Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pico Iyer

It's an old principle, as old as the Buddha or Marcus Aurelius: We need at times to step away from our lives in order to put them in perspective. Especially if we wish to be productive.

(Wells) drives a Corvette and didn't have room for Buddy and her child.

Joe Turner

We have the funding to double the (park) operating budget right off the bat.

Lawrence Summers

Today, the IRS operates in a low-trust, short-tether budgeting environment, ... This makes rational planning for capital projects such as information technology very difficult.

When I saw (Tan's movie) 15, I thought this guy is just up there, you know, ... I said, 'Look Roy, just do a feature. Don't worry, we'll get the money, and you keep the budget really lean.' That's how 15 (the feature-film version) came about.

I was as disappointed as everybody else was. There was a loud hue and cry about the amount, that the House budget was less than the governor's budget on Chapter 70. That was not taken lightly.

Roger Cook

I would inspect anything that's on sale to make sure it's healthy and strong and that next year's buds are set.

Scott Gomez

My buddies are now complaining about my assists. It's nice to score, but we've got to win.

Most certainly, all the budget specific questions have been answered.

Mike Bloomberg says he hasn't cut the NYPD budget, but what he doesn't want to talk about is that there are thousands fewer cops on our city streets,

When that change was made about $370,000 was taken out of the budget in revenue collected,

When students graduate from college, the first rule of thumb is to create a budget and stick to it. Be sure to make your student loan payments on time, every time.

David Gill

We have our budget set for the summer and that won't change.

We joined up under the buddy system, but we were only together for a few weeks,

We have a limited budget and need to prioritize our money, and since we had not received a plan, we ceased discussing that possibility.

We wanted to hold a nonpartisan rally to show a good portion of the town supports a quality education and wants a chance to vote on the budget before it's cut further.

We've got some folks that have production budgets using numbers from 1999. That just wasn't information that was going to be helpful to us today.

We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer.

We have to look at all areas. I have to plan for a $218,000 deficit. The referendum could fail. If it does, I've got to have the budget balanced.

We're working under a tight budget this year, very tight.

We're under way to having the budget produced

Utility costs represent a sizeable increase of the proposed budget request by 75 percent. Our utility costs are up $740,000 over FY06. We are working on a strategic education plan for the schools that will have a vision statement.

Roy Blunt

In the case of the Democrats' 2009 budget request, the statement of need could not have been articulated any clearer: We need more spending, historic new tax hikes, and greater control over the way American families live their lives.

We hope the Legislature takes to heart our previous warnings about the budget shortfall and the need for fiscal responsibility.

We hope the leadership will find it in their hearts and minds and budgets to bump us up a bit.

We hope that the budget is such that next year, finally, these important investments can be made in our state?s future.

Bart Stupak

While costs for full interoperability are estimated at $18 billion, for the second year in a row the president's budget completely zeros out specific funding for interoperability,

We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. However, if the price remains high or goes higher, then we may have to drop a home-and-home series with someone.

We don't see this as a budget exercise. It's about management excellence.

David Brown

We don't have a budget problem at this point. We've spent about half of our budget. We budgeted $3-million, and we spent about $1.7-million so far.

Larry Beinfest

We got the players we wanted. We didn't take players because we thought we could sign them. We didn't bypass somebody. These were the players we wanted. We had worked the budget and worked with David and Jeffrey on the budget, and we're confident if this guy is here at that number, we're going to be able to sign him and get it done.

We get a lot of our funding from player's pockets. Our budget is about $10,000.

Greg Bird

We found a significant budget shortfall in Michigan that forced us to make difficult choices. These prisoners can be housed in alternative facilities at a savings to the taxpayer.