Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was done because of a recognition that education takes a majority of our budget and because education influences other things like neighborhood character.

That's the item in our budget that grows significantly every year, ... We never turn a family away for financial reasons. Most of the people that have their children at Valley School are making a real personal financial sacrifice to have their children there.

That's the only way I see it passing. Because of budget restraints and programs being cut, I do not see it gaining momentum as a national playing rule and a required rule.

Stan Mikita

I was put on a budget and tried to stay in it, ... You can always call and say, 'I need some money.'

I think it's particularly important as all the defense budgets around the world come under pressure that we have a balance.

I think this budget should be passed without any changes whatsoever because it meets the needs of our students here in Bloomfield.

It is not necessary or even possible for us to massively increase the defense budget,

It is on budget and looks like it's right on target.

Atom Egoyan

I think that's one of the real joys of working with a small budget - that you have to determine exactly what it is that you need and want to say.

It is more difficult to get public funds for sports facilities. State and local budgets are strained, services are being cut, taxes are being raised.

It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave),

Eric Johnson

Like most budgets, it's a roller coaster, ... We will strap ourselves in and see how many loop-de-loops there are.

Last year it took four votes to pass the budget and each time the budget kept getting depleted to what I thought was a dangerous point. I'm very happy to say the vote passed the first time out.

Late this summer we'll be going into union discussions. That contract expires Nov. 30, so we'll need to pull that stuff together. And then we've got budgets to work on. There's going to be quite a few key administrative things that the new director is going to have to deal with pretty much from the get-go.

Little or no increase in what the state pays to take care of its most troubled children has resulted in a $100 million budget hole.

I wish we had a finance director. We're working on the budget, for goodness sake. It would help us in getting together a budget and a five-year plan.

I was hopeful that they were going to take a stand and vote to make it official that they intend to eliminate (longevity pay) during the next budget cycle. Voting in favor of eliminating it today would have sent a strong message to the voters and they chose not to do it. I was glad that Joe Jaynes did take a stand and make a motion, but I was disappointed that there was no second.

I was informed in early January that they had eliminated my job. Financially, times are very tight (at the station). We've made some big investments in the Broncos, Oprah Winfrey and the Web site. The way it was explained to me was that the station budget would no longer support a morning sports guy.

It doesn't matter whether funding comes from a dedicated budget or from R&D. The trend is to remove funding from commercial ties to better comply with new industry trends. Some companies still rely on marketing or commercial ops for funding, but transition takes awhile, especially with larger companies.

I teach English, but I also coordinate the honors program. I told them that and they were devastated. They decided they would like the honors program to take that on with whatever extent we could with no budget.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

It drove them nuts, ... But the interesting thing about it is, the following week they signed the budget exactly the way it was a week before.

It does seem that there needs to be some sort of a fiduciary watchdog over (the commission's) budget. These are public funds and need to be handled prudently.

It has become clear that Gordon Brown's budget forecasts are no longer in the realms of possibility.

Brad Sherman

I think historians in the future may wonder why in our defense budget we spent so much defending ourselves from missiles and so little defending ourselves from diseases,

Lisa Anderson

I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.

Nick Minchin

I stress that the assumptions reflected in the budget papers do not reflect any government decisions and do not reflect in any way a target price,

I think this is a responsible budget for the elementary and secondary costs. With the secondary portion there were a lot of pieces out of our control.

I'm skeptical that a lot of people will use them, and I'm even more skeptical that Congress is in a mood right now to pass anything that has a negative budget impact.

Hilary Benn

I am concerned by recent developments in Uganda and I have decided to cut 15 million pounds from our planned budget support this year and postpone a decision on whether to provide a further five million pounds until after the elections.

Handling the budget is a big part of the job, but you have to realize that 70 or 80 percent of the budget is mandated by the state; you can change very little of it. But you do have to look at cuts.

I can't really speculate on what the outcome of the budget will be other than stay tuned.

David Axelrod

I can only conclude the same geniuses who put the county budget together are now working as his campaign advisors.

Getting a handle on this budget is as hard and elusive as nailing Jell-o to a tree.