Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was 25 basis points, everyone knew that, and so there's virtually no stock market reaction,

Shinzo Abe

It will be wrong to discuss India's nuclear issue on the same basis as North Korea's.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's move to cut by 50 basis points was within expectations, but U.S. investors drew some optimism from it and so should we.

They kept the risk-assessment portion of the statement identical to that in January, which means they have a tightening bias. Another 25 basis points at the May meeting is on the table and in play.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, ruled us we should have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilized men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

John Barth

It's been an historic week for our company. Our ranking in Fortune underscores our commitment to lead our industry not only in terms of innovation, but also in the way we conduct business on a daily basis and how we continue to exceed our customers' expectations. We are extremely proud of what we have accomplished.

It's been a very successful program for us, We would prefer to have the opportunity to identify and hire more individuals on a local basis than we would to rely on a third-party source to get through the course of a busy time period.

It's quite probable that the Fed will follow through with another 25 basis points (rate increase), but the market would tend to view that as the last one,

For 110 basis points, we believe it's not worth getting into high yield. On average, you're sliding six notches in the credit rating.

It's made the (GM) job tougher and more unpopular. Because the easier way to go is to sign the popular veteran that's really a good fit in your marketplace, but not a good fit in your salary-cap management. In my mind you make at least three or four of those decisions on a yearly basis now. You used to have one of those, at most, every two or three years.

It's a lot more fun coming to practice. But at the same time, this is what we're going to have to do on a more consistent basis next year to get to where we want to be.

Abby Wambach

It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.

It makes us look at how race and racism are at the basis of the Constitution.

For the first week, viewing levels were up on a weekly basis from last year and the year before, about 3 percent from comparable weeks. And these are the highest viewing levels for overall television since 1993.

There's a pretty overwhelming consensus that there will be no hike next week. Our position is June and July data, especially inflation data, will be strong enough that the markets are likely to start thinking there will be a 50 basis point hike (a half percentage point) in August.

As we build our organization, we'll likely do some other things differently once we get our sleeves rolled up. I intend to work out of the Reds' offices on a daily basis until I have an insider's understanding of how we work.

Chris Dodd

All over the globe, people are making an effort in this new millennium to reach out and find a new basis on which to have a relationship. And it's long overdue that we tried the same thing, in my view, in this hemisphere, and specifically with regard to Cuba.

It helps us in that competitive environment to have the kind of money that will enable us to go out there and spend what's required to make our movies ... and to have the distribution capability on a worldwide basis to exploit the product most efficiently.

I think 50 basis points (one-half percentage point) is a credible consensus estimate for what the Fed does (at its March 20 meeting). Unfortunately, over the last five or six tumultuous trading days, we've talked ourselves into the fact that the Fed cares about equity valuations, but that's not the case.

I think 50 basis points is built into the market price structure,

I think 25 basis points is pretty much factored in,

I just don't think there's any basis to the verdict that came down today.

Mike Thompson

Clearly, the distinctions between EAI, BPM, and BAM will become more blurred as the industry progresses. Ensemble already has the basis to exploit this and further functionality in the specifics of BPM and BAM will give it a strong market position.

Clearly, with GDP cruising at 5.6 percent, our economy is definitely steaming along, and that's got the Fed worried. And the question is, going forward: What do we see at the June meeting? Do we see another 50 basis points?

Imports on the other hand are up because of rises in oil prices. Still, on a volume basis exports are growing more than imports.

If Microsoft introduces Windows XP as planned with the messaging applications and the media player bundled with it, it seems to me that companies like RealNetworks would have a basis for filing a suit.

Albert Einstein

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

I had talks with my American colleague, (Treasury Secretary) John Snow, which created the basis on which the forgiveness of Iraqi debt can be settled mutually in the Paris Club.

In 2000 we inverted as much as 47 basis points. Could that happen again? Sure, as it'll take the clear signal of a rate cut before the two-year yield starts moving down.

Jeffrey Sachs

In 1991, a miraculous thing happened, and that's the Soviet Union ended. So there was an opportunity to build a very healthy and new world, on the basis of the change that the Russian people themselves wanted. But for Russia to make that change was going to be one of the most remarkably difficult and complex passages imaginable.

The challenge for us is that we're never going to be able to deliver that level of results on a consistent basis because of our lack of facilities.

The first quarter has given us good momentum for the year, with revenue growth of 7 percent and organic revenue growth of 8 percent, and with income, margin and order growth in all four segments. Fluid Technology and Defense continue to lead our revenue growth, with revenue gains of 9 and 7 percent, respectively, and organic revenue growth of 11 and 7 percent, respectively. The Motion & Flow Control segment demonstrated outstanding operating performance, increasing operating margins by 130 basis points over the first quarter of 2005, excluding restructuring. Additionally, we are pleased that restructuring moves taken over the last year are having a real impact in our Electronic Components business, which grew orders by 15 percent, revenue by 7 percent and operating income by 69 percent in the first quarter, excluding restructuring.

The company's contributions are practically never made on the basis of friendship, party affiliation or anything like that. It's business.