Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mariella Frostrup

Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash.

Natsuo Kirino

One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.

We're going to see volatile markets for the next little while with all this uncertainty regarding earnings. We need to see a general improvement in the tone of earnings and especially with guidance.

What we're looking at generally is whether the market can get past these levels. We think there's enough strong sentiment and stimulus in the pipeline for that to happen and that the earnings will ultimately lead the market, but it's a process, and it's going to take time.

She had to earn every one of her points. It was a great night for her, a great night for her teammates and a great night for the program as a whole.

She earned the respect of her teammates through her performance. The team was smart enough to realize they needed her if they were going to reach their goals.

Since we have only a general volume guidance for 2006, we do not have a specific earnings-per-share guidance, other than our expectation that earnings per share will increase in 2006.

Nick Harkaway

Sir Terry Pratchett - he was knighted in 2009, and on him it looked earned rather than entitled - wrote about dragons, wizards, turtles, witches, time-travelling monks, and suitcases with legs.

Jim Hamilton

She is hard working and tough. She is still green and has a lot to learn. She's earned it. I hope she can step up, but I don't like to put pressure on freshmen girls. I need a front runner.

Maureen Dowd

She more than earned her sobriquet, 'Miss Run Amok'.

Andre Agassi

Most people have weaknesses, ... Federer doesn't have weaknesses. So that equates to a problem. I mean, I could lie, I could say something else, but he's earned that respect.

Motorola had to spread its resources over too many areas. By moving away from the semiconductor business, it can spend more on research and development and also make its earnings stream more smooth.

McNaughton is a handful. Steven is going to have to make him earn everything. He's going to have to do a good job of making him work to get his points.

Earl Nightingale

Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.

Lots of people aren't academically inclined and there are still lots of ways to earn a living. But what you see in these young people is it's a very hit-or-miss road they're on.

Many of the energy sector earnings have been revised up recently, and that includes forecasts for the second quarter and for the full year.

Marsha Blackburn

Many women are heads of households. Many are the primary wage earners for their families.

Seven of our ten units had double-digit earnings growth and an eighth had record earnings.

Rose George

Seafaring can be lucrative - the elite, such as gas-tanker captains, can earn $100,000 for six months' work - but the isolation is a heavy price to pay.

Bill Coleman

Security guards for celebrities can earn six figures.

Selling the drug unit is going to focus the company. The earnings were also better than expected. It is a good day for investors.

So far the earnings season has gotten off to an underwhelming start. I think the positive news from Intel is just what the market needed and is likely to lead to a favorable opening on Wednesday.

So far the earnings season has gotten off to an underwhelming start, ... I think the positive news from Intel is just what the market needed and is likely to lead to a favorable opening on Wednesday.

So I think that kind of spooked the market a bit, but we're in heavy earnings season, so we're going to hear a lot of that stuff going forward.

Brooke Smith

She was in a position that wasn't really ideal, but she's earned what she's gotten. She's talented and smart and she works really hard.

We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out.

Peter Oppenheimer

Year-over-year revenue growth of 34 percent and earnings growth of 41 percent were the second highest in any given quarter in Apple's history.

With no major earnings news scheduled and losses in Tokyo, the (U.S.) market is lacking support for further gains.

With my experience at Hillcrest, we don't take anything for granted. We know we have to earn what we get.

We're extremely proud of where we are. We didn't know much about Prince Edward, but we knew they earned the right to be here and we had to be ready.

When the season for the main earnings begins, the market is likely to slow somewhat.

When there's instant success, there is this expectation that (making it that far) is the norm and that we're always going to be there. What a lot of people don't realize is that the region is a lot tougher than before. Every team that has made it this far has earned it.

There are opportunities for youngsters to come in and contribute. Rather than us try to establish a role, we like for them to come in and earn the right to play.