Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marc Ward

We have no basis to know whether it's a legitimate expense or not. What do any of us know about accounting? That's what we hire professionals to do.

Tom Gallagher

What these numbers have done this morning is raise a question: Does the Fed have the nerve to raise by 50 basis points (a half percentage point) next week?

Richard Cripps

We've set up a situation where a 25 basis point (a quarter percentage point) cut is good but you're looking at a market that's desperate.

Brett Scallions

The exposure will be great and plus -- it's Aerosmith! ... They're legends. It's going to be really cool. I mean, how cool would it be to be on a first-name basis with Steven Tyler?

Suzanne Collins

There's a basis for the war, historically, in the 'Hunger Games,' which would be the third servile war, which was Spartacus' war, where you have a man who is a slave who is then turned into a gladiator who broke out of the gladiator school and led a rebellion and then became the face of the war.

Stephan Pastis

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels.

Tom Hopper

I think I found that when I was doing a show on a regular basis and just acting constantly, that was when I was at my happiest.

Tony Hoare

It is easy to predict that some of the discoveries of research directed towards Grand Challenges - but only the most unexpected ones, and at the most unexpected times - will be the basis of revolutionary improvements in the way that we exploit the power of our future computing devices.

Sue Trinh

The outlook for rates is to the downside on the basis of the slowing growth environment. Any view that the relatively high nominal interest rate structure will be enough to insulate the New Zealand dollar is dead wrong.

Brian Hickey

We're still a force. It is a meaningful contributor to the United States' economy.

Kurt Barrow

Since mid-2004, the government refinery-gate reference price has diverged from import parity economics. The gap has been rising ever since.

Robert Brusca

We're getting sort-of mixed results with what is happening in the economy.

Paul Brewbaker

Lucky for everybody because it says something about our underlying economy.

Manmohan Singh

Positioned as we are, geographically and economically, India has a pivotal role in the region,

Charlotte Yee

We can't really track what is going on in the underground economy.

Tim Bajarin

We're moving toward an Internet economy. Whether people understand it or not, we're moving to a place where as much as 50 percent of all our purchases will be done over the Internet in the next five years.

Nick Skiming

We're reasonably optimistic on the economy, but markets are going to be difficult. I'd be cautious.

Willis Reed

Unfortunately, I just don't see it as being economically feasible to start over again.

Carlos Beltran

I know there are a lot of expectations of me, and I will do the best I can.

Carlos Castaneda

It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations.

Johnny Damon

We have to go out and expect to win every game. I think everyone knows it's our job.

Steve Ballmer

We have no plan in place. We don't expect that to happen.

Kiran More

We have named him in the team. We expect him to be fit. Let us wait till tomorrow.

Stephen Reitman

We have moved to expectations of a loss of 100 million euros for the fourth quarter of this year from Chrysler, whereas we had previously been expecting a small profit.

Jamal Mayers

When you're up 5-3 going into the third period, you expect to win. They won because they worked harder than we did. It's as simple as that.

Brian McCutcheon

When he gets the puck, people start to come out of their seats. It's expect the unexpected with Max." ()

Charles Dickens

We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me.

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.

Trevor Hoffman

When your horse is out there and pitches his butt off, my job is to nail it down, ... We would've liked to have fed off Jake's energy. The kid threw the heck out of the ball.

John Shaughnessy

The reality is that if the Fed raises interest rates by a quarter of a point all that's doing is serving to keep inflationary pressures under control.

Stewart Udall

Federal judges are just very reluctant to stick the government with responsibility.

Dan Hopkins

The process will take as much time as the process needs. CDOT officials and federal officials will run the process as they see fit.

Joseph Biden

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

Alex Penelas

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

James Gallagher

We have no knowledge whatsoever of who Ocean Fund is and what they are talking about. We own them (the Caesars properties), and they didn't submit anything to us.

Daniel Akaka

We have never intended to 'cut into the pie' of funding for Indian programs and services,

Susan Uhrik

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

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.

Rod Nelson

We know we have it (PRP) for 2006, but funding has been taken away for 2007. However, it could be back in 2008.

Donna Dubinsky

Venture capitalists wouldn't fund us because it wasn't wireless.

David Suzuki

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

David Prowse

I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out.

Jason Calacanis

I get a lot of emails from entrepreneurs. The best ones are short, to the point and include some question and/or the product

Sung Sohn

Until and unless there are significant increases in jobs over a period, tighter monetary policy is out of the question.

Martin Cohen

What we're seeing as we look into the futures markets presently are increases that seem to be never ending,

Robert Toll

Since Katrina, instead of going up $5,000 or $10,000 every week or two, we have been limited to no price increases or very limited price increases,

Jack Kyser

What's promising about this report was not only were November-to-December job increases strong, they went back and revised up the October-to-November increase.

Anthony Burke

We're seeing tremendous increases each year in the number of taxpayers e-filing their returns from home.

Darell Hammond

In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.

Jason DeBoer

We see it in lumber, concrete, insulation, drywall and vinyl. Every week we see memos (from suppliers) of price increases of 5% to 10%.

Jason DeBoer

We see it in lumber, concrete, insulation, drywall and vinyl. Every week, we see memos (from suppliers) of price increases of 5 percent to 10 percent.

Mack Bradley

The only thing we can go by is sales and that increases 10 to 12 percent every year.

Larry Goldstein

The one thing the market doesn't have is time and the administration reacted expeditiously this time. This was good.

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.

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.

Al Bagnoli

We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, which is never easy. Maybe our expectations were not what they should have been. I think he had a productive year, even though it was somewhat inconsistent to Mike Mitchell and Gavin Hoffman.

Paul Moore

The reading process, and being concise, is just as important. To really vet the content, a software product was just not going to do it alone. Maybe a combination of things is the answer.

Tom Shales

Maybe it's the hair. Maybe it's the teeth. Maybe it's the intellect. No, it's the hair.

Sue Monk Kidd

I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

Sharon Salzberg

I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness as a force, as a power.

Mike Shula

We know we're in for a tough one, maybe the toughest one all year.

Mike Davis

We know D.J. is out indefinitely and maybe out for the season.

Adam Katz

This was not a money issue. Was the money fabulous? No. Was it part of the decision-making process? Absolutely. . . . But by no means was it the only thing involved. In the end, the money was a secondary, maybe even a tertiary consideration.

John Cassavetes

I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes.

Nicki Grossman

We have never, ever been 100 percent full. There are always rooms.

Stan Heath

We've seen some zones this year, but Texas-Pan American will play zone about 80 percent of the time.

Greg Sullivan

We've seen discounts up to 50 percent off, but those are not the norm.

Larry Matheis

We've seen a stabilizing of the market. We're not seeing 80 or 100 percent increases.

David Winters

What we do is quite different from 99.9 percent of Wall Street.

Serj Tankian

The percentage of Americans in the prison system, Prison system, has doubled since 1985

David Hillery

The percentage of African-Americans at (SDSU) in proportion to the population isn't equal.

Mario Pescante

We are preparing very well but it is not possible to be 100 percent secure.

Don Davis

We usually keep it between 40 to 50 percent relative humidity, and around 65 to 70 degrees.

Vicki Coleman

We'd give up three points and then we'd run three and then we'd run three and give up three. It went back-and-forth the whole way.

Ben Nelson

We're going to run like we're 10 points down,

Dave Garza

We're going to put some big points on the board.

Zeus Kerravala

What they're trying to do is to take IP communications to another level. Every vendor has the same vision, but they're all at different points to getting there.

Brad Hemphill

When we can get big points out of her, it helps.

Kelly Golob

Scoring points has never been a priority. It's always been the team's success.

Chris Wielgus

She was phenomenal. The score at the end had Rutgers with more points than Dartmouth, but there's no way we were losers.

Dave Wharton

She's just an all-around swimmer. We try to utilize her wherever we have any weak points in the meet.

Andy Reid

We feel that we have the quality to get the three points and we want to win the group.

Keith Lichtman

The pricing was unbelievable, just when you think there is no such thing as a steal in New York.

David Larcher

The pricing that we got . . . was just so irrational.

Paul Ballew

When we said value pricing, we said we'd still be competitive in terms of pricing and still run tactical programs.

Ray Waddell

Promoters are providing more value. Rather than discounting, they're trying to get the pricing right.

David Robertson

The more volume you run over a network, the better your pricing will be.

Stephany Sofos

It's all about convenience and pricing and Wal-Mart understands that better than everyone else -- that's why they are the No. 1 retailer in the world.

James Murdoch

We don't rule out any pricing or promotional initiatives.

David Cole

In a small vehicle, pricing is a pretty dicey type of thing.

David Kerr

A lot of sellers are still pricing to the higher-end and their properties are still sitting there, and they're not considering realistic offers.