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consumers energy high higher lost oil pay prices though
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. David Joy
consumer positive strong
We are positive on stocks, especially those that are benefiting from very strong U.S. consumer demand.
consumers expect general gentle happier housing market pickup recovery retail sales seeing stronger wealth
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.
consumer continued corporate economy slowing spending
There are continued uncertainties, ... The U.S. economy is slowing and commensurate with that is slowing consumer spending and corporate spending.
consumer growth income retail robust signs source spending suggesting wage
There are some encouraging signs in retail sales, but if you look at what the source of consumer spending is, it's really income growth, and wage growth has been lackluster, suggesting the consumer will not be robust going forward. Scott Brown
consumer education impact insurance life provide rather unbiased
We want to provide unfiltered and unbiased consumer education about the impact of what life insurance does, rather than how it works. Bob Brown
consumers huge positive revision wages
While many will be disappointed that we will not necessarily see huge upward revisions to payrolls ... a significant upward revision to wages would also be a positive development, as it suggests that consumers have more firepower than we thought.
consumers customer department issues resolve seem service telephone
We've become a customer service department for some of these companies. So many consumers can't seem to resolve their issues with telephone companies.
consumers tried
We've always tried to give consumers what they want, not what we feel they need,
controlled possession substance
The possession of a controlled substance was an off-white rock-like substance, Jim Bush
controlled game half organised pressure second
We started off by controlling the game and were well organised and in the second half they did put some pressure on us but then we controlled the game at the end of the game,
controlled detriment gets
To my detriment sometimes. I can be very controlled - too controlled. It spills over into my life, and that's when it gets difficult. Gillian Anderson
controlled focus settled
We let them back in the game. Once we settled down and got out focus back we controlled the game. Gerald Wallace
controlled games offense row
She got us out of a lot of jams. This is two games in a row where she controlled the game. The offense hasn't come through to give her support, yet. Rick Hall
controlled defense floor game good hot leadership needed night played ran
She got hot when we needed her to. But she ran the floor well all night, she controlled the offense, she played good defense and showed me a lot of leadership on the floor all game long.
controlled create games good herself offense pace stepped
She really stepped it up and controlled the pace of games. She started to find herself in our offense and create a little bit. She's a real good passer.
controlled eye good hitter
She is very sound, very controlled in the box. She has good strength, good power. She has a good eye for the ball. She's a very disciplined hitter at a young age.
controlled initiative liberals
When this initiative fails, the legislature which is controlled by liberals will revoke it.
cost knows programmers
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing. Alan Perlis
cost followers may
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!" Aiden Wilson Tozer
cost-of-living people political
We're telling small-business owners that not only are we going to raise their costs by a buck and a quarter, but we're also going to raise it with these cost-of-living adjustments. Here's what's going to happen: They're going to have to lay people off. Chris Christie
cost depressed employees environment historical led news painful positive progress revenue tougher
The positive news is we're making progress on the cost front, led by painful concessions by our employees and suppliers, ... The tougher news is while the revenue environment has improved, it's still depressed by historical standards.
costs decides
The person who decides is dictating why the costs are what they are.
cost proud work worth
We are proud of it. We put a lot of work into it. It did cost a little more, but it was worth it.
cost early establish looking quantify quick savings though
We are looking to establish quick gains, though it is too early to quantify what the cost savings will be.
cost effort energy felt few games good last level looked second spent talking time tonight weeks year
We spent the last few weeks talking about how good the team's effort was and tonight was the first time that we didn't play with the effort that I felt we should have. We did some of the same things that have cost us games this year but it just looked like the energy level disappeared in the second half.
cost lower medium ultimate
The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it. Nathan Myhrvold
difficulty leading might ought potential substances
We're getting into new substances that might have the potential for contamination or exposure, leading to difficulty. I think it's something we ought to explore. Ted Stevens
difficulty great including life majority rewards
The majority of the world - including myself - we all have problems and difficulty in life, and life's messy. But there are great rewards in life, too. Eric Close
difficulty election everybody knew line officials replace
She just knew everybody, everybody knew her, and she'd line up all the election officials for those areas. That's going to be a big difficulty for us to replace her.
difficulty known organizing raising
She is universally known without the difficulties of organizing or raising funds, Robert Torricelli
difficulty disaster eight people reaching relief several trained trucks
We're having as much difficulty reaching (the disaster areas) as anyone, but we have eight trained people down there and several of our trucks are on their way with relief supplies.
difficulty sure treaty
The real difficulty is to make sure that such treaty obligations will be observed. Arthur Henderson
difficulty grandeur lives men owe tremendous
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties Charles Spurgeon
difficulty fast keeping
Many of us have difficulty keeping up with you. ... You always set a fast pace. Sam Brownback
difficulty including several
Several delegations, including ours, had difficulties with it,
dollars hiv cost
Pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new HIV/AIDS treatments not out of altruism but because they can make up those research costs in sales. David Mixner
dollars poor taxpayers
In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars. Cal Thomas
dollars quarters billions
Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like. Carl Icahn
dollars exists interest pint rates sell sold spike upset value
The possibility exists that they would get upset with us at some pint and sell dollars. And if they sold all those dollars right away, the value of the dollar would plummet, interest rates would spike and the U.S. would go into a recession.
dollars millions raise work
You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about. Nick Woodman
dollars three roles
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry. Earl Weaver
dollars cost
Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having. Elizabeth Arden
dollars raw-materials plowing
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds into new projects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions. Charles Edison
dollars rich made
I never cared about money. I'm not destined to be a rich woman. I'm destined to be a woman who makes a lot of money and never has any. I've made millions and millions and millions of dollars and I just spend it. Cher
effective-listening listening
Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. David Hockney
effective forces gravity known objects stuff
We account for one-sixth of the forces of gravity we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most of the effective gravity in the universe. Something is making stuff move that is not anything we have ever touched. Neil deGrasse Tyson
effective exercise group major patients performed reducing seems showing standard studies symptoms
What the studies are showing is that exercise, at least when performed in a group setting, seems to be at least as effective as standard antidepressant medications in reducing symptoms in patients with major depression,
effectiveness too-much loses
If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness. Bob Ross
effective tries ultimately
I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes. Nicholas Jarecki
effective front happy red tom
Tom Werner said this is a happy day for the Red Sox, and I agree. We?re a stronger, more effective and bolder front office. Larry Lucchino
effective family loved members returning saw talking veterans
What's so effective is the messengers. The returning veterans are talking about what they saw in Iraq. The family members are talking about their loved ones.
effective marketing tool
We feel that subscriptions will be a very effective marketing tool for the lottery.
effective flu hoping immune infection local preventing response sort virus
We're hoping that this sort of local immune response is going to be more effective at preventing infection with the flu virus than the kind of immune response you get with a flu shot.
front mistakes slow solid until work
We still need to work on offense. Until we get solid up front we're going to make mistakes and those mistakes are going to slow us down.
front guys pitcher rather rookie
When you've got guys like Andruw (Jones), Chipper (Jones), Julio (Franco) and Marcus (Giles) in front of you, you have some RBI chances. A pitcher doesn't want to pitch to those guys. He'd rather pitch to a rookie any day. Jeff Francoeur
front move
We're not going to move him up to the front of the line.
front problem
We acknowledge the problem and we're very up front about it,
front onto open path rush security student team telling visiting
We have security stationed in front of the student areas, and we're telling them, Look, guys, here's the plan. We've got to get the visiting team out of here. We know you're going to rush the floor, but here's the path that we want to take to go onto the floor. We're going to open it up to you and just funnel you down this way.
front line offensive
What (the offensive line has) been able to do up front has been amazing. Reggie Bush
front occur particular sat wished
When you're working in front of the camera, there are always things that occur to you after the director has said 'Cut.' I could probably, if I sat down and thought about it, come up with instances where I wished I had made this particular choice or that particular choice. Delroy Lindo
front gets nobody stepped
When he gets the rebound, it's going the other way quick. Nobody stepped in front so he got all the way down to the goal.
front name players sacrifice
We want players who don't give up. We want players who sacrifice everything for the name on the front of the jersey. Ryan Jones
full grieving year
We want them to have a full year of grieving before they volunteer.
full preached time
The other times, we just preached at you, ... This time around, it's like you're getting christened in church. This is the full immersion version.
fullest life living
We've all been living life to the fullest during our break, Justin Jeffre
full historic path successes
We are at the end of an historic process, ... It has been a long path, a path full of successes and failures. Jacques Santer
full increased openings production
We are at all full production and we have increased staff, with some openings at mines.
full kinds lets music people piano saturday soft spiritual split sunday
We split it up so the Sunday devotional is more spiritual and the Saturday show will be full of all different kinds of music so it lets people know we do more than just soft piano ballads.
full games glass half
We're not going to make it look pretty and say, 'Well, we've been here before,' ... We have 14 games to play and we can't panic. But I don't think you can tell them the glass is half full when it's not. Mike Sherman
full providing
We have narrowed it down to those who are providing full financing.
full involved knew signed talk
When he first signed up, he wanted to go for the full 20 years, but we had to talk him into four. He knew the military, he knew what was involved with it the separation, the risks.
longer market stable
We're in a much more stable construction market now, no longer impacted by those market pressures.
longer questions term whether
Whether longer term that actually makes a difference, I have questions about that.
longer pc
We're going to see a longer PC lifespan,
longer people
There are people who no longer feel he'd be different.
longer since using
Since she's no longer competing, we won't be using that ad. It doesn't make sense.
longer send sit
Sit him out any longer and you're going to have to send him out on a rehab. We need to get him in the lineup and let him play. Ron Gardenhire
longer mankind since
Since I no longer expect/ anything from mankind except/ madness,/ meanness, and mendacity;/ egotism,/ cowardice,/ and/ self-delusion,/ I have stopped/ being a/ misanthrope. Irving Layton
longer since sitting
Since he is innocent, we don't want him sitting there any longer than he has to.
longer missing
She is no longer a missing person. She is a suspect.
marketing phrases idiot
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. Alan Moore
marketing advertising timing
Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills. Al Ries
marketing company ultimate
Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company's ultimate objective.
marketing mind building
Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
marketing cows looks
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.
marketing world needs
All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing. Akio Morita
marketing advertising products
Marketing is what you do when your product is no good. Edwin Land
marketing coaching good-coaches
I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching. Bernard Ebbers
marketing treasure reputation
The purest treasure mortal times can afford is a spotless reputation. William Shakespeare
message ok orleans running send
We want to send the message that New Orleans is up and running and it's OK to come back. Bill Taylor
message send sharp strong suspension talks temporary
We want to send a very strong and sharp message to the Palestinians, and the temporary suspension of talks is that message. Mark Regev
messages willing commanders
I am more willing to come out when I get my message from my commander. David Koresh
messages beats audience
If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit. Casey Kasem
messages beats music-is
But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.
messages dramatic persuasive
We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true.
message peace people understand
We want people to understand our message is one of peace and not one of hate.
message putting respond responsibility rests seemed
Ultimately, the responsibility rests with the drivers, and they seemed to respond to the message we were putting out.
messages rich certain
Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others. Brian Eno
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
period playing
We started out real flat. Once we got that first period out of the way, we started playing a little better.
periods dont-trust
Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period. Benjamin Walker
period unit
We bowled well as a unit which we have been doing for a period of time, Andrew Flintoff
period prolonged realistic
Vendors are going to have to be more realistic about prices. We are going to see a prolonged period of underperformance.
period short work
Like anything you do, it'll work for a short period of time. But he's so intelligent that he's going to keep working.
period september though
Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film. Timothy Bottoms
periods since younger
There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic. Kurt Angle
period personal time trying
Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period of personal growth. Tim Finchem
periods theater deals
I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal. Asghar Farhadi
tv-shows littles tvs
I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms. Alan Ball
tvs devastated
I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated. Al Hirt
tv-shows television want
I don't want to do television. A TV show sitcom? I don't even watch TV. China Chow
tv-shows zombie different
I can't say I was like a die-hard zombie fan, but I've definitely seen a few different zombie movies and TV shows. Dave Franco
tv-shows names together
I definitely want to start my own production company at some point. I'm actually teaming up with Funny or Die to put together a TV show right now, that I can't really talk about because it's still in the very preliminary stages, but if it pans out this will be the first project under my production company, which I have yet to name.
tvs care ifs
I don't care if I ever work in TV again. Dave Chappelle
tv-shows people together
It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us. David Krumholtz
tv-news personality stories
I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories. Dave Barry
tv-shows islands survivor
Here's my proposal, which is based on the TV show Survivor: We put the entire Congress on an island. All the food on this island is locked inside a vault, which can be opened only by an ordinary American taxpayer named Bob. Every day, the congresspersons are given a section of the Tax Code, which they must rewrite so that Bob can understand it. If he can, he lets them eat that day; if he can't, he doesn't.
watches nightmare film
It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it. Alan Rickman
watches culture ugh
I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip through the ads, because the culture of advertising is so false and phony that I just... ugh, you know?
watches looks like-you
How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do. David Tennant
watches hours skates
I could sit here in the tribunes and watch Michelle Kwan skate for hours... Carolina Kostner
watches instinct impress
When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me. Charles Lindbergh
watches lord caught
We boast in the Lord but watch carefully that we never get caught depending on Him.
watches disaster conversation
You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally! David Brin
watches trailers
I don't watch trailers, I like to go into every movie fresh. Benh Zeitlin
watches world
I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. Audrey Hepburn