Famous Quotes & Sayings

Annalee Newitz

When I was a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, I became obsessed with end user license agreements.

Jon Gruden

We have so far to go. Though we are 3-0 ... we look at the tape at who's on the horizon. There's an analyst on every corner that's telling you, 'Hey, you are one of the top five or six teams in the league.' Three weeks ago, we were in the 30s, you know what I mean?

We beat analyst estimates on revenues for the quarter.

We are seeing more analyst downgrades than upgrades. Loss of earnings momentum in Europe is weighing.

We are seeing more analyst downgrades than upgrades, ... Loss of earnings momentum in Europe is weighing.

On the same idea, we would take Wal-Mart, ... They had their analyst meeting last week, and they made an incredible statement. This is a $200 billion company with 1.4 million employees, it's the largest retailer in the world. And they said the opportunities in front of us are bigger than the opportunities that we've already seen. That's an incredible statement. Whether it's true or not, we won't know for another five-to-10 years. But we think just with Super Centers, that they can grow at double-digit rates over the next five-to-10 years.

Measures of consumer perceptions should be watched carefully for large and drastic moves, but the analyst who relies on small moves for an indication of consumer purchasing behavior is likely to get burned.

Given the fact that not one analyst currently has a 'buy' rating on Gateway stock, I think Mr. Inouye leaving Gateway is good news for shareholders. The company has successfully cut costs, but now it's time for them to focus on increasing shareholder value.

Gillette fell short of earnings ... Wall Street's still down on the company but this year a lot of smart money investors are snapping up the shares because they see the trend in the technical generation of the stock. One analyst I called, Kevin Lane, says that the stock will hit $54 in six-to-nine months, ... So it's a very good play on an old name that's a fallen angel.

I don't think anyone had known for sure what the demand was before. But as an analyst who has been studying this for a long time, it surprised me, the demand we saw.

I don't think you could talk to any analyst in the country who would recommend that fast growth.

Carol Roth

I have been working in male-dominated industries most of my life. When I started my career in investment banking, I was one of two women in my analyst class.

I would say we're in the mid-majors. We spoke with a mid-major analyst who had us ranked in that poll all year so this year I guess we stepped up to that level. A couple years ago, we were somewhere below it.

I think the initial read of the numbers was disappointing for a lot of people. Guidance as of last quarter was $500 (million)-to-$530 million. With typical analyst and investor behavior, we expect companies to upside from what their guidance is.

Given what management told people two weeks ago (at an analyst meeting), they are still confident they should be able to get final approval in the short term.

If the analyst is communicating his findings to a select group of people and it might lead to proprietary trading by his employer, then you might have problems. But if he is publishing information for a widespread audience, I have less of a problem with it,

Barton Gellman

The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an analyst enters an incorrect query and retrieves data about U.S phone calls or emails.

We are excited to have Rachel as a key member of our senior analyst team. Rachel's consistency and commitment to excellence over the past five years have put her in a leadership position in our health care team and we look forward to her continued expansion of our biotechnology research platform.

Bob Graham

The president of the United States can't be expected to be an intelligence analyst and a case officer,

Fidelity's bench is very deep, ... It has a big analyst staff and support.

The original analyst models had us profitable mid-2003. However, having said that, our gross margin ... was not supposed to happen for about another 12 months ... so it's clearly a 2002 event and the only issue is can we drag it any closer?

There is still evidence that analyst forecasts of corporate earnings were still too high considering the economic backdrop.

Larry Miller

We believe most investors are more focused on Monday's analyst meeting in (New York) rather than near-term earnings.

Steve Jobs' presence at the analyst meeting can help to energize the financial community and offset some of the 'sell on the news' pressures.

George Fisher

Looking to the fourth quarter of 1999, ... we are confident of the continued revenue growth of our business consistent with year-to-date results and the current analyst consensus is consistent with our view of the full-year earnings of the company.

I think she's a terrific analyst and I'm pleased with what she's doing.

We believe the current range of analyst estimates for the first quarter ended September 30, 2005 and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, are reasonable and achievable.

The analyst numbers all have different data and assumptions in them that we haven't provided until now.

The analyst meeting is a pivotal time for Cisco to build renewed investor confidence. We remain positive.

That would lead to more bullish analyst reports on the companies, which would help the stock price. We wouldn't change our estimates on the company, but we'd say in the reports the official expectation was conservative." ()

Jon Gruden

I tell you this is a crazy league. There's an analyst on every corner who can figure it out. If you can control turnovers and have success on third down, you have a chance to win in pro football.

We have decided to reschedule analyst day for probably some time in early 2006.

Floro is a profound analyst of soccer. Floro knows Real Madrid well and is a Madrid fan.