Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've saved a considerable amount, and we're considerably below what was paid for the last station in this area. People seemed to be a little more cautious this time. I think there were more veteran bidders with a little more savvy.

Carol Vorderman

There is a school of thought that when you hit 40 you should have a perm and wear skirts two inches below the knee. Bugger that! I'm not offending anyone. What is wrong with being a bit lively?

There is a round of profit-taking since the net profit is a few percentage points below our forecast.

There is a possibility the companies that are below 80 pct and having to fill up the gap with Japanese imports may be a target for accusations.

There are no blood collection and donation stations below the county level,

The onset of 2005 bodes well for the housing industry. Long-term mortgage rates are currently below six percent.

I think the ethos for Gov. Romney is to use a whole variety of policies, of which tax policy is one, to try to raise the rate of growth. We've had a recovery from the financial crisis that would be well below what one might normally expect for a recovery from such a deep recession. And to counteract that we need better tax policy.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

I have a feeling that there is a gap in the food retail market - a niche below some of the current budget operators such as Aldi and Lidl.

The productivity numbers today (Thursday) and tomorrow's (Friday's) report do nothing to support a bullish market. I would be concerned if we saw the unemployment drop below 4 percent because that would show the economy is not slowing down.

We reached the point where we don't trust our model anymore. That's why we were below the consensus.

David Jackson

Yahoo didn't say anything about guidance in their release. But in the conference call, they said their guidance was way below the Street, and that's what caused their stock to drop.

We've shot below 300 the last few rounds. It's just a matter of finding the right guys.

We have had a great deal of Katrina issues. It was a big learning curve for us and people in the utility industry. The most important thing we need to do is ensure people have reliable electric, phone, gas and water services and keep the rates at or below national averages.

The fact is that since the passage of the Maryland electric industry restructuring law in 1999, BGE residential customers have benefited from a substantially lower rate structure ... well below the market rates paid in other parts of the country. BGE has no choice but to procure power at prevailing market rates. Every dollar deferred is a dollar that might not be invested in infrastructure for the utility.

John Muir

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below

Don Cheadle

Don't talk to me unless you speak American. It's all the things you don't say that's below the surface and how it can bubble up.

Crude below $60 is helping a little bit. There's some speculation that there's a potential build-up in crude inventories, so that might be a factor leading into the rally in the Nasdaq and S&P.

Thomas Jefferson

Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometric progression as they rise

Employment slipped for the third time since November, and is now back below October levels, ... Since weakness in services employment has dominated the soft employment trends in this cycle, this data will tend to deflate rising expectations of a decent payrolls number.

Jack Straw

Electricity generation still around 25 percent below war levels, and transmission undermined by looting and sabotage,

Ashok Kumar

Due to continued unexpected demand weakness, we now expect sequential unit growth in the mid-single digits, which is well below consensus expectations.

Early in 2004, I predicted that energy's share of the S&P 500's market capitalization would rise from just below 6% at that time to 15% before the end of the decade. In January, its market-cap share was up to 12.1%, while its share of earnings had risen to 9.1% from 6.0% in early 2004.

Even a decade after divorce, the median wealth stays below $10,000.

John Dryden

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

John Dryden

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Ethanol makes up only 10 percent of a gallon of gasoline. If gasoline prices are up 36 cents, then ethanol would only make up 3.6 cents of that. And 85 percent of users have long-term contracts that are significantly below the spot-market prices.

Dave Roberts

Even if it's below .500, and we get to the postseason, if we go out there and do something special, then I think people will forget about it, ... We've got nothing to lose. Whatever our record is, nobody expects much of us. As long as 25 guys in the clubhouse do, that's all that matters.

Brookings has had a real good streak in the last few years. They have a good program. Sioux Falls has been coming on lately. They worked their way into fourth in the league standings in the last month and a half. They were seeded below us for most of the season.

Even other adulterers considered him several levels below despicable. How could a man sink that low?

Even though it snowed quite a bit, it was a relatively warm winter down low, so the snow line goes from a lot of snow to no snow very quickly. So, some of our low-elevation sites are below average.

Below the headline data there are some positive features that should not be overlooked.

Below the 7,000-point mark, the market is at an extremely undervalued level. That's what many investors recognized (this morning).

Greg Biffle

Below me, it's looking grim, ... For four guys in front of you to have a problem is pretty unlikely. For one or two guys, it can happen. Three, yeah, but to have four (or more) guys in front of you have a problem . . . that's a long shot.