Famous Quotes & Sayings

Spectrum is a scarce resource and wireless companies build out their networks based on average expected usage levels. A spike in demand can blow up the network and most cannot handle an emergency.

One day I was driving between Canon City and Dodge City, Kan., and I conducted a windshield survey on salt cedar trees. Based on an average width I conservatively estimated that those trees would drink 700,000 billion gallons a year.

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.

The tail is wagging the dog. While the conservative leadership feels Bush is betraying them, the average rank and file conservative doesn't feel that way.

The survival rate of SBDC clients is dramatically higher than the average small business. We know we have enabled people to go into business and stay in business at a level far higher than the average small business.

The threshold should be 3:30. With the average approaching 3:30, we have to be concerned because a number of games went beyond that.

The supply of semiconductor devices is becoming more constrained, and the downward pressure on the average selling prices of devices seen in 2005 has eased. Any lengthening of device lead-times in coming months will be seen as further evidence of a tightening market.

The thing that's really scary is now that we're out of the cold weather rule, a lot of the people we're seeing are coming in with average $600 gas or electric bills.

The thing that's really lacking in our offense right now is a big-play guy. We've got a bunch of blue-collar receivers and a bunch of average running backs, and it shows.

Richard Hamilton

The thing about it is, we've got five superstars out there. We want one guy to go out there and average 30, we can do that. But we know what we want at the end. We want to win a championship.

Kurt Cobain

I've always had a problem with the average macho man- they've always been a threat to me.

Tiger Woods

I've always been more fond of U.S. Open setups where you've got to maybe average 65 or 67 to have a chance.

I volunteered for it; I wanted to help out any way I could. Last year we averaged 4.8 on punt returns and 19.1 on kickoffs. That's horrible. But we have worked hard on it this year, and Johnny and I are ready to go. There are no excuses this year.

I wanted to figure out how to preserve what is really important for the average person. I figured, who better to do this than the experts at the Smithsonian?

Sometimes you bypass a really good fencer in favor of someone who is average and is going to come here and give me the time and effort. You can have an Olympian who's never going to fence in college meets. They're going to be at World Cups while we're competing for the Ivy League Championship. That person's no good to me.

Tennessee typically parallels the national average or stays just a few cents below it.

Temperatures are going to ease back off the record pace and get back to average. Average for this time of year is the 70s.

It would take a 5.3 percent increase to reach this year's average so to reach next year's average it would need to be an eight to nine percent raise.

Michael Gray

It was a little nerve-racking. Now I have sympathy for the average European blues band coming over here.

The state average is about 11 inches below normal rainfall. There are very few places in the state that have gotten enough rain this year, putting us in a perilous predicament,

The singing can last as long as 10, 15, 20 minutes to as long as 23 hours -- on average we are looking at three hours.

The second phase of development has started in India with GDP rate being ratcheted up to 7-8pc a year versus the 5.9pc average of the last 10 years.

E. P. Thompson

The study shows that there are clear features in brain images that are different for smart children versus average children. Now it should become extremely fast to identify some of the main factors that make the brain develop in a healthy way...such as how kids are taught, their diet, their parental upbringing, or...genetics.