Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Romero

Obviously, we don't have the bucks for big stars, so I'll be saved from having to worry about that. There are a couple of people I'd love to get, Asia Argento being first and foremost. If I could get a couple people like that, I'd be thrilled.

I think the retail sector is a great sector to buy because they don't have any of these Asian flu syndrome. I mean, all the things that are happening in Asia right now are positive to retailers because a lot of these retailers -- their cost will go down and they'll be able to bring goods into the United States at a lower...cost basis.

Li Zhaoxing

Japan's leaders should stop doing things that hurt the feelings of the people of China and numerous Asian countries,

Japan is still at a very nascent stage of recovery from the long market slump and that recovery will continue into 2006. A market gain in Japan may also have some positive ripple effects on neighboring Asian markets.

Japan has viewed Southeast Asia from a Western perspective and people have thought they understood the region only by visiting major cities, but he presented a different viewpoint.

Tadashi Yanai

Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.

Japanese produced goods will become less competitive on the global market place as the yen appreciates and that's going to slow the recovery process, not only in Japan, but Asia as a whole.

Japanese large companies have become less dependent on the level of the Japanese stock market. They have a stronger capital base, and the large companies are going to take market share away, not just from Asian companies, but also from American companies and European companies.

Japanese food has been going up like a rocket, while Chinese, which was overwhelmingly the most prominent Asian cuisine in the States in 1990, has stalled in the past 15 years.

Matt Johnson

I saw like a crowd gathered around and then like I could see like a white kid in the middle (be)cause he was kind of tall and I guess it was a whole bunch of Asian dudes who were getting ready to fight him. And maybe there were some other white kids, I'm not quite sure. But I just saw him get hit.

David Mitchell

People like to say that East Asians in general, and Japanese in particular, are not very expressive: there's that term 'inscrutable.' But often, Europeans just don't get the Asian codes. Believe me, the message is being expressed OK.

Some of the Asian currencies are following the yen. As the yen goes stronger, then there's some trade influences on those economies.

My outing at Asian Tour Qualifying School spurred me on to success today and I am very happy to have carried my momentum right through to the final day.

Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very nice, yuppie husbands with children in ads, or they're IT geeks.

It is extremely easy to go back, haul the boat out of the water and ship it back to the factory if we need to, which is something that wasn't around in Asia before this.

Hugh Johnson

It is encouraging that the market has been able to hold together. The overall message is that the events in Southeast Asia will in time have an impact on the U.S. economy, but not a major impact in 1998. And that is really good news.

Rob Portman

Malaysia has been at the forefront of the economic dynamism transforming Asia in recent years. This FTA would be the third we are negotiating in the economically vibrant and strategically important Southeast Asia region.

I think this shows the economy is not going to be going as fast as it was last year. The Asian crisis may be having a dampening effect.

The Asia Pacific market is not any better, but business in the U.S. and Europe has really bounced back,

The Asian situation has been a real driver and should continue into 1999, as companies scale back their growth plans,

The Asian rhino will only be saved from extinction if we can reduce the pervasive ongoing demand for traditional Asian medicine and restore its shrinking and fragmented habitat.

Henry Kravis

The Asian markets will have pivotal global significance in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies.

Henry Kravis

The Asian markets will have a pivotal global influence in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies, ... As the role of private equity in Asia grows and is further defined, KKR will carefully assess the landscape and determine the most appropriate ways to be a leading participant in that process.

The Asian immigrant population in the US is actually the fastest growing segment in part because it is smaller to start with than the Hispanic population but nevertheless it is definitely growing very fast.

The Asian Championships is part of our buildup for the Southeast Asian Games here.

Sharad Pawar

The Asia Cup will be played in September 2007.

Sharad Pawar

The Asia Cup, which was to be held next month in Pakistan was postponed and it has now been decided that it will be staged in Pakistan in September 2007.

The Asia Cup is the best platform for regional teams to do well and get tuned up for bigger events like the World Cup.

Sharad Pawar

The Asia Cup has been postponed till 2007 september.

That was the type of reaction that we were looking for from the Asia crisis...to have weakness in stocks at the same time you'd have strength in bonds.

Jim Clark

That strain in Asia has caused high mortality in those birds; the birds that tested positive in Quebec and Manitoba are all healthy,

Apolo Ohno

I was really bothered by it. I grew up around many Asian cultures, Korean one of them. A lot of my best friends were Korean growing up. I just didn't understand. Later on I realized that was built up by certain people and that was directed at me, negative energy from other things, not even resulting around the sport, but around politics, using me to stand on the pedestal as the anti-American sentiment.

Adam Scott

I was playing well but didn't really score as well as I could have. That was frustrating and that's why I decided to go home to relax and just get my head back into the game and have a really good end of the year. It's a good field here. Obviously Lee, Nick and Craig are here and the good Asian players are here as well.