Famous Quotes & Sayings

Although home buying remains at relatively high levels, although no longer robust, refinancing activity has slumped. Less refinancing activity should dampen consumer spending.

Although higher interest rates appear to have begun to have a negative impact on housing activity and consumer spending, sturdy domestic demand and improving international economies have generated an acceleration in manufacturing activity.

A lot of the economic releases are basically suggesting that economic activity has stopped declining, ... With interest rates coming down and the tax cut in the works, you've got to believe the economy will be expanding.

A lot of the activity is happening at home and we are really relying on a partnership with parents to get this information out.

Lee H. Hamilton

A member of an intelligence committee who hears of some activity he disapproves of has no real way to bring that public because if he does, he's breaking the law.

Also, the authorities must honour the guidelines stipulated in India's Coastal Regulation Zone which does not permit any construction activity near the shores.

Already we are seeing e-mails touting stocks on the basis of hurricane activity in the Gulf (of Mexico).

A lot of times we come to check out books, look at books. It's been a good winter activity to get out of the house.

Igor Ivanov

aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the activity of the international inspectors.

Philippe Petit

You see, it's actually very good that a human activity is performed very close to death, because that's where life is. Life is, at its most valuable and most full, very close to the boundary of life.

You see a lot of activity going on there. He's spent almost $800,000 on his renovation. He plans to have about 30 employees. My client believes he needs the (sign variances) to be seen from all lanes of the parkway.

You need individuals coming together that have a good business understanding of the activity or transaction that occurs at any given step of the process and then articulate that for IT to find the right solution.

Tom Kane

This is going to be a real activity center.

This is further good news for the expansion of the funds sector in Jersey, which the States has been keen to encourage through regulatory changes and the Economic Development Committees emphasis on attracting more hedge fund activity to the island.

George Allen

This is fraudulent and criminal activity that must be prosecuted and must be stopped to protect innocent people.

This is an industry event, and Microsoft is not going to own it, ... But I think they're going to change the economics. Free of the government's pressure ... Microsoft's efforts would usher in an era of creativity, entrepreneurialism and activity in the server marketplace that we have never seen before, very much like we saw in the PC era when it was first booming; when it was first mushrooming and blossoming in the 1980s and early 1990s.

This is going to be a wonderful resource for us. It will fit in well to improve the health of the kids, and fit more exercise into the day, which in effect will make them better learners. Kids who have more physical activity are better learners. There used to be a mindset that physical education and activity was a waste of time in school, but it is not.

This is a strong line-up of talent to bring to the Granite City. It reflects the network's diversity in terms of musical coverage, and you can be assured that these artists are at the very top of their profession. We are extremely grateful for our collaboration with Aberdeen City Council who have ensured that this week of on and off-air activity from BBC Radio 2 is going to be held in Scotland for the first time.

This is the fourth year we've seen a downturn in customer activity at one point in the year and usually it's lasting two to four months, and we're not overly concerned about that. But clearly, it's a competitive marketplace.

This is the first time we have actually measured pain activity in the human brain.

They have been busy with this activity station now for almost 15 minutes. After they sat quietly in Imax for almost an hour, we did not expect that anything would hold their attention for this long, but they are fascinated by everything that has to do with space stuff.

This pickup in monthly house-price inflation is consistent with the continuing upward trend in market activity in recent months and the previous pattern of house price movements when the Bank of England begins to reduce interest rates.

There was remarkable enthusiasm of the staff and response of the public. The new name -- New Castle County Community Activity Centers -- gives ownership to the community.

O. J. Simpson

There was no way I was going to send him to Comstock. The thing a lot of parents are concerned about in Santa Rosa is gang activity at school.

Bruce Miller

There was more activity now on Monday and Tuesday than there has ever been.

There was little activity during this holiday week to move mortgage rates one way or another,

There will be no activity at all on redesign this year.

There will be increased merger activity as global energy companies find buying proven reserves more promising than exploration and development.

There were also signs that housing market activity may be beginning to level off.

There was still a significant amount of activity on that Friday.

A continued focus on margins and little change in activity in database demand will likely keep many investors on the sidelines until some more convincing catalysts are in evidence.

John Walsh

It's just another example of how much drug activity is here and everywhere in the country,

Richard Myers

It's just a little more activity in the last couple of days than we have seen in the last couple of years. But we don't think it means anything more than what we've been seeing