Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Davidowitz

Kmart went into bankruptcy a cadaver and it'll come out of it a cadaver,

Joel Denney

It certainly is signaling there is financial stress on Northwest. It's telling everyone they may now be looking at bankruptcy as a strong option.

Severin Borenstein

I think that's a big issue that a bankruptcy court is going to have to confront. What's the ongoing responsibility of the company and what's the legal liability in the contracts.

Bill Dreher

I really would be surprised if they filed. The part of the equation that is missing in a typical bankruptcy situation is that vendors are not clamping down on them. Vendors are not limiting the distribution of merchandise.

Alan Martin

The cost will be borne by the bankruptcy estate. It is not completely clear how broad the scope will be. All of these administrative expenses must be paid at the time the repayment plan is implemented. That is a big deal.

Ken Lewis

The impact of the change in bankruptcy laws and changes in our practices for overdraft charge-offs and over-limit credit card fees reduced pretax results by about $320 million. In addition, we had a weak trading quarter that was well under our performance in recent quarters. The bankruptcy issue will not recur and should actually benefit us going forward as we expect a reduced level of bankruptcy filings under the new law.

Steve Bartlett

This is not about bankruptcy attorneys, it?s about consumers, ... This has had huge bipartisan support over three years.

David Hendler

The banks are saying that we expect bankruptcy law-related losses will subside because of the rush to file. But the undertone of credit quality is worsening.

Will Holman

The bankruptcy threat is real. As you know, we have been preaching for two years now about Northwest's financial troubles.

Gary Ross

I would think they are setting their bargaining position high, so that when they sit at the table, they can then compromise.

Alexis Herman

I think it's a major victory for both parties, ... That's what collective bargaining is all about.

John Roberts

It is not a process under which senators get to say, 'I want you to rule this way and this way and this way, and if you'll tell me that you'll rule this way and this way and this way, I'll vote for you, ... That's not a bargaining process. Judges are not politicians. They cannot promise to do certain things in exchange for votes.

Lori White

I have faith in the bargaining committee, so I'm hoping it was a fair deal,

Colin Butler

The message is that he has no respect for the people he is bargaining with. ... He should bargain in good faith and defend that contract to the public.

Karen Miller

The collective bargaining process has worked at Delta for 60 years without third-party intervention, ... Reaching a settlement is the only way to end uncertainty for the public. A PEB would only delay the uncertainty by 60 days so now we'd be facing a strike in the middle of the summer.

Mark Gendregske

The company and the CAW bargaining teams are working hard to find solutions to a number of issues.

Janet Yellen

The growing capacity of foreign countries to supply goods and services to the U.S. market has impacted the structure of wages and the bargaining power of workers.

Dave Minshall

The important thing is that what happened today is what we've been saying all along, and that is, it's better to be at the bargaining table than on the picket line.

Andy Cerroni

Jake Wagner had one of his better games for us on Thursday. He's beginning to gain more and more confidence with each game.

Leon Panetta

Just when we should be getting ready for the 21st century, our education system is beginning to fall down in terms of preparing our students for that future.

Caroline Williams

I think in the very beginning we all were really pushing the ball, and Dee was doing a really good job of hitting the open person, whether it was me or Tina. We were all just seeing each other really well and running the floor.

Neal Cotts

I think in our case it's come together pretty well. I think Ozzie instilled that from the beginning in spring training, that we're going to be together six months and make the best out of it.

Will Durant

It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I havenot had time to remake the world.

Joseph Brown

It begins with one voice and builds with other voices. The collective crescendo is just now reaching a volume where we are all hearing and understanding.

O. Singh

I always feel comfortable here, it's a lot like my home in Fiji. I was too far back to make any difference today, but I'm pleased with the way I've started my year. I wish I could have won at the Mercedes. That one was disappointing, but this is still a good way to begin 2006.

Jim Morrison

He just took over in overtime. He willed them to the win. I can't be disappointed with our effort, we are getting better. At the beginning of the season we were losing games by 50 points and now we're are competing with one of the best teams in the state.

Keith Hembre

Growth should decelerate through the final three quarters of the year and once that happens inflation pressures we've seen will begin to ease. That should lead to a more benign tightening cycle, which won't be threatening to the financial markets,

George Beranek

It also helps that Chinese contractors tend to do the work on their projects.

Hu Jia

I think it's ironic that the way the Chinese government prepares to host the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is by placing dissidents under house arrest.

Bill Gates

I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement...access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.

Rebecca MacKinnon

There is a great deal of concern in the Chinese military that Taiwan's reunification with China is drifting further and further away.

Jim Campbell

To get any volume for the Chinese it will take a couple of years to ramp up.

Robert Fortune

I have, however, often seen Chinese gardeners selecting suckers and plants for this purpose from the other plants which are growing in their garden.

Peter Thorne

I don't know many companies that have made a lot of money in Chinese banking, but clearly the potential is there.

Bob Graham

I am extremely pleased that the Chinese are releasing our servicemen. It was unfortunate that they didn't do this several days earlier.

Alan Greenspan

heed fully the Chinese position on exchange rate reform.

John O'Hurley

I am excited that I have been chosen as the host of such a television institution.

Richard Sands

He felt that Canandaigua, you know, 'The Chosen Spot,' that's what it means in Algonquin Indian, should have more cultural arts.

Chris Powell

The judiciary in Connecticut has chosen to obey the laws it wants to obey, and to tell you folks you can't pass other laws. The judiciary has got to get out of the legislation business.

Ramon Leyba

There are other things he could have chosen and still make his point and still be as literate or as sarcastic.

Wake Wood

They could have chosen six or seven players for MVP. Everyone contributed.

Bryan Wiedmeier

It's always an honor to be chosen for prime time. We like being in the national spotlight.

Luke Evans

When you audition for something you do feel a little bit more legit. It's a validation that you are the right person for the job because they've chosen and they've seen you do something connected to that role.

Paul Armstrong

The difference between courses where students are forced to be there and where students have chosen to be there is like night and day.

Peter Hayes

They've chosen the appropriate time to discuss it is now,

Ben Dogra

Jon enjoyed the visit with the Jets. They did an incredibly good job with the visit. They got his attention. But his comfort level is in Philadelphia. Going into this I thought it would be between money and comfort level, in that order. Comfort level clearly proved to be more of a factor. He just decided signing with the Eagles was what he wanted to do.

Bob Dorfman

He did everything right in Turin. He was even crying on medals stand. He lived up to the hype. He's clearly comfortable on camera. You'll see a lot of him.

John Remington

He clearly does not want to get in the middle of the parties and leave them worse off than they were. He will do everything he can to coerce a final settlement.

Andrew Steer

There are still 60,000 people in tents today and that's clearly unacceptable a year after the tsunami.

Jeremy Grantham

History speaks pretty clearly that the markets do better with Democrats. Republicans' ideas of what constitutes fiscal responsibility simply are not good for the stock market. Democrats have many tendencies, but one of them is to look after the workers, and actually that tends to be good for demand and good for markets.

Doug Porter

It clearly shows that the U.S. economy is very strong and isn't slowing down. That doesn't bode well for the possibility of inflation and it doesn't bode well for the outlook for the U.S. dollar.

Bob Pack

The purpose was clearly to seek to protect the lychee crop,

Ariel Sharon

The people clearly opted for my plan, ... Political forces must follow the wishes of the electorate.

Robert Earl

We've been waiting for more guidance. Today, the FDA has clearly defined what is and what is not a whole grain.

Warren Christopher

It is a grave concern that an employer would stoop so low as to illegally eavesdrop on their staff during negotiations for collective agreements.

Barry Gebhart

I didn't order awards, because I didn't want tonight to be about awards. I wanted it to be about a collective group of guys that may be together for the last time.

Elijah Wood

In some ways that's more gratifying, it requires more of your own energy and your own input, and everyone's kind of collective energy, and that's...in a way that's more gratifying.

Carl Guardino

If there was a giant sucking sound a few years ago, the sound is now a collective sigh of relief.

James Levine

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.

Wendy Kopp

If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.

Mikhail Bakunin

The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.

George H. W. Bush

supported by the collective will of the world.

Jeff Larson

It was a collective team effort tonight, and our kids did the little things right to win this one.

David Thwaites

I suspect it's going to be a fairly weaker open. Stocks are still looking for direction in Europe -- there are no big macro drivers today.

Taha Ramadan

It (Iraq) is cooperating with all initiatives in this direction provided there is no encroachment on Iraq's sovereignty and security,

Tim Wakefield

I think with Jason as our captain, he can lead us in the right direction.

Kate Warne

I think that the market is in a wait-and-see mood to see whether there is any direction in Friday's reports.

Tony Fabrizio

There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country.

Dale Tallon

We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

Michel Therrien

I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.

Mark Zeller

I think that it shows that the people have trust in the direction the school district is going in, and they would like to see it continue.

Ryler DeHeart

It is just another stepping stone in the right direction for this team.

Frank Cappiello

I think the judge has been very negative toward the company,

Tony Dungy

I think that is probably how he'll be judged in the short run.

Sharon Osbourne

Last year I thought it was all about me actually. I thought it was all about the judges and that we could do what we wanted. But it's really not, in the big scheme of things.

Jeff Gundy

I don't judge people by how they come off the bus,

Cheryl Smith

I don't even judge him on that. Everything else I remember was pleasant. That's not the Kendall I remember. If he needed something, I would give it to him. He's my brother-in-law - he always will be.

Kekai Seabury

He never tell us sorry, he told the judge sorry, he never tell us sorry.

Richard Davidson

Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness.

William Howard Taft

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Wayne Dyer

You must send blame out of your life for any conditions of your life.

Mark Clarke

It was only $3.99 for 18-packs of Miller Lite so I'll save some money that way,

Brian Oxman

Bradley Miller is a very special patient of yours, isn't he, Dr. Katz?

Kent Mueller

Miller is really a nice quarterback. He really throws a nice ball. And he has some receivers who really went out and made some nice plays.

Joseph Allen

God's timing in moving me down here was perfect,

Alan Black

This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on.

Two Chainz

The independent route was the best move for me. But I think I've maximized everything I could do independently. I've done everything out the mixtape market. I think getting the big machine behind you is the next stage when you've maximized the independent level.

Rob Reiner

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to go, you're making it up as you go, and you're acting it.

Rob Sheffield

Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on with you.

Rob Zombie

When I watch a movie, I don't make a sound or move. The more I'm into the movie, the more bored I look.

Richard John Neuhaus

In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea what this person would want in this circumstance in which they cannot themselves tell us what they want, a 'rational' person - meaning, myself - in that circumstance would want to die.' So you move very quickly from so-called voluntary euthanasia to involuntary euthanasia. These legal and medical developments are not simply hypothetical They're in the courts right now.

Richard Dawkins

Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base though.

Richard Whately

Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move from place to place, or that a ship provided with a compass can sail without a wind.

Ricardo Semler

The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them.

Sam Phillips

I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.

Lucy Liu

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

Theodore Sturgeon

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Allison Tolman

It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.

Milton Friedman

Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition.

John Howard

I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.

Jim Rohn

Profits are better than wages.

David Ricardo

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed.

Tim Powers

The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too.

Jim Hightower

Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.

George Carlin

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

Bill Shorten

Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.

Ivan Illich

The household has become the place where the consumption of wages takes place