Famous Quotes & Sayings

The bottom line is the hiring is not going to be there.

The bottom line is the high energy prices have created a huge cash position at many of these energy companies. They can either buy back their stock or do an acquisition and Occidental is doing both.

The bottom line is, the further you advance, the tougher the competition becomes, the more locked in and focused you have to be on every single possession. We had opportunities to help ourselves, but we didn't.

The bottom line is the effectiveness is modest, at best. It's very disappointing.

The bottom line is the consumer is showing signs of coming back. But the consumer has come back partly on the heels of massive sales.

The bottom line is the congressman voted for final passage,

The bottom line is the capacity we're building is lagging way behind,

The bottom line is that you still have buoyant company profits and the overall growth story remains positive. I'm a rand bull and not surprised we are seeing these levels.

The bottom line is that you need to make shots. We missed some spares in the first two games. In bowling, you try to cover every frame, and we just didn't do a good enough job with it that day.

The bottom line is that you have to find a way to win. I'm not trying to take a negative stand on things because it hasn't all been negative, but the fact is we haven't won.

The bottom line is that you have to be careful.

The bottom line is that you don't want to have to say goodbye to your child in the emergency room. Things are preventable.

The bottom line is that you can't totally insulate yourself from ID theft. But there are measures you can take to greatly reduce the risk.

The bottom line is that we will have to start spending some money.

The bottom line is that we've got to go to them on Friday. We don't have any reason we can't do that again. I don't care if it's 10-0 or 1-0. I want to get the win and get in to the playoffs.

The bottom line is that we take enforcement of compliance with our regulations seriously, and we are concerned about the quality of life of residents in the area.

The bottom line is that we showed we belonged. I'm so proud of these guys.

The bottom line is that we're not shooting well right now. But give Hurley credit. They're playing very well and they took it to us in the post.

The bottom line is that we're here because we did what we needed to do.

The bottom line is that we need to get tougher. It was an important game for Indiana. It should have been important for us, too. I don't know if we're at that point yet to overcome things.

The bottom line is that we need to get better on offense.

The bottom line is that we know they are a real strong team, a real talented team and they are playing very well down the stretch. I think it is going to be just a great hockey game.

The bottom line is that we have to be very humble.

The bottom line is that we have had a nice rally this week and I see every reason for that to be sustained as global growth and inflation weakens and the U.S. economy shows broad-based weakness.

The bottom line is that we had a very strong quarter of growth.

The bottom line is that we don't pursue a lot of cases that other counties do. And that's because we don't take garbage up front.

The bottom line is that we don't know finally what will be in the reorganization but obviously we will have oversight over whatever comes up.

The bottom line is that we didn't win enough games. ... We won 15, and I think if we had won 16 or 17, there is no question we would have been in. It is our fault.

Matt Cartwright

The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources and government coffers.

The bottom line is that we are excited for this show. This is important to us, to have an opportunity to talk about what's going to help our resurgence, and that's great products.

The bottom line is that Wall Street will have to shave off some of its overly exuberant fourth-quarter real GDP estimates,

The bottom line is that voters know better.

Bob Hartley

The bottom line is that Thomas came up with some good saves. It's a tough loss, but there's still plenty of games left. At the same time, games like this can come back to haunt you in the end.