Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard King

There's three branches of government, the executive, the legislative, the judicial. In Pittsburgh, that court was all three.

John Corbett

The new branch office will be completed by the end of this month or early next month. This has been about a nine-month process.

They want other branches and roots to flourish. I actually take this as a sign of Delta's commitment to Cincinnati over the long term. Cincinnati as a hub is not going away, and this is just tweaking it to make it more effective.

They'll have to do some work to get the branches up to snuff.

In general, we'd like to know who's related to whom, and the pattern of the branches of the tree of life.

But instead of a tree, we got a bush where many branches sprout close together.

Henning Mankell

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

Henry Mayhew

But the branches of industry are so multifarious, the divisions of labour so minutes and manifold, that it seems at first almost impossible to reduce them to any system

By midyear, we'll have in the neighborhood of 25 branches running Win 2000,

Generally speaking, 95 percent of all branch applications get approved. It's really not a controversial process.

In public esteem, the judges are the most highly rated of the three branches of government.

In Oxford there was a strong branch of the League of Nations Union with Gilbert Murray as its chairman and Margaret Wilson as its secretary.

If you don't have fundamental biology, all the branches are going to whither.

Bryan Sykes

If you didn't have that genealogical information, you wouldn't have the first idea about those two branches or where they come from.

In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

Instead of looking for ways out, we need to look for reasons to keep this branch here.

Christopher Hitchens

The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for "peace through strength" has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch, turning it from legal watchdog to lapdog.

I pledged to him unrestrained support in his Government in its exceedingly difficult task from all branches and organizations of Economy.

Stephen Hadley

In terms of the administration and executive branch process, that process has been completed ... There's nothing to reopen. In terms of the CFIUS, process, it's been completed.

Michel Hazanavicius

I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

Herman Melville

Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects, grow the chapters.

George W. Bush

I have a duty to protect the executive branch from legislative encroachment.

Frank Zappa

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

William Daley

Governor Bush said that under our system of government the legislative branch passes the laws, the executive branch administers the law. Unfortunately, he left out one important branch of our government, the judicial branch, which has the responsibility of interpreting our laws and reconciling conflicts between statutes.

Randy Newman

I don't want your pity. I want to thank first of all the music branch for giving me so many chances to be humiliated over the years.

Andre Gide

How do you know when the fruit is ripe? - Simple: When it leaves the branch

Mark Billingham

I do have a touch of OCD, and I used to obsess about research. But I'm better than I was. Gone are the days when I would drive to a set of traffic lights to find out if you could turn left. I finally realised it didn't matter. A book will not stand or fall on whether or not there's a branch of Starbucks in Brixton.

Collectively, Fort Wayne branches have had some of the longest transaction times in Indiana.

Harry Reid

If confirmed to this lifetime job, John Roberts would become the leader of the third branch of the federal government and the most prominent judge in the nation. The Senate must be vigilant in considering this nomination.

Joe Henderson

I felt that I needed to branch out, ... I enjoyed racing in Nashville but there's a limit as to how far you can go there.

Judith Resnik

The central hope I have for this case in terms of separation of powers is that the Supreme Court will restore the constitutional directive that no one branch of government has the power to accuse, appoint the prosecutor, designate the judges, and render judgment.

The community history of the Chestnut Street branch is gigantic. We'd like to leverage that into expanded programming. There's a lot of good work already going on there and we want to enhance that.

Edward Burnett Tylor

The Indian fig trees sent down from every branch suckers, like smooth strings, which rooted themselves in the ground to draw up more water.