Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Davidowitz

Kmart went into bankruptcy a cadaver and it'll come out of it a cadaver,

Joel Denney

It certainly is signaling there is financial stress on Northwest. It's telling everyone they may now be looking at bankruptcy as a strong option.

Severin Borenstein

I think that's a big issue that a bankruptcy court is going to have to confront. What's the ongoing responsibility of the company and what's the legal liability in the contracts.

Bill Dreher

I really would be surprised if they filed. The part of the equation that is missing in a typical bankruptcy situation is that vendors are not clamping down on them. Vendors are not limiting the distribution of merchandise.

Alan Martin

The cost will be borne by the bankruptcy estate. It is not completely clear how broad the scope will be. All of these administrative expenses must be paid at the time the repayment plan is implemented. That is a big deal.

Ken Lewis

The impact of the change in bankruptcy laws and changes in our practices for overdraft charge-offs and over-limit credit card fees reduced pretax results by about $320 million. In addition, we had a weak trading quarter that was well under our performance in recent quarters. The bankruptcy issue will not recur and should actually benefit us going forward as we expect a reduced level of bankruptcy filings under the new law.

Steve Bartlett

This is not about bankruptcy attorneys, it?s about consumers, ... This has had huge bipartisan support over three years.

David Hendler

The banks are saying that we expect bankruptcy law-related losses will subside because of the rush to file. But the undertone of credit quality is worsening.

Will Holman

The bankruptcy threat is real. As you know, we have been preaching for two years now about Northwest's financial troubles.

Mike Thompson

He is short, single and has a mullet. But why would such a guy need a makeover, you ask? Hmmm ... That is a very tough question to answer. Maybe Mickey doesn't need a makeover, but some minor changes to his trendy and stylish habits.

Dale Walker

It changes (your game plan) some. You've got to put people in different positions, but we've done that some this year and I thought we did a pretty good job with that.

Toni Kukoc

It is playoff time. Whoever responds and changes quicker is going to win four games and then go to the next round. So I think it's pretty much time for us to respond and make some different decisions and then win the game.

Buddy Bell

I think we're all very optimistic. Because of the changes we made over the winter, because of the chemistry we developed through the course of spring training, I think we all feel pretty good about where we're at right now.

John Koppin

I think what the folks up there in Sprint territory are experiencing is this euphoria, this anticipation that these changes are going to take place. They are (going to happen), but they aren't there yet. This is a trend and we are on the front end of the curve.

Billy Hite

I think it's very doubtful that he'll play, unless something changes here. I think he wants to play, but I don't think he's ready yet.

Don Schiemann

I think it's safe to say that, in varying degrees, there's a sense from all four parties that there are significant changes that are needed.

Kevin Porter

It has a huge impact on probably the only subdivision that's being impacted by the changes of this interchange.

Dick Gephardt

It is only their insistence on tax cuts for the wealthy, to be funded by Medicare cuts or changes in the CPI, that we don't have a budget,

Susan Roces

Kailangan na natin ang katotohanan at maayos natin ang tinatawag nilang kaguluhang ito (We need the truth to come out for this crisis to be resolved),

Joe Queenan

It can help protect the market in times of crisis. Instead of shutting down all trade, it helps you respond to the situation at hand.

Nachman Shai

He's has successfully ignited the Middle East. He's shooting everyone now. He doesn't really want to settle the current crisis.

Sean Clark

Historically, the markets have responded very positively to crisis-like events. We saw it after 9/11, after their initial downdraft, the markets responded very strongly for the next month or two.

Miroslav Klose

I think you can say we are in a mini crisis. We all need to stick together and pull through this as soon as possible.

Author unknown

He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

Abdul Jalil

Resignation of the government is the only way to solve the present crisis.

Mao Qun'an

Our news release mechanism has improved a lot since the SARS crisis and the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza. We will try to do better in the future.

Joseph Domenech

In 2004 we said it will be an international crisis if we don't stop it in Asia, and this is exactly what is happening two years later.

Andy Xie

Growth rates could decelerate by another 1 percentage point due to further rises in oil prices.

Patty Clausen

I think it's due to the economy. People are hanging onto their money, because they don't know what's going to happen.

Rick Meckler

I think that the idea of never-ending, short-term-rate increases no longer seems as likely to people. But I would not be surprised if the Fed still increases, but signals to the market that they are prepared to stop increasing if the economy slows due to the hurricane.

Danny Smith

Robinson is due for a major revival. We have to provide a reliable source for people.

David Sloane

I had extensive telephone conversations today with representatives of the Mets, Orioles and Rangers and a face-to-face meeting with the Marlins due to the proximity.

Lincoln Anderson

I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just the result of people pushed out of work due to Katrina and Rita. I think the market will look at it and shrug it off and look at what's going to happen in October.

Rob Simmons

Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.

Rob Simmons

Indictments of any kind are serious, ... That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.

Kirk Ferentz

I mean this with all due respect, but it's not really on my laundry list right now. I've got other things that have moved in front of it.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Eric Lamoureux

Other states rely much more heavily on their state government and the federal government to come in and manage the support. In California, emergencies are managed on the local level.

Jessica Thill

Right now our two U.S. Senators and our U.S. Congressman are all over the place in terms of what they're thinking and how they're voting on this issue. So, I would really like to see our Federal Government representation get on the same page.

James Frederick

Our overall goal is to see the federal government step up to the plate.

Katsuhiko Kodama

Investors want to see the U.S. stock market's reaction to whatever the Federal Reserve says, which might set the tone for global high-techs for a while.

Mary Shapiro

I don't know whether they will say yes or no since there are all sorts of administrative, financial and legal issues.

Randy Sharp

I think no question this will have a financial impact on American Girl.

Timothy Smith

The financial office still has the power to request financial information from these organizations so we're still not running the risk of giving money to financially unstable organizations.

Oliver Friedrichs

The general trend is that attackers aren't concentrating on 'far and wide,' worms, but on financial gain.

Joe Phillips

This has left us with a serious financial burden.

Brock Kreitzburg

The Home Depot has provided me with the financial support and flexibility to work and maintain a job while pursuing my Olympic dream. I would not be an Olympian if it weren't for The Home Depot.

Timothy Adams

This is just yet another step on the road to Iraq's normalization with the global financial community. We see this as solid forward progress.

Scott Anderson

This is just like a homeowner who wants to have the stability of knowing what the monthly mortgage payments will be. It's a smart move by the government for financial reasons.

Andrew Gordon

This is increasingly important in the financial services sector, where security is paramount.

Jason Bay

There are still a lot of things that need to be worked out, ... but it's flattering to have that offer.

Don Williams

I think what it's saying is that '04 was an outstanding year, which leaves us flat with '05.

William Blake

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer

Rep. Caruso

He flatters me, I'll tell you. It's as if the neighbors don't have problems with his proposal.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is a flat'ning Thought, that the more we have seen, the less we have to say.

Mark Ford

Refiners have been producing gasoline flat out since the storms. Gasoline was needed, money was to be made and there was political pressure. The last thing they wanted was to be hauled into a congressional hearing and hear about a windfall profits tax.

Charles Howard

In the first half, we were just kind of flat and got out of what we (like to do).

Mark Gottdiener

I'm unbelievably honored and flattered that something like this would take place. This type of thing is rarely done while the person is still alive. It happens to maybe 1 percent of academics.

Janet Jackson

I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Billy Beane

Ken did a great job for us. We've always said that. He was a good enough manager for us to want him back before, and he's still a good enough manager to come back.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Joker Phillips

Keenan played as big a hand in this as anybody. They are good friends. He's going to live with Keenan. They are going to run routes together. He's all in now, and that's what we want.

Michael Colucci

Keegan always worked hard on the field, treated me and his other teammates with respect. He's a good guy who made a mistake.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Mark Rowen

Their model has a lot of hurdles that they need to leap to get it to work.

Bill Warlick

It looks like the last hurdles are something they can get over here.

Joe Girardi

Those are little hurdles you have to get over. Sometimes you have to learn to pitch with a lead, even if it's a slight lead.

Carolyn Brown

I think the ACLU may be able to support the law here in Kansas. It is being written in a way that does not take away the right to assemble.

John Goodwin

Law enforcement authorities have been after him for a long time.

Fred Walker

I don't know because there's no law pertaining to this in Crawford County,

Howard Safir

He is in my view the perfect law enforcement officer,

Dick DeGuerin

He looks at the law and he sees what he wants to see, and he prosecutes what he thinks ought to be prosecuted, rather than what it is.

Richard Perle

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies.

Richard P. Feynman

We can deduce, often, from one part of physics like the law of gravitation, a principle which turns out to be much more valid than the derivation.

Richard P. Feynman

To do any important work in physics a very good mathematical ability and aptitude are required. Some work in applications can be done without this, but it will not be very inspired. If you must satisfy your "personal curiosity concerning the mysteries of nature" what will happen if these mysteries turn out to be laws expressed in mathematical terms (as they do turn out to be)? You cannot understand the physical world in any deep or satisfying way without using mathematical reasoning with facility.

Richard P. Feynman

There are theoretical physicists who imagine, deduce, and guess at new laws, but do not experiment; and then there are experimental physicists who experiment, imagine, deduce, and guess.

Vincent Van Gogh

Surely the true path is to dive deep into nature.

Wayne Dyer

How others treat me is their path; how I react is mine.

Robert Green Ingersoll

If this religion is true, then there is only one Savior, only one narrow path to life. Christianity cannot live in peace with any other religion.

Rowan Atkinson

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you.

Yehuda Berg

If you are seeking the right path, you are already on the right path.

Boris Yeltsin

if Russia stays with the path of reforms.

Neale Donald Walsch

There are thousands of paths to God and every one gets you there.

Kenneth Fisher

All equity categories, correctly calculated, create near-identical lifelong returns. They just get there via wildly differing paths.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.