Famous Quotes & Sayings

The speculative activity in short-term calls might reflect the recent talk about an alliance with Microsoft.

The Surgeon General says that if you can do physical activity at a moderate level three days a week, you will help prevent heart disease, control cholesterol levels and diabetes, slow bone loss associated with advancing age, lower the risk of certain cancers, and reduce anxiety and depression.

The surge in activity is a lagged response to the strength of new home sales, and with mortgage demand now well off its highs -- though still strong -- it probably can't last, ... But there is no reason to expect an immediate plunge, not least because permits rose again in February, for the fourth straight month.

The ... Tigers were not involved in any activity that breaches the ceasefire agreement.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity.

The sort of deceptive lull the past two months of the attacks was mainly because of the sustained effort on our part to stop terrorist activity and to prevent suicide and homicide bombings from coming out of the territories or out of Gaza. Had we not taken this campaign we would have had many suicide and homicide bombings like the one we experienced today in Haifa.

I've never been given a satisfactory explanation for why what was seen at the start as criminal activity was not prosecuted.

Human activity equals a decline of the rest of life on earth,

Gathering strength is evident in several areas of the industry with growth in the housing sector the strongest in almost two years as buyer activity has improved.

German employers are saying they will begin to add employees again, albeit modestly, and hiring activity in Japan should be vigorous, beyond what we normally see in the second quarter -- their peak hiring season. Chinese employers say they will reduce their hiring activity compared to last year at this time, while U.S. employers expect to add to their payrolls at a continued steady pace.

Samuel Johnson

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.

So much of what you see in the United States now was built when hurricane activity was low and there was a category 5 storm once every 30 years, not every year or two, ... Your investment decisions need to be revisited.

The biggest thing is trying to create a critical mass of activity downtown, and when it's broken up with half a block of parking, that activity is really disturbed. It's what we call missing teeth. And you don't want those gaps to be very wide.

The bill is a responsible way to address a certain activity that wasn't covered in the original Sunshine Law.

Studies show that the time of day when most kids are liable to get into trouble is between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. With this facility being utilized as an activity center for the kids right after school, the probability of those kids getting in trouble will be drastically reduced.

John Dean

Not since Richard Nixon stiffed the Congress during Watergate has a White House so openly and arrogantly defied Congress' investigative authority. Nor has any activity by the Bush administration more strongly suggested they are hiding incriminating information about their relationship with the now-moribund Enron, or other heavy-hitting campaign contributors from the energy business.

The August figures this time are basically not very reliable for anything whatsoever. A lot of the Labor Day activity will come in September this year.

tactical change whereby they (militants) refrain from activity in Gaza and intensify activity in the West Bank.

Targeting leaders of the peaceful political opposition is not only wrong, it is dangerous. Squeezing the space for legitimate political activity heightens the risk of violent confrontation and human rights abuses.

Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Every hour, get up and move around. It could add up to being that 30 minutes of brisk activity a day.

Swimming was just an activity to join and I thought it would be good for her. It's very difficult to try and follow someone's footsteps. She's her own person and we've always been very proud of that. She's an excellent kid.

Swimming is a life-long activity and it's one of the best all-around conditioning sports. I strongly encourage all of the athletes to continue swimming competitively after high school because ultimately I want them to be healthy.

Students can see different aspects of what's going on, everything from wind trajectory, seismographs, and activity over the last 24 hours.

Students are not getting enough physical activity. In my mind the goal is physical activity each day.

Alan Greenspan

Structural productivity continues to grow at a firm pace, and rebuilding activity following the hurricanes should boost real GDP growth for a while, ... More uncertainty, however, surrounds the outlook for inflation.

It's important to have a law enforcement presence around residence halls because it creates a safe environment for students. Also, anyone that would want to impose illegal activity in the halls, they will see the area is being protected.

Its important to us to stop illegal activity for the people in this community who don't want it in their backyards.

It's important to consider the amount of hacker activity associated with a particular flaw. And let's not forget that the vast majority of computer viruses are written for Windows computers.

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall.

It's provocative. We've asked both the Israelis and the Palestinians to refrain from provocative acts. That's why we are questioning ... why they would approve a wide range of settlement activity that includes construction of additional housing structures and infrastructure.

It's pretty clear that most of this activity was not focused on major natural disasters ... and was really focused more on the problems associated with terrorist attacks.

Stephen Gillers

It's unfortunate of course that what kept him from the swearing in was an activity that is itself of dubious ethical propriety.

Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corporate profits, ... As such, stock price gains are expected to continue, supported by improvements in corporate performance and mild-mannered inflation and interest rates.