Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Hansen

What will it take to get the council off the dime? It's not because of the council. It's about negotiations yet.

have always responded in a professional manner from all inquires from the council and all members of the public.

Kofi Annan

I think the important thing, ... is the council stood together and insisted Iraq rescind its decision before any other reviews can be undertaken.

I think the new council will have to deal with that situation because it's completely illegal.

I think without the fee council will have to work hard to figure out what appropriations they're going to be cutting, ... I don't see it any other way than services not being compromised, but services being lost, there will be some things that aren't going to be able to get done.

I think the council has good intentions but they need to really think this through.

Labour and the Lib Dems have turned the council tax into a tartan stealth tax.

John Hall

Whatever height this council says is acceptable, we'll try to make it work. If it doesn't work, we'll shut it down.

What is at stake is not the provincial council elections, but democracy.

What I said was in fact, we are ready as the new Iraqi interim government to resume our responsibilities, especially now that we have a new U.N. Security Council resolution,

We're not going to tie ourselves to trees or have sit-ins or any of that. But we're probably going to be sending out letters and going to council meetings.

I think we learned a very good lesson. When an issue like this comes up, this council won't be jumping in without researching thoroughly and being informed.

He went around and made pinecone ornaments and sold them around the school and his neighborhood and he earned $40. He gave all of it to student council for the penny drive.

If the U.N. forces do not take measures to protect the Serb population ... we can open the question in the (U.N.) Security Council of their withdrawal from Kosovo and, finally, we can send our forces that will ensure normal functioning of state bodies,

John Baker

If the council won't vote to take this off my bill, then tell me where to go. I am talking about my bill. It might not seem like a lot, but it is when you have a high gas bill.

If the council says no, the owner will look at different options. But it's difficult for me to think the council will say no.

Franco Frattini

I would be obliged to propose to the council serious consequences, including the suspension of voting rights.

If the Security Council decides to take decisions that are not within its competence, then Iran does not feel obliged to obey.

Ali Larijani

If they set a deadline, it will, from Iran's point of view, make no difference from being referred to the U.N. Security Council and Iran will react in the same manner.

Javier Solana

The paper on Iran is a paper of reflection. As you know the situation of Iran today is in the Security Council. It has been a statement by the Presidency of Council last month.

I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice.

The president's decree to withdraw from the Council of CIS Defense Ministers does not mean that Georgia is withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The president (Mahmud Abbas) has decreed that the legislative council will meet on February 18.

Fifteen years ago the Tea Council was looking at a very stagnant market and they realized that something needed to be done to stimulate interest.

With that in mind, I tend to think that we might as a council be well to delay this proposition for a while and investigate it a little further,

Condoleezza Rice

We will need, I really do believe, to go back to the Security Council at some time in the not-too-distant future to get a report on what is happening with Syrian cooperation.

There is no indictment of the Union Council of Ministers by the Supreme Court in the verdict.

We had a good respect for each other regardless of any differences we had on particular council matters.

We will go away when he (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) complies with the Security Council resolutions,

We're trying to enforce it, not define it. We needed some clarification on how the council wanted it defined, and this is what we've got.

Our primary objective is to provide the police department with the information they need to enforce the ordinance fairly. The administration and council must provide the department with tools, definitions and intent so they know how to enforce the ordinance.

Mike Jackson

We need an election, not a walk-on. If you only have one person running, people don't know who she is until she's on the council dais.

Kim Campbell

I think the tribal council should make it the highest priority. That would mean the election results would be a true representation of what tribal members want. As it stands, the election process is tainted.