Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nobody should have to breathe someone else's smoke passively and a smoking ban I am sure would be welcomed by the vast majority of people.

Given the fact that core was as expected and remained unchanged on a year on year basis, I don't think it will really change the Bank of Canada's decisions much.

Ben Bernanke

Given the extent of the exposures of major banks around the world to A.I.G., and in light of the extreme fragility of the system, there was a significant risk that A.I.G.'s failure could have sparked a global banking panic.

Getting the bands in the fist place because we started late ... it was a challenge. I'm not saying it was easy but (organizing) it went smoothly.

Give Cut Bank all the credit. The do a super job with their defense. They took away what we wanted to run, and on offense, they executed so well. If they didn't get the shot they wanted, the passed it around until they did.

Free State played well in the Standard Bank Cup and peaked then, but we haven't peaked yet.

Jacques Chirac

France proposes mobilizing the European Investment Bank to double the capacity of research,

Four specters haunt the Poor -- Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are going to exorcise them. We are going to drive hunger from the hearth. We mean to banish the workhouse from the horizon of every workman in the land.

Free banking has provided the greatest growth over the last two years.

J. Taylor

Friday and Saturday, we bring in bands that are well known around town. Mostly in the jazz genre.

Fresh paint in a neutral color is where you get the most bang for your buck.

From here on in we can start looking at some of the bank stocks (as targets), because investment banks are going to start looking at banks going in the reverse direction. Everybody wants to be a one-stop shop.

Friends of mine take cross-country trips to see their favorite bands or to see a friend, or to go to spring training. You put the music on, get a nice beverage and just go. People forget how much there is to see.

Fundraising opportunities help to fund events such as our banquet and other social events.

Fund families are rolling these out all the time. We?d rather see everyone jumping on this bandwagon than launching hot sector funds.

Fundamentally, we believe that at this point in the cycle, after one year of sub-trend growth and facing the prospect of one to two more years of the same, and with inflation peaking, the bank shouldn't be tightening policy further,

Paul Wolfowitz

From the World Bank point of view, it's a welcome possibility that contributions to the IDA would be increased and facilitated.

Noam Chomsky

From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of systematically taking over whatever it wants in the West Bank, maintaining the brutal siege on Gaza, separating Gaza from the West Bank and, of course, occupying the Syrian Golan heights, all with full U.S. support.

Douglas Booth

If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment.

James Smith

If banks needed to borrow money, no problem, all the normal rules were suspended.

Ben Bernanke

If bankers become overly conservative in response to past lending mistakes - or if examiners force such behavior - it will hurt bankers' own long-term interests and the economy in general.

I don't think we're going to be the kind of band that start playing stadiums or arenas. Even if we could sell that many tickets we really don't want to. We really like playing the venues of 2,000 to 5,000.

Jacoby Shaddix

I don't think we realized how far gone we were in people's eyes. We pretty much had to prove ourselves over again, from our fans to people in the music industry. It's been an uphill fight. Nobody handed anything to us on this record. It's been us just slugging it out in the trenches and playing shows and proving to people every day that this band is legit and we're not going away.

Daron Malakian

I don't think when I'm doing music. Things just happen. I've even taken my clothes off while performing. But then I'm so shy that I can't even take my clothes off in the dressing room, even though it's just the other guys in the band in here with me. It's really weird.

I don't think we want to go into Binghamton to the (awards) banquet and share (the title) in their building. It would be kind of tough considering what we've done so far, and to lose it here down the stretch.

Manny Acta

I don't want the word patriotism being brought up over here because of these guys being professional and (some) other teams are not. Because when you have $100 million in the bank and a contract and you leave everything and take a chance and come over here and play for your country, if that isn't patriotism, I don't know what it is.

If a baseball player strikes out two times, but hits the ball on the third try every time he goes up to bat, he's still a great baseball player. But hitting the mark 33 percent of the time isn't good enough for band. In band you have hit the mark every time you step up.

James Mason

If a bank reruns a credit report and sees a late mortgage payment or any change in the borrowers financial picture, it would be reason for the lender to withdraw the loan.

Jim Leach

If a bank doesn't have its software changes by this time next year you will not be in a position to test the following year for the year 2000. Most of the work has to be done within a year so that the testing can proceed in the following year.

Brewster Kahle

If a band posts restrictions as to what materials can be put on the archive, there is a self-appointed sense of making sure the that the band's wishes are observed,

John Varvatos

I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image.

Matt Cullen

I don't think it's anything we'll store away in our memory banks for any reason. I think that when you start a playoff series, it's like starting fresh. It's seven games for everything.

Robert Parry

I don't think it's a good idea to take a lot of cash out of your bank and put it under your mattress. Why? Because the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. does insure up to $100,000 of your money in the bank -- but it doesn't insure your mattress.