Famous Quotes & Sayings

Increasing pressure from the Finance Ministry and the auction result for 30-year debt fueled the market recovery. Yields were approaching an attractive level to buy for investors.

In a way, pretty faces are rewarding. They make us more likely to think good thoughts. There are some underlying processes going on in the brain that prejudice us to respond to attractive people better even if we are not aware of it.

I know that the rats didn't spring into existence in our garden. Unfortunately we gave them a food supply and habitat that was attractive and overlooked the fact that they were there and multiplying,

If you can get a fat dividend yield, too, I think it's an attractive place to put money for the long term.

If the U.S. is willing to offer sufficiently attractive inducements ... I don't think that North Korea will hold up future progress in order to get a commitment for a reactor right away.

If you have a larger deal, you can tap both (high-yield and leveraged loan) markets at attractive levels.

Larry Davis

I'm looking forward to working with one of the best young coaches in the country. He made me a very attractive offer. He values what I bring to the table and wants to build a national championship program. In that conference, you have a chance to do that.

If MCI can take its brand, which is still substantial, and gain more customers, it would be more attractive to a larger telecom.

In 1998 we sacrificed short-term growth, but we built the foundation for an exciting and financially attractive long-term business.

It's a much more attractive market than the U.S. -- the growth of Internet commerce is less mature and Europeans love to travel. They have more vacation time.

It's an attractive segment of the market. They tend to stay longer and spend more. And currently, the exchange rates are in their favor so it's a real bargain.

It's an attractive place to be. But it takes a lot of effort to go after a small market.

It's an attractive market, which is why there are so many people fighting for market share over there. The Washington Post is never going to get down to the chicken-dinner coverage of these communities, and some of these community newspapers come close to that.

It was a technical rebound, but the upside was limited as the market was still building momentum. Buying interest was still on Chinese stocks, as they looked more attractive with their earnings stories.

It's a good, solid core fund and has a good, long track record, so all of that provides an extra measure of comfort, and it's reasonably priced. Given the pleasing results there, we wouldn't be surprised if the newer offerings are attractive as well.

It's a pretty attractive property. Four billion dollar consumer businesses don't go on the market every day.

It shows we've developed, made ourselves competitive and we're attractive compared to where we were in 2001 when nobody would want to talk to us.

It's hard to find shares of exporters to be attractive when the situation in the U.S. seems pessimistic.

It's service on demand! Living somewhere where everything can be taken care of for you is very attractive for the long term. When you put these hotel services as an overlay onto the condominium product, you can get some fantastic premiums over the traditional condominium product.

It's the confluence of exposure and the name being unusual, attractive and a bit different.

It looks a very attractive offer to accept. It's a full and fair price.

It makes sense to sell 30-year bonds now. This is an attractive opportunity to extend maturities.

E. O. Wilson

In the last few years the focus has been creating a style of ring that would be attractive to professional women. We wanted the rings to be different from what their mothers used to wear.

Robert Crumb

In the fall of 1968, I became attractive to women. One day I was an ignored schlub in the street, then suddenly all these good-looking women were interested in me.

In our opinion, it's not time to become a holder yet, but certainly the shares are more attractive in the mid-$US300s than the mid-$US400's.

Innovene has proved to be a very attractive business to its peers in the chemicals sector,

I needed to make the buyer happy: I needed to provide a price point and sort of a model that was attractive to them. But I also needed to make the contributor happy.

Investors are also buying shares in firms with attractive dividend yields ... such as steel makers and gas and electric power companies.

In the near term, we believe Juniper is in the early stages of a transition from a secular to a cyclical growth company, which keeps our rating equal-weight despite an attractive valuation relative to historical multiples. Over the next several years, we think Juniper is well positioned for a spending cycle driven by bandwidth demand, security, and the convergence of services onto IP networks.

Carlos Ghosn

In the car industry, superior design is critical. Product design defines the first impression the customer has about our products. With one look the customer makes their decision about their appeal. Of course, an attractive design is not enough to make a product a success, but it is necessary.

If you make it difficult for foreign students to come here or work here, you will have a dramatic influence on education in the United States and the quality of industry. The U.S. is becoming less attractive for graduate students.

If you were out in the middle of Nebraska, without the sixth-largest shopping center in the country at your doorstep, you would be an incredibly attractive retail market to any tenant in the country.

In my view, until the U.S. tax policy is revised, not just tax extenders but the reform of tax policy, it makes it very attractive for us to invest on acquisition overseas.