Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Richardson

Our critical security systems are operational. All our Energy Department nuclear materials are secure, ... Some of the high explosives are kept in concrete bunkers surrounded by earth and we don't see any problem.

That's a tough one. It's difficult for me to give a concrete answer. We've had so many lineups and people getting hurt.

It is not a credible report, ... too much politics and less concrete actions.

I think (impact fees) have been overshadowed by the increase in concrete and steel. It seems to have settled down.

Ralph Klein

I didn't get the result that I had anticipated, but I am going to meet with my staff and my caucus, of course, and members of the party, and determine what I am going to do. I will have something concrete for you next week, mid-week.

I'd been doing what everyone else was -- concrete multiplexes -- and shoot, it worked. But I'd managed the old Miller downtown in the days when the movie was a total kind of experience.

I am disappointed a little because there was no concrete thing.

I am convinced this will lift all doubt from us that we are hiding something from The Hague. This was the most concrete step we could take.

From every indication we have from interviews, he intended to hit the concrete barrier.

P. J. O'Rourke

I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

I think it's important for us to not overstate what we know, ... We want to be concrete about what we know and what we don't know.

I don't think his resignation actually ends the story at all. And I think it now offers the Democrats more concrete proof that there is something wrong in Washington.

Giving thanks are the concrete steps to happiness

We look at a vast number of opportunities every year at locations around the country, but we tend not to discuss anything until there is some type of concrete announcement to discuss.

Red Grooms

I always dreamed of having very concrete engineering plans, something like that.

I would have proposed more innovative initiatives, but given our benchmark, which was zero, I think we've got to give him credit for raising the issue and putting some concrete proposals on the table.

If we get concrete proof someone set out (to defraud), then we will pursue them.

Bruce Barton

I got more potholes in my concrete slab, ... than all of Venice has in their streets.

Dave Roberts

He'll hopefully be in the race but there's nothing concrete to speak of at the moment.

Whatever Frances didn't destroy, Jeanne took apart. We stripped the hotel down to the concrete structure.

Whatever direction we go in will not be justified by history any more. It's no longer about history, but about the concrete problems that we have. This has really changed.

Some concrete judgments have to be made. There is a long list of practical questions that need to be addressed, starting with which price index they should use, what the specific number or range should be, and to what time period it should apply.

Scott Peterson

She hit the ground so hard, she cracked the sidewalk and moved the concrete about four inches,

Tom Coughlin

Let's get this thing settled so we can make concrete plans about how we're going to move forward. It's not a comfortable feeling for any club. We need this to be settled and we need to move forward as a league. We need to be able to utilize all the abilities that we have in our planning.

Second, 14 years have lapsed and neither any concrete evidence of conspiracy has come forward nor are there any new revelations.

Esther Rolle

We feel we have to put concrete on every inch of land. It disturbs the ecology, and it takes away the experience of a child going out into the woods and seeing all of nature.

Mitt Romney

I hope people understand that when you tax corporations that the concrete and the steel and the plastic don't pay. People pay. And so when you tax corporations, either the employees are going to pay or the shareholders are going to pay or the customers are going to pay. And so corporations are people.

Desmond Morris

Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

Eduardo Paes

Every time you think of a city, you have to think green, green, green. Every time you see concrete jungle, you must find open spaces. And when you find open spaces, make it so people can get to them.

We are definitely in concrete talks with the U.S. to be Frankfurt's Guest of Honor in 2008.

We are not going to extend the ceasefire just for the sake of extending it. We would like the Indian government to come up with a concrete solution or else we are prepared for any eventuality.

Grace Napolitano

We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal.

The demand for concrete has been outstripping supply for several years. We've become more steadily dependent on imports.