Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Henley

As far as we can tell, technology spending for enterprise hardware and software remains very soft and does not appear to be improving.

Michael Gregory

As far as the Fed goes, it really isn't inflation on the ground that's a concern, it's inflation down the road. For a very long time, they've offset that with global concerns, but there doesn't appear to be any more world crises to worry about.

Jim Nelson

As far as I could tell, the governor appeared to be trying to get support for the bill on the (Senate) floor.

Randall Luthi

As far as I can estimate from the preliminary projections ... it does appear that we may have unexpected revenues of approximately a billion dollars,

Mark Ternent

As a result of Pennsylvania's large human and bear populations, bears and people are coming into contact frequently. These encounters occur because housing developments and businesses continue to encroach into bear habitat and more bears are living closer to people than ever before. Chance encounters in the field also appear to be more common than before in some areas.

James Mays

As currently envisaged by some proponents, the program would appear to serve more as a revenue-generating scheme than a security program that would benefit passengers.

Anthony Chan

The bottom line is that consumers experienced a soft patch in the first quarter and they appear to be emerging from it,

Chris Morrison

The bottom line is I would expect some form of debt exclusion question to appear on next April's ballot, either to cover the design costs or the whole thing, ... We cannot obtain state approval and the funding that comes with it without a commitment from the voters.

Sean Maloney

The business market remains slow for PCs, but it doesn't appear that we have lost significant market share, ... Average selling prices are about where we thought they would be.

Li Zhi

Raising profit thresholds are in line with the regulator's pledge to help good-quality companies raise capital and upgrade market fundamentals. Investors will be glad to see the market shutting its doors to poor performers.

Ariel Sharon

(People) should vote for me because I will preserve Jerusalem, united and undivided as the capital of the Jewish people, the capital of Israel, forever.

Tom Doyle

People are starting to take a longer-term view on capital projects now.

Maryann Courson

Once we get the ranking, we can go forward and develop a capital improvement plan to get the projects done.

Marvin Prince

Defensively, I feel we've come a long way. But we need to capitalize on their mistakes.

James Wittenbach

Deloitte's National Tax Office monitors tax proposals and tax legislation on a daily basis. They work very closely with policy makers on Capital Hill, ... The hope is that following Dan and Katie's presentation, the tax policy professionals at Deloitte will carry the proposal to Capital Hill where members of the Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee will get a chance to consider it.

Steve East

Once you've cut employees as much as you can, the only thing left to do when you don't have pricing power is to become more productive, and you do that through capital spending.

Clyde DeSouza

Technology is making everyone self-sufficient, the only way to make money is to capitalize on people's laziness

Roger Altman

Russia's oil fields are mature and require capital and Western technology even to keep production flat.

Bill Murray

As far as the consumer is concerned, they think it's a stand-by ticket where you have to sit in the back by the toilet,

Asahi Shimbun

As a result, the food safety of consumers was treated carelessly, raising questions once more about government responsibility.

Michael Chambers

Real discretionary spending has been cut to the bone. That would gel with the sense we get in Indonesia of a very sharp drop in consumer durable purchases, motorcycles. If you go to electronic shops you'll see a sharp decline there as well.

Mark Batty

People are worried about possible net interest margin compression and credit quality deterioration, as well as slowing consumer loan growth.

Dannielle Romano

People are witnessing how interested consumers are in experiencing digital music, consuming it that way, and having the convenience of consuming it that way. It's a quickly growing, voracious audience.

Alan Greenspan

Despite the combination of somewhat slower growth of productivity in recent quarters, higher energy prices, and a decline in the exchange rate for the dollar, core measures of consumer prices have registered only modest increases,

Anne Sweeney

The strategic utilization of new technologies to meet consumer needs is of paramount importance to the growth of the Disney Media Networks Group.

Eric Wold

A few years ago the big question was could IMAX get Hollywood content on their screens and theaters to sign up. But studios now see the value of putting movies on IMAX screens since consumers have much better home theaters.

Linda Pinney

Prescriptions going to consumers is like money going to consumers. The margin for error is zero.

Ryan Hall

Any project under construction will continue to stay on track.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Marsha Blackburn

As far as the political landscape in our state, I think that what we continue to see is that Tennessean voters are more independent and more conservative, and they are watching issues very closely; they are watching votes very closely.

Clive Smith

As far as their reasons for hunger striking, it seems to be a myriad of different reasons that they all have, the largest one seems to be like they want to protest their continued (detention).

Hootie Johnson

As far as the golf course is concerned, we'll have to continue to evaluate that.

Stephen Mandel

As Edmonton continues to position itself as a major film location, it is important that the industry feels welcome and views Edmonton as a film-friendly, professional destination,

Sheridan Murphy

As Florida continues to develop rapidly, this issue will continue to come up.

Don Brash

As expected in November, growth in the economies of our trading partners has continued to be sluggish.

Kym McKay

As a team, our defense continued to shine and was even more exciting than it was last fall. Our new serve-receive system went very well and we are looking for it to continue to improve. We had a handful of moments that we looked extremely impressive and were firing on all cylinders. It was very exciting.

Jim Cook

Our direction from (supervisors) has been to facilitate the effort, and there lies why we are putting up $1.3 million.

Ted Moskonas

It would be very easy to direct a show with four or five students. But that's not what we're trying to do here.

Asia Argento

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

Boyd Holbrook

There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.

Kristen Stewart

There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know. But everyone's really different. I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've worked with guys who have been pouring wells of emotion. So emotional availability is not a gender-specific thing.

Chad Reed

This was a step in the right direction for me. I will take it any way I can get it. Something told me it was going to get ugly tonight.

Alan Cumming

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

Kevin McDonald

He sort of gets comic moments. Not a lot of directors do.

E. Hurley

We've seen our vehicle donation drop by over 40 percent this year, and it's all a direct result of the tax law change.

Barbara Stocking

One year after the tsunami, we are seeing an impressive recovery.

Dale Davis

If we make it there, the most impressive thing about that list is that most of those teams went on to win it.

James Johnson

I'm not surprised; he's a tough young man. He was just an impressive young man, even then. He had a can-do attitude.

Erin Hertzog

It's something impressive because it's something we could use in Arizona.

Pat Dowling

For a while anyway, it is not going to be that visible a project. There is no one day that will be more impressive than another.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

China's urbanization supported the country's impressive growth and rapid economic transformation.

Jim Shultz

This right here is the most impressive and the most important thing I'll do in my life. It will be around forever.

Dorothy Hatsukami

This result was an impressive and completely unexpected study.

Billy Childish

I like being on the margins. You work better there.

Howard Davidowitz

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

John Collins

I think in some ways those conversations, as well as our overall conversations of the organization and how to make it better, may have spun some rumors out that essentially were tagged to the GM.

Richard Jerram

I think the overall picture is quite positive,

Pat Murphy

I'm disappointed overall in the play of the weekend.

Peter Morgan

The overall trend is still that the recovery is weak. I wouldn't say that this is a turnaround yet.

Willie Randolph

When you don't get calls, then you don't pitches where you want them to be. But overall he pitched pretty well.

Mark Whitaker

The bottom-line pressures at Time Inc. are no secret,

Alvin Wyatt

Defensively, we're putting a lot of pressure on people.

Nick Nicola

Defensively we got them with pressure before the second half.

Gary Enis

Defensively we feel like we're going to be solid up the middle. Teams like to put pressure on your defense, and the important thing for us is to make the routine plays.

Rick Klingman

The selling pressure has subsided a little bit.

Steve Robinson

That's what we want to do. We want to put some pressure on and just run, run, run.

David Eckstein

That's what we try to do, put pressure on the other pitcher.

Paul Brinkman

This puts a lot of pressure on us. It is unfortunate, but that is the way it is. It could be pretty rough for students.

Carnie Wilson

If someone puts too much pressure on me, I will automatically rebel.

Jeff Barker

This is a competitive business, like any other retail business. It's very important to stay on point.

Peter Cardillo

The retail sales are a real blow-out number.

S. Walker

We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.

Bob Baffert

He just had little pesky injuries. He's showing his stuff now.

John Cena

Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work.

Chris Marshall

It's showing our talent off to the scouts.

James Henderson

I'll play here. I got two stores to go to.

Philip Green

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

O. Henry

The old rivalry, which may not have been so strong two, three years ago, is back, and it's marvelous.

Mike Farrell

Telecom is also strong today (Tuesday) and those have been the most oversold stocks.

Gerard Bisceglia

Preposterous is a strong word, but it is warranted in this case.

Terry Tamminen

It would be much stronger if it was a law.

Dave Mitchell

It was typical, good, tough wrestling. We have a pretty strong region.

Howard Gantman

It was very strong in terms of Californians contacting us in support of the filibuster.

Josh Reed

The wind was really strong all day. It was very make-able.

Kathy Emerson

The work is very exciting. In fact, we've remarked how much stronger the work is now than what it used to be.

John Fitzgibbons

This is not a strong time to take someone public.

Anna Deavere Smith

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

Thomas Keller

Good food is a good trend.

Tablo

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?

Bethany Mota

I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.

Zhang Ziyi

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.

Eric Rohmer

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

Eric Ripert

I don't follow the food trends.

Rachel Roy

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

Manolo Blahnik

Trends don't interest me.