide good wages and benefits for decades to come.

We believe the settlement agreement balances the interests of all the parties involved.

We had moved into the house on a rental agreement and exercised the right to buy the property. I can't tell you the exact date we bought the property, but I was unaware that exemptions were not given the first year of ownership and we got behind on the taxes. Once I got behind, the taxes kept building up. I wasn't fully aware that they (the county) didn't give you any exemption.

We had hoped to have before us a finalized settlement agreement. But there is one issue that needs to be resolved which makes it impossible to consider a final agreement tonight.

Donald Wildmon

We had an agreement with Ford, worked out in good faith. Unfortunately, some Ford Motor Company officials made the decision to violate the good-faith agreement.

Donald Wildmon

We had an agreement with Ford, worked out in good faith.

Sven Eriksson

We had a long chat, the agreement was very easy, they are going to do everything they can to get him fit as quickly as possible. We know, of course, it is a serious injury.

Robert Rubin

We had two objectives from the very beginning: No. 1, to get a strong WTO accession agreement that's good for the United States, and No. 2, to handle it in such a way as to have the highest probability of success in Congress,

We had tried to work hard with the states to resolve this very difficult matter and are disappointed an agreement couldn't be reached.

We had tremendous financial struggles. We spent four years in the red before the management services agreement.

We have a legal merger agreement and we are trying to protect our rights.

We have a legal agreement with American General. If AIG wants to start putting announcements out that they are coming in with alternative offers they need to do that in the normal course of business and file with the SEC.

We have a legal agreement with American General, ... If AIG wants to start putting announcements out that they are coming in with alternative offers they need to do that in the normal course of business and file with the SEC.

Paul Wolfowitz

We have agreement on more aid, we have consensus on debt relief -- now let's complete the picture and deliver a true development round on trade.

Shinzo Abe

We will respect the result of the referendum, but on the other hand, we would like to reach an agreement in the Japan-U.S. negotiations.

We wanted to make sure we're not compromised by a trade agreement. We're not at the table.

We've had discussions with the Waterbury community on utilizing those beds. And while I think the discussions have been productive, we haven't reached an agreement yet.

We've marched down the field and are inside the 10-yard line. The speaker is increasingly confident we can hammer the language on an agreement soon.

We've looked at this situation the last several days and we weren't able to come to an agreement. We'll keep working on it in the next several days and see if we can work something out.

We have come to a wider agreement with the Russians,

We have to look at our agreements with Metro -- any kind of universal pass would involve them. It's kind of encouraging to hear that the students are interested in public transportation -- whatever happens, it's nice to know they want to be involved.

Mark Hudson

We have to live up to our agreement (with Pepsi). But when this contract expires we have to ask what is to the university's advantage.

We're working with both United and Independence Air and we anticipate we will be able to work out an agreement so this transaction is approved.

We're working on finalizing ... the next step, which is to notify Congress on the intent to sign the (Peru) agreement within 90 days.

We're willing to reach a consensual agreement that satisfies Northwest's need to be competitive. But Northwest is trying to bust the union. They're trying to undo decades of collective bargaining.

You just can't unilaterally make changes unless there's some agreement and the court approves it.

will strive in this term to reach a final status agreement with the Palestinians and to set Israel's permanent boundaries.