Hired Quotes

[Rockville, MD.] I am pleased to officially announce that the ABA's Maryland Nighthawks team has hired Keith Williams as head coach for the 2005-2006 campaign... Williams has been working in professional basketball for some of the NBA's brightest stars for years and now has the chance to coach in the professional ranks. - Tom Doyle

[Nelson, in remarks cited by the newspapers, took responsibility for the episode.] If you're at the helm, you're at the helm... We hired a lot of expertise and I put confidence in him. - John Nelson

[John Devito is a local Northwest Mechanic,] This is not a money issue it's more a jobs issue. ... The mechanics of the airplane are very concerned about the safety of the aircraft and what's been happening with mechanics that have been hired to work on the airplanes. - Michigan State

[His reasoning escapes some people.] Somebody started a rumor that the city had hired me as a sweeper for $60 an hour... Our radio station guy, who cracked up when he heard that story, he says, 'Hell, I'll shut the station down and go help him sweep for that!' - Barry Turner

[Former FEMA director James Lee Witt, hired by Blanco to oversee the state's recovery efforts, will work with federal and state officials to draft new building codes and see that] every nickel is spent in the proper way... We're not going to waste a nickel. - Kathleen Blanco

[Finding experienced staff still remains Taproot's biggest challenge and the single largest constraint on growth. Even so Taproot is now the largest independent Symbian OS software development organisation in North America. To achieve this it has pulled in people from all over the world including Europe, Asia, and North America. As well as employing experienced staff Taproot has also hired graduate students, which they have trained themselves.] I think, from a global perspective, skilled staff is one of biggest challenges for the Symbian ecosystem... Not just for us but Symbian, all the handset manufactures and ISVs, it is still a challenge. - Hugh Thomas

[Don't worry, said Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, a leading House conservative. Cutting taxes for the rich is the best anti-poverty program.] I'm mindful of what a pipe fitter once said to President Reagan... 'I've never been hired by a poor man.' A growing economy is in the interest of every working American, regardless of their income. - Mike Pence

[Cheney told NBC on Sept. 14, 2003, that he didn't know who sent Wilson on a mission to Niger to explore claims that Iraq was seeking nuclear material.] He never submitted a report that I ever saw when he came back, ... I don't know Mr. Wilson. I probably shouldn't judge him. I have no idea who hired him. - Dick Cheney