Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Kettering

I bought him an attractive bird cage made in Switzerland,

Casual dining chains are more attractive than fast food companies. You don't find the lines at McDonald's that you do at places like Olive Garden and Red Lobster on a Friday night. There is room for more restaurants in casual dining.

Mary Harron

Certainly, I've always been attracted to that. Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places. The hidden histories,

Carole brings a wealth of experience to this critical position. She will play a key role as we further differentiate the Staples easy brand, consistently affirming that Staples helps make work life easier. Her leadership and creativity will help build even stronger connections with our loyal customers while attracting new customers to Staples as their office products company of choice.

CB Richard Ellis has a national presence and will be able to reach out to their vast network of offices to help us reach our goal of attracting jobs to New Mexico.

But we need to get something back in there that can serve not only the residents but also attract people around the city.

Businesses would rather go to a state where the employees have the right to join a union or not to join a union. In that sense, then, it's sort of a zero-sum game - where they are competing with and attracting business from other states.

But for that, prices must fall lower to become attractive for the funds.

But at the very least, with Yucaipa's critical support, we should be seen as an attractive partner.

Based on the current level of bond yields and earnings fair value around 5 600 points, the dividend yield remains attractive compared to alternative investments.

Basically time is running out. They have a whole series of deadlines coming up in September. The problem is would US Airways be able to attract financing to emerge from bankruptcy again, even with a new round of labor concessions?

Because of the development cycles, it has become less and less attractive for enterprise customers to buy a contract where you are effectively pre-paying for the next version.

Wen Jiabao

China, with a more open market and a favorable investment environment, will attract more foreign companies to do business here.

Jiang Zemin

China will continue to improve its investment climate and attract foreign capital,

Online retailers were very successful in attracting early holiday shoppers by offering incentives such as free shipping and discounts. However low prices may end up hurting Web merchants' profit margins in the long run.

Janet Jackson

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

Robert Fogel

My education in the public schools of New York City between 1932 and 1944 was an excellent preparation for a life in science. Because of the Depression, these schools were able to attract a remarkably talented and dedicated collection of teachers who encouraged their students to strive for the highest levels of accomplishment.

Museums have these great collections and the reality is they attract a regional audience not a national audience.

More than nine years into our longest economic expansion on record, more employers are now using health insurance coverage to attract and keep workers, and are absorbing rising costs rather than passing them on to their employees. But this may change if the economy cools down, and the bigger challenge that still remains is how to help the 44 million Americans who are uninsured despite the robust economy.

Money is starting to shift to insurers. They are attracting buyers who are betting on the inflated value of their assets.

Money is starting to shift to insurers, ... They are attracting buyers who are betting on the inflated value of their assets.

Jerry Butler

Mosquitoes use odor to sort attractive people from the unattractive people to find those that are most tasty.

Michael Thomas

My gut instinct is that the Australian dollar will wobble a bit lower from here. The interest rate differential is slowly being eroded. The Australian dollar is now less attractive to overseas investors.

Peter Diamandis

My goal is to create an event that will be the Oshkosh or Grand Prix of space an event that will attract space fans and families from around the world who want to come and see these rocket-powered ships fly, and meet the entrepreneurs building them,

(My hope is) for it to be a first-class facility that will serve the citizens of Orangeburg and Orangeburg County while also being a facility that will attract teams from all over the Southeast to play on our fields, use our hotels and eat at our restaurants. (It) is going to be a definite economic benefit to the community.

Peter Diamandis

Now we must keep the competition going, and help push the envelope faster, higher, and cheaper, to build the safe spaceships that will carry all of us to space. To this end, we have partnered with the state of New Mexico to create the X Prize Cup, to attract tens of thousands of people each year to New Mexico to see the spaceships of tomorrow take racing to new heights,

Now that the film has made money, that makes you a more attractive business proposition in Hollywood.

Now that the Big Dig project is winding down, the T has to work hard to attract customers that may go back to driving.

Now that you have some third-quarter earnings coming out that might be pretty good with great visibility, you might see a little bit of move back toward the large caps. With Motorola being an indicator, you're going to get predictable, solid earnings out of the large caps and that might attract some money in here.

Now you have momentum players and volatility players being attracted into the market.

James Gray

needed to do something dramatic that would attract media attention.

Neither bride nor groom is particularly young, attractive or reeking of potential.

John Burns

News conferences that two years ago would have attracted 60, 80 or 100 Western journalists now get 10, 15 or less.