Famous Quotes & Sayings

It slows down for a little while and starts back up, ... We have noticed a decrease in activity in certain areas. They move to other areas.

It's a lot better to have some activity than no activity. So this puts us into a whole new category of viability.

Mark Zandi

It's always a bit difficult to read the economic data in the winter, just because activity is thinner, and the vagaries of weather are more pronounced. So it's not unusual to see, although this is an extraordinary amount of volatility.

It's always nice when you see increased seismic activity and you issue a warning that says you expect an eruption in the next hours to few days that what you predict is actually what happens. It gives us credibility and it sure makes us feel good when we called it right.

Ron Silver

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever.

It's appropriate to step up our current activity and affirm our faith in the long-term prospects of the company.

It's going to be rewarding activity that's already taking place in California ... so there is nothing but revenue being given away,

It's for all to see that stern police activity has curbed crimes.

It's generally a time when people get nervous. Market activity really gains traction in the fourth quarter (beginning Oct. 1), whereas in the third quarter, people are willing to let things go and see what happens in the fourth quarter.

It's generally a time when people get nervous, ... Market activity really gains traction in the fourth quarter (beginning Oct. 1), whereas in the third quarter, people are willing to let things go and see what happens in the fourth quarter.

Deval Patrick

We are not finished, we don't believe, with these indictments. We're looking deeper into this particular Klan activity in South Carolina and we intend to get to the bottom of it.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

The result is that you are now experiencing what we experienced in the war in Algeria: The Israeli government says that it is a victim of terrorist activity, but this activity is less visible than the military strikes.

We are concerned by the high levels of obesity and low levels of physical activity among elementary-school children.

Ken Spillman

Making reading an enjoyable activity for children is a challenge. So I ensure that I write in a way that is fun for children to read.

A person's activity level is a better predictor of weight gain and loss. In other words, for those wishing to lose weight, changing your diet may not be enough.

So far, I am encouraged to see how well the regional economy has weathered the job and income losses centered in the auto manufacturing sector. Mild winter weather and the Super Bowl no doubt helped to support the economy early in 2006. As those effects fade, I would expect to see some fall off in activity over the next several months.

Skiers find Race for Kids to be a great and challenging competition. But it's the whole weekend of activity that brings so many to Stowe each year.

As you look around the United States and see activity on the electronic waste issue, many of the best measures are inspired by the Maine approach.

George Bernard Shaw

Every unnatural activity of the brain is as mischievous as any unnatural activity of the body and that pressing people to learn things they do not want to know is as unwholesome and disastrous as feeding them on sawdust.

The intention of the person or persons that threw the water balloon was probably a practical joke type thing but as you can tell it did cause some damage. . . . It's quite concerning to us that this type of activity resulted in people from Washington state not having a very good experience in our neck of the woods.

The January findings of the Monster Local Employment Index show that eight major U.S. markets rebounded from a seasonal slowdown in recruitment in December, indicating increased online hiring activity due to higher demand for workers. The national Index findings for January were clearly consistent with other labor and economic indicators pointing to solid employment growth at the outset of 2006, so overall, this year's labor market appears to be off to another strong start.

The level of activity has been building up the last month or two. We have a very strong pipeline headed into 2006, as do most of the M&A law firms and the investment banks.

The latest survey confirms the solid nature of corporate activity and provides hard evidence that the Japanese economy continues to grow modestly, after having emerged from a soft period.

The latest leading indicator readings suggest some slowing in the pace of economic activity through this summer.

The latest data - including the improvement in manufacturing activity and current strength of the housing market - has increased the odds that the eventual next move in interest rates will be up.

The kind of activity we've seen so far in certain respects is encouraging.

The Internet stocks have been under pressure since mid-March. The Internet, as a group, is down more than 50 percent. Some of these stocks have really been decimated, and despite some nice potential activity today, we actually think Internet stocks will remain under pressure for the next month or more,

The long awaited drop-off in housing activity may have started.

Douglas Hyde

The literary activity of even the eighteenth century among the Gaels was very great.

The Lees were very concerned about this biased and unfair media coverage and requested that this activity stop, but they were unsuccessful.

The depreciation will now slow down but at the same time the parallel market will become more active. When controls are put in place, the activity on the black market picks up. This is exactly what will happen.

Alan Greenspan

The determination of global economic activity in recent years has been influenced importantly by capital gains on various types of assets, and the liabilities that finance them. Our forecasts and hence policy are becoming increasingly driven by asset price changes.

The deterioration in economic activity would argue for a more aggressive move, but the Fed has rarely moved by more than (half a point) during Greenspan's tenure,