Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Bernanke

The resilience of the economy ... is helping it to absorb the shocks to energy and transportation from the hurricanes.

There's only one conclusion: Continuing to bolster labor-intensive production and exports is the only viable means for China to absorb its surplus labor and improve rural living standards.

I've been lucky to play with some of my true heroes, but so has everyone in the band. I think you learn about not just singing or playing great, but connecting with audiences. That's one thing that all those folks do with amazing ability. Hopefully, we've been able to absorb some of that stuff.

How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.

Bonds are looking at equities. The equity market has stabilized after yesterday's tumble and the auction lends a negative backdrop because the market has to absorb more supply.

Boston Scientific needs the workers that are here. They don't have the workers to run this company on their own. J&J was a large company. They could absorb and lay off many of the people if they wanted to.

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.

We built too many fiber-optic lines to nowhere. It will take some time to absorb that.

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.

Neneh Cherry

When I was going to school, I just wanted to be like everybody else. I would pull at my hair to try and get it to lie straight. America was where I would consume and absorb black culture, buy Ultra Sheen and watch 'Soul Train,' but I still had that weird in-between thing.

Moshe Sharett

Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population.

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.

The fact that some dire predictions didn't materialize mainly reflects the robustness of the U.S. economy. 2005 has showed us that it is able to absorb more shocks than previously thought.

Most of the people don't know that one of the great qualities of caffeine is it allows you to absorb nutrients, and it does it quickly, and so when it does it quickly, you focus, and when you focus, you think you have energy.

We need reinforcement of these ideas. We absorb different things each time we hear them, and it's an opportunity to share what you've learned with others and build a sense of community.

Barry Alvarez

We'll absorb Jamie's loss and move forward and, to be honest with you, I'm not going to get real wrapped up in it this week. I have one other priority that sits a little higher than replacing Jamie, as valuable as he was, and I have a lot of confidence in the people that I have that we'll be able to absorb it for the short-term until we find a replacement. But I'm not going to let it be a distraction.

We will absorb workers' voices to narrow the distance between labor and management.

While we're grateful that the nonprofits are willing to do something ... the city cannot expect to continue to absorb the revenue loss the nonprofits cause to happen,

We're all here to be sponges. We're here to absorb what it is you are looking to see.

We hope that ultimately solar energy can be extensively used in the commercial sector as well as the private sector. Imagine solar cells installed in cars to absorb solar energy to replace the traditional use of diesel and gas. People will vie to park their cars on the top level of parking garages so their cars can be charged under sunlight. Using the same principle, cell phones can also be charged by solar energy. There are such a wide variety of applications.

You absorb a few losses in a row and spirits start to sink a little bit. Body language starts to change, so the kids left there happy and have, I hope, a little bit better sense of how to play a complete game.

Rhys Ifans

I think that Liverpool's particular modern history lends itself to the cinema better than London in many ways. When you go to Liverpool, you absorb that whole sound and humour.

It definitely will have an impact on public finances, but it's not clear how much is really an amalgamation of existing schemes, so to that extent the pressure would be lower. At the same time, given India's high growth profile and revenue buoyancy, it could help them absorb the cost.

Steve Smith

It does, but it doesn't. A lot of guys who were here two years ago, that was their first time dealing with it. Everybody has to handle it differently. Absorb it, enjoy it, but at the same time don't let it take too much of a hold on you.

It's hard to blame an employer for not wanting to absorb higher medical insurance costs. Why should I pay for your bad habit?

That's something that we would be able to handle, if it were to happen. Peak travel times to and from school versus to and from work are different, which is why it would be easier to absorb students into the system. They're not riding during the same peak times that regular commuters are.

This deal was the right thing to do, but clearly we didn't leave ourselves enough time to internally absorb the impact of the project,

This country really is very culturally diverse. Some may say 'diverse' has become a hackneyed word by now, but the fact is that America continues to absorb people from all over the globe. While we hear voices of those who oppose immigration and want to resist further waves of newcomers, I think America is constantly renewed and revitalized by creative minds who arrive here from all over the world. In order to get a handle on what's happening in today's America, we need to become cognizant of new voices among us.

Walter Dean Myers

As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.

The buildings we build are built to absorb sound and vibration. From what we know, the airport, trains and road construction would not be an issue.

Oscar Wilde

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.