Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ken Perkins

August is the big month because that's when the bulk of the back-to-school revenues are generated, ... But we got some very positive signs in July, especially with apparel sales showing the strongest monthly gains. Apparel sales are important because they provide the first indication of how consumers are spending their discretionary income.

Heather Dougherty

Apparel remains one of the more dominant product categories during the holiday season, mirroring offline holiday retail behavior.

Michael Budman

We've had the biggest hits in the history of sports marketing with the U.S. Olympic apparel and the Canadian Olympic apparel. It's obviously ingrained in the public consciousness.

Floyd Hall

Kmart's sales for October were on plan despite softer apparel sales due to unseasonably warm weather during the latter half of the month. Sales volumes for the third quarter were near expectations. Categories showing particular strength for the month included home appliances and electronics, do-it-yourself, home decor, cosmetics and fragrances, consumables, stationery and pharmaceuticals.

Jim Davis

We think apparel is where we have the greatest opportunity now. It is an embarrassingly small part of our business, and we feel we have a lot of potential there.

Jim Sullivan

Inflation is obviously a little bit higher than expected. Food and apparel were up. This is not going to stand in the way of further Fed easing.

Phil Jamieson

And that drove increased customer visit frequency. And what Wal-Mart found was that while they got extra sales from food, the real benefits were what it did to their general merchandise and apparel business, which has higher margins.

Brandon Steiner

Once the apparel line gets rolling and you have a couple other major endorsements her earning could reach 30-40 million dollars a year. There is such a shortage of women in the market place.

Richard Hastings

Consumers have a way of pulling it together for the holidays. We could see weakness in apparel and footwear sales but electronics, entertainment products and gift cards could do very well in the fourth quarter.

Kim Clijsters

As long as my clothing remains an issue, it is impossible for me to go to the Olympics,

Eileen Larrabee

The speaker has been pushing for the elimination of the sales tax on clothing for years and is disappointed in the governor's proposal. It's a tax increase on working families. For the day-to-day life of working families, the elimination would be much more to their benefit.

Reg Pullen

Sometimes in the fall we'll see 20 or 30 of these birders, dressed out in Abercrombie & Fitch clothing with their spotting scopes, looking at some little dickey bird. The word gets out that there's some shorebird that's rare, and they all flock to the coast to look at it.

Matthew McConaughey

Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets. I didn't want anybody's name on my backside. I personally don't like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone's likeness all over it.

Tom Knight

We are very happy with our hardware, such as golf clubs and exercise equipment, but competition in clothing is as savage as ever and footwear is competitive as well.

Barbara Jones

We are hoping that there would be somebody out there that would maybe recognize the clothing or something about it, or maybe just the time frame when the picture was captured.

Peter Walsh

People hold onto stuff like their kids' old clothing as a way of holding onto the past. Or they keep things they think they might need someday as a way to control the future.

Chris Anderson

The focus is the music, but we're trying to make it as much of a show was we can, with the lights and the clothing and the music. It's a party.

Michael Lombardi

They created a lifestyle for people with the clothing, (and) the clothing got fashionable. Everybody wanted to be in that lifestyle.

Nate Feltman

The whole plan is a statewide plan, so Northwest Indiana has as much potential as any other part of the state.

Gopalakrishnan Venkataraman

The world has realized that India has many things to offer, not only from a tourism point of view, but economic, science and technology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and information technology points of view. India is increasingly recognized as a destination with many facets.

Anthony Bourdain

Wholesome food is wholesome food anywhere. I may not like something but, generally speaking, if it's a busy, street food stall serving mystery meat in India, they're in the business of serving their neighbors. They're not targeted toward a transient crowd of tourists that won't be around tomorrow. They're not in the business of poisoning their neighbors.

Corey Maggette

I don't think Indiana is a better team than us. They just executed better than us.

Waqar Younis

Nothing bad can happen to us if we were on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.

Dee Brown

I'm just looking at Indiana on Sunday. You just have to worry about yourself. You have to win and see what happens.

Steve Alford

Indiana went about it a little different in how they did their search. I never got a phone call. I was never contacted.

Jim Thome

The Indians are going in a way they want to go and I respect that, ... I've loved that organization and I still will.

Mahatma Gandhi

I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

Nate Feltman

The whole plan is a statewide plan, so Northwest Indiana has as much potential as any other part of the state.

Corey Maggette

I don't think Indiana is a better team than us. They just executed better than us.

Dee Brown

I'm just looking at Indiana on Sunday. You just have to worry about yourself. You have to win and see what happens.

Steve Alford

Indiana went about it a little different in how they did their search. I never got a phone call. I was never contacted.

Jim Thome

The Indians are going in a way they want to go and I respect that, ... I've loved that organization and I still will.

Dayananda Saraswati

Though music transcends language, culture and time, and though notes are the same, Indian music is unique because it is evolved, sophisticated and melodies are defined.

Anupam Kher

I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did.

Stavros Dimas

The time for Romania to start planning and implementing this investment program is now.

John W. Snow

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

Bill Jr

We made an investment that hasn't realized a return yet.

Cody Acree

Nobody who owns the stock for a long-term investment is going to sell over a $60 million miss

Kit Spring

Return on investment in PPM is increasingly uncertain.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering.

Matthew Lloyd

For most people, it represents a stable, solid investment in choppy waters.

Jim Young

When it makes sense for my shareholders, when it makes sense for my customers, we're willing to put the investment in,

Darren Heathcote

I do wonder about the validity of silver as an alternative investment vehicle.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.

P. G. Wodehouse

Mr Howard Saxby, literary agent, was knitting a sock. He knitted a good deal, he would tell you if you asked him, to keep himself from smoking, adding that he also smoked a good deal to keep himself from knitting.

Beatrice Lillie

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

Brian Sullivan

At the local level, to be able to say that you're doing better than you were, or you're not, is pretty important.

Nathan Moss

I got to thinking of the school system, especially our local school here.

E. B. White

Its important to do things locally as well, ... impeach.

Paul Decker

We've been briefed by the local organizing people.

Alan Bennett

I don't want to see libraries close; I want to find local solutions that will make them sustainable.

Steve Akers

To receive this designation, a marina must meet all federal, state and local regulations related to marina management.

Azzedine Alaia

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.

Bob McNair

If a local market is supporting the team strongly, you're not going to have a lot of support for a team leaving that market.

Rep. Arza

We don't want the state solving local problems, but we want to be partners in the local problem.

Julie Myers

I will seek to work with those who are knowledgeable in this area, who know more than I do.

Malayan Proverb

If you have, give; if you lack, seek

Jan Egeland

It's even more urgent than it was in these other hurricanes or tsunamis.