Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sandy Poferl

Knowing where our budget sits, knowing where our enrollment sits, I wasn't really pleased with the number he threw out for his salary.

Susan Cole

Kids need to learn financial lessons early when they have their parents as a safety net. If you're just learning about saving and budgeting when your first car payment is due, you could be in trouble.

George H. W. Bush

Joel Kaplan is a man of great talent, intellect and experience who possesses a deep knowledge of policy and budget processes.

Gerald Curtis

Handling the budget is a big part of the job, but you have to realize that 70 or 80 percent of the budget is mandated by the state; you can change very little of it. But you do have to look at cuts.

Brett Hall

His voice is strong. He's engaged in everything and wants to discuss what's happening right now with the budget and other bills.

Ozhan Bahrambeygui

I think it's important for kids to budget their time. I'm a big proponent of kids doing multiple sports. I like to think we put an emphasis on balance.

Joseph Lieberman

There is no cheap way to be better prepared. It takes money -- more money than this budget offers.

G. H. Hardy

There is no budget shortfall per se. We were challenged in putting together the budget year because of the loss of federal funding.

Tom DeLay

There is no fat left to cut in the federal budget.

Julie Rousseau

I don't know what the largest deficit was, but I think that everyone got to really enjoy what I've had an opportunity to enjoy all year, and that's just how tough our women really are, how strong they are, strong in character. They showed a lot of fight and I'm very proud of them.

Brian Garvey

In the next several months we might see some record highs in the trade deficit with the rise in oil prices as well.

Alan Gayle

In general, the twin deficits (trade and federal) will be an ongoing source of volatility in the dollar and interest rates.

Joel Kaplan

The greatest tool we have for reducing the deficit is a growing economy because of the revenue that results.

Masamichi Koike

The forecast of a narrowing of the trade deficit forecast is only after the record deficit last time.

Scott Browne

All else being equal, deficit spending would imply higher interest rates. But so many other factors - especially the sluggish economy - mean interest rates are going to be low.

Peter Kretzmer

The huge U.S. trade deficit may finally be stabilizing.

Justin Fohsz

We still haven't recovered from the hurricanes. The deficit just keeps on widening.

Zoltan Torok

The new government after the elections would do well to recognize that the high public deficit is unsustainable and could lead to serious economic consequences.

Alan Gayle

In general, the twin deficits (trade and federal) will be an ongoing source of volatility in the dollar and interest rates.

Alan Greenspan

is on an unsustainable path, in which large deficits result in rising interest rates and ever-growing interest payments that augment deficits in future years.

John Spratt

It would put us on a path to endless deficits and a Mount Everest of mountainous debt,

John Higgins

They also failed to save enough money during the good times in the late '90s, when there was plenty of money accumulating in the coffers. Instead of actually sensibly trying to reduce their deficits at that time they simply spent the money,

Scott Anderson

You can't be running record deficits forever without some impact on yields.

Jacob Lew

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

Peter Morici

The outlook remains poor. Production cutbacks at Ford and GM, mediocre personal income growth and record trade deficits all bode poorly for economic growth and jobs creation.

John W. Snow

The deficits are modest, manageable, and will recede to zero,

Peter Orszag

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

Mikhail Kasyanov

There is more than a month before the inauguration, and people mustn't get distracted from work by these thoughts,

Kathy Baker

We take the puppies everywhere we go, ... Our job is to acclimate them to everyday life. A lot of it is learning not to be distracted by normal, everyday things. It takes time for them to learn that.

Rob Bell

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

Jane Goldman

I'm not too easily distracted now I've had practice, but I write with nothing to look at. I used to rent an office that just had a view of a wall!

Kevin Hall

The mind formulates all the distractions golfers face, ... I'm deaf, yes, but I get distracted all the same.

Jeff Rainey

Not as many as they should. More of them are distracted by what's on TV or what catches their ear.

Jevon Kearse

It's going to show if the veterans did a good job of keeping everyone focused and will let us know if we as professionals ... didn't let it distract us.

Cary Fukunaga

It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more brave in the sense that you're - your technique is so much more exposed because there's not all this flashy stuff to distract the viewer.

Karin Slaughter

When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.

Jimmy Carter

In a few months, I will, God willing, enter my 81st year of my life, and in many ways the last few months have been some of the most disturbing of all,

Don Link

The high murder rate in Oakland has been one of the most disturbing trends.

Sara Collins

These findings paint a disturbing picture of the day-to-day impact of being uninsured on the physical as well as financial health of millions of Americans.

Peter Galvin

This is in keeping with a very disturbing trend of weakening protections for wildlife and environmental quality at the political level in Washington.

Mary Nelson

Oh, my. The thing that was the most disturbing was the mass grave, next to the church, of the 75 people that were lost.

Martin McHugh

That's a pretty disturbing trend in terms of the red knot's long-term outlook.

G. H. Hardy

It's just very disturbing that someone would do such a thing to an individual.

Bruce White

They're pulling me over for loud music, and they were the ones disturbing the peace.

Terry Jenkins

When we have to say we can't in a way ... they prefer, or maybe not at all, it's a very disturbing situation.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Mark Donahoe

There are signs out there that the market is discounting this (economic improvement) six-to-nine months out.

David Ganey

He showed improvement all season long and that paid off with a trip to the state tournament.

Kevin Williams

I think their new offense is pretty good. It's an improvement, but it will take some time to get running.

Simon Crisford

I think we will be recommending to Sheikh Mohammed that she stays in trainer next year because there is potential for more improvement from her.

George Cunningham

I think it's very nice. It's a big improvement.

Tyra Banks

Don't make excuses - make improvements!

Mike Stoops

I really like Willie's improvement. He has made tremendous strides throughout this spring. We have to keep getting better.

Keith Fithen

I'm seeing a lot of individual improvement. They just have to come together as a team.

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.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

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.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Brett Albanese

There are a lot of species that have not been seen in the last 10 or 15 years.

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.

David Malpass

What you have been seeing over the last year is the policy of Jiang Zemin, not Deng Xiaoping.

Rep. Lawlor

There is going to be a public hearing, and there is going to be a vote, and, more likely than not, he is going to be confirmed.

Lawrence DiRita

It is likely we will get down to the baseline after the election,

Sen. Nass

It is likely to not be successful when we come back in January. This is a promise that may not be kept.

Herb Kohl

Well, you're likely to be confirmed, as we all know.

Robert Hill

He'll more than likely have to go to counseling, get parenting classes.

Scott Parker

If you can think of a powerhouse (team), they most likely offered Ben.

Jeff Bezos

Improvements in the year 2000 will not only be visible in terms of new products and services but should also likely be visible financially as well.

Lindsay Davenport

If I win the U.S. Open, I'll most likely stay there. So I'll just concentrate on that.

Michael Gartenberg

In general, the older your hardware, the more likely there are going to be no drivers, and there might be BIOS problems,

Tetsu Emori

In that case, we'll be in the winter season already. If temperatures in winter time are lower than forecast, then that should be a big problem.

Dan Houston

Individuals who are targeting a lower replacement ratio will see a significant reduction in their standard of living.

Karen Ignagni

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

J. Taylor

A lowering of tariffs will help. However, it's not the only issue.

Ed Silliere

Everyone is lowering their expectations for demand. It's taken the urgency out of the market.

Travis Miner

After the play was over, she said she was having pains in her lower stomach. So I went and told the preacher.

Bill Richards

I try to keep my price a penny lower than the Go-Mart so I can keep my quota up and stay competitive.

Joe Mays

Things can only go uphill from here. They can't go any lower than that.

Walter Molony

We think 2006 will be another record for second-home sales.

David Walker

I think a lot of teams would probably have the same record if you look at who they've played,

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

AJ Michalka

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.

Brian Setzer

He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!'

Regina Spektor

I don't really make records chronologically.

Robert Crumb

I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Warren Buffett

An irresistable footnote: in 1971, pension fund managers invested a record 122% of net funds available in equities - at full prices they couldn't buy enough of them. In 1974, after the bottom had fallen out, they committed a then record low of 21% to stocks.

Rhodri Morgan

Tony Blair will be remembered as a great friend to Wales because it was his landslide election victory in 1997 that led to devolution.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Despotism, which we regard with abhorrence, is rather too plausible in decaying feudal, agrarian, pastoral societies. That's why we must expect to have many a defeat before we'll have an ultimate victory in this contest with Communism.

Woodrow Wilson

It must be a peace without victory

William Wordsworth

For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good.

Samuel Smiles

The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.

Tullian Tchividjian

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

Vladimir Lenin

In the last analysis, productivity of labour is the most important, the principal thing for the victory of the new social system.

Ryan Seacrest

We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season.

William Faulkner

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.