Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dan Patrick

I'm not in favor of allowing a foreign contractor to come in a build a toll road using eminent domain.

Sheila Lee

I'm extremely disappointed in the decision, ... I thought that the Supreme Court had a historic opportunity to really describe to the American people what a conservative court, non-activist court, if that is what they propose themselves to be, is by allowing the state laws to stand.

I hope those who may be harboring these individuals realize the future of their country is being held at risk by allowing these individuals to remain free,

Saeb Erekat

I hope they will succeed in allowing goods to come into Gaza as of tomorrow to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

John Kerr

In games I'm vocal because something flips inside me at games that doesn't at practices. Part of being a leader is allowing guys to be themselves, and making a brotherhood.

Ron Gardenhire

I want to protect him the best I can and we'll go from there. He's doing the drills and he's doing fine, but I don't want to kill him. I think breaking him in slowly by allowing him to hit and then eventually getting him into the outfield is the right thing to do.

Kathleen Blanco

It will be narrowly focused, allowing legislators to focus on urgent matters

John Armstrong

There's no justification for allowing the unfairly traded products.

The transaction would violate the antitrust laws by allowing two firms, Gerber and Heinz/Beech-Nut, to control 98 percent of the U.S. baby food market.

What an immense mass of evil must result...from allowing men to assume the right of anticipating what may happen.

Adam Burish

This is the same group of guys that got to 18-2-2, so that excitement and that magic is still in that dressing room. The feeling we have now is, 'Hey, we're back to where we were, if not better, the way we've been playing.' To still be able to score goals while at the same time not allowing these guys to score anything, you feel awesome.

Jimmie Johnson

They're similar, but Vick is a lot more explosive as far as speed. I think Vick is supernatural almost, so we're going to have to do a great job in not allowing him to beat us with his feet.

They're playing now at a level that is allowing them to dictate and execute the way we see them do in practice. It's showing their level of confidence.

John Sununu

I have supported, because of the importance to personal freedom, allowing people to travel to Cuba. I'm willing to take that stand.

Kevin Millar

I pulled the ball a lot more than I wanted to the last couple years. The big thing is that I've squared back up, and I'm allowing my hands to work.

In 2005, solid operations coupled with a strong price environment resulted in record earnings, allowing more than $2.1 billion to be returned to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends.

I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country's about.

If we as veterans can prove to the U that we are not receiving benefits, they are allowing waivers on tuition payments, registration and books. This is a major improvement over last year.

Richard Flanagan

If war illuminates love, love offers the possibility of allowing some light to be brought back out of the shadows. It's almost as if they buttress and make possible an understanding of each other.

Nic Pizzolatto

If you are a certain kind of hands-on learner and have been in a writers room and know how scripts get made, and you know what pre-production is, then mostly it's making sure the actors get what they need, and you are providing creative oversight while allowing room for everyone else to own the material, too.

Manny Acta

If you're going to get hurt, you're going to get hurt, whether you're in spring training or the World Baseball Classic. But I want everybody to understand, we're not going out there only trying to win and forgetting about our players. We have a responsibility to the organizations that are allowing the players to play, and we're also going to try to get them ready for the regular season.

In this case, exercising the discretion that Congress is now encouraging us to exercise, the FBI has determined that allowing the recipient to disclose its identity, and only its identity, will not harm the national security or interfere with an ongoing investigation.

In the U.S., Americans are terrified of Big Brother. Yet we have no problem allowing lots of Little Brothers, such as the credit card companies, to have our information indefinitely. So now we have thousands of Little Brothers and the Internet giving us hundreds of new ways to track people.

In the first half, we looked like a team that hadn't played much all summer, ... John Glenn outworked us in the first half and we played horribly. At halftime, I told them they needed to step up, especially on defense. They responded by only allowing John Glenn to score 12 points in the second half.

Meg Tilly

I didn't start really making changes in my life until I was actually in my mid-20s. And all of a sudden I was like, wait a minute. I was trying so hard to be what I thought I was supposed to be, instead of just allowing myself to be what I-what I was or what I am.

How did clay and carbonates form in frozen comets? We don't know, but their presence may imply that the primordial solar system was thoroughly mixed together, allowing material formed near the Sun where water is liquid, and frozen material from out by Uranus and Neptune, to be included in the same body.

Ben Kingsley

I don't think that making ourselves invulnerable to feeling any onslaught to our feelings will help us in life, ultimately. I think we only learn and grow by allowing ourselves to be really challenged by those feelings that do overwhelm us occasionally.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

If managed well, urbanization can create enormous opportunities: allowing innovation and new ideas to emerge, saving energy, land and natural resources, managing climate and the risk of disasters.

I have no idea. That is kind of like the million dollar question. We always end up giving up one big play where someone might not have been exactly where they were supposed to be. The defense is supposed to rally around and make a play so there is not a big crisis. We have been allowing too many big plays in critical situations.

I had my bags packed, but it's one of those things where they are allowing me a day to see how it is. That's the luxury of spring training; you can do that as opposed to during the season. I just want to go out and push it today and see how it responds tomorrow.

I'm worn out and my body hurts. I've never experienced in my life trying not to fall asleep in a race car. That was interesting. It was fantastic, though. Thanks to Mike Shank and the whole team at Mike Shank Racing, especially Mark Patterson for allowing myself and Justin this opportunity to get in such a great car and to Oswaldo for teaching us so much right away so we could get right after it. It was almost like I had almost driven the car before when I jumped in it; he just taught me so much.

Mario Monti

In a music market already characterized by a high degree of consolidation, the danger which has been averted was that by allowing AOL to team up effectively with three of the five music majors, the resulting integrated company could have dominated the online music distribution market and music players.

In the future, small businesses will get automatic integration with our E-Business Suite for large companies, allowing them to do business much more cost-efficiently and effectively.