Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Hoffman

As a pair of luxury communities, we have been attractive to people who have been more stable in their employment. Other than job transfers, most of our tenants have no real reason to move.

Guenther Gerstenberger

Banks and utilities are high dividend-yield spaces and they become less attractive as bond yields rise. It's normal in an environment of rising bond yields to see stock markets correct.

Fritz Elmendorf

Bank loans have pretty attractive interest rates these days. Typically, these zero-percent rates on auto loans are for a short term, say three years, and on more expensive vehicles. People end up buying the car, but use a bank loan to do so. Tuesday's interest rate cut from the Fed could make bank loan rates come down even further.

Tatyana Paramonova

Banks that intend to go public, they all have good results under international standards, they are very attractive for investors in my view.

Bill Sutherland

As languages become rare they become less attractive for people to use and speak.

Michael James

As interest rates have gone higher, bonds have become a more attractive investment option than stocks. Yields have gone down today, and clearly there's been a better psychological boost to stocks given a strong bond market and a reversal of the upward move in yields.

Shameik Moore

As I'm starting to grow up, and things are happening, I'm going to have to take off my pants, and I want to have on some attractive underwear. When it says Versace on your underwear, people will say, 'Man, he's fresh to his undies.'

Carl Brown

Prices here are still attractive compared to those in surrounding counties. As long as that's the case, I think you'll see an influx of people moving into the area.

Gary Ozzello

Primarily what you're trying to do when you build a compensation package is not that different in some ways from the recruiting process - you want to come up with as attractive an offer as possible to be as competitive as possible.

Makoto Yamashita

The upside for bonds will be heavy. Unless there is a sudden slowdown in overseas economies, Japan's economy will probably extend its recovery.

Thomas Perez

Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've also been able to coach all three of them in baseball and basketball, something that has strengthened our bonds and given me indescribable joy. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Hidenori Suezawa

Bonds may find it difficult to rise as stocks are looking strong toward the year-end. Japan may have stable growth next year, leading to higher yields.

Larry Baer

Bonds is making good progress and returning this season is possible. There is no reason why he won't be on the team in 2006.

Heath Gibson

Bonds had a great night and that is what we have been waiting for all season from her. She scored 13 of those points in the first quarter.

Tim Heekin

Bonds finally showed a little reversal. We put in a high on the long-terms and then dipped off of that. I think the big bond funds came in and started taking profits after the recent run. The real test will be if we can hold these levels.

David Joy

Bonds clearly got a boost from the flight to safety. But looming on the horizon are the consumer and producer price reports and the CPI is going to be the most important,

Norihisa Takao

Bonds are reacting to the drop in stocks. The machinery orders report is another plus.

Larry Johnson

Bonds aren't going to do it for this guy.

Mike Devaney

A couple of them were really terrific finishes. I thought he's been playing well lately and this certainly is a real boost to his confidence, sticking a few in the back of the net.

Steve Sampson

A couple of opportunities early in the game, I think that would have made a difference for us. I think Chris Albright's opportunity which Garlick saves, psychologically was a big boost for them, and then for us to take the own goal in the first half.

Takeshi Yamaguchi

Technology shares got a boost from the solid U.S. outlook as they are sensitive to the global economy.

John Salmons

Sometimes, it only takes one game to boost you to the next level. The way he played tonight, he's well on his way.

John Salmons

Sometimes it takes just one game to boost you to the next level. If he plays like that, he's well on his way.

Scott Krugman

Saddam's capture could provide a psychological boost to consumers who have been distracted by geopolitical uncertainly. However, in the short term it will have a negligible impact on spending trends,

Ron Aiello

Russell and Fluffy have been a real boost to our organization.

Paul Walters

Sarah's entry is a major boost for everyone involved in the 2005 Dunlop British Open.

Jordi Padilla

The sale will definitely boost GM shares as it will help reduce debt.

Dexter Fletcher

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

Craig Venter

As a scientist, I clearly see the potential for harnessing the power of nature.

Stephane Deo

The big rise in future living standards is clearly linked to tax cuts.

Randy Cunneyworth

At times we're five individuals out there trying to do things. There were opportunities (against Peoria) where we clearly could have shot the puck but we wanted to try a prettier play or a prettier pass.

Richard Jefferies

A woman can see a woman so clearly - faluts, excellences, details - all are so clear to her.

Scott Anderson

As long as the (sewer) system was leaking that amount, it violated the Montana Water Quality Act. Clearly the leakage was an illegal discharge.

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.

Doug Steenland

Our third-quarter results clearly demonstrate the need for Northwest to restructure expeditiously.

Tom Schneller

As a teacher I've given up my raises, my pension is negatively affected, my Social Security is negatively affected. But the union -- the money making machine -- told me this is what I should accept.

Jay Fisette

As a local official, any tool that can be given to help effectively manage development is welcome.

John Carroll Lynch

As an actor, I've given up judgement of evil, as long as it's human evil - we have to see ourselves for what we really are, and we're capable of horrific things.

Chuck Alexander

As of right now, we have given $105,140. And it's been a wonderful labor of love, and I don't even like to use the world labor, it's just been all love.

Stephen Reitman

Probably the success of Audi and Mercedes with small offerings has given them pause for thought.

E. P. Thompson

People don't have to tan, but we want people to know that it is a luxury they can treat themselves to. So, if you haven't given us a try, come down and treat yourself to a tan and a massage. We know you'll like it,

Susan Scott

People had given up trying to protect their privacy, but this will make them think about it again.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Granth Sahib

O God, that one, unto whom You have given shelter, is not touched by the hot winds.

Olivier Messiaen

Ascension He has gone away, the Well-Beloved, For our sake! He is risen, the Well-Beloved, For our sake! He has prayed, the Well-Beloved, For our sake! He has spoken, He has sung, The Word was with God.

Ryan Kane

A week ago, when we weren't winning I wish I would have gone 0-for-4 and gotten it out of the way. I would have rather started over and worry about winning games. I'm not big on talking about it, but obviously it's something people want to talk about. So I'm getting used to it.

Dean Williams

That piece of paper tape has just gone away. I don't know how they kept alive.

Robert Seay

Prices have gone through the roof. They have been hesitant to invest in fertilizer without rain to help it.

Ogden Nash

Progress may have been all right once, but it has gone on too long

Stanley Williams

Prison is a place where grown men have gone insane. It is a place where men have been killed and where some have even killed themselves. Prison is hell. This I know, ... Life in Prison.

Ray Price

People ask how far I've gone in life. About 20 miles.

James Summers

On trips gone by I had to do everything by long-hand.

Ed Bangs

Of the 200 tagged wolves that have dispersed from the park, only seven have gone over 180 miles.

Jennifer Westfeldt

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.

Peter Rodman

A year from now, it will be of interest whether you have more (able to operate independently) or not.

Joerg Kraemer

As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.

Eduardo Chillida

A single wave is nothing, it does not interest me. But after this wave comes another, and then yet another.

Pat Gillick

People seemed more interested in their martinis than me,

Dan Miller

People get a very real sense of her true interest in whatever it is she's doing. This is a person who doesn't go through the motions. What's the phrase - phone it in? She doesn't do that.

Adarsh Sinha

Once we do get the end of quantitative easing, it will be some time before we get an end to zero interest rates.

Edward Pullen

The more I read, the more interested I got.

Source Unknown

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

Kenneth Roth

Property is an investment and it is susceptible to market forces, just like stocks

H. Hart

At this point, there is nowhere that I can find any other money but we need to have more investment put in this system to keep the system the way it is today.

Chris Norton

We think public investment there will spur private investment.

Makoto Ebata

We will put the priority on investment rather than profitability for the time being.

Brad Bradshaw

This was the largest mid-cycle investment in Nissan's history.

David Malone

We don't think long term it meets our target for investment returns.

Pat Gelsinger

We see a fundamental shift away from IT investment in the U.S.,

Robert Kiyosaki

If the investor is uneducated, anything he or she invests in will be risky. So it's not the investment that is risky. It's the investor.

Louis Friedman

Everything we pour into the shuttle is an investment in the past.

Michael McLaughlin

(Dell) is positioned in a market that is rapidly going to grow.

John Patrick

The target market is for people who have not been entrenched in Web culture.

Edmund Daukoru

The oil market has remained well-supplied with crude.

Richard Herring

So they have to be outwardly directed. And the North American market is the richest market, so its not too surprising that they are making acquisitions here.

Felix Kulov

Russian investors? presence in the Kyrgyz market is vital

Kenneth Sheinberg

Right now the trend is up but we're getting very overbought. The market is susceptible to any pullback.

Dariusz Kowalczyk

Right now the market supply for oil is tight.

Fred Dickson

Right now, the market is going through rapid rotation and very little stability in the process of trying to find sector leadership.

David Franklin

Say what you want about Voice of Fire, but it's one of his most important works and would have tremendous market value. It's one of our signature images.

Jose Canseco

Proof Positive, I'm a very positive person and I've moved on.

Douglas Alexander

The style of politics that Damian McBride represents has been discredited, and Labour has moved on.

Mats Sundin

I've told Tomas already if you see me coming, move over.

Darius Hargrove

It was tough. But we've got to move on.

Jamie Friedman

The stock moved up pretty quickly, so we changed.

Maurice Cheeks

I've been over there before. We have to move on. You can't always live in the past of what we did or what we were. The Blazers moved on and I moved on.

Stuart Bailey

Things are set up here to move really fast.

Frank Cook

Things often don't seem strange until after you move in.

Ronald Walters

This is a wise move on her part. This race was framed from the beginning.

Stephen Bailey

This provides a second option for our students.

Dan Becker

There's lot of options out there for me.

Jarno Trulli

I am not in a rush and we are talking but I have other options and I don't want to wait until September to sort out my future.

Scott Gerber

We are going to pursue every option to get it passed.

Orrin Hatch

It is important that I keep working on all options to protect our state,

Sundiata Gaines

I really think our only option is to win the SEC Tournament.

Nicholas Kristof

Doesn't it seem odd that your cellphone can be set up to require a PIN or a fingerprint, but there's no such option for a gun?

Fabio Capello

We had other options but Vieira was the one I wanted,

Greg Hymowitz

With rates going higher, I'm staying away from the old-economy stocks.

Lawrence Yun

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Russ Jones

Our rates only go up once a year, and that's in June.

John Seabrook

In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.

Leon Black

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

Bill Gross

It's sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up.

Michael Holland

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

Jim McCamant

The IPO window for biotech stocks is closing.

Greg Hymowitz

The fundamentals for technology stocks are very positive.

O. Henry

The old rivalry, which may not have been so strong two, three years ago, is back, and it's marvelous.

Mike Farrell

Telecom is also strong today (Tuesday) and those have been the most oversold stocks.

Gerard Bisceglia

Preposterous is a strong word, but it is warranted in this case.

Terry Tamminen

It would be much stronger if it was a law.

Dave Mitchell

It was typical, good, tough wrestling. We have a pretty strong region.

Howard Gantman

It was very strong in terms of Californians contacting us in support of the filibuster.

Josh Reed

The wind was really strong all day. It was very make-able.

Kathy Emerson

The work is very exciting. In fact, we've remarked how much stronger the work is now than what it used to be.

John Fitzgibbons

This is not a strong time to take someone public.