Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brent Thill

Regardless of the outcome, we still believe Oracle's current financial health remains intact. We do not believe there are hidden accounting issues.

Greg McBride

Pay your bills on time, and pay your debt down over time. Together, those factors account for 65 percent of your credit score.

Susan Thomson

Part of the idea was to help our financial consultants focus on their bigger accounts, the ones that are more labor intensive, ... This also gives smaller accounts the service they need. They can call three or four times a week and have all their needs met and not have to split their attention and time with financial consultants who have $5 million accounts.

Shirley Norton

Our new city administrator has been great, because I had no experience as a finance director. I am an accounting person, which is a bean counter and finance is a little different than being an accountant. Accountants are more exact and finance people have more vision. He's got the vision. He's been a good compliment to me and has helped me a lot and I really appreciate that. He's a little more involved... For the most part everybody has been great and I have enjoyed every minute of it.

Henry David Thoreau

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.

David Markowitz

People often use Internet trading accounts to try to conceal their trading activity. People don't realize with that there are different types of evidentiary trails being left behind.

Ken Worthington

Such fees help to get rid of non-profitable accounts or turn them into profitable ones.

Michael Harrison

Stern as a property is far more expendable to Clear Channel than to (Viacom), taking into account the money involved and the politics of dealing with the FCC.

Gary Ambrose

Splitting up the portfolio is more than an accounting measure. I've handled cases where the portfolios were really diverse. If I hadn't stepped in, the wife would have been stuck with capital gains that she had no clue about.

Mary Rich

Previously, when you called the electric company, the field guy would come out to connect or disconnect you, and then it would go out on a bill. Today that same transaction could touch up to a hundred systems.

Andy Ball

Our outlook as a construction company for the next two years is very, very positive.

Carl Icahn

particularly important at Time Warner because of the difference of opinion between many large shareholders and management concerning the direction of the company and the lack of share price performance under current management.

Scott Weiss

Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death. You have only so much money in the bank, and if you don't get to the right milestone before you run out, then the company goes under - it's over.

Bill Gates

Paul was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft and has played an important role in the success and direction of our company throughout the years,

David Litchfield

Oracle still has not released an official patch, so it is still leaving its customers at risk. It is a trivial thing to fix. If the company is still working on it, I do not understand why.

Shawn Willett

Oracle says a company could, for example, take out its BI tool and replace it with a third-party app. The question is, how practical will that be for users?

Charles Bona

Oracle has been and is a database company, and that's where the focus should stay for now.

David Menlow

People have to understand: As a shareholder, in general, they don't have any say in the company. People complain about it, but those who like what the company does will continue to view the stock as a vehicle for profits.

George Gero

Recently, funds who were selling oil also were selling the metals, but then everything seemed to change. Investors see that there are whiffs of inflation out there.

John Foley

real movement toward better funding and toward smaller service, smaller supports and more employment, more real employment, rather than meaningless day activities.

Jeremy Siegel

Relative to the $7 trillion mutual fund industry, it's very little money, maybe one or two percent in returns.

Mel Carnahan

Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority.

John Gunn

Past performance doesn't have anything to do with future performance. It's a massive delusion. It's the most insane thing in the world. You want a pick a fund with low turnover where the management has been around for a long time.

Tesema Negash

Our lack of funding has given us little choice.

Lou Marcoccio

Some of them (Y2K Fund companies) will do well, some won't?but none will be big losers.

Joel Sawyer

Overall, I would say we're pleased with the funding requests for Savannah River.

Joe Hunter

We never pass the plate, ... But 80 percent of our funding comes from individual truck drivers.

Anders Igel

Our acquisition strategy is still very much the same as before, but we are opening up our thinking a little.

Mark Buehrle

I think I'll be ready for Opening Day. I could go right now.

Jana Lindsey

It hasn't sunk in yet and probably won't until the Opening Ceremony.

Mike Gonzalez

I feel like I'm right where I need to be. I feel like I'm really sharp right now and ready to pitch in a regular-season game. I wish opening day was tomorrow.

Barry Bonds

If Opening Day was tomorrow and I had to go out there, I'd go out there. It's what I get paid to do.

Brian Roberts

I think, without a setback, I don't see why I won't be ready for Opening Day. I haven't really put that much thought into Tuesday yet.

Bill Cowher

If we were opening up (the regular season) tomorrow, I think that's the way I'd go,

Dan Hedges

If they come away from your opening statement confused, you're in big trouble for the rest of the trial.

Anthony Geary

I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Jim Boeheim

I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.

Mark Tacchi

That was the first time, other than the medley (relay) that we've put Libby (O'Brien) on anchor. Starting her just wasn't working. When Krissy (Brown) starts, that seems to spark her. We get more out of it all the way around with Krissy starting and Libby on anchor.

Fergal Murray

That?s the one everyone seems to go straight for.

Jimmy Baron

I was very concerned, but he seems to be fine.

Jim Smith

I tell them it's the future. It seems to be where truck tires are heading.

R. Robinson

I think just watching (tape of) the team we're going to play there seems to be more urgency, there's more awareness, more attitude.

Robin Wright

I think just by watching him, like, 'Let's get on with it. Let's just shoot the scene, and we're done,' which seems logical.

Randy Ready

(Johnston) has been hot. Anything he touches right now seems to work out for him.

Jay Haas

I'd like it to go back to no carts. It just seems right. It seems like if spectators can go out and walk, we can, too. It's part of the competition.

Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

E. O. Wilson

Springtime is the time for gazing at galaxies.

Adam Carolla

spontaneous, clever, specific, oblique and at the same time very human.

S. Walker

That could be a possibility. I'm thinking, hopefully, we can get something worked out. As of right now, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

Charlie King

Right place at the right time is all I can say about that one.

Gil Brandt

Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.

Boy George

Most psychiatrists or analysts are a waste of time

Bob Rose

We need solidarity. This is a union town, and it's time to show that.

Dave Huber

That was ugly. I was waiting for the ugly duckling to turn into the swan, but it never happened.

Barry Trotz

That was the turning point. That was a big save.

Jason Garey

I think it turned out pretty well for me.

Elisa Massimino

I think things are really turning on this.

Pete Kendall

I think if you turn on the film, you can see him all over the place.

Heath Sager

I think so. I thought we were much better than an 0-3 team. Now we've kind of turned the corner.

Tom Price

I think Jaguar can turn it around, but right now it's tough. If I had only a Jaguar store, it would be very, very tough.

Steve Cox

I think Knute Rockne is turning over in his grave.

Author unknown

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.