Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kieran Suckling

Pombo played a cynical game of bait-and-switch. He brought people in with false promises, announced the support of environmental groups to the nation, and then systematically stripped every protection clause from his bill.

Joseph Story

The plain import of the clause is, that congress shall have all the incidental and instrumental powers, necessary and proper to carry into execution all the express powers. It neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to congress. But it is merely a declaration for the removal of all uncertainty, that the means of carrying into execution those, otherwise granted, are included in the grant.

Carl Goldberg

If someone construes that clause to be a loophole, I think it's strictly an interpretation that was not the intent of the authority.

David Simmons

There is no ghost clause in that lease.

Wayne Beavis

I have had no formal discussions with Maurice. Everyone is acutely aware that Trent has a get-out clause for 2007 and that's where the speculation has come from.

James Burrows

I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.

Greg Sarris

I think the anti-gaming clause shows, 'Hey, these Indians aren't doing this for the money,'

Jeremy Corbyn

I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that's restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it's a different one, but I think we shouldn't shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways.

Fay Vincent

It doesn't mean (Selig) shouldn't investigate, but it's going to be a very difficult position for him. If people suggest that he could use the 'best interest of baseball' clause to suspend Bonds, I think it would take the union about three minutes before a federal judge to get that enjoined.

Mike Pelfrey

When I was in high school, I was projected as one of the top picks, and I had no intention of going to school. But, I had a bad senior year and I fell. Looking back, if I had gone (pro) out of high school, I would not have made it. I wasn't mature enough. ... Going to college was the best thing I ever did.

Tyler Oakley

When it came to 'Binge,' it wasn't my intention to get on a little soapbox and have a teaching moment. It was more, 'Here are things that have happened to me; here's what I've learned from it. If you'd like to learn from it too, great; if you just like the entertainment aspect, that's fine too.'

Dan McLagan

We're going to see all kind of things going around as people more intent on playing politics than making policy enter the fray.

Rick Hartzell

We're going to forge ahead with every intention of keeping Mac as our coach.

Keir Dullea

Kubrick never explained the ending to us, or what his intentions were. He didn't intend for it to be a predictable film.

Kathleen Wynne

I have no intention of disowning my record as a member of the McGuinty government.

Terrance Farley

When we came into this we were going at it full-bore. We weren't going into it half-hearted. We were intent on at least getting to New York, and from there you can't tell what's going to happen. We need to leave the Garden on a good note this time.

Randy Pitchford

When we founded Gearbox we actually had the intent of doing two things. On one level, we wanted to build brands and build games that are our invention. On the other level, we wanted to work with other things that other people created that we think are really, really cool. And do things with it that we think would be worth doing.

Kevin Hall

We would work with the City folks, and see what their intentions are.

John Jones

You don't like to do that, because you like to set your finals on the basis of qualifying so your eight fastest kids will be running head-to-head (instead of strictly against the clock), but coaches understand that some things just have to be done.

Sunny Thomas

We strictly abided by the selection criteria we had set and we did not want to go back on our words by diverting from it.

Legal Maxim

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

Lawrence Bender

There are definitely strictly independent movies. 'Gummo' is one. Another is one I made, 'Fresh,' a $3 million movie which Boaz Yakin directed.

Kage Baker

According to Jewish legend, only the very wisest and very holiest rabbis had the power to make golems, animated servants of clay. Strictly speaking, the golem is not in the same class with Frankenstein's monster, because the golem is neither alive nor dead. He is, rather, the ancestor of all robots.

Jimmy Cliff

Christian values were important at home. Cleanliness. Don't steal. Don't lie. Those were the rules, and they were strictly enforced. Especially the stealing and lying. When you broke the rules, you got a beating. I always broke the rules a lot.

Trey Davis

The regents have had a general policy of making investment decisions strictly on the basis of financial and market criteria. The regents could choose to make an exception to that policy.

Kong Quan

Therefore, the bilateral arrangement should be strictly confined to the bilateral category.

Adoniram Judson

Perhaps the secret of living a holy life is to avoid every thing which will displease God and grieve the Spirit, and to be strictly attentive to the means of grace.