Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you're North Korea, why would you give up, in essence, your family jewels -- your military assets ... all you have left -- when we really don't have much on the table?

Intangible assets are not subject to taxation in Michigan.

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.

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

Investors have been pouring money into dollar-denominated assets this year, where returns are higher.

Investors are favoring lower-cost funds and are putting more assets into them.

Investors are confident, and there's a reallocation of assets in favor of stocks. Earnings have been better than expected.

Alan Greenspan

investing Social Security trust fund assets in equities compromises the efficient allocation of our capital -- which?is so essential to raising our standards of living.

In various countries around the world, assets that had previously been in the hands of governments were sold off to the private sector in the hope that this would lead to a more efficient allocation, that these assets would be put to better use.

In the case of the Link REIT, the government sold off the assets too cheaply, providing hedge funds like the TCI with an immediate upside.

If energy continues to grow in value as it is now, perhaps what we could now buy for a billion dollars could be worth $10- or $20 billion in 10 or 20 years' time, which means that those assets have a value whereby we could pay off our debt,

Donald Rumsfeld

I am very impressed, Mr. Secretary, about how quickly we have responded and the assets that you have ordered deployed to help these people.

Because of its non-discriminatory practices, Switzerland has always been an attractive place and would remain an attractive proposal for Iranian authorities looking to shift some of their assets or to diversify the geographical distribution of some of their assets.

Ben Bernanke

Certainly there is no way to direct the effects of monetary policy at a single class of assets while leaving other financial markets and the broader economy untouched. One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.

Andrea Jung

Charles is a results-driven leader with an exceptional track-record of performance, and we are very pleased that he is joining Avon in this important leadership position. His proven expertise in Latin America, coupled with his experience working with four major global consumer companies, will be important assets as we implement our growth strategies in our large and dynamic Latin American region.

By 2010, we want to gain at least 10% market share in terms of assets and other key indicators.

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.

Robert Pozen

His desire to focus on specific core funds has given me the opportunity to redistribute assets to managers whose talents warrant larger assignments.

Chinese oil companies need to go overseas to seek energy assets and the government encourages that. The price at which they pay for the assets must still be within the limits of the companies.

Cable & Wireless owns a fairly eclectic bunch of assets which no single buyer is likely to want.

Bruce Schneier

But with that connection comes new threats: malicious hackers, criminals, industrial spies. These network predators regularly steal corporate assets and intellectual property, cause service breaks and system failures, sully corporate brands, and frighten customers,

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

I fret for the 55- to 65-year-old investor who is investing the bulk of their assets in high-flying multiples, ... They can permanently impair their capital base. They don't have the longevity to earn back the money.

If you can fund a deferred compensation program for senior executives using a pool of assets that's in effect found money, you're much better off.

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.

In these difficult times, if we can allocate assets where they can produce higher returns, we will move those assets into markets that will generate a bigger return.

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?

Ben Bernanke

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

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.

It will help investors seeking to better match assets and liabilities and will benefit the Treasury by modestly reducing our short-term funding volatility, broadening our customer base, lowering operational risk and reducing supply uncertainty.

It's a corporate shell game of transferring assets and franchise value to a new company.