Famous Quotes & Sayings

The oil companies are making great gains in this environment of high prices, but consumers are paying the price. These are phenomenal profits they're expected but completely out of line with what's right for the average American consumer who has to use their car to get to work.

A couple of weeks ago we saw prices were moving toward $70 again. This is a very volatile marketplace but I think on the whole we are likely to see the average price this year higher than last year.

Janet Yellen

A crucial responsibility of any central bank is to control inflation, the average rate of increase in the prices of a broad group of goods and services.

Somebody told me this the other day, but J.C. could probably average 30 points per game on another team. Or vice-versa for Ridge. But by sharing it makes us an even bigger threat.

Somebody needs to check her birth certificate, but she is a very mature young lady. It's not just basketball. She had a 4.0 grade point average in her first semester. Most freshmen don't do that. She's very even keel. She doesn't get too high or too low.

So, we are probably right about on average for the year. It was just a tough way to get there.

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.

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.