Famous Quotes & Sayings

In this regard, downtown Detroit, including its cultural, entertainment and recreational amenities, is an asset that currently falls well short of its potential.

I don't know if Seattle had the assets or the queer community to make it a reality. There was an informal need but it wasn't the right time.

I didn't see anything fundamental to turn us around. I think it's a combination of program buying and asset reallocation,

Tom Moody

He's scored over 10,000 one-day runs, he's an asset in all departments.

He started off slow this year. We knew in order for us to contend, he'd have to pick it up. He's really picked it up of late. He's a great asset to our team.

He's the biggest asset to this team. He does so much that doesn't get noticed. He's always getting the ball to us.

Alan Greenspan

How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade?

Houston certainly has the assets to support a major-college bowl game. The market is very important to us.

How can you morally support a bill that allows government to pawn our state assets like a junkie each time it needs fast cash?

He's powerful with the ball and that will be a big asset and he will also bring a lot of experience.

Jamal Lewis

He's one of those multipurpose backs. He can play fullback and he can play tailback. He's a good asset to this team and I will love to play with him.

Ben Bernanke

I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.

Robert Pittman

I met with Ted during that same period and supposedly he was very unhappy, but he was very focused, had lots of ideas, lots of things he wanted to get done. I think in this world there's some confusion about roles. There shouldn't be. Ted Turner is Ted Turner. Ted Turner is going to do what he was doing on a broader canvas, in terms of having division of this company and division of the assets he knows something about as well as contributing to the other assets...I think he's very valuable to us and every interaction I've had with Ted has been very positive.

I have not seen a better fundamental atmosphere for gold since the early 1980s. This metal is increasingly being viewed as an asset class and an alternative asset. It is also a flight-to-safety vehicle and an inflation hedge.

Kate Warne

I hadn't expected BP Amoco to be really in the market for acquisitions this quickly, ... What it tells me is that they have done a faster job of consolidation of Amoco's assets and they feel very comfortable going forward.

In 1997, investors were going for the sizzle around the world; this time they're going for the steak, ... The United States is the supertanker economy and assets in the United States represent good value.

I'm using BI to really understand what value we as a company derive from different assets, ... At the end of the day, the most expensive asset is people, and if people can be involved in lowering the costs of other, less intelligent assets, it helps preserve their jobs. That's the value proposition.

I'm up to $12,000 a day. And that's without any input from the asset allocation plan,

Paul Singer

'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity.

I'm not worried about inflation per se ; I'm worried about inflation in asset prices. When the Fed has been aggressively easy in the past, it's ended up having to come in and aggressively raise interest rates and cause a lot of unnecessary dislocation.

I'm not surprised to see private equity make a big move like this -- private equity has significant assets that need to be invested.

Intangible assets are not subject to taxation in Michigan.

Inside he's really excited and nervous, but he's able to channel it outside to where it's probably an asset for him.

In short, what we seem to be seeing is a state banking system that is increasing in relative numbers and decreasing in relative size, ... Going forward, there is every indication the relative decline in the assets of state banks will continue.

Paul Ryan

In our view Lion Nathan's thirst for an RTD business and its Trans-Tasman asset footprint makes it the leading contender in any potential sale.

In our own case, I think that the highest in the last three or four years, we have been roughly $3 of assets per dollar of equity,

In November 2003 we merged Galaxy Entertainment Inc., with the Canadian assets of Cineplex Odeon Corp and named the company Cineplex Galaxy

Illinois is fortunate to have several other pork processing plants that are considered assets to their community. IPPA has maintained a good relationship with these existing facilities and plans to continue to foster those partnerships.

Tommy Bowden

I look at that as a strong asset. He was a big reason South Carolina State had a very successful season, especially on the offensive side of the ball. He will also be an asset to us in recruiting.

Clearly if we are going to get consumers to consolidate their assets with us, we have to bring them in with new products and keep them here.

Mack Brown

His best asset is to make plays with his feet, ... When he starts running, and everybody comes up, that's when he stops and throws.

His assets are strength and speed. There's no doubt he can skate at this level. He's actually an above-average skater at this level. He just needs experience at this level.

His experience will be an important asset to us.