Famous Quotes & Sayings

If the court finds a patent infringement, I assume there will be a royalty agreement, because that's what usually happens in these cases. A settlement is more likely than a shutdown. But, that said, both sides are really digging in their heels.

If the Fed pauses late in the year, as we now assume in December, its response will be related to economic fundamentals, with GDP slowing late in the year rather than a direct 'emergency' response to events on the Gulf Coast.

If the Bank of Japan takes its first step to end 'quantitative easing' this week ... we believe that it is unwise to assume that the Bank of Japan will continue with zero interest rates for long after ending its policy.

Alexandra Robbins

If someone doesn't spell 'you' out in an e-mail, ... I assume the writer is in middle school. E-mail is today's form of a postal letter.

He has watched some pretty good people run them, so I would assume he's going to do it the way he knows best. The one thing I would say is, no matter what, do it the way you know how to do it. Don't try to be somebody you're not. Be yourself. You've got to be comfortable doing what you have to do.

Michael Hayes

He is a proven leader, and we think he is an excellent choice to assume this important new role at Fred's,

Anil Kumble

He has on occasions assumed the role of a captain and that should serve him in good stead.

Jim Johnson

He has stepped up and assumed the Number 1 duty and I can't say enough of the performance of his play and the level of his play.

He feels awful about what happened. The great lesson is, always assume your mike is open, even when you're not on camera.

John Owen

We expect to report an operating margin between 2 percent and 4 percent, and that should bring us to a net loss for the full year. And for full-year, we are using an assumed fuel price of $1.92 (for a gallon of jet fuel). So, basically, $1.92 in the first quarter and an average of about $2 for each of the remaining three quarters.

Kevin Henkes

When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories.

Mike DeWine

When you put on that black robe and assume your spot on the Supreme Court, you will surely bring with you your heart and your soul, the values you learned from your parents and others that you learned as you grew up in the wide open fields of your youth, ... I must say, sir, they must never leave you.

When the martyr's righteous forebrain is exploded by the executioner's bullet and his mind disintegrates, what then? Can we safely assume that all those millions of neural circuits will be reconstituted in an immaterial state, so the conscious mind carries on?

When the letter was withdrawn, I assumed that they did not want to pursue it further.

Tom Wolfe

To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of your readers don't know, and you try to bring them to life on the page.

Todd Rundgren

There's only one band that could ever even pretend to assume the mantle of what the Beatles did, who have been so pre-eminent and world-dominating that they could effect a paradigm shift in the culture, who have been willing to leverage their success into musical change, and that is U2 - regardless of what the result of that is.

Joel Quenneville

Milan's such a big offensive player for our team, so guys will have to assume some of that responsibility,

One should not assume that the outstanding problems all have to do with the issue of so-called peaceful use or civilian use.

One should not assume that going to the IMF is a magic potion that will solve all your problems.

Melissa Rosenberg

One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a lead. I think that's a recipe for failure, actually, because if they become unsympathetic, you lose your audience.

Charlton Heston

One of my first memories of my dad during that shoot was him coming home from the Coliseum set after filming the chariot race, and I assumed he was a professional chariot racer at that point, ... He'd bring me home sand from the massive arena.

Michelle Tea

Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic culture, and even people who aren't hateful per se assume they won't get anything from a queer book.

Evelyn Glennie

Of course, I just assumed that the world was full of solo percussionists. It was only when I studied music full time, in London, that I realized that the career of a full-time classical percussionist did not in fact exist. It had to be created.

B. F. Skinner

No one should assume the imminent release of these photos at this point,

No one knows for sure that that tomorrow won't come, but most people assume that tomorrow will still exist as usual. This is Toba's Paradox, which means, hope overcomes doubt.

One would have to assume it's been stolen by someone who has some sort of nefarious purpose for it.

Ben Bernanke

One would be forgiven for concluding that the assumed benefits of financial innovation are not all they were cracked up to be.

One would assume that it would continue, that we wouldn't stop that because that may be our only avenue to get that money back. That would be for the new trade minister to decide.

Donald Rumsfeld

One would assume days, not weeks or months, ... I'd be reluctant to be any more precise than that.

More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.

My guys always make you assume they're playing worse than they are. I think they do that because I tell them I don't want to know exactly where they are, because I don't want them to know exactly where they are. I don't want them thinking about anything other than the next shot.

Never assume your lender will take charge of your finance. Take a pro-active role in managing your own personal finance. It is your matter, not theirs.

Jan Berry

Never assume you have everything pegged. Never tweak that last duck, and pat yourself on the back, and take everything else for granted. Because that's when god rips the mike out of your hand and says, out of nowhere, you might not come back from Dead Man's Curve. Say what? That's when you wake up in darkness, fumbling for the light switch.