Famous Quotes & Sayings

The market's trying to stabilize. We're seeing some strength in a few of the beaten-down sectors, including technology and basic materials.

The meeting was extremely disappointing. From my point of view, the Facilities Committee really handed (Crews) the framework for a successful referendum. We gave her the basic analysis. We gave her a planning tool to proceed with, and we gave her the support of the board. ... We spent about 400 hours building that report.

Brian Williams

At a very basic level, I would like to know who my competitors will be, and I'm girding for a healthy collegial competition,

As we understand it, the U.S. Navy's basic policy is to deploy nuclear-powered ships from now on, ... We feel that this (decision) cannot be helped.

As sales and profits continue to expand despite surging basic material prices, Japanese firms are willing to boost investment to deal with growing demand.

James Hayes

A basic rule for managers is 'Pass the pride down.' People like to create when they can earn recognition for their ideas. When a good idea surfaces, the creator's immediate superiors should show prompt appreciation.

It's just offensive and it's contrary to basic American identity and values.

It's just basic stuff to make sure the club is going in the right direction.

It seems like a very basic concept but we can't get any traction on it with the U.S. government.

It seems like a lot of money, but the school has a $12.6 billion endowment. Soap is just a basic necessity. All the other Ivies provide soap.

It's a slap on the wrist. For such a basic human right as privacy, the public should know the penalty for abuses.

A lot of it is working with basic fundamentals. We may have found some answers, but you never know until you try them under pressure.

A lot of the Bells' problems have to do with the erosion of the basic business.

The younger they are, the faster they pick up the basic techniques.

They handballed a lot, and teams that can handball a lot, obviously we're not chasing and tackling the way we should be, so the basic things we've got to get right - winning the ball, being a bit harder and putting on a lot of pressure.

They don't just want it to look good, they want it to sound good, too. Why have the boring PC 'beep' when even the basic sounds of the operating system can be an experience?

Dick Gephardt

This congress has spent most of the year debating tax cuts for the wealthiest that left no money for debt reduction, basic appropriations, or anything else,

This fund-raiser is a part of our basic funding operation. The level of service we can provide to students and families depends on this and other fund-raising efforts.

This Belgian sports minister has broken every ethical rule in the book by naming a player without any proof of wrongdoing, without any basic evidence.

This is an 18-year bull market that is expiring. The bull isn't but the phasing is. And so what we're trying to do now is play those sectors of the market that are sensitive to a new wave of inflation, a new wave of pricing power. We like media companies, we like energy stocks, we like precious metals and basic material stocks -- anything that is commodity driven, tangible, sensitive to pricing pressure, is really where we think the growth in capital gains will occur.

This is a flawed framework. It's built on a basic misunderstanding of the role of nature in meeting human needs such as water for drinking and food production.

This is a big, sweeping deal. It really is a basic framework for a huge restructuring.

David Brown

This is a basic signal that the euro zone downturn will travel a lot further. The events of Sept. 11 have delivered a huge blow to business confidence and sentiment,

This is a basic rewrite of the client file system, and a significant improvement,

Chris Lehane

This is a basic crisis communications principle: When you are dealing in a crisis situation, people want to look, see and feel that some type of leadership is being projected.

This had mythical proportions. A beautiful blond guy, his wife and this mysterious woman who gets under the husband's skin. It's basic storytelling.

Bo Ryan

They're still young men who want to be successful and be a part of something that is successful. So I always start with that as the basic premise, ... And then you show them to the best of your ability.

E. O. Wilson

It strikes me as either they were flushed from a previous hiding place, or else they were so confident that they really just gave up some basic security.

Roger Waters

It's not just a piece about the French Revolution, it's about revolution in a much broader sense, and it's about the capacity that human beings have for personal change. The piece is an exultation and an encouragement to those of us who believe the human race can discover its humanity and its capacity for empathy to the point where it may be possible for us at some point to guarantee the basic human rights of the individual (around the world).

It's not just about undocumented workers, it's about human beings and basic rights.

It's not over yet. But we believe we have a handle at least on the basic financial issues.

It's the whole basic way New Orleans runs. You meet people and they open up to you.

Jill McCorkle

It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want it. The more silence given to this or that topic, the more power.