Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Ramsey

I think we're going to have a case that's largely about accounting allegations...where the government is going to refuse to call either David Duncan, who was the chief engagement partner for Arthur Andersen, or Rick Causey.

Michael Gross

Investors looked to KPMG for tax advice. They looked to us as an investment adviser to execute a variety of stock and option transactions, We got out of the business of working with large accounting firms more than five years ago.

Bill Brunson

If you want to be an expert in accounting and tax law, then the Internal Revenue Service is the place for you. In fact the IRS is one of the largest single employers of professional accountants.

Dan Delano

You won't know the discount, if there is a discount, until after all the accounting is done.

Rick Boyer

All we're doing is pushing the due date up. (Taxpayers) are not paying for four months extra. It's more of an accounting question than a monetary figure.

Efraim Levy

This is more of a final nail in the coffin of the company's past accounting practices. Investors are looking at the company going forward rather than past. They have been doing a lot of things right lately.

Issa Hayatou

Do not lock yourself into an egotistical and a purely (financial) accounting approach to football.

Paul Sweeney

A modern computer is an electronic wonder that performs complex mathematical calculations and intricate accounting tabulations in one ten-thousandth of a second -- and then mails out statements ten days late.

Franklin Raines

Although to my knowledge the company has always made good faith efforts to get its accounting right, the SEC has determined that mistakes were made. By my early retirement, I have held myself accountable.

Gary Rodkin

We look forward to sharing details of the impact of these decisions in our investors' meeting in March. These are only part of our broader plans to drive sustainable top- and bottom-line growth.

David Vitter

I'm very excited to be at least some small part in the effort, ... This is a great, state-of-the-art facility that can be used for many events, especially the equestrian and 4-H activities. It also is a broader resource for education and economic development.

Hiroichi Nishi

The impact on the broader market will be short-lived.

Robert Martin

We're not doing this because we think there will be no jobs and this will be a safety net. We think it's what musicians should have, what young musicians deserve and need. Our view is that musicians need a broader education.

Jim Melcher

the market is, and has been, for the last five years driven by about the same 100 companies, but if you could see money moving down to the broader market, we've got some real values, a lot of good companies selling really cheap.

Stuart Schweitzer

They are determined to do the right thing, determined to keep the huge run-up in energy and other commodity prices from infecting the system in a broader way by pushing up core inflation. That means a period of uncertainty for a while for investors.

Gary Glenn

This move was a natural for us. The product synergies created by combining our companies allows us to more fully leverage our capabilities and offer our clients a broader range of services.

Kofi Annan

There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's be quite honest about that, ... I've tried to get them to understand that in our interconnected world, we need to look at issues in much broader terms rather than narrow national interests.

Evan Walters

There were some unforeseen things like a lot of communicating between the company and manufacturer. It gave us a broader view of how business is run. There were bumps. It wasn't a smooth ride. We had to go back and correct things.

Richard Barnes

Jackson was the worst. That should have closed it. That should have thrown the whole thing out.

Gary Anderson

Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.

Vince Young

Just like those other guys, you've got to start somewhere. They are close to me, and I know they won't hurt me. And they are intelligent. I have the last say-so on everything, but they know what I want and the things I'm trying to accomplish.

Lee Terry

Just pick you out a tree to stand under. I usually stay here pretty close to the truck. They don't seem to mind that.

Sarah Krycinski

Jordan gave it all he had. It was good time for him, close to a personal record.

Frank Castillo

J.P. got a pretty good look but it just didn't drop. The games in this district are so close that it comes down to making plays and making free throws.

S. Walker

I think it really (threw us off). Some of the girls didn't know whether to play on them or play off. It slowed the pace down a lot and that's what kept the score close until we went on our run, and that forced them to play a faster game.

Dom Starsia

I think it is very important for us to continue to improve. We're reaching a point where we are close to being playoff eligible -- We're concerned about being part of it at the end.

Mario Theissen

I think it could be possible but in the end it's a sport. I don't promise you podium finishes or victories this year but we'll make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams.

David Ritchie

The hardware is a component but the software is where we actually see the value longer term.

Tom Phillips

You can't escape a component of your life, but you can put it in a place where you're OK with it. You have to be in control (of your life). Not just let tragedy take you down. Good things will happen for you again.

Terry Thompson

The key point on mixed-use for us would be to find projects where office is the primary component of the asset.

Joe Hopkins

All the properties we are developing are waterfront properties. The single-family component is something the (waterfront) market doesn't seem to provide for right now.

Linda Ulrey

We're quite honestly in the very early stages, It is a very important component of our overall integration.

Lino Spiteri

An opposition leader deals with the Prime Minister, not with component parts of the executive. Were opposition members to go directly to members of the public administration with their queries, the government would surely yell 'foul!' And rightly so.

Ann McInerney

They are a good team watching them on film but it's even better in person. They have all the components you need to be a championship team.

Sen. Hanabusa

This is not an impact study. This is a baseline environmental study that has 17 components that have to be addressed to satisfy the law.

Hiroshi Arano

The recent loss in Tokyo was triggered by factors like the reshuffle of the Nikkei components and tumbles in U.S. shares. It has nothing to do with economic fundamentals in Japan, which have not worsened at all.

Dennis Moore

Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Chris Fitz

I think it's a good idea to diversify the economy and keep more of the grapes here.

Zig Ziglar

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.

Vladimir Putin

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

Peter Giles

I hung in there longer than I had planned. But it seemed the economy was getting better, and I figured now is the time when I can go on to some other dreams.

Paul Donovan

The U.K economy is in a stronger position than many European economies, and perhaps now is the time to pause for a bit,

Ken Goldstein

The economy is growing now, but not as fast as it did last year before the hurricanes.

Mark Zandi

The economy is good, but it hasn't improved for everybody. The gains have predominantly gone to higher-income and higher net-worth households. Lower net-worth households are still struggling.

Dave Murray

The economy is going to have 5 percent of its GNP not moving,

Tara Lemmey

I think that privacy is sort of the nature of your identity, and how you transfer your identity is a very important global issue.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

James Hansen

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

Tim Horan

None of the global joint ventures have been able to execute.

Eric Blake

All signs that I've seen show that it's related to natural variability. There could be some impact of global warming, but its role is probably a secondary or tertiary role.

Homi Kharas

And if this slowdown took place in 2004, it would be offset by an acceleration of Japanese imports from the region and higher global trade growth,

Joel Denney

It's a good fit. It'd be a very strong global airline,

Jack Kelley

This just makes up for all the late nights and hours of hard work the staff has put in here. Hey man, we're global now!

Kay Redfield Jamison

Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given.

Dusty Baker

He's going to hit. You don't usually stop hitting, and if you do, then somebody's in trouble, because a lot of hits are coming.

Joey Gathright

He hits like a woman. Such a woman move, man.

Chris DiBona

It'll be six months before Linux really hits the desktop.

Chris Burke

They made more pitches in big situations and got more hits in big situations.

Stephanie Carroll

Were just not getting hits when we need to.

Brian Randle

Dee's a big-time player. He hits big-time shots.

Dan Shoemaker

Anything it hits that's cold, it's going to stick to it.

Calvin Brock

Sam is a very powerful, strong man, ... If he hits you, he hurts you. He can knock out any man on Earth. I can't see any man taking one of those big shots and standing up.

Angela Cummings

I always do diamonds, ... ... but I don't do large stones. I try to use non-traditional shapes.

Anthony Marra

Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors.

Seth Shostak

In 1908, there was a persuasive demonstration of the power of high-speed, low-mass asteroids in rural Siberia. The Tunguska impactor iced millions of pine trees and about a zillion mosquitoes - and was no larger than an office building.

John Thompson

It is a little larger than we've ever done, but as we prepare for the jail, it's just something we need to do.

Jim Palmer

He was such an important part of my career, and a large part of our success in the 1960s.

Bill Sandusky

I have done a number of large paintings, but nothing this large and nothing this time consuming.

Michael Eisner

in a large scale, not a one-off scale.

Robert McKinley

If you're looking to transfer a $5,000 balance, you need to look to the largest issuers.

Dan Woods

The largest need right now is to move students out of there,

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Michael Andretti

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

Sarah Parcak

I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rate. Tens of thousands of sites will be lost, and we've only unveiled a tiny percent of the past.

Dave Thomas

In my class, there were about 50 percent students there.

Sadaharu Oh

I'm 100 percent sure. I spoke to him recently and told him we really want him to be a part of our team.

John Tortorella

I'm getting tired of the 25 percent rule. It's deflating.

Gennady Onishchenko

And 92 percent of them are drug addicts.

Chris Young

You can't shut off the shareholders, but 80 percent is a significant hurdle.

Lori Anderson

We still get 100 percent of what we were owed.

Gray Davis

I don't care. My trademark is I say what I think, for better or for worse.

Zayn Malik

My trademark saying is probably “VAS HAPPENIN?!”

Michael Boss

The traders are for the most part are out. So we're just biding out time.

Donald Trump

We're going to renegotiate trade deals.

Donald Trump

You have to be able to negotiate our trade deals. You have to be able to negotiate, that's right, with Japan, with Saudi Arabia.

Donald Trump

We have to renegotiate our trade deals.

Thomas Sowell

There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.

Stan Eby

My sense is there will not be a rehearing and trade will continue. But we have to be watching all the time.

Rose Smith

I wouldn't trade any of this for the world.