Famous Quotes & Sayings

The practice of torture, though on decline particularly in urban areas, remains widespread in China.

Ben Bernanke

Deflation is defined as a general decline in prices, with emphasis on the word 'general.'

Unfortunately, what has precipitated this decline is a real fear of interest rates rising. Personally and professionally, I think interest rates go a little higher than most people expect and until that happens, until we see the end of that fear, I think the market between now and the end of June is going to be very, very nervous.

You'd have to say there's probably still scope for some further declines in the very near future.

We do license products very selectively. In the past, we've declined to license such products. We would rather be out there riding the products down the road.

Without a doubt, the decline mainly reflects the run-up in gasoline prices.

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.

If the population is growing, then the decline is even more significant.

We are expecting price growth to slow down, and the number of sales in the residential market will slow down, ... That's where we'll see the revenue decline somewhat.

Finally, the market got a reaction after that water torture of a decline in July. People reacted, which is very good in terms of looking for a bottom.

Exports have maintained a relatively high level of growth because the decline in exports of information technology products has bottomed out -- the key factor which had sent the Japanese economy into a lull,

Exporters' earnings are vulnerable to the dollar's declines and the trend for more weakness is hurting shares.

Sharad Pawar

Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was formed.

Between Texas Instruments, the rise in oil prices, and commodities, we got hit today. But the decline wasn't terrible. Last week we had nice gains, and today, we're kind of consolidating.

Alexander Koch

We see risks of a decline in fourth quarter GDP and are expecting a flat reading.

While the overall numbers in January did not show a sizable increase, job gains in most sectors overshadowed a noticeable decline in government employment and we are now in the fifth consecutive month of job growth.

While some of the decline was related to the effects of Hurricane Floyd, the fact that all four regions fell suggests that higher mortgage rates are also having a constraining effect.

While our scheduled time frame to reverse the comparable-store sales decline at the Speedy locations proved overly optimistic, since September we have made considerable progress in improving their performance.

Rachel Sklar

I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.

We think that these feedbacks are starting to take hold and that we're going to see an accelerated decline in sea ice.

Mark Zandi

You have to go back 25 years to find a decline that is as significant on a percentage basis.

Steve Edwards

We're past the peak and on the way down, but how far down we don't know. However, the kiwi's fall is helping and it will offset some of the decline in prices.

We've had pullbacks in the price over the last few months, and the prices have always rebounded, so there's some wariness. You need to see a more sustained decline in prices over a longer period of time.

We already were expecting a 5,000-job decline in manufacturing employment in May.

There is a lot of nervousness about gasoline after the huge decline in supplies the last five weeks.

It's unusual. It's a significant decline from the pace that he was on.

Do not read too much into the weak January reading as the entire decline was due to the weather.

Considering the huge increase in the stock prices towards the end of last year, the price decline is due to unmatched demand and supply, rather than because of fundamentals.

The notion that the digital imaging market is losing ground just isn't accurate. Overall, the short-term outlook is very good, and while the long-term outlook shows declines in sales, there is still great potential for the market.

A technical rebound after a steep decline for three straight sessions was far from a big surprise.

About 95 percent of the time, weather is an unrealistic excuse, ... Less than 5 percent of the time, there's either a very low or no relationship at all between weather and a dramatic decline in sales and profits.