Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

He has no political capital. Slowly but surely it's been unraveling. There's been a direct correlation between the trajectory of his approval numbers and the -- I don't want to call it disloyalty -- the independence on the part of the Republicans in Congress.

Heinz is confident that this acquisition will meet the criteria for final clearance. This deal has already received approval from the merger authorities in Ireland and Germany.

He does have the authority to do it and probably should do it. He probably would get total legislative approval if he wants the Legislature to do it. I can't imagine that any legislator would say there wasn't an emergency.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Given the president's approval rating these days, and with one-third of the Senate up for re-election this year, they are not going to follow the president off the cliff on this one.

John Edward

giving a stamp of approval to what this president is doing now.

If it (the CN-BNSF merger approval process) goes forward, it will be catalyst for the end game for the railroad industry, ... And in that end game, no one wants to get left out. If you're left out, the terms of trade can turn very sour for you.

If the county council approves the contract as written, he will sign it. He will sign it immediately upon approval.

I wouldn't have done it without their approval. John said he was all for it.

If these allegations turn out to be true, the crucial thing is whether these flights landed in the member states with or without the knowledge and approval of the authorities.

If things go well with a military strike, the market gives it a seal of approval and moves upward.

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,

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.

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?

The GOP would point out -- and they would be right -- that the approval rating in the autumn before an election is not a good predictor of how the election will turn out,

While we believe that a delay is not justified, we will use the opportunity presented by the FDA proceedings to continue to press for approval of Plan B as an OTC/Rx Product.

While there aren't any laws on the books that would require a developer to conduct such a survey, it's certainly something they would be willing to entertain when the approval process is final.

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.

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.

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,

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.