Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ed Perkins

Greed on the part of banks is never surprising. Fortunately, not all the cards are doing it.

Zhou Shengxian

Groundwater near both banks of the river is in accordance with national standards and it's safe to drink.

Ron Dennis

I think the difference in the discussions that have taken place in the last month ... is that the push now is more towards what is in the long term interests of Formula One. That is where probably the acquisition from the banks of the equity by CVC has been most positively felt because they want stability, they want growth and now we participate in that growth so everybody has a very common interest.

Diego Rivera

What do you mean the banks of the river?. Are/ you the banks of Diego Rivera? I will be/ remembered throughout history and already my/ little Frida has forgotten.... Who first put a/ paint brush in your hand? ... And now you/ have become the banks to contain me? No,/ Frida, you have forgotten the real truth. You/ are a stone in the mighty river. A lovely/ speckled stone.

Jasmine Guinness

We've got to make greedy banks pass on interest rate cuts in full, and we've got to see rents coming down.

Mark Lackey

I think what's happening is that with Japanese banks wanting to clean positions by March 31, we're hearing that they have been big sellers in North America.

Yoji Takeda

It gives the impression Koizumi wanted someone who has political clout and who can support his structural reforms. Merging or privatizing government-affiliated banks will be positive for commercial lenders and brokerages because it will mean more business for them.

Michael Molligan

It goes from flooding its banks to getting very low.

Hans Tietmeyer

I will not talk about this experience. But, as I wrote before today, a signal of intervention by central banks can be an extremely effective move. I am not disapproving in certain situations of joint single intervention.

Peter Costa

Jack Rowe did an excellent job bringing stability to this company when it needed it most and brought in strong people and turned the company around. He is the man most responsible for the turnaround at Aetna. You can see it in the way the shares have performed in the last few years.

Lucy Dalglish

Journalists who cover national security and defense receive classified information all the time. It's virtually routine. If that were the standard for bringing an espionage case, we'd be locking up a lot of people in this town and there would be fewer sources of information.

Vincent Morris

It accomplishes many things at once, including bringing fees more in line with other big cities. That helps us make sure we're competitive with other cities.

Freddy Adu

I think it's actually a good thing. It shows that the U.S. is bringing up quality players who can compete in Europe,

Angelos Anastasiou

I think it is bolstering management rather than bringing in someone who is going to say yes to a bid.

Joseph Cook

I think in terms of pleasing an audience. Worrying about bringing picketers? I haven't thought of that at all.

Dick Button

It also includes music, choreography, what kind of expression are they bringing onto it?

Michael Cadnum

I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into the classroom. I am persuaded that since language is alive, much of the challenge has already been met by the poets and novelists we read.

Lincoln Kennedy

He was a big kid like me that had a big heart. He couldn't say no to anybody. ... He couldn't let his friends go, from San Diego. He couldn't let his past go. He always wanted to try to take care and do for other people. It ended up bringing him down.

George Beranek

It also helps that Chinese contractors tend to do the work on their projects.

Hu Jia

I think it's ironic that the way the Chinese government prepares to host the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is by placing dissidents under house arrest.

Hugh Johnson

It injects some uncertainty. The worry is the Chinese economy will slow too much, and that will send markets down worldwide.

Bill Gates

I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement...access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.

Jin Canrong

I think the Chinese side is eager to have normal military-to-military ties with the American Army.

Clara Gaymard

We expect to double Chinese investments in France in the coming years with a series of new incentives.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Whatever Tencent can see, the Chinese government can see.

Lee Ferridge

There is a growing realization that the Chinese move last week was not as huge as some interpreted it to be. Now people have worked out that it is not that significant a move.

Rebecca MacKinnon

There is a great deal of concern in the Chinese military that Taiwan's reunification with China is drifting further and further away.

Tracey Schmitt

John Kerry deserves credit for continuing to take himself so seriously, despite the fact that no one else does.

John Challenger

Job opportunities are described on the front pages daily as new emphasis is put on several industries, including security, communications, defense, medical equipment and supplies, as well as continuing significant opportunities in health care,

John Stevens

It can get frustrating at times, but we're really excited for the 14 guys who have played for the Flyers, not to mention those who went elsewhere. You always want your players to get a chance. It's great when guys like Eager and Meyer get rewarded for continuing to work hard. And when guys go up, somebody else has to step up.

Alan Duncan

There are signs that the long-term drivers of prosperity are weakening. The loss of our competitive edge is a continuing corrosive process, which threatens our economic well-being in the long term.

Bill Schwartz

He shot the front of the house, through the windows, through the walls, walking back and forth in front of the house more than one time, continuing to shoot multiple rounds.

Alastair Campbell

It is going to need a lot of continuing work talking to the parties before we can get to the stage of a new round of intensive negotiations.

James Reynolds

There is a large search operation that started yesterday, that is continuing today.

Mike Sanford

We're in the process of continuing to set our standards high.

Tom Casey

We are extremely pleased with our strong first quarter results, which reflect our continuing transformation from a carrier's carrier to a value-added telecommunication services provider.

Jean Price

Jack gave him that right encouragement. You never know when that special pat on the back is going to be the one that influences them.

Katharine Butler Hathaway

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

David Woodruff

His signs are great, probably as good as can be expected at this stage. We're all so encouraged.

Dave Chappelle

I was doing sketches that were funny, but socially irresponsible. It was encouraged.

Terry Hoeppner

It gives us, as a program, encouragement that it's possible,

Barry Bonds

I want to thank you all for your e-mails and the words of support and encouragement yesterday.

Jason Dawson

He's been a great encouragement to me. He said to be a great point guard I have to get my assists and rebounds as well as my points. Right now I'd rather have 10 assists than six points.

Mark Peters

I don't have the money to take home, but I did get a lot of encouragement. I'm optimistic.

Richard Baxter

In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.

Jaime Salazar

I wouldn't recommend the Foreign Legion for a thinking person, ... because it's going to wear you down.

Mike Forest

I would say since the Second World War, it was the most interesting time to be the foreign editor.

Howard Baker

I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism.

Dan Hall

I think it is wrong. I don't think it is safe to work with these foreign companies.

Peter Rohde

He's had this injury three times before, so it's not too foreign to him. He won't do much for the next week or two, but as soon as he's right he will be back up and playing pretty much straight away.

James Lago

There is a knee-jerk reaction to this short-term political concern. But should foreign investors realize that this is not for the short term, they may be prompted to sell as well.

Dmitri Trenin

I think what he did was a revolution in terms of Russia's foreign policy,

Jeff Gundy

Like most American or foreign players, he understands about half of what I say.

Hilary Clinton

I will be working with Senator Menendez to introduce legislation that will prohibit the sale of ports to foreign governments.

Mark Sue

I think investors are relieved about these results because there were thoughts they would have to ratchet down for this quarter.

Art Hogan

I think we'll start getting investors into the marketplace later in the first quarter,

Susumu Abe

There are no new incentives. It's just that the investor mood is so good.

Andrew Clarke

Regionally, today is a consolidation day, and people are looking for less obvious plays. I don't think investors are that perturbed about the price of oil at the moment. They should be, but they're not.

Fadel Gheit

Investors need to think first, and not put money randomly into oil stocks,

E. O. Wilson

investors may be saying 'it doesn't get much better than this, so let me take some money off the table and wait until some of the uncertainty flushes out.' After that, the stocks are back off to the races again.

Maelle Gavet

Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.

Lee Hak

Investor sentiment is recovering on lower oil prices.

Markus Steinbeis

Investors are taking profits in insurers because it (the sector) has been one of the top performers since October.

Werner Heisenberg

Unless you stake your life, life will not be won.

Stephen Graham Jones

In the fast zombie stories, it's not our humanity that is at stake anymore. It's our survival.

Madeleine L'Engle

Vitam impendre vero. (To stake one's life for the truth.)

Cal Cochran

It's just another game. The stakes don't change.

Kim Gandy

We know what's at stake and we won't go back.

Edmond Rostand

I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!

Michael Lombardi

This is not about justice, this is not about the law. This is about politics. There is a lot at stake here for us.

Stephen Johnson

Even if they vote no, it will show they have a stake in the process.

Stephen Graham Jones

With slow-moving zombies, what always comes at stake is our humanity.

Michael Culver

I wrote: Vicki and Michael, stronger than fire.

Susan McGrath

Katherine has always been a very strong player. She was all over the place today.

Rusty Agte

Her voice is much stronger than it was, and getting better each day.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

John Gibbons

He should be strongly considered, 13 wins, 200-plus innings. I'd vote for him.

Bob Wagner

He's a strong commit. He visited BYU the first week of January.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Angelo Crowell

Just taking things more serious, taking a different approach. I was kind of transformed, so it's kind of cool.

Will Blackmon

He's calm. Relaxed. He's not nervous. He's taking control.

Ann Robinson

I almost feel like Mars has been taking care of me for all of these years.

Warren Buffett

Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

Catherine Gleason

By using this technology, it's like taking a new look at photography. That's what makes it a very interesting exhibit.

Wellington Mara

I'm not taking that. Go ahead, it's here, just take it.

Al McCullock

I'll take it. We were struggling, so I'm taking it." ()

Maureen Caddigan

I know he is taking this very seriously.

Bam Margera

I just had the worst wake up ever, so I'm taking it out on Dunn.

Alexandra Adornetto

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.

Guru Nanak

Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Phil Gramm

Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.

Mystikal

I guess I reinvented myself about 18 times throughout my career.

Tara Strong

We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.

Bob Mayer

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.

Mike Shanahan

We've been evaluating throughout training camp, two-a-days, the off-season program, all the way through. We'll be fine.

U Thant

I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.

Zhang Ziyi

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.

Siddharth Mathur

Inflationary trends have been curbed to some extent.

Naomie Harris

You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.

James Goodnight

I don't keep up on a lot of the business trends.

Friedrich August von Hayek

Few are ready to recognize that the rise of fascism and naziism was not a reaction against the socialist trends of the preceding period but a necessary outcome of those tendencies.

Eric Bell

The three principal trends affecting how we do business in the newspaper production industry might best come under the headings: automation, diversification, distributed print.

Emmy Rossum

I've never been a person who focused on trends. I'm influenced and inspired by trends, but I don't always subscribe to them.

Ellen Goodman

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

Charlie Ward

He said, 'You're welcome to come on full-time now,'

Samuel Rutherford

Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

Walter Wriston

Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.

Vladimir Putin

We always welcome when somebody says he or she is ready to work with Russia.

Kelley Armstrong

Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too.

Yang Yang

You come. You will be very surprised. I will be there to welcome you.

Orlando Jones

All you mamas are welcome (in my car).

Paul Singer

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

Terence McKenna

[...] thinkers are not a welcome addition to most social situations.