Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry Ford

The longer an article is in the process of manufacture and the more it is moved about, the greater its ultimate cost.

Bryan Williams

The estimated cost is $60,000 to the county for the operation. If the county wants him in jail, it should pay for the surgery.

J. C. Watts

The estimated cost for operating such a reactor these are very preliminary is in the neighborhood of $40 million a year.

The guys were a little nervous and we were making little mistakes that cost us games,

Silvio Berlusconi

The historic cost of inaction might be incalculable,

The group's cost-to-income ratio is in line with the ratio reported for March 2005 if the costs relating to the Barclays transaction and synergy initiatives are excluded. However, if the Barclays related costs are included, the cost-to-income ratio deteriorated from 56.6% in March 2005 to 58.0% in December 2005 owing to top-line income growth, at 17.9%, lagging expenditure growth over the period.

Mary Anderson

The Great River Relay is a team event. Members will decorate vans, wear costumes and invent original names. For many of them, partying with teammates will be as memorable a part of the race as crossing the finish line.

The impacts are huge, particularly on the cost of living. Right now, different parties have different proposals, including a proposed reduction in the excise tax on petrol sales.

The industry wouldn't survive.The food supply would empty out. Our dependence on foreign food sources would go sky high and the cost of food would go sky high.

The increase is due to the cost of living and the rising standard of living. It was expected.

Jeff Nelson

The increased cost of housing has hurt us as far as getting people from out of state, etc., to move to our area.

The important point is that we offer all our employees, full and part time, eligibility for health coverage that costs as little as $23 per month.

The indicator that economists use to predict the housing market is the affordability index -- the ratio of monthly income to monthly mortgage payments. As the economy picks up, the typical family's monthly income will slowly accelerate, but the monthly mortgage cost is quickly jumping, much faster than income could possibly move.

The difference, we have to purchase. It's a big cost to us.

You want to get your house in place before financing costs go up.

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace.

You've got fairly substantial fuel cost bills. People are just very concerned.

You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemployment insurance, the highest real estate costs -- and to now put this on? You're going to be in a position where the job growth isn't there, where people aren't making a decision to grow their business.

All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like the U.S.. That means they're controlling costs well on the manufacturing side, which isn't an easy thing to do.

The truth is that statewide, funding for mental health has not kept up with the cost of it. And King County, particularly, feels it.

These aren't all massive projects. A lot is easy to do. From making sure there's two inches of pine needles to keeping soils (packed) down. Many projects are easy to manage and don't cost a lot.

These are not kinder, gentler times. One way or another, Northwest is going to drive its costs down, and some people are going to get run over in the process.

These prices are reflected in higher premiums as well as higher out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy.

This is a great way of perhaps doing targeted recruitment. With tuition increasing it's important for us to find ways to offset that cost for students.

This has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. We have lost sales. We can't rent anymore. We're losing money every day. There is no end defined at this time.

All for naught. That's the way I look at it. I can't dwell on things I did well in the game, knowing that one play kind of cost us the game, even though it happened before halftime. In my mind I still go back to that one play.

The combination now has good lift. It just feels good. Our products are better, our costs are lower, our team is more experienced. The machine works.

The idea is to utilize resources there to reduce the costs of going to the Moon .

The idea is greater collaboration with the suppliers and hopefully greater cost savings for us.

The hub carrier has shrunk in Denver, creating a much better opportunity. ... We'll be able to come in with a lower cost structure and provide lower fares.

The housing costs have risen astronomically in relation to wages. We see people doing less well at a time when housing is costing much more.

The flexibility in the cost savings is in the elements that make up the $8.9 million, including work rules and other initiatives that can lessen the pay cut impact.

John Boehner

I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. Their healthcare bill - more mandates, higher costs, higher taxes.