Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Thompson

Harrah's is a good corporate citizen, but they have priorities,

John Battelle

Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak.

Kevin Brown

There is a kind of revolution going on, on the corporate desktop.

Ethan Harris

I think we know corporate profit growth can't stay at the rate we've seen in recent quarters. They (employers) have been squeezing the work force pretty aggressively, squeezing productivity out of workers and holding the line on wages. It's a matter of how much corporate profits slow down.

Jody Kielbasa

I think they want to become good corporate citizens.

Dave Grannan

IBM Lotus Notes and Domino represent a significant part of the corporate email landscape.

Andy Schultheiss

Representative Cuellar has voted repeatedly to let corporate polluters off the hook.

Jeon Woo

Investors are focusing on corporate earnings and positive results will help lead stock markets higher.

Lars Kreckel

In the longer term, we are more optimistic. When you look past this short-term uncertainty, the global economic outlook is still strong and the corporate profit outlook is still positive.

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Michael Sheldon

I think the last few weeks have probably been frustrating for investors. Earnings have been very positive, but the focus has been on interest rates. Over the next few sessions, it looks like the fear of higher interest rates will probably outweigh the earnings.

Barry Hyman

I think the picture is optimistic and earnings in general have been better than expected.

Peter Mancuso

I think you're looking out two quarters, maybe even three quarters before you start to see a substantive increase in earnings for some of these companies. That, to me, is in a nutshell what's going on in the markets.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Laura Conigliaro

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

David Lum

I am looking at recurrent earnings growth of 10 percent in 2006 for the banks, if you strip out exceptional items. Industry loan growth should be about 8 percent this year.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Frank Martin

We are focusing on maximizing our revenue streams through product innovation,

Hanna Salonen

I went (back) to Finland, and stayed there and the only thing I was focusing on was how I wanted to come back.

Vince Young

I didn't want that to happen, ... I started focusing in more on sports.

Zina Garrison

I am focusing on the team I have, in my mind they are the top team.

Al Goldman

Investors will be focusing on Iran and any developments there, as it might have implications on the price of oil, and of course, the future of the world.

Rasaan Powell

I have to keep my composure. Their goal is to get me upset. Sometimes I let it get to me, but I just have to play through it. They did a good job of doing that the first half (last week), but they weren't focusing on the other players.

Mao Asada

I'm very happy to have done two triple Axels, I wasn't thinking about the championship but was just focusing on the two triple Axels. I'd give myself 95 out of 100 for today's skate.

Scott Eyre

I'm 33, not 25, ... I don't want to talk about free agency. I'm focusing on the games this week, but I know it's an opportunity to do something. But everything being equal, I want to stay here.

Andrea Martin

I was intimidated at first, ... But everyone was very helpful and kind.

Brian McLaughlin

I was in Pensacola, Fla., for Ivan and I just want to be able to feel like I have helped people in my life,

Patrick Hogan

(Kirby) helped people...he always wanted to help people so splitting the money up is most in the spirit of (Kirby),

Rig Veda

Knowledge increases his thinking capabilities and helps him in getting new and innovative ideas.After implementing those ideas successfully he earns wealth.

Will Peterson

Knowing the way he throws can help us. But it is a different team, a different offense now.

Luke Donald

Knowing I have played well here before helps a lot.

Robert Reed

Katrina, in some sense, helped that process be a little quicker.

Pat Callahan

Just to release a rock record with very little help from MTV, and with just touring and radio, I think it's awesome. I think it did a lot better than any of us expected. But we're a touring band. That's where our roots are and we love touring. It's a lot of fun.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Mark Sue

I think investors are relieved about these results because there were thoughts they would have to ratchet down for this quarter.

Art Hogan

I think we'll start getting investors into the marketplace later in the first quarter,

Andrew Clarke

Regionally, today is a consolidation day, and people are looking for less obvious plays. I don't think investors are that perturbed about the price of oil at the moment. They should be, but they're not.

E. O. Wilson

investors may be saying 'it doesn't get much better than this, so let me take some money off the table and wait until some of the uncertainty flushes out.' After that, the stocks are back off to the races again.

Maelle Gavet

Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.

Markus Steinbeis

Investors are taking profits in insurers because it (the sector) has been one of the top performers since October.

Alan Ackerman

Investors are likely to say, 'Aha! Merrill tried to pull the wool over our eyes,' ... It will make them even more suspicious and cautious.

Kyle Huske

Investors will be looking to see if Prudential can match Principal and Anthem.

Michael James

In general, institutional investors aren't sold on the (stock) market going higher, even with the pullback in oil.

Frank Kimmel

He was a grizzly, old veteran, just a real hard-nosed racer, ... He would run all day long, and then all of a sudden with 20 (laps) to go, you would look up and he would be leading the race.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

Laurence J. Peter

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Sylvia Hatchell

Her leadership has also improved. For a sophomore, she has shown a lot of maturity.

Larry Kupczyk

He's a skilled player who has been able to put the puck in the net on a regular basis. Jesse also took more of a leadership role this season and is a very solid player.

Jerry Brookings

He showed me how to lead a band, which was something I had always wanted to do.

Rep. Bucher

I think the legislative leadership is pretty ripe to take up this issue.

J. J. Johnson

I think (the leaders) are there. It's whether or not they know how to do that yet is what we've got to find. I'm not sure they know who they are yet, so we'll see.

Bobby Bowden

What do you lose? I think you probably lose your most solid, mature, leader and blocker.

Alex Brown

I think the markets will probably be up,

Alan Levenson

I think they have sent a message that I'm surprised that they wanted to send to the market. I think the markets are seeing the neutral directive and they are saying, 'Well, they're done,' which I think is wrong.

Mary Schapiro

I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors.

David Pursell

The markets will treat it like it's Tyrannosaurus rex, but bigger.

Tim Evans

The markets are bracing for Thursday's DOE reports, with traders cringing since the recent (supply) trends have been bearish.

Michael Allen

They need to have sustained growth, so they can't concentrate only on the high-density market. What they've done for the most part is go into very big destination markets like New York to Southern Florida.

Frank Lesh

It's nothing more than a psychological spot; it's like 10,000 on the Dow. In reality, the markets themselves don't see anything special about that $50 level.

John Felmy

Right now, the short-term markets are going a little crazy. If there is little damage, they can reverse themselves.

Martin Winterkorn

The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.

Daniel Woodrell

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.

Paul Nicholls

I think it's a really positive idea and I'm sure I shall be having runners in the first stage at Haydock.

Bob Poole

I think it's going to be positive for that end of town. I think it's going to be the right fit.

John Davidson

I think we will have a positive year.

Aly Michalka

I think that, as an actor, you have to break out eventually, and if you do it properly, it can be something that's positive.

P. Herbert

I think to come out of here, you have to have a positive attitude. I've had remained discipline-free for two years to get this job.

Leigh Steinberg

I don't know what happened, but I know Ricky didn't test positive for anything. Someone made a mistake.

Robert Collier

See things as you would have them be, instead of as they are.

Richelle Mead

Mmm. O positive, my favorite.

Chuck Hill

I think that Q4 results will be terrible.

Andrew Johnson

I think that's been a really important, big step in the U.S. having more competitive results internationally.

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Zig Ziglar

Happiness is the result of what you do.

Takashi Oya

Results were just as strong as we expected.

Mark Hurd

Results have been inconsistent. The stock has been volatile, if not disappointing.

Gabriel Hortobagyi

Clearly, the results are not evolutionary but revolutionary.

Ryan Zimmerman

I'm not too worried about results right now. I'm just trying to go out and see some live pitching.

Jim McCamant

The IPO window for biotech stocks is closing.

Greg Hymowitz

The fundamentals for technology stocks are very positive.

Hans Kunnen

The big-picture fundamentals for commodities stocks is still in place. Nothing has actually changed. The sell-off in some sectors was not warranted.

Spiros Segalas

It's making the Dow more meaningful, more representative of the stock market.

Barry Ritholtz

Tech stocks are probably a little pricey. But they're not stupid pricey.

Michael Friedman

The stock trades at about 9 times its 2003 earnings,

Kate Warne

Everybody's worried that the stocks that have done so well have really overshot,

Bobby Labonte

We're going to be like the stock market. We're going to be up and down.

Brian Hill

Obviously, (CMGI) stock should be up with Lycos,