Famous Quotes & Sayings

Daniel Gorrell

I think it has to be looked upon as a play to get new buyers in the franchise.

Charles Biderman

Historically, every year that companies were net buyers of shares, as far back as we have data, the market has gone up. This year the market has gone up much less than it should have.

Richard Cripps

I think it's more a result of a fear of buyers being left behind.

Kate Warne

I think it's just carry over from yesterday. People are still very nervous about what's happening in the technology sector with earnings warnings. There's clearly some buyers stepping in today.

Katherine Styponias

It is possible that other financial buyers show interest, though we think given the leverage likely required by an acquisition and the lack of a clear exit strategy, it would be difficult to justify the purchase.

Bob Goodman

I think were seeing buyers sitting back and looking to see what happens over the next several months, even the next year,

Wayne Norris

I think buyers are getting a little hesitant.

Andy Boyd

If you look at surveys about buying priorities right now, fuel economy ranks sixteenth. For Honda buyers, its fourteenth. Only 2 percent of Honda buyers even think of fuel economy at all. It's not even on the radar. A fuel hike might get it on radar, but it probably won't make it item one, two, three of four. They see the larger vehicles meeting other needs and even with $2.50 a gallon gas, they're not going to necessarily give it up.

Robert Whiting

Instead of bidding on offices and retail properties in Los Angeles, the leveraged buyers will consider Phoenix or Dallas, where the cap rates are higher.

Brian Clifford

I think it's a great time to find buying opportunities in names that you can revisit, ... It's a lot easier to buy stocks as they're coming towards you rather than running away from you. It's a good time to sharpen your pencil and go after some of these names that have kind of run away on valuation.

H. Hunt

I think it is rather unfortunate that motorists filled up in panic buying when they will find it 4p cheaper now.

Russell Hall

Having a good allocation only protects you if you're willing to rebalance periodically so you're selling high and buying low.

Simon Spurr

If you are already familiar with a brand, buying online is fast, convenient, and probably the way forward.

Stephen Briggs

Gold is fashionable today. Most people are buying because the price has gone up, not because they think the price will go up.

Marshall Cohen

Holiday 2005 will be remembered as the year of giving to those in need. Retailers want consumers to feel good about buying and helping others.

David Healy

I think that the sales drop is temporary, ... Explorer buyers, or some of the buyers, may be buying Ford's new small Escape SUVs or waiting until the new Explorer itself comes out after the first of the year.

Michael Silverstein

We may be seeing one of the greatest shifts in consumer buying habits and taste since the 1950s.

John Walsh

He was not talking about a specific object. Neither he nor any of us had information that any work we were considering buying was stolen.

Ed Cogswell

I wouldn't say it's common - it really is dependent on a large number of factors,

Diana Oblinger

I would surmise that the single most common characteristic of learners today is being time-constrained.

Kenneth Chenault

My message to Washington is the United States has gone through incredible crises, and our leaders have been able to find common ground. And that's what our leaders have to do.

Ali Khan

What we've seen is what we would expect. Infectious disease outbreaks are not common following hurricanes.

John Prescott

have a great deal in common and a lot to discuss.

Bob Hunter

Hockey is steeped in our city's history and is a common touch point for Torontonians. It's time that Toronto hosted the world juniors. We know Torontonians will embrace this championship tournament, which will leave a lasting legacy for our world-class city.

Jed S. Rakoff

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Tyler Perry

You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense.

Rob Bell

That may sound a big vague, but what has struck me in city after city is that despite our differences and diversity, there's a common humanity we all share. In many ways we're all searching and longing for the same things...

Greg Harris

He knew he was going to run for mayor when he got that money. People who gave to the county party didn't give for that purpose,

Ray Anderson

Harris County and Montgomery County will be part of the group that will do the maintenance work.

Bruce Johnson

It could have been Peggy, or it could have been me, or it could have been the grandbabies. The county needs to do something about this dog business. I think they should have put those dogs down.

David Samson

We told (Wolff) we wouldn't waste his time. We have too much respect for the county judge and the mayor. This has never been about leverage in South Florida. This is about finding a home for the Marlins.

Jeff Leitner

We may not be able to depend on having all our employees. The county tells us that as many as 30 percent of employees may not show up for work.

Scott Young

Huge. County championship. Oughtta be another big one.

Terry Brooks

If you live in the right county and get the right worker, you're going to win.

S. Hughes

Instead of subsidizing exporters in other counties, Schenectady County will share in revenues from these efforts.

Bill Dodd

If there is a legitimate criticism, it is that the county should have done a better job of looking at all their alternatives earlier. For that I take full responsibility.

Peter Davis

Relevance to Alzheimer's? I don't know, ... It's a nice piece of work in the snail model, but any possible link to Alzheimer's is currently obscure.

John Hahn

Our organizations currently provide the majority of the security details required during events at our venues.

Richard Wilson

If there's a frustration about the Rosebud season this year, it's that there's not enough Friday nights to screen all the good stuff that's currently available.

Brian Jones

We are currently over the Sahara Desert. We are positioning ourselves to enter the Gulf Stream.

Joseph Cohen

We are currently advising a moderate overweight, with an emphasis on oil services and a small number of integrated producers,

Mark Goldstein

Everyone is holding their breath. They have been relatively lucky so far, but who is to say they will be so lucky in the future if they are unable to fix the damage they are currently presented with?

Thomas Ferguson

The next denomination in the series will be a new $10 note, ... We are currently working on the design and expect to unveil it in the spring of 2005.

Ed Pinckney

It's sometimes embarrassing when these guys come back, because he makes such a big thing about them being part of the program. They really respect the fact he integrates what they've done with the guys that are currently here.

Robert Subbaraman

Taiwan's economy has strong fundamentals and is currently enjoying a cyclical upswing. We have a positive outlook for the economy (after the election), forecasting 7 percent growth for the year, and 6.5 percent in 2001.

Marco Killingsworth

It isn't like the Big Ten, where you play each team over and over and see each other on TV every night. You know the teams you are playing. I don't know anything about San Diego State, and they don't know anything about us. It is a fresh start for everyone.

Jandy Nelson

I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here.

Ron Roberts

Our relationship with San Diego County, as we all know, is not really that good,

Rodrigo Santoro

I need to surf - surf and yoga. Whenever I'm in L.A., I go down to San Diego to surf for the weekend, and I always come back perfect.

Paul Archey

I'm not sure you get a ticket in San Diego at this point, and if you do you'll have an obstructed view. We sold every ticket there in very quick fashion.

John Beck

All I'm focused on is San Diego State.

Vinny Castilla

They wanted to open up room for Ryan, and that's good -- Ryan Zimmerman is a great player and great prospect, ... The trade will work out for me, too. I'll be in San Diego with a team that made the playoffs this year.

Todd Clapper

San Diego State is a team that we feel like we can go and beat. Particularly having it at home and it being senior day, we feel we can go in there and win that game.

Chris Bates

San Diego is out of step with the rest of Southern California. It is the worst performer.

Stephen Campbell

Kentucky has a rich history, and we want to do our small part to preserve it for future generations.

Christopher Shays

Katrina taught us the hard lesson that, as we prepare for future emergencies, it's important we include in our plans ways to protect our pet owners and their pets.

Joe Battista

I think in the end, in the future this team is going to make things happen.

Douglas Coupland

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.

George P. Shultz

I've always tried to live in the future and think about things and how to make things better. If you have great-grandchildren around, and their pictures are looking at you, well, that's the future.

Samantha Bond

I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'

Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Q'orianka Kilcher

Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way - show them what they can do, instead of telling them what they can't do. Because by investing in youth, we're investing into the future of this great nation of the United States of America.

Eric Davis

We've got to think about everything possible that there is to think about. We have got to turn over every stone, and look into the future to find out what's waiting for us. What can physics do ... where should physics be going?

Chris Larsen

The Hispanic vote is going to be very key in the election.

Roberto Suro

You've got a very large share of the population living not in stereotypical neighborhoods where all the signs are in Spanish. There are still a lot living in densely Hispanic neighborhoods, but there are more who are scattered all over the landscape.

John Griffith

It's more than likely the same people, ... It looks like they're targeting the Hispanic population.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Ozzie is the Hispanic Jackie Mason. If you look at him in that light, you don't worry about anything he says.

Charles Yates

I'd like to sell them some oceanfront property in Dickenson County.

Mark Gottlieb

The development rights of the ... property predate the ordinance.

Carlos Gutierrez

Theft of intellectual property is not tolerated and will not be tolerated.

Cheng Chin

We are controlling the fundamental property of material.

Bill Swanson

Each property seems to be independent of the other.

Publilius Syrus

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.

Dan Quinn

I told my wife this would be the only lakefront property we'd ever have,

Rep. Chalk

My whole view is that we can't legitimately look at property tax reform if we don't look at all these things.

Hank Klumpp

My property value has been stolen from me and my family.

Richard M. Nixon

It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention of the American people. What is involved is the use of our resources of the sea and of the land in a more effective way and with more concern for preserving the beauty and the natural resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. The Santa Barbara incident has frankly touched the conscience of the American people.

Robert Toombs

They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall not go into the Territories.

Clint Hurdle

In San Francisco, they can whoop and holler and hooray for Barry. But here, we want to get him out and win a ballgame.

Patrick Rothfuss

Did I ever mention I used to be a delivery driver too? I was. I can read a map. What’s more, using a brilliant mixture of zen navigation, Aristotelian logic, and pure rage I can get you your package and/or delicious sandwich relatively close to on-time.

Ashleigh Brilliant

There may not be a Heaven, but there is a San Francisco.

Kim Novak

I love San Francisco. It would be a perfect place for a honeymoon.

Ralph Thomas Walker

I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.

Emanuel Cleaver

This deal is a sugar-coated satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see.

Joe Nichols

I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.

Doug Castellari

I thought we had a shot at about seven matches. It didn't work out for us. They're an experienced team. We wrestled tough, but they were the better team.

Rick Riordan

Great," Percy said. "Seven of us against Hercules." "And a satyr!" Hedge added. "We can take him.

Walter Scott

If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it.

Morgan Freeman

Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.

Julia Child

I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

Kato Kaelin

I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial.

Peter Noone

I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven years older.

Phyllis Diller

I spent seven hours in a beauty shop... and that was for the estimate.

John M. McHugh

One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Jeremie Cook

I was disappointed. He was unbeaten. I didn't do what I wanted on top in my final.

Paul Malone

I think that will put us over the top and make the story simple,

Dennis Thompson

I don't know what I'm going to say, ... I'll just go off the top of my head.

Tyra Banks

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Tom Anderson

That's right on top of us. It would be right in our backyard.

Stuart Appleby

It will be one of our top 10 doing something,

Alex Kelly

It was hellish conditions, if you will, on top of the chimney.