Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gage

The people that make above a dollar a day, under three dollars a day, generally have some electricity. They've got television sets that run on car batteries, or they will have a little generator. Everywhere there is a flicker of a TV screen is a target for putting one of these PlayStation things hooked to a satellite.

We're probably talking about retail getting above $3 a gallon. The real issue is just getting those refineries back online. If we see them come back up relatively quickly, it will trim the market back down . . . possibly before the retail prices catch up.

Theo Epstein

We think he's above average offensively and defensively at a premium position.

We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share, which is a penny above consensus.

Jim Evans

We're obviously ahead of where we were last year at this point in time. This is not a record setter, but significantly above average.

We're pleased to be in that category, ... We're clean. I hope people see us on par with or above every other school in the county.

Jared Dudley

We've finally got our heads above water. It's about time.

David Lereah

With more buyers than sellers nationally, what we're seeing is a natural pressure on home prices as buyers compete to bid on available properties. Fortunately, the historically low cost of debt service on a home purchase means that we have a comfortable buffer in most of the country because the typical family can afford to buy a home well above the median price.

Edward White

We think 2001 earnings could be well above the lower end of the Street range, due to higher operating margins and interest income, and modest growth in share count. We think the shares offer exceptional value.

We are extremely proud of the accomplishments of our students with respect to Stifel Award activity, ... This type of program is one of the areas that will propel students to academic excellence, even through their college years. This program, under the leadership of the late George E. Stifel, has encouraged many, many children in our community to achieve above and beyond the normal process, and we are quite proud of their accomplishments.

Patrick Byrne

To get above the noise, we spent a few dollars more than we had hoped, but in my experience, over time, those dollars will pay large dividends.

Ameen Rihani

To copy Nature? A boy with a camera can do that. To get the spirit of Nature? A woodman or a shepherd can follow the trail of the whistling wind to hoarded sunshine in distant wolds. But to interpret Nature and inform it with a human personality that rises above it, invokes the divine in it, is the work of genius.

What you see above is not simply sloppy polling; it's a direct manipulation of the survey to create their desired results. The voters in Houston deserve to know about these deceptive antics to manipulate these polls.

I thought Trent ran a good race. It was 7:30 at night and still above 80 degrees so it was pretty hot to run. Some kids who laid back early ran a little better and Trent kind of pushed himself a little. I'm happy that he placed. He will run better if he gets in better condition.

I think we expect earnings in general to be better than expected. Two or three companies will beat expectations for every one that falls short. As a group, earnings will probably be 1, 2, or 3 percent above what analysts are expecting.

Bill Snyder

I think we're a better division than we were a year ago. I don't know if all of us are, but collectively, that's the case. I think the North champion will be above .500.

I think we'll continue to see wages rise, and real wages will continue to rise as well. The key thing here is that the economy continues to expand, as it has well above trend line.

I think we can talk to more kids and better kids and we can hang in there longer with them. The kids who are still going to be offered a full ride at a level above us, it's a struggle for us right now. But in time, it won't be.

John W. Snow

I think we need to rise above partisan politics on this one,

I think we're still expecting an above normal season for 2006.

I think by the end of the month, we'll be well above the administration's estimates as well as ours. We've already exceeded the administration's estimate, and there's still two days to go.

Jim Edmonds

I think Brad, to me, is the best closer in the game. His stuff is way above average, and he's got a good idea what he's doing. He's still kind of new to the league, and guys really haven't gotten a feel for him. But I think even if you have a feel for him, you still don't have much of a chance.

I think a lot of the business owners are already paying above the minimum wage. The minimum wage is strictly a number that is set. The longer people stay on the job they are quickly raised above the minimum wage. I don't see us having a lot of seasonal jobs in the community. Most of our jobs are pretty steady.

I think all those guys that didn't get a chance to move ... they all had solid seasons here, they could have easily went up. It wasn't so much that they failed here, was the reason they repeated, it was because, basically, the people above them didn't move up. Which is maybe a good sign for our system as far as we're getting some guys that are staying a while and can play.

I think because there are real Indian and Pakistani constituencies in the United States , we'll wind up with money for earthquake relief that may be somewhat above the norm for these kinds of forgotten disasters. I think donors still have some spare change in their pockets.

I think Atlanta has finally hit an economic slowdown, ... For the longest time we've been above all that.

Ted Sundquist

I think above anything with regards to next year kind of falling into place was just having a philosophy and sticking with it.

It goes above and beyond what a traditional advertising agency can do for you.

It got so cold that people were just trying to keep surfaces above 40 degrees for a while. Now that people have power they're coming in to buy pumps.

Jeremy Wotherspoon

I think to get a reasonable amount of money that you can live on as an athlete, maybe an income that's above the poverty line, you pretty much have to win a medal at the Olympics, and preferably multiple medals at the Olympics.

Tom Wilkinson

I think that this character, Father Moore, is embarking on a very difficult chapter of his life and he embraces the future with courage and fortitude and above all, faith,

It is just above breakeven, but we think it's an important signal inside the company and outside the company that we were able to maintain automotive profitability,

Scott Turow

Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights Movement and then Watergate, animated by Sam Ervin's mantra that no person is above the law.