Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are very concerned about what we heard during the debate, and we need to read the materials and the legislative language so we can determine whether they are consistent with the agreements between Major League Baseball and the City.

We are very close to concluding an agreement.

Al Green

We think it's a good agreement but it was not easy to come by. As we all know these are extremely troubled times for the company and for this industry.

We think it's a fair and balanced agreement that meets the needs of both the company and the union.

We're very pleased to announce tonight that we have reached a tentative agreement with the Ford Motor Company... during what proved to be a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations,

We're very pleased that we were able to come to this agreement, which is a very substantial and fair contract offer that we believe will be handily ratified by the union membership.

We're very pleased that the agreements were ratified and we look forward to those employees returning to work. It comes a day before it would have been three months.

We're very excited. We are pleased that we were able to work something out. . . . Both sides were in agreement we wanted to do the best for Washington Township and the students of Washington Township, and we think we found a way to do that.

Around the country, nobody knows what the juniors are going to do with this collective bargaining agreement. There could be a wave of kids leaving. We'll just have to wait and see.

A peace agreement isn't like a fairy story. You don't live happily ever after.

Jim Doyle

The lakes represent a fresh water ecosystem that's unique on our planet, supporting thousands of species, including human beings. These agreements will protect our Great Lakes from the threats of diversions outside this basin.

The joint venture and the licensing agreements bring together the strength of two industry leaders to deliver new technologies to the market more quickly. We are excited about making the results of our research investments in both genetics and traits available to more farmers, sooner.

George Fisher

The joint development and cross-licensing agreement ... let's us avoid quibbling about technical details and move forward quickly.

The issue of third-party agreements for individual players is a complex issue and something we will be looking at very closely.

The issue is, everyone would agree, that it's a very, very good thing to do. It's not about getting an agreement to merge. It's about what we will have in year one, year two and year three.

The Internet is an agreement to use a small number of communications protocols, and it needs almost no governance at all.

The in-principle agreement will see allied health professionals receive one of the best enterprise bargaining agreements in the country,

Kofi Annan

The fact that you have not reached agreement on these and other issues does not render them any less urgent,

The fees can vary depending on the agreement the merchants have with the retailer.

Jerry Angelo

The failure to reach an agreement on a fair and reasonable contract has been a huge disappointment.

Mark Regev

The fear was that extremists would use porous borders to pour into Gaza to bring in explosives, weaponry cash, and that would energize the most extremist elements in the Gaza Strip instead of helping the moderates. I think this agreement that we have reached today has the right balance. It provides the maximum possible movement for Palestinians to move in and out of Gaza, as they desire and for goods to come in and out of Gaza, and at the same time for that to be balanced with the very real security concerns that everyone has.

The fear is that this sends the message that if you buck the system and stick it out long enough, you can join the club. There are a lot of nervous people when it comes to this agreement because it crosses what had been a forbidden line.

The fast-breeder issue is potentially a deal-breaker; and unless differences are resolved on it, the entire agreement could collapse.

I'm not only in agreement, I've been feeling for quite a while that these issues are going to emerge pretty soon. I guess the only question I have is, if everything that Kumar described is true, which frankly, I believe it is, then why does he still have a 'buy' on the stock?

I'm glad it passed because it gives us a chance to negotiate a comprehensive agreement outside the court process.

In Belgrade, I will sign the agreement with a representative of the federal government of Yugoslavia.

Shinzo Abe

In 1957, which is now 57 years ago, my grandfather and then-Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi welcomed Prime Minister Menzies as the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Japan after World War II and drove the conclusion of the Japan-Australia Agreement on Commerce.

In its largest sense, in the geopolitical sense, the agreement today removes a basic irritant in the relations between India and the United States over the last 30 years.

In Montreal of course we do no expect to have any specific agreement on reductions or targets,

In a nutshell, the agreement affirms that the clubhouse association has sole ownership of the golf course, buildings and all facilities therein. As part of the agreement that is not disputed.

David Thomas

In a nutshell our agreement is superior in every respect for Allied Domecq shareholders.

In all candor, I think the agreement has probably been showing positive trends sooner than we might have expected. It looks like it's working.

James Wade

In a price-fixing case, it's not enough to just show that ultimately competitors are just charging the same price. You have to somehow show there's an agreement between them.