Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Boucher

reestablish a certain sense of local authority and policing without involving the remnants of the regime or the torturers who once plagued the lives of ordinary Iraqis.

John Chiang

Past initiatives have made it difficult for California taxpayers to settle with the government when only one tax authority offers a settlement plan. This program provides an incentive for many taxpayers who were steered towards flaky shelters to come clean.

Steve Erickson

Part of the process of reading is constantly hitting the pause button, and now and then the rewind button, to ponder a word that's been chosen by the author as exquisitely as the filmmaker chooses an image or a sound editor chooses a sonic clue - the tolling of a bell in the distance to evoke memory, for instance.

Gilles Duceppe

Paul Martin's government has lost the moral authority to govern.

Our local redevelopment authority is going to get together very shortly, and they're going to have to set some goals and objectives about what they want done.

People have told us it's a way to both sample new authors and stay in touch with beloved authors between books.

'Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who,' 'Forgotten Realms,' even 'Firefly' and 'The X-Files' have shared world novels and other media. I can't help but notice these settings have large shelf space in bookstores, so their publishers and authors are getting something right.

Standing out as a writer today requires more than a bright idea and limpid prose. Authors need to become businesspeople as well.

A. N. Wilson

Someone at the federal level should have that authority.

Benjamin Rush

Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their interests.

Our authority to own and operate a container terminal has been confirmed and now it is time to build it.

Dan Smith

Maybe I'll find something that I wouldn't find back home. I've been around (the country), and there are some books that are only sold regionally, since their authors are from those areas.

We now we're not going to get that. But we authorized the departments to spend on that level. That in itself creates a deficit spending.

Carl Rogers

Experience is the highest authority.

Carl Rogers

Experience is, for me, the highest authority.

Sue Kelly

I was a chief author of the Truth-in-Regulating Act, which provided a new way for the federal government to review the impact of proposed regulations on small businesses before they take effect.

I will do everything in my personal power to see this county does not lose funding, and that our housing authority becomes more stable. I expect to be clear about what we need to do to clean up the matter as far as what HUD wants to see.

The assumptions made by some of the authors were not based on the best data, or were just a little bit too convenient, and had a strong impact on the results.

Scott Wilson

That's the other job of our elected officials. You've got to get them authorized and you've got to get them appropriated.

John Cullum

I was on the verge of taking over a company myself, from my father, before I left Knoxville to become an actor. I was also a company commander in Korea, so I had some sense of how powerful authority can be. How dangerous it can be.

Steve Landes

I think it's ridiculous that we've set up a separate authority and a stream of separate, dedicated funding and given them the bonding authority and these kinds of things - because basically the taxpayers shouldn't be responsible for funding a private-sector entity like that, especially in professional sports, where they make tons of money.

Steve Spurrier

I think today gave him a little more confidence. He threw the ball with authority most of the day.

Sol Campbell

It is now being dealt with by the authorities.

Jack Evans

It is not possible for the city to spend more than $535 million because the council has authorized the city to borrow that,

Frank Dobson

It is one of the growing products of the fact the Prime Minister is going and his authority isn't as strong as it used to be.

It is important that local and national authorities within other countries in the region remain vigilant for possible outbreaks of suspected avian influenza in poultry and other birds. It is vital that all instances of multiple bird deaths are reported to authorities and investigated promptly.

It is important because it shows what Ronnie Earle is doing. He's just using the claimed authority of his office to bully people around.

Jeff Daly

It is just becoming beyond the reach of working singles and many families with children. ... We're happy to get the big Bed, Beth and Beyond and Sports Authority and Wal-Mart, but where will the people who work there live?

Khalil Greene

I was trying to swing the bat with some authority, and not be overly defensive.

I was very hands-on with the Ports Authority because we had a lot of issues with them, ... Our big issues were funding of the new bridge in Charleston, whether to expand in Charleston. Port issues were front and center during our administration.

I was extremely fascinated by Casey Stengel. He was really such an intelligent guy, displaying an American wit, typical of one from the Midwest and the great author Mark Twain. I have always had a great curiosity, and I wanted to dig until I found what made this man who and what he was. I found that he was an incredibly funny guy with tremendous observational powers. Some people loved him and others hated him.

Chevy Stevens

It feels wonderful to get praise from other authors who I admire, but with each new book, my confidence is always the thing I struggle with the most until I start getting positive feedback from readers.

It feels so real, so honest. The author knew these people. Their stories unfold naturally.