Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mikhail Gorbachev

Starting reforms in the Soviet Union was only possible from above, only from above. Any attempt to go from below was suppressed, suppressed in a most resolute way.

We are extremely disappointed that a few individuals are attempting to hijack those discussions.

John Ashcroft

Today, I can report to you that our investigation has uncovered several individuals, including individuals who may have links to the hijackers, who fraudulently have obtained or attempted to obtain hazardous material transportation licenses,

To ensure the integrity of the SENTRI program, we will vigorously pursue prosecution of any participant who attempts to smuggle through the SENTRI lanes.

What you're seeing here is an attempt by reform politicians to take control away from vested interests. I don't know what to expect, because I simply don't know how powerful these guys are.

Robert H. Schuller

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?

What we have here is another attempt to deflect attention from the opportunity we have to improve our highway infrastructure and our economy.

What we have attempted to do in this draft is try to make Colonial Avenue much more of a local street - a local cul-de-sac, actually.

had indicated that it will attempt to show the game on (Nov. 26) at a time to be determined.

Rob Pike

Go is an attempt to combine the safety and performance of statically typed languages with the convenience and fun of dynamically typed interpretative languages.

He should not attempt to steal this election and should listen to the verdict of his people,

He's got to make an attempt to get out of the way, and he made no attempt.

Scott Skiles

He's got to get in better shape. That's the first thing. He's got to get in good enough shape to where he can at least attempt to be a big-minute player. He's got some nice natural post-up moves, but he has a ways to go. But he does a lot of good things. He's a very, very skilled player.

His position would be the same. These are sort of back-door attempts to raise consumer rates.

Ruth Rendell

I think it says something that I have never had an obscene letter. A young man once attempted one, but it was so totally illiterate and hopeless that it made me laugh.

I think it's an attempt to expand it beyond the immediate work force. It's actually directed primarily at those who may be wavering.

I think it's just a desperate attempt because ain't nobody looking for him, and nobody really expects to see him.

It complements what Yahoo! is attempting to build on the convergence media side pretty nicely.

Henry A. Kissinger

I think the only way to go is to do what they think is the right thing and explain it as well as they can to the American people, as the president is attempting to do with these speeches. The public will not forgive you for losing even if it seems to reflect what they thought they wanted.

Maurice Cheeks

I thought before we attempted to trade Steven, he had started grasping the way we want him to play. Rebounding, giving us energy, I thought he was doing that.

I think with that Ohio State defense it was a competition, it was a rush to get the tackle. That was just the mentality up there. So I attempted to get all my tackles solo because our linebacker, when they come in there, they just hit whatever's in the way. I take pride in that. I try to be a complete corner and I think that's one step to doing that.

I think the backs have done a good job of setting us up. They've got good vision, Cadillac has obviously gotten more attempts than everyone else, and he's done a great job, no question.

It is clear that the father was trying to get them out, ... Everyone was attempting to escape.

It is clearly an attempt to get us tied up in court cases.

We expect to oppose any attempt to splinter, to disrupt the operation of the MDL,

Rick Monday

Whatever their protest was about, what they were attempting to do to the flag - which represents a lot of rights and freedoms that we all have - was wrong for a lot of reasons. Not only does it desecrate the flag, but it also desecrates the effort and the lives that have been laid down to protect those rights and freedoms for all of us.

Christine Whitman

There is a great deal of concern about this seeming attempt to couch everything in religious terms. We're not a narrow-minded nation, and at least some of the people trying to define the Republican Party are coming off that way.

Anne Johnson

There is no attempt by Walter Reed to hide the number of patients we receive.

There is no excuse for failing to declare one's business interests. It is simply a matter of filling out a form. Failure to do so constitutes either negligence or an attempt to conceal a possible conflict of interest or even contempt for the Parliamentary ethics process. Either way, there must be consequences.

There is going to be a serious attempt within the present council to try and push for a definition of how you qualify to be a party and what are the rules of the game.

We've been trying to do this kind of thing for about a decade. We attempted to do it on one of our Mars probe, but either we got weathered out or the spacecraft misread some stars and everything closed down.

We took care of the basketball and made more free throws (12) than they attempted (11). Those two really helped.

Harvey Levin

What I love about this so much is it hasn't shown its potential. It's more exciting to me to be at a place where I can at least attempt to break some ground than to basically follow a set path.