Famous Quotes & Sayings

Budapest is right in line with our international strategy, and we have won it at a fair price, reflecting the true value to BAA of the assets involved, rather than any wider strategic benefits.

Building assets is very, very challenging unless you have a good story to tell. There are a lot of funds out there with mediocre stories to tell.

Alan Greenspan

But, given our current state of knowledge, I find it difficult to envision central banks successfully targeting asset prices any time soon,

His track record is unimpeachable over a very long period, and his criticisms in terms of cost are valid, but you can't just dismiss a whole asset class.

Historic Westville is an important asset to this area, and Plum Creek is pleased to support its efforts to provide information about the environment and conservation to this community.

Larry Coker

He's a winner. He's a competitor. And again, it's just a tremendous asset we have on our football team. ... What's best for this football team is for Kirby Freeman to be a part of it.

Underperforming assets are not going to work in the marketplace. Spin-offs used to be desirable. Now it looks like companies want to give to the investing public divisions that they can't do anything with.

We make no use of Rock Creek right now as an asset for our tourism and economy in general.

We look forward to building Fun's businesses by combining its leadership in online skill games with Liberty's media assets and expertise in using video to build popular brands and services.

We made the Dynamic Reporting Suite a cost-effective tool for any district size in keeping with our mission to help all students learn. It will be an asset to any K-12 setting in which educators are interested in using technology to improve student outcomes.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.

I think the one thing people are missing is the one thing that is attracting Hilton: the hotel operations. They could be setting up a sale of core assets in the Sheraton brand,

I think that has been thrown into doubt by her failure to innovate in asset management.

I think you should pay attention to people's recommended asset allocation and you should put less emphasis on the targets.

I think the brokers, Schwab included, are really redefining themselves as asset gatherers, and as they look at where the growth is in the asset management sector, it's at the top of the food chain. This deal is a great value proposition for both shareholder groups.

I think that the moral of the story here is that the city needs to have better asset managers. Inevitably the city could be making more money with proper stewardship of its assets.

There are still an awful lot of assets that have been evaporated but not written down. People are looking for a quarter with bad news so they can write it all off at once. Asset quality is lower than it has ever been.

Kevin is an asset to our team who provides great work ethic and a positive attitude.

What is surprising is the language used by the RBI to focus on potential issues on the horizon, such as inflationary pressure, asset bubbles and credit risk.

Harold Washington

That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.

What we're trying to do is make sense of this rash of standards. We're constantly being audited from all sides. We do our best to set priorities. The message, though, is that ROI has nothing to do with perceived value of assets. It's about protecting assets and maintaining consumer confidence.

Don DeLillo

Time is a corporate asset now. It belongs to the free market system. The present is harder to find... The future becomes insistent.

JJ Abrams

That was an incredible challenge, ... Though the lack of development was one of the greatest assets for Lost - we didn't have time to second-guess what we were doing and sanitise it into a more middle-ground story. When it aired it ended up getting three times the audience they expected. It was mind-numbing - I just couldn't believe it.

I would not be surprised if a private equity group ended up buying Knight Ridder, and then took their time and sold off the assets to strategic buyers.

I would like him to play. Mike would be an asset to the team no doubt. He really came into his hitting last year and it would be nice to have him at the 3, 4, or 5 hole.

If the child is the direct beneficiary, then all of the IRA assets go to the child upon the mother's death and are subject to income tax.

Sherrod Brown

We must know which foreign countries own U.S. assets such as ports, and if any of those deals pose a threat to homeland security.

When you're talking about people whose assets are taxable, ... You're talking about just about every small business owner in this country.

We're seeking orders that will prevent any dissipation of assets or payouts to senior corporate officers past or present, and preventing any destruction of documents.

We're looking at selling public assets to fund something that the government should be doing.

Vagit Alekperov

We're constantly on the look-out for new projects and monitoring the market. We'd like to bolster our core assets, including exploration, refining, processing and retailing assets in the regions where we have a strong presence.

Mark E. Smith

We're concerned that we will get more, and we want to make sure that the assets are ready and available to take care of those people should they call.

Marc Faber

Credit expansion and money printing hasn't filtered much to ordinary people. It's boosted asset markets, real estate and stocks. So well-to-do-people have done very well.