Famous Quotes & Sayings

Early estimates that casinos could open within a few days are overly optimistic, and, at the least, we expect severe business disruption from the devastated areas for the next several months even if some of the casinos can get up and running over the near term.

Joe Nieuwendyk

Five-on-five we're a pretty good hockey club. We've got some areas we've got to address.

First, we will give them a two-week rest and then we have to try to get some more guys to come in to strengthen some weak areas and fill those gaps that we have. That is one of our first goals.

Jalal Talabani

First, we insist on democracy, they on dictatorship. Then there is the matter of the continuous ethnic cleansing policy in the Kurdish areas under the control of the Iraqi government.

Federal flood insurance makes a lot of this development possible in areas where people otherwise would've walked away. And federal spending on beach replenishment encourages continued development of the coast, putting more people at risk. It's time for a national discussion about whether we should pull federal money away from certain areas of the coast.

Michael Chertoff

FEMA is moving supplies and equipment into the hardest hit areas as quickly as possible,

FEMA is committed to helping provide a clean, safe learning environment so students in the impacted areas of the state can move forward with their educational experience. We will continue to work with local and state officials and our federal partners to ensure local communities have the facilities needed to help instruct Mississippi 's future leaders.

FEMA is already looking to areas other than where the disaster started. They call it free money, and they are giving it to their friends.

Michael Brown

FEMA has pre-positioned many assets including ice, water, food and rescue teams to move into the stricken areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

Ferrets share lots of things in common with tigers. They're both nocturnal, and they mark their areas with their scent.

Gene Sperling

There's unquestionably been some very real differences of opinion on areas that we think are critical to regaining economic strength in the region, and we'll speak candidly and frankly to those individual matters.

The results for the quarter show meaningful improvement in all areas of our business.

There's room for improvement in areas such as clear product roadmaps and delivering timely updates,

Joseph Muscat

There was a limit to how much a government could reduce its spending, but a Labour government would invest more in key areas of the economy that yielded growth, such as tourism.

Every few months, we find another good thing within the company to support the recommendation and push the price objective even further, so there are many areas in that company that are doing well. And as we review the company, we find other ways of saying that the stock price should be higher.

Mark Sanford

Based on all the information we've received at this point, this storm could pose a real danger to our state's coast, particularly to low-lying areas in Georgetown and Horry counties, ... I also want to make it perfectly clear to folks throughout South Carolina that the potential for severe weather is not limited to the coast. This is a serious storm that's got the potential to do a lot of damage and put lives in jeopardy if we don't take it seriously.

As the price of oil goes higher, the demand for their service increases. It opens up new areas of supply for them.

As the weather continues to warm to springtime temperatures, more wild critters will start to roam into areas looking for food, increasing the chances of unexpected interactions with people and their pets.

As the water makes its way down into the valley, that's why we make sure the creeks and streams are cleared of debris. Our crews are out inspecting areas right now in preparation for the weekend and they're always on call if a tree goes down and causes a blockage. They're out to take it out.

As the subway extended, other areas were populated.

As terrible as things are, we have a rare opportunity to see exposed areas in Beauvoir House, to see how it was constructed. For example, we have never seen the wall studs. Now it's all being documented.

Mark Zandi

At some point you will get a combination of falling values combined with rising payments on adjustable mortgages, which will result in more bankruptcy. For these areas of the country that are enjoying such wonderful conditions right now, it will become much less wonderful a few years down the road.

At this point, we have no plans to limit athletic or co-curricular (music, speech, etc.) trips, but we also do not intend to have an increase in these areas beyond what we did last year, ... We will, of course, keep open the possibility of review if fuel prices continue to increase.

At the end of last year, we couldn't find stocks to buy in Japan. Now we're seeing a lot of changes in management and other areas that we've been waiting for. This is a major change for us. I've been a big bear in Japan and now I'm turning.

Coming into the season, one of our areas of concern was how well we could block up front on the offensive side of the ball. It was great to see that we could have such a dominant performance from our young guys, as well as our veterans in the line.

Commercial information and communications are areas where we understand the customer, where we bring unique solutions no one else has the capabilities or resources to provide.

Discussions are on to explore other areas of cooperation, for which the feasibility is being established.

Different areas of the county often have needs other areas may not have,

Differences between the two governments exist, ... (But) there are areas of interest for the two countries in which we should collaborate.

Direct flights facilitate business. They facilitate business-to-business collaborations. I think anything that makes it easier to bring two areas together is a significant benefit to deepening relations and connections.

Consumption is still rising at a much slower pace than investment and people are still saving too much. Retail sales have been growing strongly in the cities but the government is trying to put more money into the pockets of rural areas which is where there's more potential for growth.

Corporations have the logistics and distribution networks to ship massive amounts of goods and services to disaster areas in a rapid manner.

Congo has vast stands of biologically important forests as well as remote areas still waiting to be explored, yet we have very few botanists. I'm working to expand training for young students and inspire a new generation to make discoveries, spread the word about conservation, and increase protected areas throughout our country.