Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindsey Graham

I think it would be unfair for him to take a fall if this is just a limited activity of a few people.

It is critical that this activity be treated for what it is -- dealing in stolen property and profiting from it. And that must come with serious consequences.

M&A activity is likely to prove supportive for sterling and with recent economic data suggesting there is no risk of lower rates any time soon, I think the backdrop remains fairly constructive.

M&A activity has been the pattern for some time. Whilst we still have a decent macro background combined with low financing costs there's probably more to come. It's probably supportive of a relatively cheap market.

M&A activity has been a key influence on sterling over the recent weeks and months ... and if that's going to be a continuing theme, then that will at least provide a floor for sterling.

M&A activity and corporate earnings underpin the equity market. Investors now are coming around to the correct perception that first-quarter numbers are going to be very good.

Management will not comment on the status of the DOJ settlement discussions, but it appears to us that things may be heating up, ... There appears to be a flurry of activity on the settlement front, but no way of gauging probabilities.

Manufacturing activity in the region appears to have cooled off. We suspect it will be another month or two before auto manufacturers start ramping up production to replenish sales-depleted inventories.

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region ended the year with good momentum.

It has all started off strongly because of continuing M&A activity in the oil sector.

I think this market now is basically trying to stabilize. The market will probably begin to focus on economic activity rebounding in the first quarter.

I think this market now is basically trying to stabilize, ... The market will probably begin to focus on economic activity rebounding in the first quarter.

It is not a university activity or an activity sponsored or affiliated with the institution in any way.

Kemal Dervis

It is not just a physical reconstruction effort but also an effort of generating economic activity that can then lead to a self-sustaining kind of situation in the medium term.

I think that what we're beginning to see is that other sectors are beginning to get a little bit worried because oil prices are pressing on and people are beginning to express a reservation that this is going to hamper the level of economic activity going forward.

John Wooden

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

It is no coincidence that households found it more difficult to maintain current payment schedules just as the volume of refinancing activity began to dry up as the second half of the calendar year got underway,

It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone... The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.

It is my firm belief that elimination of the exemption would inevitably and significantly reduce the level of professional arts activity in the state,

David Coleman

I think we're lacking news generally today. There hasn't been any fresh news for investors today. Equities have had a good run recently...(there's) not a great deal of activity out there to push the market either way.

I think we're going to see more of it, because we're seeing more independent third-party activity in political campaigns.

E. P. Thompson

I went over to investigate that there wasnt any illegal activity going on,

David Thomas

Physical activity is a requirement for good health so if you are physically active, you are going to be healthy and if you are healthy, you are going to learn better.

Physical activity has been shown to be beneficial for health and aging in a number of areas. This emerging association between exercise and cognitive health is increasingly important to understand.

Recreational fishing is a long-standing, valid activity in the park, and we recognize that. But the park has a dual mission, to protect resources and provide for their enjoyment. If you don't protect the resources, it'll prevent the enjoyment.

Steve Pearce

Regardless of the true source of these incursions, the Mexican government must not evade its responsibility to help us stop illegal activity on the border. I hope that this letter will lead to a more productive partnership toward that goal.

Refinery activity has been very depressed because of damage caused by hurricanes last year and deferred maintenance. There was a huge surge in imports after last year's storms but that has ended. At the same time refinery activity has not recovered.

Refinancing activity was very strong in the fourth quarter, even with higher interest rates. The large share of borrowers who took cash out when refinancing their mortgages combined with the strong overall refinance volume led to an extraction of home equity through prime first-lien refinances of $70.3 billion, slightly higher than the revised estimate of $67.2 billion extracted in the third quarter. We expect the share of all refinance borrowers who take out cash to remain high in 2006 because of the relatively high cost of second mortgages and home-equity lines of credit.

Refinance activity will continue as homeowners refinance out of adjustable rate mortgages and into fixed-rate programs now that there is virtually no difference between long- and short-term interest rates.

Alan Greenspan

reductions in demand for our exports and intensified competition from imports. All of this suggests that the growth of economic activity in this country will moderate from the recent brisk pace.

reiterate to all our principals that this type of activity is never appropriate and should never occur in our schools.

Abraham Maslow

Religion becomes. a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.

Our position has always been that the focus should be on suspicious activities. Rely on the banks to use their knowledge and expertise when they see something suspicious to report it and file a suspicious activity report.