Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ferrets share lots of things in common with tigers. They're both nocturnal, and they mark their areas with their scent.

Gene Sperling

There's unquestionably been some very real differences of opinion on areas that we think are critical to regaining economic strength in the region, and we'll speak candidly and frankly to those individual matters.

The results for the quarter show meaningful improvement in all areas of our business.

There's room for improvement in areas such as clear product roadmaps and delivering timely updates,

Joseph Muscat

There was a limit to how much a government could reduce its spending, but a Labour government would invest more in key areas of the economy that yielded growth, such as tourism.

Michael Thomas

There's a few areas in the economy that aren't doing as well, such as retailing. The central bank may keep interest rates on hold this year.

Rooms go fast. Luckily, there are numerous areas within an hour's drive of the city. But hotel rooms in Detroit have been gone for a while.

Chad Anderson

Rural areas are not an attractive market for a lot of the big companies.

Rural areas are lagging because they are the last front in the 1980s crime wave that started with crack in the big cities and put guns in the hands of kids in gangs and outside gangs.

Pressures are particularly evident in the West where housing prices in local markets such as Riverside-San Bernardino (outside of Los Angeles) and Las Vegas are rising rapidly with an attendant marked deterioration in affordability. Rising prices in those areas seem more the result of speculative pressures and thus indicative of local housing market bubbles. There is the definite risk in these markets that prices will eventually need to correct sharply lower.

SBC is facing pressure from at least two areas -- competition and the economy. Contrary to what many people might think, competitors are making a real dent in SBC's business.

Quite honestly, when we first began the survey, the financial applications seemed to be the ones people most wanted. As you can see, however, things have changed quite a bit. Common areas now seem to be Internet publication, design, and multimedia. These types of trends have not always been so.

Quincy clearly feels, because of its proximity between the potato-growing areas and the apple-growing areas, it is a great area to consolidate a lot of freight here from both the tree fruit, the potato and the vegetable industries.

Rather than using financial incentives to encourage seriously ill hospital patients to reduce plan spending, directing them to high-quality delivery centers will be far more effective in making them better consumers and controlling plan costs. In some areas of the country, using high-quality care centers may cut plan expenditures for the most expensive cases in half.

Princeton always is a big challenge for us. The Nottingham boys we have to take seriously. We're down to crunch time now. There's still some areas we have to swim better in. We're getting a good effort from the kids. That's the most important thing.

E. B. White

Progress is running far behind Iraqi expectations in virtually every area. In their view, most Iraqis are not seeing 'amazing progress.' All too many of them live in constant danger, with less electricity in many areas than under Saddam Hussein.

Progress Energy has long been recognized as a leader in the areas of corporate governance, transparency, board independence and accountability. We believe these proposals are consistent with those same high standards.

Jalal Talabani

Problems of lack of security, electricity and water persist and I hope they will be areas of priority for the new government, which we hope will be one of national unity.

Mark Twain

Probably nor'east to sou'west winds varying to the southard and westard and eastard and points between; high and low barometer, sweeping round from place to place; probably areas of rain, snow, heat and drought, succeeded or preceded by earth quakes

People who don't live in presidential-declared disaster areas get help, but not the most help or the quickest. Those in declared disaster areas but not in the Hurricane Katrina-Rita-Wilma areas get more help quicker, while those in the Katrina-Rita-Wilma disaster areas get most.

Maurice Cheeks

Our defense is a lot better with Sam in the game, because he can block shots and rebound the ball. They're a jump-shooting team, with the exception of Harrington. We just have to get better in all areas defensively.

Bob Fitzsimmons

Our design team created The Monet with today's family in mind. The first floor features both formal and casual living and dining areas plus a den that can function as a home office or guest suite.

As the price of oil goes higher, the demand for their service increases. It opens up new areas of supply for them.

As the weather continues to warm to springtime temperatures, more wild critters will start to roam into areas looking for food, increasing the chances of unexpected interactions with people and their pets.

As the water makes its way down into the valley, that's why we make sure the creeks and streams are cleared of debris. Our crews are out inspecting areas right now in preparation for the weekend and they're always on call if a tree goes down and causes a blockage. They're out to take it out.

As the subway extended, other areas were populated.

As terrible as things are, we have a rare opportunity to see exposed areas in Beauvoir House, to see how it was constructed. For example, we have never seen the wall studs. Now it's all being documented.

Mark Zandi

At some point you will get a combination of falling values combined with rising payments on adjustable mortgages, which will result in more bankruptcy. For these areas of the country that are enjoying such wonderful conditions right now, it will become much less wonderful a few years down the road.

At this point, we have no plans to limit athletic or co-curricular (music, speech, etc.) trips, but we also do not intend to have an increase in these areas beyond what we did last year, ... We will, of course, keep open the possibility of review if fuel prices continue to increase.

At the end of last year, we couldn't find stocks to buy in Japan. Now we're seeing a lot of changes in management and other areas that we've been waiting for. This is a major change for us. I've been a big bear in Japan and now I'm turning.

Coming into the season, one of our areas of concern was how well we could block up front on the offensive side of the ball. It was great to see that we could have such a dominant performance from our young guys, as well as our veterans in the line.

Commercial information and communications are areas where we understand the customer, where we bring unique solutions no one else has the capabilities or resources to provide.

Discussions are on to explore other areas of cooperation, for which the feasibility is being established.