Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Gates

Demands that Microsoft completely hide its Windows user interface and its Internet technology from PC users, and that we ship Netscape's competing software in every copy of Windows, all appear to benefit a single competitor at the expense of consumers,

Demand for gas is outstripping expectations and the question is how storage will fare as it appears we will be drawing on it much earlier than normal.

Demand appears to be tracking better than we had anticipated.

Deflation appears to have ended, but inflation is still very low. The Bank of Japan is better placed to decide what the appropriate timing of interest rate increases should be. Our recommendation would be to err a little on the side of caution.

Compass' statement should be a relief to the market as trading appears to be in line with expectations.

Companies are getting letters informing them of what allegations are likely to be made and what evidence is going to appear in the October report. They are being given an opportunity to respond to it.

Companies appear to have turned cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices, which could hit corporate profitability. Oil prices have been stable recently, but are still generally at high levels.

Companies appeared to be cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices which could hit corporate profitability.

Despite the pop in core PPI inflation in July, there appears to be little pressure lurking on the horizon in the near term. The pipeline measures remain subdued and vehicle pricing appears to have distorted the figures.

Despite the lower value ratings Cisco received in our survey this year, the truth is that organizations are reluctant to change vendors, and if they do, there has to be a very compelling case for doing so, ... Unlike in the router market, there doesn't appear to be a shake-up going on in the switch market. Vendors that make an organization's short list are likely already installed in that network.

Despite their cuddly appearance, rabbits are fragile creatures who require special care. Too often people buy a rabbit thinking you can put them in a cage and they'll be a great pet, which is completely wrong. Baby bunnies require significant time socializing with people every day outside their cage in order to bond with and enjoy being handled by people.

Despite the fact that December fell off a cliff and January appears weak as well, the company is more than holding its own.

Despite the brief moderation in consumer attitudes, consumers appear to be spending heavily still, urged on by widespread hiring and income growth.

Despite repeated warnings from the commission and numerous consumer complaints, the company appears to have made no effort to mend its ways,

Bill Evans

Despite low unemployment, wage growth remains contained. With job gains slowing, the risks from wage inflation appear to be receding. Interest rates will remain on hold in 2006.

Despite the weakness of the past two months, the general underlying trend for the economy is still higher. The data still point to strength in the manufacturing sector, and upcoming orders appear strong.

Any errors appear to have been made in an effort to do good things.

Annie Potts

Animation is very singular. Like, even the 'Toy Story' movies. People will go, 'Oh, gosh, you're so lucky, getting to play opposite Tom Hanks!' And it's, like, 'It may have appeared to be that, but we were never in the room together.'

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: / And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

An old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as a young man who is unable to embrace it.

Jack Straw

appear to have been targeted at heavily populated areas to produce maximum carnage.

Appears to be a good quarter overall, driven by strong top-line growth and continued improvement in gross margins.

appeared in better spirits today than I have seen them before.

Mary Ellen Mark

I've always been fascinated by twins. In my forty years of photographing, whenever there was an opportunity, I would take a picture of twins. I found the notion that two people could appear to look exactly alike very compelling.

Hoda Kotb

I wake up at 4:15 A.M., get some coffee, turn on the news, see what's happening, go clickety-clack on the web to see what I missed overnight. Then I go to the gym, around 5:15, and I do what appears to be a very light workout, but who cares. I'm socializing with other nice people at the gym. Then I go into work, and I'm really awake.

Richard Riordan

Thank God it took place in a remote area where there appears to be no tremendous damage or personal injuries,

Thanks to the governor and many others working late into the night locating existing space in shelters and FEMA flying evacuees out, it appears we were able to locate shelters for the evacuees destined for tents at Camp Minden, ... Humane considerations, 102 degree temperatures and a possibility of 30 rain over northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana all drove efforts to find other sites.

Richard McCabe

Technology stocks could possibly come down more. I think they still appear to be vulnerable, including some of the Internet top stocks, including some of the stocks in the software field.

Josh Radnor

Sometimes I watch the broad comedies coming out of Hollywood and I think, 'You know, sex is a big part of people's lives, but is that really the only thing men are ever concerned about?' People are more complicated than they appear in film or television.

Sometimes people don't know these workers exist. They don't really look at how that hamburger appeared on their plate. It comes from agricultural work that these undocumented immigrants do, to washing the dishes, to preparing the food.

Sometimes it appears that males believe that their responsibility is to be the provider of sperms and to impregnate women and then turn their backs on them.

Anil Ambani

Sadness... reflecting on the proud legacy of trust and fair play on which Reliance Industries was founded by my visionary father Dhirubhai Ambani, and how far RIL appeared to have moved away from those original values.