Famous Quotes & Sayings

The new chairman, undoubtedly, is going to be someone that the administration is comfortable with, but I think the new chairman should take the step early on of showing that they are going to remain independent-minded.

It's really not uncommon for the chairman or other executives to visit the factory.

In keeping with his design to gut our country of national treasures, the chairman has put the home of America's foremost park-maker ... on the list of national parks to be cut, ... He is trying to sell the park-maker's park.

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

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.

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'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,

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.

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.

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.

A new Fed chairman is an unknown and as such offers nervous investors an excuse to sell.

Jim Kolbe

As chairman of the subcommittee responsible for Iraq's reconstruction, I have seen the positive and necessary oversight role a special inspector general plays in monitoring this spending.

Chuck Grassley

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I look forward to working with the White House and moving quickly in finding a successor,

Right now, the transparency we had with (former Chairman Alan) Greenspan is gone. We're trying to get some semblance of which way the Fed is going to go.

Sam wants the job whenever Sven leaves - and the Bolton chairman (Phil Gartside)knows it.

Sam wants the job whenever Sven leaves - and the Bolton chairman knows it.

Robert Parry

After the chairman, at least in my opinion, Don has had a greater impact on the Fed's monetary policy process than any other single person, ... He was very close to the chairman, and they discussed issues frequently. He and this chairman were really a team.

There seems to be a growing perception that (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan is engineering what has historically been so elusive on Wall Street. And that's a soft landing, which is generally good for stocks.

Brian Kennedy

This document was intended to illustrate not just for leadership but for members of the House that the chairman feels we have no choice but to open (the refuge),

David Jones

It is understandable that a new Fed chairman would want to prove his inflation-fighting mettle right away, but I think there is a danger that housing is more vulnerable than people realize.

They do have to resolve some issues eventually, including who's going to be the chairman and for how long. There has to be some kind of indication of what their long-range plans might be with regard to international expansion of theme parks.

There was no market whatsoever. There have been no U.S. indicators today that could show us direction, nothing. The market was seeking a motive to move, but it only could digest yesterday's words by (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan.

The remarks by Chairman Kalikow are very unfortunate and do not bode well for these negotiations.

Karl Rove

This is not as susceptible to confusion as Chairman Daley indicated.

Chuck Hagel

And you just don't go around doing the things that he's done and saying the things that he said and thinking that the Senate or the chairman with the jurisdiction of his confirmation is going to open up a hearing automatically. So he has to do some work himself and that work should be done directly with Chairman Helms,

Each Fed Chairman has to go through his own, on-the-job, trial by fire. There is no other way.

(Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan thinks consumer confidence is important, and if he thinks so I guess we should think so,