Famous Quotes & Sayings

We know the losses are substantial. In 1995, they were about $1.8 billion. That was in all 58 California counties. We have 41 counties part of this (disaster) declaration. We know the damage in some of these areas is even more severe than it was in 1995.

You know, initially it was for entertainment. Now it seems to become more and more of an attraction; to where you're willing to compromise other areas of your life.

While we have not yet reviewed this particular bill, it is important to note that the initial decision on Individual Assistance for South Florida was based on the findings of Preliminary Disaster Assistance (PDA) teams jointly comprised of local, state, and federal officials who assessed areas identified by local emergency managers.

Heidi Hayes Jacobs

A curious observation is the uniform way that committees review curriculum for each field of study. Too often, authorities have a knee-jerk impulse to declare that 'all curriculum areas will be the same.' In fact, real and significant differences exist between fields of study.

Henry Giroux

Policy is no longer being written by politicians accountable to the American public. Instead, policies concerning the defense budget, deregulation, health care, public transportation, job training programs, and a host of other crucial areas are now largely written by lobbyists who represent mega corporations.

Unlike past national elections, it seems swing voters in urban areas are supporting the LDP this time.

Steve Alford

I wasn't impressed with many areas of our defense, which has been pretty solid all year. I don't think we defended very well.

I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you wouldn't go. It's not congruent to who I am as a person, and it would be insincere, and it wouldn't be based on truth.

Lisa Leslie

I would like to probably have my own business. I haven't decided in what areas - maybe a spa. I like a day spa, something like that. Always giving back to women. Or big shoes because there's a huge market there. People have big feet now. Start at maybe size 10 and end at 15 with some really nice, fashionable shoes.

Most of our airports, when they started, have open areas on both ends of the runway. But now, they're full of residents. People who go there are not authorized to be there, but they are there.

Most areas of the country will see price increases in gasoline this week.

Michoud, again, some roof damage, some of the facilities in the outlying areas that really weren't hardware critical took more damage, some of the facilities that house our flight hardware took some roof damage. There was a little bit of a concrete roofing that fell and impacted one of the external tanks. We haven't been able to evaluate that yet, it's still ongoing. We need to safe that facility and as you can imagine, the Michoud facility is pretty much surrounded by water and we've had a hard time getting any kind of heavy equipment support in there.

Metropolitan New Orleans can take about 6 inches of rain. Though a concern, it's not our main concern. . . . Storm surge is the real issue because it stresses the levee repairs and some areas that we haven't had time to assess and repair.

Miami and Fort Lauderdale is on the top of the list because not only is it one of the top worst traffic areas and fastest growing population, you've got a collision of these two factions. That's not going to get better sooner. What Traffic Gauge does is provide a solution where you can take what we have today and make it more efficient.

Will every state eventually get a tornado? Yes. But certain areas are more prone than others.

We have one of the best areas in the state, ... Things aren't that bad in the 1st District. They're not as bad as some people say they are.

We believe the outbreak has come to a peak in these areas because of information that ministries of health have given us.

We had looked at a number of areas before. We were fortunate enough to become involved with the Y and their dreams. This location was excellent and we just feel very fortunate we were able to work something out and secure the property.

We've got terrific measurements information in some areas, but in other areas we don't have good measurements at all.

We've got strong in-migration, strong job creation, and the jobs are being created in as many high-income areas as in low-income areas.

We've got some areas right now, and we need to bring them up.

We've got several special events that we have planned during the weekend she is here - a couple of surprises where she'll pop up in different areas of the park. We're trying to do things a little differently than we have traditionally done.

We've lost nothing, by the grace... But we've still got large areas that we're busy extinguishing. We're slowly winning the battle.

Brian Cashman

We've learned over time that when you have pieces that are working here in New York, don't waste your time trying to upgrade something that works, ... Spend your time working on areas that need to be addressed. We're going to embrace the guys we know can thrive in this environment.

We're well positioned in the hottest electronic markets out there wireless, digital TV ... there isn't a semi company out there that has the position that TI has in digital TV. We're just in some hot areas that are driving a lot of strength.

We're watching sort of the disintegration of what I think was a very important institution, a very important tool, to manage areas that were being blighted by maybe a small number of houses,

We're watching closely to make sure the vulnerable areas are OK.

We're waiting to see if we get a call. We don't see any specific threats locally, but we're ready to help in other areas if we're needed.

Kathleen Blanco

We're urging people in the Katrina impact areas to be very, very cautious.

Virtually every Web server in the world runs on Linux, ... Now people are looking at, how do I get the same financial savings in other areas of my business?

Usually the poorer yield zones are hill tops, but can be low areas that drown out. We have had times when the zones did not make any sense.

We're really in a vacation stretch now. For a number of ski areas . . . the month of March is the biggest month of the year.

Roy Barnes

We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River.