Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 want to take full responsibility for my actions, and to that end, I am submitting a letter of resignation as Chairman of the House Regulated Industries Committee to Speaker Glenn Richardson.

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.

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.

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

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

I can confirm that we have been discussing with the chairman of Tata himself over the setting up of a Tata motor-assembly plant.

Comfortable is not a word we'd use to describe our relationship with the chairman of the House Transportation Committee.

I don't think having your former chairman become vice president is going to hurt your company, if that were to come to be,

Chairman Young has long been the construction foreman for our united efforts in Washington.

Being Fed chairman only increases his value that much more.

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.

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.

It's hard to know what they were thinking. It's never too late for the chairman to make the right decision. But if the chairman insists on it, we'll go forward with that hearing. We fully expect to win. My hope is they put down their objections and move one.

Paul Rodriguez

It's a very complex bill, so we're going to take some time to examine it. But we look forward to working with Chairman Barton on these issues.

It's not unusual when a new chairman comes for there to be a number of vacancies at the top.

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.

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.

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,

The chairman wanted to get our attention. He has our attention.

Bernard Ebbers

the chairman told us he would keep an open mind.

The Chairman (over the two days) was surprisingly hawkish, and we should be ready for rate hikes as soon as the data justify them.

Jan Hatzius

The chairman now sounds notably more worried than previously that house prices have risen too much and that the downturn could have a severe effect on the U.S. economy.

John Scofield

The chairman has been getting earmarks for his district for 25 years ... long before this firm existed.

The commission needs to show that it will enforce its regulations in a serious and consistent way, ... If it doesn't, one of Chairman Powell's key objectives, turning the FCC into a credible enforcement agency, will be undermined.

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.

The dollar impact will emerge from whether the Fed Chairman confirms the scaling down in market's expectations of a May rate hike. We deem the Fed to be uncertain as to what it will do in the May meeting as it is far too early for the 'data-dependent' institution to decide.

David Jones

The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman . . . the markets could be very unsettled.

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.