Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Carrie Johnson

the wealthy, time-strapped consumers are looking pretty good right now.

Steven Wood

This will offer some partial restraint to consumer spending.

Gary Miller

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.

Peter Dixon

We've seen higher inflation in the course of this year than perhaps was anticipated last year when wage deals were negotiated, ... Consequently that's eroded household purchasing power, and we've actually seen very sluggish consumer demand - which has been a big surprise.

Bruce Rohde

We've seen customers in our industry aggressively reducing inventory balances, so shipment, sales and profits were lower than would be suggested by improved consumer purchases of our products.

Tony Crescenzi

The CPI is correct in measuring consumer prices, ... But it's not correct in measuring the cost of living.

John Silvia

Employment and wages are stronger and therefore, consumer spending is stronger. Housing is slowing, but not as much as we would have expected, and the price of oil is so far not having that big an impact on the consumer.

Heraclitus Ephesus

To do the same thing over and over is not only boredom; it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do

Conlan Efurd

What I was pleased at was we maintained roughly a 12-point lead. I thought we controlled the ball. We had a lot of guys in there.

Igor Goloubev

Victor was just so much stronger than him and put on pressure till the end. He looked good. He was very focused before the fight. After the 1st round he controlled the fight without being too aggressive. It was a good fight for him to come back after being away for so long.

Slavoj Zizek

It's bad if we are controlled, but if we're not, it can be even worse.

Tim Ziegler

(Montpelier) controlled possession a lot of the game, definitely.

Phil Jackson

Kobe played a game in which he really controlled the offense from his position. He really doesn't play guard very often. We had people open because he got double-teamed. In the first half, Cook hit his shots.

Duffy Waldorf

I saw he was right there, but I knew I still controlled my own destiny. I knew I had to still make a couple of birdies on the back nine. I had opportunities from (holes) 11 through 15, but I just couldn't roll those putts in.

Michael Shapiro

States are doing an excellent job in keeping the tires in a controlled management situation.

Evan Bayh

will take leadership -- leadership unlike that which has controlled Washington for these last several years.

Tom Fitzpatrick

The broad-based picture of dollar strength remains intact and further gains look very much in the cards.

Simon Derrick

The big support that Fed rate increases had been giving the dollar is starting to wane and the minutes made that clear.

David Anderson

Prices are rising because of expectations. If we have it in our heads that oil is going to do well and we start putting dollars into it, then the prices will iron out.

Michael Klawitter

The theme in the market remains interest rate differentials, it's not surprising to see the dollar come under some pressure.

Boris Boehm

The weak dollar hits our economy at the worst possible moment. We had just seen the first signs of a small recovery. It hits our export-related companies.

Ed Rogich

The Wheel of Fortune dollar system in Mississippi is statistically overdue to hit.

Brad Miller

That must have been terrible to watch. We should give a dollar back to every fan.

Alex Knott

Your local taxpayer dollars are being used to employ a lobbyist as a middleman to go out and get your federal tax dollars. It's a situation that's increasing.

Jim Terry

We have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in this, which is why it is so important to us.

Jan Leroy

The mood is very positive. Earnings are supportive.

David Albright

And that's one of the things that has to give you pause, is that they have been thinking about this a long time, ... And so the question is, when did they start in earnest to learn how to make a nuclear explosive?

William Hummer

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

Jim Volk

Right now the perception is we are not going to get the earnings recovery we thought we were going to get.

Walter Winnitzki

These stocks are pretty much earnings driven. If the earnings come through, I think the stocks are going to move higher and, on balance, I think we are in a healthy environment, which bodes well for stocks in this whole group.

Donald Selkin

The stocks that are benefiting most from better earnings are the small and mid-cap ones.

Bill Coleman

The worst thing you can say is 'I want $X for this job,' leaving no opening for negotiation by the other side. Better language is 'I hope to earn between $X and $X.' That gives the other party more flexibility.

Chris White

The way it works, ... is I did not look at a roster. Everyone had to earn their way on to the team. We have a pretty good mix of classes. We have eight seniors on the team and have strong leadership from our three captains.

Tom Lehman

The way I look at it is I would love to earn my spot.

F. Stone

Eighty one out of the 99 lots are owned by the project.

Alan Bennett

At eighty things do not occur; they recur.

Jim Waggoner

The percentages say that the day after Christmas, the market goes up. Eighty percent of the time, stocks rise.

Frank Barnaby

A vast percentage of centrifuges have to be rejected in testing, up to 60% rejection.

Greg Anderson

We have 50 percent of the units reserved and that's very exciting.

Craig Shniderman

Percentage of sales--the table contributions, which often represent about 50 percent of the table revenue--actually go up.

Melissa Etheridge

I would say I'm 97 percent back now,

Lawrence Lindsey

I would not be surprised to see 5 percent unemployment by the end of the summer. I would be surprised to see 6 percent.

Michael Rogers

We'll be working 100 percent for Jan in the tour, there'll be no personal ambitions.

Jeff Linenfelser

We put a lot of time in to get him ready. He was 100 percent ready for the fight. What are you going to do?

Pat Griffin

I'd say I spend 90 percent of my time in the Terrain Park.

John Smedley

I'd say we're about 70 percent of the way there.

Nicholas Negroponte

I think $1 trillion a year by 2000 is modest,

Arthur Conan Doyle

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

Cameron Diaz

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.

Jane Austen

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

Jane Wagner

A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?

Bella Abzug

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?

Doris Lessing

There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them.

Ani Difranco

i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right