Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marco Rubio

I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths.

I'm hoping that the public and the system will learn how unprepared the City of New York and the Port Authority were on that day.

Richard Holbrooke

in no way infringes on sovereignty (or) authority of countries, but shows the collective will of the Security Council.

In principle, one authority such as EASA is desirable. But this only delivers benefits if the national authorities scale back their activities, and provided that everybody is clear on who is doing what. In that respect there is still some work to be done.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I rejoice in the fact that Christ is not dead but risen from the grave! He lives and has returned to the earth to restore His authority and gospel to man. He has given us the perfect example of the kind of men and women we should be.

Porter Goss

CIA will have the authority to set standards for the entire intelligence community on things relating to (human espionage),

Michael Howard

His authority has disappeared virtually to vanishing point. He is in office but not in power.

highly significant statement from someone of his authority and stature within republicanism.

By what lawful authority do you bring me to trial?

By turning to and leaning on authority figures around her,

Dan Gelber

By the majority resolution, we will be disenfranchising every voter who went to the polls in the state of Florida. This does nothing but jeopardize the process... and (we) declare ourselves the paramount authority just as the United States Supreme Court considers these very same issues.

This is a big deal for the authority. It opens the door for them to get moving on the $120 million expansion down there that they need really bad.

They should rethink the entire flood protection system of New Orleans. It is a real hodgepodge of authority. If there was a coordinated effort, more could be done with less money.

Yulia Tymoshenko

They think they can destroy my authority and credibility with the people, their trust in me,

EPA does not have authority to pay MRC for money owed by Asarco.

Environmental groups today are accusing the Bush administration of massively abusing its executive authority by working with its energy supporters in order to subvert and undermine our major environmental laws.

Matt Blunt

Federal authorities that have seen this site have said this is a model. This should be a national model.

Mark Twain

Conformity-the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority

Arlen Specter

Contrary to press accounts, I did not warn the president about anything and was very respectful of his Constitutional authority on the appointment of federal judges,

Michael Chertoff

Completing the Border Infrastructure System will strengthen our efforts to reduce illegal entry to the United States. Congress provided us the authority to ensure this project is completed, and I intend to use it,

Edward Kennedy

Do you believe that we have the authority and the power to pass legislation to free ourselves from the stains of racial discrimination?

We had received complaints that the inspector was intimidating Northwest replacement workers, was unprofessional in his conduct and exceeded his authority so we are also investigating those charges.

Marc Rotenberg

We had raised some of the antitrust issues in our complaint, but the FTC's position was that they really did not have antitrust authority in this matter, so they were focusing solely on the privacy and security questions.

Ben Goldacre

Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.

Broad claims of authority and broad claims of illegality are equally suspect.

Javier Solana

We are trying to provide the necessary resources we hope that we will have enough money to support the Palestinian Authority until a new government is formed.

We are trying to get the Department of Defense to create a line item in their budget and give somebody the authority to go out and strategically buy satellite capacity.

We feel strongly they do have the authority and responsibility to review textbooks.

Pankaj Mishra

As the spiritual leader of six million people, the Dalai Lama can be credited with a significant renunciation of the authority of tradition - of the conventional politics of national self-interest as well as of religion.

Paul Broun

I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the federal Constitution to have a big federal criminal justice system.

Sathya Baba

Those who have faith in the Veda and its authority can personally experience this.

Richard Flanagan

What is missed when people talk about books is the moment of grace when the reader creates the book, lends it the authority of their life and soul. The books I love are me, have become me.

What I want from authorities -- from Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, the prime minister and senior officials -- are words of peace.