Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Ridge

requesting some $36.2 billion clearly communicates this administration's commitment to investing in our Homeland Security.

Fred Anderson

remains very strong, with over $4.3 billion in cash.

Mario Cuomo

Religion is extremely important in this democracy - so important that it occupies a prime position in the Bill of Rights.

Roxane Gay

Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and how the fight for reproductive freedom is an ongoing one.

I think (Mugabe) is likely to sign the bill into law in the fastest possible time ? even within four days or so, ... He wants to have elections for the Senate by October.

It doesn't have to be some sort of brand new, $1 billion stadium like what was planned for New York.

It does seem a shame that those corrections were not done at the time it passed, even though everyone went and touted it as such great legislation. I'm not happy about having to do this now when we had the bill in front of us.

I tell my parents, 'The university just raised a billion dollars,' and their jaws just drop. It's validation of what we already are and an investment in what we are going to become.

Dick Costolo

I think if you look down the road for Twitter, we would like to be a company - a service - that is used by billions of people around the world in every country in the world because we feel that the power of Twitter is that it brings people closer to each other, to their governments, to their heroes, etc.

We are very glad the bill was paid. The whole issue's been financial all along. To get the bill current and a deposit for some future payments is reassuring to the city from a financial standpoint.

Edward Kennedy

This new finding means an extra $49 billion in profits for drug companies, but the legislation still does nothing to reduce the exorbitant prices that drug companies charge.

Jeff Sessions

We should do a good enforcement bill and leave the administration to execute it, then in the meantime, talk seriously about what we want to do about the future.

We think that the eventual savings from the deal will only be in the $7 billion pretax range, compared with GM's estimate of $12 billion.

David Rosenberg

Washington pundits expect such a bill to include the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act, which could lead to a wave of mergers in the utility sector.

We are waiting for project clearance for 100 billion rupees for an integrated township near Delhi. It is from a state government.

We are vulnerable for two reasons, the world has gotten smaller--more travel, we're more open and as business expands, we are more vulnerable. We are the most free nation in the world--a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. If we wanted to secure our borders or be a police state, we could, but we won't, because we are a free nation.

We are vulnerable for two reasons, the world has gotten smaller -- more travel, we're more open and as business expands, we are more vulnerable. We are the most free nation in the world -- a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. If we wanted to secure our borders or be a police state, we could, but we won't, because we are a free nation.

Ed Byrne

We are very much committed to Bill 27,

We are very happy with the versions of the bill that has been submitted in both the House and the Senate.

We are very happy to be reporting that our pro-forma earnings passed the $1 billion mark for the first time.

We did appoint a commission and made appointments to it, and (Commissioner) Billy Morgan was made chair, but as time passed, the enthusiasm for the effort just seemed to wane, so it never really got off the ground. I guess the commissioners thought that perhaps there wasn't a strong interest in pursuing it any longer.

We are going to continue to support (Sullivan) to get his bill on the floor of the House. (Sullivan) has to work in the House to make it happen. We will help him as much as we can to enhance his efforts, but we are (also) going to take some other avenues.

John Fowler

We are going to bill them as the fastest, most energy-efficient and reliable x86 servers in the industry. We have aimed these three servers at the bull's eye in the industry-standard market.

Ray Brown

We had several football players on that team. Eagle Day, Billy Kinard, Eddie Crawford. Back in that time, the various coaches did not demand 100 percent of your time to a specific sport.

We had sales of over NZ$1 billion for the last quarter -- the result of developing new businesses, markets, products & services. Our exports continue to grow with New Zealand export sales for the first half up over 19 percent on the same period last year

Bill Richardson

We want Bill Clinton on early to highlight the success of the Democratic Party,

Bernie Sanders

We all remember the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. What is less well known is that BP is claiming a 9.9 billion tax deduction on the money they had to spend cleaning up their own mess and paying for damages they caused. That is absurd.

David Mixner

She was green when green wasn't in. From sea to shining sea, Lady Bird Johnson has left her legacy in a more beautiful America. From millions of trees and wildflowers planted, to interstates free from billboards and replaced with green.

David Packard

Bill Hewlett and I were brought up in the Depression. We weren't interested in the idea of making any money. Our idea was if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself.

David Rudisha

Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.

If you go through the regular process of the House and Senate passing companion bills and then try and work out differences in the conference, maybe we can get something done.

Both governors and every commissioner are responsible. This is not necessarily a money emergency because people are crossing the bridges, paying their tolls and the bills are being paid. But bond markets do not look favorably on unpredictable, unreliable, politically driven decisions. Government organizations are created to pass budgets and meet bond covenants. To do otherwise is irresponsible.

Elon Musk

Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement.