Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chuck Hill

Of the 59 percent of the S&P 500 that has reported, earnings are down 18.1 percent. If we add that number to estimates for the rest, we're down 22.2 percent from last year.

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Daniel Snyder

The more I heard, the more I've learned, and the more I saw, the more resolved I became about helping to address the challenges that plague the Native American community.

Marty Schottenheimer

Add the minus-three giveaway-takeaway, I think there's a very, very strong likelihood that you're going to lose those football games. If you're minus-three giveaway-takeaway, the chances of winning a game are down around 20 percent or something like that. You can't live that way. If you live that way, you're destined for failure.

Henry Bunsow

Add on the fact that the Patent Office has rejected all the patents at issue and it's a pretty compelling case.

Chinese Proverbs

Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it

Payne Stewart

ADD is much more apparent in children; a lot of teachers can spot it right away. But it isn't just a problem for kids. I probably still have this ADD.

Joe Milano

Add in the fact that these five negative events started when large-cap growth was at historical highs ... put that together with the valuations, and you can start to explain why it's done so poorly. Multiples have compressed, growth is hard to come by, and people have been averse to risk. When will large cap growth start to work? I think the answer is when we stop having a major negative event every year.

Deborah Carpenter

A down comforter is one of the most inviting things you can add to a bedroom. I like to fold a down comforter at the end of the bed so it is plump in the middle. It adds a warm and cozy look.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Niklas Zennstrom

People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

Kevin Rollins

Dell's business model is potent in all economic cycles,

Jeffrey Immelt

The strength of the GE model really shines during slower parts of the business cycle, ... have reduced GE's sensitivity to business cycles.

Tom Flynn

The strength of small business is clear and is the focus of this study.

Ivan Clark

The strategy is still the same. We are going to buy up where the business is doing well.

Frank Thompson

The strong performance in the resourcing division was primarily a result of the recruitment business, which is growing the business in a more positive economic environment and has been working hard to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations,

John Mackey

The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together.

Scott Cleland

The technology works, but the business model is still up in the air.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

Carles Puyol

Samuel said he didn't want to continue but we wanted to convince him that he should not let them (the racists) get to him.

Duane Grant

The work they do continues to be on the cutting edge of bio-energy.

Matt Vanover

This is an evolving site. We are going to continue to tweak it. We would hope to be able to include that type of travel time information.

Andre Agassi

This is going to continue for a long time. Schools and hospitals ... this is something we need to stay with for the long haul.

Billy Donovan

This is going to be the most time that we have had off to get ready for an opponent since December. I am hopeful that during that time that we can continue to improve and turn the focus on ourselves.

David Barna

This isn't about giving up 20 percent of your resources. It's ... making sure the mission comes first. They'll continue to have the resources they have.

Toni Sacconaghi

A workforce reduction of 10 to 15 percent (3,800 to 5,700 people) now seems more likely, but may not be enough to satisfy current investor expectations.

Bill Ayer

The steady demand for our product in the face of fare increases indicates that the market currently is less price-sensitive that it has been in the past. It also tells us that we are hitting the mark in delivering customer value.

Derrick Brooks

This was about helping the team and putting us in the position to keep a lot of our players here that we currently have and, at the same time, give us something to go get a player that we felt could help us win a Super Bowl. That's the way it's always been when I've done this, a two-way street.

Blake Ress

Many of the people in the legislature send their kids to private schools and I think they would defend them, defend the current system. I don't know that we've done enough research where we can defend this before the legislature or in court. If we're going to go this way we better have some facts to back our decision.

Herbert Hainer

Many of our current efforts will now focus on turning around the Reebok brand.

Eric Takamura

Right now it's only if the current changes, and in the last four days the current has only gone out to sea.

Bern Elliot

Because of its strong relationship with some of the carriers, as well as a relationship with Microsoft, that positions it differently than just a standard new entry. At this point they have few enterprise deployments, so their strength right now draws from their current position with service providers.

David Moskowitz

Just because we have to study history doesn't mean we can't try to relate it to the current time. Once you start talking about something they're already up on, it draws them in.

Mary Wysong

I think I have a good pulse with what is currently going on in our schools.

Gurinder Kalra

Despite the stock's strong performance in recent months, we are reiterating our outperform rating and are raising our price target from 660,000 won ($ 673.43) to 770,000 won.

David Townsend

Despite the sound of 40,000 gallons, not a whole lot of stuff was released here through that hole.

William Daley

Despite the progress we have seen over the last week, we still do not have the 218 votes yet to win it, ... In the end, I am optimistic we will pull it out.

Patricia Ryan

Despite some of the closings we've had, we seem to be doing all right. With the rain and everything, there was some question at first, but we seem to be holding our own right now.

Michael Cox

Despite our directive to the National Journal to replace the ad, it was not replaced as requested, which resulted in its publication this week.

Amy Ziff

Last year was a massive year for holiday travel. The summer kept going in that direction, and we have the same expectation for this year despite fuel costs. If you wait until November, I think you run the risk of not getting what you want or paying a whole lot more to get what you want.

Peter Cardillo

Obviously it negates the theory about Dow 1,000. What (the new milestone) tells us is people have a lot of confidence. Money is still flowing into the United States despite some question marks about inflation. Nothing has changed.

Rosa DeLauro

Poor people are going to get the short end of the stick, despite all the public sympathy. That's a great irony.

Mike Walsh

Mo seems to have fared well despite his ordeal and is expected to fully recover,

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Danielle Jackson

Ryan has really stepped up and takes some of the pressure away from the rest of us. She's going to help a lot.

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Paul Tagliabue

The state of Texas, and San Antonio, are helping shelter hurricane victims. That is the most important mission right now.

Bruce Cunningham

This is special for him. He tried to stay with Shawn and that helped him stay focused.

Joel Silver

You need the right people to kind of help make these things real.

Edward MacMahon

You needed people in Washington to help you out.

John Yates

You need a job, we're in need. Let's see if we can help each other,

Charles R. Swindoll

It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.

Andrew Tyndall

Why would (CBS) spend all that money hiring her away if they weren't hiring her because she's a superstar.

Bob Storman

Now he can mobilize the 'Z Team' to support other candidates.

John Milton

His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle.

Kevin Watkins

We want a comprehensive package that covers export subsidies, tariffs and overall levels of support. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is making central to his summit speech that he wants to abolish all export subsidies. It is up to him to push the European Union in that direction, and the U.S. needs to reciprocate.

Marianne Williamson

Family... a group experience of love and support.

J. Reuben Clark

May the Lord be with us at all times, under all circumstances; may he bring into our lives a burning desire to uphold the Constitution, a living faith in its inspired origin, that we may always be found among those who shall support it to the last breath.

Pat McDonough

I don't like it, and I don't support it.

Winona LaDuke

If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.

Mandi Lyon

I'm very overwhelmed, but very thankful for all the support.

Waris Ahluwalia

Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.

Anna Deavere Smith

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

Ellen Goodman

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

Eric Rohmer

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.