Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Baker

The quality of earnings was very good, and I think that's a good thing because revenues had been slipping.

The quality of earnings is the poorest in my career.

Randy Carlyle

Those are the type of wins that really make you feel good about yourself. We went out there and we earned it.

We are disappointed in our sales and earnings results,

Nothing in the earnings surprised me on the upside.

Nothing comes easy for the Saints and right now we're earning everything that we get. The kids are scrapping hard on the line of scrimmage and we're trying to make things happen. We are making some things happen. It just seems like it stays tough ... never completely easy as you're going down the stretch. That's the way it's supposed to be, I guess.

right now, earnings are more of a focus.

Right now investors are looking at any earnings reports as the glass half-empty rather than half-full.

Pharmacia reported earnings growth of 19 percent, but the pharmaceutical side was up more than 20 percent by itself, so that's the sustainable long-term piece when they spin off agriculture.

People were writing us off early, but you have to earn respect. That's what we're trying to do -- earn it.

Plenty of people in this organization earn more than me. I genuinely don't care,

Positive earnings surprises ... are key to any further gains for the overall market.

On the earnings front, there's not much on the positive side. ...The fourth quarter is going to be a disaster.

On the face of it, the numbers were pretty good but there are some question marks about the quality and sustainability of earnings given that most of the upside seems to have come from the Power Generation side,

Mark Haddon

One of the freedoms you get if you earn a lot of money from a book is to throw away what you want. And if you throw a lot away, the good stuff always comes back; nothing is lost.

George Harris

We couldn't be any prouder of the girls, they earned it.

We could hit that ROE in 2006, but we don't expect to, We can generate earnings at that run rate through 2007.

Those, who are successful and prosperous earn respect of the people. One should therefore strive tirelessly to earn wealth so that success and good status follows up naturally.

Dave Nonis

You'd like to have players with more experience, but we do have some vets on the back end and it's important that they step up and earn their keep.

Peter Greene

People are comforted by Intel, but it's unsurprising that they had a good quarter, so you're seeing a little sell on the news, ... Market events get discounted more and more these days, and I think you're especially seeing that as we get into this period of digesting the earnings news.

People are hesitant to trade high-tech issues and are waiting for their earnings results.

People are saying at some point the recession will be over and earnings will come, and at some point you have to own stocks.

Our goal was to make them earn their shots. They're a good shooting team and they didn't shoot as well as they normally do ... that's what had to happen.

Our goal is to wrestle tough and try to earn some respect.

That felt good and it is long overdue. Our guys earned it. They played hard and tough.

Looking forward to 2006, our newer products should grow to about 24 percent of revenues and earnings per share should grow 8 to 11 percent, representing top-tier growth for large-cap pharmaceutical companies.

Looking back, the S&P 500 is at four-and-a-half-year highs, so it seems the market had no problems with earnings last quarter.

Matt has done everything a quarterback needs to do to prepare. He earned the job.

the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.

The expectation is that earnings growth is slowing, so any kind of improved earnings would help,

Lindsay Fox

The old man sold beer after hours on weekends. And that was something that he probably did to top up his earnings as a truck driver. Mum was the traditional housewife. Loving, caring, sharing - always the keynotes of the family.

A. A. Milne

In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.

The fact that the Fed is remaining vigilant is positive for earnings growth. They see a robust economy and they see that continuing.