Famous Quotes & Sayings

President Bush had the highest approval ratings ever after Desert Storm. Then Clinton took a role leading the party and won the presidency.

Anthony Romero

President Bush and his surrogates can justify this program all they want, but they cannot change the underlying fact that it remains an illegal program. The continued approval for this unlawful program undermines the very freedoms and values that define America.

People in Michigan, by a 2-to-1 margin, blame President Bush rather than the governor for Michigan's economic problems. While her job approval ratings are up from being below 50 percent in August through October, they are not at the 60 percent level she once had.

Sprint Nextel shares with Nextel Partners a commitment of excellence to our customers, employees and shareholders. As we work through the regulatory approval processes, we intend to focus on plans for efficiently integrating Partners' business into our operations in a way that is seamless for customers and employees.

Our standards have been on the cutting edge of service for two decades. With the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval, our clients and employees are assured of our ongoing commitment to excellence.

Our standards have been on the cutting edge of service for two decades, ... With the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval, our clients and employees are assured of our ongoing commitment to excellence.

We need an approval soon. Every delay at the Planning Board level pushes the dates back.

The approval of the resolution is urgent. In light of the US government's intransigence on the issue of custody, it's imperative that we take measures to assert our sovereignty and show our determination to expedite justice.

The approval of the Nice Treaty is essential if we are to proceed on schedule for enlargement.

The application and registration process at the ministry of environment requires criteria like community involvement, training of community game guards, management skills, and management plans must be drawn up to obtain approval by the authorities.

I think it was encouraging that the application met the majority of the criteria for project approval.

I think that's one of the reasons it took so long for approval,

It is in process and we are awaiting final approval from the organizing committee and the international federation.

Joel Edgerton

I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or an offshore release, then it does mean a lot to a local audience.

It doesn't hurt any public official to remain close to a county executive who has a 72 percent approval rating.

Ellen DeGeneres

I think I let go of the need for approval,

Jose Maria

I am doing everything to ensure that the decision process stays at the Security Council, but that will only work if we obtain the widest possible approval for the new resolution,

I believe the more we do what God wants us to do as a church, the more He puts his stamp of approval on you. All we know is what we feel like we're supposed to do. This works for us, and we ain't gonna quit.

He wanted to move to Mount Holly, but he was having problems getting approval there so on a whim one day, he got off at Riverside and he liked it here.

John Wright

He knows exactly what he wants to do and has firm control of his party. His approval ratings are very high.

Given increasing market hopes of a full approval, we believe that this could disappoint investors.

Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between the takeout price of $76 (per Guidant share) and the current share price tells you there's more uncertainty and nervousness out there than normal.

Matthew Dowd

Former President Bush's approval on the economy at this same time in 1991 was 28 percent and fell to the mid-teens in 1992.

Keno could be done in-house by Department of Revenue and the lottery. There is no legislative approval needed.

Karen was not in a hurry, and she was the first one I'd dated that my daughter liked. Her approval was important, though it was not the main thing.

Judge Reinhold

I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.

David Gergen

I think the president has raised the stakes for himself. He has raised the stakes for his presidency, so that if there are more explosions in the next few months ... his approval ratings will suffer some more.

I think the contract started out at maybe $500,000, and they had a change order to get it to $700,000, but they ended up paying like $1 million, and there was no evidence of any other change orders or any other board approval for that last change.

His numbers aren't moving because the underlying concerns of the people giving him low approval ratings are not being addressed.

Lynn Barber

His mom's a nurse, and she gave us the approval tonight to let him go all the way.

Holly's Law is a very modest bill. It provides only for temporary suspension of the Food and Drug Administration's approval of RU-486 so the comptroller general can review that agency's adherence to statutory mandates in its process for approving the drug.

I don't think you're going to have the majority of the board's approval, so whether it's fiscally feasible or not, it's politically DOA (dead on arrival) and you're going to have to go back to the drawing board and start over,

I expect the price to move up once that approval is taken and foreign funds start buying.