Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Anderson

We exceeded our revenue expectations for December, which positions us well for our fiscal fourth quarter. We're pleased and encouraged by the fact that virtually all of our businesses met or exceeded our expectations for December. As usual, customers shopped later than ever and results strengthened as the month progressed. Our employees capitalized on the trend with strong offers and improved in-stock positions.

Stephen Stanley

The economy has a lot of momentum. The consumer continues to do well because of the improving labor market, and businesses have a lot of cash and are getting more confident about deploying it.

Richard Rathge

The economy of the state has changed dramatically. The changing face of agriculture drove out farmers and farm families, which drove off businesses that rely on farm families.

Michael Birch

The fundamentals are still sound but the stock has been priced for all their businesses to perform perfectly and we didn't see a lot more upside.

E. Helm

This is Microsoft talking to businesses about why it's a good IT vendor and particularly why its different from IBM.

Jay Sidhu

We're not getting into new businesses that we don't understand.

Luis Rodriguez

It's not a difficult thing to fix, but if it's ignored it can cause real damage. Small businesses are especially susceptible, since their IT staffs are typically very small and are more likely to be focused on the here and now, as opposed to something that's a year away.

Byron Dorgan

Everyone expects American businesses to make a profit and I don't begrudge them that, ... But the big oil companies are now reaping an unbelievable windfall, and it's time for Congress to help consumers.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.

Arthur Conan

And now, Doctor, we've done our work, so it's time we had some play. A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums.

Tim Barker

We see this as a key opportunity over the next two years as we work with our clients to enhance their risk management capabilities by providing them with an accurate, independent valuations service.

Peter Grant

We think you can save money, but you take a cut in the quality you are getting. Many of our clients say they are going back to the (originally equipment manufacturer) to get the full value of the supplies to go with their printers.

Callie Thorne

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.

Steven Levy

At this point, we don't see any connection with the other incidents, ... We are looking at all options. It could be coincidence, or it may involve friends of friends. We don't see any trends involving the same people, at this point.

Dani Anderson

We just kind of connected better than the rest. He jumps up and puts his front legs on my shoulders and rests his head on my shoulders. He's very loving and listens to me.

Dan Donegan

We figured that since we've been gone from the road for a while, let's make it a little more intimate, do multiple nights (in some cities) and get the connection back with the fans.

Stjepan Hauser

We try to connect with the audience as much as we can. We feel the energy from the audience, and it gives us so much joy and inspiration.

Zahi Hawass

Maybe they are mummies of kings or queens or nobles, we don't know. But it's definitely someone connected to the royal family.

Shawn Jordan

I feel like, if the crowd doesn't like it, then we haven't done our jobs. We always try to create a story and make a personal connection with the audience. We really try to make it fun and interactive.

Don Cheadle

Just from him doing the things that he knew how to do, moment to moment -- it's not some mythic figure. It's just a common, everyday man. And I think that's what people are connecting to.

Marta says the interesting thing about fly-fishing is that it's two lives connected by a thin strand. Come on, Marta. Grow up.

Asahi Shimbun

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

Carrie Johnson

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

Tony Crescenzi

The CPI is correct in measuring consumer prices, ... But it's not correct in measuring the cost of living.

Heather Friedland

We will be looking to enhance the consumer versions of our product later this year with similar features.

Loren Loverde

The timing of the release will have some impact on when consumers buy, but not so much on whether or not they buy.

Anthony Chan

Next week's producer price index or consumer price index could tip the Fed in favor of a June hike if they're on the upside.

Scott Mitic

From a legislative perspective it's an interesting time now because the question is whether the federal law will give consumers more power to protect their data or less power to protect their data.

Jill Krutick

Cheese, while a consumer product, is very different than toys which can be fad-driven,

Steve Barrow

I don't think the bank's message has really changed. The one view is that if consumer demand doesn't slow down, it will have to raise rates. But the other view is that consumer spending will come down.

Asahi Shimbun

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

Carrie Johnson

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

Loren Loverde

The timing of the release will have some impact on when consumers buy, but not so much on whether or not they buy.

Scott Mitic

From a legislative perspective it's an interesting time now because the question is whether the federal law will give consumers more power to protect their data or less power to protect their data.

Zhang Guobao

Any slightest fluctuation could drive speculations on the oil price.

Mark Solomon

Officers drive by that park constantly, since it's right up from the precinct.

Tommy Jr

The thing was, I ran and I fumbled it, so I had to make up, because I couldn't go out like that. So I had to do something to make my team rally back, and I tried to put a drive together.

Tom Johnson

All around, we had a great team effort this weekend. We showed so much heart throughout the meet and I am so proud of our kids. Our strong finishes are a real testament to our kids' work ethic and their drive to improve.

Thomas S. Foley

If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.

Aaron Anderson

We needed a solution that would get all the right information to the drivers as quickly and as cost-effectively as possible.

Twyla Tharp

The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.

Jared Bernstein

We've seen we can drive the economy at 4 percent unemployment with strong productivity gains. I won't be satisfied until we're back there. Many working families won't be either, I'd guess.

Rick Mears

You hear a lot of drivers say they'll quit when they're not enjoying it. That's pretty much what happened to me. It was a combination of things, but mostly it was losing that enthusiasm I always felt before.

Tony Fadell

I used to work about 100 hours a week; now it's about 70. But 40 hours? Forget about it. Either you're all in, or your not.

Rod Thorn

We've started looking at other options because players that we may have an interest in are either signing every day or they are about to sign.

John Carver

We could've won it after either slam, simply by saying (Teague) couldn't continue. But that's not the way we want to do things.

Libby Turner

Either purposely or inadvertently, they were abusing the system.

Mike Huckabee

I never, ever, had a person who could come up with the name of a person who could not get a job because an illegal immigrant had stepped in front of them, because it was either a job that person didn't want to do or didn't exist.

Mahmoud Abbas

You either provide me support so that I can be loyal to this trust you have put in me, or you take it back,

Donna Martin

You either move on or you don't. If you don't, you're not getting better. We moved on today.

Chris Mudd

You either have to qualify for it through another tournament, or you have to pay $10,000 to enter.

Mark Bradford

You either have to find a way to be really creative materially, or you better have a trust fund. And, last I checked, I didn't have a trust fund.

Adrian Fenty

This government can get things done when we put our minds to it. The real goal is that we institutionalize that in the police department.

Reggie Evans

That's why we still got a lot of our main guys still playing. That's our goal for right now these last three games, is to try and get the home-court advantage.

Ron Wilson

We're 3-0 and scored 15 goals since we picked up Thornton. It's kind of nice, the things you were hoping would happen with the trade have.

Dave Ramsey

Goals convert vision into ENERGY.

Bruce Alter

Each year, every team's goal is to get to the playoffs and then to get to the state championship. Last year, we didn't do that. We want more this year.

Cristy McKinney

We did a little better in the second half than we did in the first. We had to set new goals at halftime. At least we didn't give up 60 points in the second half.

Jim Wilson

Twice we were at the goal line and couldn't get it in. (New Brighton) did a good job of defending.

Doug Grout

This year, our goal is somewhere around 300.

Rachel Darrow

This season that's been our goal all year. To make it a reality is something special. Not very many teams get to make it to the state tournament. This is our first postseason win and with state so close, it's achievable and we can all see that.

Curt Schilling

He obviously sat next to me in Washington and lied. I don't know that there's any way to prove that anything he did was not under the influence of performance-enhancing drugs.

Frederica Mathewes-Green

People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them.

Carine Roitfeld

A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.

Ben Huh

The Internet's a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

David Clarke

We might just be at the point where the utility of the Internet stalls--and perhaps turns downward.

Mark Zuckerberg

Free basic internet access should be like dialing 911 in the US or 100 in India.

Rod Lache

I think it's a smart move because it's less deceptive. People who are going on the Internet can get the right news up front.

Richard Curtis

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

Bernard Golden

Photo sharing, by its nature, is a high-bandwidth offering -- just the sort of Internet service that could be impacted by a lack of net neutrality.

James Marsters

I don't know much about the internet, I'm afraid

Tom Conti

My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers.

Keith Brooking

They pretty much did anything they wanted to with us. They threw the kitchen sink at us.

Rep. Arza

We don't want the state solving local problems, but we want to be partners in the local problem.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Bobby Shelton

I'm a little set back. I had no idea they were looking at retirement. I thought it would stay around for many, many years kind of like the old B-52s did.

Mike Eaves

I can tell you this explicitly, that nobody was looking at this as just a third-place game. There was a lot of pride on the line.

David Gayson

Looking back, I have this regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

R. Robinson

I wasn't really looking to score more (in the second half), but I was looking to be more aggressive.

Scott Parrish

He's not looking at the scoreboard, huh? Well, I was.

Greg Aiello

He has filed a complaint, and we are looking into it.

Larry Ellison

Greg has told us he's looking at a terrific professional opportunity. We wish him well.

Paul Hewitt

The product and service we require meets with our customers' and our expectations.

Tom Sneddon

We have a cooperative victim in this particular proceeding.

Martin Lee

There's one particular woman who does a lot of cooking.

Chris LeDoux

Mostly it would be those who rode in a particular even would hang out with those who rode in the same event.

David Lee

All these things were on her mind, stewing and stewing. And all these things boiled to the surface in one particular moment.

Tim Johnson

They seem to be targeting this particular group.

Scott Anderson

I try to find time to umpire and referee, but have had to reduce some of that, in particular the basketball.

Todd McFarlane

About 85 percent of what you see is just because I get on the phone and [say], 'Let's go do this'. I don't do any market research or test groups or focus [groups]. I just go, 'It's my company; would I buy it, personally?'

Seth Godin

Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy.

Skylar Astin

I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.

J. B. Smoove

Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?

Frank Zappa

He just got in the car, but the batteries dead. So he asks to use the phone and she gives him some head.

Jennifer Westfeldt

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring,

Fred Couples

I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end.

Jason Reitman

And I certainly like being on a plane, next to a stranger, having conversations that you'd never otherwise have. You're unplugged, your phone doesn't work, you're not online.

Sean Taylor

Why was I not here? It was offseason, ... I could have returned his phone calls, but it was offseason.

George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

Michael Burgess

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

David Livingstone

I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.

Mahatma Gandhi

A democrat should not rely upon the force of the arms his state could flaunt in the face of the world, but on the moral force his state could put at the disposal of the world.

Lynn Schusterman

Just as we rely on Israel as a continual source of inspiration and renewal, Israel relies on us.

Molly Ivins

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Pope Benedict XVI

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Hariadi Wibisono

We got the results back from Atlanta, and they were positive.

Matt Rosoff

MSN may want to sell search to AOL.

Paul Sadorf

We should do well in several of them.

Dan Smith

They're always tough. Several years ago everyone used us as a measuring stick. Now everyone uses them as the measuring stick.

Ray Stevenson

I feel like I don't exist. It's like I'm some sort of an alias.

Jay Frank

We have one person in custody. They are still trying to sort things out.

MacGyver MacGyver

Desperation tends to make one sort of flexible.

Andrew Harrington

This is the time of year when stockpiles should be rising. We're in that sort of in-between period. Winter is sort of over and summer hasn't really started.

Penn Badgley

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.

Danielle Panabaker

To do a television show, one can be sort of spoiled. You get to have your own trailer, your own space - that sort of thing.

Elizabeth McCracken

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Kent McCord

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

Brian Eno

I often work by avoidance.

Billy Connolly

Don't work out, work in.

Elisabeth Harnois

The more you work out, the more you get the energy to do it. And the more you get motivated to do it, especially when you start seeing results.

Elisabeth Harnois

Working out makes me feel good. When I don't work out for a few days, I start feeling grumpy. When I'm at the gym, it wakes me up. My spirits are higher. I just feel happier and more motivated to do things.

Ang Lee

I think I can work with any type of actor.

Brenda Brathwaite

I worked at Sir-Tech, and then when I got old enough to go to college, I went to college but continued to work at Sir-Tech to put myself through college.

Bobby Lee

When 'MADtv' got cancelled, I didn't work at all - for three years.