Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Cheney

Rebate checks, a rate reduction on tax day and a stimulus package helped turn three quarters of decline into two quarters of growth,

Our research will document the decline of pocket gophers in Georgia, identify remaining habitat and discuss steps to ensure the long-term survival of this species.

Our forecasts show 6 percent to 7 percent declines in home sales and single-family housing starts in 2006, followed by smaller declines in 2007.

Recycling what has worked in the past is a defensive strategy that is working, and it has reversed sales declines for the retailer.

It is a time-tested pattern. February has essentially returned to normal conditions, suggesting to me that we will see a substantial decline in housing starts.

I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether it has to do with mental health, whether it has to do with the social decline of our young people and some of the things that they are exposed to, whether it has to do with the firearms and guns.

I think if anything, interest rates will stay still or decline and that could potentially offset the petrol issue.

He could have tackled the unfair tax system. He could have made the environment a priority. He could have faced up to the pensions crisis. He could have addressed the problem of personal debt. He has declined to do any of these. This is a legacy from which it will be difficult for him to escape.

Harlequin stabilized its operating profit in 2005 after experiencing a significant decline in profits in 2004.

The only thing that can stop further declines in the market today is a tame ISM figure and lower oil prices,

French unemployment is stabilizing. We see further declines in the jobless rate.

I would venture to forecast that if the upcoming payroll report were to post a decline in the vicinity of 200,000 or so, the Fed might lower interest rates as early as this Friday.

I think the price decline pressure is gradually easing.

Hugh Johnson

Hardware, software and semiconductors are the three top-performing groups right now, and there has been a decline in oil prices. These things are pushing the markets up.

I don't think that market is going to decline or evaporate.

Samuel Bodman

I would expect there to be some decline in price but that is a function of the marketplace,

David Healy

I guess I'm a little skeptical about the product side of this restructuring. Can they turn around the decline in market share with their new product?

We feel hopeful there will be a reversal of decline in enrollment.

The purpose of pay phones was to serve people in motion. Wireless phones now serve that same purpose, which is why we're seeing a decline in pay phones throughout the United States.

The psychology that led to the decline has been digested.

Michael Lewis

One reason we've seen a decline in the past few years is that going to the movies isn't as special as it used to be. People have big screens and good sound at home. Why would they leave if you don't offer more than that?

One reason we're talking about it now is that we've seen a decline in foot traffic downtown.

One month of information really isn't helpful but, yes, there was a decline in February.

We are taking the decline of these killer whales seriously and we will work to sustain and support this population.

Low growth in GDP and a decline in productivity -- hours worked rose more than GDP -- implies margin compression and a sequential decline in operating profits.

Many investors did not expect that yields would decline from the start of the year. They rather not to have a 1.4 percent coupon the new debt.

Stephen Kinzer

Many troubled Midwestern towns are grasping for ways to fend off decline and, in some cases, extinction.

So far this year, our U.S. share decline has been half of what it was a year ago. That means we're making progress on slowing the rate of decline, which is the first step toward stabilizing it over time.

Andrew Mitchell

She transformed the face of Britain, ended our decline and set the parameters for 25 years of economic success.

We're glad that the percentage is lower than the prior year. But our main feeling is that when you have one out of every 10 workers having these significant declines in cholinesterase, you've got a serious problem that needs to be addressed.

Kevin McCarthy

When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.

We don't know if the decline is going to be a gradual decline or a sharp decline.

The decline was probably linked to a shift in construction patterns. Last winter was a much harder one, and the construction season started later than usual.