Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are definitely more bankers sitting on the fence this year when it comes to the state of the national economy. There appears to be much indecision about how things will fall out in 2006 with such important things, such as gas prices and the housing bubble, still so uncertain.

There are certain forms in which vice appears not only monstrous, but ridiculous; the cruelty of Nero is more disgusting than that of Tiberius.

There are some black sheep countries in Europe, and one of them was Ireland and it now appears that a second one may be France.

We stress, and underline stress, that the information was vague and unsubstantiated. But there doesn't appear to be any, at this point, threat to the public safety.

We're talking about a basic violation of the Constitutional guarantee of a free press as well as a violation of the rights of privacy of American citizens. I had hoped we would have learned our lessons from the Nixon era. Sadly, it appears we have not.

With two months' results in, it appears that our third-quarter performance won't match analysts' expectations, ... We've done a much better job of managing expenses this quarter. But expense management can't compensate fully for struggling economies in Asia-Pacific and new signs of economic uncertainty elsewhere.

We're still investigating. There doesn't appear to be any major damage at all to the facility at this time.

We're seeing a lot of kids coming into computer science but not making it through the first course, ... Students appear to have more interest than ability.

Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a dynamic panel with some of the people who appear in the film. So it should be a lively conversation about all the issues that come up.

When we are facing what appears to be more and more the worst natural disaster in our country's history, many of these other issues we have been discussing suddenly pale in comparison.

Mike Moran

When we caught him, he still appeared to be covered in fecal matter, ... He told us, though, he was partying with girls the night before and somehow ended up rolling around in tomato paste.

What a difference three months makes. This is strong news for our economy and Bay Area workers. Last quarter, with the hurricanes and spike in energy costs, local confidence plunged to the worst level in 33 months, and many survey respondents were considering postponing new hiring. As we suspected, that now appears to have been only a momentary shock, and the Bay Area business community expects the region's economy to steadily improve.

We bring up old beams out of Mexico that are 150 to 200 years old. This goes a long way in making furniture appear authentically old and rustic.

We're hoping to identify these people to eliminate that (lead). All I can tell you is they appeared to be three white females: one around 20, one around 40, one around 60.

We see potential for further downside pressure over the near term, but the market generally appears well supported at the moment. So any weakness is unlikely to be very violent or major.

We're talking about inventory that would have shipped in the last month and would have appeared in PCs shipping around Thanksgiving, ... You're running smack into the holiday shopping season.

Alison Goldfrapp

I think that there are many aspects to the relationship between humans and animals. But briefly, humans appear to have always been fascinated by them from the time of cave paintings and before.

The government didn't present any case, they just wanted it to appear like they did,

The government appears to be going very aggressively after these types of leak cases, ... and when reporters are involved, I'm just gritting my teeth.

The Grand Nebula in Cassiopeia will appear in our sky just as the Great Nebula in Orion fades away. Even better, its home constellation is visible year-round from much of the northern hemisphere.

The Grand Nebula in Cassiopeia constellation will appear in our sky just as the Great Nebula in Orion fades away.

Arthur Smith

When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics.

Arabella Weir

I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours.

Ahmed Zewail

Syria may appear to be a small country, but it is just the type of entangled conflict that can lead to a world catastrophe. It does not take much imagination to see Syria as the Sarajevo of the 21st century, leading to world war.

John Shelby Spong

In the first gospel, Mark, the risen Christ appears physically to no one, but by the time we come to the last gospel, John, Thomas is invited to feel the nail prints in Christ's hands and feet and the spear wound in his side.

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

Patrick Sullivan

Transmission is not rare in prison, but neither did it appear to be rampant.

Marcus Aurelius

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich - who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, Fabula, you appear neither rich, nor pretty, nor young

Jackie Chan

Today when our actors go to the U.S., what movies can they make? Can they appear in 'Titanic'? Could they do 'Kramer vs. Kramer'? No. No actor could do it,

While voters think the legislative pay raise is excessive and want it repealed, it does not appear that lawmakers will suffer greatly at the polls for making themselves the second-best paid Legislature in the country.

Alan Greenspan

While this stellar non-inflationary economic expansion still appears remarkably stress-free on the surface, there are developing imbalances that give us pause,

While this appears no more than a routine reshuffle, September's review is likely the impact the markets in a positive way.

While the US Fed appears to have shortened its commitment to rate hikes by deleting the word 'measured', the US monetary authority still implies there are good chances of more rate hikes beyond the March meeting.