Famous Quotes & Sayings

Spencer Abraham

The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in their own communities. The siting decisions and the permitting is done at the local level, or by state governments if it's interstate in nature. And federal government - this is one area we have no authority.

This was a good win for us. We improved in many areas tonight, both offensively and defensively. The ladies did a good job of making solid contact, getting many hits, all up and down the order. Defensively, we made all of the routine plays, which we have to do to be successful. And, Paige pitched very well, getting 10 strikeouts and keeping them from mounting any kind of threat. It was definitely our best game to date.

This was a good area for boxing. A lot of these towns would have teams. It was the thing to do.

This was our biggest area of improvement from last year. The depth of runners we have at the springs shows in our relays.

This was one of the suspected areas back in 1976. Records indicated this is where the body (of Martin) could have been buried.

We are going to pursue other potential sites in the area where the legislative authority would give us permission to do so.

Brian Quinn

There are still pockets of areas that are still having problems getting vaccine. The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) promises it's on the way, so by the end of this month and December people should still be able to get their shots.

There are some unquestionable areas where it has been studied and shown to have benefit in very particular areas, for example chiropractic care.

Peter Clarke

There are some areas where you simply cannot go.

Darrell Waltrip

There are so many young unmarried and talented drivers in the garage area that march to the beat of a different drummer.

There are so many of those local areas of open water, there's just no way we could find them all. We just don't get involved; that's up to the local snowmobiling groups.

There are so many exhibitions now, ... particularly in this very popular area of 19th-century French painting, that you're always in competition with other people. And if you can really turn up and make your case, it really makes a big difference from just writing the letters.

Katori Hall

'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I'm focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see 'Hurt Village' as a natural extension of 'The Mountaintop.'

Anthony Foxx

Today, 65 percent of America's population live in metropolitan areas - and 95 percent of all the transit miles traveled are traveled there. Metropolitan regions are the engines of our economy.

To create an improved new habitat in a remote area where the prairie dog can thrive without any human interference.

Kate Warne

What you saw today was the beginning of investors looking at other segments to say 'where are some values?' And that's why we saw some increases in some oil stocks, some metal stocks, some other areas that haven't done so well.

Mark Gorman

What we focused on was doing a deal, taking the emotion out of the deal and looking at what was best for our hospital, for Saint Thomas, for the patients that are served by the area and for the employees.

Having the Winter Olympics on the near horizon and football for the fall will help but ultimately, it is series programming that makes the difference and NBC hasn't been able to make a turnaround in that area yet,

Having taken cannabis it has helped those areas -- so now I have found a level that suits me. My bladder problems are much better and my quality of life much better.

Having said that, I thought we played particularly well in a lot of different areas at New Hampshire.

Having a passion for youth, ... I marveled at how TouchDown Productions provided a truly unique opportunity for Nevada and Placer counties to 'showcase' our youth sports and activities. It seemed like an incredibly positive program, and was unique in that I knew of no other community that enable the exposure of its area athletes in such a way.

Having an engine dedicated to the valley is a step in the right direction so other units may remain in their respective areas for proper coverage.

He's a Boston kid and well-respected in the Boston area and he was a good player in this league.

He's a big-time player and he has ice water in his veins. He's one of the best players in the area and, I think, in the state. When the game's on the line, he shows up.

Darryl Sutter

He's a good player. The thing about Dustin Boyd is he's a 200-foot player. There's some other guys that get a lot of splash because they're spectacular when they have the puck but he's a good player in all areas of the game.

Heritage has that great winning tradition. They've won a lot. You think of top soccer teams in the area and you think of them and the two Arlington teams in the tournament. That's why they call it the Tournament of Champions.

Going forward, we will continue to develop and deepen these niche areas to increase the attractiveness of the MSC as a premier location for SSO operations,

Going forward, I'm a lot more comfortable with things like telecom operators, because I think the forecasts in that area have come down significantly, whereas in other areas like some of the cyclical sectors, their forecasts probably need to be cut.

Gold is at a high and the dollar weakened again. As a result, you would think stocks would be a lot lower today, with people putting money into those areas and taking money out of stocks, but they're not that bad. We're kind of just drifting. The Dow has its own company-specific problems, but the Nasdaq is hanging in there.

Jim Taylor

Goliath is very unique in the fact that it covers an area that goes in and outside the park. The scenery is part of the ride. Half the thrill is the visual element.

Good growth, together with strong margin improvement in every division, drove us to another record in both dollar profit and profitability, ... Every geographic area met or exceeded our volume expectations despite economic problems in some areas of the developing world.

John Gibbons

Going outside our area to play good teams is something we like doing, whether it's from the other end of Ohio or out of state.

He said he went to the area where the shooting occurred and saw the victim's body lying in the roadway and called police.