Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think $26 became less attractive given the extra risks. They're running their negotiations as well as they seem to be operating their stores, which is pretty darn poorly.

Richard Burton

I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's rather an attractive image.

High Point is the premier market brand in the furniture industry, and that was attractive to me. It has a phenomenal platform and foundation, which lends itself to tremendous opportunities.

By virtue of the fact that we're continuing to meet with them and talk with them is one indicator ... that there are some things that are looking attractive to us as opportunities.

Donald Brown

Chances are, what you would enjoy would be attractive to people like you.

By any standards, this is an attractive market.

Buying the dollar versus yen is a pretty attractive yield play. It's the same mantra from last year: interest-rate differentials rule.

But you're buying companies that have attractive track records and reasonable valuations,

Kenneth Fisher

Generally, variations in earnings aren't nearly as impactful on glamour growth stocks as are changes in image and, well, sexiness. I often think of glamour stocks as though they are attractive women dressing to the nines.

I know he wants to and I'm sure he will look impressive on TV. He's going to go all out to look good, so he's more attractive to TV.

I hope businesses will consider investing and locating enterprises in the rebuilding zone, ... There may be no better place in the country in which to invest and do business today than New Orleans. It may be the most attractive and high-potential investment opportunity anywhere.

The Microsoft platform is very competitive with RIM devices, and is attractive as a lower cost alternative.

There are some that like the very dark worship experience, and that's what this was, and we certainly respect that. But certainly this is the more attractive look for the building, from all accounts.

The most prudent position for any investor right now, ... would be to be buying on the dips, particularly those attractive technology stocks that are selling at something of a discount.

Studying attractiveness has a long history. Since the 1970s, psychologists have shown that attractive people get better jobs. Attractive people are preferentially hired and promoted.

Peter Diamandis

We went through a lengthy selection process ... narrowing it down to Florida and New Mexico. Both states provided us their best and final bid and they both offered very attractive opportunities.

We live in a crazily youth-orientated world nowadays. It's a trickle-down thing. We see pictures of lithe, attractive celebrity couples such as Brad and Angelina or the Beckhams cavorting around, covered in tattoos, stomachs as flat as the singing in early 'X Factor' rounds.

Bonds sold off too much. Yields, especially on five- and 10-year bonds, came to a level attractive enough to lure some buyers.

This allows builders to offer more attractive home packages.

This is a generation of consumers raised in the Internet era, where content is perceived as being free. Service providers may need to follow the Internet business model themselves by doing what the major Internet search engines have been doing for years; providing a service offering so compelling that it attracts hundreds of thousands of eyeballs which - in turn - are attractive to third party advertisers.

This is a fairly attractive time to invest.

This is actually a fairly attractive multiple, ... Many seem to be trapped in a time machine, namely that we're dealing with a bubble here. But I don't think that's the case.

Michael Thomas

With everyone chasing yield, if that inversion does grow to 10 or 20 basis points, people will have to reconsider whether they should be investing in the long end or back at the short end, where they can get a higher rate. With the Fed putting rates up at the short end, that's going to be attractive to people with a short-term investment horizon.

With the carriers now moving to 2.5G and 3G, products such as streaming radio, on-demand music and on-demand radio streaming will become more attractive to users,

Charles Stross

Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That's attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect.

Qwest is definitely the orphan Bell. I really don't see Qwest as an attractive acquisition target for several years.

Pyramid is interested in the development of an attractive and publicly safe commercial corridor on Route 3.

Putting a lot of money and time in preparedness efforts where you may never see what you hope will never happen is not a politically attractive thing to do. The payoff is too far in advance.

Prices here are still attractive compared to those in surrounding counties. As long as that's the case, I think you'll see an influx of people moving into the area.

Primarily what you're trying to do when you build a compensation package is not that different in some ways from the recruiting process - you want to come up with as attractive an offer as possible to be as competitive as possible.

It's films like 'Sideways' and 'Super Size Me' that make folks realize that low-budget films are attractive because you can spend less to reach profitability.

Brad Martin

It's a strong location in business-friendly Santa Clara and an attractive office product for tenants.

It's a renewable resource, unlike oil, which makes it attractive to a lot of people.