Undo Quotations

If you really accept that global warming puts the world at risk, then you think you would be open to any solution that could undo it.

We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.

Even if I could, I wouldn't want to undo the transformation of jazz into a sophisticated art music.

I was raised - my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can't go back and undo that decision.

You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel.

It's actually the minority of religious people who rejects science or feel threatened by it or want to sort of undo or restrict the... where science can go. The rest, you know, are just fine with science. And it has been that way ever since the beginning.

There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.

One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their own developmental stages and recognise themselves and undo a lot of things they decided.

One of my fields of experience is with pension funds. And what this governor has done is dangerous, and I will immediately take steps to undo this.

No one can pretend that simply re-opening our export channels will undo all the damage which has been done.

She needs to convince more independents and moderate voters that she is not the knee-jerk Republican that people think she is. That would require her to undo history.

This was our big chance to undo some of the damage perpetrated by the Partition.

Ideally, we would prefer to remain at this location if we can work out a mutually beneficial plan with the developer of this area. We do not want to put any undo pressure on the developer, Ken Colin, who is a very smart and giving business man.

I don't think you can undo or get restitution to what he's done to the tribe. Financially, the tribe is surviving, but it's been hard.

Basically, I came to yoga and meditation so I could undo some of my past, and I believe that you can do that through a combination of things.

We have to be careful not to undo things that are good. The decision was taken and I was part of it. The Test has been awarded to the Leopards and one would need a compelling reason to take it away again.

He was very concerned about atomic science, ... He took one of the first classes ever offered in the subject. It was then that he became concerned about the long-term effects of science - after all, you can't undo an A-bomb.

I was afraid of my own fear. I was afraid of not being able to stand it. Everything is programmed to undo you as a human being.

It is good to make decisions about taxes prior to selling because you can't undo it.

I think the European finance ministers had an opportunity on Monday to scare off bullish euro investors by threatening intervention or rate cuts to undo euro strength. They missed that opportunity.

It is later. It's not canceled. Although we got that moisture in spring, you can't undo the drought in one year.

It doesn't fix the problem that there isn't a single clear standard consistent with the law and our values, ... Even if all these documents end up establishing appropriate standards, we need to remember that what the secretary of defense does today he can undo tomorrow.

We need a new Supreme Court where only constitutionalists need apply, ... A court that will respect both states' rights and human rights and will begin to undo the damage done this nation by judicial aggressions, beginning with that abomination they call 'Roe v. Wade.'

The pressure for constantly lower air fares threatens to undo any good work they may make in the cost-cutting arena.

We're willing to reach a consensual agreement that satisfies Northwest's need to be competitive. But Northwest is trying to bust the union. They're trying to undo decades of collective bargaining.

Unlike a commercial transaction where if something goes wrong you can fix it, you can't undo elections, ... The cost of making a mistake here is a lot greater.

We're always concerned in this environment, but I don't know if this will cause any undo concern.

This raises huge questions about the authorities of States and Tribes to access the best scientific data and manage a regional resource. Congress was clear 26 years ago when it passed the Northwest Power Act laying out the roles and responsibilities of tribes and federal and state fishery agencies. If this stands, it says that any member of Congress, behind closed doors, can undo a decades-long effort with words hidden in a legislative report.

The overarching point of the president's economic strategy going forward in the 1999 budget is clear: under no circumstances should we take any steps that will undo the fiscal discipline that we have worked so hard to achieve and has been so central to our strong economy of the last five years.

We can't say no, now we're not going to pay that contractor. We can't undo those. We'd be in breach of contract.

We can't undo the deals already signed between India and Israel but the thinking is to try to influence future deals.

We can't undo this part of our heritage. But what we can affect is where we are headed. I want to talk about multiculturalism, because I think that's where we are headed.

We're not out to undo years and years of what we've done. But it's incumbent on us to be informed about successful programs.

When I was out in Georgia doing photographs, I found myself trying to undo my own sense of composition. I'd think, 'Why do I want to take it like this? Is it because I want to take a beautiful picture?' It's quite hard to try and undo it.

There are some decisions made historically that we would undo if we could.

Courts don't want to invade the deliberative process. We favor finality, and we don't want to send a message to jurors that you can do whatever you want to do because if you have second thoughts we can undo it.

Today's ruling is a victory for California consumers over insurers' brazen effort to undo Proposition 103 in Sacramento, which would have led to more uninsured drivers and made it harder for people who need insurance to get it.

The time has come to undo some of those tax breaks,

As soon as you start, in a blanket fashion, shutting down public access to an entire category of records -- all financial records -- you're going to undo that public confidence in the courts.

The Sunnis are joining the base of this broad political process. That will ultimately undo this insurgency. But of course, they can still pull off violent and spectacular attacks.

The state can't undo the harm that was done, but I feel very strongly that if there is any role for the state, it is to protect us from others.

The State of the Union address obviously provides him the chance to get the attention of the American public. But it is not going to undo the structural problem he faces. You have a situation in Iraq that is not going to get better in the short term. ... I see him not having a really big change in popularity.

Andy can never undo the damage that his actions have caused. However, he has paid the price - his academic career is ruined, his reputation sullied, and his personal shame unremitting.

The redefined M.D. is able to access the still, small voice that says I'm about to make a mistake - or I've just made one and I need to undo it before it's too late.

We had architects and people from other universities come here to look at our building. This was built during the energy crisis of the '70s so it was good. Now we are spending millions of dollars to undo what we once won awards for.

Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.

Oprah has been in such a unique position that it takes more than just her performance (Thursday) to undo the damage that she did with Frey's book.

We are expecting a reasonably soft number, which could undo some small dollar gains we have seen against European currencies.

That's what my goal is right now and I expect to be ready, ... But the doctors are telling me playing this year might put that in jeopardy, that I could undo any gains I've already made. No matter how much I want to play, I'm not going to let that happen.

Although we take these threats very seriously, we found the authenticity of the threat questionable. A widespread announcement may have caused undo concern.

Public policy has largely ignored these issues for a generation, and it takes awhile to undo that level of neglect.

E-mail can easily be angry, hurtful, or critical. It takes a lot of time to undo the damage.

You may observe the thirty fasts, and say the five prayers each day, but 'Satan' can undo them. Says Nanak, you will have to walk on the Path of Death, so why do you bother to collect wealth and property?

In a rapidly evolving environment such as that which we are facing in the global energy markets, the inability to craft and implement appropriate policy measures leaves fiscal and external balances exposed. This could ultimately threaten to undo the macroeconomic stability achieved in recent years.

In any case, he had bungled his life. Bad husband, bad father, bad lover: failure all along the line . . . All the springs were broken. No more light anywhere . . . Everything he had tried to build had fallen apart. The little good he had done had resulted in fiasco. Whose fault could it be other than his own? . . . And anyone will tell you that if God Himself cannot undo what happened, still less can man.

I've gone through the Civil Rights Movement. I've seen courts and mayors and white people do things, you turn your back and they undo it. And we don't need that ... so I speak a little different about it. I've experienced this kind of double-dealing, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

No jury can undo the outcome of Texas' 2002 elections, ... but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy, no matter how powerful they may be.

No jury can undo the outcome of Texas' 2002 elections, but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy,

No jury can undo the outcome of Texas's 2002 elections, ... But the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy - no matter how powerful they may be. If we are to be a 'democracy,' then powerful politicians cannot flout such laws with impunity.

Nothing that I can do by way of sentence can undo the consequences of what you did or ease the grief that you have caused those who loved him, nor is the sentence I pass intended to value Mr Trimmer's life.

Doing a fabulous job on Rita doesn't undo the fact that people perceive the first few days of Katrina were mishandled. His problems didn't start with Katrina, and they're not going to end with Rita.

I think our judicial system came through, all the kids involved got the maximum, but there is no justice because they can't bring back my brother or sister-in-law or undo what it's done to my mom.

I look at this as the closing of a window of opportunity to raise rates. If they're more aggressive, they're more likely to have an immediate effect on people's psychology. If they're too aggressive, they can undo that. If they're not aggressive enough, they can't undo that.

The world of pension and retirement is extremely complex. My advice would be to get advice from trained professionals before you make decisions about your money. You can't undo harm from a tax perspective or investment perspective.

It was probably one of the dumbest things I ever did, ... If I could undo it, I would.

The gaffer brought me in to score goals and I have always said that is what I can do. One goal, or two or three could set it off and hopefully we can progress from there and not undo what we did last year.

The House of Representatives recently passed an ESA reform bill that promises to give property owners 100 percent direct compensation for their lost rights. Incredibly, Senator Crapo's bill seeks to undo this. For property rights advocates, CRESA snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

The environmental movement, having enjoyed many successes at the city, state and national levels, now needs to begin to address the global problems that threaten to undo all our progress elsewhere.

The first step is protection from doing things inadvertently or warning you about the level of impact it could have. Then, if you let something in, Defender is there to (warn you) and you can undo it. If the thing gets in and has really done some awful things, using the equivalent of System Restore in Windows XP you can back up time and undo it.

You can't undo five years of deep losses with one year of modest profit. We've got a long way to go.

You can't undo what you did, it is over, it is done, just turn yourself in, help us to get closure and put my mother to rest.

A clear lesson in this tragedy is that one point person tends to be more effective than many point persons, ... We need to conduct oversight before the fact, not after the fact when it is too late to undo mistakes.

For awhile after the storms it got in pretty bad shape. Hopefully another storm won't hit and undo all their work.

It's taken a while and we can't undo the 2002 elections, but we can hold those who cheated in those elections accountable. There's some satisfaction that the criminal process is working its way out.

It's not easy to undo what's done, or to speak too freely ,to just anyone, and if this takes more, than you bargained for, boy it's time you learned, not to talk so loud, walk so proud, you're coming on.

I told him to come back and be ready. You can't undo the past but you can learn from your mistakes.

They're not trying to undo history but trying to say that these things are rather adornments and inconveniences which proclaim a different sort of country from the one of the turn of the century which we think this country should be,

Gov. Bush also does not want to undo what states have done. Texas and others have been active in this area, making sure individuals have access to specialists, holding plans accountable under a review,

The last seven months have involved six months of diplomatic failure and one month of military success, ... The first days after military victory indicate the pattern of diplomatic failure is beginning once again and threatens to undo the effects of military victory.

The law we have doesn't undo (three strikes), it just fine-tunes.