Famous Quotes & Sayings

Time appears to be on the miners' side.

Unlike the original 'ILOVEYOU' virus, this one appears to have started, at least in significant part, in the United States rather than spreading from Asia to Europe to the United States.

We have always been skeptical of their reverting back to their blue light roots in the stores and on the Web, ... Instead of emphasizing every-day low prices, it appears to emphasize one-time grab-bag bargains, which is not what the consumer wants right now.

Scott Wilson

We have what appears to be acrylic here, but we think the underarm hair was filled in with black magic marker.

Marquis de Lafayette

Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.

We were fully anticipating some price increases beginning this weekend. It appears that maybe the storm damage isn't going to be quite as bad as we thought. That would be excellent news for motorists.

George Smith

You are coming off a banner year and comparisons are more difficult. There's no doubt about that, ... But there appears to be a consensus of 3 percent to 4 percent GDP growth in 2005 and with that backdrop, leisure and recreation companies should have a good year.

Bill Snyder

We have to let things settle down a little bit. It's not what it appears to be. And I'm not in position to tell you, to elaborate on that. But I don't think it's quite the issue that it was made out to be initially.

We have more profit warning jitters as the U.S. economy appears to be slowing,

Valuation for the stock appears significantly high for a company with a sustainable earnings growth rate of 10 percent to 15 percent. We have difficulty imagining any second-half recovery that could raise earnings, and investor expectations, to a level sufficient to keep the stock moving up.

Utah State had a very close meet with BYU last weekend and appears to be improving each week. I know both Utah State and Southern Utah would love to catch us a little down after last week's home opener. We need to stay focused and on-task.

With the sustained weakness in the metro area's labor market, it appears Hickory has experienced an out-migration of workers - most likely the area's more skilled workers.

Paul Stamets

Lion's mane may be our first 'smart' mushroom. It is a safe, edible fungus that appears to confer cognitive benefits on our aging population.

Alan Ayckbourn

We don't discuss anything anyway. Unless it appears on Patrick's official breakfast-time agenda. And that consists mainly of food. Minutes of the last meal and proposals for the next.

We do not believe that investors should be buying MSFT on a breakup valuation criteria; a breakup, if it were to make it through an appeal, would be executed three or more years from today, which is an eternity in the Internet-centric world. The legal overhang appears to be lengthening, unfortunately, for Microsoft.

While deceleration continues in some areas, appreciation generally is still extremely strong. Mortgage rates climbed significantly during the second half of last year, but the effect of that increase on price appreciation so far appears to be limited.

While companies seemed to be hoarding workers post-merger or acquisition through February, it appears that this is not the case anymore. While we do not have our own merger job-cut data for March tabulated yet, we know a large number of merger-related cuts were announced.

While a few manufacturing industries--in particular, the auto industry -- face challenges, the overall manufacturing sector appears to be on very solid footing for at least the near term.

John Tory

Which one of us with our bank manager would get away with predictions that are so wildly off it appears you don't know what's going on?

We escorted her to Memorial Hermann Hospital, and there were no signs of any toxins. The tests were negative. So it appears she is going to be just fine.

We have spoken with management and there are currently no plans for an pre-announcement, as business appears to be tracking in line with expectations,

Michael Ignatieff

My chief concern about the way we're going is that new technology, precision weapons technology, appears to be giving us a new moral alibi.

Alan Davies

Microsoft has been caught for the past three years between value and growth and is trying to find itself. It appears cheap but it's a moderate growth story so it will probably be bound to range in the upper $20s for the rest of this year.

Metal equities took a thrashing and it appears there may be more weakness in the short term here.

David Sobel

Why wasn't some moratorium on Carnivore announced? ... How can the administration on one hand say they are trying to improve online privacy and also, at the same time, approve the use of technology that appears to be inherently invasive?

When such problems are exposed, no one appears to be held accountable.

Wireless is one of the most exciting technology markets, and Austin appears to have a growing role there. After San Diego and Silicon Valley, then Austin has got it.

Kevin McCarthy

(The) 2006 outlook appears less robust than we would have thought.

The acquisition climate appears to be slowly improving.

The appellate court said there's a lot of evidence to bring the case again. But the risk is it appears to look vindictive. And if they lose, it puts in jeopardy the government's theories on obstruction of justice. They've already heightened the public consciousness about the necessity to preserve documents. A loss could communicate the message that it's difficult to prosecute these kinds of cases.

The announcement by Neiman Marcus...makes us as concerned as we have ever been that this Christmas will be extremely lackluster. It appears now the high-end consumer is beginning to scale back their purchases, which does not bode well for the holiday season. This type of thing is clearly going to have an impact on other high-end retailers.

That was the test to see if they still had a big enough following to carry over to Sunday night. And it appears that it didn't.

We have a very nervous investment environment. The excuse is bond rates are up and there is increased concern about the financial futures market, which appears to be predicting three more rate hike for the Fed funds.