Famous Quotes & Sayings

We will be filing more charges relating to market-timing trading at Putnam by people in high positions.

Kofi Annan

We have a clear mandate from the Security Council to do whatever we can to work with the government and the people of Iraq to make sure Iraq takes charge of its own future and develops a stable peaceful society,

Those two people are being investigated at this point. We are still trying to determine what, if any, role they played in this incident. Charges have not been laid as yet.

Those things we were able to do because we were able to charge fraud and we had all the evidence we needed,

This team is charged with creating value in resort, mixed-use and urban construction and redevelopment for Noble's own investment account, as well as for strategic investment partners.

Jeffrey Toobin

This was such an avoidable problem. She wasn't even charged with insider trading.

This was a big company that decided to make their cereals healthier and not charge more for the move. This just does not happen often. It's just one more example of our growing commitment to whole grains.

It would do my heart a world of good if he wanted to climb with his old dad one day. I get a big charge out of my job watching people become more than they think they can be or do more than they think they can.

The Zimbabwean government is using criminal charges to muzzle independent reporting and criticism. This crackdown targets media that criticize government institutions, officials and the ruling party.

Harry Redknapp

The whole thing is a lot of old tosh. It is not true. But let them investigate if they want; let them charge us if they want - I don't care.

The whole thing is a con job by Mr. Alsup to extort money out of Ken and to free himself from charges pending.

The whole thing is still under investigation and it's possible that more charges could be filed.

The rhetoric, I think, is more charged now and has been over the last five or six years than I remember it over the last 40 years. There's always been disagreements but you always had negotiations over hijacking, the immigration agreement, drug agencies.

Jonathan Coleman

Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like it, people in charge would not have, sadly, enough impetus to do, as cliched as it sounds, the right thing.

Richard Dormer

Though it's always a sad day when you have to charge a member of the department with a crime, it's a good day for the taxpayers of Suffolk County and the officers who need the protection of the workmen's compensation system.

Twenty-four hours ago, he (Campbell) was just an 18-year-old gainfully employed, working toward his future. Today he stands charged with a federal offense.

To have something like this happen to him is like having a safe dropped on him. To have these charges dismissed and be able to say, without even the need for a trial, that he was not involved in this is incredibly important to him.

You may have misappropriation of government dollars or theft by deception or something of that nature. But the way the contracts were, the way the monies were provided to the day cares, it didn't place limitations on the dollars per se. Therefore, we can't charge a crime.

Bill Thomas

This test clears these young men conclusively. It is our hope that none of these young men will have to face criminal charges resulting from these allegations.

Mike Babcock

(Thursday) we're going to compete. We've skated for two days and now we'll start to compete. We were on a charge going in (to the Olympic break), now we'd like to charge coming out.

Kofi Annan

too early to say who's going to take charge and who's going to run the government.

We've been telling them since February, when we extended the time they could remain in the trailers, that we were going to charge rent.

There's no question that the charge would be first-degree premeditated murder. The grand jury could return an indictment in as soon as an hour after they hear this kind of evidence. It's that strong.

There's no charge for tuition, you just have to be willing to volunteer the time and make the commitment. We'll take any person that wants to get in the media business.

there's no one in charge ... it's just a complete free-for-all ... people in high-ranking positions need to be made aware.

There's no limit to what they could charge for this high-speed lane, and they could make the slow-speed lane as slow as they want. There's no way to know today what the prices might be, but it could be anything, and that's the fear.

There's just no way to have a fair trial. They continue to charge people with things that were not previously crimes or not previously recognized as war crimes in a process that didn't previously exist.

Dallas Clark

There's not so much pressure on one person anymore. We're not just sitting back watching one guy. We all have more confidence in each other, but he's just as in charge as he ever was.

The total cost was $270. Most lawyers charge that for an hour. At the time, we just wanted to get this over with, move on with our lives, and not get everything dragged out with lawyers.

Stephen Kinzer

The United States is holding hundreds of suspected terrorists in prisons at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Many are locked up indefinitely. They have not been tried or even charged with any crime.

Dick Cheney

is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.

We have to complete our investigation before we can make any final conclusions. That's why no charges have been filed at this point.

Harold Prince

When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors were - the entrances, the exits; the tables, the props - and then I would hire the designer. I took charge of the visuals - scenery and costumes and so on. And, the shows looked wonderful.