Famous Quotes & Sayings

Profits are an opinion, cash is a fact.

Products were strong, with the refinery maintenance season in full swing keeping the Gulf Coast gasoline cash markets very strong.

Profits were good, cash was great, and the guidance was good.

People say they're going to go get cash and don't come back.

People can get caught up in the day to day, with little concept of where the cash is going, especially when you use ATMs a lot. If you don't find where your spending leaks are, it's hard to tell where you really need to cut back.

People called us cash strapped which wasn't necessarily true, ... We just didn't spend money we didn't have.

Northwest's hopes of negotiating concessionary labor contracts with its unions were overtaken by the surge in fuel prices, which deepened the airline's losses and cash outflow.

The mutual funds are trying to make up for a god-awful performance and they're going to put whatever cash they have to work.

The old saw is the Fed hikes until something breaks. Cash has been the place to be, and it likely will be the place to be over the turn into 2006, but then the question is: Will the Fed be done raising rates at the end of January? Nobody is really sure what's going to happen.

Now Microsoft has no excuses. The cash is going to be put to work.

Now keep in mind, this network is not yet profitable for Viacom. So by shutting down the network, actually cash flow estimates will go up,

The money from the state is definitely a pleasant addition. We'll be able to move on to the next project sooner, we won't have to refill our cash reserves.

The momentum is very much on the side of domestic equities, and these are ideal market conditions for companies to offer initial public offerings. There seems to be no shortage of cash in the marketplace.

Demand for this credit is huge, and it shows you how much cash is sitting on the sidelines.

Del Norte will do whatever it takes to win. They're a very physical and tough team but we had our opportunities and just couldn't cash in. We've played in a lot of close games this year and we've won the majority of them, but this time we didn't.

Companies have a lot of free cash now. That provides a big buffer.

Companies' cash is not just going to repaying debts, but is going to investment,

Companies need to look at the MVNO market as a long-term commitment and not expect a positive cash flow for at least three years.

Coles Myer needs to use the cash to improve its products and distribution.

Despite these negatives, a strong cash flow has ensured that monies returned to shareholders remain at all time highs.

There's concern about overheating ... After touching the goal of 16,000, it's now easy for investors to cash in their winnings.

A tax cut by itself would suggest that companies' cash flows would improve and those increased cash flows could be used for investment. But companies could choose to hold onto this extra cash and not invest it.

At first glance, this seems like a strange deal as investors in Sears Holdings are looking for cash generation, not new investments.

As we have said before, the investor owns IBM for its consistent earnings and cash flow growth and relatively high degree of earnings predictability.

Ty Pennington

Absolutely, we're going in. We want to do whatever we can. But the cool thing is that we can all start (helping) right now -- as long as you give something, whether it's time or cash or whatever you have.

A lot of people counted on us to kind of cash it in after such an emotional loss. We battled back to go 5-0 to end the season. It's kind of a testament to our team and our coaching staff.

A lot of people want to donate to this and it won't take a lot of cash to do this because of in-kind grants and donations.

Justin Torres

American education (today) is far more interested in specific outcomes. There are all kinds of outside pressures on schools, and one way they have responded is offering cash bonuses.

Tom Smith

They have a lot of cash on hand and need to do something with it.

This issue has been a cash cow for Congressmen, ... and if you make a deal, you kill the cow.

This is sort of an ongoing dialogue, but for the moment investors are pleased with these numbers, given where their head was. Profits were good, cash was great, and the guidance was good.

This isn't just a matter of changing the settings on a cash register - that can be done fairly quickly.

This is the dark side of synergy. One of the few things that people still trust about the American media, unlike media in other countries, is that you can't walk in with cash and pay for a story. That perceived integrity is a lot more valuable than any one interview.