Famous Quotes & Sayings

Julio Ziegelmann

We're on the eve of the millennium, right between Christmas and New Year's when things should be dead, but liquidity just keeps holding out.

Will Ferrell

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

Robert Staughton Lynd

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

Saint Augustine

He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.

Winston Churchill

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

W. C. Fields

Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.

William Arthur Ward

Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision.

William Arthur Ward

Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.

Wilferd Peterson

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man.

Greg Shaheen

Just who the committee deems is the better quality team.

James Knightley

We're probably going to get two members who go for a cut. The data isn't pointing in one direction enough for the rest of the committee to go with them just yet.

John Carney

I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of films you see are made by committees and studios and producers.

Jim Webb

I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016.

Charles Schumer

If you held the vote today, she would not get a majority either in the Judiciary Committee or the floor, ... there are one or two who said they'd support her as of now.

Prakash Karat

In the last 20 months, the Left has raised many issues and we have given at least 19 written notes to the coordination committee on different issues. We feel it has not been productive in the way it should have been.

Nicki Harrington

I put together a committee to review everything, so I wasn't in a little room all by myself making all these plans. They worked for 18 months on the draft, so it wasn't fly-by-night.

Tom Penders

Being ranked is important for recruiting and credibility and later on when they pick teams in March, the committee tends to look at that as some sort of barometer. It's a sleeping giant here. It's been down since Guy Lewis retired in 1986, but it's a tradition-rich school with five Final Fours and banners all over the place.

Joshua Lederberg

I'm chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science; help third-world people get onto the Net so they can be part of the process.

Charlie Cook

It can't hurt the president to remove himself from the current context of scandals, miscues and partisanship and put him in a statesman setting.

Paul Tagliabue

Guaranteed contracts, within the context of a salary cap, takes it away from a player who is playing and gives it to a player who is not playing.

Laura Linney

I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.

Stuart Rothenberg

In the context of American politics, this is a pretty big deal. It symbolizes the influence and growth of a key voting group -- Hispanic voters -- in Democratic politics, but also in American politics.

Wayne Pace

I like the position we're in within the context of the overall industry,

Sergei Markov

The context of culture is indivisible. Who can understand Russian music better than Russian musicians?.

Ralph Acampora

Again, my definition of correction here is short term and this correction is in the context of a long-term bullishness,

Bob Rose

It sounds like this was done in the context of litigation on what to do or what not to do.

Jon Goodman

It's understandable why he did what he did in the context of a couple of very strange years where all the rules went by the wayside, ... But you can't be hopping on the caboose.

Paul Gray

We want them to get as much water out of the lake as possible. We need as much cushion going into summer as we can get.

Stan Glowiak

It was the whole team that played defense that gave us a comfortable cushion there in the fourth quarter.

Buff Hochman

That nice cushion we had - it's disappeared.

Harley Shaiken

There's a cushion but it doesn't prevent the fall. It eases the pain but it's not the same as having the stability of a successful company.

Cory Schneider

Those goals were huge, especially Aiello?s first goal of the year. We were kind of on our heels, and he gave us the two-goal cushion again.

Leonard Hamilton

He's the kind of guy we had to give some cushion because he's a good driver. He's a very good player.

Donna Proctor

Mentally it always helps tremendously to get the jump right away. Of course, that helps the pitcher out too, knowing that she has a little cushion to work with.

Toni Atkins

We need something in place as a cushion to help with these programs that require front-loaded funding,

Paul Pierce

That was the difference in the game. They gave the starters a cushion at the start of the fourth quarter. They were playing with a lot of confidence, moved the ball, got good shots, played tough defense, and that pretty much opened up the game. So the starters got back in and put it away.

Joel Sawyer

If you look at our labor force, despite a slight decline in the past month, our labor force is still the fourth fastest growing in the U.S..

Robert Lynch

In the end, he did not fully validate the recent decline in the market's Fed tightening expectations.

Doug Kass

In the downturn I foresee, no market will be immune. But New York will weather the decline better than other markets.

Robert Friedman

If the population is growing, then the decline is even more significant.

Lawrence Yun

The larger declines were recorded in the high-priced markets that are more sensitive to mortgage rate changes.

Martin Parr

The idea of England in decline is very attractive.

Carlo Ponfoort

The higher profit is only the effect of a strong decline of the tax rate.

Alvin Teng

The market extended yesterday's decline as it took its lead from the overnight losses on Wall Street, especially technology shares on the Nasdaq.

Robert Brusca

These are big declines. It shows you how weak the economy is. Prices don't decline like this unless you've got slack demand conditions.

Dennis Moore

Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Chris Fitz

I think it's a good idea to diversify the economy and keep more of the grapes here.

Zig Ziglar

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.

Vladimir Putin

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

O. Singh

India's economy is growing at seven to eight percent over the last 15 years,

Paul Nolte

I know people are focusing in on the dollar, but if we take a look at last week's strong action, our view at least, is that the underlying economy does not warrant it.

Peter Giles

I hung in there longer than I had planned. But it seemed the economy was getting better, and I figured now is the time when I can go on to some other dreams.

Adam Brown

The language will give you an insight into whether there has been a shift in their feelings on the economy and on rates, or whether they feel they are getting to a reasonable level and they want to give themselves more flexibility.

David Plank

The interesting thing is we've just had negative growth, the economy shrank in the fourth quarter of last year and it doesn't look like it's going to grow much in the first quarter of this year.

Ray Arvidson

I wouldn't be surprised as we move uphill that we find a section of the rock, in fact, that was modified in a shallow open-water environment. We haven't found the smoking-gun evidence for that yet.

Jack Boatwright

There are still places where you can see evidence of the 1906 earthquake. You just have to know where to look.

Ken Tower

What would make me more optimistic is if there was evidence that money on the sidelines is being put to work. But I'm not convinced.

Michael Shermer

Having a Nobel Prize or being a famous scientist will get you a week to a week and a half, metaphorically speaking, of a hearing for your new idea, but after that, it's going to tank if you don't have the evidence and support for it.

David Scott

He's a liar, in the view of the commissioner, except when it comes to his evidence about what he and Mr. Pelletier did together.

Mark Schneider

It is actually one of the really strong pieces of evidence in the report that we should be celebrating.

William Brennan

There is a lack of evidence in this case.

Kamal

There is no evidence to support this, ... This is just an unlikely assumption. If that were the case, then there would have been gunmen with the suicide bombers. There were no gunmen.

Amy Johnson

There is no evidence that there will be a shortage of flu vaccines this year. We do not expect to ration the vaccine or limit it to those at high risk of complications from flu because there should be enough for everyone.

Carole Theriault

We are already seeing a transformation, where virus writing is getting more sinister and turning toward monetary gain.

Richard Fisher

As a result, we are in a tightening phase of monetary policy,

Sharon Stark

I think they're in trouble now if it doesn't work. There is not much more monetary stimulus that they can add.

Rick Warren

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Susan Smith

It's probably time to do the whole policy over.

Dan Smith

It's worth considering the value of these trees when making policy decisions.

Mao Zedong

On all basic points our policies have proved correct from the very beginning.

John F. Kennedy

It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States.

Jimmy Wales

IAR is policy, always has been.

William Shakespeare

Policy sits above conscience.

Stephen Harper

Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.

Gary Orfield

The policy is essentially a product of negotiation, of power and discretion, not law.

Brian Tracy

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

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Jim Rohn

Profits are better than wages.

David Ricardo

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed.

Thomas Perez

Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.

Tim Powers

The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too.

Jim Hightower

Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.

George Carlin

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

Bill Shorten

Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.

Ivan Illich

The household has become the place where the consumption of wages takes place

Nathan Frohling

We've been waiting 10 years for this moment.

Steve Adams

I don't know what's in it (investigative file). I'm waiting to see.

Ibrahim Gambari

He has said what he wanted and is waiting for a response.

Richard Dawkins

I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one.

Tyler Hoechlin

Some things are worth the wait.

Willie Keeler

Learn what pitch you can hit good; then wait for that pitch.

William Saroyan

When I began to wait to live I really began to wait to die.

Sara Zarr

Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.

Rebecca Eaton

There's always a crisis somewhere, and you get the satisfaction of solving the problem. And then, there's always the mystery of whether a program will work or not, and waiting for the reviews or seeing what the audience figures are.