Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Claude

I would say that consumers are not pushing enough,

Scott Anderson

Job growth is the main engine for consumer spending.

Wayne Ayers

I think the general message here is that despite the fears about a low savings rate, the consumer continues to hang in there, and that's essentially the only thing that's going to keep the economy on track.

Gerard Kleisterlee

There is a lack of value creation, particularly around consumer electronics,

Carl Gipson

It gets tough when you try to tailor-make a plan for every single person, but at the same time we are paying for things we never use. Right now, it is kind of a one-size-fits-all approach, and from a consumer standpoint, someone who purchases health insurance, that doesn't go a long way in curtailing health-care costs.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

Tim Burns

Under Michigan law, unless something was intentionally misrepresented or defective, there's no mandatory right for a consumer to make a return. But if a store posts a return policy, they must follow the terms of the policy.

Katsuhiko Kodama

Had the outcome been better, it would have increased speculation of higher consumer prices immediately ahead, so it seems that investors are taking a weaker reading as a positive.

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Ozzie Guillen

I talked to him as a friend, talked to him like his father, ... I said: 'You continue to do this, you're going to ruin your life. Whatever happened in the past is over. You are strong enough to turn this page on the past.'

Bob Davies

I think it's a home run as it relates to a new beginning. Lycos is on extremely firm ground with this transaction. We can continue to look at strong growth around a number of different fronts with some exceptionally strong partners.

Bob Davis

I think it's a home run as it relates to a new beginning, ... Lycos is on extremely firm ground with this transaction. We can continue to look at strong growth around a number of different fronts with some exceptionally strong partners.

James Steinberg

I think it is very important that we all remain involved, ... It is a high priority for the president and all the parties and we are going to continue to work very hard at it.

John Surma

I think it is in our interest to continue that process.

Gerald Steinberg

He wants to do things, he wants to continue with the disengagement process,

Fred Eckhard

He ... urged the leaders to do everything they can to reduce tensions, restore security and continue to work towards a peaceful settlement of the remaining issues that divide them.

Eric Metz

He decided he likes it where he is. He's obviously having a lot of success, and he wants to continue with the Steelers. He's an excellent coach, and this won't be his last opportunity.

Tom Baker

has been driven by increased demand for our growing lineup of new game themes, strong gaming operations performance and solid market share growth by our major international subsidiaries.

Carl Herrman

What we would like is that people will demand more. We're hoping to work together again.

Bjorn Hanson

What we've seen is demand growing at three and a half to four and a half percent in some recent years. This year it will only grow about two and a half percent.

Joe Mauer

Having the first year of going through that and getting to know these guys, that's a lot of information, ... It's not only a physical demand on you, but mentally as well.

Keith Tkachuk

He's a competitor, I'll tell you that much. He wants to win; he's been with the Rangers and he demands a lot.

Marty Booker

I don't know anything about the diva thing. To play receiver in this league, sometimes you have to be demanding and selfish.

Andrew Grove

I don't expect the end demand to snap back, ... We are in this state for some period of time.

Richard Aboulafia

I don't know which is more bloated, the production expectations or the demand expectations.

John Hamm

We can do what we can do to make sure people aren't being gouged; that the price is fair and is being determined by demand and not gouging,

Hans Johnson

I thought what we would find was that it was only people who had equity or very high incomes who were getting into the market. But that's simply not true.

Peter Deutsch

Investigating what's happened in the equity markets is not a waste of time, but spending 90 percent of our resources on Martha Stewart is not an appropriate allocation of resources.

Richard Bernstein

If you're in the equity market, you want to focus on the largest cap, highest quality companies,

Membathisi Mdladlana

Once there's equity in the workplace, the law will become redundant.

Lauren Fine

The supposedly lack of participation by private equity firms also does not send a good signal, in our view.

Edmond Chan

These results were contributed by the return of investors' interests on the equity market towards the end of 2005, and fund raising by large state-owned enterprises.

Terence Winter

I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.

Barbara Steinmetz

That was a thing we were getting away from when the equity markets were on a tear. Everybody thought you were a fool to get into anything else.

John Schwartz

We can use the fund equity to get us through the next year. It's stable so we're able to do that.

Justin McCareins

I was wondering who that guy was throwing that ball. We'll get it fixed up for when it matters the most.

David Tom

I'm on medication for it and I'm going to get it fixed pretty soon. They're going to fix it so I never have to withdraw after playing nine holes ever again.

Michael McCoy

It used to be our kids would come in here and follow us, but that's not the trend anymore. I just think it'd be nice if General Motors could get everything together, get it fixed and get going again." ()

David Richards

Ronnie's not an ideologue in the sense of people who have fixed views on some sort of issue, ... He's an idealist.

Sathya Baba

Pray to God and recite His Name or meditate on His Glory for some fixed period of time everyday; you will find it amply rewarding.

Gary Hamilton

The sad part about it is, they haven't fixed it right yet. It's still rough. And if it rains again, it's going to happen again.

Deane Beebe

This is going to be a devastating loss for seniors on fixed incomes.

Henry Renteria

There are some things that are wrong that need to be fixed in California.

Bob Elliston

There are fixed costs, so the more horses we get, the better the situation is for us. We can handle about 900 horses; we had applications for 1,100.

Gunnar Lindstrom

It (hydrogen fuel cells) needs a major breakthrough in technology.

Veerappa Moily

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

Katsuaki Watanabe

In the United States people are getting more fuel conscious,

Roger Price

In the whole scheme of things, it's not that big of a deal. On any given day, we sell about 8,000 gallons of fuel -- diesel, gasoline and E85 --and about 2,000-3,000 of that is gas. Of that, about 300 gallons is E85. So, it's a lot to me, but probably not a lot to you.

John McLaughlin

If the North Koreans have mastered solid fuel rockets, that would be an important development,

Mark Savage

In this case, the fuel was always in a safe condition.

James Hansen

The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.

Kyle Kinane

I eat the same way Doc Brown fuels the DeLorean at the end of Back to the Future.

Bill Thompson

You've got the wrong technology for the fuel we're burning, the wrong technology being gas turbines. But we're here and this is what we've got.

David Fields

a full-range of housing for all incomes and all people who wish to live in the neighborhood.

Judy Burkett

The statistics show that 30 percent of the housing inventory is spoken for, but that's not accurate. There's not that much inventory.

Bill Graham

Well then there would have to be housing for them to move to and we're looking at all possibilities but we obviously have to have a practical solution as well.

David Church

Lower-income housing has been a problem, and it's only getting worse.

Dean Baker

I wouldn't necessarily predict this would be a trigger, but I wouldn't rule it out either. It wouldn't surprise me if you see money leaving the secondary mortgage market, leading housing prices to fall.

Teresa Caffese

She lost her housing because of him. That only deepened the illness in a way that is very sad.

Connie Pascale

Housing is a question of the will. It's not rocket science.

Bereket Selassie

Housing is a huge retention issue for the military.

Zoltan Pozsar

Housing has peaked and from here it's only downhill.

Brad Goreski

There are so many levels in fashion that I'm happy to dip in and dip out of it all.

Michael Holland

I think we are down to levels were people have said enough is enough.

Ron Atkinson

Scholes is very influential for England at international level.

Sarah Palin

I don't like local, state or federal level of got mandating anything in our lives , in our families, and in our businesses, unless it comes to saving lives.

Vince Young

My confidence level is a tremendous high.

William Vickrey

Currently a level of unemployment of 7% or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation.

Samantha Barks

I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

Wolfman Jack

My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.

William Makepeace Thackeray

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

Tyler Perry

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.

Mary Badham

If more people would try and reach up instead of going to the lowest common denominator, I think we'd be a lot better off.

Karen Ignagni

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Hector Elizondo

You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse.

Travis Miner

After the play was over, she said she was having pains in her lower stomach. So I went and told the preacher.

Larry Hunter

Davidson is not one of those teams you want to be playing when you have a low seed.

Frank Hippel

That's probably the low end of the range.

Bud Shark

That sounds like an impossibly low amount, but it was enough.

Robin Zander

The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control.

Martin Lewis

It's a sensible rule that says before you get a mortgage it should be checked whether you can afford it.

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

John Seabrook

In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.

Greg Hymowitz

With rates going higher, I'm staying away from the old-economy stocks.

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Leon Black

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

Bill Gross

It's sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up.

Susanna Moore

Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin.

Joe Carroll

I don't know who took me, ... I'm fine. I was treated reasonably well.

Antonin Scalia

I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned.

Unknown

Here's to the new husband, And here's to the new wife, May they remain lovers, For all of life.

Neal A. Maxwell

The "new" in us is bound to notice the "old" that remains.

Kelly Clarkson

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

Samuel Beckett

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

John Prendergast

Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.

George Davis

They're kind of saying that it's going to be OK, but that remains to be seen,

Theodore Dreiser

The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

Rudi Giuliani

I would have to say to myself, 'You've got to remain calm, you've got to stay focused.'

Katy Trotter

We need to remain cohesive as a team. Individually, everyone wants to improve. I want to be an All-American.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

William S. Burroughs

If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.

Elizabeth Hurley

Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Leon Wieseltier

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

Carmen Busquets

I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miami. My father would be furious, but I would always say, 'It was an emergency! I had a party to go to!'

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Brian Urlacher

He doesn't look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

Rob Thomas

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Richard P. Feynman

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.

Richard John Neuhaus

My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised.

Richard Dawkins

The story of Doubting Thomas is told, not so that we shall admire Thomas, but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison. Thomas demanded evidence … The other apostles, whose faith was so strong that they did not need evidence, are held to us as worthy of imitation.

Roz Savage

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

Joseph Lieberman

We support a woman's right to choose, ... The other ticket does not.

Rob Woodall

There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.

Ryan McGinley

Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.

Rhianna Pratchett

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

Tory Burch

Having an environment that is supportive is really important for success.

Yahoo Serious

I support all Australian films.

Winona LaDuke

If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.

Rudy Giuliani

If there's no other alternative, I support civilian trials for terrorists.

William Shakespeare

Thus to persistIn doing wrong extenuates not wrong,But makes it much more heavy.