Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harry Redknapp

It is something I have been thinking about for a while. I made it without any pressure from the chairman or the board.

I think we're toward the end of a period of real weakness and, by the third quarter, all the money (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan and the Fed have been pumping out will start to be spent.

I think what really triggered the rally was the surprise cut by (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan in interest rates. But earnings have been good enough to continue the rally. Now the concern going forward is: Can earnings grow in 1999.

I think that Christopher Meyer should leave his position as chairman of the PCC.

He had the greatest nickname of any pitcher -- 'The Chairman of the Board'.

He is not the chairman of a public corporation. He doesn't create shareholder value. He is essentially a regulator, and he is running an unregulated monopoly in a way.

Ken Jenkins

For the time frame that Ralph was the party chair, there is no doubt that the party chairman in general wielded a lot of power, and they wielded it a lot differently than I do today and we have done in the past few years. We don't do things the same way that we used to do.

Brian Kennedy

If the chairman could have loaded the family into a helicopter to go to all of these meetings and all of these parks for $5,000, he would have.

I would be nervous about picking an inflation-targeting champion as my next Fed chairman given the potential impact on employment growth.

If they refuse, in my opinion, Chairman Barnett should remove them. The employees and taxpayers have suffered enough.

Lawrence Summers

If we can do those things, we have a chance to keep this expansion going. But this is not the time to take what (Federal Reserve) Chairman (Alan) Greenspan, what six Nobel prize-winning economists have said would be a very risky course with a massive tax cut. We're not going to let it happen, ... Face The Nation.

Alan Sugar

My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.

to discuss a history of countless failed nominations in the past 10 years which were denied hearings by the chairman or the ranking member.

With the chairman off, a downgrade and the Japanese no longer likely to bid, the shares are unlikely to make further progress in the short term.

John Davidson

We've had the same Fed chairman for so many years that we have a standard. He represents an unknown, to an extent.

We all went through this more than a year ago. There isn't a radical difference between what was said today and what was said last year under a different chairman and CEO.

We all went through this more than a year ago, ... There isn't a radical difference between what was said today and what was said last year under a different chairman and CEO.

Al Roker

Truth be told, I didn't want to be on T.V. I was going to be a writer or producer or a director, and at the end of my sophomore year, my department chairman put me up for a job doing weekend weather in Syracuse, New York.

The Edge

Bono is chairman and founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous. He has an irrepressible drive to be great. He wants to achieve it all, which actually makes him very vulnerable.

Andrew Gray

Our focus has been on having a hearing and putting the Senate in a position to move on the nomination prior to the expiration of Chairman Greenspan's term,

I think these numbers pretty much put a nail in the coffin of the notion that a 75 basis-point (three-quarters of a percentage point) cut will occur. I think (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan will get his wish for a move at the regular meeting, but they will do a 50 basis-point (half-point) cut.

Mike Tyson

Standing in front of Chairman Mao's remains, I felt really insignificant. To have the chance to visit the memorial hall is a great honor for me.

Howard Wilkinson

My point of view as chairman of the League Managers' Association is we would hope that English contenders for the position have got more than a head start.

I will welcome any humanitarian gesture extended to chairman Nur if his plea for medical treatment due to his physical condition meets the favorable consideration of the court.

Dennis Ross

We have been working and there will be a meeting tonight between the prime minister and the chairman at Erez,

I would like to say how very pleased I am to be able to spend this day in North Carolina, ... I would like to thank the chairman for inviting me.

I would like the opportunity to discuss what happened with the board. I have called Chuck Hunter, who is chairman of the board, but he's never called me back.

Will has done an outstanding job as the chairman of the competition committees and rules. The Masters owes him a debt of gratitude for his many years of tireless and exemplary service.

Anita Hill

Why was it important to come forward? ... I felt that he showed a personal indifference to the issue in his own behavior. But more importantly I thought it showed how he dealt with issues of power generally and his use of power -- in terms of intimidating me, and as it turns out other women on his staff. And how he viewed women generally, which would impact his role as a Supreme Court Justice as it had impacted his role as the chairman of the EEOC,

Whoever is chosen, the new chairman will go through a proving period.

Laurence Meyer

When the chairman made his recommendation at the start of the go-round, the game was up, it was over. Everybody knew what the chairman would be in favor of.

That was new evidence to me and it was very helpful. Coming from the chairman of the tribe, we found that to be very compelling.