Famous Quotes & Sayings

S. Jay Olshansky

Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.

Richard Posner

should not have rounded this number off to below $10 million, which reduced the length of the defendants' sentences.

William Stafford

Silence on a hill where the path ended and then the forest below moving in one long whisper as evening touched the leaves.

Short term I think (the euro) will dribble back to below the $1.20 handle and ... we're kind of in a probably $1.17 to $1.22 range for the next couple of months.

She always guards the other team's best guard and consistently holds them below their average. She sets the tone defensively.

Carol Vorderman

There is a school of thought that when you hit 40 you should have a perm and wear skirts two inches below the knee. Bugger that! I'm not offending anyone. What is wrong with being a bit lively?

There is a round of profit-taking since the net profit is a few percentage points below our forecast.

There is a possibility the companies that are below 80 pct and having to fill up the gap with Japanese imports may be a target for accusations.

There are no blood collection and donation stations below the county level,

The onset of 2005 bodes well for the housing industry. Long-term mortgage rates are currently below six percent.

I think the ethos for Gov. Romney is to use a whole variety of policies, of which tax policy is one, to try to raise the rate of growth. We've had a recovery from the financial crisis that would be well below what one might normally expect for a recovery from such a deep recession. And to counteract that we need better tax policy.

We reached the point where we don't trust our model anymore. That's why we were below the consensus.

David Jackson

Yahoo didn't say anything about guidance in their release. But in the conference call, they said their guidance was way below the Street, and that's what caused their stock to drop.

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.

French inflation figures surprised on the up-side for a change. Normally they come in below expectations.

Isabel Allende

For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

Fowler Park is already more than $6,200 below last year.

Fourth-quarter retail earnings are expected to grow 13.5 percent. That's below last year's growth and could come down further if we see plenty of promotions.

Fourth-quarter 2005 sales of key brands were generally below our forecasts.

Furthermore, with the market in deficit for the past three consecutive years, industry stocks are below critically low levels and the stocks-consumption ratio is forecast to remain below four weeks over the next three years and should continue to underpin strong copper prices.

Thomas Perez

Full-time workers earning the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 only earn about $14,500 a year in wages - below the poverty line for a family of two. That's unacceptable.

If AOL's share price falls below $50, there's the real risk you could have a shareholder revolt from both sides, ... That is a threshold point. But do I think we'll get to there? No.

Kmart's sales for November were slightly below plan due to continued warm weather, which slowed sales of seasonal apparel. Categories showing particular strength for the month included home appliances, seasonal goods, home decor, jewelry, consumables and pharmaceuticals.

I would try to get funds below the mean (but) ... I'll pay a little more to get a superior fund.

Joplin has been the bull's eye for the drought in Missouri, where 11 of the past 12 months have received below normal rainfall. The precipitation deficit is now approaching 20 inches, or less than 60 percent of normal.

Job gains were clearly below expectations and trend. There may be some bounce back next month in specific sectors. Slower job gains may also reflect the impact of higher oil prices and uncertainty in the spring.

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.

Gareth Southgate

I think the league is going to be a lot more competitive this year than it was last year. Maybe not in terms of the teams who can win it, but below that.