Prevailing Quotes

I didn`t do it because of the underlying greed that`s prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason.

Nothing. We`re all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down, depending on the mood or the nature of the material we`re dealing with, there`s usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude that`s floating around.

The prevailing style in the mainstream is represented by Michael Bay. This is shorter and shorter takes and less and less dialogue.

After considering various factors, including the strong performance of the Hallmark Channel and the prevailing current economic realities of being a one channel business in our industry, the board unanimously determined that now is the time to look at all alternatives,

We have to prove a substantial likelihood of prevailing and that irreparable harm will be suffered if the injunction is not granted, and we believe we have a strong case on both of those.

I am ideologically opposed to involving private businesses for the purpose of avoiding prevailing wage rates.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it`s another nonconformist who doesn`t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it`s a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.

But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place.

(Bush`s priority is redistributing money from the bottom up, Herbert says. It`s a harsh criticism, but some of the facts support Herbert`s claim.) One of the first things the president did in the aftermath of Katrina was to poke his finger in the eyes of struggling workers by suspending the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, ... This is one more way of taking money from the working poor and handing it to the wealthy. A construction laborer in New Orleans who would ordinarily be paid about $9 an hour, the prevailing wage in the city, can now be paid less. So much for the president`s commitment to fighting poverty.

We are looking at approximately $25,000 to $30,000 for the retrofit of the skate park itself and that`s at prevailing wage, and we are looking at an additional couple thousand dollars in architectural design fees.

If (Saxton) thinks he can get rid of prevailing wages, he can think again, because the Democrats won`t let him do it. However, let`s redefine `prevailing wages` so that it means a real wage for our economy.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it`s another nonconformist who doesn`t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.