Famous Quotes & Sayings

Melissa Williams

The buyer that makes most sense is the buyer that has a strong presence in the traditional retailing of toys.

Helmut Panke

Prices have gone up in the U.S. but for us at least we have not seen a change in buyer behavior,

David Lereah

Our definition of second homes has changed with the buyer shift toward investment property, ... In examining Census data to determine the number of investment units, we see that second homes are a much larger share than the conventional mind-set of them being mostly vacation homes.

Tokio Furuta

Despite the weak yen, technology issues suffered because of the lack of their main buyers -- foreign investors -- due to the Christmas holiday season.

Jon Fredrikson

The most likely buyer is someone who wants to have a luxury place in the Napa Valley and a prestigious wine label to go with it.

Hidenori Suezawa

Purchases by the public pension fund will become a stabilizer for the market. The fund will be a steady buyer of government debt with five-year and longer maturity, helping limit a rise in yields this year.

Deborah Brown

This isn't the kind of situation where caveat emptor Latin for 'Let the buyer beware' is appropriate.

Michele Morson

You want a buyer beware? It is not their problem if you work out of the house and need high-speed cable and lots of phone lines.

Chris Browning

You're a buyer and a seller. We feel, scalpers feel, that it's a victimless crime. Nobody has to buy them.

Paul Auster

I took a job with the U.S. Census Bureau. In The Locked Room, the third volume of the New York Trilogy, there's a sequence where the narrator talks about working for the census, and I took this straight from life. As in the book, I wound up inventing people. Kind of curious.

Lance Ness

As duck hunters out in the field, we see that something's changed rather rapidly in the past 10 to 20 years. And so our concerns are what happening to the duck population.

Jim Calhoun

As far as we're concerned, we're incredibly happy to be a No. 1 seed. Obviously, I don't think anything we did changed us from being the overall No. 1. I think it's what Duke did.

Condoleezza Rice

As further contracts are let, as further funds are released over the next several months, then we can review in some detail the circumstances, the changed circumstances for different countries.

Rafael Benitez

At Valencia we changed the players virtually every match, maybe we will not be able to do that just as much but all must realize they are important to the team, and it is the team that is important.

C. C. H. Pounder

'Bagdad Cafe' was a film that changed many, many people's lives... how they saw themselves and how they looked at their life situation. I thought I made a little movie. All the mail that I get is about how it changed lives, and that's wonderful.

Clarence Fountain

That play was a hit from jump street, ... That changed our world forever.

David Castillo

That play right there could have totally changed the outcome of the game. It was definitely a momentum play. ... You've got to credit Drew for really taking charge out there.

Steve Fleming

That play changed the course of the game. If Gerald doesn't get to that ball, who knows how the second half would have went.

Scott Downs

That was a big play because they'd had a couple of hits and the game could have changed dramatically.

Peter Dixon

A second half recovery has already been priced in and we are well into the quarterly reporting season. The economic data due out this week will be pivotal and if it does come in worse than expected, there is scope for downside.

Mark Gertler

A year and a half ago it was pretty obvious how to forecast the path of the funds rate. Now, I think what happens is really going to depend on the new data that comes in.

Elga Bartsch

As long as the data point to an ongoing economic recovery, they should feel comfortable about normalizing rates. If anything, the survey numbers are more robust than before.

Joel Kastner

Our data suggest that the planet-forming process may be hardier than previously believed, occurring around even the most massive stars.

Fernando Ferrer

Our data suggests that Latino turnout will be as strong as it was last time.

Robert Rosen

Our data is telling us that updated and improved standards of practice for storm water management would enhance water quality and do a better job of handling the volume of run-off.

Steven Hall

Our data doesn't indicate that you're not going to be able to see the Wind River mountains,

Lee Ferridge

People are still digesting Friday's data and wondering whether the short-term reaction to sell the dollar was right,

Steven Camarota

People come here to work, ... sliced the data really thin.

Bill Evans

Do you remember the Platonic dialog in which Socrates argues the definition of wisdom with Hippocrates? As far as I'm concerned, Hippocrates was the first hippy, a guy who was smug because he thought he knew something. Socrates was wise because he realized how little he knew.

Sir Stringer

Sometimes we misunderstand each other, but after all, isn't that the definition of a marriage?

Bill Gross

Some people say farmers have always helped farmers, People say we're expanding the definition of neighbor.

Philip Mangano

The very definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

Mark Drabenstott

These are the kinds of questions I see in play now. The definition of what's rural is much more complex.

Stephen Hess

This is a situation in which the vice president by definition is a shadow, ... He must move the way the president moves, he can't move independently and at this point he should move forcefully.

Henry Samueli

You're not going to see a wholesale switch over to all 4K by 2K. It will start with one, two, three, four channels, just like high definition (HD) when it was first introduced.

Art Spiegelman

Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything.

Grace Meng

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.

Tom Goldstein

As a result of our investigation, we've determined the information did not reach its destination, and is missing and presumed lost.

Shyam Saran

As a humanitarian gesture, we are willing to release Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails. The verification process is still going on to determine their nationality,

Tim O'Brien

A small, seemingly inconsequential event can determine a life.

Josh Teeples

Determination. I was just determined that I was gong to do it this time.

Charlie Brotman

The starting time of the parade is actually determined by the length of time of the traditional brunch,

Jamie Zuieback

After further review, it was determined that it would be appropriate to grant humanitarian parole for this child.

Toni Chovanetz

After interviewing the passenger, it was determined to be appropriate to release him at this time.

Saeb Erekat

so the truth can be determined once and for all.

Lori Walker

The rhythm for our team in the first half was strong. We are starting to see some personality emerge and in the second half we were determined to pull things together. The game was really flowing together for us.

Brian Billick

Kyle's, for instance, would've happened in a swimming pool. The way that thing got pinned and turned had nothing to do with the turf whatsoever, ... What we're examining very closely, quite frankly, are the shoes. The players all want, just like the padding, as little a shoe, as light a shoe, as fast a shoe as they can get. But the shoe also is a very strong support mechanism for the foot.

David Jones

People don't mind spending money on their homes and basement.

Mary Scott

Ten percent of our homes are now rentals. It's a big problem.

Dan Gallagher

These are the homes we need to address, because we know they are not going to do anything with them until we take action,

Tim Baker

Homes are kept up to the 'nth degree.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

David Williams

We need more volunteers, particularly during the week, ... A lot of (damaged) homes haven't been touched and people are trying to live in them.

Sean Pertwee

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.

Michael Brown

I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever.

Ernesto Zedillo

I will not permit these homes to be rebuilt in the same places,

Kenneth Roth

Property is an investment and it is susceptible to market forces, just like stocks

H. Hart

At this point, there is nowhere that I can find any other money but we need to have more investment put in this system to keep the system the way it is today.

Chris Norton

We think public investment there will spur private investment.

Makoto Ebata

We will put the priority on investment rather than profitability for the time being.

Brad Bradshaw

This was the largest mid-cycle investment in Nissan's history.

David Malone

We don't think long term it meets our target for investment returns.

Pat Gelsinger

We see a fundamental shift away from IT investment in the U.S.,

Robert Kiyosaki

If the investor is uneducated, anything he or she invests in will be risky. So it's not the investment that is risky. It's the investor.

Louis Friedman

Everything we pour into the shuttle is an investment in the past.

Greg Ryan

The technology had not been obvious to larger companies, so that's how we were able to get the patent,

Timm Bechter

There could be a lot less spending. Most of the network build-out for larger telecom players is already done,

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.

Joe Klein

You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.

Dave Scott

It's a larger fumigation, but it wasn't the most challenging we've done.

Sean M. Carroll

I'm a big believer that science is part of a larger cultural thing. Science is not all by itself.

Idina Menzel

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself.

Adam McKay

With the derivatives market larger than ever, we need way more regulation of Wall Street, not less.

Mary Roach

I've been writing full-time since about 1984 - mostly magazine features and columns.

John Carr

You mostly come to these things to support other musicians,

Ernie Els

Ernie told her there was no need to wait, as he thought she was ready to turn pro, ... He spoke mostly to Michelle, but also had a word with her dad, whom he told the same thing.

Hermann Maier

The training is going very, very well. I think I've got just the right formula. At the present time, I'm working mostly on the thighs.

Sigmar Polke

Light is a metaphoric thing. There is green light and red light. Then there is black light, which is mostly danger.

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.

Edwin Whipple

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Andrew Griffin

The second one, I thought it was going to fall.

Cam Newton

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

Reba McEntire

We did, Monday, a read-through, the first act; Tuesday, the second act. And then we did two shows.

Charles R. Swindoll

First impressions never have a second chance.

Bear Bryant

Don't give up at halftime. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Milan Baros

We were down psychologically after that second goal, but there was still so much time to play,

Keith Andrews

We just kind of went out and we were going, but we weren't going full-bore. Then that second quarter, I thought was huge.

Wazhma Mojaddidi

There is so much more than second thoughts in that affidavit.

Paul Reid

We don't want to share it. We want to win it outright.

Tyler Perry

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

Warren Buffett

We have learned to turn out lots of goods and services, but we haven't learned as well how to have everybody share in the bounty. The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind.

Tyler Oakley

You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience.

Robert McGrath

Somehow society shifted and took these things seriously.

Brad D. Smith

The world has shifted to the palm of our hand, or a tablet. We hadn't been investing in 'Quicken' that way.

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Silvio Berlusconi

Mussolini never killed anyone, he just sent dissenters abroad for vacation.

Scotty McCreery

For me, the best vacation is just relaxing on the couch!

Frank Gehry

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.

Cassandra Clare

What's all this about yanking poor Magnus and Alec back from their vacation?" Isabelle demanded. "They have opera tickets!

Jay Chiat

In the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.

Freddy Adu

I don't know French at all. I took some lessons when I was younger but all I know are the numbers. I've been told basically everyone in Monaco speaks English because of it being a huge vacation spot so I'm excited about that. I might not need to learn French after all.

Warren Buffett

During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.

Walter Annenberg

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

Mark Twain

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.