Famous Quotes & Sayings

The authorities are trying to prod local banks by promoting broader participation of foreign players in the market.

That got me worried because I wasn't expecting them to shoot very well. Our main goal was to stop them inside. If they're going to bank in 3-pointers, then maybe it's just not our night. But I knew they probably wouldn't keep hitting all game.

James Green

That is the shortest preamble I have ever seen. I feel as though today will be a good day, poor light, Freddy was getting a bit of reverse swing before tea, and let's not forget they are still 250 odd adrift, I would like to suggest a ban on pessimism for at least the first ten minutes of play.

Jonathan Daniels

Take bananas -- 25 percent of Chiquita bananas come through New Orleans,

Talk to me after the first game. We're a new coaching staff still getting to know our players. We haven't had the band out there or the cheerleaders out there yet. Who knows what our guys will do when that happens.

TCF Financial (has) this very unique strategy. It's (opening) 25-to-35 branches a year and just growing consistently, 14-to-15 percent per year in earnings, which really is a great kind of situation overall for the banking space, ... I think these guys are at the forefront of the trend. They really are serving Joe Lunch Bucket, as they like to say, and so that's a growing marketplace longer term for banks.

Maria Cantwell

Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With the help of this massive taxpayer support, the nation's largest banks are posting record profits.

Taubman's shares have been heavily marketed by his bankers for years with no buyers,

Swiss bank accounts. If O'Neill is waking up and smelling the coffee, things must be really bad.

Swings in U.S. stocks always hit here hard, but lingering concern about the health of Japan's banking system is the main factor weighing heavy.

Andrew Chan

Taking management control in a medium-sized bank would provide a lot of value after the lender is restructured.

Tim Ryan

Student loans being run by the banks. The banks are in on the deal now.

David Lewis

Suppliers are struggling to meet demand at the moment. It has come very late. A month or two ago, there was virtually no demand. But they've all jumped on the bandwagon in the past two or three weeks.

Surcharges aren't only unfair to the consumers who pay them. They'll ultimately lead to bigger banks and fewer choices, which means higher fees for everyone,

It's impressive, and that's got to be the longest streak ever. He had to be injury free. It's hard to race all these events and stay healthy, not bang yourself up one way or another.

Damien Chazelle

It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style is very military influenced. The snare drum comes from the military and becomes the core kind of sound of jazz drums.

It's definitely having an effect .... Foreigners are likely worried about the Bank of Japan eventually ending its super-easy monetary policy. Also some companies did down downgrade their profit forecasts and there are those investors who now see Japanese stocks as overvalued.

Dave King

It's cool because the band grew within this one bar. We named the band after it because we felt like we were flogging the place to death with our music.

It's common in a bankruptcy to have these charges -- you're cleaning house.

It's clear that the Delphi bankruptcy really precipitated a sense of urgency,

Mark Zuckerberg

There's two things you can do, and I don't think either one will happen to help Indiana out of this situation. First is get medical insurance for everyone. Second is banks and lenders just need to be more responsible about who they give credit cards to.

Jonny Greenwood

The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar.

There was a significant drive in Japan in recent weeks. People are very happy to be jumping on the bandwagon and basically riding the thing up.

There was a resounding bang and several cars were shunted into the back of each other.

Jason James

There was a lot of weakness in some of the banks in particular. There was a bit of reaction by foreigners to the Nippon Credit Bank liquidation or whatever it was at the weekend.

Jason James

There was a lot of weakness in some of the banks in particular, ... There was a bit of reaction by foreigners to the Nippon Credit Bank liquidation or whatever it was at the weekend.

There's very strong encouragement for Chinese banks to welcome in a foreign investor taking a stake and bringing in know-how. We'll see that trend continuing throughout this year.

These officers have spoken loud and clear to Metro -- they want to change the status quo. This day continues our broad initiative for the Teamsters to become the national voice for those special Americans who protect and serve us all. We are now ready, willing and able to go out and bring other units of police officers under the banner of the Teamsters. We have the knowledge, experience and determination to make sure that their dedication and their willingness to put their lives on the line every day does not go unrewarded.

These trophies are for all the past marching band competitions we have been in.

Zhang Jun

These transportation projects, especially the metro lines, will further spur the real estate market, which has already shown signs of life this year as commercial banks show more interest in providing home loans.

These together will probably increase consumer spending and at the margin . . . it will put a bit of upward pressure on growth and could potentially put that much more pressure on the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates.

These things are not going to evolve overnight but ultimately, we could be reaching the point where most people do their banking online.

Craig Johnson

These things are important because users can never get enough bandwidth and control. And the great news for users is pricing for Gigabit and Layer 3 switches is coming down because of intensified competition.