Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Laura Conigliaro

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

Roger Altman

Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.

Robert Campbell

Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,

Phil Roth

Investors are going to be surprised when we get a string of stronger economic stats. But we might have to get through earnings season before that happens.

Soichiro Monji

In the past, I think there had been low expectations for Kyocera's electronics parts business, so I think investors had gradually started to view it as one of the losers in the tech sector. In that sense, these earnings are a positive surprise.

Joe Moore

Knowing what they have to pay for the next four years would be a luxury for their budgeting.

Ricky Woods

I wouldn't be surprised if we don't (make up) this game. They might not have school down there for three or four weeks.

Preston Clark

He's got 'em all, four pitches. And nobody really hits him hard.

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Holly: It takes four seconds to get to that door... I'll give you two!

Vance Belew

I thought we were in good shape, having them in about a fourth down and 25 situation.

David Graveney

It is going to be hard to win four games in a row.

Joe Borchard

It is good timing. I had no idea four weeks ago that I'd be standing here with the opportunity I had presented to me.

Sherry Sealey

L.A. did a good job on the mound on the night. The first four innings she did a great job.

Sam Cowart

Whatever it takes to win. Because whatever we were doing the first four games, we're 1-3, it wasn't working. ... We need the help.

Brad Goreski

There are so many levels in fashion that I'm happy to dip in and dip out of it all.

Michael Holland

I think we are down to levels were people have said enough is enough.

Ron Atkinson

Scholes is very influential for England at international level.

Sarah Palin

I don't like local, state or federal level of got mandating anything in our lives , in our families, and in our businesses, unless it comes to saving lives.

Vince Young

My confidence level is a tremendous high.

William Vickrey

Currently a level of unemployment of 7% or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation.

Samantha Barks

I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

Wolfman Jack

My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.

Rory Fitzpatrick

Playoffs are always a big jump. I've been through it at different levels and in the NHL.

Karen Ignagni

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Travis Miner

After the play was over, she said she was having pains in her lower stomach. So I went and told the preacher.

Debbie Stabenow

At a time when so many Americans struggle to pay for the prescription drugs they need, we must look for ways to lower the price of those drugs.

Michael Evans

They're paying a lot lower and they can make their services for a lot lower.

Dudley North

It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.

Dave Chitty

We'll be introducing chum salmon into the lower reaches - that's what was there historically.

Mark Mahaney

The valuation has always been reasonable on this name. The multiples are materially lower here. There's room for upside.

Mark Mahaney

The valuation has always been reasonable on this name, ... The multiples are materially lower here. There's room for upside.

Bob Israel

It could be six months before many dealers reopen doors,

Martin Freeman

I think the hardest part about anything you do for 18 months is just keeping yourself together for 18 months.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States.

Yann Martel

I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.

Eric Katzman

In the 2-1/2 months that have elapsed there has not been any divestiture news.

John Godina

It has taken six months for me to get past my injuries.

John Burnham

I think October is probably the shakiest month of the year in the stock markets,

Michael Chertoff

I'll tell you something I said a month ago before this (Katrina) happened,

Colin Cooper

I played with a fracture in my foot for seven months without knowing it.

John Brady

They patted the pocket, ... The thing was they were all together in the room. Once they dispersed, it would have been gone. ... This is standard operating procedure.

Mark Klein

We're just operating at a slow rate of production. We'll just resume regular work tomorrow.

John Schneider

Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.

Patricia Myers

Right now we're operating on a one-party system and it isn't working,

Paul Bell

Toward the end of the year, sales will revive with the release of the new Windows Vista operating system.

Christopher Hill

What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.

Steve Donner

From that point of view, the taxpayers are well protected, and there is a risk and a reward for us operating the stadium.

John Uecker

I didn't think he was going to survive all of this, ... I really didn't think he was going to get out of the operating room.

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.

Richard Bernstein

At the rate it's going right now, profitability will accelerate, but at a very, very slow pace, ... much slower than what's implied by valuation in the market.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris

Greg Hymowitz

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

Chuck Palahniuk

At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

Lawrence Yun

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

Mark Luscombe

Generally, the unemployment rate is pretty low. I'm not sure they do at this point.

Bill Belichick

I don't rate 'em, but he's pretty good. There isn't much he can't do.

Susanna Moore

Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin.

Terri Johnson

He's a big reason why we're having the success we are as a program.

Joel Fox

There is every reason to take it seriously when they are involved.

Ron Ellis

It has been frustrating, but there is no reason why he can't come back at 100 percent.

Scottie Pippen

He's a very talented player. He's got the size and the skills. There's no reason he can't do even better than what I did.

Joe Carroll

I don't know who took me, ... I'm fine. I was treated reasonably well.

Antonin Scalia

I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned.

William Whewell

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

Wallace Stegner

History is not the proper midden for digging up novelties. Perhaps that is one reason why a nation bent on novelty ignores it.

Fred Miller

He has that persona. He stands in there. He's poised.

Clem Metz

She just stands there -- like some employees.

Robert Frost

Time and Tide wait for no man,but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.