Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think we will eventually need to have an operating budget referendum but the problem is I don't think voters will go for it until we've changed how we handle the budget that we have.

Pierce Brosnan

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.

I think as we look at our starting five, it has to be a point of emphasis. We want to get more physical as a program. We lose two big guys with Phil and Buddy who are our two leading scorers inside.

We're living in a super price-sensitive and competitive market. Companies are totally preoccupied with short-term survival. With that kind of mentality, you shouldn't be surprised that energy research budgets have been on the skids for years.

Mitch Daniels

We recognize the federal government plays a very important role in researching cures for disease, and, therefore, our budget increases the NIH budget for 2002 by $2.8 billion, the largest increase in that department's history,

Allen Johnson

We're evaluating it with the sports commission. We're certainly going to look at it, especially the boys. We're definitely going to look into it to see if the economics work. The mayor, Buddy Dyer, likes the tournament.

Conan O'Brien

Today in Sri Lanka, Pope Francis visited a Buddhist temple. When asked why, the Pope said, 'Just keeping my options open. It's a dicey job market. You never know.'

John Kasich

We should start together. The president has started this race from Chicago which is why this budget isn't balanced,

We shouldn't hold the budget hostage for issues over tax increases or transportation. They can be resolved in a special session later.

Steve Stivers

I've actually cut my personal pay individually; we didn't vote on that, but I've done that individually. It's important that folks know that we're going to roll up our sleeves and work on things, and members of Congress are going to sacrifice our own budgets first.

Stephen Lang

I've always been curious about why one man jumps out of a foxhole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest, and his buddy next to him sits there cowering. And my feeling is that the difference is tiny between the two.

Bill Evans

With debt servicing ratios at record highs, house prices likely to remain soft and petrol prices stressing some household budgets a sharp resurgence in consumer spending seems unlikely,

While I think that 18 (months) is somewhat better than 24 (months), the truth of the matter is those numbers are sufficiently imprecise, and the whole thing is sufficiently unlikely that it seemed more suitable, especially given our continued budget pressure, to stick with 24 months.

While homeland security, the budget and the economy are on the front burner, we must continue to improve our public education system.

With the budget cuts, we felt there was a real need for an organization to focus on fund-raising programs for the entire school district.

Frank Bruno

We have money in the budget to do that,

Joshua Bolten

We must also redouble our efforts to reduce unnecessary spending elsewhere in the budget to help offset recovery costs and keep us on track of meeting the president's gal of cutting the deficit in half by 2009,

Richard Shelby

We must also look for ways to reduce mandatory spending which comprises more than two-thirds of the federal budget.

When you are talking about a budget for 2007 of $2,400bn, I don't want to sound crass, but $9bn is a rounding error.

When the federal government increases the budget deficit it increases interest rates on everybody, so it is like a tax increase on borrowing. What that means is that mortgages will be more expensive.

Nancy Pelosi

When we take this vote, we will make this budget very hot for the Republicans to handle,

Arlen Specter

When we take a look at the budget for the National Institutes of Health at $28 billion, it is, candidly, scandalous that with our resources, our resource capability, research capability in biomedical science, that people are still dying of breast cancer or colon cancer or heart disease.

Phil Parkinson

We've overachieved simply by staying in this division. We budget to go out in the first round and now we're in the fifth round.

The President's budget represents a starting point for what is certain to be a long debate in the Congress over the priorities of government.

The president's budget numbers for the low income energy and energy efficiency programs are inadequate given the energy costs confronting consumers today.

When someone sends me a message, I have five identities and five memberships. I would like to have one membership but see buddies in all of my systems,

Lyle Lovett

In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I might whisper it to my buddy and let him answer. I kept quiet.

Evan Goldberg

I went to a Christian all-boys' college one time to pick up my buddies so we could go play baseball, and I just remember walking through the halls, and there's all these crucified Jesuses. It's scary.

Gene Krupa

Well I guess I like variety pretty much, but I do enjoy this work very much. Particularly with Buddy on the gig, we get a chance to knock each other out It'just wonderful.

We have crossed an important threshold. Folks understand that our budget problem is very serious or somewhat serious, and that is a threshold that should not be taken lightly.

We're unaware of any dollar figures but respect the budgetary challenges facing the administration. We will do whatever necessary to live within our means and continue our mission of health care, research, education and service.

Drake Bell

A lot of the people I'd love to work with, like John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, aren't alive, unfortunately.

Carey Mulligan

We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.