Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cyril Beuzit

We've seen there's demand for longer-dated securities. The auction will go quite well today.

Maria Miller

We usually don't do it that way. If he's trading goods and services and intangibles and things that have an auction value, then we just estimate when it's not pure money.

Tom Cook

We use that money very judiciously, and it's always difficult at auctions because you never know where the prices will go.

Kage Baker

Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.

Gerald Lucas

Whether that's bad news for the upcoming auctions depends on whether you take a cup-half-empty or cup-half-full perspective.

Mayor Mazzarella

We would try to block the auction if they try to sell the license. It's city policy that we do that. The license is for the business that you give it to.

Gary Goddard

The regular city auction works very well on particular items, like the bicycles, ... compared to some computer items, some computer stuff that may be of more interest in other areas.

Britney Spears

Since bidding for my jewel-encrusted bra in the eBay charity auction has exceeded our original expectations, I'm concerned that some of you may be confusing this bra for something that it's not.

Craig King

Mr. McKenzie has an incredible track record in developing the Lake Fork area, and this auction will enable him to sell a substantial portion of his inventory in a single day. With 28 sites selling absolute, it's a rare opportunity for some people to obtain a site for their lake home at a great price.

Mike Pence

We have no higher stewardship, no higher calling than to come onto this floor and into this chamber and make the tough decisions.

David Houghton

Whenever you get that sort of wetland component, you get a lot of productivity, ... People in the North Country would call that bugs.

John Heimlich

When your second-highest cost plummets, that's huge. I call it the saving grace of the fourth quarter after the (federal assistance). But we're not quite as sanguine that we can count on that this year.

Saul Klein

When you're visiting the page of an enterprise software vendor and you want to call their support number, that phone number will be highlighted and you'll instantly be connected.

Gary Condit

When folks start calling my dad a murderer or suggesting my mom and dad had something to do with the disappearance, that's too much, too far, unfair and it's wrong,

Jason Mraz

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

Nancy Verderber

We want people to realize that while we are a national organization and our roots are in the community. We do raise a lot of money but we are also something patients can call on when they need something.

Curtis Green

We want her to know we love her, we miss her and we want her to come home. Please call someone.

Ryan Metcalf

We were trying to find a new shoe place and we were calling all these places. They told us they were going to call us and we never got a phone call back. There was always some problem that kept getting in the way.

Gary Miller

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.

Erin McKean

Most consumers don't have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, 'Over 250,000 entries.' And they go, 'Great, this dictionary must be awesome!'

Eliot Spitzer

We are hearing from consumers who are saying 'I called in an order, I placed an order online, and it wasn't executed timely,' and as a result they lost money,

Lynn Jurich

Consumers used to think they had to compromise with solar. It was, 'Okay, I'm doing the right thing for the environment; it's cool to see the panels. I have to compromise on the cost and convenience side.' And now they no longer have to. On the cost side, it's cheaper, and on the convenience side, we set it all up.

David Joy

The persistence of high oil prices can't be lost on the Fed. Consumers have to pay for higher energy even though it's volatile. It is a real cost.

James Carrick

We are seeing a gentle recovery going on in retail sales at this stage, which I expect to get stronger going forward. The pickup in the housing market should have a general wealth effect, making consumers happier to go out and spend.

Leo Hindery

would be one of the greatest displacements of high-quality (cable) programming -- one of the rudest things I can ever, ever imagine for consumers in this country.

David Krell

When the markets get frothy they can disappear. When the markets are frothy is exactly when consumers need them.

Marshal Cohen

Until they're able to prove that consumers are going to respond to the changes, the Street is very nervous. It's a very big undertaking to convince the country that a national Macy's is better than regional department stores.

Jeff Lungren

We have safeguards to ensure people aren't deported who shouldn't be.

Travis Bradberry

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

Fidel Castro

The pope is our guest. ... We will do everything to the hilt to ensure that the visit will be historic,

Li Keqiang

Ultimately, stable growth will ensure that urban and rural incomes increase and people's lives improve.

Edward Johnson, III

Fidelity does have a succession plan in place to ensure a smooth transition.

Lawrence Summers

Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.

Mike Lee

We are here to ensure we help the local nationals live and experience the same liberties we have in the United States without being oppressed by terrorists. These Soldiers took an oath to do this duty.

Bob Collins

We have a responsibility to ensure that every student is given every opportunity to be prepared for, and to pass, the CASHSEE. We are exploring every possible way to work with these students to provide their passage to the next stage of their future.

John Updike

To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit.

Jonathan Swift

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not we are told expressly

Gary Wolf

Every day the choristers of the social web chirp their advice about openness and trust; craigslist follows none of it, and every day it grows.

Jane Goodall

On the day-long follows that I used to do with mothers and their offspring - these chimp families that I knew so well - there was hardly a day when I didn't learn something new about them.

Brian Barwick

Until you sit where Sven sits, the profile of the job is unimaginable and with it the newsworthy value follows it.

Mary Schindler

She cries, she laughs and she follows me around the room. She laughs at her dad's jokes. Each day is different.

Claire Danes

She makes her own rules, ... She's consistent, and she follows those rules about life and work. And she's quite cheeky.

Charles H. Townes

Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.

Rig Veda

One who follows the path of virtuosity need not be worried about wealth as it comes to him naturally without making efforts.

Fede Alvarez

Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original, then you don't understand the second one. Like 'Back to the Future 2.' If you haven't seen the first one, you're not going to get anything out of 'Back to the Future 2.'

David Frost

The recent progress shown by our quarterly survey is from a low base, and follows a marked deterioration in the first three quarters of 2005.

Ken Dulaney

Bluetooth is just now passing over the peak of inflated expectations.

Brian Belski

We think maybe on a longer term basis, their valuations are a little inflated here. But we think that on a near-term basis, that they look very, very timely.

Kenneth Langone

A lawsuit with no legal precedent, seeking no damages, from no jury, in the name of stopping something that isn't happening? Only in New York.

Mark McCormack

We thought the lawsuit was pretty frivolous." ()

Anthony Romero

Unfortunately, as our lawsuit shows today, those statements are patently false.

Jeffrey Schneider

We have not been served with a lawsuit and don't have any comment.

Bonnie Campbell

My perspective on this lawsuit is that it's just wrong.

Peter Aengst

That would have set a new precedent. We've overemphasized historically the lawsuit tool.

Addison Mizner

Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.

Lloyd Chapman

These lawsuits are a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Robert Frost

A successful lawsuit is one worn by a policeman

Randall Howard

We want SAA, but we need to make sure our workers are protected and the strike is legal.

Thomas Haden Church

I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

David Henderson

The public has to be protected from these unscrupulous practices.

Mimi Kennedy

From casting to counting, our votes must be better protected in all voting systems.

Francis G. Slay

Violence is not a constitutionally protected right. Damaging property is not a constitutionally protected right; inciting violence is not a constitutionally protected right.

Todd Blythe

If we would have protected the ball, it would have been a different outcome.

JoAnn Carrin

He just wants to make sure the wetlands are as protected as they can be.

Bryan Brown

That's because they took out everything that protected us.

Christie Brinkley

When I started modeling, I was told to tan, but I always protected my face.

Moira Kelly

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

Chris Evans

I like pursuing new endeavors. That's part of the reason I wanted to direct. I like to create things. I'm a Gemini. I'm always looking for something new.

Dave Checketts

We're not pursuing any other opportunities. It's not on our radar.

Gary Locke

These are the win-win opportunities we here in the U.S. should be pursuing in China.

Katie Stevens

I'm going to keep pursuing my dream, keep singing and, hopefully, move to L.A.

Mark Langan

This rates up there as one of the worse we have ever seen.

John Kline

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

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Bill Gross

It's sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up.

Elizabeth Warren

Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans.

Leon Black

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

Charles Nelson

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

Russ Jones

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

Chris Perry

We don't know the rates of (reef) growth.

Bruce Sterling

Okay, are you really 'experimenting'? How do you know if you're really experimenting? You're working on it methodically and you're publishing the results! It's not an experiment if you don't publish the results in some verifiable and falsifiable form, okay?

Bob Riley

When money follows results - we will get more results for our money

Bill Walsh

Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.

Bill Gates

I am results-oriented.

Kirstie Alley

I've been irresponsible many, many, many times and that has resulted in my being fat.

Timothy Noah

Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country.

Romeo Crennel

When we get the results on that, we'll let you know.

Edward Gibbon

Rational confidence [is] the just result of knowledge and experience.

Milwaukee Brewers

much more well-rounded as a result of the trade.