Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Straw

very distinguished and experienced internationally. If his appointment is confirmed we look forward to working with him.

Todd Akin

We have never embraced a system in which it requires 60 votes to confirm a judge, and we should not be doing that now.

Tom Coburn

We want judges who are well qualified. Ginsburg was confirmed with 96 votes. . . . I would hate to see a double standard,

Gregory Coupet

There is no need to start panicking. Our recent results have only confirmed that we are merely human beings.

Whether they wish to exercise that is entirely up to them. I'm not either going to confirm or deny anything he may have told you.

Richard Boucher

We'll be following up on this to confirm it and make sure that the office remains closed,

Unfortunately it has been confirmed that the swans were infected with H5N1 from Asia. We have no doubts whatsoever any more.

Unfortunately, it has been confirmed that the swans were infected with H5N1 from Asia. We have no doubts whatsoever any more.

We're finally seeing hard data that confirm the recent positive sentiment indicators. We expect a strong export performance well into 2007.

To perhaps confirm the teacher?s knowledge of that child?s learning already., so that, yes, we are going to work more on his numbers sense. We are going to work more on their grammar.

We have heard second-hand reports that the tape allegedly shows consenting adults, including someone identified as R. Kelly, engaged in sexual activity. Since we haven't seen the tape, we can neither confirm nor deny that it is in fact Mr. Kelly,

Doug Macdonald

Legislators and voters confirmed that they are willing to invest in highway improvements to help alleviate traffic bottlenecks and enhance safety.

Kofi Annan

Libya has confirmed its seriousness and readiness to find a solution to the Lockerbie problem,

Norm Coleman

senior Iraqi officials have confirmed that you, in fact, received oil allocations and that the documents that identify you as an allocation recipient are valid.

Bill Taylor

What I can confirm is that a serious allegation has been made and that we are investigating it vigorously, and that we have reported the allegations to appropriate state authorities.

Dick Pound

We want to make sure that we do the right thing because, if we are forced to confirm the declaration of noncompliance, this will have serious consequences for football and governments.

She did not train today because she is not feeling well. The doctor has confirmed that she does not have the flu or a temperature. She is resting.

Since the prime minister has not given any specific instructions, I want to sufficiently confirm his intentions.

Most voters are telling us that the next three weeks are what really matters, and these numbers confirm that this election is up for grabs.

The only confirmed survivor is Randall McCloy, who has now been rushed to a local hospital in serious condition. The 11 remaining miners in the barricade structure were determined by the medical technicians on the rescue team to have already deceased.

It is a moment of shame for South Korea that the Japanese government had to do what would have been our government's job: confirm the fate of one of our own who was abducted by North Korea.

Laura Bush

I think the president is going to wait until John Roberts is confirmed before he nominates the next person, ... As a woman myself, I hope it will be a woman.

I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, ... Then they started counting the points and nobody could rememberthe third one, so in the end it looked like it was all my fault.

We are following her very closely, and we do investigate anything that has her name on it, ... By the time we get there, we either can't find her or can't confirm what she's done there. She moves on before any investigation can be completed.

We can confirm that the trip has been cancelled.

We can confirm that the ferry has sunk. The weather is pretty friendly right now and rescue crews are doing their job.

Dick Thompson

We can confirm that the 15-year-old girl was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus as a result of the London testing.

We can confirm that euthanasia is what we are investigating.

We can confirm now that during his ... trip to the Czech Republic, he did have a contact with an officer of the Iraqi intelligence.

I don't think it's uncommon any more, to see the third party come in. Not that it suggests there was any wrongdoing. It's simply to confirm there wasn't.

If it's confirmed by other results and other approaches, it's going to tell us there is something important, another constituent to the universe.

Chris Baker

He was expecting a landslide to confirm his mandate and he has not got it. If he stays on, he will continue to be a divisive force.

Mark Cuban

He is creating a situation that doesn't exist. Maybe he should request that the league release results of officials' performance evaluations so fans, players and owners can see how wonderful a job they actually do. The officials do a good job overall. This would be his opportunity to confirm it to all.