Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chuck Hill

Of the 59 percent of the S&P 500 that has reported, earnings are down 18.1 percent. If we add that number to estimates for the rest, we're down 22.2 percent from last year.

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Nordstrom's Rules for Employees: Rule # 1: Use your good judgment in all situations There are no additional rules

Daniel Snyder

The more I heard, the more I've learned, and the more I saw, the more resolved I became about helping to address the challenges that plague the Native American community.

Gary King

StoreSense makes managing our on-line store an enjoyable and efficient task, ... That coming from guy who is not incredibly computer savvy is saying a lot. Adding a new product, picture, description, making changes to prices or any other attribute are all made simple.

Mayco Villafana

So we will be adding that to our billing records.

Steve Graham

So you're really adding to the price of the product to get it back. Is it worth getting back?

Bill Ward

Thank you to all Sabbath fans everywhere. Hopefully our induction tonight will add to the validation ... (and) hard rock and heavy metal will have an enduring and everlasting place in rock history.

Mark Fields

Somewhat slower (economic) growth, higher interest rates and volatile gas prices all add up to auto sales that probably won't outshine last year's selling rate in this new year.

Dean Baker

Saving Social Security with Stock: The Promises Don't Add Up.

Townsend Harris

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

Kevin Rollins

We own 18 percent of just the PC business. Now that's only about 60 percent of our business today.

Jim Rogers

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, high prices led companies to overproduce, leading to substantial excess supply and stockpiling.

Jim Rogers

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Jim Barksdale

No longer do we have to go looking for information - we can find it on the Internet, our intranet, or our extranet with the click of a mouse.

James Atlas

A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.

Rick Wagoner

A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain.

Jeff Bezos

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.

Ramman Kenoun

A man who kills on his own is a murderer. A man who kills at his government's request is a national hero.

John Thune

People believe we have to finish the job. But certainly they're war-weary, they're battle-weary.

Don Aaron

Officers are permitted to use deadly force when their lives are in danger or citizens' lives are in imminent danger. Officer Davidson believed he was in imminent danger.

Stefan Molyneux

Deep down, I do not believe that there are any really good parents out there - the same way that I do not believe there were any really good doctors in the 10th century.

Linda Tripp

Despite this expensive lesson, I continue to believe that each and every citizen has the duty to turn over evidence of criminal wrongdoing, especially evidence that implicates our highest elected government officials.

Angus Campbell

Despite the U.S. earnings commencing in earnest this week, the recent inability of indexes to sustain their highs has led many to believe that there is impending weakness. For new highs to be set U.S. companies will have to report superb results, far outstripping expectations and things did not get off to a great start last week.

Emily Rose

Demons exist whether you believe in them or not,

John Kilduff

Apparently, the market does not believe a turn to colder temperatures will boost heating demand enough to make a significant dent in supplies. Obviously some other supply disruption may have to occur to take the pressure off prices.

Dave Nabity

A plan for improved tourism and recreation in Nebraska starts with a new vision for Nebraska. It will take a governor who not only inspires citizens with this new vision, but a governor who can strategize and sell this new vision to make it a reality. I believe I am the one who can do this for our state! For more than three years now, I have been developing new creative ideas to expand tourism and recreation.

Don Marquis

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Niklas Zennstrom

People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

Kevin Rollins

Dell's business model is potent in all economic cycles,

Jeffrey Immelt

The strength of the GE model really shines during slower parts of the business cycle, ... have reduced GE's sensitivity to business cycles.

Michael Moore

The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich.

Mark Fields

A decision to end production at a plant is not an easy one, and I'm deeply mindful of the impact this decision has on Ford employees, families and communities. Unfortunately, these are necessary steps we must take to move the business forward.

John Clare

A free ISP does not create a business you can float. It is really e-commerce that can drive a business. We have to turn these customers into revenue.

John Clare

A free ISP does not create a business you can float, ... It is really e-commerce that can drive a business. We have to turn these customers into revenue.

Mary Burke

Administrative rules that meet the objective of the agency, while not being overly burdensome to small business, are key to the economic growth and prosperity of Wisconsin's economy.

W. Clement Stone

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Wang Guangya

We are still studying the report so I don't want to make any comments now. ... It needs careful study.

Tim Taylor

to initiate the dialogue ... it needs to be crystallized and much more carefully examined.

Eric Kraus

We are carefully reviewing every product category whose performance has lagged expectations. All options, including pruning, divesting or discontinuing, are being considered.

Adriano Galliani

Now we have to be careful not to lose sight of our goal.

Donald Rumsfeld

need to be very careful about what they say.

Madelyn Flannagan

Free is free.. and you should certainly use any coverage that doesn't cost you anything. Just be careful you know what you are getting into.

John Ashcroft

Frankly, I think we need to be careful and we need to understand that there is a risk, ... Larry King Live.

Rush Limbaugh

I don't think it's written in the clouds, written in stone, written in the beach. Hillary is not going to president. The Republican nominee will be, and that is why, folks, we have to be careful about who's nominated on our end.

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.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

Carles Puyol

Samuel said he didn't want to continue but we wanted to convince him that he should not let them (the racists) get to him.

Duane Grant

The work they do continues to be on the cutting edge of bio-energy.

Andre Agassi

This is going to continue for a long time. Schools and hospitals ... this is something we need to stay with for the long haul.

Billy Donovan

This is going to be the most time that we have had off to get ready for an opponent since December. I am hopeful that during that time that we can continue to improve and turn the focus on ourselves.

Julio Franco

This is special, but we want to go all the way. We've got to continue winning.

Ajay Singh

This is something we have always done and we will continue to do this. So if they drop Second AC or First AC fares, we will try and respond to that by keeping our fares competitive.

John Pomfret

The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession.

Sushil Koirala

This is not enough, the King has not addressed the minimum demands of the seven-parties alliance.

Ken Starr

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.

Keith Tkachuk

He's a competitor, I'll tell you that much. He wants to win; he's been with the Rangers and he demands a lot.

Octavia Butler

I have the kind of mind that demands that I work things out, to see how they would really work if they were real. I have to be able to do that.

Mary Wollstonecraft

I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

Gurinder Kalra

Despite the stock's strong performance in recent months, we are reiterating our outperform rating and are raising our price target from 660,000 won ($ 673.43) to 770,000 won.

David Townsend

Despite the sound of 40,000 gallons, not a whole lot of stuff was released here through that hole.

William Daley

Despite the progress we have seen over the last week, we still do not have the 218 votes yet to win it, ... In the end, I am optimistic we will pull it out.

Patricia Ryan

Despite some of the closings we've had, we seem to be doing all right. With the rain and everything, there was some question at first, but we seem to be holding our own right now.

Michael Cox

Despite our directive to the National Journal to replace the ad, it was not replaced as requested, which resulted in its publication this week.

Amy Ziff

Last year was a massive year for holiday travel. The summer kept going in that direction, and we have the same expectation for this year despite fuel costs. If you wait until November, I think you run the risk of not getting what you want or paying a whole lot more to get what you want.

Peter Cardillo

Obviously it negates the theory about Dow 1,000. What (the new milestone) tells us is people have a lot of confidence. Money is still flowing into the United States despite some question marks about inflation. Nothing has changed.

Rosa DeLauro

Poor people are going to get the short end of the stick, despite all the public sympathy. That's a great irony.

W. S. Gilbert

He was a very robust man despite serving during horrendous times which increased pressures on him.

Jason Williams

Scoring is up around the NHL, so I'm not going to think too much about it. But it's obviously it's a milestone I was hoping to reach.

Harry Masch

Neither team played well last time we played. I'm just hoping we can play better and see what happens.

Kinky Friedman

How sad for him to be hoping for a small turnout.

Ron Gardenhire

He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.

Dennis Ruedinger

He seems to be doing all right. We're hoping by (today) he'll be able to do some light workouts and get some shooting in. It looks like he'll be on pace to do that. We'll be able to go pretty solid on Wednesday and Thursday with him.

James Blake

I was just hoping to make it a match.

Ron Gardenhire

He has no strength in it, ... We were hoping that he would be a little better, and he's not.

John Abraham

I'm really hoping that everyone can stay healthy, ... because I feel that we have a team and a nucleus that really can get us to where we want to be.

Marat Safin

I'm just hoping to play as many tournaments I can to get my ranking back.

Shirley Pogue

We have improved the quality of life for so many people.

Zach Malvik

This shows us what we need to improve on and what we need to get better at. That game's over. We have to be ready for (today).

Mike Greene

You look at it and then you wonder if you're just being a scapegoat. But then you just go back and re-evaluate yourself. You don't look at it like that. You just try to improve on things you did wrong.

Ben Forbes

We just had a little too much talent. They're on the young side and they played well. They will improve and get better.

Albert Lin

But they need to improve their relationship with Motorola for this product to succeed.

Gene Meyers

Nancy did well. She improved with every throw.

Bruce Campbell

I can't think of any organization where there isn't room for improvement.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

William Butler Yeats

For men improve with the years;And yet, and yet,Is this my dream, or the truth?

Matt Gifford

If St. Louis is 1A (as a sports town in Missouri), Springfield is 1B.

Lorenzo Booker

I'm like from St. Louis on that one - the 'Show Me State'.

David Stern

It was important to the Hornets and the NBA that we maintain a presence in Louisiana in anticipation of a return to New Orleans next season.

Devon Werkheiser

I love spicy food, love it. But wasabi is just painful.

Benjamin Watson

I'M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I've seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.

Casey Affleck

Chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions, only to die a prolonged and painful death.

Dan Stessel

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

Alicia Munnell

With public employees, the day of reckoning is more in the distance.

Adam Smith

We want the public to be more engaged.

Robert Reich

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Michelle Williams

When you're in a relationship with somebody who is also a public personality, then it doubles the attention from the media.