Famous Quotes & Sayings

Frank Torres

It appears that this is a win for consumers. This bill would definitely fix some of the accounting problems that we've seen crop up ... over the last six months.

Elizabeth Harris

History has always come to me easily, but economics and accounting were real challenges. Students identify more easily with instructors who can tell them of their own struggles .

Dave Knapp

We feel it's unreasonable that for a minor accounting infraction, we essentially had our entire slate eliminated. You're talking about 66 percent of the people running for election.

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.

Brent Thill

Regardless of the outcome, we still believe Oracle's current financial health remains intact. We do not believe there are hidden accounting issues.

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.

Timothy Ghriskey

I just think there's nothing that's come out over the last couple of days that counters the primary issues (that) the market has been punished for over the last couple of months, which is loss of investor confidence over corporate malfeasance, accounting and terrorism,

Linda Thomsen

The company's channel-stuffing and use of manipulative accounting artifices warrants a severe civil sanction that will act as a deterrent for other public companies.

Robert Lynch

In the end, he did not fully validate the recent decline in the market's Fed tightening expectations.

Lawrence Yun

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

Randy Johnson

Was the decline in the union movement due to a lousy message, or are they going to try a different tactic that will be more effective? It still remains to be seen as all this unfolds.

Keith Schwer

Still, the one-month modest decline in the index is in line with the general trend of economic expansion since 9/11 (terrorist attacks) and the weakness of 2002.

Shawn Campbell

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

Richard Berner

It's likely we got a decline in sales. We've had a drop in vehicle sales and it also looks like back-to-school was on the disappointing side.

George Buckley

It looks like the decline has been generated largely because of excess optimism in the housing construction market a month ago which was not sustained.

Kevin McCarthy

When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.

John Higgins

Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I want to prove people wrong and win a lot more tournaments.

Robert Torricelli

I think it is all over but the final act.

Steve Smith

I think the offense was there, we just weren't able to finish our chances. We hit the post twice. We had one goal taken away. We've been around two years and that's the first game we've won in the final five minutes of a game.

Dave Power

I thought for our team it was a good way to simulate what it would be on the final day of the season.

Gerrit Zalm

I think the final growth percentage for this year will start with a 1,

Art Hogan

I think the dollar's recovery has a huge impact on the market, when you look at things like gold, which is getting tattooed today, ... I also think it's important psychologically, like when oil finally peaked in the mid-50's.

Richard Seymour

We've been used to kind of playing till the final game is over with.

Doug Palow

We've been to the regional final once, in '96. We've matched that. Now, we want to go even further. We want to be the first team from North to go to the state finals.

Paul Aznarez

We told them it was their last final exam, it was just at night.

Tony Falzarano

We're in the final four. That's all that counts. We'll play anybody.

Tom Nutten

It actually works, and he obviously has no inhibition to show it. I think it has some kind of a gravitational pull, because everything does go towards him. That's why he is the center, and he is in the middle.

Kate Middleton

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

John Gordon Sinclair

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

Peter Beattie

He'll obviously want to return to the U.S. as soon as possible,

Taylor Twellman

A lot has changed, ... With it being one game, them obviously playing well of late, I don't think we're the favorite.

Steve Trachsel

It's not as strong as it obviously was with Kris and Jae. Jae was on the verge of really taking off. But it's still pretty solid.

Rhoderick Chalmers

The blockade was obviously a negotiating tactic. It's an encouraging sign.

William McCarthy

That is obviously not a safe way to do business, and it will be reviewed,

Bud Selig

They were obviously illegal. It should be a subject of this investigation.

Peter Greene

I think traders are quick to take profits right now, because what else is there that stocks can do for an encore in the short term? We're still in an uptrend, but the probability right now, from a technical standpoint, is that we're going to have a little more selling.

Russ Miller

Profits are up 15%, but are premiums going down?

Howard Schultz

Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.

Emily Cederholm

I think the expectations are higher, but they don't feel so much pressure. This whole year is different.

Brandon Roy

I think this is the year it can happen.

Richard D. James

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

Richard D. James

I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.

Robbie Coltraine

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Rob Sheffield

Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose.

Rob Chapman

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

Rob Halford

They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary.

Richard P. Feynman

If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of study, still cannot spell 'friend,' I say to them that something's the matter with the way you spell friend.