Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Cheney

Four years ago, some said the world had grown calm, and many assumed that the United States was invulnerable to danger. That thought might have been comforting; it was also false. Like other generations of Americans, we soon discovered that history had great and unexpected duties in store for us.

From an individual point of view, wouldn't you rather be a person who has a problem for one year instead of for three years? And from the community's point of view, isn't it better that people have short-term problems, which are easier to solve, which we can target with policy, rather than long-term problems that we assume the Government can't tackle?

From what we have today, we would assume that within couple years we'll have the majority attacked.

If a parent calls a child in sick, then we assume that that child is home sick, so we aren't able to tell by our attendance numbers if the students are sick, if they're at the doctor's appointment, if they're at the march.

If a company has a firewall or its Internet connection is separated from the network, it may assume it doesn't have to worry, In terms of threats to an enterprise's security, most losses occur inside the company. The model where we put a moat outside to keep the bad guys out is not very useful.

Dick Durbin

I don't think we should assume that's going to happen at all.

I think it is reasonable to assume we could have a definitive recertification of all the ballots by midday tomorrow,

I think it is legitimate to assume we're not talking about next week they're going to go home, ... The city of New Orleans is effectively closed.

David Howell

It came as a big surprise, to be honest, ... We all assumed Luke (England's highest-ranked player) would pick Paul to defend the title, but Luke didn't think that was necessary and thought the man on form would be the pick.

It certainly assumes a fact and that is that she is responsible.

Mahmoud Abbas

I think they are now responsible, and in order to assume responsibilities, their policies have to be compatible with international polices.

Ali LeRoi

I think the thing that makes this show entertaining is that we don't pander at all. We don't assume the audience is stupid, and we're not trying to trick them with anything fancy. We're just trying to tell decent stories, deliver the best jokes we know how. And we're not trying to dazzle them with B.S.

I think sometimes we look over it because we want so much more. You assume you're going to do it so you tend to downplay it.

Jason will take the reps in practice as if he were going to start. He plans to start, and we assume he will start. He played well enough for us to win last week, and it would be nice to get him a win.

I think you work with a guy over a longer period of time and you try to judge him over the whole period of time. Though we're having difficulties this year, I don't just judge a person... . I assume some of the times we played better than we should have. Now we're playing probably less than my expectations. I don't want to judge him just on this (season).

I think your average fan probably just assumes that the same person directs every episode of their favorite series, week in and week out.

Greg Bird

I think when we do the budget, we make a number of assumptions, and that's one of them. We assume that there will be an economic package put into place.

W. Somerset Maugham

Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumed the clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they are not in the least conscious of any difference in station between them.

Today, 12 months later, Canadians must assume it was nothing but words in the air,

Mark Warner

What we want to do in Virginia is in the initial facility find places where people could be staying for weeks. We want to then look at working with these communities where people can stay for months. Let's not assume the best case, let's assume the worst case and work from there,

Paul Richards

What we've seen is that Warner and Seagram have produced figures that indicate their exposure to the music market has been poor and everyone had assumed that EMI would be equally affected,

Having been laying still for so many hours and being poorly hydrated for that period of time has resulted in some kidney dysfunction. We assume that will be a temporary phenomenon while the kidneys recover.

I don't think you can assume the Fed's tightening cycle is done,

I don't want to assume anything yet, I think that's a hypothetical situation. But I will say this: Jamie Martin was born and raised in this system and knows the system as good as anybody.

Bob Hill

I don't think it's a real bad sprain, but it's very sore, so he's not going to play tonight. I assume it will be a day-to-day situation.

Sathya Baba

From the narrow vision of 'individual need', man must voyage out into the broad vision of the 'Universal'. When a drop of water falls into the Ocean, it loses its narrow individuality, its name and form, and assumes the form, name and taste of the Ocean itself. If it seeks to live separately as a 'drop', it will soon evaporate and be reduced to non-existence.

Mike Conaway

For too long Tom DeLay has been the subject of a partisan witch hunt by Ronnie Earle and the media that has ultimately led to a distorted public image of assumed guilt.

Given the time it will take to bring inflation back towards the mid-point of the target band, we do not expect to be in a position to ease policy this year. Any earlier easing would require a more rapid reduction in domestic inflation pressures than the substantial slowing already assumed in our projections.

If it's someone's pet and you're keeping it at home, there's just too much room for error there. Hopefully, Lady will not get rabies, but we have to assume the raccoon was rabid.

If the court finds a patent infringement, I assume there will be a royalty agreement, because that's what usually happens in these cases. A settlement is more likely than a shutdown. But, that said, both sides are really digging in their heels.

If the Fed pauses late in the year, as we now assume in December, its response will be related to economic fundamentals, with GDP slowing late in the year rather than a direct 'emergency' response to events on the Gulf Coast.

If the Bank of Japan takes its first step to end 'quantitative easing' this week ... we believe that it is unwise to assume that the Bank of Japan will continue with zero interest rates for long after ending its policy.

Mike Young

He's been around the block a few times. That (low-key) persona can be somewhat misleading if you assume there is not a tough politician inside. It's going to be a dandy race.