Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ma Jun

Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.

William Fitzgerald

Our portfolio remains slightly below duration. But then, the entire fixed-income universe has been defensively positioned for months now.

Toba Beta

Part of water which is cooler always flows to below surface. I understand that hotheaded men always want to be noticed.

Ethan Harris

Payrolls were well below the whisper number, so there's been a big sigh of relief in the market,

Ron Lievense

People have looked at our size all season and wonder how we got here and how we won 28 games. We're not going to look good in an airport. One coach called us the best below the rim team he'd ever seen, so I guess we're not all that athletic.

Scott Kriens

Spending levels during the quarter were below expectations but represented a more diverse set of key service providers and carriers. We remain committed to financial fundamentals, our multiple market strategy, and to the expansion of our product portfolio, all of which will be critical growth drivers when the public networking industry outlook improves.

Alan Ruskin

Some of the headline (jobs) numbers maybe look slightly stronger than expected, but when you scratch below the surface, you find there is still plenty of weakness out there, ... Obviously the manufacturing sector is looking as weak as ever.

Evan Mann

Some investment grade mutual funds and pension plans can't hold paper that's below investment grade. People that couldn't own it because of the ratings restriction now can look at it again.

William Lewis

Our salaries have slipped below the high schools in our area.

Alan Kopit

Regularly using liquid savings to cover normal expenses may indicate you are not planning properly. If you find yourself doing that, you should reassess your overall budget strategy.

Paul Gaffney

Our obligation is for the right budget for our schools.

Willy Koppel

Our materials budget for the current year is $19,500, which is the lowest it's been in many years. The proposed budget that you have presented to us is $10,000 for the year.

Dennis Taylor

Our No. 1 goal is to restore budget cuts, and No. 2 is financial aid.

Richard Stein

Our mission is to create the right condition for learning with affordability and quality. Hopefully residents will see that. This budget is not going to be an easy task.

Adriane Berg

People immediately think budgeting means getting rid of the things they love the most.

Gary Ambrose

People have to minimize the use of home equity for short term financial needs. Get your budget in order. Home equity lines of credit are for long-term financial needs. They were not meant to buy cars and trips and fuel overspending.

Jeff Denham

State employees and other Californians are facing tough times right now, ... We've seen state budget deficits over the last several years. The timing for a legislative pay increase isn't right.

Robert DiClemente

State and local budgets can be corrected by small changes in the relative growth rates of spending and tax revenues, rather than by jarring policy initiatives.

Robert DiClemente

State and local budgets can be corrected by small changes in the relative growth rates of spending and tax revenues, rather than by jarring policy initiatives.

Marilyn Heifner

That comes so late in the year, it's probably not going to have any effect on this year's budget. A lot of it also depends on how many games we'll get next year, but certainly the increased revenue will be a good cushion.

Tom Daschle

Our tax cut has to fit in within a responsible budget,

Wayne Blanton

Overall, it's a very good budget. It's a 6 percent to 7 percent increase. Considering what other states are doing, it's substantial.

Wayne Blanton

Overall, it's a very good budget, especially looking at his proposal for teacher recruitment and retention.

William Stewart

(Residents) have to recognize the selectmen drive the manager in this town. Budgets are not made up at the last minute . . . If you're going to make changes you have to make it at the selectmen level.

William Stewart

(Residents) have to recognize the selectmen drive the manager in this town, ... Budgets are not made up at the last minute . . . If you're going to make changes you have to make it at the selectmen level.

Deepak Shah

It is a very moderate hike and investors had factored in an increase before the presentation of the budget.

Harry Stonecipher

I think it's particularly important as all the defense budgets around the world come under pressure that we have a balance.

Henry Chan

Previously Korea has been one of the leveraged plays on global industrial activity. So, when people were bullish globally, people were even more bullish on Korea.

Paul Sagawa

Ordinarily, you would expect Cisco to give bullish guidance for the January quarter.

Kazuyuki Naito

People have been shying away from high-tech issues, which are vulnerable to changes in external demand. But they are bullish on those dependent on domestic demand.

Richard Segal

Some foreign investors will be bullish about the move but some others will possibly be wary of riots. Inflation will be a negative side effect.

Edward Yardeni

That could be bullish for the stock market if the household sector concludes that real estate is not the place for speculative gains any more.

William Adams

Overall the sentiment in the metals is still very bullish and it is hard to see this changing in the near term.

Peter Gignoux

Remember that oil disruption is a genuine bullish indicator for the commodity,

Tom Murphy

We now have all the major economies growing and that's a positive. It's bullish for markets, especially here in the Asia-Pacific because the region is so heavy on exporting.

Tom Murphy

We now have all the major economies growing, and that's a positive. It's bullish for markets, especially here in the Asia-Pacific, because the region is so heavy on exporting.

Gerald Cox

Real quick, what had been a close game turned into a huge blowout. When you have a kid that can shoot it like Brent can, you're going to let him keep shooting it.

Dave Taylor

Our reports on him as far back as juniors were always positive and favorable. He's definitely someone we've kept a close eye on over the years.

Alex Johnson

Our poll tells us that we should take a close look at the potential impact of some popular technology on hearing health.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Patience with family members and others who are close to us is vital for us to have happy homes.

Rob Sumner

Part of it is that we don't score a lot, so we had better be good in one-goal games. We're confident and comfortable playing in close games.

Jason Stevenson

Our lightweights did a good job tonight. They all went out with fire in their eyes. The matches were all close and Tait was fighting hard down to the very end.

Brian Hukel

Our legs seemed to leave us. Our effort, our legs -- I'm not sure -- but we failed to close out on some guys. They've got a lot of guys that can knock it down. If you don't close out, they're going to make shots and he made some big ones.

Judy Pardonnet

Our legal staff looked into it very closely and carefully, and the train platforms are definitely covered.

Judy Pardonnet

Our lawyers took a really close look at this. It was ruled LaSalle Street is covered, and smoking is prohibited.

John Connor

reflect some guarded optimism in the direction the market is taking.

Shaun Stenshol

Our goal is a sustainable society and Bio-Beetle is a step in that direction, giving visitors and L.A. residents a renewable energy option when renting a car. As our slogan says, 'Give the planet a vacation the next time you take one.

Shen Haihua

Overall trade was quiet as most players stayed on the sidelines to wait for direction from investment funds.

Pat Summitt

Management wanted to go into a different direction.

Jaromir Jagr

We need some scoring and we need some defense, too. There are a lot of players around the league that see this team is going in a different direction than before.

Jeff Candage

We need someone to get in there and give them some direction. We need oversight by someone in a leadership position.

Joseph Lyons

We need rates to go down, but this goes in the other direction.

Derrick Kellier

I will have to meet with the officials in the ministry and to take direction from the prime minister to see what she wants to be her focus. It is not my focus; it is what her focus is and that of the entire Cabinet.

Thomas Steg

It is another step in the wrong direction by Iran.

Brad Boyes

Rebounding was the sole key to the game. We got wiped out in the rebounding stats.

Jeff Tedford

Patience is our key here with the quarterback situation. There are going to be some mistakes, but we're going to work through it.

Billy Donovan

Statistically, that was the key to the game. We shoot 49 percent on the road, you're not going to get much better than that.

Cain Jagodzinski

Our whole key has been free-throw shooting. A lot of people don't know how big that is, but it's huge.

Frank Sciolla

Our big guys-the key is they pass really well. The kids take pride in passing the ball. It's a traditional part of the program.

Bill Crawford

Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.

Bill Crawford

The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.

Bill Engvall

One day I locked my keys in my car and as I was standing there with a hanger halfway through the top of my window, a guy walks up and says, Lock yer keys in the car? Without missin' a beat I said, Nope, Just washed it and was hanging it up to dry. Here's your sign.

Carl Sagan

All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based - or who, like Socrates, merely asks embarrassing questions that we haven't thought of, or demonstrates that we've swept key underlying assumptions under the rug - it becomes much more than a search for knowledge. It feels like a personal assault.

James Kallstrom

Sure we're considering that. Typically, you'd wait till you know what you're offering a reward for. We're probably not going to do it in the very near future.

Joe Adams

Steroids are not really needed, ... You can get nearly the same results through training.

Tony Prentice

Our whole team wrestled really solid. It was a tough tournament. There were state placers in nearly every weight class.

O. J. Simpson

I will not go near the kindergarten turtle

Roger Cox

The announcement you have today is not nearly enough. It's the tip of the iceberg.

Jami Attenberg

I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.

Bobby Cox

I don't know what Wilson was thinking, there was nobody near him. He tried to tell me, but I couldn't quite understand what he was saying.

Sophie Winkleman

I always loved being in London and being near my parents.

Ben Bakker

Get near the stage and make a lot of noise.

Owen Fitzpatrick

Oracle, in terms of earnings, is influencing the market.

Susan Strasberg

There's no such thing as The Method. The term 'method-acting' is so much nonsense. There are many methods, many techniques.

Jay Farrar

I don't view it in the terms of a comeback,

Stephen Davis

I don't think of this in terms of winning,

Donald Sterling

I always think long term about anything. That's why I have never sold anything that I've ever purchased. And I never purchase anything that I don't think I'm going to keep for a lifetime.

Billy Bob Thornton

The only times you'll see me in terms of the movie business is when I have to go to the premieres of my own movies. I don't go to see ones that aren't mine because I don't even like going to mine.

Ed Rendell

If I lose, I lose. Ill do it on my terms.

Robert Kazinsky

There are always things you wish you could've done better, and there are always things that you wish would've turned out a different way in terms of storyline, which you're not in charge of.

Albert Schweitzer

Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him.

Bethany Mota

I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.

Chris Dancy

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

Richard Herrington

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

will.i.am

I don't follow waves or trends or emotions.

John Slenker

This trend has been going on for a long time.

Betsy Beers

Women on television are not a fad; we are not a trend - we are a reality!

John Stayton

We are in a sense bucking the trend in most MBA programs.

Alexander McQueen

As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.

Dylan Moran

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