Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bethany McLean

Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.

With the assets and resources we do have, we have a good plan.

When the economy is in recession, investors generally put their money into assets like gold, as opposed to buying assets like stocks, ... Gold is much more popular during recessionary times.

When monetary policy turns more accommodative, the more cyclical, leveraged and more-volatile asset classes generally outdistance defensive names.

We watch film and he's running past guys like they're standing still. But that's one of my assets that I pride myself on, that I can run fast. That's why I got drafted high. I can run real fast, and I'm one of the fastest guys on the team. So there's not too many guys that are going to blow past me. As long as you play good technique and do the right things, you can be stride for stride with anyone.

We are expanding at the right time. We have invested in the terminal at the Port of Baltimore because we continue to attract the cargo and want to remain an asset to both shippers and the port.

We are excited to have Ron join our team as we continue to build out our efforts in these sectors. Ron will be an asset to the firm as we continue to expand our capabilities in the future.

Under the second scenario, the effect on asset prices would be more protracted and would eventually be more differentiated by individual country circumstances.

The reason to hold this stock is the high asset value of the group in a hot property market.

When she's out on the floor, she doesn't get rattled. Her biggest asset is that she's so positive. She has continued to work hard every. At this point she's not planning to play basketball in college, so she wants to go out on top.

When she got in she definitely contributed to the team and she's a great shooter. She takes care of the ball and definitely would have been an asset to the team.

financial assets decline only gradually when households are in their retirement years.

Finally, ... the turnover ratio is the big secret of the mutual fund industry. The average fund turns over its assets 100 percent; that means they fully sell out and buy something else, and guess who gets to pay that tax bill at the end of the year? You and I do.

Fidelity bases its IPO allocation policy entirely on asset size and that's the way it should be.

Fill the bucket with the cash that you'll need for the next two to three years and keep the rest of your portfolio invested for growth. Every six to 12 months, rebalance by trimming from the best-performing assets to replenish the cash.

Falling interest rates have increased the value of pension deficits. While the market value of pension scheme assets has increased over the year by around 15 per cent, this has not been enough.

Both owning asset management and not owning asset management are reasonable positions to take.

This will help us utilize our assets better as Standard Chartered does not exist in the United States. Because we do not operate in the nights, we have free capacity available during the nights.

There is no risk-free way to keep your assets away from creditors or else everyone would do it, ... Everything is a tradeoff.

Toby's intimate knowledge of online retailing will be a tremendous asset as we leverage our growing online businesses to serve our customers and provide a seamless and integrated shopping experience with our stores,

Alan Greenspan

The physical assets of such a firm comprise a small proportion of its asset base, ... Trust and reputation can vanish overnight. A factory cannot.

There are a huge number of investors who would want a Premier League football club. It would be a classic trophy asset if they've already got a Rolls-Royce and a yacht - for status it doesn't get bigger.

Pat Mitchell

When you go out there and see those children and see the help the center is providing in so many ways, not only to the children but to the parents, I'm certain that it will always be my favorite project, ... From the time we started exploring the idea of building the center right up to now, everything about the project has been successful. It's a great asset to the college.

With commodity returns outperforming other assets in recent years, pension and hedge funds are expected to increase investments in commodity markets.

While it is always a difficult decision to eliminate staff, this is the right thing to do for the business. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, these changes will make us a nimbler, more flexible organization that is closer to our customers and better positioned to optimize our assets and increase profitability and shareholder value.

With our value strategy, assets located in major global markets, long- term customers, and talented and dedicated employees, I am confident that we will capture future opportunities in the markets in which we compete.

Marcus Camby

We've had success this year playing without him, but he's a valuable asset to what we do around here.

We've had moon shots over the last few days, so this is natural. The market is digesting a lot of the gains it has made. The important thing is there is an asset allocation shift that has followed through from yesterday, with people getting out of bonds and into stocks.

Jeffrey Zeldman

To my way of thinking, passive management of file assets is okay for screwing around with iPads, where we're mainly watching TV on Netflix or obsessive-compulsively checking the popularity of our Instagram uploads.

There is not a precinct, township or county where we don't have some volunteer or staff assets working to make sure voters are turning out for Jim. We have volunteers working the phone, door to door and getting last-minute cards out to friends.

We've got a lot of fun things going on, and a lot of assets in the county. And we're going to show 'em our assets.

Michael Birch

Those rail assets are being used to funnel commodities all over the place. With Babcock & Brown involved it tells you that they expect a fair bit of growth.

Those punt returns were an asset for us tonight. Overall, we have very good speed -- probably the best since I've been here.