Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Hoffman

I would have preferred to meet the governor under more favorable circumstances, not this.

Tom DeLay

look into the events leading up to the disaster and the circumstances surrounding the initial and unacceptable response.

I want you to understand the circumstances why this crime happened.

It is a strange set of timing and circumstances. But I am told there are occasions when a dog hits on a positive and there is nothing to be concerned about.

It is a priority, but we have to take the circumstances into consideration and set goals that are realistic. It's like saying I'm going to run the 100-yard dash in five seconds -- it's not going to happen. If we had the numbers, it would be a goal of ours.

It is an unusual set of circumstances. But we have the same description of events from a number of different people.

Tim Johnson

I think there's a lot of concern, has FEMA become a political dumping ground? Have they lost their professionalism, lost the focus under this new kind of circumstance so there will be a hard look at FEMA and what the overall response has been.

I think there were a lot of different circumstances.

I think this is never a crime under any circumstance. This is a consensual issue. It's an issue of self-determination and self-autonomy.

Matthias Platzeck

It is not a love relationship, that is clear. But it is appropriate to the circumstances.

Yevgeny Primakov

I think that after the election in Kosovo the circumstances for dialogue will be better,

Daniel Fried

It is hard to imagine a free and fair election emerging from current circumstances.

I think it is fair. I think it makes sense under the circumstances.

Lech Kaczynski

I taught for 30 years at university but never in circumstances like this.

Dick Advocaat

I think the first half was very good, the way we played in difficult circumstances.

I think the city responded extremely well and our excellent crews performed well under the circumstances. From here, the clean up will be slow but it will be consistent,

Jay Wright

Our lineup gets dictated by the circumstances of the game.

(People) need to have respect for the race team due to the circumstances.

I thought we had some tough circumstances, but it is what it is. We'll take the consequences and concentrate on trying to improve.

Ron Kuby

I don't think people should take big-screen TVs. But under the circumstances, water and diapers are something else.

George Eliot

. . . for the stress of circumstances, Fred felt, was sharpening his acuteness and endowing him with all the constructive power of suspicion.

Samuel Butler

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure /tangible material prosperity in this world /is the safest test of virtue. Progress has ever been through the pleasures rather than through the extreme sharp virtues, and the most virtuous have leaned to excess rather than to asceticism.

Given the right circumstances, people who are always late can be on time.

Bertrand Russell

When we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all there is to know

John Anderson

That's a very good team he faced. He held up well under other circumstances.

Lofa Tatupu

I would like to say that's all I know. But like I said, situation, circumstances, they worked well for me and I am just grateful to be here.

Susan Collins

Just because his nomination might not meet the threshold of extraordinary circumstances doesn't guarantee that I will vote to confirm him. We will have to examine his record and wait and see.

It is disappointing and in such circumstances one is compelled to think about leaving the game altogether.

Bryan Colangelo

We've talked a lot about Mike. I'm not going to talk any more about the circumstances, only to say Mike has been a very valuable piece this year. He's done great things for the organization and we'll see if we can work it out where we can keep him.

We have to make sure that the people in this circumstance have some access.

You'll be totally relaxed, feel good and it's probably something you wouldn't do under normal circumstances. And you'll have a really nice memory.

You just should not give that information out, under any circumstances, when it's unsolicited.

Slim Jimmy

You can have nothing and be sad, or you can have nothing and be, like, positive and look at it in a good way and try to make your circumstance better.