Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's nothing we know about the physical universe that could account for how the prayers of someone in Washington, D.C., could influence the health of a group of people in Iowa -- nothing whatsoever.

Chris Edwards

There's not going to be any details. They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

Chris Edwards

There's not going to be any details, ... They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

The trend toward powerful platforms that deliver four or more functions continued as enterprises continued to simplify their infrastructure and vendors moved to grow revenue and increase account control. Market consolidation also continued in 2005 as strong platform players acquired promising software providers that had not yet reached critical mass in terms of distribution and revenue.

The tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has shone a spotlight on an issue in America that has needed attention for some time. In 'Class in America' we want to address not only the tragedies, but all the stories that go with this volatile topic and engage our audiences with some of the most moving--and thought-provoking-- accounts we can find.

is still on the site, still performing the duties there, and by all accounts from our understanding, just doing a damn fine job.

I spent seven months trying to collect from a major bookstore chain. Amazon drops the money in my checking account every single month without fail.

I see no reason to buy banks now. Their fundamentals are shaky with bad loans and companies are stepping up selling of bank shares ahead of the September implementation of mark-to-market accounting rules.

I've been helping fisheries keep track of the mark rate, and it has been very good. We've had a mark rate of 60 to 65 percent since it opened, and that accounts for every single fish that we've either kept or released.

Nick Clooney

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United States government behind every savings account in the nation, up to a limit that has changed over the years and stands now at $100,000.

What that will tend to do will be to drive down accounting rates in international markets, which will tend to stimulate volume growth, and that will be a good deal for customers.

We will then reach out to our ticket holders as soon as we can and ask them if they'd like us to hold their money on account as a deposit on tickets for our 2006-07 return to New Orleans,

We will take into account what was said at the hearing and the documents submitted before we make a decision. It will take several weeks.

The problem has been resolved and a significant number of customer accounts have been updated and funds are now available.

Lincoln Chafee

The private accounts are a separate matter that don't solve and aren't intended to solve the Social Security solvency issue.

There are a lot of accounting issues that have taken place under prior management that haven't gone away and don't appear to be dissipating.

When I started, we still filed checks by signature. We didn't even have account numbers.

We felt the need to connect with industry thought leaders who would help direct our product development to meet the future demands of the market. For our market of SOX compliance and financial controls, we reached out to accounting professors who are experts in risk management and corporate governance.

We immediately contacted the Rhode Island CIO and the Secret Service and the credit card-issuing companies to flag those accounts so they could be monitored for possible fraudulent activity.

We immediately conducted an in-depth review and our employees have also been correcting the situation on an individual basis. The review is now complete and refunds have been initiated for the remaining accounts affected.

Chris Edwards

We expect demand to be high as feedback from customers has shown a desire for a choice between fixed-rate accounts and high-interest variable accounts.

We are very appreciative of this opportunity to hold the tobacco industry to account for its destructive products. That it was unanimous indicates the power of this ruling.

We are trying to move toward a universal log-in. Instead of everyone having to have ten different accounts and passwords, we are moving toward a universal log-in and/or what they call a portal.

Arnold and Volkswagen have had a remarkable partnership over the last decade. If there is a car account looking for these types of results, we are available.

Apart from these broader cultural influences which contribute to the shaping of our contemporary musical psyche, we also have to take into account the rather bewildering legacy of the earlier twentieth-century composers in the matter of compositional technique and procedure.

The methodology they used accounts for the low numbers. It's not the will of the people.

The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.

The international community should insist on a full account of what happened and how these asylum seekers and others ended up in Uzbek custody.

The interface is intuitive, so our customers can easily manage their account whether they log in daily or once every three years.

The investigation did not find any widespread issues with contractual allowances for managed care accounts across the company. But it did turn up problems that require restatements of certain prior-year results.

The intellect is a bird; on account of its actions, it is sometimes high, and sometimes low.

The integration of sales and marketing has the potential to affect the account executive the most. Instead of entering information many times over, you're leveraging information already acquired by marketing, but companies are still trying to connect the dots and there is still of lot of work to be done with this business process.

The Federal Reserve is one of the main driving forces for rates changes on checking and money market accounts. With the Federal Reserve increasing the benchmark federal funds rate a quarter-point, I anticipate checking and money market account rates to show some movement in the coming weeks.