Famous Quotes & Sayings

Asia is home to the fastest growing market in terms of consumers that are able to participate in casino gaming activity due to their increasing levels of disposable income.

A very likely scenario is this kind of activity over the next several days or weeks.

Robert Higgs

Austria, Germany and the U.S. South did not disappear as a result of their currencies' ruin. Although many people suffered, most people found a way to survive, life went on, and economic activity eventually resumed after the adoption of a 'reformed' or foreign medium of exchange.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.

That's where we're seeing a lot of increased activity now.

Cynthia Voigt

Reading was my hobby, my sport and my activity of choice. It was the prime pleasure of my days, an unfailing escape from whatever realities were distressing me, and the only source of pride I knew, other vanities lying beyond my grasp. I couldn't do anything else well, but I could do words.

Reading through the housing tea leaves suggests that the housing boom is becoming a bit long in the tooth. And while this outcome does not necessarily signal a collapse in activity just around the corner, it does suggest that the housing sector's best days are probably behind us.

People who have physical activity do tend to have longer life. And they report higher quality of life.

Our customer base is a microcosm of the market, I have to believe that when we see this kind of strength we are looking at some broad-based economic activity that can drive the electronics sector.

People talk about what is 'normal' for hurricanes, but there's a new definition of 'normal' now, ... This is out of people's range of experience. But there will be far more activity and far more destruction.

Ted Stevens

People that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, ... I intend to find out if they're pursuing that activity in our state and I intend to show them that we can fight back.

Shoichi Nakagawa

People around the world are wondering whether it's all right to pursue economic activity (in China),

People didn't really watch us because we were outdoors, people watched us because there was dramatic activity going on. Like the Davis Cup, which takes place in the outdoors, but it really isn't an outdoor sport.

People don't want to trade ... They don't even want to hear ideas. They just want to know their books are hedged. If an event -- God forbid -- happened, the market could swing pretty hard. But this uncertainty doesn't create more activity; it (depresses) activity because no one wants to do anything. Things kind of grind to a virtual halt.

People become addicted to the high of pornography and sexual activity in the same way that others become addicted to the high of alcohol or drugs.

Of the two main challenges for the Fed, a slight slip in activity versus a pick-up in inflation, we think insuring long- term price stability is the more pressing issue.

North America was stronger than I was anticipating in terms of bookings growth. While the reported results were in line to slightly better than expected, they certainly point to improving order activity and some encouraging signs on that front.

After reviewing the details contained in the federal complaint filed by the United States Attorney, we are going to review the activity of his re-election campaign committee." ()

Sathya Baba

Activity must be dedicated to God, the Highest Good. Then, it will provide health to body and mind.

Activity levels remain solid, indicating continued high demand for services. The outlook for early 2006 looks positive.

Activity levels held up quite strongly over the final weeks of 2005 compared to previous years. The scale of new buyer registrations over the next few weeks will be an important indication of what sort of year we can expect for the market.

Activity levels are probably higher than I've seen in my 25 years at Goldman Sachs. Client activity is very, very high. CEO confidence is quite high. You see lots of merger activity going on.

Activity is very light ahead of Greenspan's testimony tomorrow. We really shouldn't see much movement . . . there is no prominent economic data out today.

Activity is very light ahead of Greenspan's testimony tomorrow, ... We really shouldn't see much movement . . . there is no prominent economic data out today.

Activity is up. We have five classes now.

Activity is going to slow down, we're going to ration energy. How much of an effect that's going to have on gross domestic product, no one knows.

Activity is benefiting from August's interest rate cut, increasing confidence in the housing market and still rising employment. This is likely to put a floor under house prices.

Activity in the manufacturing sector picked up early in the second quarter, in line with strong underlying fundamentals in the economy and stronger overseas demand. We can look forward to solid overall output growth in the second quarter of 2006.

Bill Stewart

Activity increases in all reporting segments and price improvements have contributed to the company's record earnings performance.

Andrew Gould

Activity increases and strong pricing momentum, particularly in North America, drove first-quarter results despite the severe curtailment of activity in Russia early in the year.

Activity has now contracted for two consecutive months, albeit mildly. As noted in the January release, the sustained strength of the rand exchange rate probably explains much of the pressure on manufacturing.

The Monster Employment Index has shown strong, steady, upward growth throughout most of 2005, with a noteworthy growth trend over the past four months, ending in an expected seasonal dip in December. The past month's decline indicates the slowdown in online hiring registered in December of 2003 and 2004, as employers typically wrap up their seasonal hiring activity and await approval on 2006 budgets. Despite this anticipated seasonal slowdown, almost all industries, occupations, regions and states show much higher levels of online job availability than a year ago, demonstrating solid growth over the course of 2005. This certainly bodes well for job seekers as we enter 2006.

Demand remains incredibly robust. Housing activity in the rest of the country was very robust, and the destruction in the Gulf states just wasn't enough to move the needle downward.