Famous Quotes & Sayings

This would not have been done without the approval of parents and police. We take the view that newspapers are part of the community and that this is part of our ongoing attempt to give something back.

Douglas Brinkley

Truman has become the patron saint of failed presidents because he left office with a 27 percent approval rating, and people were saying, 'To err is Truman,' yet look at what he did: the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the Truman Doctrine.

I think we will likely get approval on Thursday and then approval by the FCC possibly by the end of the year, or possibly early next year.

We are continuing to make sure we get all the business approval that is required. We expect that will happen here very shortly.

We are going through the city approval process. I think we'll have the first lot deliveries later this year.

Conan O'Brien

A congressman from Texas sent out a tweet comparing President Obama to Hitler. That is ridiculous because at this point in his career Hitler had a much higher approval rating.

When you have 35 or 40 percent job approval, what do you have but the bully pulpit?

What she did today, I think she ultimately had to do. She was putting her seal of approval on something that every episode of her show rails against. At some point she had to fix this. When the dust has settled, this probably has helped her. She's stopped the controversy.

With the approval of a pediatric cardiologist, and after careful exercise testing, exercise is generally safe and tolerable for children with congenital heart defects.

We have made significant progress toward completing the regulatory approval process, and we look forward to seeing the results from the Wachovia shareholder meeting later this week,

We welcome the fact that each side has given at least verbal approval to a truce,

We are excited about this step in the franchise registry project. The registry is a breakthrough effort to cut red tape, and we believe it will greatly up the approval process on franchise loans.

The president's pollsters are telling him that high energy prices and his drill-only energy policy are driving his job approval numbers down. So he's decided to go out and tell Americans what the polls tell him they want to hear. It's just the same old oil guy doing photo ops at solar plants.

We're trying to work to have the milestones covered. When we have the approval process in place, we will be in a position to engage developers,

Horace

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

Jean Reno

There is partial truth to that rumor. The president did say I would be good in the role, but when he said that, he didn't know I'd already been cast. His approval wasn't needed -- I'd already been selected by Steve Martin.

Robin Cook

The opening of diplomatic relations is not in any way an approval of the conduct of the regime, ... But it may well be helpful in resolving ... the strong tension between it and South Korea.

There are a number of regulatory hurdles that will need to be addressed. As well as approval you have firms that are listed on each exchange and each of those listings has a requirement. What is the impact to those requirements?

We think this will provide more rapid development and approval of vaccines.

Too often, people are left hanging with no word at all about why the approval is delayed. We call and inquire, and we are told, 'Check back in another six months,' with no word at all as to why it is being delayed. People are suffering needless hardships as a result.

J. J. Johnson

This year, we received a waiver to reduce attendance days from 180 to 175. Part of the approval (from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) included the requirement to make up any missed days.

We were very poignantly told yes, there is a meal plan program in effect and the current prices are what you have to choose from. I don't believe that it has received proper board approval to be at the implementation stage it is at right now.

We have got to stop the approval of anti-immigrant reforms, demand a migration reform that is humane and fair, and not racist.

we will ... continue to press for approval of Plan B as an over-the-counter/ prescription product.

David Letterman

The United States has launched airstrikes against ISIS. It's being called 'Operation Approval Ratings.'

Without those concessions, we think approval of the loan is unlikely,

With approval to move forward with the Nevada power plant and the development of our new mines in Nevada and Ghana, we are well positioned to leverage gold price exposure for our shareholders.

John Ortberg

We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol.

We only have 16 vacancies left to fill, and we got the approval to post six openings next week. In direct care, the numbers are really coming up. ... I know that's got to help.

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and can contribute to a climate of fear and a sense of vulnerability.

With a Chief Justice who's been given a stamp of approval by the extreme right-wing, it's critical that the next Justice preserve a fair and balanced Court,

Jim Cooper

Few people realize that Bush could slash any program in federal government with the approval of a simple majority in the Senate and the House.

It seems, by today's standards, that it's better to seek approval than to tell the truth. It's better to utter sweet nothings than to boldly say something of substance.