Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ehud Barak

With revived momentum, enhanced international standing and renewed intimacy with the United States, we are at an extremely critical point in time,

We've had all sorts of things that have come up over the years. The whole point of the show is to tell a truthful story about life at this critical point in their lives, when Mom and Dad aren't there to solve every problem.

Joe Nieuwendyk

We've had some injuries, and then (Jan. 19) we lose a guy like Gary (Roberts), that was a real critical juncture of our season. It could've been a time where we hung our heads a little.

To simply muzzle someone because they're being critical of what their public servants are doing is really disconcerting to me. This is the point of having a public meeting.

This seat is critical in whether the Democrats can pick up the House or not.

The other critical thing is that the 25-basis-point rate hike in January that's been priced in is being called into question.

Dennis Cardoza

I've seen numerous places in my district where the designation of critical habitat defies all logic.

David Ogden Stiers

I've only got about a 3-hour window for recording. After the two-and-a-half hour mark, you can't hear critically what you're doing anymore.

Bud Selig

It would be unfair and terribly unsettling for them to be half a world away -- away from their families at this critical juncture.

Xu Zhiyong

It was a breakthrough, and the Internet played a critical role. If something is written well enough, they can't stop it from spreading. People will find a way to read it.

These races are going to be real critical because we've got some very tight races.

These elements are critically important in relation to feeding horses.

Nan Aron

These documents would have shed critical light on Judge Roberts' record and judicial philosophy. But rather than respecting the co-equal role of the Senate in the confirmation process, the White House withheld vital information.

The stocks that have been successful are the ones that have reached a very large scale which is to say critical mass basically.

Fabrizio Moretti

I've discovered this trend in popular criticism that because our first record was such a -- critical darling ... that now people are hesitant to give us too many accolades. We didn't know exactly how we needed to change. But we knew from the experience from 'Room on Fire' where people, where critics mainly, were saying that it was sonically too similar to the first record, we needed to step up.

Robbie Robertson

I've been really fortunate that I've been at a lot of critical crossroads in my musical journey. When I look back, there are some pretty interesting things to look at.

I've been critical because I want them to do better. They have to do better.

Jonathan Levine

I used to obsess on critical reactions to my films, and it's really not a healthy way to live your life, so my new take on it is simply, 'I hope people like it!' I'm not going to be looking at the tomato meter for at least a year! I was very lucky on '50/50' that most critics really liked it.

The whole rebuilding of this infrastructure is, I think, a critical issue for us to come to grips with.

Bill Bradley

The vice president was the vice president, ... He was not critical of the president.

These are very important findings that come at a critical moment in the immigration debate. What the study indicates is that if we view the contribution of immigrants to the total economy there may be important gains to all workers that have previously been ignored.

the right to privacy is going to be a critical issue.

We simply can't imagine that critical infrastructure protection will not be part of congressional response to September 11 in the long run.

Ken Hitchcock

We were overwhelmed in the first ten minutes, that's my responsibility. We made critical errors on the first, second, and third goals. They fed off the energy and that lies on me.

Frank Robinson

When a guy is maybe on the lower end of the pain threshold, we have a tendency to maybe be a little critical of him and say what he should do and what he should be able to do. All I know is an individual knows himself and he knows what he is able to handle as far as pain is concerned.

We might see a market shift. So the next six months is really critical for WAP.

We initially started with earthquakes, ... One of the critical points is that the lower floor plus the legs form a rigid structure with the outer shell.

The Secretary of Education will decide which languages will be deemed critical to national security. My hunch is Spanish will not be one of them.

Colin Angle

The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things.

The space shuttle is critically dependent on what we intend to do with the international space station and those requirements are still being worked out.

The thing that is critical is to develop a strategy and then make sure you stay on it,

The thing is we're young and we're going to make mistakes. We just have to hope we don't make critical mistakes that derail us. With so many young kids playing their first varsity games, we're really going to rely on our seniors.

Richard Dreyfuss

Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.