Shutdown Quotes

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn`t gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

We have plenty of fuel in our tanks in El Paso to make it through the shutdown period.

(The determination came in response to a virtual fishery shutdown in the affected states due to major flooding, damage to fishing boats and fishing ports, waterways clogged with debris and closed processing facilities.) We are taking action now because of the significant economic effects of Hurricane Katrina on fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico, ... Major commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico include fin fish, shrimp and oysters, with an estimated value of almost $700 million per year.

(Pregnancy didn't occur as easily as they'd hoped, and the couple turned to adoption. Having decided to adopt a Guatemalan child, their paperwork was ready to go. Problems developed when that country's government had to change some procedures to be in compliance with the Hague Treaty, and those changes led to) an almost total shutdown of the adoptions, ... And so, thinking that we had no time to lose, we went '˜country shopping.' One of the few options open to us, since we are over 40, was Nepal.

Oh, big impact. He`s pretty much up to speed already. He`s going to be great for us. We have a shutdown corner on one side and David Barrett on the other, who`s basically a shutdown corner as well. So it`s going to be good.

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What`s there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded.