Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are seeing a new appetite for south-of-the-border securities coming from U.S. investors who have started realizing that the extraordinary returns they saw in 1995 and '96 will not be repeated again, so they're looking for opportunities elsewhere.

I would not want to over-exaggerate (but) ... they represent a degree of momentum. Let's see whether there is the appetite there to really try and move it forward.

Meg Greenfield

We are fickle and we are insatiable in our appetite for new news, new biases, new cliches.... It's not just... that individuals all seem to get their fifteen minutes of celebrity; everything gets only fifteen minutes.

It comes down to what kind of appetite the community has for the Games.

Dick Cheney

It is a dangerous illusion to suppose that another retreat by the civilized world would satisfy the appetite of the terrorists and get them to leave us alone.

Robert Thompson

I think the American culture right now is in a state where we have an unlimited appetite for irony. The great thing about a weird pageant is, if you don't win, is that really a bad thing?

Under normal circumstances with this kind of figure, you would expect to see significant dollar weakening. The fact that you're not seeing that seems to indicate that people have quite a bit of appetite to take on long dollar positions.

There is going to be a tremendous appetite for investing in the field of voice over IP from equipment manufacturers to service providers,

Shawn Levy

Certainly in my appetite for more challenges, it's very much alive. I love comedy and it comes to me in a natural way.

Brian Nelson

He has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of American politics, appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wing and chosen Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection.

No doubt the Australian public is talking about the tight Ashes battle that we're currently in, and hopefully, that can whet people's appetites for even more great cricket in October.

Peter Hall

Our productivity growth has not been that great over the past few years. Now we've got this investment appetite and that could really start moving us up productivity-wise. The downside is you don't need as many jobs in the sector as you did before.

Jealousy, he thought, was as physical as fear; the same dryness of the mouth, the thudding heart, the restlessness which destroyed appetite and peace.

I think 'Desperate Housewives' whetted the appetite for 'Sex and the City' refugees.

Our investments in capital expansion and ongoing research and development, coupled with recent acquisitions, have positioned Corning as a world leader in optical networking, ... We believe the global appetite for Internet bandwidth and high-speed performance will continue to expand, and our products and technologies will help make that possible.

Looking internationally, the market still has a hefty appetite for yield that will support the currency. New Zealand yields are on a similar par with those of Kazakhstan.

Alan Cohen

Live entertainment is really prospering, and people are demonstrating their appetite for live theater. The theater has become the mass art form it was decades ago.

I wish I could work out without feeling famished and eating everything in sight afterward. This keeps your appetite in check by stabilizing blood sugar, plus it helps fuel your workout and builds endurance.

It is a scientifically proven fact that eating a variety of flavors over-stimulates the appetite. Why do you think food companies put so many ingredients in their products? The Flavor Point is the point when the flavors in your food fill up the appetite center in your brain and you no longer feel hungry.

Stepped-up U.S. appetite for foreign securities and less foreign appetite for U.S. Treasuries have come together to make this a weak number.

Yet, whether doing this will change investors' appetite will depend on what kind of steps will actually be taken by the group, and whether and how the earnings will be raised.

Anthony Romero

The president needs to rein in -- not bolster -- the attorney general's insatiable appetite for new and unnecessary spying powers,

Carlo Collodi

A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.

John Smith

There is still a good chance because I see a growing appetite to do something but I also feel like the Legislature is looking for something in the middle.

There doesn't seem to be any medical reason for it. He just seemed to lose his appetite.

Ultimately, which process you choose will depend on the appetite for risk at a company. We've seen both ends of the spectrum. A lot of initial projects people take on are because it solves problems that couldn't be solved before or are not really achievable with alternative technology.

There is so far an insatiable appetite for holding more inventory. We're still not recognizing it as a glut.

Richard Kind

What's difficult with doing 'The Producers' is your appetite is enormous. You want money; you want boards; you have huge desires. You've got to want more than anything for two and a half hours. Everything is heightened.

What research is suggesting is that certain scents, like vanilla, may actually reduce or calm your appetite, as well as mint. Mint makes you feel very alert.

We find ourselves having an incredible appetite for life. We're very lucky that way. We're well suited to each other.

You hear people talking about an appetite for jazz. I am hearing it from the senior population and the student population. This is an opportunity to really see what the appetite is.

Angus Wilson

Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self-torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape.

Jamie Bamber

There's something extremely rewarding about following characters that you like and knowing that there's as many hours of viewing as you have the appetite for. You can tell more complex stories; you can create more complex characters in the longer form.