Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's too early to pinpoint the specific locations and amount of rain, but we definitely see an increase in shower activity into Saturday. What will happen on land will depend on where the plumes of moisture form south of the island.

It's OK to say you aren't interested in seeing something. If it was some other activity you didn't want to do, we'd say the same thing. Why not apply it to media as well?

Mike Ferguson

It's obviously an enormous company with incredibly deep pockets, so having a foothold in the Treasure Valley probably opens up an opportunity for additional economic activity that would be connected with Microsoft.

It's obvious there's a lot of hand-to-mouth production going on, as businesses are still very wary about undertaking big projects or any sort of new activity for a variety of reasons, some intangible.

It's the kind of activity that only a developed and well-organized industrial nation can pull off.

Miguel Nicolelis

It's the first time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain activity and offered feedback to the patients. Doing a demonstration in a stadium is something very much outside our routine in robotics. It's never been done before.

It's the one activity that gives me some hope that the human race won't commit suicide, though I still wouldn't count on it.

It's the first time I've heard of any activity coming from there.

It slows down for a little while and starts back up, ... We have noticed a decrease in activity in certain areas. They move to other areas.

It's a lot better to have some activity than no activity. So this puts us into a whole new category of viability.

Mark Zandi

It's always a bit difficult to read the economic data in the winter, just because activity is thinner, and the vagaries of weather are more pronounced. So it's not unusual to see, although this is an extraordinary amount of volatility.

It's always nice when you see increased seismic activity and you issue a warning that says you expect an eruption in the next hours to few days that what you predict is actually what happens. It gives us credibility and it sure makes us feel good when we called it right.

Ken Spillman

Making reading an enjoyable activity for children is a challenge. So I ensure that I write in a way that is fun for children to read.

Healthy mortgage lending data show that housing market activity extended its recent firmer performance in December. This is also borne out by the latest survey evidence consistently showing increased buyer interest.

If expectations for prolonged zero rates grow excessively, that may stimulate demand too much, cause a swing in economic activity and force the central bank to make drastic policy changes.

I don't see any sign of housing activity having a significant slowdown on a national basis going forward,

Kerry Healey

I am not going to encourage illegal activity here in Massachusetts and I do not want Massachusetts to become a Mecca for illegal immigrants.

I do have this sort of weakening of the housing sector, but I think it should be thought of as a systematic cooling down process toward sustainable levels of activity and not viewed as kind of a classic housing downswing that's part of an economic cycle leading to a recession.

Josh Bernstein

If Congress were able to act, there would be much less activity in the state legislatures.

Because of higher prices, things like one-day tours to the neighbor islands have declined. Hopefully, if we begin seeing more seats and lower fares, some of that activity will come back.

Umberto Guidoni

Because, of course, almost all of the rest of the crewmembers will be pretty busy with this, with the activity of the rendezvous and docking.

Because now it has been established and detected in all of California's counties by the end of 2004, we expect more widespread and earlier activity this year. I'm sure we'll see more activity in Oregon and Washington as well.

Certainly, the tone of the Inflation Report did not hint at such a pronounced division within the central bank, but rather one where the majority is content to overlook shortfalls in economic activity in an environment where inflation is tracking close to target and expected to continue doing so over the forecast horizon.

Changes to the aircraft resulting from flight test and certification requirements in the first quarter caused the retrofit activity to be more extensive than originally anticipated.

By early next year we expect starts to have begun to decline, though activity can probably remain close to current levels for another couple of months,

By promoting this part of the state, we're hoping to get a lot more production activity down here.

Ryan Holmes

By monitoring the activity taking place on social networks, retailers can amplify successful marketing and sales strategies and avoid weak tactics which can later be tied back to organizational objectives.

Home sales in June dipped more than expected following record activity at the beginning the year, which was spurred by exceptionally mild weather, ... Home sales should hold to a slower but more even course in the second half of the year.

The January findings of the Monster Local Employment Index show that eight major U.S. markets rebounded from a seasonal slowdown in recruitment in December, indicating increased online hiring activity due to higher demand for workers. The national Index findings for January were clearly consistent with other labor and economic indicators pointing to solid employment growth at the outset of 2006, so overall, this year's labor market appears to be off to another strong start.

The level of activity has been building up the last month or two. We have a very strong pipeline headed into 2006, as do most of the M&A law firms and the investment banks.

The latest survey confirms the solid nature of corporate activity and provides hard evidence that the Japanese economy continues to grow modestly, after having emerged from a soft period.

The latest leading indicator readings suggest some slowing in the pace of economic activity through this summer.

The latest data - including the improvement in manufacturing activity and current strength of the housing market - has increased the odds that the eventual next move in interest rates will be up.