Famous Quotes & Sayings

Most people at the Fed seem to feel that the national economy is strong enough to absorb the effects of Katrina. That to me seems that you will not see the Fed rate hike derailed.

We have a sense that there is a lot of thought that needs to go into this process. We need to absorb the work of the Personnel Board.

Lots of genes could be important -- genes that determine how you absorb a drug, variations in one gene involved in breaking down the drugs, variations in the way that you excrete a drug.

Love given to you will evaporate like a puddle, unless you are open to absorb it.

Andre Agassi

She's really into helping me make coffee, ... You realize when you have special moments, they don't quite absorb it. They're not interested in your dramas.

Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned receivers that pick up much more than is merely said. They are receptive and attuned to every mood, feeling, and change that goes on in people around them.

Idina Menzel

It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.

Brian Eno

Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a sense of style, to people who just love putting all that complicated stuff together, brick by brick, on their computers, to people like me who like playing conceptual games and being surprised.

Fujio Mitarai

Whatever the trend in exchange rates or whatever the external factors, a manufacturing company is always faced with the mission of transforming itself into a company that can produce higher value-added to absorb the increase in the cost of living in the country it's operating in.

Larry Dixon

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

John Davidson

Where does the bond guy put his money now? ... Stocks can absorb inflation more readily than bonds, because you can come through with better pricing power and stronger earnings.

Domhnall Gleeson

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

Willie Morris

His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.

The question for the economy at large is to what extent will it absorb these people and these businesses.

Chad Hurley

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

Rex Ryan is definitely a very confident individual and, when you have someone who believes firmly in what he's speaking, you naturally absorb it.

Tina Thompson

I thought their contribution was great. They were totally here willing to pick up and absorb everything they could. They were all sponges.

We still have as much momentum going into next season as we did going into this season. If you can absorb a season where things really didn't go our way, hopefully next year they do.

We've just juggled the other programs around and had to absorb them.

James E. Faust

We are bombarded on all sides by a vast number of messages we don't want or need. More information is generated in a single day than we can absorb in a lifetime. To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.

Alan King

Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.

It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature.

Antony Beevor

When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic tragedy. But, as a result, there is a tendency to overlook the way the war changed even the survivors' lives in ways impossible to predict.

Craig James

There is only so long business can absorb higher production costs. Something has got to give and what's most likely to give is prices.

Jeffrey Bewkes

We're trying to absorb any good ideas that anyone (has).

We knew that when we did all the moves in the last three years, another event in Phoenix in the calendar year, another one in California, that would take time to absorb that in the marketplace. They've made a lot of progress with management changes that I think are starting to pay some dividends. I think they're going to have a very big crowd.

Pat Quinn

We thought about switching every day and creating new lines but then we decided not to, ... The whole idea here was the introduction of some concepts of play. Rather then have them worrying about adjusting to new guys every day, we wanted them to concentrate and focus on trying to absorb the system we want to play.

When one event after another comes this closely, the ground doesn't have the capability to absorb it. Unfortunately, the rest of the week we'll see good chances of rain, some of it very heavy.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world.

With Pfizer's diversified product portfolio and cash position that can be used for future deals, we would expect the company to be able to absorb the financial impact,

Trevor O'Hoy

While Foster's scale and efficiency sees us better placed than anyone from a production perspective, the (Australian) market is struggling to absorb the huge volumes of wine that are discounting and squeezing sales margins.