Famous Quotes & Sayings

When we terminate this mandate, we have no authority to hand it over to the UN. This is not our business.

We want to use television in a way that will provide a different understanding of the value of books and authors and hopefully ignite general interest in reading more.

We are energized at the prospect of working together with them to expand our small-balance commercial mortgage loan program. We view this partnership as a validation of our efforts to provide a simplified and streamlined process to originate small balance commercial mortgage loans. It really is a partnership because we aren't in the direct origination business. We don't compete with our authorized lenders.

Bill Stern

The Ports Authority opposes this bill. It interferes with, and is inconsistent with, the Supreme Court's ruling.

The Ports Authority has never hesitated about throwing out a price of $3 million. Sounds like a lot of money to me.

The Port Authority predicted exactly what happened. Why didn't they do something about it?

Jane Jacobs

The port authority is the single greatest impediment to a revitalized waterfront.

The Port Authority is confident it will prevail.

Unfortunately, he went beyond his authority and he should have contacted someone higher up.

Thomas Mitchell

Unfortunate impracticability of temper and spirit of opposition of those in authority over oneself misled oneself into frequent collision with my predecessors.

The reason we filed in the lawsuit in the simplest terms possible is to prevent the authors from promoting themselves and profiting from illegal conduct.

What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

Gary Hamel

I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists.

We leave to the proper authorities the prosecution of those who would be found liable for the Ultra stampede as well as the implementation of the corrective measures to prevent a repeat of this tragedy, based on the recommendations of the fact-finding board.

Jane Birkin

I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies.

There are many traditionally published authors who have hated the cover their publisher's decided on. Or the title or the marketing or the advertising. But there was nothing they could do about it.

Dav Pilkey

Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.

Bryan Burrough

There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the nonfiction author wants it told accurately.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

We have shared our view on transparency with the European Commission and the U.K. 's Financial Services Authority.

Michael Howard

We have seen the slow seepage of his authority turn into a hemorrhage.

We have seen indications that someone is trying this technique out. Basically, we have seen code that is stuffing a key in the registry with a huge length. Yet, the author still doesn't have it working.

This sends a strong signal that the FTC is on the beat. They have the authority to help establish some (legal) precedents that will help steer the market toward better practices.

This was a legal grow for people who are authorized to receive medical cannabis, and it was not an excessive grow,

This region has several benefits. You can get extensive funding from the European Union, the German government and state authorities.

David Vitter

The person would have no authority the government doesn't already have. It would be someone who could cut through the red tape.

The person with the institutional authority is always the 800-pound gorilla. People who go to work thinking they'll out-wrestle the big monkey will lose every time.

Michael O'Brien

There are indeed 'values' in the Harry Potter series, but they're confused with anti-values. Potterworld is a scrambled moral universe. There are Christian symbols in the series, but the author misappropriates them, mutates them, and integrates them into a supposedly larger and broader system where evil symbols are dominant.

When you have an author of the caliber of Bernard Cornwell, one of the world's top historical novelist, it's very gratifying to publish him on a global basis giving him the prominence he deserves. We expect this important deal, in conjunction with the new TV mini-series, will bring him even greater success around the world.

This ruling upholds California's authority to enforce tough restrictions on handing out free cigarettes, particularly in places where children are present.

This resolution is a joke, ... because the evidence shows that Pinochet is the author of the 57 homicides and 18 kidnappings and today they are looking for some way to protect him, to reduce the charges.