Famous Quotes & Sayings

Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.

Our portfolio remains slightly below duration. But then, the entire fixed-income universe has been defensively positioned for months now.

Part of water which is cooler always flows to below surface. I understand that hotheaded men always want to be noticed.

Payrolls were well below the whisper number, so there's been a big sigh of relief in the market,

People have looked at our size all season and wonder how we got here and how we won 28 games. We're not going to look good in an airport. One coach called us the best below the rim team he'd ever seen, so I guess we're not all that athletic.

Spending levels during the quarter were below expectations but represented a more diverse set of key service providers and carriers. We remain committed to financial fundamentals, our multiple market strategy, and to the expansion of our product portfolio, all of which will be critical growth drivers when the public networking industry outlook improves.

Some of the headline (jobs) numbers maybe look slightly stronger than expected, but when you scratch below the surface, you find there is still plenty of weakness out there, ... Obviously the manufacturing sector is looking as weak as ever.

Some investment grade mutual funds and pension plans can't hold paper that's below investment grade. People that couldn't own it because of the ratings restriction now can look at it again.

Our salaries have slipped below the high schools in our area.

Our goal is to get all the top shooters to participate and secondly to build a stronger contention of shooters just below the top.

Outsourcing is in wide use today, but it is not a magic wand. You get what you pay for in the trade-off between price and quality, but the real costs of outsourcing are often below the line. This is forcing the industry to undergo a fundamental shift towards stronger project management skills, which have been lacking in many organizations.

Manufacturing sector employment is likely to improve in the months ahead. However, employment gains are likely to remain below par.

We've traded below $80 (per hundredweight) live. Prices have weakened through the summer.

I think there were a lot of issues that were simmering below the surface, and Michael Moore simply brought that to the surface,

January was a clearance month. While customers responded to our brands' efforts to clear holiday merchandise, our merchandise margins were significantly below last year.

January output came in slightly below the market's expectations, but taken together with the forecasts we can say it's maintaining an upward trend.

KPMG is the clear comparable. Most of KPMG's life as a public company has been below its offering price.

Kosovo is the tip of the iceberg. Below the water line the overwhelming factor has been a depressing combination of floundering growth and a weak currency.

Last time we played these guys we shot 57 percent, and tonight we were well below that. That's to Fort Dodge's credit. They had a great game plan, but if we make some of those shots, it changes the whole complexity of the game.

That's the story of this team. We've got to keep our turnovers below 15 to be in games.

I think it's safe to say that if the rain remains below average, then we won't see prices coming down much below current levels.

It gets cold. Winters are cold, it's not a surprise. We had such a mild November we'd need it to be 15 to 18 degrees below normal for the rest of the month to get the degree days we had last year, and that's not going to happen.

It had a really good try below C$1.15 earlier and failed. We've had some pretty wild ranges in the last couple of days, so I'm not surprised to see a little bit of a breather.

I went below deck with the skipper Tim Magee to check out the fittings and what we found alarmed us enormously.

It could take us below 3 percent, an important psychological level. Below 3 percent really looks bad.

Jim Calhoun

I thought it was actually blocking below the knees. I would have probably thrown the yellow (flag) for that.

I'm struck, ... Originally I thought that in a recession we could get below 5 percent, but we're not even close to one (a recession.)

I am happy with the win. What was even nicer was that someone below the top of the order came through for us. For us to score and keep pace, the bottom half of the order has to do something.

Margot Asquith

He could not see a belt without hitting below it.

Guidance is below our previous estimate and implies higher expenses.

There are stocks that are so cheap and many of them are trading below their cash value.

Jack Baker

There are so many clouds over the market. I don't see any short-term way out of this mess. Some people are calling for not only a test of the October lows, but for possibly falling below the October lows once we start shooting.

Michael Brown

I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. We've done a lot of planning for a hurricane striking New Orleans because of New Orleans lying below sea level.