Famous Quotes & Sayings

Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important.

David Bowie

I still derive immense pleasure from remembering how many hod-carrying brickies were encouraged to put on lurex tights and mince up and down the high street, having been assured by know-it-alls like me that a smidgen of blusher really attracted the birds.

Aristotle

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

Yeah, well that's probably the biggest crowd I've ever addressed I can assure you.

Lawrence Summers

When I first joined the Treasury some years ago, I can assure you we were not thinking about threats to the financial system emanating from viruses, Trojan Horses, logic bombs or malicious code, ... But we are thinking about those things now, and with good reason.

Chris Rankin

We need everyone's help to assure the safety of our students,

Ben Utecht

I was one of the guys that understood that if I was in his position and my school wanted me, it would be a pretty exciting opportunity. He assured us that his heart was still at Minnesota, and that's what I needed to hear.

I would like to be assured it had exhausted its powers before getting more.

Chuck D.

My clients are not conspiracy theorists. Our problem is just that you have to assure some sense of integrity in the system.

Joe Nemechek

We need to put it together and get on a streak. But whatever happens you can be assured that we will follow the soldiers' creed of never giving up.

We're talked at some length about whether taking all these fish will damage the resource, but our fisheries people assure me they can keep up with the demand.

We played badly in the last two series that only helped our critics to raise their voices. But now I tell you that this is a different side. The team is also in good touch after the one-day series. I can assure you that you will see a different Bangladesh in the Tests.

We have to send a message that the risk is real. Chief executives no longer have to rest assured that if they don't hear of a problem, it doesn't mean it is not going on.

We hope that will assure the market. We are working on the exact wording.

We are troubled by the continuing decrease of the value of our investments in the company and are pleased that management and the board of directors are considering steps to stem the loss of shareholder value, ... However, as long-term investors, we want to be assured that the options are being considered to promote growth and stability in the long-term, and not simply to produce a short-term boost in the stock price.

We can assure them that by Wednesday, they will have a place to stay. We're hopeful they'll be able to move into a travel trailer in St. Bernard Parish.

Bill Richardson

We can assure the country and New Mexico that our nuclear materials are safe,

We can assure our customers that we will make every effort to put these services out of business.

Victor Ponta

I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.

Those are very significant differences. I think it speaks highly of the work being done in our athletic departments throughout the country to assure a genuine opportunity for young men and women to receive a college education.

Yolanda King

We are completely assured she will come to a complete recovery. We believe this is a cleverly disguised opportunity to grow.

Jerry Angelo

never, ever in doubt. Eugene assured us throughout the process that Cedric wanted to be a Bear. And I wanted to make sure that when Cedric came in with his adviser, we made that clear as well.

NC State lost the other night, but it was kind of a classic setup: out of the league, they just played Duke, in the middle of the ACC season at home, and they probably just took things for granted a little bit probably. You can be rest assured that on Sunday we'll see NC State at their best.

One of the local reporters assured me Garrison would put in an appearance for the cross-examination, but as the courtroom settled down and the rear doors were closed, there was no sign of him.

We need to have some kind of mechanism in place to assure our customer base that they are not going to be a target of an outfit like the CIW.

Pat Roberts

First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.

Michael Vaughan

Thoughts of going home won't be taking over my thoughts I can assure you. We have a travel day tomorrow and prepare on Tuesday for Wednesday's match. It was a poor performance and we have to lift ourselves for the next one.

Pam Morrison (pastor of the First United Methodist Church) has spoken with Dexter and assured him that as a community we want to do whatever we can to help. We will stay on top of this situation and do what we can to help on of Baldwin's own.

That doesn't make people feel good when they pull up to the pumps - myself included - but I think they can be assured that they're getting as competitive a price as they can possibly get.

Marc Garneau

NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage.

My wife will assure you I'm not a very good dancer, but I will assure you, I know how to do the tango.

My people have assured me ... that they had no indication whatsoever of any involvement (between Tripp and Jones' attorneys,)

Antonio Villaraigosa

The fact that this happened the day after September 11 (caused) a heightened sense of concern, ... I am here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations. In fact power was restored to the vast majority of DWP customers, 90 percent, within the first two hours.