Famous Quotes & Sayings

What you saw tonight was the results of trying to press for three straight days. Our shooting was terrible and we couldn't buy a bucket. That's one of the disadvantages of playing back-to-back-to-back. We got a little tired and we lost our legs.

Larry Johnson

What you really want to buy is whatever is in the dumps, ... Whoever said 'Buy low, sell high,' was not an idiot.'

What you are talking about is called 'marginal utility to the consumer.' That's what companies invest to try to find: The new feature that a buyer is willing to pay new money for.

What you are seeing now is the buying of individual companies in the Dow for value. It is less a question of tech versus financial stocks, and more a question of looking at specific companies.

What will happen is they'll understand quickly that unless they do buy in they won't be playing. That's a hundred percent on that statement.

What will be interesting is how Rainbow goes forward and uses the stock as a currency to buy more programming assets. They could also take more ownership positions.

What we found is, the faster the site works, the shorter the path, the more people purchase. When Travelocity first went live, it took the online buyer a total of 13 screens to make a booking. Now, that's been reduced to just three.

Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.

The truth about filmmaking is you have all these ideas and you're trying to convince everybody that they should buy into this idea, but at two o'clock in the morning when you're all on your own you're going, 'Geez, I hope I know what I'm doing. I hope this idea is gonna work.'

Gagan Narang

There was a time when my parents had to sell off a plot of land so that I can buy a rifle for competitive tournaments. After that we stayed in a rented house for the next 15 years.

Gabrielle Zevin

I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author, I must tell you, I don't mind this one bit. We buy books aspirationally.

I have two much-beloved stovetop espresso pots at home, plus a couple French presses I couldn't resist buying because they were so pretty. If I had to imbibe at Starbucks, I'd want a mocha with an extra shot.

We are still looking for opportunities in plantation, in palm oil. When it is bad, you want to buy because, in the long term, I am confident that plantation is a good bet. To me, it is always in demand; there is no substitute yet for palm oil.

Eddie Kaye Thomas

What's great about HBO is they just care about quality. They care about the brand. They're not worried about ratings; obviously they want people to buy subscriptions, but they just want people to be into what's on HBO.

Eva Mendes

Actors used to carry films because people would have to actually go to the movies to see them. It was the only place. But now there's none of that mystique, and so there's less of a reason to buy a ticket.

Eric Schlosser

Studies have found that preparing your own food is usually healthier and less expensive than buying fast food. But most people just don't have the time.

Carlton Cuse

I think there's this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, 'I want to unlock the single secret to 'Lost.' There isn't any one secret. There is not a unified field theory for 'Lost,' nor do we think there should be, because philosophically, we don't buy into that as a conceit.

Khloe Kardashian

When in doubt, I always, always buy clear vases. You really can't go wrong with minimalist clear vases, especially when you're sending someone flowers. The flowers are the star of the show and need to shine!

Karen Finerman

I was raised a Calvinist. You might think you know what that means, but let me explain it the way my mother preached it to my three sisters and me back when we were at home: 'I buy my girls Calvin Klein clothes, so that's all they know. Then, when they graduate from college, they have to figure out how to pay for them themselves.'

Kaley Cuoco

My new iPhone, I'm obsessed. My iPod. I love all the Mac crap. AppleTV, I'm crazy about that. I'd rather buy a new gadget than, like, a purse.

Jeff Greenfield

When I listen to the complaints that follow just about every presidential debate, I'm reminded of the well-worn joke about the Jewish mother who buys her son two shirts. When he shows up at dinner wearing one, she says: 'What's the matter? You didn't like the other one?'

We want to buy fresh, but we don't want to deal with it, I can make pretty exotic meals, but I don't have to deal with buying ingredients, chopping vegetables and cleaning up.

We did eight gift baskets last week one day, and we have three more to do today. We do Christmas cards, thank-you notes, wedding invitations, shower invitations -- and we also offer gift certificates. If you want to buy your wife some of our time, you can do that.

Kourtney Kardashian

I always had a love for kids' clothes, but having your own kids is a better education for what is practical. I used to buy such crazy things for the store that were so much fun but not the most practical.

Jamie McMurray

Needless to say, I'll be buying my Irwin Tools at Lowe's.

Adam Smith

What we're doing here is completely in line with the principles of fair use. We think this will help more users discover their books, and buy their books.

There is a lot of buying going on right now.

There is a lot more choice for students in terms of housing, whether they want to rent or if their parents want to make an investment. Condos are on the market that parents will buy for students and investors who will rent to students.

There is clearly some month-end buying going on.

There is buying this morning on relief after the interest rate news but people are hesitant to go all out because the focus is shifting to what Taiwan's new president will say in his inauguration speech at the weekend.

There is better confidence in Asia. Corporate profitability is improving, unemployment is falling, wages are rising, interest rates are low, and there's a willingness to buy into assets. People are getting their money out of saving and into assets; otherwise they're competing with inflation.

There is a willingness on the part of investors to buy premium names in anticipation of a recovery, but I really think there isn't a lot of conviction on the part of buyers or sellers.

David Howell

There is no doubt that buyers have more leverage than they did a year ago.