Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Freed

The downward trend is due to consumers' increased expectations during the holiday season, a much larger influx of infrequent visitors that may not know how to navigate a site and shipping costs, and the unavailability of prominent items like the Xbox 360 due to low inventory.

John Cridland

UK Plc feels it has gone as far as it can in accommodating tax rises that have weakened our international competitive position. The trend we now want to see is a downward one not an upward one,

Kevin Hawkins

Another slight improvement in like-for like sales is very welcome, especially considering the downward trend in the first half of this year.

Liu Yu

Rosy earnings results spurred the market. But as firms with poor profit figures often unveil their results in late April, the index likely will face downward pressure.

Dave Soutar

It was the start of a downward slide. Being that far away when something like that happened, it was just brutal.

Peter Beaven

This could have a downward impact on the final export figures.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke,/ Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go.

James McCormack

Those sovereigns in the midst of political turmoil also have the weakest growth rates in emerging Asia, and further downward revisions to the growth forecast may be necessary." ()

Nestor Aguila

We're going through a consolidation mode with a downward bias.

William Egan

I would say that the figures for 2003 are an improvement over the previous years, the first steps in an emerging growth cycle.

Karen Anderson

There are so many emerging technologies out there that we should take a look at and we will. It's not something we can rush into. It's going to be a five- or 10-year process.

Ricardo Khan

The fewer role models you have, the harder it will be for you to imagine you could do it, too. My hope is that Genesis supports not just those emerging writers but that it's making a statement that writing is important, that the imagination being channeled to something on the page is possible.

Colin Morton

The emerging markets are where Europe was five to seven years ago.

Michael Campbell

This partnership...truly allows theatre owners to use the Internet and other emerging technologies to reach out to our customers.

Phil Kendall

There were two key trends in the global wireless market in 2005. First, emerging markets contributed phenomenal levels of subscriber growth. In particular, Russia, India and Indonesia saw major growth in new users in 2005, up 40-50 percent over 2004 levels.

Kenton Keith

It is unlikely, we think, that they will be able to reorganize and pose a threat to what we hope will be an emerging political situation.

Robert Lynch

There's been a lot of volatility in emerging markets but in the majors, very little.

Henry Samueli

We need to get smarter about hardware and software innovation in order to get the most value from the emerging Internet of Things.

Lyle Gramley

Greenspan did not participate in supplying numbers for that forecast -- he refused to do so -- and sometimes in his testimony he didn't even mention the forecast.

Steve Fortuna

IDC saw worldwide unit growth in 3Q of roughly 18.3 percent, while Dataquest saw worldwide unit growth around 15.2 percent. Averaging the two together puts it in the mid-to-high 16 percent range, which is roughly in line with our forecast 17 percent for 3Q.

Warren Buffett

Forecasts usually tell us more of the forecaster than of the forecast

Edward Yardeni

In the last year, I thought we'd get to 7,600, which looked like a pretty far-fetched forecast back then. Now I think we can get to 8,500 by year end. I think there is still potential for the market to move a lot.

Philip Shaw

In reality, Gordon Brown's forecasts will have to be slashed to around 1.75 percent,

Stephen Briggs

In all, we forecast that world lead production will grow by 5.5%-6.0% in 2006 and 4%-4.5% in 2007.

Maury Roos

The forecasts are pretty good ? if we get normal weather henceforth.

Viswanathan Vasudevan

The forecast for the full year and the first quarter has been disappointing. We will have to look into the details.

Walt McDonald

Considering most forecasts projected mortgage interest rates to gradually rise, this could keep the housing market from taking as much of a breather as we have anticipated,

Estelle

Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

Craig Patrick

John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer. His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh.

Leonard Hamilton

I think we're a little further along. We have a better understanding of our system.

Vinnie Robinson

It goes further than St. Patty's or the month of March. People come out proud of heritage.

Bud Selig

I will review all of the material that is relative in every way. At some point in time I'll have further comment, but until that point in time I will have no further comment.

Jay Wright

I think they know how hard it's going to be to get any further than that.

John Warner

In my judgment, the further investigation is simply unnecessary,

Don Garber

In the immediate and long-term future, today's news will prove to be a historical turning point for the sport. These recent developments further solidify soccer's standing and value as a major television property in the United States with even greater future potential.

Chuck D.

I think our involvement there has destabilized the Middle East. And the longer we stay there, I think the further destabilization will occur,

Gus Faucher

Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half of next year,

Bill Cheney

Job growth has kind of stalled out. It's a puzzle.

Mark Zandi

I suspect this is a pause and we still see a resumption of top line growth and, ultimately, better hiring in tech.

Wayne Pace

He wants it to be profitable growth, sustainable growth and responsible growth,

Jill Dougherty

He did say that it must meet Russia's national interests and also that it should not restrict its growth and social development,

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Shuchita Mehta

Growth momentum remains strong and that should lead to higher inflation and interest rates.

Zheng Jingping

It is fundamentally normal but it is at the upper end of the potential growth range and we need to take note of it.

Graham Cluley

There is going to be a real growth in 'pump and dump' spam.

George Allen

I think they will step down if they're indicted. I do think that's appropriate if they're in the midst of an indictment.

Ji-Hae Park

In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.

Rick Carlisle

You've go to keep playing and stay the course. We're in the midst of the playoff picture, and we'll have to win our way in. We're not going to back in.

Napoleon Bonaparte

We live and die in the midst of marvels.

Rick Carlisle

It's been tough. We're still in the midst of the playoff picture and we'll have to win our way in. We aren't going to back our way in, that's pretty clear.

Jim Calhoun

Rankings and polls and seeds and all that stuff, in the midst of a game, they don't count. You have to make shots, you have to get rebounds, you have to play defense.

John Fernandes

Right now we are in the midst of running down leads.

Ian Paisley

I was telling the truth, I said I was very, very worried. At that time I was in the midst of trying to get a way whereby this would not happen. And it has happened. My words have been proved to be right.

Stan Conte

I don't know how serious it is. We're still in the midst of it. We're doing some testing and will know more tomorrow afternoon.

Robert Sullivan

Here's the data. This is not a political position, it's just scientific data.

Javier Solana

I want to underline that the political process is back on track ... the cease-fire is back on track.

William Wilberforce

If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.

Michael Harrison

He isn't just a political talk show host, he's a showman,

Russell Brand

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot.

Rose Macaulay

The poet has to make a synthesis out of the moral life of our time, and this life is lived at this moment on a political plane.

William S. Burroughs

Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.

William S. Burroughs

All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.

William Shatner

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

John Seabrook

In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.

Scott Berry

And as rates go higher, that should go higher, too.

Mark Kantrowitz

It's a no-brainer at this point. You want to consolidate before rates rise,

Jeremy Friesen

The view on where U.S. rates go seems to be most contentious.

Glenn Thomas

And, we have been struggling with our rates ever since.

Greg Hymowitz

With rates going higher, I'm staying away from the old-economy stocks.

John Kline

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase.

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Rebecca MacKinnon

The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.