Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Sessions

Hurricane Katrina left many of our residents in need of immediate assistance, and I am glad to announce that Secretary (Elaine) Chao has moved quickly to help out our state,

I think we're going to be at $5 million sometime in November. My hope is to announce the $5 million with the match of the Turnpike Authority, and then I think we'll get some more money.

I think we're the award they announce before or after the main show.

Larry Sabato

He's become more prominent because he's all but announced for president. That feeds into his legislative importance. He's a sleeper. ... Look at the list of who's running. None of them are purists except for Brownback.

Larry Sabato

He's become more prominent because he's all but announced for president, ... That feeds into his legislative importance. He's a sleeper. ... Look at the list of who's running. None of them are purists except for Brownback.

John Cheever

He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates.

Ferdie Pacheco

He is badly beaten up. It took 24 hours for his brain to recuperate and for his thought processes to announce it was the closest to death he knew of.

For the remainder of the year, this will continue, toward the 7% that we announced back in November.

Given the turnaround plan that we announced last month and my new role in the company, it was imperative that we have a management team structure that ensures efficiency, accountability and faster decision making.

GM's announced cut both to the dividend and to executive pay is not a big surprise. Cuts like this were important to negotiations with the unions for similar types of cuts in unionized pay structure.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

If the ultimate goal is to solve the conflicts in the country, I would like to call for you (the prime minister) to announce your resignation as soon as possible.

George Bernard Shaw

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentlemen, he may pronounce as he pleases.

Nick Price

He tried to get hold of me the night before he announced the team. That's not the right thing to do,

I would have thought the big telecom deal announced would have brought a little more positive tone for the market, but people are trying to figure out how to play it. You do have a little softer tone in commodities after energy prices rallied on Friday.

I would be really surprised if they announced a settlement.

Mahathir Mohamad

I wish to announce I am resigning from UMNO and all positions in the National Front,

I would guess you're not going to see a lot of folks announce orders during this period for Boeing products.

If they (the protesters) think the government is going to suddenly leap out of the corner in the next 48-hours and announce further concessions, we don't see the point of it.

Bud Selig

We're trying to move as fast as possible. We've got eight great groups, and they are still submitting lots of information. When we know, it will get announced quickly.

Bob Sheppard

Nobody, but nobody stays a public-address announcer for more than a couple of years. Truly. Public-address announcing is not a career. Public-address announcers only work 81 days a year, so you don't make a living.

Billy Collins

I really have a distaste for poets who announce themselves at 50 yards; you know, here he comes, you know, with the beret and the cane and the cape and the whatever - whatever mishegas is part of the outfit there.

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivac

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.

P. J. O'Rourke

What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand.

There are rumors that Boeing could announce a $5 billion Chinese order as early as tomorrow and, because of that speculation, the call options have become very active.

Marc Guggenheim

We have several projects in the pipeline, but one of the rules we set for ourselves is we don't want to solicit or announce any projects that aren't ready for publication. I'm personally really tired of reading about titles that never come out.

This recent wave of merger news provides some of the strongest evidence yet that companies are willing to do some long-term planning. The kind of deals getting announced not just bolt-on acquisitions but transformational deals,

The only thing I can tell you is we are looking for land there and land in four or five other places. We have nothing to announce ... We may or may not find what we want.

Andy Roddick

Well, immediately we announced yesterday or the day before we're building, with my foundation, a youth tennis and learning center in Austin. I'd like to be hands on with that and not see it periodically.

David Harris

Tuesday's audience clapped and cheered when we announced it.

Today we're here to announce an unprecedented commitment from media to business, to health care industry, to grass roots organizations, all over our nation, to inform families of these new health insurance options,

Richard Parsons

While there are still challenges ahead, the steps we announced today will help to remove a cloud that has been hanging over the company for some time now,

While the market environment remains difficult, we are beginning to see positive signs for our industry, as demonstrated by the improvement in the equity markets, as well as a rise in announced mergers and acquisitions transactions,