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.

Geoffrey Canada

Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student.

Scott Hackett

I was 10 years old at the time and I wasn't sure who I was going to like. I said 'Whoever wins today, I will throw my loyalty to.' Bucky Dent hits that home run and bad-a-bing I was a Yankees' fan.

Rodney Dangerfield

My wife is such a bad cook, if we leave dental floss in the kitchen the roaches hang themselves.

Tony Cristaldi

Even if it rains, it's not going to be enough to put any kind of dent in the (rainfall) deficit.

Ian Poulter

The tournaments are big enough now where if you do play well enough you can make a massive dent in it. It would take a lot of pressure off. There were three or four of us last year jostling for spots in the Ryder Cup, and that's not a nice position to be in.

M. Thompson

If you are getting some big work done, then this is also the year to get new glasses or get some dental work done.

Georges Benjamin

If we do all this work, and there's no pandemic, you still have 36,000 people die every year of seasonal flu, and you could make a big dent in that. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Jeff Brooks

One stone was thrown hard enough to dent a shelf 12 feet from the window,

Arlo Guthrie

We are thrilled that we have been able to make some small dent in all that is wrong down here.

Estelle

Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

Craig Patrick

John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer. His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh.

Don Garber

In the immediate and long-term future, today's news will prove to be a historical turning point for the sport. These recent developments further solidify soccer's standing and value as a major television property in the United States with even greater future potential.

Ian Shepherdson

(The GDP and inflation data) won't prevent modest further easing,

Daren Brown

The further it went out there, the slower it went.

Craig Cook

The further away from the ski hill you stay, the better the price and the accommodations.

Hubert Humphrey

The negotiators did a good job, but we have a lot further to go,

Kiki Vandeweghe

The NBA has levied a pretty serious fine. So what we're going to do is support that like we do all the NBA's action. We're going to take no further action.

Bruce Steinberg

A further deterioration in the labor market is inevitable.

John Lichtblau

They (drivers) are not going to substantially reduce gasoline consumption.

Severin Borenstein

It's a world market for oil and that's why we have high gasoline prices.

Ethan Harris

You've had obviously a rise in gasoline prices, which is the visible price in the economy, ... There's (also) a tendency of the public to look at the unemployment rate that actually rose in March, while Wall Street looks at payrolls (which showed a large jump in the number of people working.)

Larry Goldstein

You have to understand, prior to the hurricane, gasoline stocks were already very low. We were already in a precarious situation.

Robert A. Heinlein

ANYTHING will burn with enough gasoline and dynamite.

Craig Pennington

People will still watch gasoline because of maintenance and subsequent specification changes.

Jose Vicente

If we can sell gasoline to China, India and Latin America, as we have been doing, we will not have a problem.

Bill Richardson

Hopefully it will lead to lower gasoline prices in the United States, ... The jury is still out. It's uncertain whether that will happen.

Jennifer Granholm

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.

Dave Curry

There is nobody here at all. Ian Thorpe pulling out obviously has a lot higher significance.

Bradley Hunter

When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.

Josh Bernoff

I thought they would start higher and work their way down. The problem is, you can't go up.

Sarah MacQuiddy

I think we'll have to push the higher ed piece.

Tong Lixin

In South Korea, short-track speed skating is the popular sport, just like the table tennis in China. The level of its young skaters is much higher than the youth in China, where the sport is only practiced in two provinces with about 300 registered skaters.

John Rother

Clearly, the COLA is not going to be enough to offset these higher costs, particularly in heating,

Mitsushige Akino

Higher oil prices and a strengthening yen accelerated selling.

Gregory Klump

In general, the higher end of the market is holding up much better than the lower end.

Ben Shapiro

In Britain, where the social safety net is more like a social swaddling cloth, crime rates other than murder are significantly higher than in the United States.

Will Rogers

Invest in inflation. It is the only thing going up.

Richard Yamarone

Inflation pressures are rising, but at a subdued pace.

Glenn Hubbard

Inflation pressures are quite modest in the United States. I don't think inflation will be a problem this year, or next year, even with the rate cuts.

Leonard Kaplan

Inflation is screaming. All you have to do is look at your life and what it costs.

Robert Parry

It's risky just to sit back and wait for an upward trend in inflation to show up before we do something,

Anirvan Banerji

There will be a time when inflation will turn around.

Hiroshi Arano

Worldwide, inflation is going to be the big story next year. For Japan, that's going to be a big positive.

Bruce Alston

We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.

Glenn Miller

There's no question that inflation has occurred, and $75 million is not the same today as it was then. That said, from where we sit, what's past is past.

John Kessel

Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.

Len Lichtenfeld

I suspect that there will be a significant interest in getting better tests into the mainstream.

Lisa Presley

Having kids was the smartest thing I've ever done. They're little sponges who come into the world with a clean, shiny slate and such pureness. I'm interested in having more kids.

Ron Hilliard

He should have a big year. He's been rated by Dennis McCarty as one of the top linemen in the state. Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers are very interested in Dan.

Adam Cole

I think the market has got too pessimistic on interest rates,

Charles Davis

I think the perception is out there that FOI is a special interest of the press.

Eddie Campbell

I thought about this, I thought these people are ringing me about horror. I don't think I like horror, I don't think I'm interested in horror.

Sufjan Stevens

I think you should be suspicious when there's a lot of interest in what you're doing,

Sean McGowan

The people who are obviously most interested in it obviously went out and did it already. He doesn't even talk about it.

Stella McCartney

I was in this stadium with 200,000 people looking at my mum and dad. That was mind-bending.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking out there with two minutes to go thinking 'Don't do this to me again'.

John Smoltz

I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.

Trot Nixon

I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does,

Jim Crawley

I was looking at our play sheet at halftime,

Dwight Davis

I wouldn't be surprised to see anything at this point; this is the Wild West in terms of licensing models, ... Everyone is looking for models right now.

Kenneth Clarke

I think it sends a message that they are looking for a younger leader.

Les Harrison

We're on the radar now and we're looking to get on the map.

Before Veeder

When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.

Tom Crosby

I think we'd better get used to it. I think we're going to see prices roller-coaster like this for a long time.

David Patterson

I think all the prices are crazy. They are just very expensive.

Ken Budd

These are not the prices we voted on.

Andrew Harrington

Prices have been rarely, if ever, this high. Now is the time to make hay.

Jim Reese

The prices are up because no one has wheat.

Mark Sullivan

Many are wondering how prices could go up so quickly after the hurricane.

Tim Noest

If it doesn't get there, prices will rise again. They may not be able to find the ships.

Kate Joncas

Some of these prices are pretty hefty. Who are these people?

J. M. Roberts

There have been some outages but so far, we've had no serious problems other than that the prices are sky-high.

Mike Pearson

We've been working on putting this in place for two years.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Luis Sojo

If they don't come to practice, they don't want to be on the team. This isn't about individualism, it's about putting together a team that can represent us with honor.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Dennis Lobenberg

Most of them are in my garage. I haven't worried too much about putting any signs up because of the weather.

Bubba Crosby

I was thinking about putting down another bunt.

Nancy Grace

What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?

Henry Cotton

The big trick in putting is not method; the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.

Robin Wright

I think we manifest the very thing we put out. If you're putting out negativity, then you're going to retrieve that same sentiment. If you emanate joy, it comes back to you.

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.

Richard Bernstein

At the rate it's going right now, profitability will accelerate, but at a very, very slow pace, ... much slower than what's implied by valuation in the market.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris

Greg Hymowitz

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

Chuck Palahniuk

At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

Lawrence Yun

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

Mark Luscombe

Generally, the unemployment rate is pretty low. I'm not sure they do at this point.

Bill Belichick

I don't rate 'em, but he's pretty good. There isn't much he can't do.

Bob Curran

He did shoot around with us. He seems to be fine.

Tony Oller

Let's be honest, Netflix has stepped up its game up. It seems to have a lot more of an assortment of stuff.

Hans Blix

I think it seems ... they are making an effort.

Kristan Higgins

I think it's always interesting to learn what the seemingly spontaneous one-nighter actually reveals about a character.

Hope Schulte

I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did what I usually do, and (the shots) just seemed to fall.

David Chase

I don't know. When I talk to people, they seem to want it to come back. If somebody wants to watch another show, that's great.

Dominick Romero

I don't know what that was. Zone or man, it didn't seem to matter.

Craig Bellamy

He doesn't seem too worried about anything or overawed,

Joe Torre

He doesn't seem to be overwhelmed by it.

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!'

Todd Williams

It's something within his joint, most probably the cartilage, and it could be something underlying from the old injury.