Famous Quotes & Sayings

They are about to move into their budgeting year and so we typically see a prediction of better hiring as soon as they open up their budget, especially with a new government. There's a lot of optimism in public administration in terms of hiring.

Sandra Tsing Loh

The very success of the modern American family - where kids get punctually to SAT-tutoring classes, the mortgage gets paid, the second-story remodel stays on budget - surely depends on spouses' not being in love.

The SBA lending environment has been active, and we expect it to continue as such. In the short term, the budget decisions are going to mean very little, if anything, and I presume the same thing will hold over the long term.

I've said before, and I'll say it again: we can do better. We must do better. And we would do better, if we made better budget choices.

I've read about the budget and the need for matching funds. I would be willing to see the money better allocated in the city budget. The library is pretty important and it was pretty well neglected last year.

It was very significant that ... former President Clinton would have his office located here in central Harlem. His being here helps to budget the economic fiber of urban America.

The top priority of course will be to put a budget together this year that ensures quality but lives within the limited tuition guidelines that we've got.

Paul Gillmor

The time has come for us to close our nation's wallet, reverse our deficit spending and treat the government's budget like we would our own.

I understand when you have to look at cutting budgets. But when you look at one program and you take one thing out of it, you eliminate participation. It counters what has been a statewide move to provide more opportunities.

I understand we have a lot of streets to repave and not a lot of money in the budget.

I understand there is no good answer. But I don't want the budget cut to change optimal education time. 4:15 is very late to get out, but 7:45 or 7:30 is the other extreme.

What the delinquencies tell us is that there are more people who are under financial stress. The rise in energy prices is sucking up much more of households' budgets than they ever did.

We try to budget at least as much as we've paid the prior year.

We help them do things that are just not in their budget.

We could be continuing until March 2003 under this year's budget.

We are trying to make things as pleasant as we can. We got a roof on so it doesn't leak anymore. We are ripping up and replacing damaged floor in the utility room. We will do a little kitchen work putting in a new kitchen counter and sink. We will put a new vanity in the bath, and I think that will run our budget out. We will come back and do the outside work during the week.

We're very pleased, ... We think this is a very sound budget. It does keep the tax rate the same.

Gov. Rell feels Len Boyle is doing a superb job as commissioner. The governor understands and shares many of the budget frustrations - but at her initiative, the state police will finally have a full complement of 1,248 troopers in 2006.

in a budget crisis of its own making.

Bob Elliott

I guess we still look forward to any other input, but it looks like the budget will be workable at 3.5 mills, ... I don't think we need any more than that right now. We can't go any lower than that unless we generate money somewhere else, and I don't know where that somewhere else would be. The millage is where we need it to be to do what we need to.

If there is a chance to pass the budget in time then parliament will not be dissolved but if there is a crisis, then yes it could happen.

It ends up resulting in a reduction in what we're able to accomplish, because we have to make adjustments with our budget to stay within budget and deliver services that are needed.

Richard Gephardt

I suggest to members that we're making a mistake with this budget, ... It's a $2 trillion-plus tax cut that mostly goes to the richest Americans.

Clearly we've got a population crunch coming, ... That's why we need these new facilities on budget and on time.

Tina Brown

Clinton passed his first budget without a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate. Before it led to the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, it led to a Democratic defeat in the 1994 midterms.

I haven't voted for a budget in four years. I think this year things went a lot better because we were all in the room.

I put in work for my neighborhood. Hundreds of bills, measures, budget items, and hearings. I always tried to make it a point to stay late, to always run the longest hearings, to carry nearly the most bills. The tragedy was that of the 18 years I was in Sacramento, 16 years were under Republican governors.

Richard Gephardt

I plead with members, turn down this budget, and let's do a budget that doesn't send this country back into deficits,

In the past, when we had the more difficult budget years, it was considered successful if we were able to retain $65 million in general fund money for the Centennial Highway Fund.

In the midst of budget reviews for 1998, this is clearly an appropriate time for such a review.

In the budget climate of California, the governor feels he shouldn't unduly burden the taxpayers.

In terms of fiscal policy very little is expected from the budget.

Felix Sabates

I gave Robby an unlimited budget for Indy and he managed to exceed that.