Famous Quotes & Sayings

Muhammad Abdullah

It benefits me more because I'm more in the box. It puts me in the position where I can make more plays and bigger plays for the team.

Mike Kraus

I think we have new life now. The kids are really excited. We get to play on a college court in a state tournament, and when you're 10-13 that's a big deal. But forget about the records. These kids have worked hard all year long and now they're reaping some of the benefits from it.

Hilary Clinton

I am concerned, frankly, about the size and last-minute nature of this year's congressional spending spree, where they seem to be loading up the spending bills with special projects for special interests, but can't seem to find the time to raise the minimum wage, or pass a patients' bill of rights, or drug benefits for our seniors through Medicare, or tax cuts for long-term care, child care, or college education,

Walter Annenberg

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

William Godwin

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

Yehudi Menuhin

Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties -- only benefits.

Philip Kirschner

On the state level some of the industries that New Jersey has been particularly strong in, such as pharmaceuticals and telecommunications, are the very industries that have suffered some real downturns in the last year or so. It's costing jobs, and good jobs. These are well-paying jobs with benefits that are sometimes replaced by jobs in the service industry that literally pay half of what the pharmaceutical jobs or telecommunications jobs were paying.

Jeb Bush

Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.

George Whalin

Retailers are putting a great spin on this, saying that the customer benefits in the end. However, the self-checkout is not driven by customer service but by the retailer's objective to reduce costs.

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.

Dave Barry

The fact that Gene Weingarten and I and Bathroom Inventory are now part of some kind of Matrix of Poop strongly suggests that the Pulitzer is not what it once was.

Kevin McCormick

As long as we have '05 inventory on the ground, we're going to keep it going," ()

Mark LaNeve

Dealers tell us they can't keep them on the lot, with vehicles staying in inventory less than a week on average.

Larry Wachtel

Tech is suffering from one big inventory overhang. It's going to take a long time to work through that.

Ted Cruz

I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.

Judith Sayers

There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but those negotiations will be between First Nations and government.

Reuben Brewer

I think the most salient issue right now (in the industry) is how to make a buck.

David Neumark

I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.

Laura Tyson

I think that's understood as a policy issue in China. I don't think it's understood as a policy issue in the United States.

Paul Robertson

I think some of the technical and infrastructure issues haven't been completely realized,

Duane Lewis

He's doing fine. I think it was just a routine procedure. It had been prescheduled. It was not the result of any issues the last two weeks or three weeks.

Jennifer Pralgo

The rainfall is going to be a major major issue and it could intensify because it is moving so slow.

Kip Meek

There is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Jill Soloway

Your first job, I tell people I mentor, is managing your affect. Be nice and say nice things. Make it so that the people walk away from interacting with you and say, 'That was fun.' That will make them want to come back and do it again.

Robert Kiyosaki

Managing your own property can be a full-time job.

Tim Howard

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

Rock Hudnall

I don't know how we're managing to do it, but we still have a shot at third place (in the conference).

John Gunn

You look towards the organization and the people managing the money.

Sam Wyche

I was in serious cabin-fever trouble being out of football,

Paul Busse

It can be taken as seriously as you want or as whimsically as you want.

Debra Brown

Had he been in the vehicle, he would have been seriously injured.

Michael Ballack

I am in serious negotiations with Chelsea. Nothing is signed yet, but I know what I want.

Roberta Baskin

If you want to be serious about it, there has to be some enforcement mechanism.

Brian Billick

I'm told that it's not serious and it's typical.

Nancy Thayer

I have discovered the meaning of life. It resides in what I can wrest from each day that I live.

Milan Kundera

Only the most naive of questions are truly serious.

Jonny Lang

But I needed to prove to everyone that I was a serious musician.