Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Breyer

There will be thousands of Internet winners, there will also be thousands of significant Internet losers, ... Therefore, the average public investor today needs to do far more homework than ever before.

The sale is shaping very well, with the average 50% up. I hope and believe the trend will continue over the next two days.

Through the week I average between 40 and 50 miles a week. And it doesn't seem like a lot to me.

We mortals cross the ocean of this world Each in his average cabin of a life

We have to do much better than that. We need to average 3.5 to 4 yards per carry. If we can't do that it will be a long stretch for us. But I think we can.

We went from an average eight to 10 properties a week in Spain to selling one to two a month and it's gearing up to those levels (8 to 10) now with Turkey.

We had three camps operating simultaneously with 120 foamy boards in the water. That was intolerable for the average recreational surfer.

There are a lot more high-end homes in the area. When you have an average home price of more than $400,000, people have more money to spend on luxury homes.

Wolf Blitzer

We try to use all of our resources without making it too busy or crazy out there, ... I'm sensitive to how this is going to play in Peoria, how average viewers -- say, my uncle, who may not know what Google is -- might respond.

With gasoline futures at records a nationwide average of $3 at the pump is likely in the near-term.

We are certainly not out of the woods yet. Growth is still well below par - just hitting the euro-zone average - and with consumer spending dropping and the pressure piling on exports to take up the slack, we could be in for a bumpy 2006.

We expect that to be typical for the average customer.

We expect that average selling prices for the second quarter of 2006 will be flat to slightly up sequentially. We also expect that gross margins will continue to grow by between 50 to 100 basis points sequentially in the second quarter of 2006.

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.

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.

Russell Banks

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

Truman Capote

The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course.

Paolo Bacigalupi

All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.

Paul Volcker

The standard of living of the average American has to decline.

Paul Weyrich

The average voter has to hear a point seven times before it registers.

Paul Watson

We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 1965, if someone said to the average person, You know in thirty years you are going to buy water in plastic bottles and pay more for that water than for gasoline? Everybody would look at you like youre completely out of your mind.

Marty Meehan

The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000.

Peter Shaffer

All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle. I can't jump because the bit forbids it, and my own basic force - my horsepower, if you like - is too little.