Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Wang

I am an owner who prefers to stay behind the scenes and allow my staff to do what they do best.

Patrick Vogt

We want to thank Bob Rice for his many years of service to the Company, as a founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. Bob has been a visionary in the industry for many years and was the force behind our industry-leading graphics technology platform. We wish him success in his future endeavors.

Greg George

We knew they were their two best players, and we couldn't let them get behind us, but they did. As soon as they got the ball, the raced up the floor.

Ron Gardenhire

We know he's the one guy who's a little bit behind where he would normally be. No excuses. He had good stuff tonight, but he's not exactly perfect right now with his location and as good as we've seen him.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

The worst thing that can happen is that the effect that they create behind you is bigger than the performance you're putting out.

Michael Musto

With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!

Mary Kaye

The power in you is not only the name of our organization. It's also the driving philosophy behind what we do.

Michael Mahoney

The power behind this rally seems to be unstoppable, notwithstanding the concerns about a slowing economy because of the rate rise. We don't see any signs of that.

Rene Locher

The positive rationale behind a deal would be the potential to cut more costs.

Alan Arkin

[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.

Joseph Quinlan

We've got a strong tone for the market. Expectations for corporate earnings are good, economic growth is good and there's good M&A activity.

Louise Christian

We want to see a prosecution of corporate manslaughter. This report has re-opened that possibility.

Vince Farrell

What the stock market is telling you is that the economy and corporate profits are going to recover sooner than thought.

Lou DiBella

We want his next fight to be in Little Rock, but it would have to make economic sense to us. I need to get a sense of the corporate reaction that, frankly, we haven't seen for the smaller fights in Little Rock. We need a gate that's competitive with Vegas.

Nick Jones

Until now, mobile e-mail has been a senior executive toy. We're at the cusp of when it starts moving from an executive niche market to a mainstream corporate market.

Scotty George

What we're seeing today and what we have been seeing for the last week is a drying up of sentiment as investors wait for some definitive resolution of world events and some new corporate catalysts.

Ron Hill

We're focusing much too much on what's moving, which at the margin are the kind of that are negative for stocks and forgetting what's really crucial here. The fact is we are in an excess supply of money relative to the needs of the economy and corporate earnings growth will in fact be quite good in the third quarter.

Ronald Hill

Three things out there: very, very positive liquidity, a growing economy, and rising corporate profits. Put those three things together stock prices have only one way to go and that's up.

Frank Haith

We knew we were getting crushed on the boards. They overwhelmed us on the glass. He took ownership of that.

Earl Parreno

She has consolidated her hold on power, but it does not mean that she has crushed the opposition.

Jeff Gundy

We're a team that does ... just enough to put yourself in a position and not enough good to win. That was poor defense, poor, poor defense. They scored 49 points in a half with very marginal offensive players. When they missed, they crushed us on the boards.

Hwang Suk

I feel so crushed and humiliated that I hardly have the energy to say I am sorry. I seek your forgiveness.

Vincent Creel

I think by the time they look under every crushed building, there will be hundreds dead and missing right here in Biloxi.

Colin Murray

He had no idea what Matthews was doing, and he was crushed when he found out.

Lawrence Frank

I respect it, but that doesn't mean I have to like the feedback when I feel like one of my guys is being crushed when look what the (heck) he's done.

Randall Bispo

Our kids are a little crushed by it. But I told the kids this might not be the last time we play them.

Blaine Boyer

That crushed me. That was one of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with. We fought so stinking hard to get where we were. Then I couldn't help.

Gordon Nixon

We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter.

Jim Roche

We are pleased with the performance in the quarter, with the return of sequential revenue growth and with the solid earnings results,

Steve Previs

There are some disappointments in earnings and obviously Hewlett-Packard is a big one.

Chuck Hill

We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter.

Frank Gannon

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Brad Pleimann

Until we see earnings impacted by oil, I don't think the market is going to be responsive.

Gordon Higgins

We're going to see volatile markets for the next little while with all this uncertainty regarding earnings. We need to see a general improvement in the tone of earnings and especially with guidance.

Scotty George

What we're looking at generally is whether the market can get past these levels. We think there's enough strong sentiment and stimulus in the pipeline for that to happen and that the earnings will ultimately lead the market, but it's a process, and it's going to take time.

Russ Koesterich

We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out.

Stephen Stanley

We know from low inventory levels that they're going to have to rebuild inventories as economy strengthens,

Gene Walden

Ultimately the Internet economy will become THE economy. So right now, everybody needs 10 percent, 15 percent, 20 percent of their portfolio in some kind of Internet companies.

David Suzuki

Other things, like capitalism, free enterprise, the economy, currency, the market, are not forces of nature, we invented them. They are not immutable and we can change them.

Matthew Smith

The perception that the U.S. economy is a runaway freight train is mistaken -- things are slowing.

John Davidson

The ongoing issues are the strength of the economy and whether or not the pace of the recovery is in fact slowing down. One of the important things this week will be to see the extent of the damage.

Sidney Taurel

We are seeing a very resilient economy and one that seems to be growing in every part of the world. Just about every region is growing and it's very encouraging.

Shahab Jalinoos

There are some fears that the post-war U.S. economy still finds it hard to go back into full gear.

George Rose

We're in a global wine economy now. If you're out of grapes, you're out of grapes.

David Rosenberg

When you think of all the fiscal and monetary stimulus we've had, we should have the economy growing at 5 or 6 percent. The fact that we're not is the story.

Ertharin Cousin

When you're providing emergency aid, you're fighting hunger; you're filling stomachs.

Ted Forsgren

We felt it was very important to let people know there are more manatees now than there were 25 years ago. So we're not in any emergency situation; we are in a situation where we have to manage the species carefully.

Wade Sanders

We explain that our No. 1 priority is to open up main thoroughfares for emergency vehicles.

O. J. Simpson

Seniors, the disabled, the mentally ill, people on life-saving transplant rejection drugs - the least medically secure have been the most affected. At least now with a state emergency declared no one will walk out of the pharmacy without the medications they need.

Jorge Belevan

The plane did not crash. It did not fall. The plane made an emergency landing.

David Donnelly

There are times where it seems like we don't have enough people to do what needs to be done, and sometimes it seems that CERT performs that. There are several different roles for them to play in an emergency situation, and we're always looking to expand that and involve these people as much as we can throughout the year.

Jan Egeland

What we need is something like no other emergency relief effort,

Rick Perry

We're playing it by ear. We have a massive emergency in south Louisiana.

Mitt Romney

just wouldn't be tenable on more than an emergency basis.

Charles Spurgeon

You may alter an opinion, but you cannot alter a #‎ fact .

Glenn Parker

We want to thank Robert for his valuable contribution to the Company's development and growth since its inception, ... His entrepreneurial vision has been a leading factor in our success to date.

Darrell Nichols

We know for a fact that several of the people staying at the motel were habitual burglars.

Michael Bennett

Wait just a minute. They didn't keep us out of the end zone. I was tackled in the end zone for a safety in the fourth quarter. Get your facts straight, or get a job working for the New York Times .

David Graeber

[A] great embarrassing fact… haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate in theft.

Luke Bracey

I wake up every day and look at my own ugly mug in the mirror and don't think twice about it. The fact that other people might want to look at me still feels funny. It's flattering, but funny.

Gene Smith

The positives are closure. The fact is we participated with an ineligible player. That's the truth. You can't sugar-coat that.

Robert Fraser

We are proud of the fact that we surpassed last year's donation.

John Burness

There are some folks who want us to do a full investigation ourselves. But the fact of the matter is this is a police investigation, and we can't impede it. The more information we have, if the allegations are true, there will be grave consequences.

John Cain

We know we've got to have that 20 percent (to be used as the city's match for a federal 80 percent grant).

Joseph Biden

Ultimately, all the federal government does is not going to be able to get the job done without your aid.

Trot Nixon

We started off sluggish. But we fed off our fans.

David Hockney

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.

Ben Bernanke

The Fed is totally open.

Diane Swonk

We have seen a softer tone in their write-ups. I think there is a real sense that the Fed is going to stay on the sidelines.

Jason Chaffetz

We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government.

Fran Quigley

We have no idea. We will never know, because so much being done by the federal government now is shrouded in secrecy.

Charlie Chaplin

Let us fight to free the world

Charles Dickens

But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.

Charles Stross

Had enough of my poetry yet? That's why they pay me to fight demons instead.

Charles Stanley

Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.

Charles Spurgeon

A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself.

Charles Spurgeon

The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict, force and fervor, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well.

Al Sharpton

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

Al Pacino

Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.

Al McGuire

I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'

Louis Navellier

As a rule, bond funds will not double your money overnight.

Hugh Davies

We are proud to be in a position to offer these funds to the community. Personally, I'm honored to represent this group of vintners who lend a hand whether it be for Hurricane Katrina relief or to help a neighbor in need.

Susan Uhrik

We want people to come, not only to raise funds for this family, but also for them to receive a blessing.

Jim Ritterbusch

What we're seeing now is that some funds had moved to the side making sure there wasn't a bearish surprise and now they are rotating back into the long side,

William Sullivan

We are also in the grips of liquidations by hedge funds and a lot of dealers don't want to see big exposures,

Ron Pearson

Therefore, a portfolio with 10 or even 15 funds is not uncommon.

Sergey Galitsky

When a person earns money, it makes sense if he spends it himself. It's a shame when a person earns money, and some strange funds spend it.

Terry J. Lundgren

When I was a sophomore in college, my father called me at the fraternity. He told me he no longer had the funds to pay for college. If I wanted to continue, I would have to do it on my own.

Scott Kahan

So look at the funds you own or ones you're considering buying. All that information can only make you a smarter investor.

Rob Hughes

We are a true globally distributed work force.

Achmad Faisal

We want our prices to better reflect the fluctuations taking place in the global market.

Ertharin Cousin

Unfortunately, the world pays attention when the media shines a light on those in need, which is why it's so important that we maintain the global public will that is necessary to meet the needs of those we serve.

David Bowers

The reflation trade is back on. We are seeing more optimism about the global economy.

Kathleen Sebelius

In many ways, human health is the great global connector.

Thomas Friedman

Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just not restrained by it. What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. That's what we're up against in Iraq. We're up against a suicide supply chain.

Donald Fagen

September 11, on a global scale, and my mother dying, on a personal level, were the two major things that got me thinking about all of this.

Ryan Donovan

She will have a heavy global travel schedule as well.

Michael Ignatieff

When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority.

Alanis Morissette

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.

Alan Watts

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.

James Allen

We want to see what's out there and is it worthwhile to take anything to the next level of funding.

Chris Copeland

Keep being aggressive, that's what my teammates and my coaches ask me to do. If I see things are going well, I know there's more of a comfort level for me to continue to do that.

Chogyam Trungpa

Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.

Garry South

We know how much we're going to have to spend. This is a (spending) level we think we can sustain.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board of the venue.

Dexter Scott King

Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality, primary because the energy associated with eating has shifted to other areas. If you’re violent to yourself by putting [harmful] things into your body that violate its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate that [violence] onto someone else.

David Allen

Without a gut-level sense that you are ultimately in control of what's happening to you, you won't even consider the option that you could manage it better.

Alan Moore

That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics.

Al Ries

Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.

Al Ries

Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company's ultimate objective.

Al Ries

Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.

Al Ries

A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range. Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.

Akio Morita

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.

Joe Veltri

We know how important the truck market is.

Sue Schneider

Ultimately, it will be legal, here, but how long it takes is uncertain. This is where the market is.

Henry McVey

We still like the equities market and think the S&P 500 could potentially go through 1300 this week.

Alan Watts

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.

Chase Carey

We have recognized that our churn rate was too high, and we have been monitoring the credit,

John Kline

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase.

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

Terry Semel

look more and more like a portal. And as a portal, it probably would be rated No. 4.

Juergen Michels

That will probably keep the ECB waiting until September, rather than going for a rate rise, as a done deal, every quarter.

Roni Java

That's a very respectable rate for a rural county. We know they're trying to reach 50.

Astro Teller

Going from an error rate of 25 meters in GPS to 2.5 meters is huge. Going to 25 centimeters is going to matter just as much.

Charles Nelson

Overall, the story is that uninsured rates are relatively stable.

Diablo Cody

I don't know why, but I've always been a sucker for roller coasters in movies.

Bob Gaudio

But we weren't a phenomenon like the Beatles or Elvis Presley or the Rolling Stones: We were only as good as our last hit. We lived on our music and couldn't slide on anything - and this show is that story.

Brad Rex

We're getting on a roll at the right time.

Tori Amos

There are enough scary rock & roll mothers in the world.

Dick Ebersol

I was just swept away with how that sounded. It just rolls off your mouth.

Rob Kurz

We're on a roll right now. We can't wait to play another game.

Derek Lowe

I think it's tough for everybody. We can't just go out there and roll over and die. ... To see where we are right now is very disappointing.

Dean Waters

You just can't roll out the balls. You have to do it on the court.

Frank Molinaro

That was a tough loss. But no excuses. Now we just have to take this win and try to keep rolling through the Shore Conference.

Ryan Callahan

We know we have to win at least one here (in London) and we would like to do it sooner than later.

Jim Loehr

She's going to come out when she's ready, probably sooner than later, and set the world on fire,

Ashleigh Brilliant

Sooner or later, I'll be punctual.

Brian Jacques

Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it.

Dr. Nabarro

Frankly, there will be a pandemic, sooner or later.

Steve Ball

I would sooner go back to, if you want to vote you have to come here and vote.

Mike Tice

I think the sooner the better for all involved.

J. Horton

I think there is a sense that, sooner or later, this will happen.

Bob Woodward

He made the point, which is right: I should tell him more. More is better. Sooner is better.

David Amram

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.

Daymond John

When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'

David Douglass

On the whole, the evidence indicates that model trends in the troposphere are very likely inconsistent with observations...

Bruce Sterling

A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend.

Jane Krakowski

I've never been so on trend in my entire life.

Richard Herrington

If we see an upward trend in delinquency ratios, we tighten our lending, but we have not had to do that.

Chris Dancy

It has slowed some, but the trend is still down.

C. L. R. James

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.

Dylan Moran

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.