Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Claude

I would say that consumers are not pushing enough,

Scott Anderson

Job growth is the main engine for consumer spending.

Wayne Ayers

I think the general message here is that despite the fears about a low savings rate, the consumer continues to hang in there, and that's essentially the only thing that's going to keep the economy on track.

Gerard Kleisterlee

There is a lack of value creation, particularly around consumer electronics,

Carl Gipson

It gets tough when you try to tailor-make a plan for every single person, but at the same time we are paying for things we never use. Right now, it is kind of a one-size-fits-all approach, and from a consumer standpoint, someone who purchases health insurance, that doesn't go a long way in curtailing health-care costs.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

Tim Burns

Under Michigan law, unless something was intentionally misrepresented or defective, there's no mandatory right for a consumer to make a return. But if a store posts a return policy, they must follow the terms of the policy.

Katsuhiko Kodama

Had the outcome been better, it would have increased speculation of higher consumer prices immediately ahead, so it seems that investors are taking a weaker reading as a positive.

Rick Yancey

The monstrous act by definition demands a monster.

John Hodgman

If you look in the dictionary under 'perfectionist,' you see Henry Selick correcting the definition of perfectionist in the dictionary. I mean, he is so meticulous.

Malorie Blackman

I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.

Bill Gates

(High definition DVD) is the last physical media format there will ever be. There won't be one after this one.

Michael Hurst

You've got to keep in mind that Albee says he is working towards a new definition of tragedy,

Francois Girbaud

That is completely the definition of the silhouette, ... We work on the legs for 30 years okay? Our proposition is evolution of what we present the last season. (It) is always a continuation.

John Barrett

It's a national dialogue that a lot of people by definition can't participate in today.

Gary Urton

The use of conventional signs is my definition of writing, ... information is being passed through three different levels in ways suggestive of a conventional system.

Lauren Gelman

It's going to be an important case, because it will go forward in raising a lot of questions ranging from rules that all journalists should follow when protecting their (sources) to the very definition of what a journalist is in the digital age.

Thomas Delare

Ordinary Iraqis, domestic entrepreneurs and foreign investors have all been waiting for stability, predictability and greater security.

Elizabeth Dole

The next president, whoever she may be, must stabilize the farm economy by exercising leadership to expand domestic markets and increase exports,

Qu Hongbin

The key to bolstering domestic consumption is to shore up citizens' personal incomes.

Robert Subbaraman

The Korean economy could be starting to fire. Now the domestic and foreign sides are going quite strongly.

Julie Johnston

The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.

Matthew Aid

All the NSA people I've talked to think domestic surveillance is anathema.

Geoff Sundstrom

They promised to raise production and they've lived up to that, ... This is a domestic issue. It has become necessary for the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to grant waivers to prevent shortages.

Bill Cheney

With today's report, the odds of a negative quarter of GDP (gross domestic product) growth have increased substantially.

Jim Volk

People are still very very nervous and looking over their shoulder on the domestic recovery. I think the market could come back again, though -- stocks have had a lot of resilience the last few days.

Marcus Samuelsson

I think the kitchen is the new garage. And I think for a guy that wants to go out and be an evolved person, he should know about his local favorite restaurant. He should know how to cook something.

Craig Barrett

India has evolved into one of the world's leading technology centers.

Cory Sullivan

The game's kind of evolved here. It's more of a small-game park sometimes. You're not always going to have the 10-8, 10-4 games that we had the last few days.

Gary Peterson

It's evolved into something different than the original intent.

Jeff Hester

There is no way that you can form iron-60 other than in a massive, evolved star.

Chris Graves

It was talked about for a number of years, and we finally stopped talking about it and did it ... we mad-scrambled, but it's evolved and we've been learning as we go and having a great time,

Jeff Carlson

People are tough. We're evolved for less food; more exercise; less sleep; less security; more paranoia. The irony is that we're so good at what we do. We strive for more food; less exercise; more sleep; more security; less paranoia - and we've succeeded.

Shawn Green

I've always felt like it was important to be involved in the community, ... Over the years it has evolved as we've met different people and experienced things.

Isabella Rossellini

I loved my career as a model, and that evolved into being an actress.

Susan Tedeschi

I wrote 'You Need To Be With Me' when I was madly in love with this guy who just didn't love me. I fell in love with the idea of him and wanted to be together, ... I always thought we'd be together, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. He just got married this summer.

Carlos Fuentes

Kara's been kind of hovering between varsity and JV all four years. She was disappointed that she fell on beam, but I told her we didn't need her on beam. We needed her on bars.

Edie Falco

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through-it was being held together by the dirt.

Q'orianka Kilcher

I just want to learn even more about my culture and about the Algonquin culture because I fell in love with Pocahontas and the Algonquin tribe.

Chiqui Muller

Here, I took one look at the lagoons and the sunsets, and I fell in love.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Her tears fell with the dews at even;/ Her tears fell ere the dews were dried.

Jane Harman

He's a likable fellow who has helped restore some bipartisanship to the committee.

Issac Marsh

I thought we played well -- well enough to win in the second half. We made the adjustments that we talked about at halftime, and they worked. We just fell a little short tonight.

Patricia Morehart

When he walked into the room, he just lit up the room. He just grabbed your heart and tugged on it. You fell in love with him as soon as you met him.

Joe Moore

Knowing what they have to pay for the next four years would be a luxury for their budgeting.

Ricky Woods

I wouldn't be surprised if we don't (make up) this game. They might not have school down there for three or four weeks.

Greg Graham

He's a four man (power forward) that can go inside or outside. He's a very good athlete.

Lenny Bernstein

Going into the tournament, we recognized the considerable parity of the top four teams in the conference. So, we looked at it in terms of if we do really well, we could take the whole thing. And on the other hand, if we do really poorly, we could be fourth.

Jim Swift

Good grief! You realize I'm going to be 60 in four years? What's a matter with you?

John Hogan

He's a little insecure right now about what he's doing, but I don't think he has reason for it. In the four years we've been using him he's grown immensely, but he still maintains great quality.

Preston Clark

He's got 'em all, four pitches. And nobody really hits him hard.

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Holly: It takes four seconds to get to that door... I'll give you two!

Joe Foust

He's as strong as I've seen him through four years of running. I'm optimistic and happy with where he's at.

Paresh Upadhyaya

The Japanese would like to see a weaker yen. They thought it strengthened too much unilaterally.

Atsuko Abe

You reign, I rule. That is the Japanese way.

Tao Okamoto

I started modeling with a very negative part of me - I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.

Pam Gregory

She got to see some of the Japanese skaters doing quad jumps and triple Axels, and it got her motivated.

Liu Jinping

Since then there's been no boycotts of Japanese products at all.

Steve Sawyer

The Americans, Saudis and Japanese have got what they want.

Masahiro Tanaka

I do want to learn the way to do it over here. I'm not really looking to just go about my way and do it in the Japanese way that I've been doing. Basically, I'll try to get some advice, learn the way it's done here and go about it.

Tong Zeng

But most of the compensation suits have been rejected by the Japanese courts.

Coco Lee

Why is the Japanese market second in the world, even though their population is much less than ours in China? Because they don't have piracy.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jim Knight

There are so many things that we try before we ever go to court. It's the last step, and we don't like to do it, but there needs to be consequences.

Justin Gray

I think (the fans) are going to talk about it all the time just because they know probably what we could've done with the team from last year. But that's last year.

Peter Currie

It is fundamentally different from the last time we restated, primarily because the scope is a lot narrower.

Marthen Manu

Last night one person was rescued, the rest have been picked up today.

David Price

Last night he painted the picture of the night he was going to have.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world

Miguel Ojeda

It's something I didn't even think twice about. But I have the luxury because I own my own business.

Heidi Michaelis

It's a luxury to have that type of player.

Evan Sayet

Stupidity is a luxury and you will find time and time and time and again that those who are overwhelmingly on the left are those who can afford to be.

Judith Butler

Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.

Marisa Miller

Working out is not a luxury, it's a necessity.

Myles Munroe

You need to treat your finances as a resource God has provided to fulfill your vision, not a tool to fill your life with luxuries

Milton Friedman

Rich people are the experimental ground for every new development. The nature of progress is that what begins as a luxury for the rich becomes a necessity for the poor as it's developed and passed on.

Mark Twain

We Americans are the most lavish and showiest and most luxury loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.

Daniel Breaker

I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.

Phil Goff

It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house,

Art Hogan

I think that turned (the market) around, ... There is no inflationary pressure and that was one of the major concerns.

Pete Boone

I think that, when it all boiled down, production of the offense was a major factor.

Hugh Johnson

I don' think we are ready for a major move,

Murray Walker

I don't know what happened, but there was a major malmisorganization problem there.

Fidel Castro

We can do it better and take on the major leagues. ... For each player that leaves, 10 better ones arise,

Alan Greenspan

Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11.

Harry Orf

In terms of major equipment, we won't know until we can get back in.

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

John Joyce

Services now represent nearly 50 percent of IBM's revenue.

Chris Phillips

Sometimes our passing was without a purpose. When we did pass with a purpose, we were very good, but not nearly long enough.

Gary Roberts

Nearly all our blokes are locals, but a lot of them work out of town during the week,

Tony Haffer

For rain fans, it's going to be a nearly perfect day.

Joe Adams

Steroids are not really needed, ... You can get nearly the same results through training.

Tony Prentice

Our whole team wrestled really solid. It was a tough tournament. There were state placers in nearly every weight class.

Geoffrey Zakarian

When I entertain, I want to have fun. But I'm also a control person. I don't go in for those everyone-in-the-kitchen cooking scenes. So if I want to be with my guests, I have to do everything - or nearly everything - in advance.

Bill Cowher

I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. He saw something in me I'm not sure I saw in myself.

Denny Green

He didn't get in. I thought he was in until I saw the replay.

Shun Long

I tipped it. I just saw it and I took it.

William Friedkin

In the case of a film like The Exorcist or To Live and Die in L.A., I saw the whole movie in my head before I went to shoot it. I never did storyboards, or anything like that. I had the film in my head.

Will Ferrell

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

Roberto Bolano

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy.

Robertson Davies

"There is no disputing about tastes," says the old saw. In my experience there is little else.

Walter Lippmann

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Walter Johnson

Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.

Brian Billick

I think that's a quarterback trying to take on his share of responsibility,

Tyler Perry

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

Warren Buffett

We have learned to turn out lots of goods and services, but we haven't learned as well how to have everybody share in the bounty. The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind.

Robert Louis Stevenson

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.

Mike Flynn

Okogbaa is going to get her share of kills, but we have to stop every one around her,

Karl Malone

What good is success if you're not willing to share it?

Tricia Neuman

That's a smaller share than many had feared.

Karrine Steffans

There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.

Ralph Charell

Do more than you have to do, more than your share, and do it as well as you can.

Ashley Madekwe

The water in L.A. tastes like bleach. I literally have to make my tea with Evian water.