Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Ritholtz

Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term to describe portfolios that have been assembled for purposes other than serving the clients' best interests.

There are seven other states that have adopted the contingent tax credit plan and, to date, there's no record of those states having to cash in those tax credits.

Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced.

Sandra Pupatello

We have to bring in a bill that is balanced, ... Most people aren't adopted so most people have no concept of the impact it has on people growing up and living their lives not knowing where they come from. It's nothing that we can ever imagine.

We have seven children, two that are biological, they are 18 and 15, we have three adopted, one almost adopted and a foster child and they are all under the age of three.

We've been adopted by this family, ... We like them better than ours.

Wu Bangguo

The governance principle of 'improving governance and benefiting the people' adopted by Donald Tsang and the SAR government conforms to the fundamental interests and common aspirations of the Hong Kong people.

Tess Gerritsen

While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over where the TV characters go from there. As Janet once put it, I'm the birth mother, but she's the mother who adopted them, and now that Jane and Maura are living in her house, they have to do what she tells them to do.

The position adopted by the Scottish FA ... was disappointing, especially given the assurances that have been made to home country football associations regarding ongoing international representation by ... FIFA,

First, dot-coms turned into dot-bombs, and second, regulators didn't make it easy, ... In theory, there was no reason Utility.com could not have been wildly successful, but states adopted rules that protect the incumbent utilities which means new companies have no room in which to operate.

Muhammad Yunus

The new millennium began with a great global dream. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in 2000 and adopted, among others, a historic goal to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Never in human history had such a bold goal been adopted by the entire world in one voice, one that specified time and size.

There are a lot of things the state adopted that make sense, but some are stupid.

We were surprised at the small number of firms utilizing live chat tools especially given the fact that back in May of 2005, our research showed the average response time to an email inquiry was sixteen hours. Clearly, instant messaging is being widely adopted both by consumers and many businesses yet there is reluctance by online brokerage firms to embrace this popular technology. We recommend that firms provide their clients and prospects with robust live chat tools and technologies in order to increase customer satisfaction and ultimately, gain new clients and revenues.

With so many single purpose devices in the market, combined with evolving technology, consumers are resisting making a choice. Our research shows that over time, mobility will be adopted more widely. The mobile evolution has only just begun. Compatibility and convergence will be the key influences on consumer purchases and enterprise product development as we move forward.

We believe that Windows 2000 will ultimately be a widely adopted corporate computing platform over the next two years, and we remain bullish on Microsoft's prospects.

Ronan Farrow

He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression... I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent. I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my family. To say Soon-Yi was not my sister is an insult to all adopted children.

Rene Cassin

In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end of one hundred sessions of elevated, often impassioned discussion, was adopted in the form of thirty articles on December 10, 1948.

We wait until all the kittens are adopted before we bring in new ones. The reason why we do this is to lower the risk of spreading infections a kitten might possibly have.

We are working on the assumption that it is also the H5N1 virus and all the measures have been adopted with that in mind.

To my knowledge nobody has ever said a negative word to Brittney about her mother. The fact is Brittney wants to be adopted and maintain her relationship with her mother.

The reason is that so many designers have adopted fur -- full-fur garments, fur trim, fur accessories. The revival is really being driven by the designers.

Bill Richardson

We believe it's a good strong text calling for an international arms embargo. It's moving forward. Hopefully, it will be adopted in the next few days.

Opal and Forrest need to be adopted together. They're a bonded pair. When they form deep attachments, it can cause all sorts of stress if they're separated.

Ezekiel Emanuel

Pending actually reading the new rules, we are generally optimistic. We think they have adopted almost everything that the Assembly of Scientists says the rules should have.

Our plan, which EPA adopted today, not only will help keep Americans healthy, it will help keep our economy healthy. And it shows that we can work together to get the job done.

Our credibility was called into question. Our decision to approve the Sunbeam agreement in the form adopted was an error.

Looking ahead, we see the Bluetooth market continuing to expand. The 'attach rate' in mobile phones is increasing both as the demand for hands free calling grows and as mobile phones increasingly move into services such as music streaming and gaming. Bluetooth is also being adopted in the wider electronic goods markets and in new application sectors such as automotive and consumer.

Line-of-business applications will become more prevalent. Currently 25% of companies have adopted them and we expect that to increase by 10% by the year-end.

My mother died young. A lot of people wanted us to be adopted out, but before she died, my mother asked Dad to please keep the children together. He did.

Michael Franti

My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood.

Justice indicated if the board developed and approved a plan similar to the one that was adopted that they wouldn't object.

I'm so happy to be part of the animal welfare effort in this community. It is so important to take care of those defenseless animals that are in need of a warm, safe place to stay while waiting to be adopted into loving homes.

Ralph Johnson

Man, LA was crazy. But Rees was a great role model. He didn't smoke, drink or get high. And, at the age of 21 or so, we were very impressionable. So we adopted that lifestyle and work ethic and here we are, still in the game.