Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Lings

Gross reserves rose by a further $0.742m in December 2005 to $20.65bn.

Larry Probst

Holiday sales are not meeting expectations. For the December quarter, it is likely the industry will be down double digits on a percentage basis.

Tomas Flores

Holding the rate in December was just a pause.

Pramod Mahajan

It could be December 31 or even later, but not at least during the six-day party national executive and convention.

Stephen Stanley

It is a little early to eulogize the housing sector. Look for any deterioration in starts, sales, etc., to be more gradual than the weather-depressed December starts tally would suggest.

Bonnie Henrickson

I think you have to talk about it. I think we should talk about it. We've done enough in November and December and January to put ourselves in a position to talk about it.

Sergei Kupriyanov

We are fully prepared to restrict gas supplies to Ukraine after December 31, if there is no contract.

John Ryding

I think it's much more likely that Greenspan gives us a quarter-point cut, and then comes back at the November or December meeting with another quarter-point cut.

Richard Foreman

I think that should set up a very positive picture for the December quarter, subject to execution.

Jim Zorn

(Knox) was frustrated with me anyway, throughout the early game, and that kind of iced it for him. I looked to the sidelines, and I saw him, first of all, throw his play sheet. Then he took off his hat - it was a double - and threw his hat down. I just remember walking off to the furthest side of the field, to not go by him.

Arron Afflalo

Jordan is one of our top scorers. When he's in double digits, this team is going to be that much better.

John Hackney

Jon Burke had a solid round. He was 3-under with six left, but made a double on a par 3, then bogeyed the tough par-3 17th to finish at even par.

Brian Diatte

J.P.'s double was a big lift for our team. We have been struggling to hold onto victories. It felt good not to give one away.

Ned Yost

J.J. has been outstanding. We have turned some nice double plays already (nine in three games). He's been great.

Mahmoud Othman

I think it's a double standard, and it's unfair.

Mitch Gross

This was a great effort from all the guys, top to bottom. The doubles were very sound. This is what we needed as we're getting ready for the end of the season.

Doug Chapman

What we had to do in doubles was play basic, solid tennis. The main thing with a lot of new kids is they want to hit winners or they want to push the ball. You need to be consistently firm. That?s what Eric does well, and that?s what Matt Dunne did in the second set.

Sandy Wright

Here lately, we had been getting three (players) in double digits. We need that.

Antonia Thomas

I'd love to see a Nirvana biopic. I loved them when I was younger. I really like jazz music, so I'd like to see a Billie Holiday biopic - she was a fascinating woman.

John Woo

He will be spending the holidays with the troops.

Richard Baxter

Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday

Vinnie Jones

I'm lucky in that I travel a lot for work. I also manage several holidays a year. I'm not someone who sits in the sun or goes sightseeing, though. If I go away, it will be for fishing or something like that.

William James

What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute finite evil is ‘overruled’ already, we may, therefore, whenever we wish, treat the temporal as if it were potentially the eternal, be sure that we can trust its outcome, and, without sin, dismiss our fear and drop the worry of our finite responsibility. In short, they mean that we have a right ever and anon to take a moral holiday, to let the world wag in its own way, feeling that its issues are in better hands than ours and are none of our business.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.

Ric Flair

We used to wrestle every night, 385 times a year. For ten years. 365 days. Never had any holidays off, ever. Holidays were always two-day venues. Two event venues. Afternoon and night.

Tucker Carlson

I was very disappointed, very disappointed when President [George W.] Bush proclaimed Kwanzaa as a national holiday. Prior to that, Bill Clinton did the same thing.

Vera Farmiga

Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat.

Dan Casey

There are so many people in the industry so we need to be unique. We've got to offer very prompt service.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Chris Lee

It is about the time that policy makers and the industry set up different mechanisms to satisfy needs of different kinds of people.

Travis Plunkett

I think the credit-card industry is reaching a tipping point,

Ed Johnson

We're pretty frustrated. The industry is struggling, people are switching to wine and spirits.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Alan McCoy

I think that's pretty important from a reputable, well-known independent steel industry analyst." ()

Larry Ellison

I have been working more, ... That's true, and the reason I'm working more is this is an extraordinary opportunity. My industry and in fact, every industry soon is going through this tectonic change.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

John Davidson

I think in the near term, over this summer, the market is likely to stay in this range. There's a lot going on right now.

Michael Slater

Itanium won't be relevant for PCs until 2003 at the earliest, more likely 2005,

Seth Shostak

Diminutive worlds are more likely to be rocky, and lapped by oceans and atmospheres. In the vernacular of 'Star Trek,' these would be M-class planets: life-friendly oases where biology could begin and bumpy-faced Klingons might exist.

Pamela Falk

Historically there have been compensation programs, not restitution. In other words money, not give them back the property. And that's most likely what's going to happen.

Tim Ruskell

I was a likely target, ... It was really no big deal.

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.

Mark Collins

I think this particular time, it's more likely we'll be successful.

Ben Halliburton

I think we are likely to remain in a trading range for some time.

Lawrence DiRita

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

Scott Miller

Hans Rey summed it up to me as a meeting of different subcultures within a subculture.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Howard Stringer

He's a star. Nobody turns down a meeting with him.

Rick Tacy

Whatever they want would be better said in a public meeting with a record.

Lamar Whitmer

The purpose of the (Wednesday) meeting is to put on a charade.

Mike Pincus

The people that were at this meeting had no opinion at all.

Phil Hare

We thought we were going out for a political planning meeting at his house.

Lee Olsen

I think a lot of it's psychological. So we have had meetings and we talk about maintaining a positive attitude, supporting each other and representing Hawaii.

Granth Sahib

I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. Meeting Him, the supreme status is obtained.

Walt Jocketty

I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters.

David Hillery

The percentage of African-Americans at (SDSU) in proportion to the population isn't equal.

Frank Barnaby

A vast percentage of centrifuges have to be rejected in testing, up to 60% rejection.

Colleen Reitan

What is the total percentage of premium we spent in administrative expense? And we are under 10 percent of the premiums we spend on administrative expense.

Craig Shniderman

Percentage of sales--the table contributions, which often represent about 50 percent of the table revenue--actually go up.

Jeff Judkins

Since I've been here, we've never had six teams in the (Ratings Percentage Index) top 60. I think that says a lot for our conference.

John Hogan

If I had to predict, I would say that this year, 2005 to 2006, was probably the worst of it, in terms of the percentage increase. Things seem to have stabilized a little bit.

Jay Speer

There is a very small percentage of dealers we're worried about. But they can do a lot of damage.

Zig Ziglar

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

Maria Rodriguez

In other years, by this time, sales are exploding, but this year it's very slow.

James Cook

A salesman sees a commission.

Catherine Lee

It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.

Rob Spear

It's unbelievable. Our ticket sales are going like hotcakes.

Shawn Roop

At first, all I wanted the Web site to do was $50 in sales a day, then $100 -- now I look for $350 a day.

Peter Reynolds

When we have a special event, our sales triple,

Joel Rassman

The stock sales have nothing to do with the state of the market. It has everything to do with diversification.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.