Famous Quotes & Sayings

What authority does the United States have to gesticulate and make improper comments about China's defensive national defense policy and measures? ... China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.

What authority does a court clerk have to collect more than the fine that is owed? Essentially, that's what they're doing.

We certainly don't want to give them carte blanche authority to determine either what is safe or unsafe without some type of basis for that decision or explaining why.

David Hoffman

We certainly believe we meet the test (for having authority to sell at market rates), and we'll see where it goes from here.

Andrew Gray

We continue to work with leadership to draft a bill that will provide the necessary borrowing authority as expeditiously as possible.

This many deaths scream (for) investigation by everyone with authority to do so.

I have to emphasize - and this is important - that they have not been in default of any obligation that they have to the authority from either a financial or construction perspective. Until that changes, nothing further is required by the authority. You can't punish someone in anticipation of them doing something inappropriate.

In view of the concerns raised by federal, state and local officials over this approval, the Port Authority must ensure that a full and comprehensive review of this matter is complete.

In those places where the Palestinian Authority fails to deal with terrorists, we will have to do it - and we can't wait.

Bryan Brown

I offered to do the legal work on that contract. The authority declined to have us do the work for them for free. So the first time I saw the contract it was a done deal.

In the past, I stayed with friends, a couple of bad friends. The (Metropolitan Regional Housing Authority) said they would contact me when something became available.

If you've written it yourself, it's more authority over the piece. I think this is one of the most valuable experiences they will have educationally.

Rod Smith

If you want to fix the schools, pay the teachers better, recruit the best and the brightest back into the classroom, give them the authority to run the classes, educate them so that we're doing something besides becoming just an FCAT test center.

If the last balloon flight had gone smoothly, this would not have happened. We have delayed all approvals. Authorities now have to rethink the whole area.

If there was some authority in place to make sure that the designs were used properly then there would be a lot of opportunities for designers. For instance, most of these designs could be seen in Caribbean Fashion Week.

Ruth Kelly

If there hasn't been significant progress after a year, then the local authority and the school ought to consider a more radical option.

William Keeler

If there's any kind of wrongdoing, it should be reported immediately to authorities and it should be dealt with promptly. That certainly is what we look for as we have come through a learning process that has been constructive and painful.

If the Palestinian Authority cannot impose law and order in the most basic manner that is required to have a functioning civil society, how do they expect to establish a Palestinian state living peacefully side by side with Israel?

Keith Richards

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

Isaac Watts

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

Jerry Brown

Before we turn a housing authority back over, we like to make sure it's financially sound, it has a plan and we have done everything we can do to make sure that the tenants are getting what they should be getting.

He's showing that you don't need formal authority. You can have moral authority and be a player - not positional authority, but moral authority? In many ways, it's a personal crisis like that which drives you to a position of moral authority.

Stacy Schiff

How does a woman in authority convey that authority? Is it possible for a woman to rule without sounding shrill? Is it possible for a woman to manage without manipulating? All of these things seem to me to be very much at the fore today, and were no less the case 2,000 years ago.

Housing authorities have never been more broke. Funds for public housing were not keeping pace with demand, even before Katrina.

Janet Reno

I don't think I had the authority to go the other way.

I don't think Indians were on her agenda. She delegated too much authority away to people who were detrimental to Indians.

Sathya Baba

If one loses wealth, he may regain it by some means or other. If he loses health, some doctor might prescribe a tonic to win it back. If one loses status and authority he may, by sheer luck, gain them back. If Virtue is lost, it is lost forever; nothing can restore the pristine purity. So one has to be ever vigilant and should never slacken.

I have no idea what the Ports Authority is thinking and I never have. We're moving forward with the condemnation and feel confident it's back on track and are delighted that the Supreme Court ruling justified our right to build a marine terminal on the Savannah River.

Vito Fossella

I have no confidence in Hamas as a responsible leader of the Palestinian Authority nor do I believe the terrorist group wants peace with Israel.

O. Henry

I guess all things have to end, and they ended (the scoreless stretch) with authority.

Bill Richardson

I need full authority. I don't care what is holding it up. We just need to get it done -- this is for the national interest. I'm just stating a fact. It's not authorized,

Ron Kind

In America, however, the authority to grant legal status to a marriage has been a function reserved for the states, and different states have different laws regarding issues ranging from blood-testing to waiting periods before marriage.

Fred Thompson

I'm talking about using the authority of your office to encourage them to do the right thing. I would call on you to do, as you've done before, and call on an independent counsel yourself,