Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mohamed ElBaradei

The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that?

Jeremy Siegel

That's very frustrating, but earnings are still what it's all about. Investors look at annual performance, and they're not always patient to sit with a company for a long time.

David Rosenberg

If the Fed is truly data dependent, then what matters most...is the data flow for the second quarter. What do we know about the second quarter? Well, not that much, but what we do know suggests a slowing to around a 2.5% annual rate.

If the annual report or quarterly report has to be the size of the New York City phone book, that's life, ... But the extent to which in order to help my investors feel better, they need to know more things and different things and see it in a different way - I'm always open to that.

If successful, such claims could result in the loss of most if not all of the annual MSA payments to Kentucky, which have consistently exceeded $105 million each year. Moreover, there is a possibility that the flat fee contemplated by this legislation could be invalidated as a result of litigation.

He was a regular donor to the annual fund, at a nice level but not a major gift level. It's a fantastic surprise to get.

We are thrilled to partner with the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors on our fourth annual high school Web design contest. It is very important that we recognize the talent of tech-savvy high school students and support their technical and creative development as they consider careers in information technology.

We are thrilled to be a part of this year's Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. Music is a central component of the show and the 'Kids Choice' CD is a natural and perfect extension. We are thrilled to release the 2nd annual Kids' Choice CD this year.

We'll wait until we hear for certain what their intentions are before we decide what the consequences will be. But I think it's safe to assume that, at a minimum, NHL clubs will no longer be willing to release players from contractual obligations to participate in the annual world championships.

Marcy Kaptur

In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form.

Make it a regular annual procedure to review and update your insurance. Also remember that insurance on mortgaged property probably only covers the lender with nothing left over for you.

Lower NAND prices would boost demand in a few months' time. We still see a 40 percent annual fall in NAND prices.

Lower annual pay and lower pay growth can flow through the economy, because it also means lower consumption, which effects businesses.

One highlight of the annual meeting is a just-for-fun hunting contest where we use our dogs to find, point and retrieve pen-raised and released quail, pheasants or chukar partridge. Though there is an element of competition in the contest, most participants are doing this for the joy of hunting with their dogs.

More important is, Is the employer contributing what the required annual contribution is?

On an annual basis, the women's championship is the top or highest-rated game we do.

On an annual basis, during our cycle of budget and resource allocation, we review all expenditures. The Imperial County is part of that.

Some might wonder, is the Internet search business booming enough to justify the lofty stock price--which includes a price-to-earnings ratio 175 percent greater than its peers and a total market value 20 times greater than its annual revenues.

Since 2001, annual increases have dropped from 4.72 to 3.64 percent. Barring any major economic changes, 2006 will mark the first year where salary increases are likely to climb.

Millions of American seniors will soon be eligible for significant savings on the annual cost of their medications.

Now that we've got the first one under our belts, we'll we be able to go back, plan and make the next one even better. This will be an annual event. What we want to do is keep local interest, and at the same time, continue to attract out-of-state visitors.

Obviously if this is that big of a hit, this may be an annual event for Atlanta, so we may have to up our eggs, too.

Many people like to make New Year's Eve an experience rather than marking it with a single event. The Mesa Symphony's annual New Year's Eve concert is always packed because it allows East Valley residents to start the celebration a little bit early.

Seven percent is not an unreasonable estimate for GDP growth. Retail sales were strong, especially with the revisions. Consumer spending possibly grew 12 percent at an annual rate. That's really charging right along.

Seven percent is not an unreasonable estimate for GDP growth, ... Retail sales were strong, especially with the revisions. Consumer spending possibly grew 12 percent at an annual rate. That's really charging right along.

Timothy Noah

Why does Medicare have such difficulty accommodating a cut - no, wait, a trim to its annual spending increase - of two measly percentage points? Two words: baby boom.

Mouser grew sales 30% in 2005 and over the past five years our compound annual growth rate was 22%. I believe the growth can be sustained.

If we do a good job of it, and we will I am sure, they will make this an annual event.

It creates a combined company with one million ounces of annual production, low operating costs and near-term growth that should be attractive to all investors in the gold sector.

Debi Mazar

On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon.

With 10,000 construction jobs created, 2,000 permanent jobs, $250 million in annual economic impact projected to the region and $1.6 billion in new tax revenue over the next 30 years, I'd say, 'Jets, welcome home!'

Charles Rangel

As we enter this annual season of threat in 2005, this Congress should take the lead in preparing our Caribbean neighbors for the events to come.

A core principle of No Child Left Behind is annual testing in grades three through eight -- so that we know how students are doing,