Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Adams

Any exposed piping, go ahead and cover it with foam insulation.

Ian Shepherdson

As far as we can tell, confidence now seems to have run a bit ahead of the improvement in the stock market, and the failure of the Nasdaq and Dow to make further progress in recent weeks makes it doubtful that confidence will continue to rise at the May pace. The sharp rise in unemployment is likely to become a negative factor, too.

Susan Kalla

As far as technological innovation they are ahead of the Bells. Whether they can leverage the technology to put them on an even position with the Bells -- it's possible but not probable.

David Goodwin

As developers, we have to keep a little ahead of the game, ... This is an area that's on the move.

Priscilla Feral

As far as a tourism boycott which I had called off, it will be organized again. As much as we are floored to get the news, we are determined to go ahead and keep working.

Michael J. Anderson

As good as 'Twin Peaks' was, and I mean, it's a superb work that's way ahead of its time, and we've never caught up, and we never will... I mean, we will never catch up to 'Twin Peaks.'

Michael Cuggino

As a general rule, techs got ahead of themselves last year. There's a 'priced to perfection' mentality with tech now.

Kimberly Harris

The bottom line is we are working to give our customers and our utility more energy independence. Over the long term we're trying to shield our customers, as much as we can, from the financial stings an unstable energy market can inflict. The way to do that, we believe, is to plan ahead -- to invest now and secure the energy resources and infrastructure needed to serve our region long into the future.

Phil Singer

The bottom line is that if you're an average American, it's pretty hard to get heard by George Bush and get ahead in today's economy. But if you're a big contributor, or a powerful corporate interest, you get heard loud and clear.

John Caldwell

Any sort of economic data that is going to make the case for solid economic growth but no need for the Fed to raise rates any further is going to be well received. The market is comfortable with one or two more rate hikes, and then a pause.

Raul Gonzalez

A second miracle is happening in the case of Elian. It seems that God is guiding us.

Raul Gonzalez

A second miracle is happening in the case of Elian, ... It seems that God is guiding us.

Bruce Terry

As has been the case with many of the storms in the region this year, it's going to have high winds and heavy precipitation.

Klaus Zumwinkel

Asia, in general, is the growth market. But China is a test case to maintain the growth ... and personally I expect a lot from China.

Geraldo Rivera

As far as I'm concerned, the case is closed. I want everybody to remember who made the factual error and refused to correct it.

Henry Blodget

A settlement as broadly described would represent a positive for the company and stock. Importantly, however, the states have reportedly not yet signed off on such a settlement, and without their support, the case will likely still head back to the district court.

Justin Modray

As a result, you need to keep a close eye on these investments to make sure, for example, the discounts do not pose a threat to performance and the trust is not overly geared. For reasons such as these, advisers tend to shy away in case their recommendations backfire.

Steve Harris

As a practical matter, the case is over.

M. Wolfe

You wouldn't want to see much stronger employment growth without a big gain in the labor force.

Jared Bernstein

The full employment situation reinforces itself.

William Whitson

Good jobs are the lifeblood of a community. All the land can't be just taken up with houses. There needs to be employment centers.

John Silvia

Manufacturing output is up, yet employment in the manufacturing sector is down. This result suggests that the firms are producing more in the U.S., but doing it with fewer workers.

Bruce Arena

I would imagine I'll find some kind of employment after the World Cup. If not, I might want to be a sportswriter.

Gus Whitcomb

We fill a void that is very important in the employment arena.

David Penn

For some of them, it's pretty straightforward. Like manufacturing. That's its own classification in the employment statistics.

Kathy Lively

I don't think the unemployment figures fully reflect the situation of seasonal employment in the retail field. Unemployment will be down now because of seasonal, holiday work that started in October and is just ending.

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.

Donald Knuth

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer.

Elizabeth Hagood

No sir, I'm not at all saying that, I'm explaining to you the process that has taken place so far.

Eileen Larrabee

The Senate still needs to explain why it's insisting, unlike every other state in the nation, that the Medicaid inspector general would have a five-year term.

Bob Woodruff

After I explained that, he recognized his statements don't apply,

Michael Six

Now, I have to try to explain to my son that his mommy is going to be gone.

Alyn McCauley

I've never seen a series like this. Nothing seems to turn out the way you think it should, and you can't explain why.

S. Walker

I've never seen anything like that. I can't even explain it to you.

Frank Busch

I've never seen anything like that before in my life. I don't know how to explain it. That was a guy, very talented, whose heart wanted whatever it took. You just don't see races like that.

Lindy Ruff

It would be tough to stand here and explain to you guys how they had our number if we had lost tonight.

Bill Callahan

A number of us talked about what we would do if we had come on him when he was loose, and you wouldn't be having a trial right now if that had occurred.

Gray Davis

the most qualified person on question number two.

Steve Brown

Quite a number of the signatures were not registered voters. You have a set of rules, and everyone should play by the same set of rules.

Mike Adras

I've seen him do it a number of times.

Derek Kool

I've talked to a number of NHL stars, actually.

Keith Whyte

This is not a silver bullet. It would need to be done in combination with a number of therapies.

Nell Minow

This could go any number of ways ? it could be weeks before this is over.

John Reed

That tower is owned by Southwest Communications and we have been unable to get a phone number that works for Southwest Communications.

Maria Sharapova

That's why I play tennis, because I want to be number one, not because I want to be number 10, ... If you don't want to be number one in the world, then there is no reason for you even to start.

Russ Miller

Profits are up 15%, but are premiums going down?

Peter Greene

I think traders are quick to take profits right now, because what else is there that stocks can do for an encore in the short term? We're still in an uptrend, but the probability right now, from a technical standpoint, is that we're going to have a little more selling.

Howard Schultz

Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.

Dave Bush

On the whole, not very good. I think today kind of typified it,

Rhonda Smith

It was very tough. And even today it's still tough.

Sharan Burrow

The work is there today and it will be there tomorrow for independent contractors.

Carine Roitfeld

Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.

Jared Diamond

Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it.

Diane Ackerman

The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink.

Dennis Ritchie

It's true that compared with the scene when Unix started, today the ecological niches are fairly full, and fresh new OS ideas are harder to come by, or at least to propagate.

Eike Batista

I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.

Deepak Chopra

Today, I behold all the abundance that surrounds me.

Albert Brooks

I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters.

Ray Nagin

One of the best moments Ive ever had in New Orleans is seeing Bourbon Street filled on a weekend night not long ago. Just watching the city breathe again.

Tony Abbott

If you don't want to work weekends, don't.

Tommy Rettig

There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.

Tom Hooper

Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.

Tina Fey

I got a fan letter on the back of a prison menu. And I remember thinking, 'Well, they get pie. It's not so bad. They get pie on the weekends.' I want to say blueberry and also a Boston cream pie. Not so bad.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I really love being in London at weekends - there's always so much to do.

Stephan Pastis

My wife Staci made me go to a wedding last weekend...If it weren’t for her, I’d be happy.

Scott Eastwood

It's hard to nap on Saturday or the weekends.

Joe Simpson

It's not surprising. But it's going to be weird not working all of those games.