Famous Quotes & Sayings

The issue is smoking, not smokers. Smoking is the problem, not the smoker.

The issue is now closed. The vote taken in Singapore will stand.

The issue is not whether we will transfer Elian to his father, but when and how.

The issue is not whether Americans will be traveling for pleasure this summer -- because we think they will. The issue is really how they will travel, where they will go and what will they do when they get there.

Bob Woodward

The issue is not the plan. The issue is the decision,

Kofi Annan

The issue is not the acceptance, but the performance on the ground,

The issue is not going to die. We will make this a major issue as we go into the 2007 legislative session.

The issue is much broader. Why should ranchers be the determinant of public policy on public lands? Livestock are the problem. Wolves are not the problem.

Carlos Mesa

The issue is a stone in the show.

Bob Wright

The issue in the near term is these terms aren't all that relevant to consumers. . . . The reality is though if you don't have a set it's not going to be all that much different,

The issue in my opinion is the quality of the leadership at the building.

The issue in my mind is what kind of recovery we get from here.

The issue here is safeguarding the power of the presidential party.

The issue has never been most qualified, the issue is qualified.

The issue has been resolved to our satisfaction.

The issue had been ridiculed in the local papers and I thought, wait a minute - this is a serious issue.

The issue for us is job security for our members.

The issue for Tim, like it is for all of our players in Europe, is how much they play and how well they play.

The issue comes up with volume. If we were to lock up everyone with a firecracker, we wouldn't have enough jails.

I'm not saying it should be made a condition, I just think it is one of the issues that should be taken into consideration.

In my case, the lead and water issue made me support this even more.

Igor Ivanov

I know there are a lot of people looking for conflict. There are a lot of issues on which we don't agree, but that is not unnatural,

I know that this issue has already generated (letters to the editor) that in my opinion are unnecessary,

It's possible that on social issues it will move a little to the right.

Then when we finish, we'll have a better idea of when they'll start on the work, because they need to have this meeting in order to issue a notice to proceed to the contractor,

Paul Houston

(Students) have rights that have to be protected, but they also have responsibilities. We spend a lot of time talking about rights, but not much time talking about responsibility. Maybe these are opportunities to teach a lesson, not issue punishment.

Michael Moss

Sugar was an issue in the '80s, so you would see low-sugar products; fat was an issue in the '90s, so you'd see low-fat products.

It's come together over the last six months. The key issue was how we were going to provide parking.

Iqbal Sacranie

This is a very important ruling on the issue of personal freedoms. Many other schools have willingly accommodated Muslim schoolgirls wearing the jilbab,

This is a very important issue to those in uniform.

This is a very big quality-of-life issue that we will be addressing.

Once that is complete, we should be able to issue the loans.

It's not as though once this is settled by a vote the issue is out of reach of consumers.