Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Joy

The persistence of high oil prices can't be lost on the Fed. Consumers have to pay for higher energy even though it's volatile. It is a real cost.

Gary Campbell

We are positive on stocks, especially those that are benefiting from very strong U.S. consumer demand.

Alan Ackerman

There are continued uncertainties, ... The U.S. economy is slowing and commensurate with that is slowing consumer spending and corporate spending.

Scott Brown

There are some encouraging signs in retail sales, but if you look at what the source of consumer spending is, it's really income growth, and wage growth has been lackluster, suggesting the consumer will not be robust going forward.

Bob Brown

We want to provide unfiltered and unbiased consumer education about the impact of what life insurance does, rather than how it works.

Marshal Cohen

Until they're able to prove that consumers are going to respond to the changes, the Street is very nervous. It's a very big undertaking to convince the country that a national Macy's is better than regional department stores.

Steve Stanley

While many will be disappointed that we will not necessarily see huge upward revisions to payrolls ... a significant upward revision to wages would also be a positive development, as it suggests that consumers have more firepower than we thought.

Janet Jenkins

We've become a customer service department for some of these companies. So many consumers can't seem to resolve their issues with telephone companies.

Michael Gallelli

We've always tried to give consumers what they want, not what we feel they need,

Charles Dickens

There might be some credit in being jolly.

Alan Greenspan

All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It's only a question of degree.

John Parker

We want to see more positive growth in North America.

Arthur Rubinstein

Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.

Derek Bok

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

Dee Hock

Failure is not to be feared. It is from failure that most growth comes.

Philip Shaw

The PMI is a big upside surprise ... and is at least hinting that services growth stepped up at the end of last year.

Mel Karmazin

We are pleased with the ongoing growth of radio and outdoor (advertising), the television stations and the network.

Bernard Ebbers

The strength in our third-quarter financial results is cause for excitement. I'm particularly pleased that we continue to demonstrate impressive growth at the same time we are engaged in important merger discussions.

Bill Gates

Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption.

Houssaye Houssaye

Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.

Rev. Pierce

They are paying to stay at the Coachman, so they have some source of income.

Richard Browne

It's a big number, it's about 4 percent of personal income,

Tom Golisano

I've been paying a lot of money in state income taxes, and I've been happy to do it, but when this last thing happened, this 50 percent increase in the tax rate, it was just too much.

John Buchanan

A U.S. taxpayer is subject to income tax on their worldwide income, ... These schemes do not give you any relief from that legally.

David Resler

People are still planning to spend, and today's income numbers tell us that they have the wherewithal to do so.

Paul Warner

During that time, Oregon's personal income went up 45.2 percent, so taxes as a share of income has actually declined.

Koji Kobayashi

The size of the income surplus is approaching that of the trade surplus, and this is a trend worth watching.

Rich Repetto

We're seeing a significant retail component. This isn't an IPO, but that's the way it's acting.

John Longworth

As retailers had feared, the spending surge was short-lived.

Todd Jones

The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners.

Sherry Cooper

This is still a very strong retail sales report,

Craig Cole

Those are the type of retail tenants we work with.

Jim Hopkins

We are doing retail and have done retail, already. It's very, very important and emerging.

Shahrukh Khan

I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank.

Peter Drucker

Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business , for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing.

Fred Delk

When this is finished, it will be a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly retail environment. It will have been worth it.

Alexei Mordashov

We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target.

John Carroll

It will be a much more robust system and structure.

Renee James

Security can be enhanced with hardware. You can have a software-only solution, but it can be made more robust in conjunction with hardware.

Paul Hill

Having one or two things slow us down isn't particularly unexpected. We are going to have a very robust spacecraft.

Brad Anderson

Our back-to school-season was not as robust as we hoped,

Fidel Castro

They should put those signs inside, not outside.

Wendy Suehrstedt

It's at that time that the big signs will change.

Franz Kafka

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Nancy Umstead

As a group, we think they are signs of energy.

Todd Jones

The signs are there that they can do it. It's going to take a long time for them to get to that Target level.

Josh Hufford

Stop signs in Spain aren't red... They're rojo.

Susanne Villarreal

That's why those signs didn't go up because somebody called and complained about them.

Tom Bentz

There are some signs that things are getting better.

Michael Redd

Those signs are the real deal. They're our standard and what we strive for in every game.

Elaine Post

Until you know where the source is, how do you know you're treating the right one?

Hayan Saad

What? He is the source of our troubles.

Calvin Trillin

There's always a source for humor.

Bruce Russell

They need to find new sources of revenue.

Stephen Frears

I've always found poverty a source of strength.

Ayn Rand

The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life.

Bill Hybels

You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?

Thomas Friedman

Being one of my sources is exhausting. It's not one interview and you're done. I keep going back until I feel like I understand everything.

David Appel

did not have his own sources of funding.

Alan Watts

What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

Al Sharpton

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

Robert Bach

Americans have been on a multi-year spending spree.

Jason Chaffetz

Federal spending is atrocious.

Bobby Scott

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

Raza Jaffrey

Everyone thinks with 'Smash,' because it looks glossy and big, they think they're spending a fortune, and they think it's taking weeks to shoot.

Tom DeLay

To all these new spending requests, I say, 'Mr. President, show me the money,

Dan Cooper

We'll look at the spending cap. We have to look at the legislation that was passed.

Craig Benson

I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

Charles Caleb Colton

Sincerely to aspire after virtue, is to gain her; and zealously to labour after her wages, is to receive them.

Charles Spurgeon

Not even in this world does sin pay its servants good wages.

David Ricardo

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed.

David Ricardo

The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.

William Shakespeare

Your praises will become your wages.

Benjamin Harrison

There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.

William Shakespeare

Our praises are our wages.

Jared Bernstein

We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers.

Susan B. Anthony

Not one of our national officers ever has had a dollar of salary. I retire on full pay!