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.

Kathy Grannis

You got extra time to shop. You have warmer weather, and you can buy what's now in the stores - spring apparel and spring decorations.

Heather Dougherty

The fact that apparel was one of the more dominant product categories shows that consumers have a high comfort level with buying online.

Neil Schwartz

We have not seen a new phenomenon hit the licensed apparel market like this before.

Alan Lacy

We'll emphasize better classic apparel while highlighting our strong appliance, electronics and home improvement merchandise,

Floyd Hall

September comparable sales were on plan, with strength in home appliances and electronics partially offsetting slow fall apparel results due to unseasonably warm weather. Other categories showing strong performance included home decor, outdoor sporting goods, jewelry, stationery, cosmetics and fragrances, cameras and accessories, consumables, seasonal items and pharmaceuticals.

John Shanley

Nobody's really busting the doors down to buy women's apparel this fall selling season. Women's dress and casual footwear is probably the strongest I've seen in a good six or seven years.

Bill Bass

Sears.com will be easier and faster to navigate and will have five times as much information about the home appliances products,

Kim Freeman

GE service technicians are trained to install and remove gas appliances safely, following all applicable codes. State law specifically allows this activity.

David Steiner

Maytag is honored by our partnership with ENERGY STAR. We know that through the use of ENERGY STAR appliances consumers can save money and contribute to a healthy environment. We are proud to help raise awareness about energy efficiency through our efforts.

Gerard Kleisterlee

While we remain focused on expanding the company through value-creating acquisitions in our medical systems, domestic appliances and personal care and in our lighting businesses, we'll continue managing our capital efficiently to create optimum value for our shareholders,

Hal Morton

I really don't know what it is, because I can only think of one time in the nine years I've been here that he (Floyd) has come in to talk to me at all, ... His concern at the time was he didn't like to separate appliances out of his loads going to the landfill.

Heather Dougherty

People are becoming comfortable buying things like appliances online now.

Piet Smith

We have 20 fire ground crew and 16 National Park volunteers assisting at various places to put the fire out. About 16 fire appliances including tankers and four helicopters and six water tankers are also being used.

Steve Bailey

This represents a significant improvement over conventional heating appliances and grid-supplied electric power, and will ultimately provide consumers with a savings in their utility bills.

Peter George

This report validates the success of our strategy to focus on owning the high-end market from day one, a market that has vastly different networking and security requirements than small to mid-size companies and was underserved by existing single function security appliances that were essentially PC platforms. Only Crossbeam delivers a no compromises approach that combines best-in-breed security applications from leading ISVs, multi-gigabit performance and carrier-grade reliability into innovative UTM devices that strengthen network security while lowering total cost of ownership.

David Askew

The technology these cameras run on is unsurpassed even now. What's surpassed is the hardware, and we're replacing that.

P. J. Harvey

Technology products are driving our sales. The really hot products at the moment are the digital cameras and MP3 players. We stock every new technology product that comes out and they are really belting out the door.

Richard Gardner

These applications are going to get cheaper and cheaper and I really do see a day when we're all going to be creating our own home videos and editing these videos on a PC. About one in seven cameras sold today is digital.

Michael Strahan

When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful.

Karen Morgan

I think I'd probably be more comfortable with the cameras than with three people in a room.

Hayden Panettiere

When the camera comes on, I am not Hayden any more, I am Lizzie!

Robert Ferguson

If I get weepy, I don't want any slow cameras zooming in and music and stuff like that. You don't need to manufacture the drama. My heart's broken, my father's dead.

Grace Kelly

I'll be goddamned if I'm going to stay in a business where I have to get up earlier and earlier and it takes longer and longer for me to get in front of a camera.

Jennie Garth

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.

Kenneth Fisher

If some stock categories get too hot-and-pricey, mass supply is created via stock offerings to tap that cheap money - and, when overdone, drives it all down.

Rick Krim

I just think the nominees are so strong in the big categories and so deserving, it would be a big surprise.

Gary Shapiro

The consumer electronics industry continues to enjoy healthy growth and consumers are faring even better thanks to competitive pricing and overall price deflation, ... While price declines and competition place pressure on profit margins, these factors also help drive total unit sales as consumers flock to join the digital era. With this in mind, we have upwardly revised sales projections for several product categories in our updated 2005 forecast report.

Tom Vierhile

It's the granddaddy of health claims. To even get in the game with certain food categories like dairy products you have to have a low-fat offering.

Gordon Haff

They are all comparable in performance for high-end, non-X86 architectures.

Tom Gray

The wind resource in the United States is comparable to the oil resource in Saudi Arabia. It's a major strategic national resource we should be making every effort to develop.

Elaine Sciolino

The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.

Mark Land

So far, the testing is going very well. The performance has been good, and fuel mileage has been comparable to the 2002 engines.

David Hidalgo

To find something comparable to that, but in our own culture, that was refreshing.

Jeff Garlin

For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey.

Kevin Logan

Prices played a big role here. A lot of the increase was due to higher energy prices, particularly for oil.

Tom Maier

Our fall in the last two weeks is due to several injuries and if we hadn't had them we might have fared better. But those are all part of the game.

Peter Cardillo

The selling in financials is an anticipation of lower earnings due to a slower economy, ... From the point of view of interest rates not going up, it's positive.

Charles Corp

The significant increase in 1999 planned expenditures is primarily due to the company's plans to enhance its systems capacity.

Richard Burr

see through the stereotypes, which were made due to a lack of information.

Mark Smith

It was the technology, and NASA was the attraction. The reason NASA the technology were here, if you want to go one step further, it was due to Wernher von Braun.

Ayman Nour

This is not about winning or losing, but about due process. Whether we got 1 percent or 51 percent, if you feel the process is flawed, we are going to take legal measures.

Mark Shields

Due to the vast quantity of material, it will take some time to review them all, but so far we have observed no celebrities, no politicians, no senior police officers, members of the clergy, or sporting figures on any of the images.

Kathleen Farrell

Due to the success of the yard sale we held on Sept. 10 at which $1,600 was raised, ... we are having another sale this weekend, Sept. 24 and 25, rain or shine.

Tony Russa

And then the other stuff falls into place. As you saw there, that's what he's been doing all year long. I can't remember seeing a pitcher all the years that I've managed that has been so good every time out.

Saurav Kalra

The Skin in not important, but the 'Soul', to fall in Love and reach the Heaven's Door.

Justin McNaull

The thing we hit as we head into fall is leaf-peeping, and leaf-peeping takes a lot of gas,

Mario Hernandez

It was all on fire and the roof had fallen in.

Phil Boyer

The statistics don't support planes falling out of the sky.

Marcus Miller

This is the first time we've played soccer in the spring; we have just played in the fall in the past, so it's kind of fun to see some different teams.

Benito Mussolini

The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

Brian Andreas

Falling into Place: deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.

James Van Der Beek

You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me,

David Jones

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

Yvonne Martinez

No one was at home at the time.

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,

Dr. Denny

All are home now, and are recovering or have recovered.

Barbara Pym

The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.

Arthur Marx

People would ask me, 'Is he as funny at home as he is in the movies?' ... I would have to answer, 'Well, he can be funny. But he is also very serious. He has insomnia and if we him up early, he would bawl the hell out of me'.

Jamie Campbell Bower

I have an apartment back home in London. England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be. It's where my friends are.

Jamie Dimon

We don't think there are cases where people were evicted out of homes when they shouldn't have been.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models, ... If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Jason Moore

'Grease' was how I learned that I really liked music and musicals and movies that included music.

Gary Hill

The petition included the total number of properties on the acreage, ... It did not specify that these two landowners would not be included in the annexation.

James Billington

We have 119 million items in 460 different languages,

Kelli Calloway

The dresses, shoes and purses can all be loaned and don't have to be donated. It doesn't have to be a permanent donation. Whoever wants to loan items can get everything back dry-cleaned.

Paul Parker

These items can become missiles and they can stop storm drainage,

Fred Reid

I've got a checklist with 3,200 items on it. At any time, 150 of them are burning.

Monte Mitchell

Today is not a day to be doing outdoor burning.

Ken Martin

I can't say we'll see this kind of performance every quarter.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Lee Scott

It was a solid performance, but we can do better,

Rick Carlisle

It was a terrible performance. It's as simple as that.

Daron Rahlves

It's bad, it stinks, a poor performance by the team. It's really a poor showing. Big stage, little performance. I don't know why.

Linda Duessel

The performance of dividend-paying stocks has more to do with the fundamentals in their industries.

Lu Shanzhen

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance of our gymnasts.

Peter Drucker

Results is all that separates one company from another.

N. T. Wright

The gospel is not itself about you are this sort of a person and this can happen to you. That's the result of the gospel rather than the gospel itself.

John Wooden

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

Jeff Bower

He's had all the hands-on examinations that he's going to need. The results are all there.

Herbert Simon

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Jennifer Stone

We do what we can. The results are none of our business.

Antoine Lavoisier

In performing experiments, it is necessary... that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed.

Glen Taylor

I think Sam is a closer, which is what we could have used right now. Sam could do that. The results are Sam is probably having a better year than Marko is having.

Joe Escobedo

It doesn't take 18 months; it doesn't take 18 days. The results were immediate.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Vernon Jordan

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

George W. Bush

... for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.

Hugh Shelton

Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.

Rudy Giuliani

I haven't seen it. I don't really need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11th.

Matt Allen

In September 2004, I had 2,000 tons of inventory; by the first week of September 2005 there was no inventory. We were wiped out.

Wayne Carl

If September works and we can switch it, we'll switch.

John F. Kerry

Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.

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.

Bob Johnson

(Brady) really wanted to play a slow tempo. But we got some steals and were able to up the tempo (after the first quarter).

David Snowdon

We can't do anything today to slow down the development of Alzheimer's lesions, ... we can do something about strokes.

Jason Guffey

I?m disappointed because I wanted to win the match, but it?s just going to make me work harder. I can?t let this slow me down at all.

Dave Wannstedt

We've got to find a way out of it, ... We started slow and that's where we are right now.

M. Wolfe

The more participants we have, the better we can be. I think we can have a real strength in numbers.

Jerry A. Webman

The rise in equities helped strengthen the economy.

Bruce Lee

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

Bruce Lee

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Stanley A. McChrystal

Strength is leading when you just don't want to lead.

Edward Abbey

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Dr. Seuss

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

Dalai Lama

Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.

Terry Tamminen

It would be much stronger if it was a law.

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.

Baruch Spinoza

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Azar Nafisi

The more we die, the stronger we will become

Brenda Strong

Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.

Jane Byrne

But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens.

Jane Fonda

So much is made of good, strong roles for women. Actually, it's really interesting playing vul­nerable people as well.

Jan Schakowsky

Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.

James Theodore Bent

The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece.