Famous Quotes & Sayings

Floyd Hall

Kmart's sales for November were slightly below plan due to continued warm weather, which slowed sales of seasonal apparel. Categories showing particular strength for the month included home appliances, seasonal goods, home decor, jewelry, consumables and pharmaceuticals.

John Silvia

Job gains were clearly below expectations and trend. There may be some bounce back next month in specific sectors. Slower job gains may also reflect the impact of higher oil prices and uncertainty in the spring.

Jim McCamant

There are stocks that are so cheap and many of them are trading below their cash value.

Jack Baker

There are so many clouds over the market. I don't see any short-term way out of this mess. Some people are calling for not only a test of the October lows, but for possibly falling below the October lows once we start shooting.

Brian Billick

Haven't seen much of you in a while, ... We're just sitting here kind of below the radar screen.

Royal Bank

Having said this, the rise in U.S. rates overnight does suggest there is scope for another test below $1.20 in the euro today, but we would look to square shorts at $1.1950.

Peter Lai

HKEX is viewed as a good company as the exchange's turnover is expected to rise. Its shares have room to move higher as they are trading at slightly below some of their counterparts.

Tim Ghriskey

I think the big thing is the second quarter sales and earnings being below expectations.

Helane Becker

I think that the numbers weren't as good as Continental's and they were below the consensus estimate,

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Michael Sheldon

I think the last few weeks have probably been frustrating for investors. Earnings have been very positive, but the focus has been on interest rates. Over the next few sessions, it looks like the fear of higher interest rates will probably outweigh the earnings.

Barry Hyman

I think the picture is optimistic and earnings in general have been better than expected.

Peter Mancuso

I think you're looking out two quarters, maybe even three quarters before you start to see a substantive increase in earnings for some of these companies. That, to me, is in a nutshell what's going on in the markets.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Thomas Bauer

It is not discretionary to pick a number that helps with an earnings target.

Subodh Kumar

I think we're in a situation where some earnings will miss (forecasts), but not as much as some bearish people expect. If this is the case, the S&P 500 is likely to remain in the trading range it's been in.

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,

Meggie Ford

It's been like that all year. We always have one of those quarters when we don't play well.

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,

Paul Weyrich

Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals.

Jim McMahon

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

Richard Repetto

A strong quarter pretty much any way you slice it.

Zig Ziglar

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

Maria Rodriguez

In other years, by this time, sales are exploding, but this year it's very slow.

James Cook

A salesman sees a commission.

Catherine Lee

It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.

Rob Spear

It's unbelievable. Our ticket sales are going like hotcakes.

Shawn Roop

At first, all I wanted the Web site to do was $50 in sales a day, then $100 -- now I look for $350 a day.

Peter Reynolds

When we have a special event, our sales triple,

Joel Rassman

The stock sales have nothing to do with the state of the market. It has everything to do with diversification.

Brian Tracy

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

Simon Spurr

Spring 2010 is the second season that I'm showing the double-breasted suit. I think the right double-breasted suit is young again.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Jim Court

I thought about it for 10 seconds or so.

Sue Donohoe

When he wanted to know what time it was, you had to get down there. You didn't tell him that it was 30 seconds left.

Jim Calhoun

We've got to take away 3-point shooting and not get fatigued by the shot clock. They make as many shots under 12 seconds as any team you're going to play.

Bruce Bainter

I went down there and it was up over the second step.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Vladimir Putin

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.