Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Johnson

This is not an end-all motion. This gives (the Negaunee Commission on Aging) the council's support to continue their endeavor. Whatever they come up with, they still have to come back to the council for approval prior to proceeding.

This is not yet a pack-and-move order, but rather an instruction to bring back a deal for approval.

Jay Leno

The L.A. Times reports that al Qaeda terrorists have been traced to Iran, and President Bush is talking tough. In fact he said he will attack the minute he has evidence his approval rating is under 45 percent.

Jay Leno

President Obama’s approval ratings are so low now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the United States.

Myles Munroe

We are not to be so concerned about who approves or disapproves of us, but remember that God's approval is what counts. Those whom God approves are approved indeed.

Kit Reed

Constant, indiscriminate approval devalues because it is so predictable.

Ichiro Suzuki

You should seek approval from yourself.

Ichiro Suzuki

People striving for approval from others become phony.

Chuck Todd

If he gets his approval ratings up to the mid-40s, then at least Republicans can fight on their own.

If he was still up there with 61 percent approval and had broad support, he might sign it.

Tim Russert

I cannot find a pollster who can remember any president ever getting just two percent approval from African-Americans.

How often my fear and ambivalence are rooted in what somebody else may think. But I need not present my actions, my words, myself for somebody else's approval. And basing my decisions on somebody else's approval or making my own approval contingent on somebody else's only postpones what I really want.

Rod Blagojevich

I consider an approval of a reverse auction procurement process of market-based rates for wholesale power either a serious neglect of duty or gross incompetence by the ICC,

I couldn't believe all the permits and other things I had to get in order to obtain festival approval. In the end, though, the city officials have been pretty enthusiastic about the whole thing. They can't wait to see it happen.

I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled.

Cindy Crawford

Certainly Vogue was the total seal of approval, but Cosmo was up there. You had those and your cosmetics contract, and you were all set.

Certainly, the specter of this grand jury investigation hanging over the White House doesn't help the president's approval ratings.

Cheap imitations do not thrill or inspire. Only that Love which has God's seal of approval will satisfy.

Pat Conroy

I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

Rachel Maddow

Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

Mara Liasson

The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.

Madonna Ciccone

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world...

Marvin J. Ashton

A friend in the true sense is not a person who passively nods approval of our conduct or ignores improper behavior. A friend is a person who cares.

Mark Twain

Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people.

Paul Rudd

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation.

The Japanese economy, as the approval of foreign investors has been showing, has undoubtedly improved.

The Legislature's low public-approval ratings reflect citizens' frustrations with the partisan bickering, inactivity, and stalemate at the highest levels of state government. As a result, the state remains stagnant and unrepresentative.

The coaches have voted unanimously for the 11th game and for postseason play every time it has been brought forward at our meetings. It then has to go to the athletic directors, the policy committee and then the presidents. Neither proposal has ever gotten approval from all groups.

Sherry Argov

Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.

Greg Collins

The IEEE's recent approval of a draft 802.11n standard was sorely needed.

Anthony Romero

The idea that he can tap and intercept the communications of American citizens without any judicial order and without the approval of Congress, we find is just untenable.