Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Quinn

The business must be based on the success of our football team,

William Frey

Back 30 or 40 years ago when people thought about where they'd move it was based on jobs. Now housing is as much of a factor.

Chuck Hagel

North Korea is a different situation as well, ... Different area, different dynamics, different leader, different possibilities. Syria is different from Iraq. Each of these nations must be dealt with based on their own specific situation.

Mark Vitner

Normally, economists downplay periodic swings in energy prices. However, the most recent run-up is a source of concern because it may be raising inflation expectations. Workers do not live in a world that excludes food and energy prices. Wage demands, especially in the current tight labor market, will be based on the increase in the overall CPI.

Mark Vitner

Normally, economists downplay periodic swings in energy prices, ... However, the most recent run-up is a source of concern because it may be raising inflation expectations. Workers do not live in a world that excludes food and energy prices. Wage demands, especially in the current tight labor market, will be based on the increase in the overall CPI.

Mike Greene

Once we had the gross margin, we could subtract the cost to serve based on specific behaviors. We could ID those who were squeezing us on margin and understand if they were running us into the ground.

Bernard Cornwell

Actually I moved to New Jersey in 1980 and didn't discover Chatham until 1990, by which time the books were selling, but it was still a daft decision, based solely on love.

Gary Morris

The money that funds wildlife management comes entirely from the hunting and fishing community through licensing fees and federal funds that are apportioned to states based on the number of licenses sold. That money is a pooled resource, and without hunters, there is no pool of funds to manage wildlife.

Gerald Grinstein

Delta people understandably must make career decisions based on their own best interests and personal circumstances. For those who leave the company either through choice or by the plan's requirements, I hope you know how much your service has been appreciated.

Stephane Dujarric

As far as we're concerned the planning is going ahead. We're talking to the AU.

Hiroyuki Kitakata

A series of geopolitical concerns are supporting the market.

Lynn Reaser

The cacophony on Wall Street this week reflected concerns that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates further and that corporate profit performance could start to dissipate.

John Glenn

a very unique and inexpensive opportunity to inform ourselves and the American people about an issue that has been of serious concern to all of us.

Pam Wilson

Back in 2002, we had a pretty similar situation. (The fire season) started back in mid-April, which is very early we definitely have some concerns as we head toward summer.

Shuji Sugata

As long as geopolitical concerns are there, gold will be supported.

Yasuhisa Ishida

As long as concerns over possible interest rate rises are out there, the dollar is likely to be pressured by the unwinding of yen-carry trade positions.

Jeremy Cox

That was a concern of mine (playing zone) because I thought they were great shooters as well. They shot less than 25 percent (from 3-point range), so it worked for us.

Susan Collins

raises some disturbing concerns about the spread of extremist materials in American mosques and Islamic centers.

Toni Sacconaghi

A workforce reduction of 10 to 15 percent (3,800 to 5,700 people) now seems more likely, but may not be enough to satisfy current investor expectations.

David Haas

The swap in principle is well-founded, but as it currently stands, some of the other processors represent higher-growth opportunities.

Bill Ayer

The steady demand for our product in the face of fare increases indicates that the market currently is less price-sensitive that it has been in the past. It also tells us that we are hitting the mark in delivering customer value.

Kobita Desai

The mobile phone market will see a growth of over 50 percent year-on-year in the next two years. The industry will have 125 million subscribers by the current year end.

Brenda Becker

We've been here since 1979. And we're taking a look at what our current residents are looking for in services. It Just felt like it was time for us to make a few small changes.

Roy Lind

The facility is just too old, and it doesn't meet all the current standards.

Rolf Elgeti

European earnings will be better than some may fear for some time to come. Given the strength of current economic momentum. 2006 (earnings) growth should not have been revised down.

Thomas Straubhaar

Even if it sounds odd, it's true that -- given the current regulations -- Germany is dependent on illegal employment of foreign laborers.

Barack Obama

Even if current rules are enforced, there are too many opportunities with lobbyists to influence policy in ways that hurt ordinary citizens.

George Bernard Shaw

If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

Glenn Loury

I was a hot commodity, ... Being African-American didn't hurt me - I was one of the leading young theoretical economists of the generation.

Lakshman Achuthan

The not-too-hot, not-too-cold 'Goldilocks' economy envisaged by many economists could turn out to be a mirage.

James Glassman

Usually economists are figuring things out after the fact, especially the Fed chairman.

Edmund Phelps

In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.

Johnnie Burton

The offshore energy industry has compiled an outstanding safety record that allows development of these resources without significant risk to the environment.

Jack Buck

After all of these years, I realize my energy comes from the people at the other end.

Kirk Hinrich

Something went off in our heads -- maybe we were playing not to get embarrassed. If we started the game the way we played the second half, we're going to be tough to beat. We have to come out with more energy and focus.

Jon Huntsman

so we can operate government more efficiently from an energy-consumption standpoint.

Amy Butler

Once we tied the game the energy went up. It was our seventh overtime game, and it was nice to win it.

Brad Winchester

Now it's going to be a matter of taking the energy of this game into the games back home.

Kate Warne

Oil prices fell significantly so all the energy sector was down, you see all of the financials are down, the high-tech flyers down.

Dan Grunfeld

Sometimes you don't start out with the energy you should and they start hitting shots. But to our credit, we stuck our noses in there and didn't get discouraged. We just kept playing our game and didn't get away from what we do best.

O. Henry

Sometimes you can give your team a lift and give your team some energy when you lower your shoulder and go after that guy. But as a runner you can get yourself in trouble that way, too. Sometimes you just have to know when the journey is over.

Jeb Bush

People had ample time to prepare. It isn't that hard to get 72 hours worth of food and water,

Joe Morgan

A plate of spaghetti back then was $1.50, and it was very good food, that's why it lasted,

Joel Fuhrman

Preferring healthful foods is a skill, and skills take practice and perseverance to develop.

Jose Andres Puerta

The right use of food can end hunger.

Barbara Jordan

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Brendan Behan

I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started.

Dave Williams

We are here to provide the most good to the most people. If they want to stay, we give them food and water. If they want to leave, we rescue them.

Jane Smiley

it still astounds me, after forty years, that there is no good bread between Chicago and San Francisco.

Kim Allen

There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.

Tetsu Emori

The oil market is now down because most people are taking profits after seeing a sharp increase last week.

Sergei Ivanov

Russia has no intentions to increase its military presence in the northwest.

Dan Ballister

These are the lowest increases we've done in over 10 years.

Rob Enderle

This is a potentially market-changing event. My sense is that this is going to increase Apple's market share dramatically.

Brian Hall

the utilities savings more than make up for the increase in your monthly mortgage.

Doug Tumen

You should increase weekly mileage no more than 10 percent. If you run 20 miles this week, then you should run no more than 22 next week.

Alan King

We could see a small increase as a result of that.

Michael Barrack

There's going to be a slight increase by the purchasers.

Eric Johnson

Is there an option for a sales tax increase for roads and schools? Yes. Is it an option the commissioners are exploring? No.

Glenn Miller

There's no question that inflation has occurred, and $75 million is not the same today as it was then. That said, from where we sit, what's past is past.

Irene Cheung

From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially.

Will Rogers

Invest in inflation. It is the only thing going up.

Richard Yamarone

Inflation pressures are rising, but at a subdued pace.

Glenn Hubbard

Inflation pressures are quite modest in the United States. I don't think inflation will be a problem this year, or next year, even with the rate cuts.

Robert Parry

It's risky just to sit back and wait for an upward trend in inflation to show up before we do something,

Anirvan Banerji

There will be a time when inflation will turn around.

Hiroshi Arano

Worldwide, inflation is going to be the big story next year. For Japan, that's going to be a big positive.

Bruce Alston

We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.

Horace

The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.

Drew Matus

There's no sign of inflation, and the labor market is still weak. There's still plenty of room from the Fed's point of view.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Labor humanizes, exalts.

Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Tim Heekin

I don't think we're going to be able to see anything much until we at least get past Labor Day,

Thomas Graham

If it wasn't for union workers and labor unions, there would be no 40-hour work weeks, eight-hour work days, pensions or vacations,

Paul Gurgol

I have labor pains right now -- I'm pregnant with all this stuff.

Bill Scott

We have some of the weakest labor laws in the industrialized world.

Horace

It is good to labor; it is also good to rest from labor.

John Collins

I think in some ways those conversations, as well as our overall conversations of the organization and how to make it better, may have spun some rumors out that essentially were tagged to the GM.

Richard Jerram

I think the overall picture is quite positive,

Pat Murphy

I'm disappointed overall in the play of the weekend.

Peter Morgan

The overall trend is still that the recovery is weak. I wouldn't say that this is a turnaround yet.

Willie Randolph

When you don't get calls, then you don't pitches where you want them to be. But overall he pitched pretty well.

Ray Fleming

We're doing very well. But we can do better. We'll have to (do) better, because they keep raising the standards. This is one of those things where you can't rest on your laurels.

Brandon Flowers

That's my instrument, ... It's been underutilized over recent years.

John Browne

The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.

Janis Ian

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Pat Harris

Some (hospital) units can't take any more. They have to set a limit. They don't want this to be a source of turnover for their staff.

Honore de Balzac

We are scarcely apt to berate the source of enjoyment.

Henri Nouwen

In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.

Bruce Russell

They need to find new sources of revenue.

Suzy Bogguss

Ive been playing swing chords for a long time.

Ray LaHood

Portal Bridge is based on a design from the 1840s and was already obsolete shortly after it was completed in 1910. It's a swing bridge that needs to be opened several times a week so barges can pass up and down the river. It takes about a half an hour. The problem is it fails to lock back into place on a regular basis.

Ruta Sepetys

I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.

Tiger Woods

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Yeah, well, I guess I feel like all of us misfits need to hang together. At least that way we don't swing along. (Tabitha)

Pat Metheny

I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I just don't see it as an idiomatic thing any more...To me, if jazz is anything, it's a process, and maybe a verb, but it's not a thing. It's a form that demands that you bring to it things athat are valuable to you, that are personal to you. That, for me, is a pretty serious distinction that doesn't have anything to do with blues, or swing, or any of these other things that tend to be listed as essentials in order for music to be jazz with a capital J.

Harry Connick, Jr.

I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.

Ivanka Trump

I set very bold goals. It's how I've always been. I'm definitely somebody who swings for the fences, and I expect very high performance.

George Harrison

After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.

Jose Carreras

I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.

Marcus Spears

When I was recruited and after I signed, I had aspirations to be a tight end and thought I would be.

Johnny Damon

I would be jacked up. But I'd be worried about that high, tight pitch.

Mikael Samuelsson

I just wear tight skates, that's all. It's getting better, for sure. It's better every day.

Dennis Franchione

We're going to make a tight end out of you, yet.

David Morehouse

Time is tight in a two- to three-year span, not a two- to three-month span.

Tres Thomas

We wanted to keep it tight between the University and SMG until we got the go-ahead from the band.

Tim Powers

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

Jim Rohn

Profits are better than wages.

Paul Lopez

Every workers should be honored, every worker should be respected.

Daryl Hall

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.