Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Comey

The defendants are accused of perpetuating a massive accounting fraud that cost public investors hundreds of millions of dollars when it collapsed, then they allegedly tried to cover up their crimes by lying.

Alberto Fujimori

The denunciations about $18 million (being moved) to a bank account in Singapore during my trip are completely false,

The demand for our national account offerings and discovery services in this booming marketplace made it necessary for us to appoint an executive of Bill's caliber. His keen sense of advanced technology and process methodologies, coupled with the capacity to bring out the best of those around him give us the confidence that he is the right person to help us expand and enhance our southern California business well into the future.

The deferred prosecution is clearly the only option the government has in this situation given the number of major accounting firms we have.

The debit card is just the third of three ways of getting the same amount of assistance, ... The fastest or preferred way is through a bank account or by requesting a check. This is not a reduction or a change in benefits.

Today, to compete anywhere, you have to be everywhere. Wal-Mart and Target have joined Amazon and eBay as the most heavily trafficked e-commerce Web sites, and chain retailers account for about 40% of online sales, compared to just over 25% for pure-play Internet retailers.

Time is of the essence. It is vital that if you have cash languishing in any account and have not made use of your ISA allowance, then you should do so immediately. What is the point of paying tax on your savings if you don't have to?

Three accounts are also popular ? a 'household' account and two personal accounts. Just because you're married doesn't mean you have the same spending habits.

'Triple Agent' is a different kind of read because it is, at its core, a pure narrative, the story of an intelligence operation that unfolds over the course of a year and then goes badly wrong. There's a lot of 'news' in the book, including an account of drone warfare that is as detailed, in my humble opinion, as any in the open-source arena.

We needed that. We got a good performance out of John (Flanagan) on both accounts and our hitters just did a great job today. We had good at bats and we're capable of doing that. Today was a good day to break out.

Howard Mumford Jones

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.

You are guessing a little bit, but you are taking into account how many customers there are, how fast that customer base is growing, how fast is demand, and can they meet that demand. In a sense you have to look at the methodology and whether you agree with the assumptions that the analysts are making.

David Robertson

Wachovia and Bank of America compete head-to-head for deposit account customers in critically important states. It's simply untenable for Wachovia to continue to cede the credit card account relationship to Bank of America once that company takes over MBNA.

With the current account and the budget deficits now expanding together, market participants may pay more attention.

With the U.S. and global economies still showing strong signs of resilience, expectations for oil demand growth in 2006 and 2007 remain robust. The United States and China account for a substantial proportion of the total world oil growth in 2006 and 2007.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Every country should conduct its own reforms, should develop its own model, taking into account the experience of other countries, whether close neighbours or far away countries.

We're risking the future of the net. People are already losing their trust. Once you get burned once - somebody steals your credit card, or makes a purchase on your account - people tend to stay away from online commerce and from trusting online services.

Phil Schiller

When you take an Android device out of the box, you have to sign up to nine accounts with different vendors to get the experience iOS comes with.

Phil Harris

If the record was picked up by Dot Records, I would imagine that they would have wanted both sides of the record to be something by Lou alone which would account for the dropping of 'So Blue'.

Donald Cargill

I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand.

Henry L. Stimson

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under.

With consumption accounting for about 70 percent of GDP, the extra strength should add about 0.7 point to total GDP growth.

With one side of his mouth the Prime Minister Gonzi tells the Leader of the Opposition to take his questions of corruption to the Police Commissioner. With the other side he denies the opposition the proper working of the mechanism of the Public Accounts Committee.Something's beginning to rot, somewhere.

Without fresh good news on the U.S., the current account worries come back to the fore so people worry about the dollar. With stocks it's a question of how much good news is already priced in.

With the American and US Airways alliance, miles can be pooled so you can use miles from both accounts to claim an award on either airline.

With the 2004 and 2005 fire season having been relatively less active than normal, surplus funds sit in this account and can be rescinded without hurting the program,

Sidney Blumenthal

The president shared his account of the Lewinsky matter with me, ... He did so unguardedly and freely under the assumption that we were speaking in complete privacy. What I told the grand jury under oath supports completely what the president has told the American people and is contrary to any charge that the president has done anything wrong.

Under the old world order, senior executives of companies that were most aggressive were the ones that won most often, ... We have to be able to convince the senior executives at companies that the world has changed and that under the new rules you are going to consistently lose if you are using accounting tricks.

Fires occurring in the home and in various health care settings for older adults are often preventable. Because the older adult population accounts for a substantial portion of the nation's fire deaths and injuries, it's important that we take steps to reduce this fire problem.

Financial services companies, which account for one-third of the index, continue to support the S&P/TSX with higher earnings and dividend increases.

extraordinarily important and that I failed to fully take that into account in terms of what I view and still do as essentially as a legal process and judicial process.

There are many research reports that try to compare the number of vulnerabilities between Linux and other operating systems but none take into account the severity of the issues. ... This report shows there are relatively few critical issues affecting users of Linux-based operating systems. However, we believe even one is unsatisfactory, and our strategy is to rapidly respond to fix these issues whilst innovating new technology to reduce the risk of future issues.

Henry Petroski

The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the line; when we take into account past failures and anticipate potential new ways in which failure can occur, we are more likely to produce successful designs.