Famous Quotes & Sayings

PCCW is facing declining revenues from its long-distance operations, but it still has a massive grip on Hong Kong's telecoms infrastructure and so it is very well positioned.

I thought I was protecting myself for my declining years.

I think the stocks are going to go up from here, ... I think it's too early to start talk of contraction, prices declining and demand faltering.

Given the declining inflationary scenario, inflation should further drop in March due to seasonal factors and supply improvements that would help the food index to take a breather.

Fundamentals still do not support a strong rebound in German retail sales: real compensation per employee is declining noticeably and, even though unemployment has started to fall, employment is still on a downward trend.

Barbara Block

Sharks are declining globally, yet the movements and habitats of most species are unknown,

We are declining in science ... in the 5th and 6th grades. Young ladies are not entering math and science -- and when they do, they go to medicine.

We are declining in science ... in the 5th and 6th grades,

John Donne

Where can we find two better hemispheres/ Without sharp North, without declining West?

Tim Walberg

During Governor Jennifer Granholm's administration, Michigan has experienced job losses, declining personal incomes, diminishing home values, and the highest unemployment rate in the nation.

We'd like to know why prices are not declining in line with the national average.

We still have too many students 12 to 17 who are drinking excessively but we don't have an epidemic. We have a declining problem. That's the fact of it.

Iain Sinclair

There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when we are least able to pay for them.

When you look at the declining demand, it just doesn't support the cost.

George Will

There is a declining number of Americans paying income taxes, while more and more people are dependent for things that fewer and fewer people are paying for.

We are starting with stocks fully valued and short- and long-term interest rates still hovering near four-decade lows. Large bull-market moves are generally accompanied by, or preceded by, declining rates, and we don't have that scenario today.

While good gains in productivity are economically favorable, it is not a good situation when this occurs because labor input is declining more rapidly than output.

Prince Albert

face fundamental challenges, including excess capacity, declining demand, mounting inventories and weak prices.

But markets are not really surprised. UK oil production has been declining for several years.

Larry Wachtel

On Friday, we had a ratio of 12 to 1 of losers to winners. That's the worst performance since 1997. We also had over 3,000 declining issues. This shows real weakness.

Though there are some prices that are declining, in fact deflation means most prices are declining and there's very little evidence that is happening.

Markets go up more than they go down. But it's been a ruthlessly declining stock market, so the funds have gotten their day in the sun.

James Connolly

What we have now is a university town grafted onto a declining industrial city. The standard of living here is not going to be as great.

The region is declining as part of the state's overall labor market.

Lael Brainard

While there have been some encouraging signs that Japan's economy is declining less sharply, most forecasters do not see a recovery this year or into next,

There's no difference sending work from San Francisco to San Jose over the Internet than sending it from Bangalore to San Jose over the Internet, ... So there is going to be declining pay for technology workers in a global marketplace.

We are very excited to finally have our own newspaper so I can test all my theories on why newspapers are seeing declining circulation.

You have to remain diligent and protect the habitat. If we don't do anything extra, they might start declining again.

The service sector performed well, with new orders rising, prices declining and employment inching up.

The shop contributed funds to our programs with varying degrees of success, until the last four years, which have seen steadily declining sales.

They are an important and declining species that we don't want to see die out.

Steve Allen

We expect that things are going to slow down, and that slowdown is going to be evident in two ways. One, we are going to see lower sales volume, fewer houses being sold. Secondly, we think the rate of price inflation will be declining fairly dramatically.

E. O. Wilson

This was driven by 'the usual suspects' - accelerating fixed to mobile substitution and declining yields due to competitive price pressures.