Famous Quotes & Sayings

I said to him that we would rather lose the bid than enter into that type of arrangement.

Sure, it's hard. But it would be much worse if we didn't prepare, got the bid and we weren't ready. We'll focus, train hard and hope the cards fall our way.

Local fund investors bid up steel stocks, as they had a lot of idle money after unloading technology stocks.

Mark Johnson

It is difficult to take this bid seriously, given the number of broad-based and highly restrictive conditions which have been included.

The $20 bid was a little bit of a surprise. It reflects a high level of conviction in synergies and sends a pre-emptive signal to other bidders.

Cheryl Hines

My biggest fear is that no one will bid on my envelope, ... So have pity on me and bid on it.

Whoever likes Jordan is going to bid high.

Long and Foster said they had no clue that either of the parties that put bids in on the house were married, ... He submitted the contract in his own name, and when he went to see the house, he went with two other men.

Tony Blair

London's bid is important to me, the government and to our country and I would be immensely proud to help bring the games back to London for first time in 64 years,

I won't throw a shipper out if somebody else can pay me a nickel a mile more, because I don't want the shipper to throw me out when a carrier bids a nickel a mile less. But if I'm losing money on freight, I've either got to stop hauling it or get a price increase.

We ended up being the only group to bid on it in the end.

We intend to screen the bids for eligibility on the day following the submission of the bids and will select from the eligible bidders the winning bid on the second day after submission of the bids.

We intend to run the Olympics the way we did the bid -- on time and within budget.

We continue to be fully invested. Valuations remain reasonable. The number of bids shows investors that everybody has cash, everybody is rich.

Doug Sanders

We put a bid on it at the state tournament this past summer. The state will look to have 150 golfers each weekend.

For the last 12 years, this has not been sent out to bid -- it's been automatically given. There's been no accountability.

For them to bid more than they originally bid would have signaled to other potential acquisitions that they didn't have the financial discipline they've always been known for.

I felt we had a very strong bid for 2009.

I can bid on your item, and at the same time you can bid on your own item.

I certainly hope we prioritize to raise that up to match the new bid number,

I don't think the bid at 10 euros stands any chance of success.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more higher bids come in.

What you have to look at is what has been occurring in the foreign exchange markets. They (Bank of Japan) were rumored to be significant buyers on Friday and Monday, the (Treasury) market was bid up on Friday and Monday, so there's a very big risk that they've already put that money to work.

Going to the NCAA Tournament will help us in recruiting state kids. When they get recruited by big out of state schools I think this NCAA bid will help. We want to keep our talent and kids in state.

Paul Merson

I thought Forest's bid was quite close to his true value. The closer I get to the window closing, the more I start to panic.

We're on a tight timeline. We need to know what our costs will be if we're to bid on flying for Northwest or any other carrier.

Pete Carroll

We've got to make sure John David makes it back. I wouldn't count Mark out, he's done too well. Mark's gained more ground on him - he had a great spring. His bid to start has been enhanced by that.

It is positive to see that there is sufficient interest in the company... We expect a bid in about two months.

I thought the competition wen;played was pretty good. We're playing in the Central Region, which I thought was extremely competitive. But all at once, there is not a single at-large bid from the Central Region. We had the kids in the classroom to watch and we were so upbeat.n;But it was dead silence (when then;field was announced) and the silence said it all.

I think we could make a good bid alone.

It got nasty at times. In the end, it got made. I guess nobody wanted it to go to purse bid and have it be in somebody's backyard.

I think today's bid was a 'don't-come-near-me' bid.

it is likely that (Lucio Tan) will match the bid price.