Famous Quotes & Sayings

I do believe there is still evidence that the economy is red hot, and I think the Federal Reserve will be monitoring the income numbers closely to decide whether to go 25 basis points or 50 at their upcoming policy meeting.

I believe a pastor has an obligation to speak to the moral issues of the country on the basis of the word of God. We're not telling preachers what they're supposed to say. We're saying it's part of our responsibility to get involved.

I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making - when we twist the real events of the world into something that offers us hope - and I believe in that.

Brandon Boyd

By being able to sing these same lyrics every night, it's like I'm reaffirming some of my beliefs on a nightly basis to myself.

He's under contract for the next three years. But if we can extend him on a basis that works for both parties, we will pursue it aggressively.

The laws that once limited one's marriage partner on the basis of race were designed to build walls and keep blacks and whites apart. But preserving the traditional definition of marriage brings men and women together.

Igor Ivanov

The main task ... is to stop bombing. After that, Russia is ready for working out the U.N. resolution, which will give the basis for post-war settlement in Yugoslavia,

Mark Zandi

A month ago the markets would have interpreted getting rid of measured as meaning that a 50 basis point hike was possible. Now the market won't know if it would mean no change, another quarter-point move, or a 50 point hike is next and that's precisely why the Fed should take it out,

Mohamed ElBaradei

The IAEA has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts that these documents -- which formed the basis for the reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger -- are not in fact authentic,

Emanuel Swedenborg

The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded.

The Europeans should tell us whether these ideas can work as the basis for continued negotiations or not. If yes, fine. If not, then the negotiations cannot continue.

The entire notion of 'splitting the opposition' is false and without any basis of truth. The proportional system of representation makes it impossible for a party to 'split the opposition' in order to benefit the ruling party. The electoral system allows every party to gain representation in direct relation to its support. Even if a party doesn't win a single ward, it would win representation in proportion to its total ward- and proportional votes.

The guy scores goals, that's what Jason King does. Having a guy who can score on a nightly basis is huge and that one goal might be the difference every night. He's a great player and a good guy to have in the locker-room. He's a character guy and brings a lot to the table. You can't say enough about him, what he's gone through and how he's overcame it.

Phillip Noyce

The first trip just provided the basis for the whole movie, because I realised this was a movie about the indomitable human spirit.

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.

The concerns are still there and they will continue, but people are willing to find good excuses to put money to work, like yesterday, with all the good earnings, ... Interest rates remain at historic lows, so even if they rise 50 or 100 basis points, if we keep seeing double-digit earnings growth each quarter, the earnings will outpace the higher rates.

The market doesn't have many legs to help it up at the moment. Another 25 basis point increase in March is a done deal.

The Fed cuts rates because they're worried about the economy, ... They're not as worried because they only cut rates by 25 basis points, so things are getting better and there's stabilization.

Edward Lawrie Tatum

This was before the universality of need for the B vitamins, and the enzymatic basis of this requirement, had been clearly defined.

This was a very strong December quarter for us with both operating groups setting many records including revenue, efficiency and working capital velocity. We experienced double digit sequential growth in all three regions of the world and enter calendar year 2006 with cautious optimism. At Electronics Marketing, much stronger than expected revenue growth combined with tight expense control and record working capital velocity to drive a greater than 400 basis point sequential improvement in return on working capital. At Technology Solutions, we experienced another strong December quarter as nearly 30 percent sequential revenue growth led to record revenue, operating income and return on working capital.

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.

Technology stocks that were once valued on a price-to-possibilities basis are now valued as if history no longer matters,

Saul Berman

Technology has to be deployed on a global basis and has to be user friendly.

Tech stocks were oversold on a short-term basis and on Monday everybody had to get out of them because of Microsoft, and then Tuesday everybody thought that if Microsoft is broken up maybe it's not the end of the world, and maybe there's an upside to it.

John Thompson

Selective electrochemical tumor ablation can be performed on an outpatient basis and provides a relatively non-invasive and well-tolerated therapeutic option for patients with troublesome cutaneous and subcutaneous melanoma metastases.

The economy is already slowing down without the impact of that 50 basis point hike last month, and I think what you have to look at here is the ending of the interest rate cycle. The growth stocks are technology stocks. And at this time it's a very seasonal thing as well. We are coming to the end of the quarter, so you are going to just get the great stock into the portfolios and sell the weak ones.

Viviane Reding

The future of our telecom market is not in establishing new monopolies on the basis of the old ones, which over the years we have managed to dismantle.

Harry S Truman

The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moseson the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comesfrom the teachings...of Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think weemphasize that enough these days.

The foundation of it is proportions. It's the basis for deciding what happens on top of it.

The markets have been deteriorating since a year ago, when everything was great. At that point, the meltdown on a global basis started. I think this is a cyclical bear market,

The market seems to have pushed far too far, far too fast and on the basis of far too little hard information.