Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lysander Spooner

No court presumes to tell a jury that they are to try a capital case with the same indifference and unconcern as to consequences, that they would a case where the results of their decision would be less important.

We are confident that tight and well-scheduled operations with sufficient capital expenditure will lead to more solid growth in reserves and production, securing stronger long-term growth for the company.

We're even in a lot of ways. I think they're just a team that can capitalize on opponents' mistakes.

Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.

Alan Greenspan

There are winners and there are losers. And as much as we would like to help the losers, if we do it in the way that directs the limited capital of the society to support the low-productivity parts of the economy, it means that the rest of the economy - our overall standard of living - will not rise as much as it could.

Wal-Mart highlights an economic transition from relying on consumers to relying on the private sector and capital spending. So, we're looking more at companies like Caterpillar rather than Wal-Mart.

Walter Mosley

We live in capitalism, and capitalism is defined by the production line, and the production line is defined by specificity. If you see yourself as an artist, which I do, then you can't be limited by that. You can't let somebody tell you, 'Well, you can only draw this kind of picture or write that kind of book.'

Bjork

In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.

Louie Gohmert

I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation.

Today we got one answer, and one man can not speak for the correctness of verdicts in a thousand other capital cases.

Though we are trimming capital expenditures in 2002, we will continue to invest capital in the right places, namely our major growth drivers, ... It is critical that SBC continue to provide excellent customer service and invest smartly to grow our data, long-distance and wireless revenues.

Nassau William Senior

Thus, in ordinary language, the word Capital is sometimes used as comprehending every species of Wealth, and sometimes as confined to Money.

We didn't capitalize on rebounds. Their goalie had several saves that were just by instinct because there was no way he could have known where the puck was.

We didn't capitalize on our opportunities. We had a first-and-goal on the 1-yard line and didn't score.

We didn't capitalize on our opportunities. A lot of their stuff was just off-speed. They weren't overpowering. They just kept us off balance.

We did not receive any official confirmation from the Syrian capital on whether President Assad will head the Syrian delegation to the United Nations Summit that will open on Sept. 14,

We don't have the capital solution that we need.

We are seeing stronger growth for the semiconductor industry this year. They need new capital spending for an industry that is expected to grow by 10 percent, compared with 6 percent to 7 percent last year.

We are seeing now is more spending by corporations on capital equipment which includes electronics equipment.

We are pleased our strong financial standing and outlook enabled us to establish this new credit facility under favorable terms with a syndicate of high-quality lenders. The capital this facility provides will support the company's growth as we further solidify our leadership position in minimally invasive sports medicine, spine and ENT surgery.

Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.

We'd like to see less of that tax being used for operational purposes and more of it going to capital projects. So with that thought in mind, that's kind of been where we've guided this year's proposed budget.

We worked really hard to set up that defense. I told our guys that we had to defend really well and capitalize on the opportunities that come our way.

Hugh Johnson

The decline will divert capital flows away from U.S. investments.

The denim market has been such a hot market, yet the Gap has not been able to capitalize on it.

Brunello Cucinelli

In the heart of the desert and founded by the first Spanish Conquistadores, Las Vegas has become the entertainment capital of the world, with more than 30 million visitors a year.

When a sheriff has an inmate who's escaped and committed capital murder ... you should have that guy in lock down 24/7.

Returns on capital are highest where capital is scare.

People will feel they did not make a lot of money (this year), and yet they may well see some significant capital gains taxes due on their funds holdings.

Potentially, we're looking at either murder or capital murder depending on the circumstances,

Robert Wilson

My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state of New York! And you want to be the cultural capital of the world?

My sense is that the market is responding to the possibility that a meaningful economic stimulus package will be in place soon that will at least shore up some of the shortfall in capital spending,

Next year it may be tepid with a capital T.