Famous Quotes & Sayings

I like all the chairs to talk to one another and to the sofas and not those parlor-car arrangements that create two Siberias.

They are moving around the deck chairs on a sinking ship but are trying to convince the American public that they are moving mountains.

They'll pull chairs out of the back if they're really busy.

There's no other way to diplomatically frame it - there's an empty chair there.

The town chairs say, 'Ned, go for it, but I can't say anything publicly.'

I speak to the chairman all the time because he's close to the team,

Ultimately, it's the (department) chairs and deans who are accountable in hiring and promoting people.

Robert Hormats

We are massively reliant on foreign capital. One of the jobs of the next Fed chairman will be to keep investors confident in the economy.

They're entitled to their opinion. I don't think that's the proper forum, to take on the chair and question his integrity. In that situation, I think it was wrong, ... terrible.

I know Coach. He was probably sitting on the edge of his chair on every play, hoping a guy would make a tackle or force a turnover. He knows the game. He understands it, and I'm just glad we could give him some comfort for three hours.

I offered her a chair and got her a folding metal chair. I offered her some water,

Kelly King

If you have six chairs open, you need 12 guards on duty. One sits in the chair, and the other patrols the beach.

I met with him earlier today he was in a great mood. He has gotten up in a chair today.

Tom Johnson

I met J.B. Fuqua in the early '60s. I was then a young reporter and he was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia,

If I were chairman of the board, I would turn to Mark and tell him to do exactly what you have been doing a while longer. Improve margins further, keep establishing your credibility on Wall Street, and go get more market share now that Dell is on the run.

Jacques Rogge

I have no concerns. The chairman of the coordination commission has no concerns,

I had to push my chair back to get up.

I'm surprised. This is probably the first time that the defense of 'I didn't know' denials has worked for a former chairman or CEO. This may be the first time that the Sergeant Schultz defense has worked.

Bobby Rush

I'll be talking with the chairman of the transportation committee when i get back to Washington to see whether or not there's anything that can be done to look at this particular piece of track.

In the first place, the chairman shouldn't be weighing in,

In the days before term limits, politicians who knew they weren't ever going to be governor were content to stay in the Legislature. They knew that being a Senate committee chair was a better job than being lieutenant governor.

Neil Abercrombie

I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, ''Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control?'' ''Well, we have no mechanism to do it,'' I was told.

David Davis

Clearly it is an embarrassment that the party rank and file turned down a proposal from the leadership of the rank and file - from the chairman - but that's by the by, we have to deal with that.

Being Fed chairman only increases his value that much more.

The Holy Father, with his words and his works, has given us great things; but no less important is the lesson he gave us from the chair of suffering and silence.

The guy who sits in this chair winning on Sunday is going to have to make a few eagles. It's the most important hole in this tournament.

Harry Redknapp

The good thing is we are still in there and still trying (to sign him). The chairman is working on it and I hope we can get him.

This is moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.

All it takes is a courageous chairman who is going to give him a chance, ... I know already there are two or three clubs desperately keen on him.

Paul Auster

Anyway, right around that time I had a problem with a wisdom tooth and I had to go to the dentist to have the thing pulled out, and it was while I was sitting in the chair in the dentist's office, the dentist had picked up this big pair of pliers and was just about to yank out my tooth when the telephone rang.

An empty chair in the classroom and in all of our hearts.

A revenue-neutral proposal is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Pete Domenici

Any oil company that is price gouging will find themselves in our witness chairs where they will be held accountable,