Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin Seligman

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Shirley Manson

She seems very benign and wholesome, ... but underneath lurks an incredible toughness and powerful directness.

Manuel Pangilinan

Growth in core earnings will be benign as revenue growth moderates.

Ned Rifkin

It both included things from the studio and the real world of the studio right into the realm of pictorial creations. And that step -- even though it sounds simple and looks very humorous and benign -- it was so radical at the time that it forever changed the history of 20th century art.

Tom Shales

'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' occurred in real time and was a benign and bewitching example of pure television.

Al Goldman

I think the main thing that's going right for the market is that we still have a very healthy economy, with rising earnings and benign inflation. On a technical side, I think the correction ended three weeks ago. The market has been slowly recovering its sea legs. We had five days up in a row on the Nasdaq composite, and that is the reason why the profit taking yesterday. But the big picture still remains very positive,

Gordon Richards

For those claiming that inflation is right around the corner, they can point to this number and say, 'Aha, it's justified,' ... In my mind, this is really a one-time development and we're more likely to see more benign inflation data later in the year. But these numbers are terrible. They make an increase in interest rates all but inevitable.

Jeffrey Klinefelter

Penney offered a benign set of comments about Eckerd. While its department stores are doing a little better, Eckerd is deteriorating. The speculation is that Penney's first choice is to sell its drugstore business.

Paul Richardson

It does seem to be a relatively benign economic environment after a trough. The world economies should continue to grow steadily with a peak in 2008.

Melanie Gruer

The prime minister emphasized that it makes little sense to negotiate a victory that we've already won.

Abe Badmus

He?d see us tense, like he used to be. He just emphasized us to go have fun and enjoy the moment.

Bill Fennelly

Right now, it's the old shoot-not-to-miss syndrome and passing up shots. We've emphasized that you don't pass up shots; if you miss, you miss. We've had a hard time scoring, but it's never been because of our inability to make a shot.

Dawn Seiler

We emphasized doing the things we do well. You can't go away from our strengths. When Pierre took away things, we went to our next option. The kids just wanted it (win) so much.

Ariel Sharon

We emphasized about the need for reform in the Palestinian Authority, and I think that's very important,

Al Groh

We had emphasized all week long that it was everybody's job in this game to find a way to win. What we put into it is for moments like this -- the satisfaction from accomplishment.

Wendell Jeffries

One of the things we emphasized tonight was the third quarter. Usually we have a slow third quarter with or without the lead and we outscored them by nine and that was something we were looking for.

Antony Beevor

The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual.

Ben Watson

It's a different position every week and thank God it was our turn to step up. We emphasized trying to get involved. We worked hard in practice and it paid off today.

Bill Boynton

We?re interested, maybe intrigued, but not to the extent we would pursue it.

Rob Lowe

When you're writing personal stories, you have to be totally uncompromising - to the extent that you can be - about yourself. I know that if I am uber-uncompromising with myself, that gives me some latitude to write about others.

Wendelin Wiedeking

When we were buying, many others were also buying, and to a great extent in fact and at prices that we never would have wanted to pay.

Ned Collins

With the market's oversold condition, a small rally is expected. The extent has surprised everybody.

Lowell Peterson

We're hoping that that money will make its way to the workers, ... To some extent that is out of our hands.

Sherry Jeffe

Three words: George W. Bush. His personality to a large extent got him his victory.

Thomas Steg

We have rules on the extent to which the government would have to be informed and consulted.

Wang Zheng

The extent of the rate hike this time is fairly small. What is more important is whether or not more lies ahead. And even if there are further rate hikes, it is investment that will first be impacted, followed by consumption.

Kevin Cook

The extent of the impact on the vehicle matches with the injuries to his left side,

John Cain

We know we've got to have that 20 percent (to be used as the city's match for a federal 80 percent grant).

Joseph Biden

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

Trot Nixon

We started off sluggish. But we fed off our fans.

David Hockney

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.

Ben Bernanke

The Fed is totally open.

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.

Irene Cheung

From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially.

Joseph Balestrino

It is a realization that there are inflation headwinds out there.

Philip Shaw

Last month's inflation report ... (was) about as strong an endorsement of steady rates as one is likely to see.

Ben Bernanke

I see inflation as remaining well-contained going forward.

Hans Olsen

It all leads to the idea that inflation isn't so bad. That supplies some push for the market.

Mark Cliffe

His reputation as an arch-dove on inflation is rather misleading.

Michael Blythe

Policymaker's toleration for inflation risks must be lower when the inflation rate is bumping around 3% per annum,

Hiroshi Arano

Worldwide, inflation is going to be the big story next year. For Japan, that's going to be a big positive.

Bruce Alston

We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.

John Livingston

We are pleased to be making such positive progress toward our primary objective of one million users by June 30, 2007,

Denise Levertov

In June the bush we call alder was heavy, listless, its leaves studded with galls, growing wherever we didn't want it.

Diane Duane

Do it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water!

Richard Archer

We'll be back in June and plan to make up for it.

LeRoy Neiman

As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.

Carl Yastrzemski

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

Brian Chesky

In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since,

Barbara Billingsley

People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.

Dennis Ritchie

A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova.

Stephen Davis

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

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.

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,

Mark Clare

With wholesale prices where they are, all suppliers are going to have to put prices up in 2006, and I think that is inevitable.

Bret Easton Ellis

Price. You're priceless.

Al Gore

If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.

Bill Hybels

The grander the vision the greater the price tag.

Mark Sullivan

Many are wondering how prices could go up so quickly after the hurricane.

Edward Gibbon

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger

If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.

Jason Terry

We accomplished most of our goals, and now it's time to put it all together. The results will be sweet if we do.

Romeo Crennel

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

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.

Timothy Noah

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

John Baumann

We're just getting our first results back. So far, so good.

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?