Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Fowler

That REIT is a fairly transparent view into what is happening in hedge funds sitting on a lot of fixed-rate assets financed with short-term assets. You are going to see significant issues in any type of company that has this type of trade on.

It's like looking at a toddler and trying to figure out what he'll be like when he goes off to college. You really can't tell until he's 18, ... There is demand for nanotech but other companies whose primary assets are intellectual property will not receive a warm reception.

It's such a small population. Other assets are available to attack.

Everyone's bonuses were a little bit better this year, and they've seen the value of their assets increase, so if you go to an electronics store now there are a lot more people.

A weaker yen will put substantial downward pressure on inflation and will result in lower interest rates. A stronger dollar also means that U.S. assets are more attractive, once you buy them.

At some point in 1999, I think they'll pursue something deeper, probably a media empire. I think they're going to want ownership of brands other than their own that can drive people to their site. (They) need some offline assets -- some real-world assets.

Berkshire Hathaway sits on $45 billion of cash and generates about $5.2 billion of cash flow annually, ... Berkshire and Warren Buffett have really become the lender of last resort or the buyer of last resort of many assets. And I think he's going to pick up great assets at very distressed prices going forward.

It's the same story about the sale of assets ... it's just talk for now.

It's the luck of the draw. Goldman has the assets and the people and the technology and the products out there, and at certain times it all comes together.

Robert Klein

It is the way. It is the only way in our system that you can protect the assets Hawaiians desperately need.

It's always a good time to have assets in real estate. But if you try to time the market, chances are you're going to miss.

Generally what needs doing with them is the assets need selling and they need to be closed down.

Gabe Newell

Everybody understands that you're supposed to say 'our employees are our most valuable asset' to the point where, even if it's really true, they're not going to really trust you until you've earned that - same with customers.

Ben Bernanke

Imperfect substitutability of assets implies that changes in the supplies of various assets available to private investors may affect the prices and yields of those assets.

Despite our efforts to generate revenue, obtain debt and equity funding, and sell or license selected assets at reasonable prices, our revenue and liquid assets are not sufficient to sustain our current operations.

Deposits stopped growing and household money is heading increasingly to risk assets and will continue to do so as long as Japanese interest rates are zero.

As Blackstone started to look at some of our assets they made an offer for the whole company which we felt was very attractive.

As Delta takes steps to secure its future as a competitive airline, we will continue to take a hard look at all of our operations and assets to identify opportunities to strengthen our financial position in the face of continuing market pressures and factors outside of our control, including fuel prices.

The cable assets are growing the fastest. There's not a whole lot of growth in the rest of the business, which is why the stock is not going anywhere.

Reaching $1 billion in assets shows we have the right formula for growth.

Private investors are basically selling their smaller assets and consolidating to fewer, larger assets through 1031 exchanges. On the flip side, a lot of institutional investors are reshaping their portfolios. They are disposing of whatever doesn't fit their long-term plans, leveraging the current record buyer demand and record pricing.

The one he scored with his legs because the thing is we know he has a good arm. He felt very comfortable scrambling. He made guys miss him and he just had the extra burst of speed to run past them. That's one of those assets he didn't utilize during training camp.

The Olympics and the NFL are the No. 1 and No. 2 most important sporting events Americans are interested in. We spend our money where we think it will get the best return, and our research shows the Olympics and the NFL are highly effective sponsorship assets to deliver returns on investments and raise awareness and usage of our products.

J. C. Watts

Strategically it brings a lot of benefits, more from the assets and the enterprise customer base that's important than from the long distance business. Some shareholders would have rather seen a Sprint deal, but this is easier from a regulatory standpoint. There's no wireless component, and the Department of Justice will consider this in parallel with the SBC-AT&T deal.

Michael Barrett

Some people, like myself, consider life beginning at conception. For me, besides my education, my morals and ethics are the most important assets I bring to my job.

Some people think that December 31 is the cutoff for assets but you can make changes up until you file your application,

Speculators took the words as a signal that China with its massive $760 billion of U.S. dollar reserves may move to diversify some of its assets into euros.

Paul Henderson

Nowadays users are managing software assets in ways they hadn't thought of before.

Oil is down significantly, stocks are basically flat and bond investors are looking at overall valuations of assets and are perhaps doing a little bit of bargain shopping right now.

During that (November) period the U.S. assets market was performing quite strongly. But I think in the coming months we are going to see some softness in that data as well.

Competition for entertainment projects has become increasingly competitive and the state legislature provided Georgia the tools necessary to attract these high-paying, creative, non-resource draining economic development projects. Our incentive package enhances an already strong slate of assets and we are seeing great results.

Companies can bring their own assets in the form of Java code and Web services and stitch those into this product.

They're not chartbusters, and that's what gets funds noticed. (But) there are plenty of funds that haven't garnered a lot of assets and are good investment vehicles all the same.