Famous Quotes & Sayings

Many householders are guilty of buying new clothes in the sales which will never get worn.

Several trends about online buying continue to develop -- especially regarding credit card security -- that could have major effects on the evolution of Internet commerce.

Sending people a check is a totally deceptive way to sell a product. If you want to sell a product, send a nice brochure explaining why it's a good deal. You shouldn't have to trick people into buying it.

Sensenbrenner has been tough and stuck to his guns on past occasions. Maybe buying time will help.

So far, the perceived gas price increases have not had any discernible impact on new-vehicle buying patterns, as least with regard to the size of the engine.

So if I was buying into tobacco, I would acknowledge the sector is high risk. It is high risk and there's a lot of uncertainty but Philip Morris is the only one I'd be buying.

She used to be a race horse but she'd been abused. I had no intention of buying a horse that old, but when we saw her, we just fell in love with her.

We're seeing very strong institutional buying and it's for all commodities. Funds are seeing that there are very low inventories for copper and zinc and that's just an indicator of how tight the market is and how strong the worldwide economy is.

We're not buying some report that's going to go on the shelf and never be seen again. This is a research and marketing tool we can start using immediately once we get it.

We're not buying outright like Plato's. We're doing a 60/40 split.

Scott Holmes

Making habitat restoration part of public works projects is cheaper than eliminating the species and buying mitigation habitat at another location. With the San Pedro Project, for example, habitat restoration cost $3 million, but it would have cost $5-6 million (twice as much) to destroy the habitat and try to recreate it elsewhere.

Gianni Agnelli

I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.

The only reason we are talking about this (wheel tax) is to get a vote (for the EMS budget), and I have a real problem with that. The feeling I'm getting here tonight is that I'm buying (Williams') vote so that he'll get the Capital Improvement Plan in gear for 2005.

When I get information about buying land in the future, I'm going to want to see any and all appraisals that we've had.

Nick Earls

I'm happy to work until I'm 70 if I'm able to. Actually, I'm happy to keep writing as long as people keep buying my books.

We are gratified by the Supreme Court's decision in this case. This means U. S. cattle producers will continue to have the freedom to market cattle the way they want. It also proves our livestock buying practices are proper.

Nikki Reed

I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something.

Emma McLaughlin

Studios will tell you that they can't turn a profit on female-driven entertainment. Which is like the Gap saying no one is buying clothes anymore. No. No one is buying your clothes.

When 10-year notes drift up to 4.80 percent, that will be a buying opportunity for some people.

Kaskade

When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.

Neil Gaiman

The joy of doing 'Sandman' was doing a comic and telling people, 'No, it has an end,' at a time when nobody thought you could actually get to the end and stop doing a comic that people were still buying just because you'd finished.

Willie Geist

Kanye is going to have to decide early whether or not he's a Baby Bjorn guy, because the minute you put on that Baby Bjorn, there's no turning back. It's like buying a minivan. You lose a little piece of yourself when you get that Baby Bjorn.

We don't know when consumers will start buying our products again.

Larry Ellison

We don't know, ... The fact is that the buying climate remains very tough. There aren't so many big deals around anymore.

Adrian Rogers

It's about time we stopped buying things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.

We're doing whatever we can to make revenue. Customers are appreciating them because they're buying them, and it's actually fun for us because we used to be a controlled service, but now we're branching out.

There is little difference between the philosophies of the government and the opposition. If the market was weak on a DPJ victory, this may be seen as a buying opportunity.

Vote buying tends to be part of the culture.

This would be a tax increase on low and middle-income Americans. They are the ones who are buying the shoes and clothing and toys coming from China.

The question is how informed are you? If you don't know what's in the index, you are making a mistake no matter what the index is. If you don't know what's in an index, you shouldn't be buying it.

Trade was directionless pre-book-closing, though, and concerns about U.S. retaliation and its economy kept buying in check,

Rachel Corrie

When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.

Todd Phillips

It's heartbreaking when you hear a kid buying a ticket for... I don't know, whatever movie you're up against. And you see them sneaking into your film. It's just heartbreaking. But in the spirit of full disclosure, that is what I did as an 11-year-old sneaking into 'Stripes.'