Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our position has always been that the focus should be on suspicious activities. Rely on the banks to use their knowledge and expertise when they see something suspicious to report it and file a suspicious activity report.

Particularly in the software sector, so much of what's going on with these stocks now has nothing to do with the fundamentals. It all has to do with this M&A activity that's going on and the uncertainty around it.

Our only interest is in preventing, disrupting, and defeating terrorist-related operations or criminal activity - and that's through appropriate investigations that are conducted in accordance with attorney general guidelines.

Investment banking continues to be pretty strong pretty much for all these players. Goldman yesterday talked about a record backlog and I think that would also be true for Lehman. Morgan Stanley will be reporting tomorrow. That's been a pretty steady drumbeat. Underwriting activity was a little slower. Fixed income business has been picking up with the Federal Reserve seeming to go on hold,

In view of the consistent, long-term strength of U.S. investment in non-U.S. equities, we look forward to continued growth in DR trading activity in the future.

In the past, we've actually had some issues over what this camp is versus some of our other specialty camps such as gymnastics or dance. Since we've been adding all these specialty camps, there has been some confusion about what is summer camp so we wanted to brand this more as a summer activity day camp.

In the near term, there's a bit of momentum, so (a move over 6,000) wouldn't surprise me...It's entirely clear why the market is at these kind of levels -- it's being supported by M&A activity or rumored M&A activity.

Internships are very important part of our education program, first and foremost. In setting up professional internships, not only will we be able to offer students a chance to work with industry professionals, but the students also will be able to take the theory they learn in the classroom and put it into practice here, in whichever activity they're focused.

Mike Fisher

In Pennsylvania, this alleged illegal activity forced consumers and government agencies to pay much higher prices for the brand-name, anti-anxiety drug, ... It appears Bristol-Myers Squibb attempted to manipulate federal drug regulations to extend the patent and continue its monopoly on the product.

Bertrand Russell

In science men have discovered an activity of the very highest value in which they are no longer, as in art, dependent for progress upon the appearance of continually greater genius, for in science the successors stand upon the shoulders of their predecessors; where one man of supreme genius has invented a method, a thousand lesser men can apply it.

Porter Goss

If you see an up-tic of electronic activity in a certain area, ... you might expect that something is happening. It might be a nuclear test, it might be conversations on cell phones, it might be people warming airplane engines, it might be people getting ready to test rockets.

If you tell kids to exercise, they don't see it as fun. They see video games as fun. The idea is to use an activity kids find enjoyable to motivate them to exercise.

Fred Wilson

I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.

In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.

Paul Wolfowitz

If you had that kind of pandemic, I don't think there is any question it could happen, the costs both in human life and in disruption of world economic activity would be very high.

If you follow the proper procedures you don't have employees inside the silo doing work activity while product is being removed. We have to look at whether proper training was provided, and whether employees know what the hazards were associated with their work.

Kevin Hayes

If you get into single-digit vacancy rates, generally speaking, you see speculative development activity coming back. And it is coming back, but it's coming back slowly.

If you look at building plans passed, there is still positive growth for residential property development and a lot of this activity is the flats and townhouse market.

Bill Walsh

In those days, we couldn't communicate. How do you know you'll ever move? We were gridlocked, so I looked over there, in all seriousness, and I could see up over a hill, the activity and the lights, and I figured we'd have to walk over that hill about a mile to get to the stadium. The uncertainty of it was the crazy part.

In the whole post-war rebound story, the first part has come through -- we've clearly seen a bounce in consumer confidence. The next key step is business activity measures improving, including employment indicators. Hopefully we will see weekly jobless claims coming down soon -- in the next three-to-four weeks.

Bernard Arnault

In the coming five years, there'll be activity in the luxury world and we'll be there,

Instead of viewing tasks that require activity as a chore or a bother, we should view it as an opportunity.

Ian Mckellen

In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.

Jeffrey Williams

In my mind, this activity was a major success for safety. It's probably one of the top things.

In our view, if the state of emergency is short-lived, then it should not have a measurable impact on economic activity and thus preserve the gains from the fiscal reform effort, which is the cornerstone of the positive view toward the Philippines.

In our private banking division, declining securities revenues due to lower activity in the U.S.A. was the principal reason for lower profits.

In order to participate in Boy Scout activities, you have to swear an allegiance to God. You can't have a directly government-sponsored activity which says you have to swear to faith in God.

Ehud Barak

If there was such a meeting and the Syrians really asked the terror organizations to reduce their level of activity -- if that is true -- it is of course good news for all of us,

It helps us predict where West Nile activity is going to be the most intense.

Madeline Zima

I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.

Ali Larijani

Iran will continue activity aimed at mastering peaceful nuclear technologies under the supervision of IAEA specialists and will convince the Agency that this activity is peaceful and transparent.

Sam Bradford

I played a million different sports when I was growing up. I started when I was probably five or six, and we'd just go from activity to activity to activity. I think, finally, my parents just realized that we were missing something in our lives. They realized that it was time for us as a family to start going to church.

Geoff Mulgan

By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties - particularly restrictions on free assembly and about the rising tide of everyday regulation has seriously impeded community activity - from organising street parties to helping children.