Majority & Minority Quotes (1858 Quotes)

If Koizumi wins the majority of the parliamentary seats, then he'll be able to move toward more reforms. That will benefit the yen.

This is a hundreds of billions of dollars industry, with the majority of profit coming from in-store sales. A lot of retailers have lost money.

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.

That was done because of a recognition that education takes a majority of our budget and because education influences other things like neighborhood character.

'Tis long since Death had the majority.

Our study found that the majority of income trusts operate in some of the most capital intensive industries within Canada's economy. There is no evidence to suggest that the adoption of trust structures has had, or for that matter will have, any negative effect on capital investment or Canada's economy.

I would say the majority of those are opposed at this point in time,

For me, no, but for him, I think so. But not only our people but the majority of the Israeli people are with the peace of the brave.

We haven't had a formal survey, but we have heard from the majority of the Magnolia community that they don't want this.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

It is too early to determine the final stake of the government in the new entity but it will in no case be lower than a blocking minority, or 34pc. It will be completely anchored in French national territory.

We are within striking distance of having the party of the president, Republicans, being able to retake the Senate. I will predict that we will have one net seat up, which will put us back in the majority.

In this campaign we had two goals a strong election for Labor and a chance to form a majority government. The one goal has been reached, the other is within reach.

Nissan conducted an Internet survey of 2,000 echo boomers, a majority of which said technology and gaming are among the most important attributes in their first car.

When the president's agenda didn't have full support by Republicans in the House, he made sure it gets done and passes. He got everything from the president's tax relief to Bush's money for AIDS initiative in Africa. For DeLay, success begot success. Once he was able to deliver on a few big things early on in the Republican majority, it built upon itself.

Up to the last minute, together with a majority in the Security Council, with France, Russia and China, but also with states such as Mexico and Chile, we pursued all efforts within the framework of the United Nations to solve the conflict by peaceful means,

She's been in double figures every game. She had four (points) tonight. Two years ago with these seniors, we spent the majority of preseason and even early into the year promoting defense, and it's really paid off.

We could have a situation where, by Christmas, the majority of big U.S. airlines are bankrupt.

It is hard to argue that it will have a significant impact on monetary policy, given that Mr Lambert had voted with the majority throughout his time on the Committee and that the rate decisions over the next few months do not look like being close-calls.

Kids in our urban schools, most of them minorities, are not succeeding at anywhere near the rate of their counterparts in the suburbs. And let me be clear the failure of our urban schools to prepare our children today for the challenges of tomorrow is the civil rights issue of our generation.

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.

The Democratic Party will, one of these days, stop resisting the philosophy that President Kennedy briefly revived for his party. It will have to, if it ever again aspires to be the majority party.

I just signed a deal with 24 Hour Fitness. We're going to build those in the inner cities as well, ... I'm just happy that my businesses are doing well and that they're supplying jobs to those minorities, and for those communities.

The big issue is how this country can be governed by such a slim majority.

We go against the best defense in the country in our defense every day in practice and the majority of the time we are effective. If we can move against our defense, there's no way any other defense is going to stop us.

One of the first things we decided very early on ... was instead of creating a movie of all the classic iconic moonwalk moments that we've all seen, we would go just to the left or to the right of what we know, or what we think we know, ... So I would say the majority of the moments in the movie are not moments that we've seen before.

I think the view certainly had been that we were possibly looking at a Conservative majority, so ... we might see some modest profit-taking on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

I had hoped we would win a majority with our party alone, but we did even better than that, ... I thank the nation for its support and understanding.

It's going to come down to who is registered to vote absentee. Right now, the majority constituency in New Orleans is white.

As senior procurement professionals become more responsible for helping the business achieve strategic objectives, they increasingly rely on fast, accurate management information that gives them a single view of the business. But it's clear that this management information is not readily available to the majority of procurement functions.

What he's done is disloyal to the Democratic Party, ... If a candidate wants to choose his own running mate and not accept the one chosen by the party, that's being disloyal. He's offending a majority of the people who voted for their choice as selectman at the primary.

There's a system internally that notifies the entire campus when a fire alarm has been pulled. The majority of the corporate center campus has been evacuated and because of this occurring after normal work hours for most people, it's been a very smooth orderly evacuation.

The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.

By stepping outside the majority view, he undermines his own credibility. He just becomes another member on the committee.

Kelleher said he protested bitterly ... was the majority leader and I was not.

We're going to continue to hit the islands and make that a point of emphasis. We've got very good front guys out of the state of Hawaii, but this year a majority of our front guys come from in-state. It was an exceptional year in-state for front guys.

We have been working with them. They had some great suggestions about ways we could deal with the very few businesses and people that don't seem to want to engage in good business practices. The majority are trying very hard to treat their customers and their consumers fairly, so we don't want to be punitive to those in business that are doing well, but we need to get this information out.

We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital

This is the first opportunity that we've had in three decades to have a white mayor in a majority African American city.

It continues to be a tug of war with all of the uncertainty going on with respect to the Middle East. I don't think the markets are going to see long-term effects after a war in the Middle East. The die has been cast -- we are going into Iraq. The U.S. is looking to force a vote to show they've got a majority.

The international community believes the Tigers are behind the majority of the attacks on security forces.

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

As minorities, it is always our dream to merge our cultures and showcase to the world the talent that comes from both Latin music and Hip-Hop, ... I hope that together,we can create a new cultural movement that unites these audiences.

Manny is going to play the majority of the games. But it would be nice to play a little more.

Minority governments can find it more difficult to pass policy. There is the possibility of delays in implementing anything.

The exact figure (of the tax cut) I will release tomorrow (Tuesday), ... It won't be exactly the way the president had it, but it will be very, very aggressive and will send a strong signal that we in the majority party feel that there's a great deal of anxiety about the economy.

The first thing we have to realize is, they're a perimeter team. We have to understand their guards are going to do the majority of the work. We have to take those options away.

Schroeder was in office he no longer has a majority, ... He must go.

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.

They're gambling they're going to spend more money inside the park once they arrive. I'm seeing that at the majority of the parks, with the exception of Disney.