Famous Quotes & Sayings

Klaus Schwab

We give a special place to the GCC and we want to ensure a strong participation at the annual international meeting to help overcome all misunderstandings.

We have a walk-through after school on Fridays, and then we have a team dinner that's paid for with money from our annual fundraiser, ... We've invited the 1980 team to join us for dinner.

We are developing it in annual increments. We have to do it as money becomes available.

News that the U.S. economy posted a weaker-than-expected 1.1% annual growth rate for the fourth quarter ... did not impact the oil-service stocks, which rallied by 1.8% (Friday) on the strength of better-than-expected quarterly results provided by Halliburton.

On the earnings front, it would seem that companies have fared a little worse than the market had hoped. Annual growth has come in around 14.5 percent this season and analysts were hoping to see 16.6 percent.

Rachel Swirsky

On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.

One of the reasons is, refineries are currently doing what they call their annual maintenance. And so, production is a lot less.

There are many forms of writing that are common, but also very formulaic, such as annual reports or economic studies. In those areas, people would probably be relieved not to have to write those kinds of things because they are mundane and drudgery.

In the spring of 1854, some of my publications persuaded King Maximilian II of Bavaria to offer me, at the suggestion of Emanuel Geibel, a position in Munich with an annual salary of 1000 guilders, to take part in his so-called symposia, weekly soirees at which scholars and poets were gathered.

We are delighted to be bringing our 27th annual conference and exposition to New Orleans. We're pleased to know that our host city is working hard to ensure our attendees and conference partners have a most enjoyable time during their visit.

We'll move forward in the months between now and June and anticipate significantly more focus at our Annual Congress on expanding the reach of hockey.

Unfortunately, this occurs on an annual basis. You're looking at people who didn't file a tax return, and they would have a return coming if they filed for 2002.

Those who ate two fish meals a week showed a 13 per cent slower annual decline.

Though they campaigned under different platforms, they had some very similar ideas. One of Griffin's main objectives is to create an annual large-scale RHA event -- Meg has wanted to do that as well.

We're not telling them (companies) not to go over there and do business. Let's keep an annual review - take a look at this thing. Is it getting better, or is it getting worse?

Paul Tagliabue

We are pleased that this historic reopening will feature the annual renewal of the traditional Falcons-Saints rivalry.

We are pleased and excited about the level of interest and participation from business leaders and local chambers of commerce throughout the state. We plan to make this an annual event for small business.

Irish is entitled to parity of esteem. But that does not mean parity of print runs. Semi-state companies were forced to print equal numbers of Irish and English versions of annual reports, when there was only a tiny demand for the Irish-language version.

Chuck D.

Our channel partners are critical to our success and we like to recognize and reward our top performers. Last week, at our annual Partner Summit, I had the privilege of recognizing our top channel partner performers for 2005. I would like to congratulate Nexus IS on an award-winning year.

Overall, you can clearly tell what their goal is. In terms of what they're paying out in annual increases to employees, they're trying to hold the line well below 3 percent a year.

Parents use the Report Card's indicator values, ratings, and rankings to compare schools when they choose an education provider for their children. When parents already have a child enrolled at a school they use the report cards as an annual audit of how that school is doing academically.

Over the last eight years, the average annual growth of information stored on disk arrays exceeded 60 percent, ... This year we project the growth will exceed 70 percent.

Over the last 10 years, Exxon Mobil's cumulative capital and exploration expenditures have exceeded our cumulative annual earnings. So, we keep investing in the future when earnings are high as well as when they are low.

Over its 18-year history, the Index generated a net compound annualized return of 15.5% versus 12.0% for the S&P 500, marking eighteen consecutive years of positive annual performance for the Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index. This strongly suggests downside protection and diversification benefits of hedge funds within a comprehensive asset allocation plan can greatly enhance a portfolio's reward/risk profile.

Overwhelmingly, our customers have told us that the annual Convergence conference is one of the most positive and powerful networking opportunities they have each year. By bringing the spirit of this event online we provide the environment where customers and partners can share knowledge, connect with peers, collaborate, and share ideas year-round, with no physical boundaries.

Over the past six months, the core PPI is up at about a 0.5 per cent annual rate. There is no indication that higher energy prices have led to broad inflationary pressures.

Bobby Hatfield

My wife was diagnosed with lupus 16 or 17 years ago, and that's how I kinda got involved in it. I just finished my fifth annual Bobby Hatfield Classic Golf Tournament, and happily I can report that we raised over $52,000. Through the years we've raised not only through the golf tournament, but through other charitable concerts, we've raised over $600,000.

We are extremely proud to receive the Quality Circle Award this year, and particularly proud to be the only manufacturer to receive this award each year for the past decade. We consider the DSI survey to be a critical measurement tool for the quality of our products, our sales and service programs and our manufacturing processes. The survey provides us with an important annual benchmark that shows how our dealer partners perceive the quality of Winnebago Industries products and services.

To get help in coercing thousands of workers into union ranks and to obtain at least $1 million in annual dues revenues, UAW officials sold out the very workers they sought to represent.

We'd get snow and rain, and then a lot of rain. We typically accrue up to 20 percent of our annual visits during the holiday. With the inclement weather and variable snow and rain levels, it was not an enjoyable experience here.

Hamish Bowles

When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to meet the editors and wrote about it in my high school magazine.

The only valid corollary to this doctrine is not to fix the total budget, or even the budget for each element of the program, ... but to fix the annual budget cap for the program as a whole. That allows each mission date to move to the right as much as needed to stay within that annual cap.

We hope to make this an annual event. There is already a lot of interest.