Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Ball

We thought we would be going there as it is the first game and Wales see it as their banker green.

Gary Thayer

He's basically expressing the concerns that a central banker normally expresses at this point in the economic cycle, and that is that there are reasons to be cautious, ... Trading Places .

Yossi Vardi

If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.

Anthony Chan

Investors have become completely convinced that we need to see the housing canary buckle under a little bit. If the housing market softens, then investors will view that as the canary in the cave that indicates that central bankers will not have to be as aggressive.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I've never particularly liked bankers.

Marty Heires

These are long-term leases and these banks can stay in our stores for 15 years and in some cases even more. We're committed to community bankers and we're committed to what they bring to our stores and their customers. We're their allies.

Steven Golub

It's broadening out that industry depth that's brought in quality bankers into the place. The stability we've gained from the IPO is good for the people (at Lazard) and good for our clients.

Milton Friedman

No central banker would disagree with the proposition that inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon. Not one of them will disagree that every inflation has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the quantity of money and every deflation by a decline in the quantity of money.

Pankaj Mishra

The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.

Drew Gilpin Faust

When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor. Later, I realized how death was central to the reality. It was at the core of women's lives. It's what they talked about most.

Kirk Walters

He's a real vocal guy for us. He's a central part of our defense and our offense.

Alan Greenspan

History has demonstrated that implicit in any removal of power from central planners and broadening of market mechanisms -- as would occur under WTO -- is a more general spread of rights to individuals,

David Resler

It could be a drag on earnings...something that delays the revival of profits so central to the revival of the economy itself.

Yi Xianrong

It is a clear signal to the property market that the central government has the determination and the means to curb investments and housing prices.

Jon Katz

I think the new reality that's converging all this is, you have on the one end this culture of extraordinarily gifted outsiders who have patched together the Internet. And then there's the rest of the world -- business, education and politics -- that suddenly has woken up to the fact that they desperately need the Internet. It's very important. And so they become sort of central while still not being in the mainstream.

Kemp Ewing

I think that they've just got some talent going to Lenoir-Rhyne from this area. And to be coming from South Central really means a lot to us. I think that with the young coaches teaching these guys and what they're going to teach, you're going to see some more guys walk through these doors and sign and do some things in the future.

Stephen Colbert

I want to thank Comedy Central for picking up the show, but more importantly I want to congratulate Comedy Central for picking up the show,

Freda Craft

Hopefully we can make it to Jackson this year, but we know we have to go through teams like Choctaw Central and Southeast Lauderdale.

Jean Miller

He is the comrade around whom the party people can coalesce. He should be chairman for life.

Edward Leamer

I think it's a very good thing. I never understood why (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan was encouraging people to go into short-term mortgages, because of the risk they entailed.

Allen Sinai

I think that Greenspan will rank as one of the most effective and innovative Fed chairman that we have had -- a home-run champion.

Marion Hammer

I think the chairman is telling us where he intends to go, to put it politely.

John Silvia

Labor costs were one of the key inflation concerns cited by Chairman (Alan) Greenspan in his latest testimony, ... Our outlook reinforces his concern.

John Davidson

To get a real turnaround you need to have a turnaround in earnings. The jobless claims number today probably keeps (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan on task in terms of lowering rates.

Inzamam-ul Inzamam-ul

I did say that I would not go but after being convinced by the chairman that my participation is necessary for the better image of the country, I have decided to tour Australia,

Foster Friess

I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.

Carol Foreman

In the first place, the chairman shouldn't be weighing in,

Nancy Pelosi

I would not want any president - Democrat or Republican - to have the expanded power the administration is claiming in this case.

Justin Gatlin

I think it really stakes the claim that I'm the champion, ... I run like a champion. I show up big when it's time to show up big.

Todd Berry

I think I probably wasn't as strong as I thought I was, but I never claimed I could do an hour and a half, because I just knew I couldn't.

Ed Comeau

He can score with his stick in any position at any time and there's probably only a couple players who can lay claim to that statement.

David Chadd

He claims it's the fried food over here.

William Wilkinson

He continues to issue press releases claiming that the court has already ruled that Mr. Noe committed a fraud. That's false.

Chester Gillis

He knows very well the kind of claims he makes have political implications. He intends for them to have political implications. He wants to influence public policy in numerous places in the world and hopefully sway the powers that be to his side, especially on so-called social issues.

Rabindranath Tagore

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.

Robby Hirst

I think the one from this year will be claimed by my wife.

Allen Sinai

I suspect that on Fed decisions, the president has been very much influenced by Mr. Greenspan. Greenspan and Cheney go back.

Lee Humphrey

I think it kind of lifted our team up and we fed off his energy.

Kim Maher

I think it got to the point where we just got fed up. It was a gut check.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Karon Bradley

He didn't look too stressed about it, so we just kind of fed off him. I talked with him a little bit. I knew.

John Lonski

He didn't give the impression that the Fed is panicking.

Gary Sheffield

The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed off of each other. Just like when Malcolm X fed off Martin Luther King. They needed each other.

Richard Cripps

This was a good, constructive quarter. The market overcame two problem areas: the Fed raising interest rates and high oil prices.

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Felix Rodriguez

He was awesome. He is one of the greatest pitchers, ... and I'm happy for the way he performed tonight.

Lance Williams

He knew he was better than Mark McGwire. It offended him when people said Mark McGwire might be the greatest player who ever lived.

Dontrelle Willis

He's already got it down to where he's telling guys when they're pitching. That's the greatest honor for any individual, to represent their country.

Ken Dunham

Historically, risk is much higher with Windows operating systems than Unix/Linux. How can I say that, look at all the major attacks. Which ones had the greatest likelihood and impact for 2005? Windows hands down.

Donald Every

I think it's his greatest accomplishment, one that has the potential for the longest-term impact.

David Osborne

I think the greatest security measure is pre-pay, period,

Yvon Chouinard

Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.

Jamie Trowbridge

In the last two years, it has made the greatest leap, and that makes us the fastest-growing subscriber income of any publication.

John Moores

They (county commissioners) have raised a legitimate issue. It should be studied, and we should do the right thing.

Todd Wilkinson

You never know how it's going. It seemed like a legitimate gamble.

Alex Ebert

To be lost is as legitimate a part of your process as being found.

Charlie Smith

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

Dave Littlefield

His performance isn't up to what we've seen in the past.

Bryan Clay

I'm very, very disappointed with my performance here.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Kim Yuna

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Kyle Abraham

The first dance performance I saw was Joffrey Ballet doing 'Billboards' to Prince.

Lee Scott

It was a solid performance, but we can do better,

Judy Garland

I could sketch out a score in different keys, a new way each time.

Tracy Egeland

I just think we did little things right. As a result, we were able to score some goals.

Al Dyer

The first one is always tough. And the score doesn't tell it this time. That was a tough game.

Chan Gailey

You turn it over like that and they score on the turnovers and that's how blowouts happen.

Shaun Alexander

I want to score every time I touch the ball, whether it is one yard or 99 yards. I just want to go out and make a play.

Fredrik Jacobson

I wanted to make the top 50 in the world, top 15 in Europe, have two wins and score under 63.

Josh Betts

It made it not look as bad, I guess, ... I think if we had a little more time, we could have had a better outcome, or better score at least.

Johan Cruijff

You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.

Paul Kariya

All series long we were in the box, can't score from there.