Approval Quotes

"Despite initial criticism of the federal government's slow response to Katrina, Bush's overall job approval rating remains essentially where it was at the end of August."

"She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!"

"Winning the grass roots approval of rugby league fans is just as rewarding as receiving accolades from the experts,"

"It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them."

"They are the last player to now get approval. They are sort of the last to the party."

"As a ?lame duck? president with low approval ratings, he?s not in a good position to sell this budget. The people in Congress can just wait him out."

"It's the bigger picture that continues to wear down Bush's approval rating on Iraq, and voter frustration with Iraq."

"The approval of the Nice Treaty is essential if we are to proceed on schedule for enlargement."

"The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations."

"It's a well-designed and comprehensive site that has won the approval of Potter fans everywhere."

"Certainly Vogue was the total seal of approval, but Cosmo was up there. You had those and your cosmetics contract, and you were all set."

"Approval of these mergers undermines more than 20 years of efforts to introduce competition into the residential local and long distance telecommunications market, ... The FCC promises cross-technology competition with Internet phone service on cable and telephone systems, but the Commission has failed to ensure that consumers will receive meaningful choices at fair prices."

"Approval of these mergers undermines more than 20 years of efforts to introduce competition into the residential local and long distance telecommunications market. The FCC promises cross-technology competition with Internet phone service on cable and telephone systems, but the Commission has failed to ensure that consumers will receive meaningful choices at fair prices."

"We don't ask for the approval from the government to print things. But by the same token, we do want to know if there's something that would hurt someone [if we disclose certain information] -- and what it is. Then we make very careful decisions and talk about it with dozens of people [including their editors and top government officials] before the actual story runs. It could conceivably be too sensitive: say, if you find out -- through one means or another -- that somebody had a spy by a certain name in a foreign government and that person would be immediately killed if it were revealed."

"All we're waiting for is the final approval. As soon as we get that approval we will release construction on the project."

"There are a number of regulatory hurdles that will need to be addressed. As well as approval you have firms that are listed on each exchange and each of those listings has a requirement. What is the impact to those requirements?"

"This approval is another example of our agency's endeavor to counter rising healthcare costs by approving safe and effective generic alternatives as soon as the law permits."

"We're approval junkies. We're all in it for the slap on the back and the gold watch. The hip-hip-hoo-f**kin' rah. Look at the clever boy with the badge, polishing his trophy. Shine on you crazy diamond, because we're just monkeys wrapped in suits, begging for the approval of others."

"We believe AOL and Time Warner are in the final stages of gaining approval from U.S. and Europe regulatory commissions. We do expect any concessions that would materially impact future performance."

"The president this morning accepted the committee's recommendation. The committee recommended approval of the transaction after closely scrutinizing it and concluding that it would not compromise our national security."