Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jorma Ollila

Despite the more difficult market conditions ... we expect to see solid growth for the first quarter as a whole, with better-than-anticipated margins,

Depending upon the conditions and the situation in the game, I think that's a reasonable expectation. I think these guys would rather go out there than play the field position game with a punt.

Denmark's opinion is that we support the decision from December 2004, where a proposal was made and conditions for negotiations were set. It is an open process, where there is no predetermined finish, though membership is, of course, the ultimate goal,

An inappropriately lax monetary policy would not create better conditions for the emergence of a new economy

and then we assessed what are the possibilities for getting out of this impasse, in order to create the proper conditions for resuming the peace talks.

As far as I'm concerned, it goes without saying that here in Tunis ? inside these walls as well as outside ? everyone can express themselves freely. It is one of the conditions sine qua non for the success of this international conference.

Our air-traffic group is looking at the decision-making process and how they decided which runway to use and which ones not to use. We are also examining the responses between the pilots and the air-traffic controllers and what they viewed as the conditions of the runway.

Bertrand Delanoe

often unacceptable conditions in which families in social difficulty live in our country.

Scott Kelly

... No rain is in the forecast for the rest of the week. This means that ground conditions will become even drier.

After six years of recession-like conditions in the industry, 2006 is shaping up as the year that will launch a non- residential expansion, picking up some of the slack from a cooling residential market.

The movement in labor market conditions is a lot more important than the movement in energy prices. Only when labor market conditions are deteriorating have we historically seen that energy prices have an impact.

After growing at a very strong pace in 2005, we are now detecting a slowdown in the pace of growth. Just as nondurable goods manufacturers reported improving economic conditions, durable goods producers detailed a pullback in economic conditions for the month. I expect this slower pace of growth to continue into 2006.

After experiencing severe turbulence over Eastern India we are pleased that the weather conditions have now settled down and that, thankfully, it was short lived.

Tobey Maguire

Every actor has to establish a presence that not only fits the overall needs of the story but allows him to interact with other actors in a credible and meaningful way. Every actor wants to work under conditions and with material that enables them to create and use their craft.

Jacques Chirac

First of all, we must improve the living conditions of the Iraqi people, who have suffered for so many years, ... This is possible and necessary.

The results were good and in line with the growth story. With conditions improving for the company, it should continue to do well.

The results for the third quarter reflect the extremely difficult market conditions that continue to confront our industry,

Pretty much all over the state, there has been drizzle conditions and temperatures right around freezing or below.

Peter Hain

Provided the enabling environment is established and maintained, this program will be achievable within two years, though if the conditions are right to move more quickly in implementing elements of the plan, the government will do so,

As the conditions are now, if we had a repeat of Hurricane Beulah, we'd have disastrous flooding in the Valley. We really need funds to make improvements.

Atmospheric conditions are expected to gradually become more conducive for strengthening.

At this point, it's our first look at the track. These guys were the first ones on it, the first laps. The conditions will be different than they will be two weeks from now.

Did we execute? I don't think we executed the way we want to execute. But for the first go-round, the conditions and all, they fought and battled.

contradicts the simplest essential conditions and methods of investigation.

Continued cost inflation pressures and tight labor conditions may keep upward pressure on interest rates longer than currently perceived. It's likely large-cap stable growth will hold up better if earnings falter.

Don't put yourself at risk. Water, either surf conditions or swift water creeks, and streams are unbelievably powerful. And we've lost people's lives in this county due to it.

Sunil Gavaskar

Cricket has lost a lot of spectators in the wake of the match-fixing scandal, and it must ensure it does not lose more because some official is waiting for the conditions to be perfect.

The weather conditions led to the pitches for the first two tests being dead tracks.

The upturn in confidence is an encouraging sign that economic conditions are stabilizing after the hurricanes. Lower energy prices are helping, but the upturn in employment is also a plus.

This is a negotiation not for ransom, but to find out what they want and under what conditions the hostages can be released. Without fighting, the other party may not be in a condition to talk at all.

This has been a challenging year for many global companies, including McDonald's, ... While I am not pleased with our overall results, I am proud of how our system has responded to the many difficult conditions we've faced.

They said the stench was horrible. Food on the stove was a couple of days old. There were dirty diapers strewn all over the whole house. The living conditions were pretty poor.

They're working weird shifts, they're working long hours and working under extreme conditions and working under conditions, where they have to deal with passengers that sometimes are not too friendly.