Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consistency is the bugbear that frightens little minds.

And today's consumers are telling us they want a mobile device that allows them to talk, text and tell people what they're all about.

Anecdotes, including purchasing manager surveys and regional and national Fed indices, do little to support the consensus view of a 210,000 gain. Moreover, the market has a tendency to overestimate November payrolls.

Gerry Adams

another opportunity for Unionists to consider where they want to go from here.

Another name that's probably been kicked around by fears over interest rates. It's well off its high. It's a leader in the consumer finance business. At the end of this year, it will have produced 25 consecutive years of earnings increases. That's a pretty impressive record with a rock-solid management, selling at about 15 or 16 times next year's numbers. So it looks like a pretty good deal to me.

Charles Babbage

Another contrivance for regulating the effect of machinery consists in a vane or fly, of little weight, but presenting a large surface.

Argentina's problems seem to be mounting with negative consequences for the country's debtors and many quoted European companies.

Alec Stewart

England have been consistent in the past where if someone has made themselves unavailable for some of the winter, then they have been made unavailable for the whole winter by the selectors.

Energy prices are dropping, and consumer spending is holding up despite rising unemployment . These are encouraging things the market is recognizing.

Energy ought to be more expensive around here to pay for the consequences that wreak havoc on the environment. Low cost doesn't let alternatives gain a foothold.

Energy has been pretty darn strong even with the price of crude down. In fact, the only real negative sector is consumer discretionary, because of the horrendous consumer sentiment numbers.

E. B. White

Energy costs have just gone sky high on us as everyone else. Anything the school system can do to try and conserve energy we are going to do.

Emerging markets and consumer demand in the mature regions were the major growth engines on a worldwide basis.

Employment growth is very healthy for the economy. Job and income gains will remain supportive for consumer activity.

Employment and wages are stronger and therefore, consumer spending is stronger. Housing is slowing, but not as much as we would have expected, and the price of oil is so far not having that big an impact on the consumer.

Arundhati Roy

Electricity produced in the name of the poor is consumed by the rich with endless appetites,

Jeffrey Toobin

Elections have consequences, and one of them is the winners get to pick the justices.

Mark Twain

Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned

Earnings are supposed to be up 10 percent by the second quarter of 2002 if you look at the consensus numbers, ... But our guess is that they'll be down about 10 percent by the second quarter of 2002.

Earmarks could be worthy or not, but we still consider it corrupting because lawmakers are deciding who gets a grant.

Early on, our focus will be on helping the retailers communicate to the consumer in the store. That's where the decision is really happening and where the education that needs to happen will happen--it's not going to happen in a 30-second commercial, and it's probably not going to happen in a series of print ads.

Early on, it was tough to find those players that fit the mold of our type of Texas player. These players fit that mold. They are the consistent piece.

During hurricane season our operations personnel are constantly monitoring storms in the Atlantic. The Friday before the storm hit, we were tracking the storm.

Ken Salazar

During harvest, agricultural producers are some of the largest fuel consumers in the United States,

John Fletcher

During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer spending to continue for at least the first half.

During every crisis that we've had, the president has taken power that isn't warranted by the Constitution. This is another example of it.

During this recent period there may be some extra spending on the part of those recovering from hurricane disasters. But it is also true that comprehensive consumer spending has been outstripping income growth over this period,

Mark Mills

During this period, I consider him chronically and severely psychotic, ... But it would be disingenuous for me to say that at any given particular moment he was psychotic.

During this highly promotional retail environment in the United States, our gross margins have significantly increased, reflecting the consistent application of our philosophy of a 365-day full price proposition in our retail stores.

Dan Smith

During this challenging time, we remain focused on strengthening our customer base, continuing technology innovation, and conserving cash.

Rick Carlisle

During this 15-game period, we had competed hard on a consistent basis. And tonight, we had a let down from that. We just didn't have it. Every time we would make a run, we'd make a defensive mistake and they'd get a three.