Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Clifford

I think it's more of a media event than a market event. It's not really changing what we do every day. We do think we'll get there?we believe equity markets are poised to go higher and the economic backdrop is still intact. It might take a couple of days.

Stieg Larsson

I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.

Susan Sherer

We are extremely grateful to our sponsors and partners that make Motown Winter Blast possible. We have created an incredible backdrop for Super Bowl XL and we're excited to share it with the world.

Jonathan Witz

In creating this event, we researched some really cold winter events, taking into consideration fun for the family and celebrating what's great about winter in Michigan. Last year was a huge success and we promise an even more spectacular event in 2006 -- the perfect backdrop for Super Bowl XL.

Chris Gibson

The exchange has clearly demonstrated its robust strength as an independent business, delivering strong results despite the backdrop of an offer period and the significant resources this has entailed,

John Carlson

The market got way oversold, so a lot of those things reversed themselves. And a strong U.S. dollar and strong U.S. economy have provided a backdrop for global growth.

Tom Lee

They've just done so much in the community through the years, quietly behind the scenes, to help the quality of life of the people in the town. It's nice to see the local family pharmacy thriving behind the backdrop of these national companies. We're here to pay tribute to 50 years in business. That doesn't come without a lot of talent and perseverance.

Paul Niven

Oil stocks are still not discounting as strong a backdrop for the oil price as we anticipate, so we still think there is some value in terms of the oil price.

Cheech Marin

It's good, but it's more of a backdrop to another little story I want to tell, and I'm going to direct that. Jeffrey Hatcher who did 'Stage Beauty' is doing the script. It's kind of like a backstage drama.

John Mayall

I think initially people like Johnny Lang, they seemed to be a novelty at the time but nowadays there are so many blues guitarists.

Chris Young

He could start for any team in the Blue Ridge, River Ridge or Seminole that I've seen.

Don Lucia

He'll also get some time on the blue line.

Cindy Sheehan

greeted with overwhelming support, in blue (Democratic) states and in red (Republican) states.

Alan Skrainka

What you have going on in this market is a flight to quality, which is the blue chips, as tech stocks are priced to perfection.

Aaron Hill

I think we had more Blue Jays fans than Yankees fans. I think we can compete with everybody.

David Johansen

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues.

John Pistole

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'.

Jay Taylor

I am doing it because it is my passion. There is something about bluegrass that is kind of down to earth. The people that you meet are just friendly, down-to-earth people. That is the main reason why I decided to do it.

Lofa Tatupu

I thought they were going to let me go today, but they are being cautious right now.

Mark Richt

He's banged up and he's sore, ... We've got to see how he progresses. But if he's in a weakened position, you could make it a lot worse so we're being cautious with it right now.

E. Hicks

In terms of threats we are in teeny tiny beginning. We are very cautious to make it into more than what it is. It's just starting to get to the radar.

Lakshmi Mittal

I'm cautious about the currency situation, oil pricing and the economies of some countries not performing as we are expecting.

Michael Kupinski

They are looking for a good sale of Toy Story one and two (to be re-released next quarter), and while they are cautious about it, they are not overly concerned about it.

Scott Norton

They would like us to give (districts) some guidance (that) is reasonable. I think it would be reasonable for us to say, 'You should be cautious in promoting students who score unsatisfactory in English and math.'

Wade Flaherty

It's big for everybody in the room. With this team, you've got to be cautious of rebounds because they get a lot of offence from crashing the net.

Marcus Gronholm

It was a good fight until yesterday night, Loeb was very good here. We have won this rally many times and I'm happy for that. Today we had to be cautious not to hit any stones or holes which could do damage to the car, it was not fun to drive the last stages.

Alan Skrainka

It just reflects Wall Street's manic-depressive mood. In the meantime, you have some selective cautious buying, but I think people are much more cautious and not just jumping in on any dip.

John Bunting

I was looking at the scoreboard all night, ... You can really get mesmerized by that thing. It goes on and the fireworks continue to go off (after each score). I thought at one point they might run out of fireworks. That's a big number and, basically, I'm numb at this point.

J. Hoover

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

Patterson Hood

I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.

Tom Davis

Keeping our staff intact enables us to continue to recruit as well as teach.

Charlotte Ronson

Just watching the people on the streets of N.Y. is inspiring; there are so many styles and unique points of view. Fashion is very much inspired by the streets, has always been, and I'm sure it will continue to do so.

Lofa Tatupu

Just that success only comes one way -- that's through hard work. Just continue to try to improve on getting better and it'll happen.

Dave Wannstedt

Joe's a good player for us and Joe will continue to be a good player for us, but we need to threaten people,

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Daniel Chan

Job prospects will continue to improve. Job security has increased and this will lead people to spend more.

John Atkins

The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas.

David Easthope

You look at Morgan Stanley and its peers, you see a lot of reliance on their proprietary trading desks and a willingness to take on more risk. If the markets are reaching a cyclical peak, which I think they are, profits are at risk when the economy slows down.

Allen Sinai

I suspect that on Fed decisions, the president has been very much influenced by Mr. Greenspan. Greenspan and Cheney go back.

Lee Humphrey

I think it kind of lifted our team up and we fed off his energy.

Kim Maher

I think it got to the point where we just got fed up. It was a gut check.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Karon Bradley

He didn't look too stressed about it, so we just kind of fed off him. I talked with him a little bit. I knew.

John Lonski

He didn't give the impression that the Fed is panicking.

Gary Sheffield

The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed off of each other. Just like when Malcolm X fed off Martin Luther King. They needed each other.

Richard Cripps

This was a good, constructive quarter. The market overcame two problem areas: the Fed raising interest rates and high oil prices.

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Don Thompson

I think we are heading toward a military dictatorship.

John Yates

He did whatever we needed him to do this year. He's really versatile. I think that had something to do with it. But when we were heading down the stretch in our duals and (Nick) Garber was banged up, Dustin did whatever we needed. One night we'd need him at 125, one night we'd need him at 135. He just did what we wanted him to do. I think that might have hurt his seed a little bit. His seed wasn't high, but we liked where he was in the bracket. He showed there that it didn't matter.

Deion Sanders

I like what I see. I think the league is heading in the proper direction.

Ciaran Hinds

The joy of just being involved in something, of being part of a big process, just as a human being, it's nice to be part of people who are in the same enterprise, heading for the same goal, rather than, 'Oh this is all about me and my role. The story's about me.'

Mark Elliott

Everybody's heading for the door, everyone wants to get out. It was always going to happen.

Hudson Riehle

The November performance of the Restaurant Performance Index is a positive sign for the restaurant industry heading into the new year. Of particular note is restaurant operators' optimistic outlook for the overall economy, which rose to its strongest level in nine months.

Doug Nintzel

It will be busy, especially in the morning with all the spectators heading to the tournament.

Peter Cardillo

The volume is low and that's going to make it volatile, but I think things look promising heading into the new year.

Bobby Cox

It seemed long because we lost too many games. We're heading home and taking a day off and start on a winning streak.

Joe Juraszek

I will have them do movements that are specific to their position. I'm not technical enough when it comes to football. That's for the position coaches.

Gus O'Donnell

The use of the Internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed... This is a different world.

Will Rogers

All I know is what I read in the papers

David Davies

If he took the papers in... that, I'm afraid, is a very unwise thing for him to do and I do think this is a resigning issue.

Condoleezza Rice

unfortunately on a path right now where relations are not improving, but are worsening.

Anton LaVey

Be as a lion in the path. Be dangerous even in defeat.

Richard Rohr

there is no path to peace, but peace itself is the path.

Sarah Lewis

Masters are not experts because they take a subject to its conceptual end. They are masters because they realize that there isn't one. On utterly smooth ground, the path from aim to attainment is in the permanent future.

Sara Shepard

The obstacle is the path.

Vincent Van Gogh

Surely the true path is to dive deep into nature.

Wayne Dyer

How others treat me is their path; how I react is mine.

Werner Heisenberg

The 'path' comes into existence only when we observe it.

Robert Green Ingersoll

If this religion is true, then there is only one Savior, only one narrow path to life. Christianity cannot live in peace with any other religion.

Jim McCamant

The IPO window for biotech stocks is closing.

Greg Hymowitz

The fundamentals for technology stocks are very positive.

Michael Holland

Merrill Lynch could go down some more, but I like stocks like that. I like Merck, but they got pounded on Friday,

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

Bible Bible

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

Maurice Cheeks

We still have a long way to go and we're still working toward that.

Ryan Getzlaf

We're just working toward that now. Everyone wants to be in the same place at the end.

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Rand Paul

I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.

Bill Guerin

(When) you have a year like I've been having, you just want to contribute. I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm working toward it.

William Massey

We are working toward being an energy-independent facility.

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.