Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Augustine

The trading and the underwriting activity looks favorable.

Edward Wilson

Human activity equals a decline of the rest of life on earth,

David Stubbs

Gathering strength is evident in several areas of the industry with growth in the housing sector the strongest in almost two years as buyer activity has improved.

Jeffrey Joerres

German employers are saying they will begin to add employees again, albeit modestly, and hiring activity in Japan should be vigorous, beyond what we normally see in the second quarter -- their peak hiring season. Chinese employers say they will reduce their hiring activity compared to last year at this time, while U.S. employers expect to add to their payrolls at a continued steady pace.

Jane Salmon

By the time they meet their very own Reading Buddy, the teens are very well prepared. The hour the two spend together becomes an activity both partners really look forward to each week.

Alan Greenspan

Because there was little retrenchment during the cyclical downturn, the potential for a significant acceleration in activity in the household sector is likely to be more limited than in past business cycles,

Dorien Bryant

He's excited, a year of no type of activity is frustrating because you got to watch, but at the same time it's frustrating for everyone who wants to play. He's really looking forward to it.

Michael Bazdarich

Housing is a major bulwark for the economy. I would hate to think what would happen if and when the housing activity gets tapped out.

Steven Wood

Housing activity remains quite robust despite the slowing economy, decline in jobs, and faltering stock market.

Bill Muir

As European markets move farther east, Ukraine becomes cost-competitive with our most competitive places.

Rig Veda

A scholar always treads on the path of righteousness and as result becomes successful.

Bob Kelly

What this means is that Windows becomes the platform for virtualization. Customers will consolidate existing systems to Windows using virtual technology. This is very compelling to our customer base.

Brown Johnson

The idea is that being able to speak a second language becomes a magical power. We wanted to make it special as opposed to being embarrassed about it.

Brian Riedl

The fiscal situation will probably have to worsen and cause some economic pain before it becomes a priority.

Bill Murray

I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive.

Jim Calhoun

We still have a chance to have a special season, there's no question in my mind. In order for us to finish up the season the way we have to, we have to eliminate some of those inconsistent moments, because pretty soon every game becomes important, and if you have an inconsistent game, you go home.

Kevin Reilly

It's not entirely analogous, because those movies were ready-made products you could go and acquire. With this, at best, there's probably something that's going to be a presentation for something that becomes a pilot for something that could eventually become a series.

Mike Timlin

It's not any different until we get a significant lead and it becomes different when our magic number is zero. Then it becomes different. Then you can take a deep breath and concentrate on the next step.

As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint.

Pixie Lott

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

Jessie Evans

We dug ourselves a tremendous hole we couldn't get out of. Obviously, we caught them in the second half, but we expended a lot of energy doing that.

Riley Wallace

We got exactly what we wanted. Julian likes that shot that he took and Matt caught it and was a little strong on it.

Mark Bell

We got caught watching the puck and it ended up in the back of our net. We played hard and we had enough chances to score tonight, but we have to eliminate leaving our goalie high and dry.

Mike Quarto

We got caught up on a switch, and we shouldn't have switched. And it went from a 17-point to a 14-point lead, just because we didn't recognize who the shooter was.

Kevin Furtado

We got caught up in the emotion in the first half and made some dumb fouls. But we played smarter in the second half.

Ray Allen

We got caught sleeping. We were so focused on the pick-and-roll coverage. Everybody turned and we said, 'Oh, you know what.' We got out to contest the shot, but it was too late.

Alex Tanguay

We got caught sleeping. We've been playing so well in the first period over the course of the last 10 games and tonight, maybe we were a little over confident.

Paul Davis

Keep writing that stuff ? I'll keep getting 27 points.

Kathy Sierra

Upgrade your user, not your product. Value is less about the stuff and more about the stuff the stuff enables. Don't build better cameras - build better photographers.

Henry Cavill

I prefer more of the modern stuff - just because I can associate with the imagery more.

Amanda Butler

These have stuff to keep you going for three days.

Nuno Bettencourt

I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.

Susan Adams

They just don't need stuff like what we've got.

Neill Blomkamp

When I was in my early 20s, I was quite into Japanese animation. It's like the same thing that I end up always saying which is, imagery based stuff is the thing that really gets me.

Nicole Sullivan

I thought that somehow your life would be much different when you're famous... and it's not. You just buy more stuff.

Mitch Hedberg

I don't have a microwave oven, but I do have a clock that occasionally cooks stuff.

Andy Roddick

I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.

Margaret Mead

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would I want my government to be blackmailed. I think certain government officials, industrialists and celebrated persons should make it clear they are prepared to be sacrificed if taken hostage. If that were done, what gain would there be for terrorists in taking hostages?

Greil Marcus

I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow.

Gregory David Roberts

Cowardece is often just another name for being taken by surprise.

Horace Bushnell

Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species of virtue which consists in not doing what is scandalously depraved and wicked. But there is no heart of holy principle in it, any more than there is in the grosser sin.

Horace Bushnell

Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency of sin.

Ian Mckellen

Quite low down in the list is "How much am I going to be paid?"... my main feeling about money is that I don`t want to feel as though I`m being taken advantage of... The other actors they asked to play Gandalf wouldn`t go to New Zealand on that money for that length of time. I thought it would be a bit of an adventure... I`m an eccentric actor, and there`s a lot of us around.

Ian Anderson

There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

Iain Banks

You're a wicked man." "Thank you. It's taken years of diligent practice.