Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have all this information that tells us when we learn something new, like a new language or a new instrument, we get the biggest bang and the brain grows.

We have already made big progress in banking reforms.

Helen Zille

We need to know where the money to build the stadium is coming from, how it will be funded and that we don't bankrupt the city in the process.

John Baldacci

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards.

We could, in fact, have the whole business in profit. But we want to keep growing. We did not get $10 million in the bank to earn interest.

We know that we will have to make sacrifices but we're hoping the bankruptcy judge will perceive what a disproportionate sacrifice Delta is trying to wring from this group of working women -- most of them mothers who help support families.

We have two new stadiums, we have solid sponsors in Rogers, the National Bank and American Express, and we have good relationships with the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour.

We can see what's going on in the market because we have all these other banks we're negotiating for.

Sendhil Mullainathan

Organizations talk about spending their lives firefighting - dealing with the next problem without having the bandwidth to deal with what is down the pipeline. I think most of the poor have that problem.

Sendhil Mullainathan

Economists specialize in pointing out unpleasant trade-offs - a skill that is on full display in the health care debate. We want patients to receive the best care available. We also want consumers to pay less. And we don't want to bankrupt the government or private insurers. Something must give.

Rory Stewart

The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.

Maurice Greene

My stance has always been that there's no place in our sport for drug users. I've always said it's a ban for life if you come up positive. I stand by that.

Paul Eenhoorn

I did some stage when I was a kid, around 16 or so. I was living in Melbourne and had a band. I was quite young. We weren't very good. Then I found a band in Perth. We played around for three years. We're in the 'History of Rock'N'Roll,' a book about Perth music.

With the world changing fast, we needed capital for investments. There's only so much bandwidth in your own balance sheet.

Rick Danko

The Band is sounding real good. We've been doing some dates together and they've been going well.

Rick Danko

You have to remember the band played from 1960 to 1965, every night. You get into a rut playing nightclubs every night, and you didn't want to run it into the ground.

Matthew Quick

I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep.

Phil Anselmo

I think Pantera is a type of band that has been documented very, very well over the years. With the past re-releases, we were fortunate enough to have old demos and stuff that never really saw the light of day. But Pantera was not the type of band to waste many riffs or many parts or songs.

Phil Anselmo

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I've always contributed guitar parts to every band I've ever been in, so I'll always play the axe.

We have three good size rooms here. We have the band room. We also have the Internet room with computers and Internet access. And we have a plasma TV lounge.

We have thousands and thousands of banks and we have to consolidate to get more efficient.

We have the prettiest bank in The Woodlands. You certainly don't feel like you're walking into a bank when you walk in here. We want our customers to feel comfortable when they come in, and this is just one of the ways that happens.

We were good all over the ice really. We were all over them, but we couldn't bang one by him. We played well and came up with nothing.

We were sort of struggling in the beginning to find the direction stylistically what exactly we wanted to be, ... We sort of had a few different things going on that were probably good for a young band because it gave us options as far as what path we wanted to really go full-throttle with.

Today's twin reports provide a further excuse for the Bank of Canada to halt at 4.0 percent after next week's hike.

To label us a tribute band isn't accurate. What we are is an interpretive band. We take these wonderful compositions and make them into something completely different.

Time is not infinite and the European Commission has banned further state aid.

Today's report provides something for both the hawks and the doves on the Monetary Policy Committee. It is, however, unlikely to precipitate a change of policy when the Bank next meets.

Today's Pew poll shows that Congressional legislation to repeal the military's ban enjoys unparalleled support. Congressional leaders should heed their constituents and lift the ban.

Today's economic data was really good. Right now, it looks like the Fed would raise rates in March. Some of the banks that have been suffering as of late, due to the flattening yield curve, should get some help.

You know what you want and you go in and get it. If you need more time, explanation, help with your financial goals, these smaller banks can help you, but they may not be able to offer the Wal-Mart pricing.

Nikki Sixx

You know, we've all talked about how mostly, more than anything, we just really wanted to have a good time. And I think that, you know, this tour has really turned out to be a lot of fun for us as band members and as friends. You know, we've been friends for forever.

Jay McInerney

You know, Greenwich Village was the traditional bohemia of New York. I wish I could say that was entirely true now. It's, uh... changed. It's now got, God help us, investment bankers and journalists, but it's still a very beautiful part of New York.