Famous Quotes & Sayings

Back then that (quarter) would buy you lunch.

Back in 1987, the day of the 500-point decline, I started buying like crazy, ... I spent $40 million that day.

As long as the employment picture remains good and interest rates remain in a lower fashion, as they have right now. As long as those two factors remain in play, I think you're going to see a lot of demand in terms of buying homes or refinancing.

As London came back from a holiday, the dollar was down and oil was up. You saw buying return to the physical market, and that's why we entered the day higher. After we saw the dollar down and oil firming, that drew some further fund buying.

That person cannot go in and buy 15 guns for resale, because they would be set to that purchaser's own fingerprints,

That's what we think is new, that you could go buy some centrifuge design information through the Indian procurement system.

Jo Koy

That's my man right there. He really took my comedy to the next level. I think it was a sense of urgency ... now I gotta feed this kid, I gotta buy him clothes!

That's not as expensive as buying land outright.

A launching pad was established for the New Zealand dollar to rally. Offshore and local buyers were looking for something with a five in front.

Between car payments, getting married, buying property, having children, dealing with deaths, most people walk a very tight rope with debt. They make the huge mistake of only making minimum payments. Once something goes wrong in their lives and they need money fast ? they are at a major loss.

Even though it's starting to slow down, it's still at a point where a lot folks are having a difficult time buying a house.

Big banks...don't know how to underwrite these loans. New immigrants come here with nothing, for two to three years they work very hard and then they buy first home in America. It's not easy for a traditional mortgage lender to understand how they save.

Everything's slowed way down. It confirms what we've been talking about. Buyers are sitting on the fence because they don't know where the market is headed.

Everything slows. People are not going to buy as many things because it's all going into the gas tank, and (employers) are not going to be hiring as much because it's going into the gas tank.

Everything here is natural. We don't have any plastic toys or fake dolls. Our students knit their own dolls, and we're growing grass in our Easter baskets, instead of buying the plastic grass.

Thomas Davis

Everybody in my family wants to come to that game. It ain't happening. I can't do it. If I got everybody tickets that have called me these last two weeks I'd be buying 75 tickets. I can't do it.

Everybody wishes Mattel would buy Hasbro, but that probably won't happen,

Everyone was congratulating me, patting me on the back. I had several people say I should buy a lottery ticket or go to Vegas.

Anna Sui

Every season I buy a double-breasted jacket but it could be fitted, very boxy. It could be oversized. It could be forties-shaped. So I think it's my job to make it desirable and new for the customer and the customer always has to fill in that slot in their wardrobe.

Every single company that wants to survive will have to have a presence in the United States, in Europe and in Asia. It's a musical chairs game. If you don't buy a company right now, you may be left without a partner down the road.

Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must

Every house in these communities will have a minimum of established connectivity. So it's a given that the buyer looking at these houses will spend an extra $1,500 to live there. At very high rates, 80 to 85 percent of the buyers are spending up to $3,500. The evidence would suggest at that price point ($250,000 to $350,000), people are willing to spend $2,500 to $3,500 for a fairly robust set of (connectivity) features.

Brian Wansink

For an individual consumer, the money and effort spent purchasing these products is not trivial ? as many as 12 percent of purchased products are never used and eventually discarded. By understanding why we buy products we never use, we can change our purchase and usage habits to reduce product abandonment, thereby saving money and reducing waste,

For a long time the psychology was to buy on the dips and I think the psychology has changed, and it changed in early March. And what's happened is we now see people selling into the rallies rather than buying on the dips.

James Norton

For a long time I had a vintage stall, where I sold men's vintage clothing, and my girlfriend was convinced it was just to do with a problem I had where I just couldn't stop buying senseless clothes, even if they didn't fit me.

Jim Tressel

It's the risky-stock syndrome. Sometimes you have to buy stock that goes crazy to make lots. Sometimes Teddy goes sideways, but he can turn it into six. I never want to squash someone's creativity.

It's time to start anticipating a recovery. Buy on weakness and look at tech because I think there will be some good stories later in the year ? the time to be fearful of another major drop in the market is just not there.

It solves a lot of potential hold-ups for Macintosh adoption. Mainstream users who are looking to buy a computer are going to take a second look at Mac.

It's OK to buy on the dips but it's not OK to commit much money at this time, but we are seeing signs of stability.

It's one of what they call the category killers, ... Their parking lots are full. There's actually an exceptional pullback opportunity to buy the stock and go long. I think Home Depot is the leader in their industry. Their margins are higher than all other competitors. It's a buy short-term and it's a hold for long term. I don't see anything interrupting their growth rate.

It's only healthy to see some selling after the recent run- up. The industrial production report does raise the concern that the momentum of investors who had been buying Japan on growth prospects will slow.

It's not the Japanese who are causing the market share decline. It's Americans buying the Japanese vehicles.

It's not difficult to imagine you buy some degree of loyalty when you ensure people are happy, salary-wise.