Famous Quotes & Sayings

Safa Rashtchy

While this may be a slower increase than we saw in 2005, this takes Amazon further away, not closer, to its goal of double-digit margins.

David Card

Nothing ever replaces anything. When TV came along, radio didn't go away. This has the potential to unlock local ad dollars, but Amazon doesn't want to take phone calls.

Paul Aiken

The Amazon programs are the way copyright is supposed to work.

Joss Whedon

I was given license to purely make it my own and yet she is already an iconic Amazon princess,

Jeff Jordan

Great businesses can be built on scale. I think Amazon has built a phenomenal commerce business largely on scale. Their network effect isn't obvious to me, but boy, have they used scale effectively.

Henry Blodget

I could see Amazon and eBay merging. Amazon operates in a huge market, but it's got lower margin revenue. eBay has higher margin revenues, but the secondhand and small-business markets will always be limited relative to the size of the retail market. Combine the two, though, and that could be a very powerful entity.

Sean Pertwee

I'd really like to go down the Amazon in some capacity. I've spent time in the Congo, so I love the jungle.

Jon Burnham

I do not see any earnings visibility in Amazon and in fact, I noticed how they are getting rid of some of their employees and starting to do the things that other companies that have problems do,

Richard Preston

Redwood rainforest has five to 10 times the biomass - that's the sheer weight of living material - of, say, deep tropical rainforest in the Amazon basin.

Ken Kendrick

As owners of this great franchise, we understand our responsibility of giving back to the community, be it here locally, or any place in need throughout this nation, ... We are proud of the leadership that our players demonstrated with their donation, and are honored to match that generous amount. We take comfort in knowing that all of our efforts from this week, which combined fans, players, and front office, will have a positive impact on such a devastating situation.

Anja Paerson

Any kind of combined is cool. I think the super combined is pretty good because it's just a one-run slalom and it gives the speed skiers a better chance. I think the super-combined is something that will stay. For me, it's better than the normal combined with the two-run slalom.

Brad Nisbet

The sweet spot continues to be midrange products. A lot of the features and functionality once only in the high end has migrated its way down to lower segments of market. That combined with the fact that many midrange products offer multiple tiers of storage is driving the growth.

Conley Duncan

The testing that I do at the combine is just one of the pieces of the puzzle that NFL teams look at.

Atoosa Rubenstein

Teen girls are figuring out what they want out of life and who they want to be. Combine this new responsibility with all the stress and pressures in their lives and the result, unfortunately, can be substance abuse.

Mo Johnston

I've seen him in Indiana, I've seen him at the combine last year and he can play. He's a tough-nosed kid, but a lot of people don't give him credit because he can pass. We freed up an international spot, we freed up money and we got a guy who is young.

E. P. Thompson

The way new music combined and recombined was an exciting story,

Nigel Hawkins

There are some shareholders who want BT to hold on to Wireless because they feel the company could lose revenue that a combined company can enjoy, ... I expect the sale to go ahead. BT has called an analysts meeting for September 5 to outline its plans for BT Wireless.

Erin Biehl

During winters, we always see stories, the tragedies of fires or carbon-monoxide poisonings. The devices can help save energy costs if combined with other things, like turning down the thermostat. But they need to be used correctly.

Kara Swisher

It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.

Meg Whitman

Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce

Harry Ponfil

If eBay wants to get a hold of you, it will pop up when you sign in there.

Mike Oliver

I wouldn't be surprised if some of it's showing up on eBay in some fashion, ... Some of that stuff can get expensive.

Michael Butler

The stakes are much higher than they used to be.

Matt Rosoff

Some versions of the product are priced higher than they need to be.

Shawnee Smith

So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you're just serving the higher thing.

Alan Greene

Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do.

Fadel Gheit

These stocks are not reflecting $50 or $60 oil. They are probably reflecting $40 oil. But this is not realistic. The fundamentals support a higher price.

Steve Chercover

The stock (Monday) is trading higher than I think it's been in a long while.

Don Bowers

The worse the hurricane does to us, the higher the prices are going to go.

Anne Donovan

The way of the WNBA playoffs, it does not put the higher seed at an advantage, ... You have to go in there and make the most of it.

Lysle Brinker

This is a tax story. What we don't know is how long the higher tax rate will be sustained going forward.

Richard Estrada

So we said, let's organize this huge march of the pueblo, of the people.

John Fogg

Psychologically, that is a huge step forward, ... When that happens, you can think about getting back to a sense of normalcy.

Steve Lowery

It would be very satisfying after the start I had. That would be a huge accomplishment.

Octavio Dotel

This is huge in my country. Just huge.

Richard Sullivan

This is the first time we have been able to predict such a huge improvement in long-term survival,

Jonathon Shockey

This (win) is a huge confidence-builder for us.

Ellen Stofan

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

Dan Castro

We had a huge increase this year and it's unlikely that it can be sustained at that level. With interest rates moving higher, mortgage originations will be down a little bit, and as a result, securitizations will be down.

Gennaro Castaldo

There have only been two or three other personal appearances which were as huge as this and we have had to turn away many of the fans.

Andy Reid

We limited his reps, but the reps he was in there, he did a nice job. He worked it today (Thursday) and we've got to see if the swelling stays out.

Paul LePage

We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.

Margaret Gillett

Now we have space to move around in. We were pretty limited before.

Gary Becker

The most fundamental constraint is limited time

Jeff Chambers

MSU is on a limited budget. We don't have enough money to tape every athlete.

Joseph Volpe

Maybe with 'Parsifal,' because it's only three performances and a limited rehearsal time, we'll be able to get someone really good.

Zach Duke

I just had an aggravated spot and it's kind of limited my mobility more than I expected,

Marc Ganis

They are limited in the means by which they can spend money.

Bryan Pierce

It's typically not a 'no development' program, it's really a limited development program.

Lee Kuan Yew

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

Source Unknown

Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others

Lyle Gramley

Mortgage rates haven't been significantly lower than the rates we have today since the 1960s.

Mark Begich

If the goal is to lower emissions, that's disconnected to most people. If the goal is to save taxpayers' money, now the public has some interest.

John Beasley

It doesn't take many nights of temperatures in the mid-to- lower 50s to shut the maturity process down.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Michael Evans

They're paying a lot lower and they can make their services for a lot lower.

Dudley North

It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.

Edwards Deming

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

Phil McNichol

It was an eyelash. Bode would have won and should have won by a margin that would have shocked people.

David O'Brien

We want to be satisfied the plant's safety margin is not compromised,

Ai Miyazato

I'm a little surprised and very satisfied about (the margin of victory).

Howard Davidowitz

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

Danny Nee

Nothing worked. That's inexperience. You need someone to step up and make a play. We have no margin of error. We have to be at 85-90 percent effectiveness. It might be 95 percent to win a game.

James Harrison

We made a statement. We won, that was the statement we wanted. Margin of victory, stuff like that, is nice. But winning and going to the playoffs is our goal. That's what we want.

Bill O'Reilly

In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft.

Brian Reynolds

GM's going out to the markets to get the money and they're going to put it back into the market, so in a sense it's a wash,

Hernan Cortes

This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling.

Baha'u'llah

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

Ashton Kutcher

From a purely entertainment point of view, to create a movie with a female lead that is empowered with her own sexuality I think is a really powerful thing.

Brendan Fraser

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash

Brenda Ueland

Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or a politician, but doctors are sacrosanct. They know; you do not. Science has its mystique much more powerful than any religion active today.

Jane Fonda

I found that you're more powerful when talking from your soul.

Carl von Clausewitz

Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and reknown.

Bryant H. McGill

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

Cesar Chavez

When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.

Al Franken

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

Jonathan Burns

What we're talking about here are relatively small co-pays.

Jon LeCroy

I think they're relatively cheap. What we saw was a big run-up toward April, and now we're seeing a little more profit-taking.

Hu Shih

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.

John Schultz

He was starting to get inquiries from relatives as to, 'Where's Dad?'

Richard Preston

Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods.

Ian Hart

I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light.

Jeff Barker

This is a competitive business, like any other retail business. It's very important to stay on point.

Peter Cardillo

The retail sales are a real blow-out number.

S. Walker

We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bodybuilders' cocks are the same size as everyone else's.

Guy Lajeunesse

At one of the mosques, two rocks, about the size of two baseballs, were tossed through a window which was shattered.

Anne Sexton

To tell the truth days are all the same size and words aren't much company.

Robert Anton Wilson

Existence is larger than any model that is not itself the exact size of existence....

Richard Linklater

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

John Sayles

The less money and time you have, the more you haveto plan ahead and be careful about your coverage. It's like a gas:it expands or contracts depending on the size of the container.

Erma Bombeck

In the South Pacific, because of their size, mosquitoes are required to file flight plans.

George W. Bush

I suspected there would be a good-size crowd once the word got out about my hanging.

Friedrich Nietzsche

One has to know the size of one's stomach.