Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've seen there's demand for longer-dated securities. The auction will go quite well today.

Maria Miller

We usually don't do it that way. If he's trading goods and services and intangibles and things that have an auction value, then we just estimate when it's not pure money.

We use that money very judiciously, and it's always difficult at auctions because you never know where the prices will go.

Kage Baker

Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.

Whether that's bad news for the upcoming auctions depends on whether you take a cup-half-empty or cup-half-full perspective.

We would try to block the auction if they try to sell the license. It's city policy that we do that. The license is for the business that you give it to.

The regular city auction works very well on particular items, like the bicycles, ... compared to some computer items, some computer stuff that may be of more interest in other areas.

Britney Spears

Since bidding for my jewel-encrusted bra in the eBay charity auction has exceeded our original expectations, I'm concerned that some of you may be confusing this bra for something that it's not.

Mr. McKenzie has an incredible track record in developing the Lake Fork area, and this auction will enable him to sell a substantial portion of his inventory in a single day. With 28 sites selling absolute, it's a rare opportunity for some people to obtain a site for their lake home at a great price.

Many investors were sidelined awaiting the outcome of the 20-year JGB auction while firmer equity prices also kept market participants at bay.

We also train our investor clients to develop win-win scenarios that benefit both the homeowner in distress and the investor. That way the troubled homeowner can sell their way out of foreclosure and conserve some equity for a new start, and the investor can realize a reasonable profit on resale of the home. That's much better than seeing the owner lose everything in an auction on the courthouse steps.

New auctions will satisfy an unusual coincidence of needs on the supply and demand side of the fixed-income debt markets.

Tim Brady

On the auction side, it is a person-to-person payment, and right now they have to do that off line. The reason this is great for Yahoo! is that it really lowers the barrier for those transactions to take place.

I was still working for the county when we decided to try getting this auction going. Since we were renting the building from the county, I figured it would be best not to also be working for them, so I retired again.

I am just calling all my buddies around the league and equipment managers and telling them to send whatever they come up with. Instead of throwing stuff away, put it up for auction and people can use their money for a good cause.

But it's one of the most exclusive in terms of the audience that will be holding it in their hands, and it will have a life long after the event. We've been told that these become collectibles and that some of them will be stolen and that they'll wind up being sold on eBay (the online auction site).

Basically, investors are waiting for today's 20-year bonds auction results and are also closely watching movement in the equities market.

If a child scored a 300 in reading last year and the score improved to 350 this year, the child and their parents would each receive the increased difference between the two scores in tickets to use as cash in an auction of many large-ticket items at the beginning of the next school year. The kids may use their tickets separately or combined with parents' to bid on items such as big-screen televisions, bicycles, DVD players and more.

If this auction doesn't go well, you might want to take a long lunch then go home.

I'd like to see the auction extended all night and into the next day.

Online auction sites are an excellent way for people from around the world to buy and sell goods. We strongly believe in the convenience and global reach of the virtual marketplace. Unfortunately, a number of online sellers are undermining trust in the system by using the Internet to hawk illegal products to unsuspecting consumers.

Yields will have to go up for the auctions to do well. They are too low, I don't want to get in at these levels.

Yields at the auction came at levels that were not lethal to the stock market. Overall, it is somewhat encouraging for equities.

We have serious concerns that the end result of this auction will be that terrestrial services will begin to operate in our frequency band and interfere with millions of satellite TV customers' television service.

Expectations in the bond market have been high, thus any disappointment over the auction (particularly with the level of foreign participation) could put the dollar under renewed pressure.

We're putting out feelers and will be watching Christie's closely to see what we can learn, ... But since holding auctions in China has to be done through intermediaries we will see how things develop.

There is some short-term concern in the market that the auction could be delayed.

We've got a lot of supply so that's putting Treasuries onto a bearish footing. People aren't expecting a good result from the auction and in the short term yields can push higher.

We will auction one-of-a-kind items, some of our newest Sharper Image Design products, as well as established best sellers.

Casey Mears

This year we're a lot better prepared for it. We had a special paint scheme this year on my helmet and we're going to auction that off. That's going to go to the foundation, and my suits and all that stuff.

Steve Davis

This year, we came of age. This has evolved into what the vision was, which was to create a true lifestyle event with the auction as the nucleus.

We are so touched by all of the auction item donations we've received from people in the horse business. I am so proud to be a part of this industry and so thankful to all of the people who are participating in this auction.

We've been running salvage sales for some time for various consignors, but never with this kind of emphasis. Obviously, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have created an immediate need for local and national wholesale salvage services of a different magnitude. Our new TRA operations not only will help meet that need, but will also ensure that the flood-damaged vehicles moving through our auction are represented properly. The safeguards we have regarding vehicle disclosure are designed to protect our buyers and consumers, and to uphold the integrity of the industry in general.