Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's quite a lot of promotional activity out there, more than last year. Retailers are desperate to maximize their footfall and recognize that in order to do that they need to give people a significant incentive to come into their stores.

There was a lot of activity with our pump crew dealing with stations that were without power. We lose some of the high-tech capability when the power goes out.

There was a lot of activity here. And it wasn't just a settlement of rich gentlemen who were lazy and didn't work and didn't know how to exist in the wilderness.

David Perry

There was a lot of activity because of the media reaction to it, ... If the CEO sees the alert on TV, he calls down and says, 'Take care of this right now.'

There was a flurry of legislative activity in the Roosevelt years and there were many factions in the Democratic Party which seldom spoke with one voice. So there was a lot of disagreement.

Baseball is trying to make it a family activity again.

As student activity continues to grow on campus with the wellness center and the Courtyard apartments, this is an avenue to increase interest in our athletic programs and have our student body rally around our basketball teams.

As space, time and budgets allow, I hope to keep adding and expanding the activity classes that are offered here at Gonzaga University.

At the time he applied, for the purposes for which he wished to come to the United States, and based on a review of his activity in the past, it was determined that there was no basis for ineligibility.

Ben Bernanke

At this point, a leveling out or a modest softening of housing activity seems more likely than a sharp contraction, although significant uncertainty attends the outlook for home prices and construction.

Concern about the continued high level of energy prices and its impact on economic activity is again the number one topic on which survey respondents commented.

Concealing any activity from the other may create unnecessary suspicion and mistrust between husband and wife and the situation may go beyond repairs one day. Therefore it is in the best interest of both to share what ever they have so that it strengthens the mutual-bond and love.

Computer hacking is not fun and games. Hackers cause real harm to real victims. Would-be hackers... should be put on notice that such criminal activity will not be tolerated.

Consequently, the strength in the upturn in economic activity has become more uncertain inside and outside the euro area.

Digital music finally got off the ground in Europe in 2005, but it is important to retain a sense of perspective: paying for digital music is currently a niche activity and is still outweighed by file sharing which is conducted by 15 percent of European internet users.

Coughlin's in a tough position if he claimed (the money) was for secret union activity -- which may be illegal. That's a tough defense: 'I didn't do anything wrong because I was trying to do something nefarious on behalf of the company,'

Marsha Blackburn

Countries like Iran and China support an Internet Iron Curtain that would censor political dissidents and deny anonymous activity online through mandatory registrations of IP addresses.

Construction activity in our key states continues to be very strong.

Consolidation activity is actually a signal that service providers are scared and will start spending money again. Equipment companies are long-term beneficiaries of this and frankly, I think that's what the bond market is smelling out,

Currently, all goverment and private sector watch centers are not reporting any unusual activity associated with the Code Red worm, but we will remain vigilant and continue to monitor the situation throughout the night,

Convoys are the scariest and most high-risk activity a soldier can participate in. You never know when there is going to be a bomb alongside you or even under your vehicle, ... Also, the guns used in combat in Iraq don't create the kind of wounds a street gun might in America. These guns fire at a much higher velocity, creating a lot more damage.

This new worm attempts to use social engineering to again trick users into opening its attached file. Casual Internet users are at most risk for Invalid's damaging retaliation. At this time, we've received one report of this new worm, but Central Command is monitoring this worm's activity very closely.

Albert Schweitzer

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about the religion of love, but only as an actual putting it into practice.

There have been concerns about refinery activity because of tropical depression No. 8 in the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Georges in the Atlantic, which could reach the Gulf.

There have been a number of feature enhancements and partnerships, and there should be even more activity in this space in the near future.

James Comey

Was he dragged into criminal activity to which he was not predisposed, by a government overbearing his will?

Warm weather and a post-December rebound in new activity will likely boost construction payrolls. Retail employment should also enjoy a post-holiday boost.

We are anticipating between $5 to 7 million for the cost and originally estimated it costing about $4.8 million. We also think that with all the constructing activity with (Hurricane) Katrina that we are anticipating higher prices, just not sure how high they might be. We might have to shift money from other projects if the reconstruction costs more than our expected expense.

We are very much aware of the potential for gang activity here. So far we haven't seen any evidence of gang participation in the juvenile system.

We are very encouraged by the amount of new business bid activity currently in the pipeline, now that we are no longer fighting the headwinds of labor uncertainty, ... Consumer confidence will be key to the success of this year's fourth quarter.

We are going to have a doggone hard time showing a decrease in property values. We are going to have a doggone hard time showing a decrease in economic activity due to sexually oriented businesses.

We had some activity in March, and based on that we took it off the deferred list and were working on getting it programmed for repair. We were getting ready to do some remedial design work, and it was scheduled to be built in the spring.

We wanted a lot of activity and a lot of life on the outside of the building. We thought that this is a project that will expand the downtown down Market Street. This was the next big jump.