Famous Quotes & Sayings

The race committee did a superb job. They had to shorten the course once or twice, solve problems and keep things moving.

There is no higher priority for the members of this committee than protect the security of the United States.

E. O. Wilson

There is so much this committee can accomplish.

The School Committee withdrew that request, ... We will manage within our own budget.

DeLoss Dodds

I've served on many committees with Rudy. And I'm still waiting for an opportunity to speak.

Janet Reno

I've offered everything short of giving the committee grand jury information and information which would damage the investigation,

J. Taylor

It was an enjoyable show to do. The committee was wonderful and served a great dinner to us on Friday. A good show to do, and good merchandise to buy.

These companies are making more money than they ever had before, with a neutral network. What the committee has to really understand is the trade-off. The trade-off is the distortion of competition...there are other ways for them to make money that are less discriminatory.

The steering committee will shape the work plan, seek out more funding support, and select a consultant to further develop an effective long-range plan.

Arlen Specter

I've been searching for a way that we might have President Clinton's side of the matter in a professional way, and I'm continuing to explore that. The committee is not disposed to inviting him because of the sensitivity of inviting a former president and the potential for a circus-like atmosphere,

I've been on this committee before here at CSU and twice when I was at Idaho, and this is as good a group as I've seen.

Paul Casey

I've been elected nine times, ... I've seen and done most things that a representative can do. I went from a freshman rep to chairing one of the most elite committees ? the Joint Committee on Taxation.

It would make sense to consider, and this is only under consideration, a committee that would be focused on the subject matter rather than on a corner of it within the jurisdiction of one of our committees,

Harry Reid

I urge the White House to reconsider this initial decision, and to work cooperatively with Judiciary Committee Democrats so that the Senate can do its job more effectively,

The vice president of the United States is always a big draw. There will be people who want to see him and want to support the party, and this is a year where having some friends in the Republican National Committee is gonna be important.

The rise in output prices ... will not ruffle the doves unduly when the Monetary Policy Committee meets next month to decide on interest rates.

We've been technically out of compliance with the Democratic National Committee rules for 20 years, but it's always been the spirit of being first that they have supported,

We welcome this opportunity to have initial discussions with the committee, following their vote to proceed with an inquiry, and we are interested in hearing from the committee about its plans and procedures for going forward,

(The selection committee is) designed to be a filtration process, to, in effect, kick the tires. In my judgment, it's a systemic (problem). This is simply the tip of the iceberg.

The stance the committee has taken probably provides a useful reminder that the easier interest-rate cycle has bottomed.

The staff review committee noted the unique relationship between the university and the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a significant factor. The decision of a namesake sovereign tribe, regarding when and how its name and imagery can be used, must be respected even when others may not agree.

The testimonies to the Treasury Select Committee reinforce the impression that interest rates are set to remain on hold for several months to come.

The fascinating thing about the committee is that in the final analysis, you have to exercise your own subjective judgment. It's so easy to just latch onto numbers. You could have watched a team play whose numbers really don't truly illustrate how good it is.

We've got all of our committee that is going to recommend ratification, which is going to happen in the next five days.

We will be continuing with that fact-finding as the committee goes forward.

This week's data is proof that the hawks in the Monetary Policy Committee are wrong, giving gilts support this week.

This weekend, the search committee took a look at all those applications and pared things down. We weighed the criteria we had and scored them. That helped us eliminate some people that really didn't meet what we were looking for.

P. J. O'Rourke

The minute somebody joins a committee... they immediately suffer from committee brain. They become wildly over-enthusiastic, over-optimistic, over-pessimistic. Committees turn people into idiots, and politics is a committee.

The No No Committee is concerned and will be reviewing whether the commissioners have violated Texas law.

The nomination committee to appoint commissioners has been put in place but that is not public information yet.

It's a promising start. The committee is striking a cooperative tone. We hope it continues.

It's groundbreaking in terms of the relief that this committee granted.

It may take a committee to just replace them on the floor. Their leadership will be sorely missed.