David Davies Quotations

Whether that leads to a contract is another matter entirely.

We're going to meet up and have a training session before I go.

We accept this wasn't Glenn's intention. It is unquestionable, though, that the controversy over whatever was or wasn't said has damaged both Glenn and his employer,

We did our best but it wasn't to be.

The price of a foreign holiday is a requirement to be put on the national identity register.

Philip Morris does not understand why, either as a matter of law or practice, the European Commission has chosen to address this issue in a U.S. court rather than through regulatory and cooperative actions within the framework of the European Union.

Personally I'm gutted for Grant. We get on well and it will be a real shame that he won't be there.

one of the outstanding football coaches in the world.

I don't expect Mr. Clarke will fall on his sword. But there will be a clamor from the public for someone to take responsibility for what has been a massive failure.

There are still a lot of great swimmers around and it's going to be a tough job to go to Melbourne and swim well,

It got a little close there at the end. We knew they would make a run, and they did.

Over the last two to three years gold mining companies have undergone restructuring and cost saving. They are in a prime position to take advantage of an upward swing in the gold price. It has been underpinned this week by geopolitical concerns.

Sven's got a roving eye. He's like a seagull and can wrap his wings around people.

Some of the Afghan people told us that at half-time in games under the Taliban, an open-top truck would be driven on the pitch with a woman tied up in the back. She would then be beheaded.

Well I think there's going to be a lot of lessons learned, ... but I think that the preparedness, the individual to take responsibility to become prepared himself. And to realize that the government can't always help him.

We would have to go through a process of assessing what he is capable of doing physically.

We are worried about potential burn-out and we'd like them all to have the summer off.

This time I came top, ... I'm hoping I'll come top again on Thursday.

The past few days have been painful for everyone involved. But that is nothing compared to any offense that may have been caused to disabled people in our community and in our country.

The Government has yet to make a convincing case for this and we will be studying that proposal carefully.

We've gone through the proper channels and sought permission. They've said we can and that's as far as it's gone. Whether that leads to a contract is another matter entirely.

Well, here on the coast, ... the possibility of an earthquake, which would result in a tsunami, is our main concern here.

There can be no excuse for the startling incompetence of the Home Office in allowing this man to escape custody before he has been deported. This would not have happened if it were not for this Government's incompetence.

We will be seriously disappointed if there is no movement on that date. Any significant movement would be helpful.

We fully support the commission's desire, and the member states' efforts, to address the illegal trade in cigarettes, including the growing international trade in counterfeit cigarettes. We will readily cooperate with all interested parties to continue to develop sensible solutions, appropriate to prevent illegal trade in our products... However, we will vigorously contest the commission's unprecedented attempt to utilize American courts to impose liability upon us.

We had the players and were able to use those to the max - Lawrence Dallaglio, Martin Johnson, Jonny Wilkinson - to market the sport,

Rugby didn't start planning early enough and cricket needs to learn from that,

Reaching agreement between seven countries was never going to be easy but it was clearly worth having a second attempt today.

They need to do what we should have done and put a plan in place. It's a challenge for (chief executive) David Collier and the ECB.

The remarkable thing is why it took so long to bring this prosecution, especially when much of the evidence was known about years ago.

It's embarrassing and distressing for us, but to appeal would have been distracting for the squad so we have decided to take the punishment on the chin.

It's a tightening up of the portfolio that will concentrate the magazines' consumer appeal. Now that Grazia has found its feet, I have more time to look after other things.

It (satellite radio) has been around for about three and a half years.

The Washington embassy is one of the biggest and best-equipped embassies we have in the world, and I would think that they could do a decent job if anybody could.

They were there looking things over, trying to find out what happened to their property. That's probably the reason he was walking around the French Quarter.

I'm disappointed because at a major meet you want your biggest rivals there to help make sure you put in your very best performance,

I'm kind of overwhelmed. It's quite an honor.

If the problem is more widespread then the home secretary is accountable.

Cameron's people have already started booking the village halls, ... Our people on the ground in the constituencies have already had invitations for him to come and speak. It seems to be a panic move. We will be going out to speak to the membership as well, but we will do it with a bit more style.

If he took the papers in... that, I'm afraid, is a very unwise thing for him to do and I do think this is a resigning issue.

I felt really, really good out there, but I didn't want to take too much out of me,

I continued drinking and it got worse. Finally, in 1998, I became sober, and I pretty much did it on my own and with some help from Alcoholics Anonymous.

All week I've been in a no-win situation as everybody expected me to win. It's great to finally race and get the pressure off my shoulders.

All those things needed to be done. ... We just want to help.