Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're seeing the same thing that we saw in October during the last earnings period, where investors used mostly good news as a reason to take profits.

Albert Schweitzer

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

Lucent this morning hints at the possibility that you may see other disappointing earnings in the sexier names. The reality is that expectations seem pretty high and the price of the market as a whole has moved higher to reflect that. It doesn't leave a lot of room for disappointment.

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.

Andre Agassi

I was going to make him earn it, ... He was going to have to play another great set.

I was the first officer to earn a degree.

The profits are exceeding everyone's expectations. It's one of those rare moments in time where corporations really have earnings momentum.

Jim Calhoun

I am so proud of my kids and the way we took every shot that Kentucky gave us. We're trying to earn our ropes as an elite program and we're still trying to do that.

But what is even more astonishing is that corporations can live in an environment with little pricing power and still earn very handsome profits.

Basically, it was an in-line quarter. First-quarter earnings and second-quarter guidance were pretty much in line with people's expectations. But that wasn't enough to sustain the premium stock price.

Tina Brown

More Brazilian women earn Ph.D.s every year than do men.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Money earned by men would not always reach to their wives and children.

My goal is to meet you as a customer. I want to 'wow' you with our service. My goal is to earn your trust. It's not about the one-time sell. It's about the relationship.

My goal has been to come out and work hard every day, earn the starting role and keep it.

Jay Wright

Now that we've got a good thing going here, I'm happier that it worked out that way. Everyone feels they earned it. You kind of know who your friends are. There was plenty of time for people to show whether they were loyal to the program or not.

Next week will be extremely heavy for earnings news ,

Next week is big. It's a big earnings week, and it's a big 'show-me' week.

Next week, earnings numbers will probably be a positive for the market. The overriding negative, though, is going to be the outlook for interest rates.

John Chavis

Obviously I think enough of (Mayo) to be a starter. That's what we've done, and he's earned that. I feel good about him playing.

Eric Schmidt

Obviously the more products you have and the more earnings you have, the less risk you have.

Jennifer Williams

Obviously, the Alcoa earnings did weigh very heavily on the Dow ... and there is an overwhelming feeling of disappointment as we move into earnings season.

Obviously, as they go down to one fuselage a month from four or five, there are going to be lower levels of operating earnings and margins. It stands to reason that it's an inefficient rate of production.

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.

Frankly, we get sick of hearing it. You'd think we'd earned respect. All we can do is keep winning.