Robert H. Connelly Quotations | Page 2

The trend this year has been to raise rates because of the increasing number of defaults among consumers,

I shall lie through centuries, / And hear the blessed mutter of the mass, / And see God made and eaten all day long.

The water level in the canals wasn't that high when the floodwalls breached. We had a premature failure of the defense system.

It would be appropriate, but the death penalty is more appropriate,

It was unlike any feeling I've ever had, ... because we're so close to these Marines.

It was a huge double-wide and it just went into the water and it just disintegrated. It was picking up cars and throwing them around like toothpicks.

The SEC investigation is weighing on the stock. It's a real unknown that is keeping a lid on IBM.

The Sierra Club endorses Vice President Gore because he is committed to cutting air and water pollution and protecting our nation's treasured forests and wildlands.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Sometimes you see kids addressing issues, whether it be suicide, or drugs affecting them or their family. Sometimes the poems are a cry for help - something they can't express but they need to say. It's feelings and emotions coming out. Not just a story to inform or educate, but true emotions. The other teens can really relate to that.

Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.

Other cancers need to learn how to spread, but not melanoma. Now, for the first time, we understand the genetic mechanism.

People didn't like it. (Cole Bros.) saw the light. The animals are back.

The one assurance I've been able to give him is that we have seen absolutely no evidence and we have absolutely no other information to suggest there was betting on hockey or that the integrity of the game was compromised in any way.

Stop crime at its source! Support Planned Parenthood.

That's wrong, ... Goings can't catch. That's why we put him at safety.

All attempts at mutual education are important to help us grow. It widens our vision.

This is the first time anybody remembers that every single warehouse and shed has been full.

This is one of the nicer industrial business areas in Daytona Beach. They need to give more thought to where they want to put something like that.

This is obviously a very expensive proposition, and it hits in red states, so Republicans will be foremost among those pushing for relief.

This government has previously used intimidation to force people to do self-censorship but this time they've gone too far.

This Court finds that nowhere in the U.S. Constitution did the founding fathers state that it was permissible to lie in a court of law. This argument is simply without merit,

This could be one of those fiscal crossroads moments.

This case, which involved tens of millions of dollars in unreported suspicious financial transactions, including more than $10 million in suspected drug proceeds, is an example of serious and systematic violations of BSA requirements.

They're watching Katrina. They're watching Rita. They're watching what it's doing to the United States.

A lot of the main components are still showing weakness, ... We still have orders declining, and order backlogs haven't built up to any particular degree. This is the picture of a still-weak manufacturing sector.

They needed to dig themselves out of a hole and I have helped them by saying these people in effect have wanted to hang me for the last week or more and now they're suddenly saying 'come and have dinner with us tonight

They don't care that we mow their grass. They care about money. That is basically the long and short of it.

This market is wiling to brush away bad news because it doesn't believe in it, ... Compare it to the Three Little Pigs, when there's a warning they say 'we've heard this before.' But one of these days, there is going to be a warning that the market should have listened to.

As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and some of our city captains and carpet knights will make this good, and prove it.

A bank also seems absent from lists of possible buyers, which makes an investment-grade rating harder to achieve and lessens the need for a sale.

It's just been a series of political maneuvers that leave me astonished at how much power a small number of people can ply over a large area.

It seems to me to be peculiarly unethical to be displaying foreign otters under a banner of educating people about the park. My view is that this is deeply inauthentic.

It's a worthy effort, but misplaced in that particular location.

It's actually pretty amazing, the way they were shooting the ball, that we had a chance to win the game.

It is striking how many days people went without medicine, food and water without help from any agency of government or volunteer group. Many of those who did not evacuate were in poor health and circumstances to begin with and many said they were physically unable to leave.

It remains a great environment for stocks, with a strong economy and interest rates staying low. But you're still subject to this kind of sideways trading for the time being.

It's all about knowing the terrain and knowing the woods, ... For example, I don't like to hunt on top of the ridges, as that's not where the big bucks are likely to be. They're going to be off down the side of the mountain, in the thick stuff, 50 to 75 yards on one side of the ridge or the other.

It's not possible to recall something that absolutely did not transpire,

Foreclosures have been running low nationally because home prices have been up -- anybody who couldn't pay their mortgage could simply sell their house and pay off the mortgage balance with their equity, ... If you don't have any equity, you can't forestall foreclosure.

Football was important, but baseball is my first love. I know I can play baseball longer for health reasons. I feel can be more successful in a sport that I love rather than something I just do well.

It's probably not good for bonds if the Fed is still raising rates on the short end and people are uncomfortable with the yield curve.

Even when there's no natural disaster Blacks have lived the closest (to these facilities),

Even up until yesterday (Tuesday), the conversations had been ongoing. There was no indication that we were at this point.

The best, the most exquisite automobile is a walking stick; and one of the finest things in life is going on a journey with it

Students will obviously do better on the Content Standards Tests as they progress in English, as all of those tests are written in English.

Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away; / Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz bay.

The Albany Fire Department takes a walk through once a year at the beginning of the season here and the Rensselaer does it when it gets over there.

It's important to get on hands and knees and know what work is. It's about taking pride in their school and place where they live.

It literally would've been the rest of my life completely destroyed, ... Some very, very bad things go through your mind, from suicide - it's totally hopeless. There's nothing you can do.

It lets us combat signal fading for both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight links, even over difficult terrain.

Oh to love so, be so loved, yet so mistaken!

They were the community leaders. They were the leaders of the civil rights struggle.

The new authorities have expressed willingness for us to continue our support. We are offering this support especially for security.

Apart from oil - which was discovered, is produced and is paid for by the west - what do they contribute? Can you think of anything? Anything really useful? Anything really valuable? Something we really need, could not do without? No, nor can I.

The Fed is concerned about this, and it has a reason to be concerned. There's no pricing power, and they're watching this very warily.

The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience.

The fear of death is worse than death.

India is a booming market and it is logical to set up operations close to the boom.

I'm not sure what the shoe thing is about, but I relate it to people.

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together.

If you compare it to Katrina the term I would use is the damage is minor. But if it's your house and your home town, it's significant.

If you've had a turbulent August/September period, ... It's less likely you're going to get sucker-punched in October.

If you're young you are lucky. If you're are old you are even luckier!

In NFL Europe I caught a shake route in front of the offensive line and jumped over two people and they were standing straight up, ... I high-jumped 6-foot-8 in high school, so it's no problem. I don't get excited about stuff I'm supposed to do.

If there was one thing I could see put behind us right now, it is the controversy at the housing authority.

I have wandered in a face, for hours . . .

Hope ye unhappy ones; ye happy ones, fear.

I don't know if those allegations were termed domestic abuse.

Generally this kind of volatility precedes a change in direction.

I believe Kitson has brought us a plan that is the best we can expect in the real world.

Gov. Perry's opponents are in a race to see who can be the most negative and who can hate Rick Perry the most. Texas voters are not going to elect someone based on who hates the most or who is the loudest critic.

Gore helped strengthen clean air standards, sped cleanup of Superfund toxic waste sites, reduced automobile tailpipe pollution and protected America's spectacular landscapes, ... This is the kind of leadership the American people are seeking in our next president.

You couldn't see anything unless the door was open. Isn't that true, officer Gonzalez?

The judge's hand is forced to delve into this once a defendant speaks out so publicly about a difference between himself and his counsel.

These graphic images show our society is so uneven, it is so unfair, it is so unjust.

The independent auditor is appointed by the House and the Senate. The governor's office has nothing to do with the auditor. In fact, he audits us. He is completely and totally independent.

Agencies should encourage their acquisition professionals to limit the use of brand-name specifications and maximize competition.

You will see more services on your cell phones, access to e-mail and basically the cell phone knows where you are, like when you're driving around and you're looking for a parking space,

And I said, 'You know, we should do your show, and you should write it. Because it's your humor, it's your sensibility. It's not mine.' And I've tried very hard to do his stuff rather than my own,

All we can do is get back to work at 3:45 on Monday and keep trying, ... I told the kids 'Winning is going to be one of the hardest things you'll ever do in life. If it wasn't hard, everybody would be a winner. And that's not the case.'

The Court finds that the only possible sanction ... is to strike the Defendant's pleadings and enter a default (judgment) for the plaintiffs,

The claims numbers always do strange things at the end of the year, ... There was some improvement at the turn of the year, but the story is that claims are gravitating back to the 400,000, where they were for quite while.

The first option is almost always covered. That's why the play is designed to create multiple opportunities.

All of our various layers of networks are connected, ... Regardless of classification, there are connections and you are dependent on that infrastructure.

The legitimate point is that the trust fund debt is going to continue to go up regardless of budget policy.