Famous Quotes & Sayings

Considering the flurry of activity we've seen over the last few years, it's likely that those who made their purchases prefer to stay put and perhaps lock in their mortgages while interest rates remain affordable.

Mike Brown

Youth football is a worthwhile activity for all who participate in it. I'm pleased to see how it is coming together.

Dave Freudenthal

The numbers reflect the increased (minerals) activity in the state. Frankly, the fact that the numbers are larger than they were won't change the way I put the budget together. I'm going to put the budget together based on what's needed, not on what's available.

It was really the department store chains and the apparel retailers that took it on the chin with weak January sales results. But a couple of names in those two groups are guiding higher than expected, predicated on expectations of lower promotional activity going into spring.

It will have the standard design for our intermediate activity towers.

It's about six more months. A lot of it depends on what the retail activity is and the season -- how much demand there is, whether people are buying products. It seems to fluctuate a little every year, kind of like the weather almost.

Keiji Fukuda

It is still quite early in our influenza season and we expect activity to pick up in the coming weeks. It is definitely not too late to get your flu shot if you have not received one.

It is rare to have two consecutive years with such a strong simultaneous combination of high amounts of major hurricane activity together with especially favorable steering flow currents. The historical records and the laws of statistics indicate that the probability of seeing another two consecutive hurricane seasons like 2004-2005 is very low.

It is unlikely that the region is really an oasis of activity in an otherwise bleak manufacturing landscape.

It's a good day for the market, ... It's a great boon for the economy when you've got more than $70 billion in M&A activity (mergers and acquisitions), and these companies are making these moves because they think the economy is getting better.

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

It's just a great family, community activity for everybody to participate in, and it all is for a good cause.

It's just so much easier not to sleep now. There are things to do all the time -- clubs open, you could e-mail, or bank all night long. There's more competing activity chipping away at sleep.

It seems to be some natural selling, an extension of last week ... Terrorist activity over the weekend in Turkey led to selling in Japan and selling here; the earnings this morning were mixed, and you have no staggering economic news until Thursday, so people are taking some money off the table right now.

It seems that the kids are doing more at home now, outside of our school. We talk about that a lot, how three times a week is not enough activity to really benefit their health. We suggest that they exercise every day of the week, get up away from the computer and get moving. They can even exercise while they are watching television, or there are Play Station games that include exercise.

Seth Shostak

It seems that 'rocket scientist' is a job category that's here for the long haul, like 'mortician.' But all this activity masks an important point: rockets are not a terribly efficient way to lift things into space.

It seems that physical activity had an even more pronounced effect among those with the susceptibility gene apoe4, the most important risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

It's a small handful that demonstrate behavior that's not exemplary of any student, particularly a Duke student. This is the sort of activity that cannot be tolerated.

It was done well and in reasonable taste. This was a small expenditure in the larger scheme of the IRRB, ... We have to do different things, and as long as this type of activity is a small component, I'm willing to consider it.

It's clear the Navy didn't even consider environmental factors until after they chose North Carolina. Because of the potential environmental impacts of concentrating so much sonar activity in this area, and because it would become a model, it is essential that they get it right the first time.

It's clearly the technology stocks leading this rally. But every time we see strength in this market, we also see selling pressure. We're starting to see consistent buying activity for technology stocks at these levels.

It's an adjustment in the market. Closing activity lags sales activity.

It's hardly news to anyone now that the North American market is tough. Business activity in the rest of the world remains on track.

It's difficult to say if it's cyclical or defensive sectors driving the market. Whatever sector is seeing some M&A speculation or activity is the one that's going well at the moment.

Ron Silver

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever.

It's appropriate to step up our current activity and affirm our faith in the long-term prospects of the company.

It's going to be rewarding activity that's already taking place in California ... so there is nothing but revenue being given away,

It's for all to see that stern police activity has curbed crimes.

It's generally a time when people get nervous. Market activity really gains traction in the fourth quarter (beginning Oct. 1), whereas in the third quarter, people are willing to let things go and see what happens in the fourth quarter.

It's generally a time when people get nervous, ... Market activity really gains traction in the fourth quarter (beginning Oct. 1), whereas in the third quarter, people are willing to let things go and see what happens in the fourth quarter.

It shows increased activity and viability for future Macintosh-based threats on the Mac OS X platform.