Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Byrne

I think Barbie is in another transitional period.

Agnes Nairn

The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity.

Bob Goldsborough

A lot of people in the investment community are very pessimistic about Barbie for the holiday season.

Robert Eckert

Third quarter results are disappointing as sales increases in much of our portfolio were offset by declines in the Barbie brand,

Hayley Kissel

They're certainly on the list of the top five brands in the toy industry, up in the ranks with a Barbie or Monopoly.

Richard Dickson

It will be a limited debut of the line with a few select pieces, ... The heritage of the Barbie brand in the United States is very sensitive and whatever we do with it, we want to do it right. We want to reposition the Barbie brand as a fashion icon and not just as a kitsch concept.

Sean McGowan

World events may help the success of new patriotic products like Rescue Heroes from Fisher-Price. Yet retailers still see evergreen brands such as Mattel's Barbie and traditional LEGO leading the way off store shelves in the next few months.

Bob Goldsborough

Barbie is the tail that wags the dog. If little girls aren't captivated by Barbie anymore, I don't know what happens.

Lauren Dougherty

Barbie is the most fashionable girl on the planet. So, of course, she appreciates the new look Ken is sporting. But we'll have to stay tuned to see whether these two will get back together.

Angus Campbell

The only thing that can stop further declines in the market today is a tame ISM figure and lower oil prices,

Richard Jaffe

Recycling what has worked in the past is a defensive strategy that is working, and it has reversed sales declines for the retailer.

Hiroichi Nishi

I'm expecting declines today on the back of the U.S..

Lawrence Yun

The larger declines were recorded in the high-priced markets that are more sensitive to mortgage rate changes.

Shawn Campbell

It's kind of hard to be shocked by the magnitude of these declines when they're declining every single quarter.

Charles Dickens

Professionally he declines and falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry.

Dr. Fontana

This is the first study to demonstrate that long-term calorie restriction with optimal nutrition has cardiac-specific effects that (delay or reverse) age-associated declines in heart function.

Dan Niles

The unit growth is not so strong as to offset the price declines they're seeing in their chips.

Robert Kotick

You're likely to see price declines on the older- generation software,

Kim Beazley

It increases the pressure for Howard to appear.

Bob Stoops

If you can run the football, your opportunity to win increases big time, no matter who you're playing, and we're going to always try to, ... With the potential that we have in our backfield, everything should set up off of that.

Joe Panetta

The increases we're seeing are not just with 4-year-olds. We're seeing increases throughout the system.

Andy Roberts

Their offers are insignificant to our membership. They want most of the increases later in the contract.

Bill Nelson

And in the second year it was doubled again. That's not realistic today. But 5 percent a year increases are not going to get us to the moon.

Rick Santelli

Every October there's always increases or drop-offs, and I think this year will be no exception.

Martin Cohen

What we're seeing as we look into the futures markets presently are increases that seem to be never ending,

Jack Kyser

What's promising about this report was not only were November-to-December job increases strong, they went back and revised up the October-to-November increase.

Paul Newsome

Rate increases is one of a number of questions that personal lines companies, like Allstate, will face.

Enrique Salem

It complements what we already have in our portfolio and makes it so we don't have to provide signatures to this technology.

Mark Brunell

I'm not thinking about my portfolio in the huddle,

Mario Gabelli

Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point.

Hugh Johnson

It's not the stocks you pick, it's the structure of your portfolio that counts,

Doug Johnson

The region as a whole has significant portfolio risks. However, that being said, in any region the size of Asia, there will always be opportunities.

Larry Johnson

Don't tie up your retirement portfolio in one stock,

David Axelrod

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

Julie Daum

Most people, if they can put together a portfolio of activities, find it's very interesting rather than going back to a full-time job.

John Killian

We have the broadest product portfolio of any provider.

Joanna Lumley

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

Kevin Rollins

The first quarter is always the toughest quarter for us.

LenDale White

It's not about how the first or second quarter ends,

Rob Haines

It's disappointing that they are restating earnings. We don't want another quarter of surprises.

Eli Manning

I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that,

Jim McMahon

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Richard Williams

This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.

Jacob Tamme

The second quarter has really killed us in a lot of games.

Sean Durkin

The third quarter killed us. In the end, it was a little too much for us to overcome.

Chuck Hill

I think that Q4 results will be terrible.

Andrew Johnson

I think that's been a really important, big step in the U.S. having more competitive results internationally.

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Niccolo Machiavelli

In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly.

Ovid

The result proves the wisdom of the act.

Pat Barker

The result was I went nowhere.

Molly Ivins

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

Mark Victor Hansen

As we act 'right,' our right results are guaranteed.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Pete Shelley

They weren't headlining. They were third down the bill,

Paul Duca

It's the third time I've done it. It doesn't feel weird any more.

Jack Roush

This is the third time this week you've tried to get my goat,

Dusty Baker

It was a tough day to be a third baseman.

Randy Cretors

This is his third year doing it, and I'm amazed.

Mike Reed

Cy did real well on the boards, and she made some big buckets in the third when we made our run.

Sergey Brin

We want Google to be the third half of your brain.

Anne Robinson

I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.

Jim Rich

Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator.