Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ehud Barak

If there was such a meeting and the Syrians really asked the terror organizations to reduce their level of activity -- if that is true -- it is of course good news for all of us,

It helps us predict where West Nile activity is going to be the most intense.

Madeline Zima

I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.

Ali Larijani

Iran will continue activity aimed at mastering peaceful nuclear technologies under the supervision of IAEA specialists and will convince the Agency that this activity is peaceful and transparent.

Paul Wolfowitz

If you had that kind of pandemic, I don't think there is any question it could happen, the costs both in human life and in disruption of world economic activity would be very high.

If you follow the proper procedures you don't have employees inside the silo doing work activity while product is being removed. We have to look at whether proper training was provided, and whether employees know what the hazards were associated with their work.

Kevin Hayes

If you get into single-digit vacancy rates, generally speaking, you see speculative development activity coming back. And it is coming back, but it's coming back slowly.

If you look at building plans passed, there is still positive growth for residential property development and a lot of this activity is the flats and townhouse market.

Bill Walsh

In those days, we couldn't communicate. How do you know you'll ever move? We were gridlocked, so I looked over there, in all seriousness, and I could see up over a hill, the activity and the lights, and I figured we'd have to walk over that hill about a mile to get to the stadium. The uncertainty of it was the crazy part.

In the whole post-war rebound story, the first part has come through -- we've clearly seen a bounce in consumer confidence. The next key step is business activity measures improving, including employment indicators. Hopefully we will see weekly jobless claims coming down soon -- in the next three-to-four weeks.

Alan Greenspan

Because there was little retrenchment during the cyclical downturn, the potential for a significant acceleration in activity in the household sector is likely to be more limited than in past business cycles,

Dorien Bryant

He's excited, a year of no type of activity is frustrating because you got to watch, but at the same time it's frustrating for everyone who wants to play. He's really looking forward to it.

Housing is a major bulwark for the economy. I would hate to think what would happen if and when the housing activity gets tapped out.

Housing activity remains quite robust despite the slowing economy, decline in jobs, and faltering stock market.

House prices tend to move seasonally, driven up by higher demand and activity in the warmer months and falling off towards Christmas. Just as the trading period over Christmas is crucial for the retail sector, the spring and summer are crucial for the housing market.

Housing-related activity has definitely slowed and its contributions to economic growth, both direct and indirect, will fade over the next couple of quarters.

Housing may get another mini boost from the recent drop in rates. These data do lag a bit. Still, it is clear that, low rates or not, housing is not on fire the way it once was. The level of activity remains quite high for housing. But the prospects for further growth do not look that strong based on momentum.

If many parents would just go back to the future and think about what life was like when they were children - from hopscotch to the adventure of climbing trees - it would go a long way toward promoting more physical activity by their kids.

If Michael had not been there at the right time and taken the initiative to really investigate what was going in that house, right now I would be in child prostitution or some criminal activity because of the situations that I was put in. I owe him my life.

If oil prices fall, it will help to stimulate economic activity -- the profit outlook will be better and also lower oil would bring down costs, making stocks the better asset class.

If I were a citizen protester, I wouldn't want people reporting on me, and we don't. ... Ground Zero has had a regular protest activity at the Bangor (submarine base) front gate. We don't collect on any one of those individuals out there. They are exercising their rights and are peaceful demonstrators.

In 1999, we'll see more consolidation activity as leaders gain more scale.

Zhang Ziyi

I never thought I'd be able to go to the White House and participate in an activity like this. It's a great honor.

Industrial activity may moderate this year but will still remain strong. Monetary tightening by the central bank has raised concerns about the growth outlook.

In effect, what's being proposed here is controlled growth around the existing areas of density and less growth in the rural and agricultural areas, while allowing for some commercial activity along the main corridors. This is to prevent sprawl, where growth happens wherever. The county actually had some very positive comments about the ordinance. They said it was cutting edge.

In an environment providing real-time information to media, any security incident, triggered with malicious intent or not, can have disastrous consequences. For a highly visible event like the Olympic Games, the challenge of IT security is not only to prevent unauthorized people from accessing the systems, but to control the activity of authorized people inside the games' network.

I'm not sure we as a community are spending the kind of resources we need. The public sector needs to step forward. And I think that's a good use of public dollars because this activity creates jobs.

Bernard Arnault

In the coming five years, there'll be activity in the luxury world and we'll be there,

Instead of viewing tasks that require activity as a chore or a bother, we should view it as an opportunity.

Ian Mckellen

In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.

Jeffrey Williams

In my mind, this activity was a major success for safety. It's probably one of the top things.

In our view, if the state of emergency is short-lived, then it should not have a measurable impact on economic activity and thus preserve the gains from the fiscal reform effort, which is the cornerstone of the positive view toward the Philippines.

In our private banking division, declining securities revenues due to lower activity in the U.S.A. was the principal reason for lower profits.