Famous Quotes & Sayings

It is a more personal medium than a lot of people give it credit for. Keep in mind, you are six inches from your computer. You are very focused. The candidates have one shot to make an impression.

I think there?s a lot of viable candidates and a lot of times they look at somebody that?s done more, shown more ... It?s a real commitment for a kid, in the short term, to come back for a fifth year. And I think that makes an impression on (the players).

It certainly lays a path for future candidates to communicate with voters on something other than race- or religion-based formulas.

It is a list for change and reform, composed of candidates from a new generation, our historic leaders as well as women and prisoners.

Really, it's the foundation of democracy. Any citizen can go to the precinct convention, take an issue or a concern, and ultimately take it to the state party and in other years all the way to the national party and the presidential candidates themselves.

David Newman

Organizations that have been granted tax-exempt status ought not endorse specific candidates for public office. What we have in Odessa, what some people actually seem to be proud of, is an ongoing problem with separating the prerogatives of church and state.

I thought we had nine good candidates. It wasn't that we eliminated any candidates because of what they said. It was that we kept these because they were better. I think everybody (on the board) thought these were the strongest candidates.

I thought they would be two candidates that should be interviewed. That's not going to happen.

John McLaren

I thought they were well prepared and I thought I was well prepared and we had good dialogue. I felt good about the way it went. Like all the other candidates feel like they're the guy, I feel like I'm the guy.

Just because he is the last man standing doesn't necessarily mean he is going to be the candidate. Other candidates are going to emerge.

Making those under investigation candidates could send a message that the mafia appreciates, a message of impunity, a challenge to the justice system.

You are going to have candidates going into their hotel suites to watch the returns, knowing that anything could happen.

We've had concerns about the recent election where over 1,000 candidates were disqualified from running and there were many allegations of election fraud and interference,

We have communicated to the music-director candidates the current situation. It's our intention, as long as we are able to operate the season, to have those candidates come in.

We have candidates for seven of the nine races. None of these candidates are sacrificial lambs. They can all win.

Voters in the West are a neglected constituency. Presidential candidates have a responsibility to know the entire American family.

Voters elect candidates because they understand the issues rather than engage in leftwing fantasies.

We invite all the candidates to come and share their concerns and views. In the past some have not shown up but they are given the opportunity to come.

Will Adams

We do not customarily endorse congressional candidates and we did not in this case.

I think he's one of the top two or three candidates for Coach of the Year.

Bill Clinton

I think he's got it. The Democrats need candidates whom people can relate to in a personal way, people who understand their lives and their concerns and share their values. And I think that's something Tim can do without even pretending.

I think he has come to realize the joy of coaching. I told him we will start preparations to list up candidates for his replacement. He said we need not to hold anything back because of him.

It created an opportunity for alternative candidates to emerge to exploit this dissatisfaction. None of them won, but certainly the elections were hotly contested.

Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections.

Marcus Samuelsson

While I hold my own political views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues.

Jon Soltz

These candidates truly are the A-Team. Every single one of them are in a position to win their races if given the proper support, which we promise to deliver to them.

These candidates tend to have cultural and geographical strengths, though they do lack industry experience. Still, that can be less risky in a technical setting, especially if this person is running a purely technical shop or research and development staff.

These results are great - I feel we've won. People are definitely supportive of the issue. I'm going to carry on - with the Minuteman Project and we'll be supporting candidates for Congress.

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.

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.

Harry Reid

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