Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Claude

I would say that consumers are not pushing enough,

Sherwood Boehlert

Judd Road was very important in going forward with Consumer Square and The Orchard,

Scott Anderson

Job growth is the main engine for consumer spending.

Kyle Hall

What we wanted to do is solve the issues for the consumers of where their pictures are going.

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,

Gray Davis

There is no easy solution, ... But, if I have to use the power of eminent domain to prevent generators from driving consumers into the dark and utilities into bankruptcy, then that's what I'll do.

Mark Boudreaux

We sympathize with consumers paying high gasoline prices. We are trying to help public-policy makers understand what makes prices high.

Ted Sarandos

I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix.

Ken Hill

I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.

Jesus Dureza

Knowing that the uncertain peace and order situation is a major impediment in attaining economic growth for the island, we are anticipating that the current peace efforts will strengthen the enabling environment for investment and growth.

Kenneth Miller

Half of the current rise ... was going on anyway. But that means half of what's going on is not background. It's human induced.

Sam Brownback

Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something.

Seth Shostak

It's worth noting that invoking God as the entity who set our universe in motion isn't contradicted by the data. Of course, scientists would say the supreme being hypothesis is faith, and outside the realm of science - that it's not amenable to experiment. But we currently have the same problem with the notion of parallel universes.

Mick Davis

I think the current market price is a reasonable level.

Ralph Norris

We're probably in a situation where interest rates will stay somewhere around the current levels.

Dick Cheney

To date, that hasn't happened, and therefore has been no meeting currently scheduled.

Drew Matus

I think what this does is ratify the Fed's current stance --- moving at a measured pace seems to be the prudent course.

Robert Bigelow

Keep employment levels low, but keep freedom and innovation high.

David Lewin

It is all down to employment law. In the US if you are made redundant three or four times that is normal, but in Europe there is a stigma.

Samuel Johnson

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rusticks or mechanics, so the most heroick sentiments will lose their efficacy

John Davidson

The Federal Reserve's objective is two fold -- price stability and employment growth. All too often we think it's the Fed chairman's job to manage the stock market, when it's not.

David Kelly

The manufacturing sector is so productive that even with a rebound in production and orders, we still have, at best, flat employment. This is encouraging, but manufacturing employment remains a sore point in the American economy.

John Maynard Keynes

Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged

Kevin Hewerdine

It's not just an outstanding job market for seniors. Increasingly, an internship or summer job results in full-time employment when the student graduates.

Chris Williamson

It's not just one index improving. We've got output, new orders, exports, employment and purchasing all rising at faster rates and all at levels not seen for over five years.

Patty Silverstein

It's one of those funny games with numbers because they have such a small total employment base.

Jim Rink

In Michigan, we only have one refinery. The other two factors influencing our prices are that there is a lot of speculation taking place on the commodities market and that there are a number of refineries that are having to shut down temporarily to switch their production to the summer-grade gasoline blends.

Richard Church

The consumer's been out in force for several months, ... all of these factors have contributed to very robust sales at retail.

Donald Harris

It's so different this year, and a lot of factors are contributing to it.

James Reed

There were quite a few factors that influenced me, but mostly it was the opportunity to do something unique and different.

Randy Bly

It's a combination of factors hitting all at once.

Christa Carone

As other factors are implemented it will start to have an impact in overall employment.

German Gref

These factors will pass, and the situation will be back to normal.

Rick Oliver

These factors subvert the old social norms for starting a business.

Leslie Alperstein

The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now,

Gus Faucher

Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half of next year,

Bill Cheney

Job growth has kind of stalled out. It's a puzzle.

Mark Zandi

I suspect this is a pause and we still see a resumption of top line growth and, ultimately, better hiring in tech.

Wayne Pace

He wants it to be profitable growth, sustainable growth and responsible growth,

Jill Dougherty

He did say that it must meet Russia's national interests and also that it should not restrict its growth and social development,

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Shuchita Mehta

Growth momentum remains strong and that should lead to higher inflation and interest rates.

Zheng Jingping

It is fundamentally normal but it is at the upper end of the potential growth range and we need to take note of it.

Graham Cluley

There is going to be a real growth in 'pump and dump' spam.

Clark Yingst

I suspect 'Well we're in a directionless market' is likely to persist until we get a better read on how much higher rates will go.

Fred Powell

It hit at around 1 a.m., ... The mayor had been on TV telling everyone to get to higher ground, but I knew as much about getting around in New Orleans as I know about Mars.

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.

Tom Daschle

We've got to rise to a higher level,

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,

Andrew Steer

We're now moving into the really big permanent housing phase.

Elizabeth Watson

We mainly need housing you know. We're trying to find somewhere to live.

Jay Speer

People who live in higher-cost housing markets are really hurting.

John Prescott

Refurbishing I've done in the first three years and I'm still giving housing money, of course, to the north.

Larry Wachtel

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we get numbers on industrial production and housing and big reports from Intel, Coke, Johnson & Johnson -- maybe that can turn us around.

Joel Naroff

Not even Mother Nature can slow the housing market.

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.

Oscar Gonzalez

I would think the probability of a move (on interest rates) would be somewhere around the 40 percent range.

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.

Scott Shapiro

I think it's 18 teams that have shown interest.

George Burley

It can have a snowball effect. With the national side doing well there is more interest in the game, which is great.

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.

Dick Miller

I think it's going to go very well. She's an outstanding talent and a lot of interest has been shown.

Robert Baker

I thought we were interested in saving time.

Charles Schumer

If there was ever a time for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be tapped, it would be now.

Rebecca Rausch

We think the right way to provide relief is through tapping the strategic petroleum reserves.

Ken Starr

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Rosie Jones

I'm going to go out slower than I anticipated.

Eric Turner

Summer is the slower part of the year, so we have (fewer) openings.

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.

Wilbur Ross

You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning.

Beth Smith

I want this to succeed for Tim, because if it succeeds for Tim, it succeeds for us, because we'll be spending more time together.

Pat Toomey

If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase.

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!'