Famous Quotes & Sayings

We want to open their eyes (employers) to see the negative impact that would be done if this proposal is approved in Congress.

I understand what they're trying to do and approve of it. The problem is, they're about 20 years late doing it.

I used them a lot. If you lay out exigent circumstances, you can get a court to approve a wiretap pretty quickly.

I urge you to approve these changes because they are nothing but positives.

They approved the final development plan. We can put the construction bids out and start planning when the groundbreaking will begin. We are hoping in June.

Paul Greengrass

They all saw it, and they all approve of it.

The witness protection plan should have been approved 10 years ago already, and the necessary money should have been allotted.

These are the first licenses of any sort approved by the Board since we began work on the implementation of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. This is a major step for expanded gaming in Pennsylvania.

Alex Garcia

These are all individual settlements so the union doesn't have to vote on anything to approve it. It's a fair settlement ... absolutely, and it resolves a number of concerns raised by the officers and the city.

I've never seen it. They did it on my behalf, but I did not approve the language. It is true that I was not the lead prosecutor.

To implement this plan 20 years after it was first approved is just obscene. I just don't get it -- they make you renew your car registration annually -- but they'll approve this.

Sergei Ivanov

There should be no doubt that the government will officially approve of the defense contract in December,

There's no evidence I'm aware of that law enforcement is having trouble enforcing its warrants. People are quite cooperative. There are better ways to get data to law enforcement than to give them the power to approve new applications, and we have time to work on those better ways.

Chris Rock

I should see every script, I should make my comments and approve of jokes. I can't cringe at a show that's got my name on it.

We expect the owners to approve the deal because it is fair to all parties. The alternative is the end of the salary cap system in the NFL.

We are very aware that many, many people are waiting for more generics to be approved and that there is frustration about the backlog.

We're going to be investigating different channels of shopping in the upcoming years and the ones that get approved will become permanent.

The language is approved by the Township Board and its attorneys.

Phil Angelides

The merger should not be approved unless the executive compensation package is stripped out,

William Ames

The counsel of God is, as it were, his deliberation over the best manner of accomplishing anything already approved by the understanding and the will.

John Hanson

The capacity expansion project for P&H Mining which was approved by our board in May will not be completed until the end of fiscal 2006. The only other new capacity that will be coming on line in the next 12 months is the shuttle car and motor centers of excellence for Joy Mining in Lebanon, Kentucky, though, for the most part, Joy Mining is constrained by supply chain limits rather than internal capacity. Therefore, it is imperative that our critical suppliers support us as we strive for increased revenues. Assuming that progress can be made in this area, we now believe that total revenues in the coming 12 months will be in the range of $2.15 to $2.35 billion.

Tom Jackson

I'm not prepared to approve these department budgets today. This is not satisfactory.

I'm ecstatic. It says to me that I'm doing a good job and the voters approve of the job I'm doing.

Samuel Bodman

In a word. It is going to be done, ... Last evening it was approved and I think you'll be seeing an announcement about it later in the day. So we are doing everything we can to be responsive.

Paul Burrell

I know that the princess would approve of what I'm doing, and that what I'm doing is appropriate,

Thomas Menino

I'm proud to report that in 2004 alone, we approved 3,600 new units of housing - our best year ever!

The best I can say is that we are concerned with (parking) and we are sensitive to the customer shopping experience. All of the parking has been approved by City Council.

These undesirable appointments that Sharon is proposing will not be approved today.

This is a unilateral vote without sufficient debate and discussions, and we can never approve of this.

Once it's all done, hopefully if and when it's approved by both sides, that's going to be our next big step - winning back the fans. We'll have our work cut out for us.

The new Beetle never would have gotten approved for production if it hadn't gotten rave reviews at the (Detroit) show from the public and the press, which stopped in its tracks when they saw it. That message quickly got back to Volkswagen that people thought it was cool and wanted VW to build it.

It recognizes that enhanced enforcement is needed at the border and the workplace, but soundly and overwhelmingly rejects many of the extreme measures approved earlier by the House.

J. Taylor

I tried to focus on the zoning issues like we should, but all they wanted to talk about is race, ... I wanted to make it clear it wasn't a racist issue. If it was, the planning commission wouldn't have approved the site plan.