Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Johnson

I made the decision because of budget restrictions and we need the manpower here in the department, ... There hasn't been a decline in drug crime in the county, but I think we could put the officer to better use locally through our department.

Mike Brown

I love to draw. That is one of my hobbies growing up. I just love to draw. My buddy taught me how to draw.

Charles Djou

I'm very disappointed. I fought very hard to make sure funding stayed in the budget.

In general, the passage of the budget is expected to go smoothly, given it contains little that is new or controversial.

That's the figure we'll be working with in our budget.

That is, indeed, the true budget we have today,

David Carr

That land has been hard to come by. It's crazy to be selling it off to meet short-term budget needs.

Juan Marichal

That man helped us so much. We stopped in some places to eat and that man used to go from the back door through the kitchen with us to make sure we had something to eat, ... I don't think without that help from Buddy Kerr we could have made it. We would never have come back.

Elizabeth Smith

It's something we didn't plan on in our budget.

It's not a real exciting budget. It's fairly routine business this year. As much as possible, we tried to limit department requests to current budget levels. There was some give and take on that because of salary changes.

It's not finished, ... We will fine-tune the budget between the next workshop and the final reading.

It's not a perfect budget in the least, but it's one we can support. We're encouraging people to go out and vote yes.

David Cox

Eighty-five percent of our current operating budget is dedicated to personnel expenditures.

Eight years ago, our future was at risk, ... Economic growth was low, unemployment was high, interest rates were high, the federal debt had quadrupled in the previous 12 years. When Vice President Gore and I took office, the budget deficit was $290 billion, and it was projected this year the budget deficit would be $455 billion.

Steve Smith

Education has always been a sacred cow in state budgets. There's a constitutional responsibility to provide all students a decent one.

Michael Moss

Every one of our 10,000 taste buds is wired for sugar. But we aren't born liking salt - we develop a taste for it at about 6 months.

Everyone doesn't necessarily spend 100 percent of their budget amounts in a given year.

Everybody is in the same position, waiting to see what will be in the budget in regard to the Energy Policy Act.

It's important to remember there were many factors contributing to the budget and energy problems over which he had no control.

Rick Astley

I've done drives through Budapest and Oslo and used to drive to Sardinia, too, which is quite a journey. Drives are an adventure because I don't plan them too carefully. I take detours depending on how I feel and usually stop and stay at places I like the look of.

Phil Simms

Not changing ruined Buddy Ryan . He wouldn't change from the 46 defense, even when people figured it out. Not Bill. He changes every year.

Nancy Pelosi

The Republican budget was about increasing the deficit, cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle class and hurting those who need our help most -- hurricane survivors, seniors, students, and rural Americans. Democrats were united and made those issues too hot to handle for Republicans.

Kent Conrad

There needs to be recognition by the administration that his budget is not going to get through the Senate because his priorities are not the priorities of the country.

There may not be a solution, but we've got like $200,000 worth of overtime in this budget and it looks to me like there would be some way we could knock some of that out. If we could, it might eliminate having to do away with people, or at least some of them. Maybe there's not a way, but that just looks like a ton of overtime.

There may be a couple of surprises in the budget but for the most part I think they are going to play it reasonably safe and not fool with expectations too much. And if that's the case, then the market movement shouldn't be large.

This is way in excess of market expectations and suggests that the Chancellor's finances will end the year in reasonable form and will certainly be a good platform for his budget on March 22.

This is the most troubling budget we've seen from this White House.

This is the most positive budget I've presented in at least six years since the Carnahan administration. It is very, very preliminary at this point and there are sure to be some changes but it is looking good.

This is their dream so maybe they go one less place or maybe do one less thing they are still going to own that coach they've been dreaming about it for a while and for the folks in the million plus category its such a small part of their over all budget it doesn't impact them too much.

Maria Cantwell

This is too important a question to slide into the budget bill, ... We are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.

This is the wheel, the wheel of doctrine, and it symbolizes Buddhist teachings. The prayer wheel is all about harmony, loving kindness and peace.

This is a very strange appropriations year. We are dealing with a surplus and budget cuts. The question is who is gong to take the pain for spending cuts?

They're leaving that option open and that's why they're floating this fall budget thing.