Famous Quotes & Sayings

What I like in a good author isn't what he says, but what he whispers.

Kofi Annan

We submit to you our request for your involvement and your good office in the present circumstances to call upon the US authority and the present government of Iraq to review the legal status of the present court and to reallocate the present court outside Iraq, i.e. The Hague, Netherlands,

We therefore urge the local authority to be innovative and forge partnerships with the private sector for the purpose of joint ventures in the provision of housing to those in need of accommodation.

Hopefully the smell will get her moving, and Port Authority police on their regular patrols will spot her.

The Palestinian Authority ... worked day and night so Bethlehem could be ready for this fabulous occasion. We worked under a very difficult situation -- a lack of infrastructure and continued (Jewish) settlement activity, and the suffocation of this city.

The Palestinian Authority rejects Israeli accusations that it is responsible for the explosion.

Unless we can do that, we're both buying trouble. The Ports Authority is not going to give us any clear title to the property because the Ports Authority doesn't have any clear title to the property.

We have to be able to prove the employer knowingly hired someone who is not authorized to work.

Charlie McCreevy

We made it quite clear to the French authorities that it can only be in very specific, limited circumstances,

Robert Boyle

He was questioned by Port Authority Police at 8 a.m. and several times since then. His story checks out,

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

Bill Bradley

I think that any time a president lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the people's trust.

Mike Ribeiro

I think a lot of people couldn't have imagined that. For us, to go there and get one was great, and now to come back with two, I think it's amazing. We went there and got two and I think they're going to come here with the same authority to at least get one.

Lynn Coady

I think authors like me are always struggling with the idea that they should have a brand and a Facebook author page and they should get Twitter accounts. I don't know what to do with them.

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.

Carlos Queiroz

He went to make a statement as was planned. Based on those statements, the authorities are going to reach fair and correct conclusions,

He has been transferred by the authorities in Belgrade. We believe he's a Bosnian Serb.

He is an extremely well-liked, well-respected, model inmate in the system by the authorities as well as by the inmates. Some of the inmates have come to sympathize with him because of his special restrictions.

John Ashcroft

From the outset the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal authorities have provided virtually all the resources that would be necessary and appropriate and could be used effectively,

From the marathon runner who took up running in his 60s, to a bestselling author who published 13 books after she turned 65, the 2005 recipients give new meaning to the terms zest for life and healthy aging.

I give them a lot of running room and authority to do their jobs. All of that I tried to leave for my senior people and I've found ... generally that works very well. Get the best people, give them plenty of authority and let them develop their own ideas and organizations and go with it.

If we were here talking about dangerous dogs smoking, the city would have authority. This is not about smoking. This is about which level of government can regulate it.

If the Taiwanese authorities refuse peaceful negotiation to solve the reunification issue, China will have no choice but to take all measures, including the use of force, to defend its territorial integrity.

If the health authority can't handle the call, it shouldn't stop there,

If someone got terminated from my company tomorrow, it would be easy for me to revoke your rights to the presentations and documents that are spinning on their notebook computer. Once documents get out and you don't have a tie back to licensing authority how do you make those documents disappear?

Bill Stern

I grew up in South Carolina. There are a lot of things about state government that we're not proud of where we rank. The ports authority is not one of them.

If they remained in our control, we know where they went, ... If they were taken out by the authorities, we don't know.

If they're defying authority in regards to this immigration protest, they're going to be suspended, regardless of their ethnic background.

Paul Meyer

If this lawsuit ends up favorable for Durham County, then that would be interpreted as definite authority through case law.

If this is what takes to get the Port Authority back to the table, we're happy to offer them some new thoughts to get the conversation going.

If we develop our own, it will probably be our dollars. If we turn to the authority, there will be strong support from the state and water management district. So there is some real incentives to look to the authority first.

I have heard of local authorities without a single engineer.

I have heard it being talked about, ... My understanding is its to make things run more efficiently, to give me the authority to do my job.