Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen R. Covey

You can't talk your way out of what you've behaved yourself into.

Douglas Conant

You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into.

Charles Crane

The market behaved worse than most anticipated going into this period because the conditions of the economy were worse than any of us judged it to be. Earnings were revised down steadily and that kind of downward revision was not tolerated well.

Rig Veda

A well behaved and cultured scholar always possesses auspicious wealth i.e. earned from good means.

Charles J. Shields

Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do.

Michael Ratner

This vigilantism demonstrates the utter breakdown of the government. These private security forces have behaved brutally, with impunity, in Iraq. To have them now on the streets of New Orleans is frightening and possibly illegal.

Jed Dickerson

Just looking to see the conditions of the lake. Kind of looking to see what I can see.

S. Walker

It honestly wasn't ideal weather conditions for us, but the kids competed well and we had some some good results for the first meet of the year.

Sandra Pianalto

Removing the policy accommodation puts us in the strongest possible position to react as evolving economic conditions require.

Sandra Pianalto

In the past several years consumers ... have been very diligent in managing some of their debt in terms of refinancing to lower rates, but we'll have to ... keep our eye on this situation as the conditions change,

Matthew Archambeault

In the meantime, hopefully we can have a fruitful conversation with the government to get his release, perhaps under conditions they can impose. We are pleased. This is what we envisioned as going to happen from the beginning.

Jason King

In the CI market, you have to watch out for family history. Conditions such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes and back pain may also mean you are looking at a full exclusion of the condition, plus any related conditions.

Helen Hall

In terms of diseases or any skin conditions there are no risks involved. As long as they have their lashes they can get eye lash extensions.

David Emery

If you think about the conditions the victims of Katrina endured ... the stress and fear must have been unimaginable, ... When real news isn't available, rumors percolate to fill the gap. ... People start conjecturing.

Claire Tomalin

In 1843, everybody was hungry, unemployed, and conditions were very bad.

Larry Freed

The downward trend is due to consumers' increased expectations during the holiday season, a much larger influx of infrequent visitors that may not know how to navigate a site and shipping costs, and the unavailability of prominent items like the Xbox 360 due to low inventory.

John Cridland

UK Plc feels it has gone as far as it can in accommodating tax rises that have weakened our international competitive position. The trend we now want to see is a downward one not an upward one,

Peter Beaven

This could have a downward impact on the final export figures.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke,/ Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go.

George Buckley

February might prove a more contentious decision, especially in light of possible downward revisions to the Bank's inflation and growth forecasts.

Paul Kurtz

Since then, we've really been on a downward slope. There are some places where we see some limited progress, but the overall strategic level of leadership -- someone who is there full time, all the time making sure programs are in place and properly funded -- that's what's lacking.

Lara Rhame

Markets initially seem to be focusing more on the downward revision in growth than the upward revision to the deflator.

John Tuccillo

We expect a gradual downward turn through the year as economic growth slows, but we're still looking for very strong numbers,

Richard Rathge

We've been on a downward trend for births since 1981, except for the last two years. Hopefully, that has bottomed out and the trend will reverse.

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.

Laura Conigliaro

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

Roger Altman

Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.

Robert Campbell

Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,

Phil Roth

Investors are going to be surprised when we get a string of stronger economic stats. But we might have to get through earnings season before that happens.

Soichiro Monji

In the past, I think there had been low expectations for Kyocera's electronics parts business, so I think investors had gradually started to view it as one of the losers in the tech sector. In that sense, these earnings are a positive surprise.

Dennis Moore

Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Chris Fitz

I think it's a good idea to diversify the economy and keep more of the grapes here.

Zig Ziglar

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.

Vladimir Putin

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

O. Singh

India's economy is growing at seven to eight percent over the last 15 years,

Peter Giles

I hung in there longer than I had planned. But it seemed the economy was getting better, and I figured now is the time when I can go on to some other dreams.

Adam Brown

The language will give you an insight into whether there has been a shift in their feelings on the economy and on rates, or whether they feel they are getting to a reasonable level and they want to give themselves more flexibility.

William Sullivan

The fear here is the economy is overheating. And this points to a Federal Reserve with a much tighter monetary policy.

Paul Donovan

The U.K economy is in a stronger position than many European economies, and perhaps now is the time to pause for a bit,

Tony Dungy

I think that is probably how he'll be judged in the short run.

Douglas Jerrold

Wedlock's like wine, not properly judged of till the second glass.

Jacques Chirac

Those who want to sow violence of fear, they will be arrested, judged and punished,

Francis Gannon

I think in this market you never know what's going to happen,

Jim Robb

I think the market will not really react to it.

Brett Gallagher

I think the market is just biding its time, and we're going to have these back-and-forth days.

Howard Skolnik

We're prisons, and we're marketing what we are.

Doug Duncan

We're prepared to say the market has peaked in terms of the numbers of units sold.

Michael Dell

We're number-one in the U.S. in the server market and now we're going after the world,

Jack Baker

I think it's very positive that the market was down more than 100 points and has come back, but this is essentially a vacation week,

Mark Pervan

It had a pretty strong run, so the market is taking profits.

William LeFevre

I think this market is going to go a lot higher.

Gwen Stefani

I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it'sa snapshot of (a) time period of my life, and ... that's the song that kind of took us around the world.

Travis Barker

I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation.

Jenna-Louise Coleman

I like period drama because everyone is so restrained, but they have all these emotions raging underneath.

Joni Pitkanen

The first period we weren't ready, that's for sure.

Leroy Shafer

You couldn't program better weather for a three-week period than we've had this year.

Tom Cross

This is just the start of a period of strong growth.

Cindy Sheehan

It's remarkable that in a 27- day period Crawford has stood for something other than war. It has stood for peace.

David Cutcliffe

That's probably the one position that has stayed the same the most over that period of time.

Brad Boyes

It's inexcusable, the way the third period went. You can't sit back like that. ... Tonight we sat back and took penalties.

Dusty Baker

He's day to day. He's no better or worse than he was yesterday.

Chris Carr

It's just crazy. This is worse than 9-11, with everything that's going on with that.

John Updike

There's almost nothing worse to live with than a struggling artist.

Sean McCarthy

If we do nothing, things will get that much worse sooner.

Jeff Johnson

I can't think of a worse place to put a church,