Famous Quotes & Sayings

People can punch me in the shoulder and it still probably wouldn't bother me as much as raising my arm above my head. It's definitely scary to feel your shoulder come out, but as the season went on I got used to it.

Melissa McCarthy

People don't stop at a size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number.

People don't see a lot of value in a 10-year note that currently is yielding above the Fed funds rate but will not be in a week.

Ronda Rousey

People call me a whole lot of things, but above anything else, I'm a fighter, and it's going to be hard to accept an identity without that.

On this island, nobody stands above the law.

Richard McCabe

On the way up in the spring you may recall the Dow went above 10,000 near the end of March and it was almost an anticlimactic event. Most of the gains were behind the market and it went higher in the spring, but really most stocks began to top out in April and May. It may work in the same away on the down side, breaking 10,000 might have a psychological impact that gets people more bearish,

Of the 14 sectors with the most job growth, 10 pay above the state average wage. That's a positive sign.

Offers will probably get toward $50 (per share), but probably not much above that. We still haven't heard from Colony or Columbia Sussex.

George Carlin

Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.

Nortel was above C$130 a few weeks ago and went down to around C$95, which was a healthy correction. It gained more than seven points today and the snap back is completely within reason.

Charles Dickens

Again the Ghost sped on, above the black and heaving sea -- on, on -- until, being far away, as he told Scrooge, from any shore, they lighted on a ship. They stood beside the helmsman at the wheel, the look-out in the bow, the officers who had the watch; dark, ghostly figures in their several stations; but every man among them hummed a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought, or spoke below his breath to his companion of some bygone Christmas Day, with homeward hopes belonging to it. And every man on board, waking or sleeping, good or bad, had had a kinder word for another on that day than on any day in the year; and had shared to some extent in its festivities; and had remembered those he cared for at a distance, and had known that they delighted to remember him.

After September 11, 2001, we assumed that the equity risk premium demanded by investors would be above the historical average, but did not anticipate the current extreme reading which is near the highs of the past three decades,

Mark Brown

A family driving 1,000 miles should be prepared to spend an additional $25 over and above last year's fuel prices to make the trip. That's hardly enough to cancel that long-sought vacation.

Will Smith

Afro Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from heaven above Never forget that you are loved You know that you are loved

William Douglas

After an American has been in a totalitarian country for several months, he is greatly relieved when he reaches home. He feels that bonds have been released and that he is free. He can speak above a whisper, and he walks relaxed and unguarded as though he were no longer being followed. After a recent trip I said to a neighbor, "It's wonderful to be back in a nation where even a riot may be tolerated.

Another day, another record for the market. Again its the usual suspects for the stocks that lifted the market ... the ones that have consolidated the market above 5,000 points.

Another day, another bid -- the market is going above 6,000.

Mark Anderson

Enforcement and fines are not always the appropriate form of action. There are people who are deserving and meet the qualifications; it's wonderful we have people to step in and help; there are repairs that have gone above code compliance.

Emerging markets are very dependent on the direction of the Treasury. The market has had very good success in not invading above the (10-year Treasury) 4.80 percent yield level which is a very difficult area for the U.S. Treasury market.

Douglas Hyde

Englishmen have very noble and excellent qualities which I should like to see imitated here, but I should not like to imitate them in everything. I like our own habits and character better, they are more consonant to my nature; I like our own turn of thought, our own characteristics, and above all I like our own language.

Earnings data is very strong. The numbers that are coming out are very much in line or above expectations.

Earnings continue to come in above market expectations. Takeover speculation is also fueling demand, so the market just continues to rise.

Chuck Taylor

Driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 and above is illegal in every state,

Each day that passes, I think, above all, of the donor and her family whom I cannot thank enough.

Drop dead gorgeous. We recently ran up above Dillingham Airfield (near Ka'ena Point), and the trail had just been groomed.

Erica Cook's leadership and dedication have been above and beyond anything I can ask for as a coach. (Cook and Alford) have been workaholics.

John Hickenlooper

Even 12 years ago, the university system in the United States was far and away above anything you could find in most parts of the world.

European laws apply to each individual country above the laws that have been passed in those specific countries. So it is a possibility that Apple could go to the European courts to have this law ruled unconstitutional according to the European rules. Apple may be headed into a legal battle.

Ethanol is in very high demand across the country. When demand is high, supplies run tight and prices generally rise and currently E85 in most areas is priced above where we would like to see it especially in time of adoption.

Fed officials do not want to risk overreaction by the markets. This would undermine financial conditions at a time when the Fed needs growth to stay above its potential rate.

Fed officials do not want to risk overreaction by the markets, ... This would undermine financial conditions at a time when the Fed needs growth to stay above its potential rate.

Farm Bureau members commonly pay their guest-workers above minimum wage and provide other benefits, such as health insurance, workman's compensation, as well as travel to and from their home country.

Fernando Alonso

Fernando is at Renault another year. In 2007 he would want to stay - as long as Renault are competitive. But if by then, or 2008, Ferrari are above our level then anything is possible. This year the tyre was a big factor for Ferrari. But there was a lot else wrong with their car. They need a lot of work to catch up.