Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're very bullish with the average investor being able to handle their own stock portfolio, ... You don't have to be a genius.

A rise in oil prices stifles economic growth, ... There is a close correlation between gasoline prices and retail sales. Paying more per week for gas means less disposable income, which impacts retail and the purchasing power of the consumer, as does a higher average home heating bill due to the cost of fuel oil.

Around mid-2005 we started to see the growth in the replacements that had increased, begin to slow and it'll continue to lessen as we move further into 2006. We expect the average system price to continue to fall and though Q4 unit numbers aren't strong, there remains strong pricing pressure.

Around 75 cents is the sell zone, which is close to the 100-day moving average which provided a bridge too far over the past nine months.

The labor market is very healthy. The most important economic indicator for the average person is their job. As long as people are working, they're earning and that's offsetting a great deal of the pain from record prices at the pump.

John Dee

The mid-section of the nation might start to cool to at least average levels by the weekend and into next week. The Northeast U.S. may also eventually join in.

Their five starters averaged about 70 points a game. We averaged around 50, so we didn't want to get in a running game with them.

The Fed is doing what it has to do, talking a tough line. It still remains to be seen when the upward pressure on wages will trickle up to inflation. Right now, the average American consumer has been untouched, unscathed by the events in Asia.

Mark Zandi

The Fed chair doesn't matter a lot to the average person in normal times. He matters an awful lot when things aren't going well -- when the financial markets freeze, or there's a 9/11 or Y2K or Iraq war. When people lose confidence, the Fed chairman is vital to restoring confidence and ensuring functioning financial markets and economy.

The consensus view is that immigration has a negative impact on the real wages of native workers. We have shown that the effects of immigration on the average wages of (U.S.) natives indeed turn positive and large.

The continued rise of our three-month average since October 2005 still shows strength in the market and, significantly, this discouraged the MPC from cutting interest rates in February.

Mike Richards

The costs we incur for paying for natural gas we have to pass on to the customer. We do everything we can to keep prices down because of our customers. One of the things we suggest to our customers is average billing. This is where your bill can be averaged out over 12 months. It is a big help and a good thing to do for our customers.

The Chinese spend an average of $175 per day when they are abroad. That is what is keeping China on a lot of people's radar.

I'm going to be 80 in three months. That's about 10 years more than the average guy even does as far as I can tell. And, I'm getting tired, and I figured I've put in my time.

Increased domestic demand is now being satisfied by supply from abroad. Fewer domestic jobs have been created than the average historical experience and predicted by the models used by policy makers.

Indirect bidders in the two-year sales have averaged 38 percent or so the past seven, eight auctions; anything less than that today will feed people's fears about foreign demand waning.

In a way, it's anti-democratic. In a race like ours, putting a cap on contributions restricts average citizens from running. The wealthy who want to buy name familiarity can do so.

Tony Bennett

In all of our efforts, we must be mindful of competitive pressures at home and abroad. Manufacturers are no longer simply competing within our borders. We share the marketplace with countries like China where the average manufacturing worker earns 61 cents an hour.

Tom Coburn

I know the tribal issues. I was a congressman where most of the Indians are in this state. The problem is that most of them aren't Indians. The average Cherokee quantum is 1/512.

I knew from the first day that we would have a lot of players coming up from junior varsity. Without Nicole and Christie, who both averaged double figures, someone would have to pick some of those points up. I knew I would have to score in different ways.

Mack Brown

I'm proud of Vince for getting the team up and ready and for being focused himself and for staying focused. After I got on the guys on Tuesday for an average practice, he told me not to worry. He was right.

It's put a lot of the average gymnasts who don't have huge skills in the same group with the guys that throw in bigger skills, as long as you stay clean (without errors)." ()

John Brady

Darrell is the key for everything that we do. He plays 35-38 minutes a game (officially averages 36.6) for us.

Dog owners who have dogs with a respiratory infection should keep their dogs at home. As far as the average dog owner, they should continue to walk their dog on the street.

The numbers still suggest growth in the third quarter of about 3 percent, so the economy continues to expand at fairly close to long-term average rate,

That's shocking in itself. This is a lot bigger than the average case.

The biggest thing is the decline in wages for the low and moderate income people. Part of it is large periods of higher than average unemployment, globalization ? jobs going overseas ? the shift from manufacturing jobs to lower paying service sector jobs, immigration, the weakening of unions, and the fact that the federal minimum wage has been declining relative to inflation.

The best way to read the numbers is going to be to average the two months' data because the hurricanes are distorting the wider picture, ... But excluding the hurricane effects, we're doing 190,000 to 200,000 new jobs a month and that's quite healthy.

Stocks have a tendency toward a counter-seasonal rise in early January ... but the mild readings this time around make a further 2 to 3 million barrel build more likely than the 1.1 million barrel five-year average increase.

Still, the long-term average puts Kansas' peak tornado month as May. That's why early spring is the best time for parents to remind children about the family plan for what to do in case of severe weather.

Students who graduated in 2004 with loans had an average of $17,600 out in loans. That's money they are going to be paying back into their 30s.

The average woman can gain some comfort knowing that both these things that are going on are important.

Jay Rosen

The average wine cellar can hold 1,500 to 2,000 bottles of wine, is temperature-controlled and is completely insulated.