Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Claude

I would say that consumers are not pushing enough,

Scott Anderson

Job growth is the main engine for consumer spending.

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,

Carl Gipson

It gets tough when you try to tailor-make a plan for every single person, but at the same time we are paying for things we never use. Right now, it is kind of a one-size-fits-all approach, and from a consumer standpoint, someone who purchases health insurance, that doesn't go a long way in curtailing health-care costs.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

Tim Burns

Under Michigan law, unless something was intentionally misrepresented or defective, there's no mandatory right for a consumer to make a return. But if a store posts a return policy, they must follow the terms of the policy.

Katsuhiko Kodama

Had the outcome been better, it would have increased speculation of higher consumer prices immediately ahead, so it seems that investors are taking a weaker reading as a positive.

Tom Baker

has been driven by increased demand for our growing lineup of new game themes, strong gaming operations performance and solid market share growth by our major international subsidiaries.

Carl Herrman

What we would like is that people will demand more. We're hoping to work together again.

Bjorn Hanson

What we've seen is demand growing at three and a half to four and a half percent in some recent years. This year it will only grow about two and a half percent.

Joe Mauer

Having the first year of going through that and getting to know these guys, that's a lot of information, ... It's not only a physical demand on you, but mentally as well.

Keith Tkachuk

He's a competitor, I'll tell you that much. He wants to win; he's been with the Rangers and he demands a lot.

Marty Booker

I don't know anything about the diva thing. To play receiver in this league, sometimes you have to be demanding and selfish.

Andrew Grove

I don't expect the end demand to snap back, ... We are in this state for some period of time.

Richard Aboulafia

I don't know which is more bloated, the production expectations or the demand expectations.

John Hamm

We can do what we can do to make sure people aren't being gouged; that the price is fair and is being determined by demand and not gouging,

George Shiffler

In some sense, the desktop market is being hit with a double whammy.

Rob Enderle

There isn't a player on the desktop that's at greater risk of losing share to IBM here than Microsoft,

Ross Anderson

Something that goes on the desktop has to be a simpler and more structured tool with fewer configuration options. It has to be running in the background.

Patrick Mahoney

This puts Yahoo Mail on par with desktop programs like Outlook and Lotus Notes, and offers a better experience for users.

Brian Kalinowski

We're taking desktop applications to a whole new level.

Dan Campbell

With Live Soccer Odds Desktop Alert, punters can now react to live soccer odds as they are published and monitor their favorite team using the integrated alerting tools.

Jonathan Hykawy

Very strong on the revenue side, less strong ... on the gross margin side. But given the yields they're getting in their desktop products, and presumably in their mobile products as well ... my model would suggest that their gross margins are going to come in higher than their guidance.

Andy Grove

I don't see Merced appearing on a mainstream desktop inside of a decade.

Nat Friedman

Mac OS X isn't a free platform, and it runs on expensive hardware. It is not a plausible Windows alternative for our desktop customers, who are mainly large government organizations displacing Windows desktops and big enterprise corporations replacing Solaris workstations.

Phil Kendall

There were two key trends in the global wireless market in 2005. First, emerging markets contributed phenomenal levels of subscriber growth. In particular, Russia, India and Indonesia saw major growth in new users in 2005, up 40-50 percent over 2004 levels.

Ian McCafferty

There are emerging signs that the hard-pressed manufacturing sector is improving.

Anna Wintour

Previous first ladies seemed to feel the need to wear a sort of uniform, whereas Michelle Obama likes fashion and is very comfortable in fashion. She's happy to mix high and low, and she loves emerging designers. That will do nothing but good for our industry.

Mark Christensen

The explosive growth of the Internet and e-business requires faster deployment of high-bandwidth equipment and greater flexibility to support emerging Internet technologies and new services within the network.

Mike Fitzpatrick

Monitoring our children's use of emerging technologies is a huge task and the Internet remains the focus of many parent's concerns.

Michael Gomez

More and more investors are comfortable with emerging markets.

Fred Moran

Nextel is focused on the emerging market where wireless penetration is minute and growth potential is still ahead.

John Herrmann

Globally, the U.S. and some emerging markets are the leading growth engines.

Bill Rocco

Most people don't need an emerging market fund, I don't think. That doesn't mean many don't.

James Rhodes

We have a ride-along program where they can ride with engines and ambulances.

Mark Hastings

We're going from being in a dug-out canoe to our first sailing ship. We're not even up to steam engines yet.

Scott Carr

We thought it was out of gas, ... But it wasn't. They started up their engines and started heading toward the port of Miami. They took off like a rocket.

Maureen Allyn

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

Stuart Freeman

We've been thinking that the Nasdaq, as an index, would likely outperform a lot of the other indexes this year. It's a lot about secular growth. We're seeing growth in technology. And for the most part, it's been a tech year.

Paul Polzin

We've got to go back to the 1970s to get three strong years of 4 percent growth.

Preston Beckman

I think we're relieved and a little shocked that it's showing such growth this year. For us, having maintained the ratings we had last year would have been a plus.

Joe Lieberman

I think what we've learned is that when growth occurs, it occurs in the private sector,

Eric Schmidt

I don't know where (Chinese) revenue growth will be, but it will obviously be large.

Benn Steil

He made some mistakes on the growth side.

Ruben Studdard

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Samuel Smiles

True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.

Richard DeKaser

I think the market is responding now to a perception of the increased possibility of recession, which I do not see.

Gerhard Schroeder

I think we can say that in the past seven years, we have increased respect in the world for our country, our Germany, and I am sure that we will safeguard that together,

Elizabeth Loftus

Undergraduate fees have increased to $8000 for each year of an undergraduate law course,

Alan Hevesi

The new reforms have increased the value of the franchise,

Chris Williamson

As we saw last month, there were signs of increased overseas spending on UK services.

Jeff Cogen

As revenues have increased, Mr. Hicks has increased the payroll accordingly.

Elaine Chao

This has been an across-the-board gain, ... All that (data) bodes for increased hiring.

Mike Lomas

There will be an increased interest from visitors who want to know how to get in this club.

Cate Blanchett

There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.

Daniel Breaker

I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.

Phil Goff

It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house,

Art Hogan

I think that turned (the market) around, ... There is no inflationary pressure and that was one of the major concerns.

Pete Boone

I think that, when it all boiled down, production of the offense was a major factor.

Hugh Johnson

I don' think we are ready for a major move,

Murray Walker

I don't know what happened, but there was a major malmisorganization problem there.

Fidel Castro

We can do it better and take on the major leagues. ... For each player that leaves, 10 better ones arise,

Alan Greenspan

Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11.

Harry Orf

In terms of major equipment, we won't know until we can get back in.

Tim Evans

The markets are bracing for Thursday's DOE reports, with traders cringing since the recent (supply) trends have been bearish.

Brian Reynolds

GM's going out to the markets to get the money and they're going to put it back into the market, so in a sense it's a wash,

Alex Brown

I think markets will stay roughly where they are with the outlook slightly positive,

Roberto Azevedo

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well.

Carlos Ghosn

We don't know where the markets are going,

Hernan Cortes

This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling.

Mario Zawadzki

The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.

William Baldwin

They're already a mature operation and the company's not planning to open to many more stores.

Thorsten Heins

In a maturing market it's not advisable to be always everybody's darling, because you get too thin.

Roy H. Williams

Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.

Seth Godin

The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself.

Mignon McLaughlin

Elegimos aquellos que nos gusta, con los que amamos, no tenemos voz en el asunto.

Lleyton Hewitt

I don't know. Haven't I always been mature?

Cameron Crowe

She's an old soul. You will find her to be one of the more mature 23-year-olds on the planet.

Cristie Kerr

She's 16 now, so young, but she's matured quite a bit,

Steve Heiden

He's very confident. He's mature for his years. He's poised, he's confident. He was very good.

Greg Sterling

This is mobile e-mail for the rest of us, who have normal or tiny screens.

Chris Gent

Spain is one of Europe's fastest-growing mobile markets.

Greger Johansson

The mobile systems side is doing well, but Marconi and the fixed-line side are weighing heavily.

Paul Miller

The results show that there is a lot of outdated thinking in terms of mobile technology security.

Mark Elliott

The unique thing about the mobile phone is it's always with you wherever you go, but you don't always know how to get where you're going.

Scott Kerstetter

We had a lot of turnovers, but Hannah Tobin was the MVP of this game. She was really mobile in this game.

Tom Crosby

I think we'd better get used to it. I think we're going to see prices roller-coaster like this for a long time.

David Patterson

I think all the prices are crazy. They are just very expensive.

Robert G. Allen

Your network is your net worth. How do you value your network? Well, if you don't value it, cultivate it, nurture it, it becomes worthless. If you do value it, it becomes priceless.

Darren Benitez

I had some songs in that I had wrote, you know, priceless to me.

Guy Quaden

The first risk is the price of oil.

Malcolm X

The price of freedom is death.

LaVar Arrington

You can't put a price tag on principals and values.

Ernest Moore

You can't put a price tag on a child's life.

Rachel Barnard

You can't put a price on that kind of publicity. It's huge.

Joanna Lumley

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

Kevin Rollins

The first quarter is always the toughest quarter for us.

Rob Haines

It's disappointing that they are restating earnings. We don't want another quarter of surprises.

Eli Manning

I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that,

Jim McMahon

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Richard Williams

This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.

Sean Durkin

The third quarter killed us. In the end, it was a little too much for us to overcome.

Aryeh Bourkoff

This is going to be the weakest quarter of the year for the company.

David Trone

This is the first quarter in a long time where you will see year-over-year comparisons that are negative. And we'll probably see results for most of the quarters in 2005 being down on a year-over-year basis.

Neal A. Maxwell

The "new" in us is bound to notice the "old" that remains.

Kelly Clarkson

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

George Davis

They're kind of saying that it's going to be OK, but that remains to be seen,

Theodore Dreiser

The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

Azzedine Alaia

'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.

Marco Caceres

All the sudden, you have these new visions for space exploration, and there's renewed excitement.

Scott Baker

It can be more than that. It's not unusual for all of the staff to work on responses

Jim Angell

I think their response has been very measured.

William Levada

It's not surprising that there's been no response

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Response, when asked how he came upon his theorems.

Jesse Cole

We did not get any response with that either.

Amy Martin

The response has been overwhelming. I don't know any other word,

Greg Smith

The response has been overwhelming. And we can always use more.

Mary Comerio

The trajectory of response has been getting much bigger,

Greg Stone

I'm shocked. I don't understand why the response wasn't instantaneous.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Brian Urlacher

He doesn't look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

Rob Thomas

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Richard P. Feynman

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.

Richard John Neuhaus

My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised.

Richard Dawkins

The story of Doubting Thomas is told, not so that we shall admire Thomas, but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison. Thomas demanded evidence … The other apostles, whose faith was so strong that they did not need evidence, are held to us as worthy of imitation.

Roz Savage

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.