Officially Quotations

Poets are accepted in Canada as practically nowhere else in the West because of their place in an officially supported and popularly endorsed Canadian culture. Yet, they are still bitter and argumentative, as poets elsewhere are, because they have no audience as such, only a sanctioned role in the cultural scheme of things.

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied

My first ever-ever professional role was in a television show in England called 'Love Soup.' It starred Tamsin Greig. I just played a small role - I think officially my role was 'teenage boy' - it was one episode.

I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.

Napster is great so long as they put out tracks on there that have been officially released. I don't really mind people downloading my music; I also see it as a compliment. And if you are a real music lover, you want to have the original CD anyway 'cause then you feel more connected to the artist.

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.

Night raids are only the first step in the American detention process in Afghanistan. Suspects are usually sent to one of a series of prisons on U.S. military bases around the country. There are officially nine such jails, called Field Detention Sites in military parlance.

There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and we never really even locked eyes. They weren't acknowledged officially either.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt.

I've been a Marvel reader since I was just a kid, and I've dreamed of being a Marvel writer for almost as long, so being tapped to officially join the team is truly something.

If you go back to 2001, the market had two violent short covering rallies then, although I know the market didn't officially get going until March 2003.

I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and openly, but the press has never made a big fuss about me or said anything to me.

As recently as 1979, neither panic attacks nor panic disorder officially existed.

Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields.

I always think about the fact that PewDiePie, who has tens of millions of followers, started with zero. All of my favorite creators started with zero. And all it takes is one video to dive deep, and you are officially a YouTuber. So you've got to make that first video. It's not going to be your best, but you will learn as you go.

Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'

As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.

I never thought I would do a game show, but now I guess I'm now officially in that genre.

We found that out officially this morning, and it will cost us more to remove the debris. But there's more to that than just the cost for me. My father built that structure with his own hands (and operated it as a store for many years).

With the season officially over and our new head coach in place, it's time to set the team on a new course. The Jets will not be defined by the challenges we faced in a single season, but how we overcome them: by embracing change and taking calculated risks.

The OPEC secretary general informed me officially yesterday that there was no idea by any country to raise output unilaterally, ... We all continue to share what has been a longstanding practice in OPEC to take decisions unanimously and after consultation.

This puts entertainment officially on the map as a key market for the company.

The prime minister officially informed the Palestinians, as he did at the beginning of the negotiations, that nothing is agreed until everything has been agreed and therefore it is only signed agreements which are valid and binding.

Let me tell you, writing comics is as hard as anything I've ever done - for me, at least. I'm now officially in awe of guys who can crank out multiple books a month and maintain a high level of quality. Comics are completely different than any other medium I've dabbled in.

Sinclair Broadcast Group's broad reach enables us to penetrate pivotal markets, lending significant depth to our audience. We have officially realized one of the very first applications of the new digital technology, and more importantly, are using it to deliver truly innovative content to consumers starved for intelligent programming.

My injury, ... is officially a thing of the past.

No one ever told me the list had expired. I've never been officially notified. All I wanted for Christmas was to become a New York City firefighter.

Moreover, NASA has officially invited the space agency to take part in implementing U.S. space plans.

My guess is they (the president and first lady) are discussing tradeoffs between SMU and Baylor but that they remain open, officially and personally, if there's something striking enough to catch their fancy.

Now we're poised to begin the next chapter of Disney history when Hong Kong Disneyland will officially open to the world.

On the last day of the Edgbaston Test, I made the ultimate sacrifice of leaving the room when Australia needed six to win. On the 'going to the toilet in the pub to enable your team to score a goal' principle, I, personally, induced the England victory. My contribution is yet to be officially acknowledged.

I wouldn't let him buy one until I officially made the team,

If they don't, we will officially ask action because we want justice ... and that the cup is awarded to AC Milan if certain facts are proven.

But 2005, I think, clearly is the year that we reached a tipping point. The steps are now really officially being taken to break television out of the living room.

I feel like you become a songwriter when you claim that it's sort of like a switch flipped, and you're always writing. Even in your sleep, you're always thinking about it in the back of your mind. The true writing - when you're officially writing - that's just when its front of mind, but its always there. You're always listening for a hook.

For something to be officially and legally categorized as Champagne, it must come from the Champagne region in France. It's a legally designated region just a little northeast of Paris. Anything we make in America, or anything made in Italy or any other country, is sparkling wine.

From everything I can read about Aussie spiders, it seems like all they really like doing is hiding in your house or garden or car until you 'accidentally' disturb them - probably by doing something crazy like putting on the shoe they are lurking in - and they can officially bite you to pieces.

From this moment forward, Oscar Arias has been declared officially elected as president of Costa Rica.

I don't think it is a surprise in Canada's only officially bilingual province that it is a great training ground for future prime ministers.

I don't think it's been officially announced. You're hearing it from my mouth. It's official. I'm retired. I don't know what the details are in making it official. Don't know, don't care. It just means I have to be on TV again.

Glenn isn't expecting to hold his existing place on the list. He was fairly high last year and he is realistic about things this time around. We will meet with Cricket Australia and find out officially where he is in the next couple of weeks. But he is expecting to slip a bit, just hopefully not too much.

He will be looking to clinch that position, but who knows? I haven't given up hope that it is going to me. It just does not look as though I am the favorite at the moment. I am still keeping my fingers crossed. I have not heard anything officially but we should know by the end of the week.

He must officially initiate such a request with his unit to get a personnel action of this nature started. There are procedures for a delay in his deployment but he, in conjunction with his unit, must initiate them. His time is short if he has not done so.

There is going to be expectations and big-girl responsibilities that she can pass on right now because she's not officially representing a company; she's not an ambassador for the sport as a professional. That becomes a different deal when it becomes a business. I think the pace is just a little too accelerated.

We're officially retiring as Kurt Busch's apologists, ... effective today.

We're officially on hiatus, maybe even officially over. It's kind of up in the air. No one said, 'We're done as a band.' Everyone's just doing their own thing, and (some members) don't have time for this band anymore. I haven't quit, but I've also decided to stop thinking about Limp. I'm not going to keep trying to breathe life into a dying animal. It just ground to a halt.

We're officially abnormally dry, but we're not in a drought.

There is a memorandum given by the US embassy in Delhi to the external affairs ministry on this issue. We have confirmed information on this. We want the government to officially deny it.

Hypothetically, if the headquarters officially has been moved to New York, perhaps it has some tax implications. Beyond that, there is the perception, 'What's wrong with Pittsburgh?' If it's just a few people, what's the point? Why do it at all?

He was suspended with pay, which is our legal obligation to do. As of (Thursday), Mr. McCormack has resigned from his position with the Dearborn Public Schools. That will officially take place at the Board of Education meeting on Monday.

We are going to officially wave you off for 24 hours.

We are going to officially waive you off for 24 hours.

John Kerry was officially endorsed by Dick Gephardt, and Kerry said, 'What did I ever do to you?'

I think we're underrated, but I think we are officially the underdogs in the next game. We've played a lot of close games. Our record (15-12) is deceiving. We lost four games by two points, and probably six more games by six or less.

I think we understand we're officially in October baseball. But we discussed it last year and again this year. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate it when the magic number is one. You're watching the number go 10, 9, 8 ... and it gets to one so you celebrate? When it gets to zero, you celebrate. That's what we're going to do.

I think the $1.6 or the $2.5 trillion tax cut as it was originally proposed could be officially proclaimed as dead,

I will not comment on the issue until anything is officially known.

I will never forget meeting Suu Kyi in Rangoon - now officially known as Yangon - some six years ago, when she was still able to leave her house.

Stem cell research in California has officially begun. We will win in this fight against a small and politically motivated minority, step by step. They will not keep medical research from improving the lives of millions of people. We owe it to the voters, we owe it to patients, we owe it to the families of California.

I think his president wanted to keep it confidential and go through the process without it being a public issue. But he was offered the job officially yesterday and accepted and contacted me right away.

I thought I had seen everything. Now I've officially seen everything.

I was never officially signed with Akon, but it was a shopping deal. That was around the time he was going through some problems with his label at Interscope. I waited, but when a deal didn't happen, I just went out on my own.

Most companies will wait until the very last moment, even weeks, before they officially postpone. It's a lot of work gearing up for a company to go public.

Microsoft makes a pretty powerful case that they need more time. The idea of a breakup wasn't raised officially until April 28, so this hearing comes less than a month later.

We have officially started. We are on-site doing field work.

We have officially realized one of the very first applications of the new digital technology, and more importantly, are using it to deliver truly innovative content to consumers starved for intelligent programming.

We have officially brought to an end the idea of having two captains. The philosophy will now be to just have one captain.

We just can't get comfortable with the stability of the situation for this particular opportunity. So we're going to officially wave you off for 24 hours.

You know how those lights from the cameras start flashing when the ball gets kicked off? That's officially when I knew I was in the Super Bowl.

We are now back on an even footing with our competitors in the EC (European Union) and I believe the quality of the British product will ensure that we begin to recapture our share of beef sales on the continent as soon as the ban is officially lifted.

We haven't been officially notified that we're playing the opening game of the season. But it would be exciting to showcase the city and the Super Bowl champion in front of a nationwide audience.

We haven't officially split up - we are still together as a band,

The one thing you can say is that we all have our own thing that we've been true to and it was just a matter of time - we were going to do it whether you let us officially or not, ... I've been an artist for 12 years, I've just been street legal for about five months.

We are delighted to officially enter three dynamic Florida markets through the acquisition of First Florida. First Florida has a team of talented bankers and investment experts who are empowered to deliver financial solutions and make local decisions that best suit their customers' needs. Through our partnership with First Florida, we can increase the resources of the local bank so they can offer even more robust products and services to both commercial and retail consumers in these rapidly growing markets.

Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Want to let you know we've officially reached the 'over 200' mark for snow this season. We didn't make it last year.

Traditionally latex is coagulated with sulfate acid. It smells very bad. The liquid smoke technology helps reduce the bad odor. But the liquid smoke factory was officially opened only in 2004 with a capacity of seven tons of liquid smoke a day.

The day the prime minister publicly and officially announces his resignation will be the day we stop protests.

We understand we're officially in October baseball. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate when your magic number is one.

We officially terminated this person because we asked him to come in last week and talk about it and he wouldn't. He wouldn't tell his side of the story. He wouldn't defend himself.

We officially deny that (Ratko) Mladic has been arrested.

We officially deny that Mladic has been arrested. To our knowledge there is not even an operation ongoing to find him.

We are certain that Uefa is to investigate the case and if they didn't do it we will officially ask them to.

We have been officially informed that the embassy will reopen on Monday.

We thought it was our time to win, but I guess not. I can now officially say I think this is the best team I've ever had. I refused to say it until they got to this moment.

To the best of my knowledge, we have not been officially served with the legal papers. When we are, we will respond appropriately. We take this very seriously.

The party itself never officially endorsed or recommended him.

The party is now over for consumers and officially on for Big Oil. You can kiss your cheap gas goodbye. This is probably the cheapest gas you're going to buy for 2006. ... They (prices) are poised to scream upward.

When you go to Nashville, you know that's the home of country music. New York needed to step up to the plate, to say officially that this is the birthplace of hip-hop. The city was sleeping on it. I discovered that younger visitors who loved rap music were eager for more knowledge, for a different kind of tourist experience that would get them out of Times Square.

We will change our constitution and bylaws to reflect the fact we are not associated with the convention. We're officially separate. Since we're now separate, we need to update the way we elect trustees.

We are excited to officially begin the marketing process and unveil the new website and brochure. We have experienced a tremendous response to our project in Belize, and we expect these marketing initiatives to simply speed the on-going process along.

When Lynn officially became a candidate... we thought that he might put a stop to saying 'I'm just here to listen' and actually tell us what he's actually thinking.

When Lynn officially became a candidate ... we thought that he might put a stop to saying 'I'm just here to listen' and actually tell us what he's actually thinking.

The government isn't officially on the campaign trail, but it is beginning to showcase what it has done in the media.

We've been practicing officially for only a few days, so it's hard to predict exactly what kind of performances we may see from our guys this weekend. Putting them out there, especially the freshmen, is sort of like a baptism by fire. I'm interested to see how they respond.

The Government should officially confirm the reintroduction of the 10-year tax holiday for investors starting up viable businesses in Uganda and ensure land availability free of squatters. The Government should immediately transfer ownership of the fresh handling cold facility at Entebbe so that the sector owns it.

Until I see an announcement that they officially have a league, I'm not going to comment. The NLL throws some things out there. They talked about having a second indoor league, the NLL2, and they've talked about expanding to something like 29 teams. None of that has come to fruition.

There is nothing defined, but all that we have heard from the Arab and Islamic states, officially and from the public, is reassuring.

Those that can will do so, either officially -- as Saudi Arabia has -- or unofficially, simply because of the temptation of higher prices,

We can officially say we're in striking distance. It's still going to be a battle though because we're still behind.