Famous Quotes & Sayings

Don Madzia

We stress foul shooting. It is something we place great importance on every day. It paid dividends tonight.

Jeff Kleintop

What's interesting now is we're seeing a period where dividends are growing faster then earnings,

Madeline Albright

The status quo is not acceptable, ... We need more resources to support our people, operations and programs. These are investments that will pay large dividends rapidly.

Larry Fitzgerald

I was fortunate to have a grandfather who was an optometrist. Vision therapy was something that we routinely did to strengthen our eyes and give us better focus. I was fortunate that he could teach me techniques that are still paying dividends for me to this day.

Andrea Williams

Earnings have been pretty good so far. What surprises me are the increases in dividends and the positive outlooks.

Brendan Barber

But there is evidence that some employers still put greater emphasis on paying dividends to shareholders - often other companies' pension schemes - rather than funding their own employees' pension scheme.

Jamie Pinkerton

Four freshmen started tonight and they're learning how to win with good senior leadership. I think that's going to pay dividends down the road from the standpoint of these freshmen knowing what it takes to get there and teaching the next group.

Jason Lamb

I worked hard to make a schedule so that it would be as tough as it can be. I've always wanted it to be tough. I think that it pays dividends once we get to nationals having already played top 10 teams throughout the year.

Grant Williamson

If they can hop out of that there's I suppose another possible return of capital, special dividends and such like.

Gordon Nixon

We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter.

Jim Roche

We are pleased with the performance in the quarter, with the return of sequential revenue growth and with the solid earnings results,

Steve Previs

There are some disappointments in earnings and obviously Hewlett-Packard is a big one.

Chuck Hill

We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter.

Frank Gannon

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Brad Pleimann

Until we see earnings impacted by oil, I don't think the market is going to be responsive.

Scotty George

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.

Russ Koesterich

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.

Chris Brown

There's never a right time to say goodbye.

Chris Brown

There's never a right time to say goodbye. But I gotta make the first move 'cause if I don't you're gonna start hating me.

Chinua Achebe

I don't want to be the one to tell somebody, You will not make it, even though I know that the majority of those who come to me with their manuscripts are not really good enough.

China Mieville

In time, in time they tell me, I'll not feel so bad. I don't want time to heal me. There's a reason I'm like this. I want time to set me ugly and knotted with loss of you, marking me. I won't smooth you away. I can't say goodbye.

Edith Wharton

There is someone I must say goodbye to. Oh, not you - we are sure to see each other again - but the Lily Bart you knew. I have kept her with me all this time, but now we are going to part, and I have brought her back to you - I am going to leave her here. When I go out presently she will not go with me. I shall like to think that she has stayed with you.

Daymond John

Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

David Hyde Pierce

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

David Icke

Terms like 'good' and 'bad' are extremely simplistic in what is a far more complex situation.

Ben Whishaw

I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

Martin Cohen

What we're seeing as we look into the futures markets presently are increases that seem to be never ending,

Jack Kyser

What's promising about this report was not only were November-to-December job increases strong, they went back and revised up the October-to-November increase.

Chris Viale

They are shocked by the increases (in monthly payments) they are getting.

Avivah Litan

There will be more security holes. In the end, it increases the risks not decreases them.

Marshall Prentice

Sales are strong, but not at a peak, and price increases are slowing down, especially in the markets that took off first back in 1998 and 1999.

Paul Newsome

Rate increases is one of a number of questions that personal lines companies, like Allstate, will face.

Dan Ballister

These are the lowest increases we've done in over 10 years.

Nigel Evans

There are millions of people out there who don't get inflation-busting increases whatsoever.

Chris Daly

Even the slightest increases in temperature could have serious implications for Pacific Northwest snow and water issues.

Alanis Morissette

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

Alan Parker

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

Alan Alda

People who laugh together generally don't kill each other.

Chloe Sevigny

I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.

Chin-Ning Chu

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

Earl Warren

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

Denis Waitley

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

Denis Waitley

When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.

Denis Waitley

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

Ben Nelson

We are at that time of year where we have surprises with the strengthening of storms.

Franz Beckenbauer

It only surprises me that no one thought of it before.

John Fischer

There's nothing really going on right now. I don't really understand these jumps. It surprises me the way it's been fluctuating.

Patrick McDonald

What surprises me is (residents) want everything for nothing.

Frank Morgan

Certainly, as expected, there were no real surprises here.

Jeff Graff

I don't think there's going to be a lot of surprises in the quarter.

Billy Donovan

I don't think anything surprises at least me any more in this tournament.

Peter Gade

Anyway, in the new system, many surprises could happen.

Arun Sarin

Those were the big surprises for our shareholders,