19th Quotes

We started looking around and were astonished that there were hundreds of them. Especially in the 19th century, boxes were not something to be thrown out when the contents were removed. - Robert Engel

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system. - Donna Shalala

We haven't had nine tornadoes that I can ever remember by the 19th of April. - Dan Fulscher

We have two dispatchers, and they're handling roughly 200 to 300 phone calls from people who want to know when their street's going to be plowed. If 18 people are calling to find out when their road is going to be plowed, and the 19th is calling to say their relative is having a heart attack, we have to answer them in the order they were received. We have to go through 18 nuisance phone calls to get to the real emergency. - Lt. Mel Hardy

We have a late 19th, 20th century way of looking at textbooks. This is the 21st century. - Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg

We had a 19th century valve, and I guess we needed 21st century technology to get it out of there. - Kevin Byrne

We didn't score our first goal until the 19th minute. The score was only 2-0 at the half. - Brian Adams

We can't return to the 19th century, draw up our drawbridges and say, we don't have anything to do with each other, Germany will not work with the Netherlands, the UK will not work with France. That's ludicrous. We are condemned to work with each other. - Nick Clegg

We believe the Indian Supreme Court will rule favorably on July 19th to allow the rollout of mobile CDMA networks in India. While this could lead to a two-month delay in the deployment of services, the impact is expected to be minimal this year. - Jeffrey Schlesinger

We are very pleased with the work that's been done by city staff, and we look forward to the discussion on the 19th. - Jeanne Phillips