Famous Quotes & Sayings

Megan McCafferty

I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so I could have an excuse to sing with a wedding band as research. That's not a good enough reason to write a book.

It's a great testament to the show when a band like Status Quo want to film with us.

It's all a legal strategy. This is all legal back and filling...It's a 'full-price' as we say in the banking business.

David Williams

It's a little bit surprising Roger has gone so early in his time at the U.K. bank and in terms of the turnaround of the U.K. business. It's unsettled the market a bit. Any unexplained personnel changes aren't going to be appreciated.

It's a grind out here. I wish I'd have a million dollars in the bank and have my card locked up and just be out there playing, trying to make some more money or get a victory. Sometimes, things work out in funny ways. Maybe this is the week.

It plays to the risks of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cutting rates earlier than its current track suggests.

It's more about what was going on in town at that time, the places and the bands. Our band was in the center of all that. That was a special time.

It's not quite there, but it will be soon. As bandwidth improves, so will the quality of the video.

Thomas Ken

It's not quite like Donald Trump and the Beverly Hillbillies, but the differences in these two banks are striking.

It's not that I'm dragging my feet on this. I'm in transition of buying a house, selling a house, getting established in a new city, opening bank accounts.

Jonny Greenwood

It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen.

For many kids, the only thing they know about money is how to spend it. That's not surprising considering that the American family spends an estimated $1.22 for every $1 it earns. Bankers have the skills and knowledge to help turn this trend around and create a generation that values saving over spending.

For markets, this is another sign that concerted tightening by global central banks is progressing.

For big banks that want to remain major players, this move is going to force them to make strategic mergers, just like 1998.

Foreign central banks will continue to buy Treasuries, so I am a little bullish. Yields may drop below 4.30 percent in the short-term.

Foreign central banks are doing precisely the same thing -- and in much larger magnitudes than our own Federal Reserve. Therefore we should be focusing a lot more on the influence that they are having on our markets and our economy,

Foreign and Russian companies should have equal conditions of competition. If a foreign bank or insurance company wants to work on the Russian market, it can establish a subsidiary here. This entails higher standards of operation but equal conditions for all market players.

John Doolittle

For example, in all eleven states that had initiatives to ban same-sex marriage on the ballot, voters upheld the traditional family in every instance.

Sallie Krawcheck

For banks to be global, they need to -- in their estimation -- have a strong securities presence. For companies to have a strong securities presence internationally and globally they have to have a strong presence in the U.S.

For banks, their number one is protecting the impression of trust. If they lose that impression of trust, that bank goes out of business. It's that simple.

I'm not being dramatic. This is the most repulsive thing I've ever seen. It's very painful to see what's in these log files that are being uploaded in real time. We're seeing a lot of bank information and usernames and passwords to get in,

I'm expecting something like 10,000 in sales in the first 14-day period, and that's what (Universal) is expecting. Once we put up 10,000 units on the board, we'll get on a national tour. Come January, you have the band more than 100,000 (in sales) and on its way to gold. Come June you're on tour with another up-and-comer and approaching platinum.

I mentioned at our (end-of-season) banquet about her commitment to defend and not just be a goal scorer.

Jim Diamond

I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid.

I just will be glad to have a band here playing music that night.

I joined about a year ago. Before the band signed to Victory Records they played Detroit, where we became good friends. So when the situation came up, they called me up to join the band.

I learned very much from him. He was a man of great integrity. If he told you something you could bank on him. As a superintendent, he could be firm as needed to be but always fair. He told me to always tell the truth, to mean what you say and you will never have a problem.

Carol Bartz

I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year.

Dustin Diamond

I like bands that people have never heard of, like Lamb and Mr. Bungle. Mr. Bungle is actually the group that made me really want to form a band.

I hope they're going to welcome him, give him a chance. I'm sure there'll be some boos in there, but, whatever. He just needs to come out and play hard and have a good game and get those people who aren't on the bandwagon back on the bandwagon.

I just can't do any running, I can't do any banging around. I think it'll be an easy transition when it is time to play.

I just called my band members and they're driving over from Miami.

Newt Gingrich

I have people who come to this floor, who claim they represent the workers, who say they are for an international bank institution that is totally secret, that is run by a bureaucrat whose major policy is to raise taxes on workers in the Third World to pay off New York banks, ... Now that doesn't sound like populism to me.