Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Williams

Now for the average restaurant, it's 60 percent.

Neil Walker

Now is a very exciting time for Scottish cycling. The average age of this team is only 23 and we've got some other great youngsters coming through.

Now, ... instead of sacrificing to build assets, he is in effect trying to raise shareholder value and he was under pressure to do so because News Corp. stock was selling below the average of the other major entertainment and media companies.

November typically marks the beginning of the growth season in stocks. This is due in large part to pension fund buying patterns, which have produced an average gain of 5 percent from November 1 to January 31 over the last 50 years.

Jan Hatzius

Oil is the dog that didn't bark. It's neutral because it's not far away from the average of where it's been over the past year.

Oil and natural gas prices have fallen sharply from their post-hurricane highs. However, production from the Gulf of Mexico is still down by more than 15 percent, keeping supplies tight. As of mid-March, the national average retail price of diesel fuel was around $2.55 per gallon, 60 cents below the record set after Rita but 35 cents (16 percent) higher than a year ago.

During the height of the storm, we had more than 130 locations with trees over the roadway. Road Shop office staff were fielding an average of a call a minute.

Dwane Casey

Defensively, it's tougher to guard. Jordan could easily average quite a few more points now.

Demand growth has become so strong that these higher supply levels don't represent the same daily demand coverage they used to. SUVs are making up a bigger percentage of the fleet and the average American tends to drive more miles.

Definitely his life expectancy is higher than an average American.

Day trading has a lot of problems. Their average losses were greater than their average gains. Now that's a surefire way of going broke.

Cody continued to run the ball hard and he had several carries of between 15 and 20 yards. He averaged about six yards a pop. Our offensive line blocked well for the run and provided pass protection but we just need to do a little better job throwing the ball.

There's been a pattern change and we are looking at temperatures in New York which will average 6 to 10 degrees below normal. Things will bottom out on Wednesday when temperatures should fall to 18 degrees when the normal low is 34.

Claude Julien

A team that wants to be considered a good team can't play the way we did tonight. If we just want to be an average team this year, then that's another story.

As we move through the winter, prices will fall below US$50 and prices could average in the US$40s in 2006. Investors think prices will stabilize and that will dampen enthusiasm.

A bad catcher can make a great staff average. And a good catcher can make an average staff great.

About 70 percent of the average cost of producing a product is wages,

a better than average chance that the Xbox 2 will be backward compatible.

A BBB/Javelin study found that identity theft victims who discovered the crime through electronic means averaged a smaller monetary loss than those who found the theft on their paper statements. By contrast, consumers who rely on paper statements might have to wait days or even weeks, depending on the statement cycle, before learning that a theft had occurred, increasing the chance that larger sums could be stolen.

The most effective job-seekers, ... use an average of 6.8 different employment resources when they search for jobs, combining online, networking and recruiter tools.

A changing market with volume manufacturing moving offshore will mean that design-in distributors will have to increase the mix of higher average selling price products that they supply to their customers.

George Sutherland

They say the average person can't make a living in art, ... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.

A Marketplace store's overall sales volume is typically double to triple what an average Kroger food and drug combo store would do.

This is not just something where low kids are attending. We have gifted and average students participating. It's not labeled a 'dummy group.' There's no labeling and everyone works together.

This is nothing new. Investors often let themselves get carried away on what these companies can earn. You have to value them on average earnings, not peak earnings. And we are in the process of moving to peak earnings.

Troy Aikman

This is really unbelievable what Carolina has done to this Chicago defense. They have made the defense look very average here tonight.

This is still in the early stages. For your average American on the street, this isn't something that he's into.

This is sort of a security weather report for your average Joe.

Gary Jones

The way you measure improvement in a player is different with each guy. When we (managers, organization officials) look at stats we see different things than the average fan. A player might hit .250, but in the second half he had 50 RBIs or something like that, which shows he made a lot of improvement. That's how we have to look at things.

The way we've always viewed our role is just giving the average taxpayer an equal voice in the process.

John Krasinski

The way the British 'Office' got away with being so dark was that it only had 13 episodes. There are realistic elements that people obviously enjoy, but they don't necessarily want to relive the trials and tribulations of their average work day.

This business had its fair share of challenges in 2005 including significant expenses from legal and regulatory matters and higher than average (financial adviser) turnover. The very competitive market for brokers and the focus on our talent has been our biggest challenge this year.

This 11% rise in average revenue, combined with higher output and lower costs, will see earnings rise significantly.