Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Thayer

We were anticipating that we could see a little bit of an improvement in October because the rebuilding after the hurricanes appears to have started and energy prices have stabilized, but it appears that it will take a little longer for consumers to feel better about things.

Mark Rosenker

We've seen fatigue. We don't know why that fatigue appeared. That is what we're trying to determine. This crack appears to extend through a majority of the spar at the location of the separation.

Anthony DiClemente

The reality is that Blockbuster has burned through $267 million in cash through the end of the second quarter and it appears that they are still burning cash to date.

Pat Cash

We usually belt out AC/DC and Bryan Adams numbers. Now, playing the guitar appears more fun ... tennis demands commitment of an entire year on the tour.

Mike Hill

We know at this point that it did come from inside the house. It appears to be his father's handgun that was secured in an office that his father has in that house.

Stephen Chick

Walgreen appears to be gaining share from weaker chains, while 2006 should see benefits from the higher-profit generic transition cycle and potential Medicare traffic.

Elliott Abrams

When a deeply sympathetic American president asks for concessions and compromises and appears able to cajole some from the Palestinians, which was the Clinton/Rabin and Bush/Sharon combination, Israel must respond.

Emily Martin

Clearly, products for women are not as well scrutinized as products for men. It appears they never tested the implants in breast tissue and that they received decades of complaints from women. It's the kind of stuff that makes you want to scream!

Charles de Secondat

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

Jim Daugherty

We want to raise money to buy a thermal imaging camera.

Roger Price

We have seen a spike in interest in E85. Not enough time has elapsed for people to start running out to buy flexible-fuel vehicles, though.

Roger Price

We have seen a spike in interest in E85, ... Not enough time has elapsed for people to start running out to buy flexible-fuel vehicles, though.

Donatella Girombelli

We have to give modern women the possibility to choose, because now the moment of choice is like an investment. Women want to buy something not for one week, for one moment. She would like to have something that she can have for a long time.

Don Cassidy

Whenever you buy any kind of sector, you have to have the stomach for higher volatility.

Carlos Slim

When everybody else is better off, they can buy more, they strengthen demand, strengthen the market, strengthen the country.

Tom Schroder

We want our guests to buy tickets online. That way, we know they're coming, and it helps our guests plan their day.

Janie Rude

We wanted treatment for our mother, and there's so much expense involved when you get cancer, from the medicines to having to buy wigs when they lose their hair.

Mark Evans

We have a window where we want to buy land on the south side of Kellogg. We want to have a contract within the new few months.

Alan Greenspan

There is a limit to how long and how far deficits can be sustained,

David Bradley

UH-Downtown has a very severe space deficit at this time.

Tony Cristaldi

We have a significant deficit in rainfall, The fire threat remains quite high.

Kent Conrad

Social Security has not contributed to the deficit problem.

Jason Schenker

With the year-on-year deficit in gasoline and with economic growth it is hard to be bearish about energy in the short or medium term. The manufacturing and retail numbers, the regional and national numbers, wherever you look they are positive. The same goes for overseas.

Nariman Behravesh

There is no question that the deficit this year will be worse than last year. A number of the improvements in May were temporary.

Alan Greenspan

Lowering the deficit further in the near term, however, will be difficult in light of the need to pay for post-hurricane reconstruction and relief,

Benedict XVI

But its ultimate roots can be seen as moral and spiritual; they are linked to a disturbing deficit of faith, hope and, indeed, love.

Joe Barton

Basically, it takes the money and spends it all. It doesn't leave anything for deficit reduction.

Jay Pultz

There are some economies of scale that can be eked out primarily in people costs. But the real payoff is too far into the future.

James Leach

Working as a cartel, these institutions could influence economies for good or for naught, potentially in ways that may not be guided by any standard of national or international interest.

Kenneth Fisher

When the economies of emerging markets don't just grow but beat expectations, there's scarcely a mention.

Kenneth Fisher

Global stocks bottomed in June 1921, but global economies didn't hit bottom for fully two more years.

Thomas Shannon

What we're looking to do is find ways to unlock some of these economies so they get the kind of investment they need, they get the kind of trade they need and they have the flexibility within their labor markets to generate employment.

Helen Lau

I am upbeat about the Yuanmeng series, because it helps Lenovo gain more market share and hence lets Lenovo enjoy economies of scale.

Gwyn Hacche

Growth in euro-land economies is starting to come through, particularly in the industrial sector. It looks to us as if there will be strong growth in the third and fourth quarter of around 1 percent.

Charles Hill

I don't think we're really seeing the impact yet of what's happening in the economies over there.

Chuck D.

Up there, we were able to show a very significant impact because the economies are more compressed around the beach, ... The local (Manatee-Sarasota) economy is not as diverse.

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.

Tom Hunter

The Scottish government set a goal of increasing exports by 50% by 2017. That is ambitious. Is it achievable?

Stefan Worrall

What we're seeing now is a very sharp turnaround in exports and this was reflected in the GDP numbers.

Mike Fitzpatrick

Nearly half of Nigeria's oil exports go to the United States.

Rob Henderson

More generally, it looks like the long-awaited trend improvement in Australia's exports could be upon us.

Baba Kalyani

We book our exports forward for more than a year, and so we have a fixed rate. We do not get the spot rate that we see in the market every day.

Richard Jerram

Exports seem to be stalling and there are some signs this is already being felt by industrial production,

David Cohen

Exports held up at a solid increase and imports have been in a more moderate range, after skyrocketing in the middle of the year.

David Cohen

Exports are susceptible to the pharmaceuticals number, which is volatile from month to month.

Glenn Maguire

Exports are starting to firm, which is lending support to industrial production.

Don Flanagan

We want people to come support us, and I think they're going to see a great game. They are an extremely quick team that plays hard. It should be fun to watch.

Ashwin Sanghi

I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.

Alan Yates

The product has been extremely successful because it's more usable.

Daniel Roling

The outlook for steel is still extremely difficult.

Hugh Johnson

ultimately extremely good news for the health of the market.

Sharon Versyp

We are going to make this ride extremely special and we're going to have a lot of fun. This is a top-10 program, and we're going to win the big one.

Kaki King

There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.

Denny Plyler

We did extremely well. If this had been a team thing we would have won easily.

Kevin Quinn

We started the program nine years ago with kids that were just learning to play hockey, so this is a fulfilling day for me and a lot of original parents who helped for the organization. We're extremely proud of these kids, particularly, and for all the people who laid the groundwork.

Jose Rizal

The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his country's good. He has the intrepidity of his bull.

Gene Green

We're seeing more practices with multiple locations. ... Interest rates have been favorable for ownership.

Kent Richland

She feels the outcome will be favorable to her.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Walt Czaicki

While this market is starved for good news, it is still nervous -- if we don't see favorable numbers tomorrow it could be a negative.

Ed Miller

We have a favorable outlook. We think it will serve us well.

William Lerach

We can't predict the future, we don't want to try and predict the future, but this development is obviously very favorable for our side of the case.

Bill Richardson

I think it is important that we get a favorable vote. I think it is doable. If we don't ... get approval, and we do go, we're going to lose some international prestige.

Jamie Jackson

We've generally become favorable of shorter-dated (agencies) inside of five years as of December. Spreads widened out, more so in the front of curve.

Stanley Hauerwas

The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it.

Theodor Mommsen

The language of the land in the Parthian empire was the native language of Iran. There is no trace pointing to any foreign language having ever been in public use under the Arsacids.

Edwin Soeryadjaya

We know our responsibilities to our investors, and one of our challenges has always been preventing foreign investors from thinking that Indonesia is not a good place to invest.

Katinka Barysch

The perception is that foreign investment is not good for jobs.

Rahim Safavi

We are producing these missiles and don't need foreign technology for that.

Jose Rizal

Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession.

Wang Jianlin

Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.

Slobodan Milosevic

Since foreign military intervention or a war are out of the question, other means of destruction of Yugoslavia are being mentioned -- psychological, media and political pressures.

Tim Jones

She is representing this trend of foreign students or people who are visitors to the province who are running into problems.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

Bryan Hassler

We want to take it a step further and start promoting some of the solutions to not only the short-term issues but also the long-term solutions.

Jacques Rogge

We are preparing for the joint team, which is going much further than just two teams parading together.

Phil Bronstein

We stand by the reporting that Mark and Lance did throughout this story and in all the stories that were published in the paper. And if and when Mr. Conte speaks further about this, I'm sure we'll report about that as well.

David Leff

This property is a very high priority. We remain open to further discussions.

Kenneth Branagh

The idea of accumulating ambitions or achievements didn't get much further than wanting to do the next exciting thing. I really haven't set out with any list of achievements.

Sam Stovall

We might have a little further to go on the downside,

Edward Murphy

We won't go any further with the VA until this process comes to some sort of conclusion.

Margaret Chan

Until we see further evidence, we are still at Phase 3 of the pandemic alert,

Temple Grandin

One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been here. Some of this is increased detection.

Greg Simon

The period right after people start taking antidepressant medication is not a period of increased risk. In fact, risk after starting medication is lower than before.

Bryan Hopkins

We have increased results by more than 400 percent in the last two years because we have the right tools, people and process in place.

Bill Halter

Minimum wage was last increased in 1997. It?s wrong that people that work full-time can?t support their families.

Alan McCoy

(The price of zinc) has increased dramatically, especially in the past year." ()

Eliot Spitzer

Like everyone else, I am wary about the way spending is being increased at some levels.

Ray Kelly

We've increased our officers in the transit system,

Alberta Stima

We've only increased our prices I think twice.

Chuck Brown

We recognize that tuition over time has increased pretty significantly.

Dee Boersma

Whenever you do science it's important to know individuals. And that means you have to distinguish one from another, just like we give names to people we have to be able to give names to penguins. And we often do that with bands.

Shaw Wu

When everyone else is slowing and you're not, it means share gains.

Maria Sharapova

When I do that, it means I'm not going to miss the ball.

Tracey Emin

My work rarely comes up in secondary market, so it means that my prices stay low.

Tim Finchem

To be a former PGA Tour player typically means you're about 75 years old. They just don't stop.

Daniel Barber

I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.

James J. Gibson

The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.

Joseph Capriotti

We are police officers. We don't sit back and watch. We have to get out and do something. Being able to do something means a lot.

Tom Reilly

We're not going to propose a trail ... through the rifle range next year as a means to the end.

Bruce Smith

We were blazing. Six months after we opened, 9/11 happened.

Alan Trammell

Losing gets old. It's just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you.

Olympia Snowe

The reality is, this is a very different world than where we were even six months ago,

Sylvia Harriss

We usually give the restaurants a month to submit their checks.

Shimon Peres

The pope said he will go in the first months of next year.

Kirk Hinrich

We know how big this month is for us. This just isn't the way to start it off.

Dianna Agron

There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in about 13 times and I was so bummed when I didn't get it. But then a month later I got cast on 'Glee,' and I felt like it was meant to happen.

Ron Jirsa

We are going to have to get tougher if we are going to go on through this month and make anything happen.

Jane Austen

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

Charlie Crist

When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.

David Suzuki

Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.

David Suzuki

Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.

Jared Bernstein

What you don't hear from these GOP candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas. He's actually done quite a lot. In fact, I would suspect they're environmentalists who are worried that we're doing too much drilling and fracking, in fact. I know that for a fact.

Chris Chocola

The Iraqi Free Press, which did not exist 18 months ago because there was no such thing as the Iraqi Free Press, broke a story about the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, which could potentially turn out to be the largest scandal in history.

Chloe Bridges

My hair does get really frizzy, so I use a de-frizzing serum from Bumble and Bumble, and also Moroccan Oil is some really good stuff. Plus, I can't live without my Burt's Bees lip balm!

Chinua Achebe

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Cheryl Strayed

...the ultimate dwindling resource in the human arrangement isn’t cheap oil or potable water or even common sense, but mercy.

Stephen Stanley

We're in a pretty quiet time of the year. We've been pretty directionless today. Oil hasn't been doing much.

Azim Premji

You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering, and I know what a grind it is.

Eric Brown

The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I haven't written for a while. Ideas come to me and need to be written down.

Oliver Kahn

Perhaps we will still be using this policy for the World Cup. That would be a new concept.

Juan Carlos

Perhaps we are all suffering from Stockholm syndrome,

David Brown

Perhaps this is the first step on a long road.

Ann Gerhart

Perhaps this is how she is spending her capital,

Lloyd Carr

Obviously, there is a sense of urgency about this week that's very special, that perhaps is different.

Irving Kirsch

Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.

Andrea Hirata

It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.

Rafael Ramirez

We have said that this is a structural issue, not a short-term factor, and the price is going to stay the same,

Bret Easton Ellis

Price. You're priceless.

Stephen Davis

We know we'll be successful with this operation. The only question is the price we'll pay.

Ed Smith

One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.

Louis Navellier

When volume drops off, prices settle down. Volume is the force that turns stocks higher.

Margaret Thatcher

The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.

Brian Tracy

The price of success must be paid in full, in advance.

Brett Ellis

We're starting to see hundreds of price reductions a day.

Bill Hybels

The grander the vision the greater the price tag.

Albert Young

When you saw us getting pushed back over things that were non-existent ... come on. I don't know what to say about that.

Fred Couples

We were trying to push each other on.

Charlotte Bronte

Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord.

Brandi Chastain

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.

Ted Ligety

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

L. J. Smith

'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.

Jamie Hyneman

We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see.

Camille Paglia

My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation and that it is our right and even obligation as rational human beings to defy nature's fascism. Nature herself is a mass murderer, making casual, cruel experiments and condemning 10,000 to die so that one more fit will live and thrive.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.

Charles de Gaulle

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Dhirubhai Ambani

You have to take the calculated risk,to earn something

Dhirubhai Ambani

True entrepreneurshi p comes only from risk-taking.

Dave Barry

There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia.

David Sze

When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.

Erica Jong

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Lou Jiwei

There is a lot of risk in the tech sector.

Alan Watts

No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary...

Nick Whaley

We were better in the second game, so it's disappointing that we didn't play more relaxed.

Clint Hurdle

We've seen him play short and how he can play there. We want to keep getting a feel for him at second base.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Reba McEntire

We did, Monday, a read-through, the first act; Tuesday, the second act. And then we did two shows.

Jandy Nelson

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

Jan de Bont

When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

Alan Bennett

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Al Sharpton

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

Al Jourgensen

It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

Agnes Varda

When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high - you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.

Adam Ferrara

When I walked in to read with Edie Falco, it was nice, because I auditioned in New York, and it was very quick. You walk in, there's Edie, the producers, the director, and a camera. I read three scenes, and it was done.

Byron Katie

I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's.

Jane Austen

But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are — all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. — It is a regular thing

Jamie Redknapp

Gareth Bale literally has three lungs

Alain Prost

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

Chris Copeland

The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off.

Chiang Kai-shek

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

Bill Wright

The other three have really made strides. They're consistently getting better.