Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lorenzo Codogno

As always, protectionism doesn't work. The past resistance to change has resulted in the Italian banking system being still affected by fragmentation, with plenty of small-scale players.

Paul Haggis

As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.

Kelly Preston

As a mom, I am going through a very painful experience and my child is going through a very traumatic and painful experience. So I didn't want to say anything that could affect him later in life.

David Orton

Profitability for the quarter was affected by the lower revenue and a reduction in average selling prices for the company's board products.

Duncan Hunter

Prior to September 11, 2001, illegal immigration was considered a regional issue without national implications. We quickly learned on that day, however, that this is a national issue, affecting each and every American, not just those living in border communities like San Diego County,

Richard Hatch

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious-they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you.

Richard Hatch

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious - they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you.

Mark Hansen

Probably the most important thing in developing an emergency plan for the agricultural operation is to include the family and employees in the process. By helping to develop the plan, the other family members and employees take more ownership in making the plan work and in helping think of ways to protect the business. After all, everyone is affected if an emergency or disaster causes a disruption in operations, even if it's only for a week or two.

Marc Rotenberg

Privacy is the number one issue facing the Internet, and the need to resolve the problems created by junk mail will affect the future of the online world for many years to come.

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.

Peter Diamandis

Prizes change the public perception about an issue. The more prize money, the more the issue is seen as important by the public.

Ed Watson

Probably not all the employees will be going with us. For at least the next year there probably won't be a lot of change in their lives. They will have time to plan.

Brian Hill

Personally I derived a lot of satisfaction from the way we finished up, but still it's disappointing to not make the playoffs. Of course, I didn't realize that we'd have to change our team in the middle of the season. What would make this year more satisfying is if we pick up where we left off next year.

Jan Smith

People think you change a newborn, you feed them and rock them and that's it.

Toshihiko Fukui

People think the withdrawal of monetary accommodation is about to get under way. People can price it in before any possible change (in monetary policy) on a global basis,

Mark Lyons

Our seniors have been exactly what you'd expect -- good leaders, playing well. It's quality over quantity. Our goals don't change from year to year. We want to get to the playoffs and then take the next step.

Didier Lombard

Our environment is changing, and we must change with it.

Ali Hewson

People see fashion as superficial and shallow, but it's actually not. As an industry, it can really change how things happen and change trade for countries that really need it.

Stephane Dujarric

As far as we're concerned the planning is going ahead. We're talking to the AU.

Arnie Owen

People are still concerned about the Asia-Pacific Rim, there are noises from some of the brokerages that PC demand is starting to slow -- that is what's sending investors looking for an alternative place to put their money,

Michael Town

North Carolinians should be very concerned about what is going on with (regards to) Virginia.

E. Hurley

Oil is definitely a factor, ... People are concerned about its impact not just on growth here, but on global growth.

Chris Johnson

Oil is a huge concern, interest rates are a huge concern, and you have to be concerned about the two of them together.

Jim Young

Demand still seems to be pretty robust. I am a little concerned about interest rates and the high costs of diesel fuel.

Abel Valenzuela

Day labor has been thrust into the public consciousness, but we're concerned that the debate has gone on without an understanding of what gives rise to the phenomenon or what the many downsides are to work in this field.

Steve Milunovich

Details on the intellectual property income by quarter shows that IBM will face relatively easy comparisons for intellectual property income in the first half of 2002, making us less concerned about the downside exposure near-term,

Elizabeth Armstrong

Are we really concerned about that stuff (environmental protection), or do we just want to speed things along?

Mike Leavitt

Schools are fundamentally local creatures, and they need, while there is a national interest, and we need a national obsession with improvement of schools, it must not become a federal agenda.

Ethan Harris

You probably want to subtract about two-tenths of a percent from first-quarter GDP growth. But that's looking like very old history, with the Fed having eased twice since the first quarter. From the market's perspective, you feel like you're in a different world already. The first quarter looks very distant, indeed.

Alex Penelas

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

David Phelps

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

Masayuki Senda

There is a possibility the Fed may raise rates three more times to 4.5 percent before pausing, to keep inflation under control.

Larry Peruzzi

Boy, we've been waiting for this. The feeling is that the market does not need further rate hikes and that the Fed will react accordingly.

Gary Schlossberg

While the report does not make it a certainty, it increases the probability that the Fed will leave policy unchanged.

Mark Vitner

We've had a pretty good run here in anticipation that the Fed is nearly done raising interest rates.

Paul Ballew

We'll keep our options open, ... The good news for us is we've been anticipating the fed would move for a long time. We knew these were abnormally low rates.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Doug Smith

Sangamon played really hard tonight. We are really young and short on players right now, but we are looking forward to next week.

Brian Smith

Saturday is a big day for all of us and we are looking forward to our first competitive match,

Richard Sands

prospects Vincor has put forward that are speculative at best.

Bill Bennett

put forward a hypothesis, a morally impossible hypothesis, to show why it is morally impossible and reprehensible.

Jim Craig

I've spent half my life making money for other people to retire and send their kids to college, ... I'm looking forward to using my skill in making money for this new pursuit.

Fred Gaudelli

I've never looked forward to a season starting like I am this one,

Fred Gaudelli

I've never looked forward to a season as much as this one. We're going to be hoping it never ends, but sadly it will. The great news is at the end of the season we have a Super Bowl.

CeCe Winans

I've never worked with a producer who called me 'Auntie' before, ... I love Mario, and he's turned out to be an incredible producer and writer. We had a lot of fun. I look forward to working with him more.

Mike Falbo

No one wants to sour the IPO market. That will make investors nervous.

Brett Gallagher

After a big up day like you had yesterday, you have to have some digestion. Once things run up by a big amount, then investors have to step back.

Yasuo Yabe

Right now the market is rather quiet, but it will be a problem when investors return after the New Year and trade volume increases.

Christine Benz

That's what we've been telling investors all along.

Kevin Rose

I want to be known as one of the most accurate investors that ever lived.

Peter Peterson

The time has come for investors to speak up.

Scott Adams

I'm primarily just an investor.

Hideo Mizutani

Share prices were weaker as many investors are keenly awaiting the machinery orders (figures).

Mo Ibrahim

Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there.

Tim Brice

As long as the low pressure stays to the west, we'll see some rain in our area.

A.J. Jones

Dentists are not taking Medicaid because of the low reimbursement and the cumbersome paperwork. It is not surprising that they do not take Medicaid.

Marcos Basaglia

The special of the day was low volume. The market was practically tied to Nasdaq.

Garry Beers

It was unanimous and foot-dragging. It's a pretty sobering prospect to go on international television and pull your pants down as low as we did. We trusted our instincts, we trusted ourselves.

Art Spinella

It would have to be an entry-level model, like the Hyundai Excel. It would take low price and some style, though low price triumphs over style any time.

Bob Klein

The risk is so low that nothing needs to be done.

Lee Kuan Yew

If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.

Bode Miller

A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.

Jim Puckett

When you're a cash-strapped school system, you're going to go to the lowest bidder. The lowest bidders are the ones who are going to export.

Richard Fisher

As a result, we are in a tightening phase of monetary policy,

Sharon Stark

I think they're in trouble now if it doesn't work. There is not much more monetary stimulus that they can add.

Mark Ferrulo

An oil pipeline is subject to significant oil spills.

Tetsu Emori

The supply of oil is still ongoing; most people feel there won't be a disruption, so they're taking profit now, especially after Friday's sharp increase.

William Teague

So when there were reports of an 80-foot (24-meter) wave striking an oil platform, they called it a rogue wave. We think it wasn't a rogue wave.

Peter Schiff

This is similar to the 1970s when there was a permanent readjustment in oil prices.

Jane Hirshfield

Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.

Ariel Sharon

Arabs may have the oil, but we have the matches.

Bobby Ray Inman

Iraq is not about oil.

Bob Dylan

All that foreign oil controlling American soil.

Bernie Sanders

Subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. At a time when scientists tell us we need to reduce carbon pollution to prevent catastrophic climate change, it is absurd to provide massive subsidies that pad fossil-fuel companies' already enormous profits.