Famous Quotes & Sayings

Douglas Brinkley

Truman has become the patron saint of failed presidents because he left office with a 27 percent approval rating, and people were saying, 'To err is Truman,' yet look at what he did: the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the Truman Doctrine.

Phil Condit

We are deeply gratified that the (FTC) has given unconditional approval to the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger,

Rob Laird

We are continuing to make sure we get all the business approval that is required. We expect that will happen here very shortly.

Jim Cheney

We are going through the city approval process. I think we'll have the first lot deliveries later this year.

Pat Quinn

I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.

Toni Harris

We could get that approval any day now. As soon as we get federal approval, the patrols we fund will start back up.

Larry Andrews

We have to wait for the successful outcome of that litigation before we'll be given final approval in Canada.

Chris Corrigan

Toll have effectively negotiated with themselves a transaction which is not in line with the board approval that was given,

Dean Oestreich

Today's decision is great news for farmers and for Pioneer. This approval supports expanded choices for farmers and recognizes the safety and value of Pioneer biotech products worldwide.

Rick Perlstein

Prediction is structurally inseparable from the business of punditry: It creates the essential image of indefatigable authority that is punditry's very architecture; it flows from that calcified image, and it provides the substance for the story that keeps getting told about the inevitability of American progress.

Ellen Key

In order to overcome the spirit that creates war, mothers must begin in the tender years of childhood to teach children that right must be the foundation of all might, that authority can be exercised without the help of fists.

James Rubin

We have made clear that we believe that we already have the authority for a military strike, should such an option be chosen.

Robert Lindner

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt

Cesar Millan

Oprah is a wealthy person, pack leader of the human world. So many see her as the dominant one, as the authority figure. The way I view her energy, seeing her on TV, is a very calm, quiet energy. You need, in order to gain control, higher energy than your dog.

Ariel Sharon

We are concerned that this welcome quiet will be shattered any minute as a result of the continued existence of terror organizations which the Palestinian Authority is doing nothing to eliminate or dismantle.

Gilles Duceppe

When they don't have the moral authority to govern, we have to express what Quebeckers think, and I think Quebeckers don't want the Liberals any more. So we're expressing the voices of all those that elected us.

Lysander Spooner

It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish slavery as a new institution; or even give any authority to the state governments to establish it as a new institution. The greatest sticklers for slavery do not claim this.

Louis A. Johnson

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.

William Kent Krueger

Write because you love the work, not because of what might come from it. The journey is the purpose. Very Zen-like, I know, but honest to God it's the truth. And I have never had to deal with writer's block. Knock on wood.

Vivek Wadhwa

The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do all I could for them when the times were good.

Yehuda Berg

If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.

Chino Moreno

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

Emily Marshall

The people are so lonely and so scared. It was just a big deal to sit and talk to them.

Ben Edlund

I used to a play a role-playing game called Dungeons and Dragons, and that was about levels of experience; as you gained experience, you were able to deal with much greater and far more kind of global creatures.

Debi Mazar

I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do have hard times still in my life. And that's even more why it's like you know what, I'm not that different from people going through it. I struggle; I look for a better deal at the grocery store.

David Axelrod

We can't have - we can't have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of people in Arizona. They want the federal government to step up and deal with this problem once and for all, and that's what we want to do.

Chris Matthews

The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here.

Ellen Key

War can be prevented only by broad-minded statesmanship - a statesmanship that understands how to enlist people's interests in a leading cause.

Danny Glover

The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone.

Bobby Jindal

I think the American people are looking for real leadership. That's what I've done in Louisiana, that's what I'll do in America.

George MacDonald

Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," not the Bible, save as leading to Him.

Norman O. Brown

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Larry Hoff

We played well in spurts. I thought our second quarter (20-4) was pretty strong, and we maintained that lead through the end.

Nelson Wolff

We played a quiet role, I think, ... as long as we've got the right leadership there.

Tom Coburn

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

David Chang

The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.

Evangeline Lilly

I'm not a girl who needs to put on a whole face of make-up before I leave the house.

Frank Jordan

We daily share emotions, our personal and shared needs and hope.

Beverly Cleary

In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. They still need to feel safe, be close to their families, like their teachers, and have friends to play with.

Virginia Foxx

We remain in Iraq because we know that sometimes liberty needs some nursing before it can grow on its own.

Ferran Adria

I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.

Alan Cohen

You don’t need to get anyone else to agree with your truth. You just need to live it.

Alan Cohen

The more you know your beauty, power, and worth, the less you NEED others to VALIDATE you. The less you know your beauty, power, and worth, the more you NEED others to VALIDATE you. The more you know, the less you NEED.

Nandan Nilekani

Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.

Agnes Obel

It's always difficult to know if a song needs more than piano, and I worry about my tendency to go in a sparse direction.