Famous Quotes & Sayings

If the headwinds from energy costs fade, the sky for growth should start to clear a little bit.

Dennis Kucinich

If oil companies make excessive profits, they should be subjected to a stiff tax on those excessive profits. The threat of heavy taxation will send a clear signal to oil companies that price gouging simply will not pay.

Dick Bennett

He's got to wait until his turn comes up. I made it clear I want to go to the end of this season.

Connie Chung

He was always calm, clear and concise. If you told him the world was coming to an end, he would still report it factually.

He was cleared to go and I was getting ready to put him in and his knee was just too stiff.

John Sununu

He understands the law and the Constitution extremely well, and I think one of the abilities he showed was to clearly describe how he ruled, why he ruled, and what factors were critical to particular cases. That's an indication that his service on the court and his view of the Constitution is rooted in principle.

Steve Shaw

I was telling our guys that when we signed up to play this game a couple of years ago, they were still a community college team. They're clearly not a community college team (anymore).

I wouldn't take the numbers literally, but they're clearly signaling an improvement.

John Jay

I wouldn't consider it wasted. I feel empty because it was clearly an opportunity for us. And it's rife for all sorts of second-guessing. And I'm my own worst critic. It will be one those weekends.

I wouldn't hesitate if she wanted to look after my son. We'll do whatever we can to fight to clear her name.

Karl Rove

I would remind you that in 1984, after the Mondale -- second Mondale-Reagan debate -- where Reagan clearly won, the instant polls showed that Mondale was the winner.

Samuel Dalembert

I wish they would tell me one specific thing I need to get done and, trust me, I would be focused on that one thing and would make sure I would get it done. But that's not the case. It's not clear to me.

I would expect that they'd steer clear of the oil installations. They're fundamental to the oil-for-food process,

Peter Kenyon

I would echo that we are in serious negotiations. Clearly he is an outstanding and big player so I think we are in good, serious negotiations with him and would echo what he said. We are at a good stage and I am delighted as to where we are.

Alan Greenspan

I would clearly prefer that if you can't run the surpluses, you have to get rid of the surpluses, I would far prefer reducing taxes than increasing spending. I don't think it's a close call,

I would clearly characterize it in that fashion.

If we had to start today, right now, the doctor would not clear him for contact. But we don't have to start today.

Alexander Downer

If these talks are a success, clearly we hope a U.N. presence can be on the ground in the next few weeks,

If the school principal is strong, motivated and a good manager who clearly outlines expectations for staff and students, then the school tends to make progress.

I got him in the office and got her on the speaker phone. I was at my wit's end with him. I was ready to send him home and said it wasn't going to work out. She was very clear - 'I am not going to let him back in the house' - and she started in on him and the kid got very emotional. I was like, 'Whoa,' .. at least she has my back.

Alex Smith

I grew a lot. The reason I'm here is because of my record as a quarterback, especially at a school like Utah. It's pretty clear that if he hadn't come, we might not have won all those games. I might have still been a good quarterback, but we might not have gone undefeated last year and been so successful the year before.

If they want me there (Friday), I'll be there. I'll honor my job and start clearing out my office and we'll go from there.

If they told us that, ... it might help clear up the situation.

If we clear this up cleanly, then preparations for the World Cup won't be damaged. Every place where there are people and money is involved, there can be corruption.

If we clear that hurdle we can make some noise.

Gary Johnson

If there's a clear genocide somewhere, don't we really want to positively impact that kind of a situation? Isn't that what we're all about? Isn't that what we've always been about?

Garth Nix

I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.

We learned as we went . . . It is clear that the length of our inquiry was significantly extended by the need to deal with these issues.

We're trying to make sure we're clear about what expenditures they have for fiscal 2005 and 2006 because they're not entitled to any more money for 2006. But we are going to make sure that there's no problem with payroll for Friday.

We're trying to make it clearer and simpler and more straightforward.

We're looking at a Fed that's going to tighten in March. There's a clear suggestion we're going to see further declines in the two-year note going forward even if it's not in the next week or so.

Jean Paul

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Bryan Batt

The writing was so clearly written on the wall about me, but I didn't see it. I had no role models. I didn't know there was even a possibility of being gay. I battled with it, but this was the way God made me. If you have a problem with it, take it up with the man upstairs.