Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Greenspan

If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.

The potential returns for BHP are enormous, even after the gains recently.

The post-auction gains were used as a selling opportunity.

David Hume

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.

Denis Waitley

It is a psychological fact that we cherish most what we have worked hardest to gain. The further we have come, the sweeter the celebration at the destination when we arrive.

Scott Brown

We're seeing the productivity gains split up between wage increases and profits.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

Richard G. Scott

I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

Juvenal

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

Bill Hybels

Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.

Charles Spurgeon

Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.

We won't haggle with the U.S. over a day or two's worth of gains or losses.

Democritus

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

This rally looks sustainable because the gains are smaller. It is not like you have a 250-point gain in one day, which is hard to keep up.

Share prices rose on the back of the gains on Wall Street overnight.

Share prices rose as technology shares here benefited from gains in the Nasdaq index.

Sequential and year-over-year gains were recorded in all major product groups and applications, reflecting primarily increases in unit volumes.

Daniel Kahneman

If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.

Paul Levine

Today was pretty skewed because of the gains in Merck and Pfizer at the end. Without that, the Dow would have been down today.

Paul Levine

Today was pretty skewed because of the gains in Merck and Pfizer at the end, ... Without that, the Dow would have been down today.

Barry Ritholtz

When Greenspan spoke the market rallied, and when he stopped it gave the gains back.

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.

There are not a lot of job gains forecast.

We are pleased that there were more gains in more schools than in previous years.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.

Alexander Berkman

Socialism, like Christianity destroyed itself to gain power

Albert Einstein

Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

Nitrogen levels in the soil are high after peas. When wheat is planted next, it gains the nitrogen left in the soil from the peas. When you increase the phosphorus in the peas, the nitrogen production increases, leaving more nitrogen in the soil.

McDonald's, Taco Bell, KFC, Popeye's and Sonic have produced same-store sales gains of 4 percent or higher.

Meaningless is everything, until it gains sense in someone's life...

one of those compromises in which everyone gains something and no one gains everything.

Alex Wong

Gains on Wall Street overnight and in Tokyo this morning helped the market recover.

Gains of stocks give investors another reason to sell bonds.