Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fay Vincent

This is a great honor and an historic moment in the history of the Hall of Fame. What a great sadness there is that we didn't do this 30 or 40 years earlier. . . . These people who were candidates were greatly honored by being candidates, I'm sure, but it would have been nicer had we been able to do this 30 or 40 years ago and have so many more alive. So, I'm sorry we're late, but I'm proud that we're doing it.

This has caused consternation over our candidates publicly and in the press. People have questioned whether we can keep it together through the primary.

All candidates raise money differently. Our most effective way is face to face. For us, the Internet is not as effective.

Depending on the school culture at the site where they student teach, our teacher candidates are either very involved in faculty meetings and workshops, or they are not involved at all. We want to improve this because one of the most critical parts in laying the foundation for a quality teaching career is the student teaching experience.

Depending on how they turn out, you could see a dramatic shift in the experience, temperament and philosophy on the Supreme Court. The candidates in these races offer some very clear choices.

Denise is a very good candidate who has managed to carve out her own platform,

Harry Reid

A number of candidates who have been talked about are extreme.

Any legitimate candidate in a statewide race is going to have a major presence on the Web.

An ideal candidate would be able to satisfy different racial factions.

A self-funded candidate may make a splash early on with slick TV ads. But people want to peel back the surface and see if this is a candidate we can trust to do what's right.

As a Panhellenic whole, we do not support one candidate or the other, ... Part of exercising the right to vote is exercising the right to choose. We always hope for a good turnout at the elections, and we expect to see a large number of women participate this year.

John Green

Sawyer lost despite being the stronger candidate in terms of experience.

Terry Collins

Schwartz was the candidate that stuck out the most for all three of us,

Perhaps at no time in the recent past has the need for quality city leadership been more critical to Mesa than it is now. We want Mesa residents to know as much as possible about the people who are running for a chance to provide that leadership, and The Republic's forum gives citizens an excellent chance to eyeball the candidates and give them the kind of job interview necessary for an educated vote.

Jack Germond

Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.

Raising money can be the toughest thing for a candidate to have to do, and it can be a factor that leads some people to decide not to get involved in politics.

Our Democratic candidates up and down the slate are honest, qualified, enthusiastic people.

People that were really good candidates didn't make the cut, and I'd like to know why.

Officially I can say the following: we have a candidate in place, and his personal terms have been agreed.

Normally, the last couple of weeks is essentially a victory lap for one candidate and an exercise in self-delusion for the other. For the first time in a long time, these last two weeks really count.

Max Heindel

Advancement and promotion in Mystic Masonry is not dependent on favor; it cannot be given till it has been earned and the candidate has stored in himself the power to rise, any more than a pistol can be fired till it has been loaded.

Chris Mooney

After it's sewn up, its safe to vote for the odd candidate in order to make a statement.

Nancy Anderson

A couple of people are strongly considering running there but have yet to make their final decision. We're pretty confident that we will have a good candidate there.

Some patients aren't good candidates for current therapy strategies. Plus recent studies suggest that diet may play an important role in the development and recurrence of prostate cancer.

Scott Linehan

So we're going to be interviewing two or three candidates in the next four or five days and make sure they fit the requirements we have to coach our system and our defense.

So the African-Americans' candidates are progressing to the runoff.

Dick Cheney

Once you make the election you cannot change it, ... He had no knowledge at the time he would be a vice presidential candidate or that he might be going back into the government.

Phil Hare

Now 43 precincts with Democrats who voted for candidates for Congress (in the primary) will have no voice.

Oil and gas companies are prime candidates for the IPCC solutions that help automate the entire communication chain, with value additions that enhance productivity and streamline operations, as communications is the pivot of any successful enterprise.

Buck Showalter

Comparatively speaking, he's as good a candidate as we have. He's a guy you could potentially put there and leave alone.

Jonathan Haidt

There's an enormous difference between voting for a candidate because you hate another ethnic group and voting for a candidate because he's a member of your ethnic group.

A lot of other candidates from the wider financial industry wouldn't raise the notion of a conflict of interest.

They got pounded, ... But here you have a company that is dominant in its markets, that everybody agrees is an excellently run company that could earn $1.75 (per share) next year, so it's selling at about 11-times earnings. And it's an acquisition candidate down the road. So you see the theme here is growing earnings, low valuation.