Famous Quotes & Sayings

There is still a great deal of untouched equity in homes. Employment, as well as real income, are expected to continue to increase. While 2005 may ultimately be the peak in the cycle, it appears 2006 is likely to be a good year as well.

The recovery in the leading index could indicate that the economy is poised for growth by late summer. There appears to be enough economic demand to end the slide in industrial production, though no strong rebound appears in sight.

The (Russian observers') methodology appears to be: be nice to your friends.

The royal family isn't in as bad a state as it appears to be, but they have no power,

Donald Pleasence

I've taken some notes as I've gone through the years of playing this character. On the surface, Loomis appears to have been the classic nut case.

I've seen this office become involved in many questionable projects despite strong and persistent opposition from senior staff. It appears to me that this has created a lack of respect and trust, and has resulted in an ineffective Office of the Inspector General.

I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's fiduciary responsibility to protect its intellectual property, its stock price and to make sure that any information that appears in any media is factually accurate.

Robin Cook

I very much hope that it is the deal we are looking for, ... What he is saying is encouraging ... If he has got the kind of deal that appears to be emerging, he has moved Saddam a long way.

The shortage of selling communities, coupled with some softening of demand in a number of markets, negatively impacted our contract results. It appears we may be entering a period of more moderate home price increases, more typical of the past decade than the past two years.

The shopper appears to be in mid-season form with the holiday season just having started.

These extremely repressive amendments to the press law are a major blow to journalists in Nepal, who have worked tirelessly to preserve their livelihood, from a king who appears determined to destroy the independent press.

The stock has become less volatile in the past two years and appears to be leaving behind a quite tight period of consolidation between 240p and 295p.

The statute appears to cover the conduct of third parties and not pregnant mothers. If you compare statutes from other places, they read significantly different. They clearly would govern the conduct of a pregnant person, but this is not at all clear in Virginia.

John Edward

I've been looking forward to the time when this is a two-person race and people will focus on Senator Kerry and myself, ... It now appears that we're very close to that place, and maybe even there.

The whole process of applying to convert from a not-for-profit credit union to a for-profit mutual savings bank appears to have been flawed. The responsibility rests clearly on the shoulders of the board of directors.

The victim was out on the balcony and appears to have been trying to sit on the railing when he fell three stories to his death,

The risk appears greatest for the gas names that have outperformed considerably over the last 12 months, even those with strong fundamentals.

Bill Snyder

There will be some consequences for Thomas. 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.

When a man is small, he loves and hates food with a ferocity which soon dims. But at six years old his very bowels will heave when such a dish as creamed carrots or cold tapioca appears before him. His throat will close, and spots of nausea and rage swim in his vision.

The problem existed before the hurricanes. But it appears that the hurricanes tipped it over the edge. The attention is giving us more momentum.

The pullback appears to be due to profit-taking, which is not surprising considering prices have really surged in the past few days. The decline will not be large because the Iranian issue is keeping a high floor under prices.

The solid trend in payroll growth has been maintained into February. Reduced labor market slack, illustrated by the decline in the unemployment rate since June 2003, appears to be putting upward pressure on wage increases.

The simplest thing to say is that this person is not a lawyer and appears to have no legal training,

The thrust of his argument appears to be he is not a public official and could not receive a bribe, That's a fairly sophisticated argument for jurors. It could go either way.

James Fenton

The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When an epitaph is a poem written for a tomb, and appears in a book, we are aware that we are not reading it in its proper form: we are reading a reproduction. The original of the epitaph is the tomb itself, with its words cut into the stone.

The Fed appears determined to wait until it is clear that consumption growth has cooled before halting its rate-tightening campaign.

The FDA on occasion will find those drugs admissible for personal use or when it appears to be a personal use quantity. The issue at hand is it's illegal, and the recipient never is assured that the same quality is going to arrive at their door step or that the drugs from the same manufacturer will arrive.

The Canadian dollar appears to be the North American play, and the proxy for all things that are good in a North American economy with a commodity add-on.

I'm glad we're getting good pitching right now. Our offense appears to be in a funk. We're getting just enough offense to win games, but I'll take that instead of a loss.

They will not be able to fill total demand that appears to be building for this holiday season.

Sometimes it appears that males believe that their responsibility is to be the provider of sperms and to impregnate women and then turn their backs on them.

The big positive there was that refinery utilization appears to be on the rise now. The main one coming back on line was the BP Texas City refinery, so with that one coming back we should see further increases over the next few weeks.

The bolt appears to have come out of the bell crank and the question is why that came out.