Famous Quotes & Sayings

Todd Tiahrt

As a result of our limited capacity to refine crude oil, we experience higher fuel prices when faced with refinery outages, such as during hurricanes Katrina and Rita, ... My legislation will encourage domestic refineries to expand their capacity so that we are less vulnerable to price fluctuations at the gasoline pump.

Paul Cook

As an investor, I'm concerned with the later phase. There's a higher level of commitment from the venture capital firm by then.

Barry Trotz

As a home-ice team, you want the crowd and the energy in the building. We weren't able to capitalize on our special teams, but if we get one in, maybe it would be a different story.

Dan Levitan

As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.

Bea Bone

A white cap is going to be coming at you, and a spout is going to go straight up and hang.

Ken Simonson

Availability is going to be even more of a problem in 2006 than it was in 2005. In 2005 you had spot shortages. In 2006, nonresidential construction is growing and capacity is not expanding to meet those needs.

Laura Wasser

A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.

Klaus Rinnen

Back end capacity is relatively tight, mainly due to raw material issues and the pending Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment environmental regulations.

Robert McTeer

As long as the growth is taking place in a slack economy, with a high unemployment rate and a low capacity utilization rate. That growth is not likely to be inflationary, and not much reason for us to worry about it,

Richard Barnes

Jackson was the worst. That should have closed it. That should have thrown the whole thing out.

Gary Anderson

Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.

Vince Young

Just like those other guys, you've got to start somewhere. They are close to me, and I know they won't hurt me. And they are intelligent. I have the last say-so on everything, but they know what I want and the things I'm trying to accomplish.

Lee Terry

Just pick you out a tree to stand under. I usually stay here pretty close to the truck. They don't seem to mind that.

Sarah Krycinski

Jordan gave it all he had. It was good time for him, close to a personal record.

Frank Castillo

J.P. got a pretty good look but it just didn't drop. The games in this district are so close that it comes down to making plays and making free throws.

S. Walker

I think it really (threw us off). Some of the girls didn't know whether to play on them or play off. It slowed the pace down a lot and that's what kept the score close until we went on our run, and that forced them to play a faster game.

Dom Starsia

I think it is very important for us to continue to improve. We're reaching a point where we are close to being playoff eligible -- We're concerned about being part of it at the end.

Mario Theissen

I think it could be possible but in the end it's a sport. I don't promise you podium finishes or victories this year but we'll make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams.

Tony Baker

As he got closer and closer to Toronto, more and more news spread about him ... it was fantastic. It was really exciting and it was inspiring. It was kind of magical.

Simon McBurney

The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.

Joe Rios

At times you can hear voices at night, like mumbling. I would hear like ladies screaming and kids talking like at a distance. I would follow the voice. The closer I would get, it would keep moving. I would walk inside the gin and I'd hear it outside.

Dayton Moore

As players get closer to the majors, we like to increase their versatility and see how they might fit in. For now, though, he's strictly a catcher, and we like his development there.

Brian Voelker

Princeton has had our number for a while. But we've been getting closer and closer every year to getting over the hump.

Jeff Walters

People are still traveling, but they're staying closer to home. ... They're going to the Caribbean, and they're still going on their honeymoons, and they're still going on cruises, they're just keeping a little closer.

Earl Boykins

After the first quarter, we didn't have to worry about it. The games are a lot closer this year.

Tammy Anderson

Oh, yes! Now I can play the lottery much closer to home.

Walter Winnitzki

Dell is a company that I think may have some value here but as its earnings growth comes down I think investors are looking at a multiple closer to where earnings growth rate is starting to show signs of bottoming out.

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Donald Selkin

The IBM earnings were good, but is this enough to turn things around?. I guess the futures could rally overnight, but as it stands, we're headed toward a lower open.

Chuck Hill

The estimates are for earnings to be down 50 percent in the second quarter, 37 percent in the third quarter, and 12 percent in the fourth.

Brett Gallagher

The majority of earnings have been good, but there have been some misses and the market has reacted violently to them. This is a week that has put me on alert.

Mike Lenhoff

The global outlook is OK, so that suggests that the earnings (growth) will still be there, and as long as they are, people take the view that the wherewithal for dividend growth and share buybacks will be there.

Barry Hyman

The economy is still strong, earnings will be good, and that bodes well for the stock market,

Angela Cummings

I always do diamonds, ... ... but I don't do large stones. I try to use non-traditional shapes.

Anthony Marra

Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors.

Seth Shostak

In 1908, there was a persuasive demonstration of the power of high-speed, low-mass asteroids in rural Siberia. The Tunguska impactor iced millions of pine trees and about a zillion mosquitoes - and was no larger than an office building.

John Thompson

It is a little larger than we've ever done, but as we prepare for the jail, it's just something we need to do.

Jim Palmer

He was such an important part of my career, and a large part of our success in the 1960s.

Bill Sandusky

I have done a number of large paintings, but nothing this large and nothing this time consuming.

Michael Eisner

in a large scale, not a one-off scale.

Robert McKinley

If you're looking to transfer a $5,000 balance, you need to look to the largest issuers.

Dan Woods

The largest need right now is to move students out of there,

Rusty Wallace

I made my decision. I'm sticking to it,

Jodi Picoult

If he says jump, she doesn't even ask "How high?" She goes out and buys a pogo stick.

Martin Lawrence

My audience is a diehard audience. They are dedicated. My audience always follows me and sticks with me. They're the reason I'm still here - in the films and in stand-ups.

Barbara Sher

Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.

Scott Westerfeld

Warning stickers on books would be a nightmare.

Chuck Eddy

Critics should stick to their convictions.

Zoe McLellan

I dream in numbers, and I like to look up the meaning of numbers, and numbers stick out to me.

Jayme Wilson

We know it?s going to be a challenge. We?re going to try to stick to what we do and give them a game.

Thomas S. Monson

Stick to a task 'til it sticks to you. . .for beginners are many, but finishers few.