Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elizabeth McCracken

Tweeting about objects means I don't need to bid on them, which is a blessing. Buying something is a way of saying, 'Look at this!' So is tweeting. So, I guess, is writing fiction.

We've had a soil contamination problem, and our steel bids came in pretty dramatically over what we thought the estimate was going to be. Between those two, we've exhausted a good part of our contingency fund.

The original bids for construction costs started out at $8 million, then it went to $12 million. To stop the bleeding, we've signed a contract for $13.5 million. It's locked in now.

There is nothing to clarify about David Healy, I have had no bid for him and he's not going anywhere,

These bids are the expression of future growth for Germany companies. German groups are thinking about their future and about expanding.

These results show BOC is managing costs and rising energy pressures well and are a solid starting point for a potential bid defense.

They already made a hostile bid once and our board reviewed it and rejected it.

The whole program is going to be put out to bid with new contracts.

The winning bid will have to be well-rounded.

These are the lowest competitive bids we could find.

The thing I have the most problem with is the discount. Each and every percent hurts me. Some guy that owns three stations in Reno can come in here and bid 25 percent less than I can.

I'm leaning toward J&J not increasing their bid and essentially taking a walk, but it's close.

The bids then come to us in an e-mail, and we update (the page) every day.

The bids on the tennis courts will come in very soon.

The bids came in $700,000 over budget, ... We were committed to being good stewards of the community's money.

The bid is ill-conceived, poorly structured and offers Patrick shareholders a diluted interest in the high-quality businesses Toll wants.

John Lawson

Stockholders should sit tight and enjoy the ride. A key question will be whether PSA ups the bid to either force Dubai Ports World to pay more or to get control of the business.

It's incredible momentum. The market just seems to have taken up from where it left off in 2005 with a lot of cash washing around from all the bids going on and a lot of bid speculation still about.

It's probably because this damage was a lot less than had been anticipated, ... Prices were bid up last week on the idea there would be some great loss in refinery capacity.

It's potentially a huge economic draw. We have a good track record of hosting events and this will enable us to bid for regional tournaments.

It's unprecedented. This is a blowout bid for the state.

It's unlikely that their first bid would be their last bid.

Does he council you better who bids you, ''Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

Doing well in this tournament can do a lot of things to prepare us for the NCAA. It could solidify our bid and give us a higher seed. At the same time, we've got one game to worry about right now.

Then, welcome each rebuff / That turns earth's smoothness rough, / Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go!

It means stronger growth. That will give a little bit of a bid for the dollar.

It's a nice price, but there might be some other parts of the business to be knocked off too. The management needs to make a fist of its strategy. Otherwise we'll see some bid activity.

It's just one other bid of evidence from a national health standpoint that tells us we ought to be educating day care centers and grandparents, as well as parents

It seems everything was moving forward smoothly except for a couple of hiccups with the unions and the bid dispute, but those were just speed bumps in the process.

Jerome Bettis

It's been an incredible ride. Mission accomplished. With that, I have to bid farewell. I'm the happiest person in the world right now...It's better than I ever thought it would be.

Jerome Bettis

It's been an incredible ride. I came back to win a championship. Mission accomplished, and with that I have to bid farewell.

That initial flight to quality bid on the back of softer overseas equity markets has been present all day.

G. H. Hardy

It's like having several Super Bowls without having to bid on them. It helps to define who we are. We are able to throw a party for ourselves and our guests.