Famous Quotes & Sayings

Finally, we have the contract we want and basically it is non-concessionary, ... We had a united negotiating committee and the united membership behind us is and that was the difference in these negotiations.

Fiber optics have linked the world together and made our world, our planet, basically one small place. If it weren't for fiber optics, we wouldn't be able to have inexpensive global phone calls or 200 cable channels on our televisions.

Finding people who are suspected of fraud is basic police work and we have people who can do that kind of work." ()

Noah Feldman

Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy. Violence was reduced because, for the first time since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Iraqis felt that there was a force capable of dominating the situation and ensuring basic order.

Faith is more basic than language or theology.

Failure to protect the basic rights of these farmers may cause social instability. We must formulate a law on safeguarding their social welfare.

Failures to observe basic procedures put our nation's secrets at risk

Alan Thicke

Family members can help support each other to make significant improvements in their exercise and eating habits. It begins with basic awareness.

Both sides have shown an accommodative stance to get to talks. This could be a strategic move, but the basic thing is that there shouldn't be a situation where war could be a reasonable expectation.

Alexandra Stoddard

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

Peter V. Brett

I jump around in the plotting stage, where I basically just make a bulleted list of every damn thing that happens in the entire book.

Michael Owen

I basically run on two hamstrings on my right leg and three on the other. I'm losing a third of the power.

Michael Hastings

You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.

Barack Obama

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.

Mike Patton

The governor wants the pharmacies to fill prescriptions, if given valid prescriptions, and I think basically as an organization we have the same expectations, but to also insure the right of pharmacists and the right of the patients as well.

The governor has failed his test of leadership and missed a historic opportunity to stand up for the basic civil rights of all Californians, ... He cannot claim to support fair and equal treatment for same-sex couples and veto the very bill that would have provided it to them.

Joe Harris

The government must realize that the basic state pension is totally inadequate and millions of older people, many of them women, are struggling to cope with rising bills and the cost of living.

There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.

When you have these matches, there is an ultimate outcome and basically this match should have been the way it was played out,

Phil Jackson

When you have guys like Dixon and Blake basically have career nights, that really sets you on the edge as a team. We didn't come out with the intent to play defense tonight.

When you play teams that are better than you, you begin to play better too, because if you don?t, then they basically run over you.

There are infinite small solutions. Crises or changes or problems can trigger many of these things which are basically adaptive. We are adapting.

Thomas Jane

We always need more tutors, because there are students who are waiting for a tutor to help them improve their reading, writing, math, or basic computer skills.

Gabriel Iglesias

When you leave, you basically want to go eat, because I talk a lot about food in my act. So when you leave, you leave hungry.

When you have a look at the potential liability they have in infringement cases, you basically could save multiple billions of dollars.

When you have a kid, your life is basically over for a few months.

Paul Farmer

The prestigious Hilton Humanitarian Prize is a terrific boost as we seek not only to provide direct medical services in seven countries, including our own, but also to bring countless supporters into a broad and global movement to promote basic rights for the poor. Winning the Hilton Prize is the greatest recognition yet received by Partners In Health, and we are proud, honored and grateful.

Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.

Dave Gibbons

I vividly remember my first 'Superman' comic, which my granddad bought me when I was about 7. From that point on, all I wanted to do is draw comics. And specifically, superhero and science fiction comics. Basically I used to copy comic books, and draw my own comics on scrap paper.

With only two crew aboard, there's some limited research taking place. But most of the crew's time is spent basically maintaining the station so a third crew member gives 33 percent more time and most of that time will be spent on research.

We have made no indication that we want to go there. Our desire is to stay here. We were basically minding our own business, try to repeal the Wright Amendment, and they came knocking on our door.

Sonny Lubick

We'll work hard at it. We've got to get better at it; we've got to work harder and get the right guys in there. It's all about basically coaching.

Dan Donegan

When we started writing, we went back to the basics of just kind of jamming out riffs, ... That brought us back to some of our influences. It made the songs seem like some of them could use guitar solos. We just thought we would expand on that. We're trying to contribute in our way bringing this element back to rock music.