Famous Quotes & Sayings

Splitting up the portfolio is more than an accounting measure. I've handled cases where the portfolios were really diverse. If I hadn't stepped in, the wife would have been stuck with capital gains that she had no clue about.

Robert Wise

Some of the more esoteric critics claim that there's no Robert Wise style or stamp. My answer to that is that I've tried to approach each genre in a cinematic style that I think is right for that genre. I wouldn't have approached 'The Sound of Music' the way I approached 'I Want to Live!' for anything, and that accounts for a mix of styles.

Someone is going to have to determine whose engineer is correct. That's part of the process. They try to reduce the number and we try to account for the dollars we spent.

That extra inventory was used to build systems in the first quarter, so that accounts for some of the revenue drop.

That bank is going to be able to offer other things in terms of insurance, savings products and accounts that combine investing products and bank products.

Jenson Button

Testing went really well this week, particularly taking into account the lack of running time in the mornings. I completed a lot of laps as we are focusing mainly on tire testing and reliability work at the moment.

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later

NASA does not currently have a financial system that can properly account for the taxpayers' dollars to support program managers with accurate financial information necessary to carry out their responsibilities.

My response is they should talk first to an accountant to find out what the alternatives are,

My personal feeling is were not going to see the price of oil and the price at the pump go down for a long time, ... I just dont think its sound public policy in the times we live in now. Id rather have a bank account so if something hits us and hits us hard, we have got a fund.

Laura Dern

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.

Jim Hamilton

It is a rewriting of history by a heretical group. This is not a true historical account of what took place.

It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way.

I think the SEC had to get aboard this ship. Otherwise, they would look like they are lagging behind the parade. They have been somewhat embarrassed by being behind everyone on the issue of accounting reform.

I think there's still a lot of investors -- particularly the shorter-term investors -- who are looking to sell strength. They're trying to shore up their accounts by selling strength in this market. They've just had a lot of problems and they were obviously some hurting portfolios, if you will, based upon the declines that we saw for March and for May.

Japan and Korea dominate market volumes today, accounting for over 80 percent of TV phones sold in 2006. However, Western Europe and North America, as well as China, will be the hot spots for global volume growth over the next few years. We expect Western Europe to ramp up to over one million units sold this year, with North America and China coming online in 2007.

Kyle is one of those junkyard dog-type players. He is one that not many will account for in the scouting report. He is a luxury to have on the team.

Last week I fulfilled the pledge that I made in October by establishing an irrevocable $25 million escrow account at Union Bank of California for the benefit of Global Crossing employees who invested their 401(k) plan in company stock.

Last summer we cut a check to Waterville for $4,000, ... We'll cut checks from the drug forfeiture account to the agencies for whatever their share is in the forfeiture.

I was an accountant and tax-preparer for over 20 years. I enjoy the creativity and making people smile.

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.

I think that my job is more to set direction, define objectives and develop strategies for reaching them, ... One takes account of the various constituencies in both shaping that agenda and persuading people about it, but if the primary goal were just balancing off the different interests of people, that would make the job pretty uninteresting.

I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products,

I think along with the awfulness of the incident has come a real desire to condemn a lot of the Duke students because they are people of privilege, maybe. I just hope people kind of take into account that there is ... more than meets the eye.

W. S. Gilbert

I think it's reasonable to expect that the proportion of money going offshore will increase, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for the economy because it diversifies our assets, gives the industry more alpha and provides a buffer against all of these current account deficits.

I think this plan takes into account what the 3rd Circuit said was ailing with Armstrong's plan. Everyone will be cheering if this gets approved.

I think we are all aware that some accounts have a deficient balance.

Emily Watson

I think we all like the idea of putting five dollars in and getting 100 from it. That's appealing, but I think it's also entertaining for a lot of people. It's something for Shirley in accounting to talk about with Bill in marketing. It's a way to connect.

Martin O'Malley

I think that they did not take into account the vulnerability of America's ports. I think Congress needs to have further hearings on these things.

It is important to record that the Minister made it clear that the brief we got was a position taken by government at that stage of the process and we would like to believe that as we progress with the process and further input is received by the authorities, the substance of the current position as briefed may be amended to take into account the additional inputs.

It is important for central and local government to hold discussions for the good of the country, taking into account the interests of local residents.

I was able to setup the system so that I get a full set of account numbers and contact information for each payment. It used to take me hours to reconcile all of the receipts. Now it is basically automatic.