Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Rosenberg

When rates back up, growth slows ... quickly. Fully three-quarters of the time in the past five years when we endured a bond yield spasm like we have seen since mid-January, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth slowed the following quarter and by an average of one percentage point.

David Rosenberg

When rates back up, growth slows . . . quickly. Fully three-quarters of the time in the past five years when we endured a bond yield spasm like we have seen since mid-January, GDP (gross domestic product) growth slowed the following quarter and by an average of one percentage point.

With a fall in the yearly rise in average hourly earnings, both investors and policy-makers can avoid pushing the panic button for a little while longer. In other words, while a (May interest rate hike) remains all but assured, this report did little to nail further tightening beyond this stage.

Queen Rania of Jordan

The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we share, the fact that we all value the family unit, our work ethic.

David Whyte

It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life.

David Ogilvy

On the average, five times as many people read the headlines as read the body copy.

John McCarthy

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

Barack Obama

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

Dean Jones

We sell an average of one-to two a month normally, but now, since the demand, we get as many as 20-calls a day.

We've been launching an average of just over 15 large commercial satellites annually during the past three years, and we expect this level to remain about the same in 2006.

We've been a good shooting team all season. We've averaged right around 50 percent. But they really made it hard for us to get anything inside today, and we just couldn't make anything from outside.

We had a tremendous season because our players understand that basketball isn't just about one player. We have five or six guys that average between eight and 12 points each night. I'm proud to say that we don't have a player that's in the top 70 for WPIAL scoring.

We average...our average speed is probably between eight-to-ten-miles-per-hour.

We averaged one or two fish on each trip this past week, and we fished Columbia Beach and Possession Bar. Some bait finally showed off Possession.

We averaged 60 points per game this season and that was all due to getting turnovers. Our full-court press didn't hurt them at all, today. They were poised.

We averaged 19.35 tons per acre, which is about average.

We average about three a week for existing homes. Three years ago we did four all winter.

We average about $20 month from the stamp club.

We average about 125 to 150 people each show. About 70 percent of those are teens.

We average 3,500 pounds of trash per boat on a single outing. Prior to Hurricane Wilma, we pulled in 4,000 pounds of debris onto a single boat.

We average 200 dogs per weekend. Weekdays are slower.

Tommy Tuberville

We average 15-20 more plays than the NFL. We have to examine scenarios that make it better for the players and reducing the number of plays is one of them.

We believe our competitors have shown irrational exuberance with Christmas forecasts, ... We believe the average consumer is worried about higher gasoline prices, jobs and doesn't believe he will benefit from the stock market. With this climate, if you're just a 'me-too' retailer, you'll be in a world of hurt. The department stores will suffer but the discounters Wal-Mart and Target will do well.

Billy Graham

A coach will impact more people in one year than the average person will in an entire lifetime.

Eric Schmidt

To the average fan, we probably look like the underdog. They're undefeated. And most people feel that, from top to bottom, the south half of our section in tougher than the north half.

To the average fan in the stands, you see 49-0 and think we did everything right,

With CEOs receiving an average $15 million to start, and $16.5 million to finish, ... they hardly need to make any money in between.

Robert Kiyosaki

A financial crisis is a great time for professional investors and a horrible time for average ones.

Barry Eisler

The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American.

Georgette Mosbacher

I grew up in a one-parent family. I worked my way through college, I had very average grades and I was very average looking, but I've lived a remarkable life only because I believed I could.

Gene Weingarten

While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.

Edward Norton

I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of a conversation at one point or another. I think that the mental trick of holding two sides of a conversation in your head is actually something that we all do.

Gary Hamel

In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods of incremental fiddling punctuated by occasional bouts of frantic, crisis-driven change.