Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ed Perkins

Greed on the part of banks is never surprising. Fortunately, not all the cards are doing it.

Zhou Shengxian

Groundwater near both banks of the river is in accordance with national standards and it's safe to drink.

Ron Dennis

I think the difference in the discussions that have taken place in the last month ... is that the push now is more towards what is in the long term interests of Formula One. That is where probably the acquisition from the banks of the equity by CVC has been most positively felt because they want stability, they want growth and now we participate in that growth so everybody has a very common interest.

Diego Rivera

What do you mean the banks of the river?. Are/ you the banks of Diego Rivera? I will be/ remembered throughout history and already my/ little Frida has forgotten.... Who first put a/ paint brush in your hand? ... And now you/ have become the banks to contain me? No,/ Frida, you have forgotten the real truth. You/ are a stone in the mighty river. A lovely/ speckled stone.

Jasmine Guinness

We've got to make greedy banks pass on interest rate cuts in full, and we've got to see rents coming down.

Mark Lackey

I think what's happening is that with Japanese banks wanting to clean positions by March 31, we're hearing that they have been big sellers in North America.

Yoji Takeda

It gives the impression Koizumi wanted someone who has political clout and who can support his structural reforms. Merging or privatizing government-affiliated banks will be positive for commercial lenders and brokerages because it will mean more business for them.

Michael Molligan

It goes from flooding its banks to getting very low.

Hans Tietmeyer

I will not talk about this experience. But, as I wrote before today, a signal of intervention by central banks can be an extremely effective move. I am not disapproving in certain situations of joint single intervention.

Robert Christensen

The Irish people, who are commonly thought of as peasants, have developed a cuisine using these kinds of items that, for them, are common food. For them it's not high-end items. For them it's regular food.

Robert Barclay

That it is not lawful to give to men such flattering titles as, "Your Holiness," "Your Majesty," "Your Eminency," "Your Excellency," "Your Grace," "Your Lordship," "Your Honor," &c., nor use those flattering words commonly called "compliments.

Lakhdar Brahimi

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.

Tom Kloza

We're going to see $3 a gallon gas quite commonly in the next week or so,

Roberto Suro

Rather than undergoing a continuous increase in immigrant levels as is commonly perceived, the United States experienced a sharp spike in immigration flows over the past decade that had a distinct beginning, middle and end.

Mark Changizi

Company logos, for example, are meant to be recognized, and we found that logos have a high correlation. Shorthand systems, which are meant to give a note-taker speed at the expense of a commonly recognizable system of symbols, do not.

Gerard Ahern

The wider health implication is that commonly used SSRI antidepressants, which target the uptake of serotonin into neurons, may also impact the uptake in immune cells.

Alfred Marshall

The modern developments of economic science in relation to rent indicate progress. For we are learning that what is commonly called the rent of land is really a very complex thing made up of many elements, some of which differ more widely from one another than it, as a whole, differs from profits, or than some elements of it differ from wages.

Paul Lancaster

Ken Hatfield is a tremendous speaker. People will really enjoy him because of his enthusiasm and encouragement to all people. He will deliver a very inspirational message.

Timothy Roemer

has talked about well-intentioned reform but has not delivered it.

Philip Greenfield

Historically, a parallel relationship exists between inventory and service: if you want high service levels, you need a lot of inventory. We want to switch that, and deliver high service levels with less inventory.

Og Mandino

Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!

Keith Rockwell

It has been a wonderful election. It means we are able to deliver when we need to deliver.

Nathan Anderith

Last year, I rounded up all of the people who deliver sonnets and had them deliver one to my girlfriend.

Eric Draper

Well, you know, usually we're complaining about the governor and his budget, but in this case, he really has delivered something that made us happy.

Viktor Yushchenko

I have heard a lot of stories and legends on how this poison has been delivered, where it has been produced, which secret services were used for delivering it in Ukraine,

Ricky Hatton

I have been very pleased with Dennis Hobson, ... We spoke to many people about the prospect of working with them and Dennis delivered. He put his money where his mouth is and delivered the fight.

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.

Roger Altman

Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.

Terri Johnson

Kirby is playing really well for us. We expected him to play at this level, he just got a late start with football. That three at the end of the third quarter was huge.

James Sullivan

Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.

Jim McDonnell

Kids come and they have no expectation that there's anything like that when they're feeding the ducks, ... You can imagine what could occur.

Lynn Gray

I would think you would expect a lot more than (1,000). They may have 10,000 people out there.

Brian Fuentes

I would not say I was surprised with the success I had. I have worked hard and I expect to do well. I would never have expected to be in an all-star game. That was not a goal going into the season. That was something extra.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Fernando Clavijo

Keel is one of those kids, we didn't expect much, and every day he keeps improving.

Stone Gossard

J was open to our style from the get-go. They weren't expecting us to do something that was unnatural for us.

Dave Redden

Jon doesn't realize how good he is. He could've finished higher up in the pack. I liked that he finished high up there, but I really expect a whole lot more out of him.

Umberto Eco

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.

Vincent Van Gogh

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

Samuel Gompers

No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.

Van Jones

I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.

William Godwin

If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.

Washington Allston

The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.

Marshall Wittmann

Clearly, they have to make gains in 2006, or it's possible there will be a contest.

Chuck Robinson

I'm just not sure it gains us anything,

Art Hogan

The larger trend remains to the upside, but its hard to say whether we'll see gains in the short-term,

Lindy Urso

Whatever they're looking for is not in there. He doesn't have any of those items any where. I'm not at all concerned. I know none of the items they were looking for are in Carlos' possession.

Pat Joyner

He'd order 40 to 50 of these items at a time.

Kelli Calloway

The dresses, shoes and purses can all be loaned and don't have to be donated. It doesn't have to be a permanent donation. Whoever wants to loan items can get everything back dry-cleaned.

Paul Parker

These items can become missiles and they can stop storm drainage,

Fred Reid

I've got a checklist with 3,200 items on it. At any time, 150 of them are burning.

James Billington

We have 119 million items in 460 different languages,

David Payne

Our plan is to use the items on one test and not on subsequent administrations of test.

Matthew Brown

We sell items on eBay. It doesn't get much simpler than that.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

I live about 60 miles northwest of New York City, and whenever there's news of a big snowstorm coming, everyone runs for the store. The perishable items are usually the first things to go, which doesn't make sense because they perish.

Japanese Proverb

He is poor who does not feel content.

Mike Hohensee

I thought he did some tremendous things. I thought he did some poor things. He has a lot of room to grow.

Woody Allen

I'm in show business. I'm not like a poor factory worker who'd been laid off.

Robert Shaw

There's no future in being poor.

Vita Sackville-West

Prose is a poor thing, a poor inadequate thing, compared with poetry which says so much more in shorter time.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.

Sandra Cisneros

If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar.

Jerramy Stevens

If you start out poorly like that, the tension only mounts every game.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich.

Chuck D.

It could have something to do with the coarse quality of their paper.

Fernando Couto

I think we have the quality and the right spirit to get a win.

Dwane Casey

I'd like to see if he can get up 20 shots. You can't just walk through that and get that many shots up, quality shots. To get 20 quality shots, it takes work.

Jimmy Johnson

I didn't come back and feel like I solved the world's problems. But I spent a lot of quality time with my wife and didn't think about racing.

David Carr

He is a quality guy. If he hasn't taken a step forward, it's because he hasn't been shown the way.

Rob Zombie

I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie.

Richard Bach

You don't tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds.

Trisha Goddard

There is a learning quality in all of our shows.

Richard Davidson

The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.

Michael Watson

the securities that were deposited ... were essentially of no value.

Daphne White

Do we really want 6-year-olds to become street fighters?

Alan Johnson

We were thinking Wall Street would be flattish for the year, but we fortunately may have undershot.

Darrell Sanders

We're taking it off the street one gram at a time.

Eric Fry

There's no visibility, to put it in Wall Street terms,

Dan Jenkins

I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.

Angelo Vaughn

He was a street cop. He was someone you want to emulate.

Beeban Kidron

I often go out on the street with my camera and ask questions.

Elaine Stritch

New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!'

Frank Roder

We've been complaining about 12th street for many, many years.

Peter Smith

A lot of times you don't know who you're trading with or where.

Dan Hill

My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.

Mark Grossman

It is kind of an unusual thing to see happen.

Robert Pattinson

It's always been strange to me that someone can say they're a vampire fan. I'm not a non-fan, but it's such an unusual thing to be a fan of. That's like saying, "I love zombie movies! I just love 'em! They're my favorite!" That's more of a psychological problem than being an actual fan.

Harland Braun

It's conceivable that the D.A. could find that there is not enough evidence. It would be unusual, but this is an unusual case.

Mario Monti

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.

Thomas F. Wilson

Crispin Glover is unusual, but not as unusual as he sometimes presents himself. We got along nicely.

Bobby Farrelly

In the world of comedy, having a partner is not the most unusual thing.

Martha Plimpton

It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

I kind of have never thought about a career path, which is an unusual approach.

Robert Creeley

It is hard going to the door cut so small in the wall where the vision which echoes loneliness brings a scent of wild flowers in the wood.

Robert Crais

I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes.

Russell Baker

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

Rose Macaulay

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls.

Rose McGowan

You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there

Rick Riordan

Percy glanced over. He saw the fallen giant and seemed to understand what was happening. He yelled something that was lost in the wind, probably: Go! Then he slammed Riptide into the ice at his feet. The entire glacier shuddered. Ghosts fell to their knees. Behind Percy, a wave surged up from the bay-a wall of gray water even taller than the glacier. Water shot from the chasms and crevices in the ice. As the wave hit, the back half of the camp crumbled. The entire edge of the glacier peeled away, cascading into the void-carrying buildings, ghosts, and Percy Jackson over the edge.

William S. Burroughs

His whole being radiates a pure, wild sweetness, flitting through night woods with little melodious cries, on some cryptic errand. There is also an aura of doom and sadness about this trusting little creature. He has been abandoned many times over the centuries, left to die in cold city alleys, in hot noon vacant lots, pottery shards, nettles, crumbled mud walls. Many times he has cried for help in vain.

Virginia Woolf

The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf transparent and then another. One bird chirped high up; there was a pause; another chirped lower down. The sun sharpended the walls of the house, and rested like the tip of a fan upon a white blind and made a fingerprint of a shadow under the leaf by the bedroom window. The blind stirred slightly, but all within was dim and unsubstantial. The birds sang their blank melody outside.

William Friedkin

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

Mike Aronson

He was able to make what used to be his weaknesses into his strengths.

Richelle Mead

We all have moments of weakness. It’s how we recover from them that really counts.

Rick Riordan

We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking.

Woody Hayes

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

Woody Allen

Of all human weakness obsession is the most dangerous. And the silliest.

Robinson Jeffers

Death's a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made / Something more equal to the centuries / Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness.

Samuel Johnson

To be prejudiced is always to be weak

Laurence Olivier

Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.

B. F. Skinner

We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.