Famous Quotes & Sayings

A lot of governments would love to have an industry come in that would generate that kind of income.

Hugh Johnson

It's very cold-hearted, but war has generally been good for the markets and the economy.

It's obvious the House recognizes the serious difficulties with this whole approach. It would have shortchanged the municipalities, and it would have shortchanged the state's general fund, which are recipes for tax increases.

This is going to be one of the top races that partisans and analysts will be looking at in the general election.

This is not the Prussian general staff. They don't think about operations the way we think about operations.

The weekly updates were a little tedious and not terribly relevant. They generally don't measure trends very well.

The Web is a great opportunity in terms of revenue generation and for our correspondents to produce a lot of programming.

John Walsh

The weather in general plays a role, ... We're reactive to what's happening with the weather because we're always watching the weather.

The university is very grateful for this generous gift.

It's a general lack of interest at the moment, a lot of stocks are going ex-dividend.

It's a process that's been in use for hundreds of years, and there's such a tradition in it. It's been passed down from generation to generation.

It really generates a lot of network traffic. It's really just going to slow down Internet performance.

Steve Spurrier

I tried to get the Redskins to hire him as the general manager, ... Shows you how much influence I had.

It probably generates more room-nights than an All-Star Game.

Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated atmosphere.

As the general search space has matured, we see vertical search as the next big opportunity.

At midnight we'll start our general plowing operation. We will have 150 pieces on the streets.

At this point, it doesn't seem like Suzuki can give General Motors anything that Daewoo can't.

A four-star general will be relocated to Redstone Arsenal,

Dick Gephardt

So this is what the lobbyists and other wealthy individuals got for their money. They get their overly generous share of the tax bill.

Yevgeny Primakov

Now a very important moment has come for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to go there (Iraq),

Now, for the first time, there is a general apprehension for everyone.

Oil prices are slipping, and that's generally good news for the market.

Christian Camargo

Actors are the most generous people when it comes to sharing their technique. But if you grew up in a household of carpenters, and you're making a table, everyone would have a different way of doing it.

We are very keen to see generic versions of this anti-viral drug available, but we will not pressure Roche to do so (relinquish its patent).

Mike Lowry

We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything.

Ann Romney

You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.

Everything from roofs to hurricane panels and hurricane shutters and windows to generators and screen enclosures and on and on.

Each generation is being reduced by about a third.

Rudyard Kipling

E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive, / An' 'e's generally shammin' when 'e's dead.

Howard Kurtz

Even by the standards of modern media excess, there has never been anything quite like the way the press is embracing, extolling and flat-out promoting this retired general who has never sought public office.

There was a general sense that Site Q might never be found. It might not be a site or it might be a series of sites in the region.

Richard Holbrooke

there's a general sense at the U.N. that process is what this place is all about.