Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is the most comprehensive public opinion poll ever done. There is not a consensus nationwide about immigration or a consensus about what to do about it.

I really can't say for sure what the consensus might be at this time. Obviously, the (landlord ordinance) is not a good one because it violates state law. I think we need to start off with that premise with anything we do.

If the parties succeed in reaching a consensus on technical details before the tripartite meeting, a final decision about the project can possibly emerge in that meeting.

Burt Rutan

If you don't have a consensus that it's nonsense, you don't have a breakthrough.

Horizon is excited to be the first in the U.S. market to offer the 40-inch and 42-inch SAW touch screen displays. This product development is the direct result of strong demand from our customers and is consistent with the market consensus of growing demand for large interactive displays.

Intel revenue and earnings per share were in line with our expectations, but consensus for 2001 will be slightly down revenue, which has not occurred since 1986,

Li Zhaoxing

Instead, the member states should seek consensus through dialogue and consultation and in accordance with the principle of democratic international relations,

But I think there's a general consensus that times have changed, and we've been more fortunate than anything else that we've only had 9/11.

They use these games to create a fun atmosphere, but also to reach a consensus on people's wishes and needs.

Right now the Street is out there with a consensus view of $3.03, and we're comfortable with that position today,

Our consensus is that it would be inappropriate after the deadline had passed.

Something's driving this train, and I think there is a growing consensus that at least fresh gases have reached older magma that is shallow in the volcano, activating it.

Charles Schumer

Now more than ever we need a consensus nominee,

There seems to be a strong consensus that the Fed isn't going to do anything.

There seems to be a consensus that there will be plenty to meet the expected demand.

There's consensus the market will keep an upside trend in the long run. The focus is how quickly the key index can top 1,300 and after that it may head north more easily.

there is such tremendous consensus in the markets that the Federal Reserve will not move rates.

A consensus reading is not going to continue to support the dollar.

Already, the market consensus is for inflation to fall. We are expecting that too.

They made the consensus numbers even after taking that charge. The stock has already been pummeled in the last few years. I think with all things taken into account, the earnings were a little better than expected.

They made the consensus numbers even after taking that charge, ... The stock has already been pummeled in the last few years. I think with all things taken into account, the earnings were a little better than expected.

Silvio Berlusconi

This can happen only if there is wide consensus and wide support for reform.

Jack Straw

There was no consensus for that proposal. It frankly would make negotiations impossible and render your negotiators powerless.

Jack Straw

There was no consensus for that proposal, ... It frankly would make negotiations impossible and render your negotiators powerless.

There will be no increase in production, definitely not. There is a consensus on that.

There isn't a consensus of exactly what is going on with this deep tremor. There's a lot of unanswered questions.

The report was very confusing. The general consensus feeling is that no one knows what, if anything the Fed is going to do.

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.

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.

Essentially traders can't seem to come to a consensus this week over the state of the US economy and this is leaving markets in a somewhat volatile state.

Ron James

(Ferraro) has a model of what he wants, and either I fit into that model or I don't. When the season ends, we'll come to a consensus if we're heading in the right direction or the wrong direction.

At the chancellery, he is someone who never pushed himself into the foreground or sought the media spotlight but tried to get positions with consensus from the various ministries.

Constitutions can do two things for you. When you have a fundamental consensus they can codify it and enforce it. The second thing is that the process can be more important than the product; the process of getting all the sides sitting down and talking can be healthy.