Famous Quotes & Sayings

It is possible, that more competition among banks and credit card companies would diminish interest rates, but more of the competition is needed among the banks rather than among the networks,

Wallace Stegner

It is something-it can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking and boasting and reciting and fighting go on below.

I think that's entirely possible, senator, ... I mean, as we've looked at this, we've looked for the constitution to be a national compact, and the perception now is that it's not, particularly among the Sunni.

I was just shocked. I cannot understand that the man that killed 20 people, among which were my dad and sister Mindy, that this man is not guilty.

Willa Cather

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind

Our business review was thorough, candid and self-critical, ... In order to return our focus to our core business customers, foster a winning culture among our employees and restore credibility with the capital markets, we have had to make significant and sometimes difficult decision -- difficult primarily because they involve people.

Retail prices are going to vary among regions but for all practical purposes $3 is a floor.

Stuart Rothenberg

President Bush's poll numbers are already pretty bad, and there has been some concern among people about the long vacation while there is a perception that things aren't going so well. I hate to say it, but some of the role a leader plays after a disaster is public relations.

Our New York office will be a strategic hub for serving our vast and rapidly accelerating East Coast customer base. As consumers embrace online retail, demand for our solutions among mid-market companies continues to grow unabated. Our customers not only benefit from our innovative technology and productized best-practices; they also get an e-commerce platform that can be customized on the fly by marketing, rather than IT, and one that flexes to accommodate growth and seasonal spikes in demand.

Our New York customers are among the most demanding and tech savvy in the nation and, while other wireless carriers play catch-up, we will continue to deliver the reliable and innovative services our customers demand. In 2006, we'll continue to focus on the fundamentals of our business -- providing the best network, superior customer service and advanced, innovative products and services -- day in and day out, one customer at a time.

Our mines are among the safest in the country, so we are not operating from the perspective of having to do something precipitous.

Oprah Winfrey and The National Book Foundation share an unwavering commitment to foster a love of books and reading among the widest possible audience -- particularly young people,

Jalal Talabani

I pledge we will not waver, and I appreciate your same pledge, ... Iraq will take its place among the world's democracies.

Investors for whom this level of oversight is important already can select from among registered advisers, ... If SEC registration were perceived to be uniformly desirable, the market -- meaning investors -- would eventually lead all hedge-fund advisers to register.

Investment in some industries is expanding too fast, the pattern of distribution of investment among different industries is irrational, and there is pressure for overheated investment to rebound.

Investors should be out there, picking up some stocks that are trading near their lows or have bounced off their lows and I think that have good futures. And among them: AT&T ( T : Research , Estimates ) -- their wireless division came in on target, 25, 30 percent growth, and I think that's what is going to carry them. Stock is hovering around their lows here. I think it's a 'great buy.' And I think in the next market rally, that the stock will have a nice bounce.

Maajid Nawaz

In today's Britain, the weakest among us are often assumed to be minority communities. In fact, the weakest are those minorities-within-minorities for whom the legal right to exit from their communities' constraints amounts to nothing before the enforcement of cultural and religious shaming.

In the second half of 1998, we showed that the firm could be profitable in difficult market conditions, ... In the second quarter just ended, we demonstrated Lehman Brothers can be among the top performers in the industry in good market conditions.

In the official memorial, New Yorkers don't want to differentiate among the dead.

In the random way that democracy scatters art and monuments among its leaders, Lyndon Baines Johnson has a winner.

In the Church, priests also are sinners. But I am personally convinced that the constant presence in the press of the sins of Catholic priests, especially in the United States, is a planned campaign, as the percentage of these offenses among priests is not higher than in other categories, and perhaps it is even lower.

Internet-heavy funds took some of the biggest hits yesterday, but most people watching the tech area have long thought that there's probably been some froth among those stocks.

International NGOs are there to level the playing field and build capacity. But I sense a real reluctance among some NGOs to do that.

Max Heindel

In the beginning of the Great War, the emotions of Europe ran riot in a most horrible manner, first among the so-called 'living,' and then among the killed when they awoke.

John Root

In my time, the philosophy among the board members was 'Just have a good fair,'

Ronald Coase

In my long life, I have known some great economists, but I have never counted myself among their number nor walked in their company.

Mark White

In fact like most other kids in the late 60's I was listening to Hendrix, Allman Bros., Beatles, Eric Clapton and Led Zepplin among other stuff.

In addition, we found among young people who are engaging in intercourse, we've had an increase in the percentage of those who are using a condom.

Shoichi Nakagawa

In agriculture, there are things we must protect and those are sensitive products. Rice is of course included among sensitive products for Japan.

In 2004, video games flew off the shelves as eight titles were sold per second per day throughout the year, evidence of the continuing vast popularity of games among consumers of all ages. This industry remains strong and poised for renewed double digit growth over the next five years as we enter a new cycle of video game console launches. The future could not be brighter.

In 1918, even among the very young and the very old, there was a ten-fold increase in deaths, ... There was a 1,000-fold increase in young adults.

I have family and friends who will probably want to attend matches so, just like everyone else, I need to put in my application and hope that I am among those persons who are allocated tickets.

If you're not going to use private sector, who are you going to use? The only countries that do provide peace-keeping services are among the poorest countries in the world, so it's no small wonder that UN peacekeeping fails.