Famous Quotes & Sayings

Randy Petersen

As a result of people buying tickets so often, there's not much room for people cashing in their miles.

Andre Dreicon

The mood is negative. It could fall further, but whoever comes in now is buying cheap.

Michael Birch

Any company that goes through an integration, buying a new business, there are always risks. So as soon as we see that bedded down, a lot more comfortable we'll be. We still think that mining services, companies related to resources, will do really well next year.

Kurt Barnard

Are consumers buying more? I don't know. I think what Wal-Mart said about people spending less of the rebate money this year in stores is significant. It shows people prefer to save any extra money than spend it.

Melissa Eisenstat

The slowdown in consumer PC sales could not have come at a worse time for Microsoft. The December quarter is seasonally the heaviest period of consumer buying because of Christmas.

Peter Lai

The strong fund flow supported gains in the market. Investors were buying property stocks following recent weakness in the sector due to concerns over interest rates.

Michael Baker

The short-term impact is pretty clear and pretty obvious, and it's to be expected. Traffic really dropped off, ... The main effect of Sept. 11 was to exacerbate a trend that was already in place, and that is that consumers were really buying consumables and buying them in discount outlets. How quickly that will turn around? Your guess is as good as mine.

Source Unknown

The three most important factors in buying a home are, location, location, location!

Andre Caminada

The third quarter corporate results are very good this time, which so far found very little reflection in stock prices. Stocks are cheap and people are buying in a calmer market to fill year-end portfolios.

Lawrence Eagles

As far as the Middle East is concerned, there is still strong justification for a premium to remain in the market until it is clear the situation is much calmer on the ground,

Nancy Kress

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Cass Sunstein

People who know him in Washington, D.C., of various ideological stripes, say this is not the type to be a fundamentalist. He is clearly extremely able, and his opinions are real lawyers' opinions.

Kevin Towers

After what I went through with Arizona, the last four or five days, they were crazy with all the speculation out there. I don't think it was fair to this organization. One thing I want to make clear is that I wasn't throwing my name out there. It got to the point where it didn't stop.

Mark Buehrle

Actually, I got out in the woods and kind of cleared my mind,

Don Long

The more detailed and specialized and clear they can be, the better their response will be.

James Thurber

DeLay knows that reciprocity is the strongest norm in Washington. The clients know they have a relationship and that they have to come up with the money. It's very clear to them, and they do it.

Kevin Regan

Defense, forwards - everyone played well. It was a solid win for us. I don?t really think I had to make any big-time saves tonight. They were covering the front of the net; it was just a matter of trying to clear my rebounds.

Gary Green

Compass Group is proud to embrace a sustainable-seafood policy that will support the health of our oceans. When we learned about the significant impact that our purchasing shift could make, it was clear that this was the right thing to do.

Asahi Shimbun

As a result, the food safety of consumers was treated carelessly, raising questions once more about government responsibility.

Dannielle Romano

People are witnessing how interested consumers are in experiencing digital music, consuming it that way, and having the convenience of consuming it that way. It's a quickly growing, voracious audience.

Eric Wold

A few years ago the big question was could IMAX get Hollywood content on their screens and theaters to sign up. But studios now see the value of putting movies on IMAX screens since consumers have much better home theaters.

Dick Durbin

it would have put millions of American consumers and families at risk of losing coverage for necessary health care.

Adrienne Warren

This is definitely good news for consumers ... a 32-year-low is a very impressive figure.

Rhone Resch

This is one of the few tax credits that consumers can utilize to reduce their energy bill. I think as we get mired deeper into the oil crisis and the electricity crisis this summer, there will be a lot of pressure on the Hill to pass legislation that is consumer focused. This will really help those who are on the fence to decide to install solar on their homes.

Michael Woods

The weather could return to normal at any time, and all consumers should keep in mind ways to increase energy efficiency.

Carrie Johnson

the wealthy, time-strapped consumers are looking pretty good right now.

Gary Miller

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.

Doug Mirabelli

I understand their point of view. (Piazza is) a great player that they got at a discount price. How do you pass up on that?

Suzy Buchholtz

Discount Grocery is so great for our situation.

Burt Flickinger

Retailers are really getting squeezed especially in the largest retail sector, which is the supermarket sector. In the discount sector, Sears and Kmart would be at significant risk.

Leon Cooperman

In weak market environments, the stock trades at a discount to the parts. The move to realize value is not unique to Tyco.

Al Becker

We are seeing some very heavy loads this month. It's a little early to predict the summer, but we're seeing encouraging signs. The problem the industry has is there's a lot of discount fares, and so we're not making money.

Stephen Roberts

Productivity hasn't met the high hopes held out for it and, as a result, has pretty much dropped off the radar screen for economy watchers.

Mike Heffernan

The rounds played is down about 5 percent this year, ... The season passes are down ... about 20 percent. But even though the number of passes sold dropped 20 percent, the number of rounds played dropped only 5 percent.

Mike Zimmerman

The program dropped off in the late '90s,

Dallas Salisbury

The time to sell is not after the market has already dropped by 25 percent,

Richard Bergenheim

We simply know she was dropped off at the Iraqi Islamic party headquarters.

Ken Hitchcock

We had such a terrific start to the game. And to me, as soon as Peter went out, our whole energy just dropped right off the cliff. Our energy went right down the tubes. That's the second time that's happened and that's got to change.

Dennis Green

Seattle blitzed us a few times, but what really hurt us was dropped passes. I've said it before -- dropped passes and penalties will send out your punter, and that's what happened.

Mark Tushnet

But there are some issues that have simply dropped out of contention,

Robert Franek

I don't think it's strange that they dropped off,

Wendy Wong

The more effective it is, the less safe it is, and with a strong product the reaction will be expected to be more,

Linda Johnson

Devastation doesn't just go away. There needs to be a period of time and a long-term relationship to have an effect on a crisis.

David Dye

The simple, cost-efficient, just plain effective things, those are the things we are most likely to mandate first.

Danton Cole

Saturday is just one of those games you have to forget about. You can't let that effect your performance in your next game. That's something we've been doing better of late.

Aaron Johnson

'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old - obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.

Brian Kenny

I've seen the effect of this on my daughter. I just know this is working at the ground floor level.

Tony Travers

It would be very surprising if the events of the last week had no effect on how people vote.

Tom Bennett

The short-term effect (on European tobacco stocks) will be seriously negative.

John Chamberlin

The state law neither has effective teeth nor good enforcement mechanism.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Jason Terry

Avery is a winner. Whatever he has to do to get us motivated to get back to playing good Maverick basketball, that's what needed to be done.

Steve Hadley

a very good set of consultations, a very good spirit in the room.

Dennis Ross

a very good meeting in which we were able to review a wide range of security issues and security concerns.

Martin Bashir

a very experienced investigative journalist. That's who he is. He's a fantastically talented reporter. And he's also a very good interviewer.

Donna Jones

A well-rounded young man who was high spirited, every one loved him, loved to joke with him, talk with him he always had a good attitude.

Ronald Steele

Auburn, the way they played us, is a little unorthodox with the 1-3-1, and they did a good job of taking me out of my rhythm. I've got to do a better job picking my spots on when to attack.

Chris Plonsky

Auburn has been a pretty good feeder for swimming excellence.

Oscar Wilde

A truly good woman comes in only two types: One who knows nothing and the other who knows everything.

Erica Jong

I guess the thing that I'm most proud of is that I kept on writing poetry. I understand that poetry is sort of the source of everything I do. It's the source of my creativity.

Candace Cameron Bure

It was in the '80s, so I guess big hair and high bangs. And I had so many gummy bracelets! While we were doing 'Full House,' we were like, 'You know, in 10 years, we're going to look back on this and think this is horrible.' But everyone looked like that!

Jarvis Herring

We were down in the hole, and they were riding high a little bit. I guess they overlooked us.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

My guess is, over time, the young people and the women will find him, as well as his masters, unacceptable.

Donald Lowe

I guess in hindsight now, looking at the results we've seen with this outbreak? (I'm) not happy with the results.

Julie Warner

I guess I'm the queen of the Web series. Yeah, right. I'm not at all. I'm on 'Leap Year,' and previously I've done 'Supermoms' and now AOL's 'Little Women, Big Cars.' That supposedly did very well.

Dav Pilkey

I guess I'm the only guy in the world who would listen to those incredibly offensive songs and think, 'Hey, that guy should be making music for kids,' ... But that's what I thought.

Robert Boswell

I guess I'm struck all the time by how outrageously wrong life is. There are times I can't stand to read the newspapers. It makes me insane.

Josh Marien

I guess I'm kind of spoiled. I just have to keep going and hopefully there will be many more to follow.

Harvey Pitt

any restrictions that we think have an impact on public investors.

Mark Fratrik

Radio has been incredibly disappointing. Satellite radio has had an impact on the traditional industry, but the big reason is the drop-off in younger people listening to radio.

Gernot Nerb

Normally, it doesn't influence immediately the assessment. For industrial companies, the impact normally is rather delayed. They don't look so much at the interest rate.

Dave Kolpak

Are they doing what he wanted? Not nearly, to the letter. But is he having a positive impact on shareholder value and wealth? Yes.

David Fassler

The study we requested would look at increased expenditures related to direct-to-consumer advertising, as well as the impact on patient safety and the overall quality of care,

Nick Rose

The terrible hurricanes in the US have had an impact on our performance in the south-eastern states,

Jose Lagos

Now is not the time, because all the considerations have not been made. The impact would be catastrophic.

John Sicher

The sale of sugar-carbonated sodas in schools is a tiny, tiny part of their overall volume. The impact is more in terms of responsibility and accountability to the consumer.

Bob Riley

These sites can have a large impact really quickly,

Troy Johnson

It would mainly be for people who already live and work in the Mankato area.

Daniel Anderson

This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly.

Bob Harper

This isn't going to be some three-year study, the main idea is, 'Let's get something done,'

Billy Corgan

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

David Liston

BOI needs an acquisition to maintain its growth,

Nancy Corona

Every refuge has a reason for being. One of the main reasons this refuge was established was for the migratory birds.

Bob Norris

We just don't have that many earthquakes under the main part of Portland.

Mike Bibby

We got stops when we needed to and that's the main thing. Our stops turned into transition points.

Mike May

Still, I tune out the visual input when it is too distracting, mainly in conversations.

Don Gould

You'd be surprised how quickly you get used to having them.

Sunil Mittal

You can choose to be very profitable very quickly if you don't want to grow.

David Williams

Right now we have to do this for our residents and we have to do something to alleviate these traffic concerns.

Ryan Seacrest

What it allows me to do is . . . be the traffic cop.

Terry Pratchett

This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

Aaron Edwards

You have customers, you have traffic in the area, you have familiarity.

Roland Swenson

This is a trend going on around the country.

Anna Deavere Smith

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

Thomas Keller

Good food is a good trend.

Tablo

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?

Bethany Mota

I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.

Zhang Ziyi

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.

Ellen Goodman

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

Eric Rohmer

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

Eric Ripert

I don't follow the food trends.

Cliff Floyd

A really big at-bat for us, ... The kind of at-bat that turns game.

LeAnn Rimes

Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see a child, then I look and see a woman who should be turning 60.

Gary Thomas

This is overreaction. It won't make a difference. They'll turn 18, but they'll still be inexperienced.

Steve Foster

this could turn into another Waco ... we don't want to get into that.

James Tate

We did make a turn for the better at some point.

Tim Tebow

I'm not somebody that opens a playbook and just turns and reads and reads. That doesn't do it for me.

Antonin Scalia

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.

Kris Britton

And they went in there and turned it up.

Derek Walcott

How can I turn from Africa and live?