Eminent Quotes

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. - J. Paul Getty

Without any limits on the government's eminent domain power, every home, church, or corner store. - Scott Bullock

With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his. - George Bernard Shaw

With the passing of Phil Walden, the music business has lost an eminent producer of great American music . One of the most influential creators of the Southern rock sound of the 1970s, Walden founded Capricorn Records and launched the careers of Otis Redding and Allman Brothers Band. We mourn his loss along with all of those who had the pleasure of knowing him . - Neil Portnow

With 38 states either limiting eminent domain abuses or currently in the process of doing so, this is a grassroots movement of epic proportions. There is a real opportunity to change the law, and state legislators from both parties are taking notice. - Scott Bullock

When they were both older artists, they had reached a kind of eminence and recognized that they were truly pre-eminent in their generations, and they had experiences, they had a notion of painting which nobody else shared. - John Elderfield

When the OM offer has been seen off, the board, in full consultation with shareholders and customers, will review the means by which London's pre- eminent role in European equities trading can best be promoted. - Don Cruickshank

What we've created is an eminent domain act that is one complete statute . . . where people can go and understand what their rights are. - Sen. Susan Garrett

What BB&T is against is using eminent domain for private development of private property. That's the key component: Private use is an abuse of eminent domain. - Bob Denham