Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joel Parker

Our members have not had a wage increase since 2002 and given that they live in a high cost-of-living area, it's unacceptable. The company hasn't changed its position at the bargaining table in about a year.

Joe Hopkins

Our focus is on the bargaining table. The union feels it can be done, we feel it can be done. We just have to follow through.

Ted Dever

We never received a counter proposal from the company. Nothing but a rejection letter. My opinion was that their minds were already made up that we entered into nothing but surface bargaining with the company.

Bill Bruins

The across-the-board cuts to all agriculture programs contained in the President's budget aren't a surprise. We dealt with that last year. But those cuts are a concern when we are still in the midst of world trade negotiations and when U.S. agriculture needs a strong bargaining hand while we seek reductions in trade barriers from other countries.

David Makovsky

The 60,000 settlers on the other side of the fence could become bargaining chips.

John Roberts

It is not a process under which senators get to say, 'I want you to rule this way and this way and this way, and if you'll tell me that you'll rule this way and this way and this way, I'll vote for you, ... That's not a bargaining process. Judges are not politicians. They cannot promise to do certain things in exchange for votes.

Mike Boyd

It doesn't mean there's going to be a strike, it just means that they've maintained some of their clout at the bargaining table. This is a usual part of the negotiations.

Nancy Elliott

I do not want to lead another strike. I do not want to have a knock-down, drag-out fight with you every time we come to the bargaining table.

Gary Ross

I would think they are setting their bargaining position high, so that when they sit at the table, they can then compromise.

Paul Donovan

Rear-projection technologies will undoubtedly dominate from 50 in. onward. The incremental cost of making them bigger is much less and profit margins remain higher.

Shannon Burns

Our position is that as they grow bigger and bigger, and their tourism destinations get closer and closer, you have to question how much of a draw they will have.

Ginger Reeder

Our regular items draw bigger business for us. This year we think brooches will sell well.

Dennis Perry

Patience is the name of the game, ... I seem to do better in the bigger tournaments because I don't take as many chances.

Alan Heap

Past cycles of investor buying have proved short-lived. It's a bubble and it may get bigger before it bursts.

Jeff Simpson

partnered with these guys as opposed to bigger operators like Boyd or Harrah's.

Chris Bosh

Part of me wants to get out there, but the bigger part of me wants to see the other guys do well. If we're winning, that's all I care about.

Mike Hughes

Our little service has gotten bigger and bigger, and now they want to knock the legs out from under us.

Kelly Burke

Our only hope is that someone knows something and will make the call. The bigger the reward, the more enticing, I suppose.

Jeff Immelt

Reinsurance is an industry that has had a difficult time over the past few years, and we're disappointed in our results, ... We are committed to running ERC effectively for our investors. This includes profitability and exploring strategic options.

Dr. Gerberding

Part of the reason why we hoped to have full appropriation committed ... was to warrant to the manufacturers that we are serious.

William Higgins

passionately committed to the success of the exchange.

David Young

passionate and committed to theater and concerned by the lack of public performance found in Taipei.

Ra'anan Gissin

Our only concern, and the concern of those committed to the peace process and the road map, is the performance of this government with regard to the implementation of the security requirements of the road map, which include dismantling of terror organizations and the stopping of incitement as well as completing comprehensive democratic reforms.

Jeff Davidson

Our ministry is committed to the principle that there are no disabled souls in the kingdom of God,

Z. Sheppard

People once said they were "in" psychoanalysis, meaning they were committed to a long immersion. In a sense, they were writing their autobiographies.

Kathleen Kennedy

Steven is extremely committed to DreamWorks, ... He doesn't want it to go away.

Josh Tarrell

Some of these girls don't play a lot (during varsity games). It takes a strong, committed player to a team to do that. They're as important to the team as anybody, especially in practice. Without them, we're not as good as we can be.

Mary Rich

Previously, when you called the electric company, the field guy would come out to connect or disconnect you, and then it would go out on a bill. Today that same transaction could touch up to a hundred systems.

Andy Ball

Our outlook as a construction company for the next two years is very, very positive.

Carl Icahn

particularly important at Time Warner because of the difference of opinion between many large shareholders and management concerning the direction of the company and the lack of share price performance under current management.

Scott Weiss

Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death. You have only so much money in the bank, and if you don't get to the right milestone before you run out, then the company goes under - it's over.

Bill Gates

Paul was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft and has played an important role in the success and direction of our company throughout the years,

David Litchfield

Oracle still has not released an official patch, so it is still leaving its customers at risk. It is a trivial thing to fix. If the company is still working on it, I do not understand why.

Shawn Willett

Oracle says a company could, for example, take out its BI tool and replace it with a third-party app. The question is, how practical will that be for users?

Charles Bona

Oracle has been and is a database company, and that's where the focus should stay for now.

David Menlow

People have to understand: As a shareholder, in general, they don't have any say in the company. People complain about it, but those who like what the company does will continue to view the stock as a vehicle for profits.

Martyn Thomas

It is now time for us to move on from this dispute and seek resolution of the other issues between us.

Mandy Moore

I had just laid down to go to sleep and got up to use the restroom and I thought it was just like a dispute or something.

Rep. Lang

I had hoped to use my appointment to overcome the dispute over individuals. Unfortunately, my own appointment is now suddenly drawing unnecessary controversy which risks further undermining the commission's larger purpose.

Laura Perkovic

I think it's a matter of public interest. The legal relevance is questionable. In fact, I would dispute any legal relevance to it.

Brendan Barber

If the government suggested that they were actually going to walk away from a deal, that would be a hugely important problem and then, of course, the possibility of disputes could come back on to the agenda.

Robert Morvillo

There is a dispute as to the existence of the two-pilot rule.

Steven Camarota

No one disputes that less-educated natives have done very poorly in the last five years.

Eliot Spitzer

No one can dispute that in the insurance industry there was massive fraud,

Mike Gascoyne

Obviously it is the end of an era but nobody can dispute that Toyota has made a big step forward over the last two seasons.

Carol Davis

I think it's the only fair way of really ensuring that a school's performance score does indeed reflect the performance of the school.

Doug Cameron

It is simply about quality, it is about safety, it's about ensuring that the track record Qantas has continues.

Bill Owens

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Shari Arison

I foresaw the financial crisis. I get messages in my sleep, in pictures and words. I understood that I have a mission and a role in ensuring human existence. I received a message that people would soon start to go crazy.

Rand Paul

The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.

Anthony Romero

The photos and videos play a key role in ensuring government accountability for the torture that happened,

Paul O'Neill

with a view to ensuring that investors in all mortgage-backed securities are provided with the information that they should have.

Neil MacDonald

The metadata problem is going to get worse with Windows Vista. Firms need some way of ensuring that they do not suffer embarrassment.

Mark Rickel

It's not about any one individual, it's about ensuring fairness and accountability in the way the state goes about its business.

Howard Dean

Some of the generals have said we can withdraw some of the troops. ... We have others saying, we're not going to leave. These people do not know what they are doing,

Chris Masoner

Some people are happy at these schools and some aren't. We think these things are about general feel, and as much as you try to wrap it up in a statistical guide, you can't.

Ken Knutson

Our pitching is generally a year older with some really good arms. We have the players.

Gene Smith

Our student-athletes graduate at a higher rate than the rest of general student population.

Brian Foster

Our start to the season has been generally encouraging,

Michael Jarvis

Our general idea is to provide security and pretty much help over take over for the PD. We are going in under the martial law status. That will be one of our priorities.

Damon Hill

Pipelines in general used to be located primarily in rural areas, but as populations and communities grow and develop, more people are nearby.

Tom Sherman

Really, people are here because of a general interest in the weather - or because they like that stuff. But it's all about what they can do to help their neighbors.

FC Dallas

I think there is a kind of general deference that is accorded the prosecutors,

Bethenny Frankel

I've always been told I have a giant placenta.

David Wright

I won't say it's World Series or bust. We haven't been to the playoffs since 2000. We have to take those small steps before we take that giant leap.

David Arquette

I think God is a giant vibrator in the sky.

Barry Bonds

I feel great. I'm just doing what the Giants tell me right now. I don't want to make any predictions about the future, but I feel like I'm getting closer. The swelling is pretty stable.

Wellington Mara

Giants ownership has left at least $150 million of team net worth on the table.

H. Hunt

Giant slalom is one of our strongest disciplines on the men's side and we had expectations to be on the podium today.

Honore de

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

Jane Curtin

He's happy with the form. He's sort of the 'big giant narcissist,' and he's also a big giant drunk.

Joe Clark

He was a giant of a man, had an extraordinary impact on the country.

Karen Zager

Relationships, career, aging, empty-nest syndrome, health and, most importantly, money issues.

Jennifer Williams

Oral health is just as important as getting a regular physical. It's not just about getting a cavity filled, it's about the overall health of the individual.

Stephen Horn

Other than New York City, these local housing authorities had no plan to warn their tenants of the potential risk to their health and safety.

Joe Battipaglia

Picking your own stocks is like trying to diagnose your health yourself.

Ron Pollack

People who need healthcare the most, those with serious health conditions, with illnesses and disabilities are going to be potentially harmed in a very significant way by this proposal.

Bill Cosby

I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Carl Rogers

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable.

Ashley Tisdale

I love pancakes, and I actually do love healthy stuff. Like, I love gluten-free or whole-wheat pancakes. Breakfast is my favorite meal.

O. Henry

Our point here is that what we don't want is for people to walk away and say, well, those are yesterday's issues and they have been or will be addressed.

Leonid Kuchma

Such talks are accompanied by unacceptable preconditions and have no positive issue for discussion,

Pradeep Maharaj

Some of the issues they raised are new but many of them have been raised before.

Sean McCormack

Our views on that issue are well-known," ()

Barry McGuigan

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

Bill Crawford

Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.

Cecil Taylor

The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

Cecelia Ahern

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

Carl Sagan

When you buy a used car, you kick the tires, you look at the odometer, you open up the hood. If you do not feel yourself an expert in automobile engines, you bring a friend who is. And you do this with something as unimportant as an automobile. But on the issues of the transcendent, of ethics, of morals, of the origins of the world, of the nature of human beings, on those issues should we not insist upon at least equally skeptical scrutiny?

Ian Shepherdson

Overall, the labor market is improving, but progress is still slow,

James Campbell

Get us the cargo, and we'll get you the labor.

Michael Wasserman

I think it's a tremendous help. You've got people of all walks of life who are represented by labor unions. I think that's tremendous when you have that kind of support.

Paul Gurgol

I have labor pains right now -- I'm pregnant with all this stuff.

Adam Smith

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.

Source Unknown

Labor is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art.

Harley Shaiken

Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.

Ella Wilcox

Here, on this side of the grave,Here, should we labor and love.

Tim Heekin

I don't think we're going to be able to see anything much until we at least get past Labor Day,

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Roger Toussaint

Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.

Steve MacFarlane

Our members know that working for Northwest Airlines, they have to have a strike fund.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Bertrand Russell

Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Lambis Nikolaou

I was the only one of the 104 members who did not vote.

Stephen Blythe

Releasing it to the public would not be the right thing to do.

Dean Laidley

It is not for public consumption, but we have a lot of work to do this week.

Pat Gillick

He's a blue-collar guy. And he's somebody that the public will like.

Charles Ray

Her public service announcement for us went out all over the nation,

Larry Nixon

He's always done things no one's surprised at, whether it's for publicity or by accident.

Tom Davies

He's going to have to give an explanation somewhere for how it got into his system, ... His public explanation is that he doesn't know how it happened.

Amanda Martin

If anything, we are going to see more and more things shielded from public view rather than fewer; that's been the trend.

Yvonne Johnson

I go for public safety ... for public health.

Dick Bronson

If we're in trouble, this should tell us, and it should be done in a public way.

Ernest Moore

That could wind up costing a person a lot more than $50-$60 for a safety seat.

Roger Anderson

I think it will be an important tool for the safety of children.

Joe Scott

It has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with money.

Tom Chambers

For the under-insured and the working poor, this is their safety net.

Robert Sternberg

If Tufts doesn't work out, my safety is to go back to Yale, where I used to teach.

Ron Hill

We've been trying to look at things with some safety,

Eliot Spitzer

Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond.

David Neeleman

Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.

David Neeleman

Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots.

Dave Checketts

When we traded him, I would say that was probably a lose-lose. It didn't work out well for anyone.

Ashley Gronewoller

I would have traded all that for a win in this game.

Barry Zito

Personally, I don't think I'm going to get traded this year,