Famous Quotes & Sayings

The American people who have it in their power to elect presidents have decided they don't want to hear anything about any cuts, any restrictions on growth, any changes in benefits in popular programs. And if you tell them those things, they're not going to hire you as president,

David Souter

The applicability of the Establishment Clause to public funding of benefits to religious schools was settled in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, which inaugurated the modern era of establishment doctrine.

The announcement by HMRC shows that filing of financial reports in XBRL is moving from promise to reality in the UK. This will bring benefits of efficiency and cost savings in due course to investors, companies and regulators alike. We congratulate the Revenue on the hard work they have done to establish their XBRL service for Corporation Tax.

I think that it's a cut in the budget that is not wise, ... We've seen the benefits of that type of preparation and public education to both businesses, homeowners and governments, so I think we ought to keep that money because it can save lives and cut down on future losses.

Jacob Sullum

Like most drugs, their benefits outweigh the costs for most people. I'd rather be driving next to a truck driver on speed than a truck driver who's falling sleep.

I think right now it's an education process, ... We want to continue the benefits we have.

It does raise some questions as to who benefits from these projects. Is it the taxpayers of St. Pete in general or 'condominium row'?

It enables us to raise purses, which benefits the horsemen. The state also gets licensing fees. It also creates more value on winning bets that are likely to pay out more.

I think if modern medicine could put in a bottle all the positive benefits of exercise, they'd consider it a miracle drug.

Carl Edwards

I think I'm the one that benefits and it's making me look really good. The success we've had is not all my doing, that's for sure. But I am enjoying it.

Arun Sarin

It has become increasingly clear that the greatest operational benefits come from strong local and regional scale.

It allows greater density but not greater benefits to the town,

It depends a lot on who the fifth guy is. You have to consider how long he's going to be sitting out before he pitches again, No. 1, and what benefits you're looking to gain from that.

I think more students are seeing the benefits of living on campus. Here, (Troy) you have the one-stop-shop concept, which allows students to meet most of their needs on campus.

I think it would be a whole lot less costly than the $600 million we're paying in benefits to people who are here illegally.

Bill Halter

I don't have any plans to, but I'm sure it will have some collateral health benefits for him.

John Kim

I don't have a separate benefits division to look into the plan, so I've got to keep it simple,

I can increase efficiency and serve customers better. And while I'm doing that, I can make sure no one is screwing with my stuff. Done right, security, speed and business benefits all roll up together.

I am concerned, frankly, about the size and last-minute nature of this year's congressional spending spree, where they seem to be loading up the spending bills with special projects for special interests, but can't seem to find the time to raise the minimum wage, or pass a patients' bill of rights, or drug benefits for our seniors through Medicare, or tax cuts for long-term care, child care, or college education,

Barack Obama

I am extremely wary of this unnecessary and costly review of settled PTSD cases, ... The veterans who received full benefits for PTSD are some of those who need our help the most.

has offered our musicians an extremely fair contract proposal. ... The contract includes increases in salary and benefits and fully protects the existing overtime system. They have rejected that proposal and walked away from the table.

Eric Alexander

There are solutions to those problems. We have smart growth here already. There will be benefits to having foot traffic for merchants on Main Street, increased tax revenue.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Entrepreneurship is all about an idea that creates differentiated business value to one's customers. You must be able to convince your customers about the benefits that association with you or your products will give them. People are ready to pay if they are convinced about your services or products.

I feel really comfortable, ... The benefits of preseason really helped me out. Montae (Reagor) was out (hurt). I had to step up and be a leader.

Jodie Sweetin

Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood, that has its benefits and it has its drawbacks.

Given the increasing global importance of retirement issues and the rethinking of health care benefits and executive compensation, we expect our solid performance to continue in fiscal 2006.

Michael Hawley

Gillette remains confident that the continued strength of its core businesses, benefits from its reorganization and its optimization of trade inventories, coupled with an improvement in international economies, bode well for a return to its historic high growth rates in the near future,

Free File makes it easy to file online and get the benefits of e-filing. Taxpayers should review the Free File offerings and see which one works best for them.

From a fan's perspective, it was probably a great game to watch. I thank all the fans we had come out ... all the benefits are going to Hurricane Katrina (relief efforts), which is really the importance of this match.

Michael Hoffman

Funding of the Sun Grant is truly great news for Cornell, the Northeast and the nation. The Sun Grant is well positioned to help us diversify our energy supply portfolio, more important now then ever before, and generate a multitude of new natural products and industrial chemicals. We see many economic and environmental benefits for New York state farms and communities thanks to the Sun Grant.

Burt Rutan

Just like when early airplanes were flying in 1910, we didn't know what the benefits are, but we were doing it because it was fun.

Mike Wallace

Just merging the two organizations has a lot of challenges, ... The potential pitfalls and opportunities for disagreements exceed whatever benefits could be gained.

Larry Ellison

Joe brings perspective and experience not commonly found in Silicon Valley companies, ... In the last few years we have transformed Oracle Corporation into the leader in e-business. Joe will help us clearly and broadly communicate the benefits of e-business and e-government.