Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

Charles Dickens

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

I have a target price for UPS at 60. But sad to say, most transportation stocks are so far below what I think are fair target price, that it doesn't stand out as a bargain.

I think it's encouraging that three weeks in a row we've been below 400,000. I think it suggests the labor market may be strengthening a little bit.

It could be (you have) below normal precipitation but your snowfall is higher because you have less rainfall.

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.

I think the number is likely to be below the median estimate.

I think the big thing is the second quarter sales and earnings being below expectations.

I think that the numbers weren't as good as Continental's and they were below the consensus estimate,

Brian Billick

Haven't seen much of you in a while, ... We're just sitting here kind of below the radar screen.

Having said this, the rise in U.S. rates overnight does suggest there is scope for another test below $1.20 in the euro today, but we would look to square shorts at $1.1950.

Gold could move up from...where we stand at the moment. I would be surprised to see a massive increase in prices, but a slow creep up towards just below $570 would be on the cards this week.

Gold could move up from the $562 where we stand at the moment. I would be surprised to see a massive increase in prices, but a slow creep up towards just below $570 would be on the cards this week.

HKEX is viewed as a good company as the exchange's turnover is expected to rise. Its shares have room to move higher as they are trading at slightly below some of their counterparts.

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.

Barack Obama

I don't understand how you could have a situation where you've got several days' notice of an enormous hurricane building in the Gulf Coast, you know that New Orleans is 6 feet below sea level. ... The notion that you don't have good plans in place just does not make sense,

For those people that are now walking two hours, and sometimes six hours a day to get their water, the solution is just about 20 meters below their feet. We don't need a miracle cure, we just need to drill a well and make sure there are proper systems in place so people can operate it and maintain it themselves.

For the year, we expect earnings for the Outdoor Group to exceed those of 1997 as seasonal marketing and promotional campaigns are implemented and inventories are reduced during the second half of the year, ... For the second quarter, however, earnings for the group are expected to be below year-ago levels.

Riley Smith

I go home to Iowa. I call it defrosting my heart. Everyone in Iowa is so simple, a genuine. In this business, sometimes you can get cold-hearted. When I go, even if it's 20 below and snowing, I come back with a warm heart.

If we start to see a slide in distillates, it wouldn't be a cause for alarm, unless it fell below five-year averages.

There is an increasing challenge for OPEC next year. If you look at what people expected last year, non-OPEC supplies have disappointed and demand has been stronger. The result has been in OPEC's favor. But next year will be tougher. And they will not want prices to drop below $50 a barrel. They will need to cut production.

He's played below expectations at times, but he's also played well at times. I really like the way he's playing now, though. If he can continue to play like that, it would be big for us.

I would be surprised to see a massive increase in prices, but a slow creep up towards just below $570 would be on the cards this week.