Famous Quotes & Sayings

Warm weather and a post-December rebound in new activity will likely boost construction payrolls. Retail employment should also enjoy a post-holiday boost.

We are anticipating between $5 to 7 million for the cost and originally estimated it costing about $4.8 million. We also think that with all the constructing activity with (Hurricane) Katrina that we are anticipating higher prices, just not sure how high they might be. We might have to shift money from other projects if the reconstruction costs more than our expected expense.

We are very much aware of the potential for gang activity here. So far we haven't seen any evidence of gang participation in the juvenile system.

We are very encouraged by the amount of new business bid activity currently in the pipeline, now that we are no longer fighting the headwinds of labor uncertainty, ... Consumer confidence will be key to the success of this year's fourth quarter.

We are going to have a doggone hard time showing a decrease in property values. We are going to have a doggone hard time showing a decrease in economic activity due to sexually oriented businesses.

We had some activity in March, and based on that we took it off the deferred list and were working on getting it programmed for repair. We were getting ready to do some remedial design work, and it was scheduled to be built in the spring.

I simply wouldn't make the merger activity the primary investment criteria right now. You have to make huge bets on government and other issues that really are not in favor of the investor in the medium term.

We monitor customer card activity on an hourly basis. We generally know about fraudulent purchases before the customer knows and notify them when we believe a fraudulent transaction was made.

Ehud Olmert

We will use an iron fist against any attempt to renew terror activity anywhere.

We will try to stop the military activity in Chechnya before the election,

The Prison Service must now ensure that implementation of plans for sufficient activity places do not face delays or cutbacks.

The principle of no military presence from non-Caspian countries is becoming increasingly important in view of the increased activity of some countries that do not belong to the region.

The public remembers the bad experiences with lobbyists because those cases are prosecuted and publicized. The everyday lobbying activity that helps the system run doesn't come to their attention.

With last week's Fed tightening, mortgage rates have continued to rise, so that further declines in housing activity are likely over the balance of the year. Nevertheless, robust labor markets and rising incomes have helped sustain housing at a relatively high level.

With foreclosure activity on the rise, pre-foreclosure properties are an excellent opportunity to approach homeowners before they go into foreclosure.

With exports now recovering and domestic demand rising steadily, production activity is likely to maintain its rising trend in the near-term.

We are seeing the effects of reduced capital spending by service providers and other communications market end customers impact our customers' business and hence their purchases. The slowdown in end market activity is prolonging the inventory correction, but we believe that moderate sequential revenue growth will resume in the second half.

Ariel Sharon

We attach vast importance to Egyptian activity in the Gaza Strip and along the border, but I don't intend to allow Egypt to become a mediator between Israelis and Palestinians,

We believe it is unlikely that Citigroup knowingly participated in fraudulent activity related to Enron, and history suggests bank stocks bounce highly after a market crisis.

TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

To think that these folks have multimillion-dollar budgets - what do they do with them? I ask my grad students, 'Can you name any activity you've been involved in or you know about that the King Center does?' And they can't.

John Updike

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Abhishek Bachchan

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.

The program is designed to attract kids and get them off the street. When children are involved in any organized activity for more than three hours a week, the risk goes down.

While there is no activity now, it does not mean that the storm has passed. It will take some time before we can make any definitive conclusions.

While there is a delay in obtaining flu vaccine, we can be thankful that there has also been a delay in the start of the flu season. Fortunately there is little flu activity within the U.S. currently.

While the latest signals suggest that U.S. economic activity should decelerate in coming months, consumers are not expecting this record-breaking economic expansion to end any time soon.

While the February mortgage lending and approval data are relatively healthy, there are hints that housing market activity could be starting to lose momentum after several months of improvement.

Paul Meyer

We wanted to be close to our campus since the majority of activity in the business office is generated here.

Cary Sherman

We've had the impression that there has been a decrease in the amount of illegal activity on many campuses but not all, ... That's a reflection of the fact that a legitimate alternative is not sufficient in and of itself.

We'll have very solid overall job gains that will punctuate the start of more normal activity in terms of employment,

To some extent, it also 'phones home' to Sony over the Internet and uploads some of this information about your activity to them, ... potentially even identifying information such as your name, e-mail address and location on the Internet.

We already have a latchkey program for the younger kids. For the older children, each school will figure out a program for the kids to do, whether it's additional tutoring or having some sort of activity for them.