Famous Quotes & Sayings

Max Baucus

President Bush likes to say that trade is for everyone, and that we all share the benefits -- including workers .... This amendment presented the president with the perfect opportunity to show a real commitment to those priorities. But he let the opportunity pass him by.

Jack Shea

Our mission is both to ensure that the First Amendment rights of our members are not trampled upon by overzealous legislators and also to raise the consciousness level of the entertainment community with regard to the social responsibility of filmmakers,

Jonathan Zittrain

People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First Amendment right to present their content as they see fit.

Ann Beeson

Our first amendment rights are irreparably harmed, every day the gag continues,

O. J. Simpson

I will not hide behind the Fifth Amendment

John Spencer

It is a shame that President Clinton is losing his First Amendment rights. We think this is a big mistake. How else would we have known that President Clinton was working behind the scenes to support the Dubai port deal while Sen. Clinton was trying to block it?

Rep. Lawrence

I think there were a few of us who voted on the amendment that were confused as to what it actually did and I am thankful for opportunity to rethink our actions.

Peter Simonson

just a clear and unqualified constitutional violation. So the university should probably know that regardless of what the outcome of their investigation regarding Muammar shows, they are still vulnerable to a serious First Amendment claim.

Mat Staver

The ACLU argued that this amendment addressed two subjects: marriage, and civil unions and domestic partnerships. They said people would be in favor of voting for marriage, but may not be in favor of banning civil unions. The Supreme Court rejected that argument and said that this amendment is about the singular purpose of marriage and maintaining and preserving the protections and obligations of marriage.

Barbara Ryan

Recent results provide clear evidence of the turnaround at Schering-Plough and the positive momentum of the cholesterol joint venture.

Bart Melek

Recent oil and fuel inventory trends are clearly demonstrating that the oil industry is no longer in crisis mode and that energy prices are likely to continue to soften.

Dipen Sanghavi

Reliance Industries has clearly led the rise today, and investors are confident because of the fund flows into the market.

Adam Ereli

President Chen's assurances were quite clear that the NUC has not been abolished.

Stephen Greene

Our research shows that event information consistently ranks as one of the top three requests by visitors to our Web site. People clearly want to know all their options as they map out their vacation plans.

John Skipper

Our research and the ratings clearly suggest that a daily show may have been too much.

Jack Straw

Our position in terms of paying ransoms has been very clear and consistent. The United Kingdom does not pay ransoms.

Christopher Hill

Our position has been very clear on this. North Korea needs to get out of the nuclear business.

Scott Paluch

Parse and Thomas are clearly as good of a one-two combination as there is throughout the country. But on the other side of the ice we have a pretty good combination of our own.

Vince Carter

Regardless of whether (Jefferson) was back or not, we just weren't happy with our effort (on the road trip). That's what we wanted to correct - we wanted the effort level to be there.

Rick Billy

Relative to where the stocks were earlier this year and the expectations people had for growth, some correction was necessary. Their valuations were as lofty as I have ever seen in 20 years of following the semiconductor industry. They were truly off the charts.

Michael Miller

Parker correctly told the unions, 'You figure it out,' putting the onus on union management to work it out.

Kofi Annan

Some of the critics will never stop, but reasonable men and women will know that we've done everything we can to find the truth and are going to take steps to correct that.

Lee Miller

Our primary task is to get correct information out there. We find a lot of people have heard about the referendum, but have heard rumors that are wrong.

Gary Kleeblatt

Our review of the transaction showed that there was some carelessness. It's been corrected and reimbursements have been made.

John Hall

Our generator is keeping all our refrigerated products in receiving at the correct temperatures, as well as a few lights and our registers. It's going to be a major impact (on business).

Jamila Shanti

Our first job is to correct this because this is not Islam. We are going to show that women are not secondary, they are equal to men. Discrimination is not from Islam, it is from tradition. It may not be easy. Men may not agree.

Tom Fitzpatrick

Overall this period of dollar strength since January can still only be viewed as a correction to the 3 years of weakness,

Travis Cabral

Someone has to do it. I'm glad it's him.

David Thompson

Otherwise, I'm glad I've got other shows to watch.

Rick Barnes

P.J. said it best, seeds mean nothing. You got a team today that was going to shorten the game. I'm glad we get to play one more time. ... If we made mistakes, they had a lot to do with it.

Larry Brown

Physically he got tired. He tried. He seems rusty, but that wasn't totally unexpected. I'm glad he got to play.

Ruben Sierra

Playing down there is like the World Series, you know. Those kids they don't want me to get on so they were pitching me tough. I was glad that happened, because it got me more ready when I come here and I know what I'm going to face.

Carrie Underwood

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts,

Jessica Miller

I was a little disappointed at the turnout but I think it was nice to have it small and intimate. It was very respectful and I'm glad some people were able to come out...

Ichiro Suzuki

I was able to hit a home run in my first at-bat and I was glad to do it. I didn't have that in mind but I knew we should score first and maintain the lead.

Jason Donald

I will gladly give him that record. I thought 19 was a lot, but Colt is going to shatter that. He is a tough guy.

Joe Hall

Relatives said (Mr. Booker) made violent threats in the past, but were not sure if they involved the son,

Joe Hall

Relatives said he (Booker) made violent threats in the past, but were not sure if they involved the son,

Ron Vos

Part of the project involved getting kids to send in videos. We set up news crews to go out and videotape the kids; we also had to find contractors to mount satellite dishes.

Zwelinzima Vavi

Surely we ought to respect the rights of all involved in the case.

Marlon Defillo

Out of 1,750 officers, we're looking into the possibility that maybe 12 officers were involved in misconduct.

Aaron Boone

That's the ultimate, man. To win one of those, to be involved in something like that, that's what we all play for.

Shea Hillenbrand

I think it's the atmosphere, it's everything involved with the Yankees and Yankee Stadium.

Raymond Cruz

I went to college and studied writing, and I got involved in theater. It's always been my passion.

Claudia Stuart

Lisa was involved with so many organizations, and she was a trusted member within anything that she did.

Laura Reiff

We need a legal vehicle for people to come in.

Jorge Zamora

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Steve Burns

That was important because it set a legal precedent.

Dan Ravicher

I think it's stupid that this type of policy is legal and profitable.

Tim Smith

I think this will end up in some legal problem.

Lucio Gutierrez

I will use all legal and constitutional means to retake power,

Laura Nichols

I think if the vice president thought he had other legal options open to him, we'd defer to his judgment.

Bryan Whitman

Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

Michael Sanders

I can legally do all the things I have been doing.

Bob Hadfield

Our policy is to provide water for the orderly development of Carson Valley.

Elliot Krieger

Our relationship with the union, once the order was put in place, has been pretty good,

M. C. Escher

Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Shaukat Aziz

Step by step, we are getting there. It has to be done in an orderly way,

Gary Thayer

Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and employment.

Barry Lopez

To allow mystery, which is to say to yourself, 'There could be more...things we don't understand,' is not to damn knowledge....It is to permit yourself an extraordinary, freedom: someone else does not have to be wrong in order that you might be right...This tolerance for mystery invigorates the imagination; and it is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.

B. F. Skinner

Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.

Bill Crawford

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

Big Pun

I'm as wicked as Hitler's first born, cause of me, lot of old ladies purses gone.

Randy Huth

Our first original singer just pulled it out randomly. We couldn't think of anything better and we've been using it ever since. It's just words that don't make any sense together.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Anthony Storr

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

Dave Holloway

I still think that these three original suspects still know more than what they told us.

Ken Robinson

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

Steve Smith

Frankly, we wonder if (the NCAA) ever read some of the original documentation we filed in the first place.

Antoni Gaudi

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

Antoni Gaudi

Originality is going back to origins.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated. We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Pam Schild

He didn't even tell us until after he'd signed up.

Kitty Kelley

I can't say I wasn't warned. Alarms started clanging the day I signed to write 'His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra' (Bantam Books, 1986).

Marin Alsop

I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract.

Mark Jones

My granddad always said, 'Until you have a signed deal, you don't have a deal.'

Asa Hutchinson

She delivers the signed affidavit to Mr. Jordan,

Thomas Carroll

She signed me up and said, 'You have to do this,'

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.

Julio Franco

Why not? They signed me here for two years.

Tim Hevly

We have not signed him and there's no announcement pending.

Kevin Murphy

Respondent's violations are willful, continuing, and egregious and warrant a substantial penalty.

Jose Pertierra

If they are set free, it would be a violation of international laws.

Fred Eckhard

We know that the violations can be controlled.

Andrea Dworkin

Violation is a synonym for intercourse.

Ban Ki-moon

Violence against women continues to persist as one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It is a threat to all women, and an obstacle to all our efforts for development, peace, and gender equality in all societies. Violence against women is always a violation of human rights; it is always a crime; and it is always unacceptable. Let us take this issue with the deadly seriousness that it deserves.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

Hillary Clinton

What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.