Famous Quotes & Sayings

By the way, to this day no one knows what happened to the two horses that ran from the fight. There's no account in the papers. There's no account of anyone ever bringing the horses back. So who knows? Maybe the horses ran off to Hollywood and told their story.

Theodore Tilton

But I account it worth All pangs of fair hopes crost All loves and honors lost, To gain the heavens, at cost Of losing earth

Certainly those auto incentives were helpful in giving us that growth in the fourth quarter. But we have to remember that even outside of autos, the consumers have really hung in there. I don't think it's entirely a fluke. I don't think it accounts for the ongoing strength of the consumer.

Changing accounting rules can cause companies to change their behavior.

By allowing Delta to merge with Continental or Northwest, we would have three extremely large airlines accounting for 75 percent of market. But it would be harder for American and United to dominate Delta if Delta were to merge.

By 2008 we expect flat panel models to account for 84 per cent of TV shipment value.

By far the biggest RFID segment in coming years will be Supply Chain Management. This segment will account for the largest number of tags/labels from 2005 through 2010. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has spurred this projected growth by mandating that its top 100 (and, later its top 300) suppliers begin to use RFID.

By failing to account for all shooting deaths and demonstrate that it is taking steps to avoid future tragedies, the U.S. military shows an alarming disregard for the safety of civilians, including journalists covering this conflict.

Jay Feaster

By every account that I got, ... Ranger was the best player on the ice.

He said they try to do their best to clear accounts but made a point of saying that they can't be held responsible.

Norv Turner

He's an outstanding football player. I mean, he's a physical guy that brings it. He's a competitive guy. In that game, he looked to me like he misjudged the player's speed. He was in good position, and just didn't take account of his speed. That, unfortunately, happens to guys in this league. But he's one of the better safeties in the league.

Generally speaking, the rule is that any account that lies dormant in a Swiss bank for 20 years, no deposits no withdrawals...the money reverts to the bank. In other words, they keep it.

Generic drug sales are expected to reach $60 billion by next year and today account for more than half of all prescriptions filled in the US. Branded companies must employ a range of defensive strategies if they are to maintain an influential market position after their patents reach expiration.

GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.

I record the account of the Lord s Name, and I shall not be subject to death again.

I recommend that 529 account owners take care to withdraw 529 funds in the same calendar year as the payment of college expenses. Otherwise the taxpayer assumes the risk of IRS challenge by trying to tie this year's withdrawals to prior-year or future-year payments of qualifying expenses.

I know he's a great runner and I know he's a guy you can't account for,

I know our judges here will be practical and take into account that there's only so much a lawyer can do to make certain his client is being complete and truthful.

Richard Gephardt

I hope now that the Administration will rethink this approach and submit a fast track bill that accounts for labor, environmental, narcotics enforcement and human rights issues.

I prefer not to use credit cards. So when I can use my debit card, they can take it out of my account immediately. That was happening.

Carl Icahn

Investors need to understand what level of debate actually occurred. Sunlight must be shed on the board's deliberations and a full account of the details of any studies conducted should be made immediately available to investors.

Michael Gross

Investors looked to KPMG for tax advice. They looked to us as an investment adviser to execute a variety of stock and option transactions, We got out of the business of working with large accounting firms more than five years ago.

I don't think that in a technical legal sense it matters. It's neutral as to Libby because he has been indicted for perjury and for lying, and nothing in his account seems to sanitize those lies if in fact they turn out to be lies.

I don't think that in a technical legal sense it matters, ... It's neutral as to Libby because he has been indicted for perjury and for lying, and nothing in his account seems to sanitize those lies if in fact they turn out to be lies.

John Lennon

I don't know how much money I've got . . . I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I've lost the bit of paper.

Before we take into account the changes in the contract, yes, ... If the contract change stays that way for several years there will be some question whether it will be sustained without some kind of help.

Before, we just had a normal end-of-year show across the whole school, but didn't have the chance to have more space or special consideration that were taken into account with all the other streams. This allows us to bring so much more awareness to both our program and specific pieces. We cross a lot of boundaries.

High-volume manufacturing has shifted to other regions so there is a greater focus on smaller accounts in North America than in the past. When we talk about expanding, we mean paying more attention to customers who have less than $100,000 a year in purchases from us.

John Burnside

High Alpine meadows, like their near relatives prairie, desert and certain varieties of wetland, teach us to consider the world from a fresh perspective, to open our eyes and take account of what we have missed, reminding us that, in spite of our emphasis on the visual in everyday speech, we see so very little of the world.

The methodology they used accounts for the low numbers. It's not the will of the people.

The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.

The international community should insist on a full account of what happened and how these asylum seekers and others ended up in Uzbek custody.

The interface is intuitive, so our customers can easily manage their account whether they log in daily or once every three years.