Famous Quotes & Sayings

Despite the fact that a large number of oil installations were saved, we are still experiencing oil shortages,

Despite the exceptional efforts of a number of talented publishers and editors, the publishing formula for a monthly, general interest magazine was just not sustainable,

Despite the dissolution of the equity relationship, there should be no major impact on on-going projects between the two companies.

Despite the difficult economic situation, results are better than expected, ... Our restructuring efforts have made good progress.

Despite the departments' conditions, we are very pleased with the outcome.

John Todd

There's been a lot of noise about the European market. Despite that noise, Gateway had another strong quarter from a revenue perspective in Europe.

About 70 percent of the parking lot was already full by 7 a.m. at Ross Park despite heavy rains. Jewelry, toys, DVDs and home accessories are the most sought after products. At Sears in Northeast Mall, jewelry and DVD/TV combos are selling well.

About 100 firefighters every year die in the line of duty and another 100,000 suffer lost-time injuries. Despite better equipment and training, that overall rate doesn't seem to drop.

They stepped up and did what they needed to do despite being tired. This is a good win, no matter how you look at it, this was a good team win, and they did what they were supposed to do, and I am proud of that. Everyone contributed.

They needed that, because they've been banged up this year. They're getting better, despite injuries and sickness.

This group gave unbelievable effort. They hung in there despite being a little outmanned. We were in a position to win.

Third quarter results are strong, despite a $405 million impact from higher fuel prices year-over-year,

This is a manifestation of what has occurred in the world oil market, despite OPEC production cuts,

It's not often you're in a room with homicide survivors, who I think of more as warriors. People who are newly traumatized need to hear that life does go on out there despite these horrible things.

Micky Adams

There wasn't a lot in it over the two games. We can be proud despite going out.

There was no fraud. The votes were properly counted, and despite some reports, there should be no talk about fraud and nobody can prove there were irregularities.

Tom Browning

Your obsession with size has not led to superior earnings growth despite increased leverage.

This is getting reflected in inventory and it does suggest that this can be sustained despite the very high prices.

I felt real pleased the way we were playing in the first half. I felt we were winning the hitting war despite it being 0-0. They had a big return then got some mo (momentum), and we had a hard time recovering.

I don't think voters are terribly confident, despite what the economists may tell them.

Home sales have remained surprisingly strong despite higher interest rates.

Margaret Atwood

I planned my death carefully, unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it.

The latter is a potential threat, despite the fact that it represents a developed-world obsession being foisted on to the developing world,

Sadako Ogata

The humanitarian situation on the ground is deteriorating rapidly despite the ongoing diplomatic efforts,

The houses were priced a lot higher than what we expected. I am glad on the flip side that the housing market is doing well, despite the job situation.

The focus is on earnings, but despite good results in the past quarter, the outlook for the first quarter is not so strong.

Robert Hall

The health fears are what stuck out the most for me, but I think the stuff we see on television and all of the victims affected, pushes me into helping, despite the fear.

Gail Collins

The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.

The growth picture looks very solid. We're not seeing any slowdown at all in any of the major metal-consuming countries, despite higher energy prices and higher interest rates.

The impact was literally zero after all. I don't see a big impact despite all that nervousness leading to the announcement.

The increase may seem small but the fact that imports rose despite the high prices and a jump in domestic production showed that China's consumption grew well.

The Iraqi authorities were successful in promoting macroeconomic stability in 2005, despite the extremely difficult security environment.

John Butler

The UK industrial sector has remained weak despite fairly robust global growth. Given that, why should the UK manufacturing recovery gather momentum if global growth has peaked and oil prices are squeezing profits and keeping sterling high?