Famous Quotes & Sayings

Virginia Postrel

As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in use, when times get tight, they put off new purchases. What seem like small cutbacks to the end buyer translate into big swings for the producer.

Phil Boyer

The pilots of tomorrow are the plane buyers of tomorrow.

We have a lot of work to do to convince Japanese buyers to come back to us.

We can't hit every piece of property right on the nose. It's mass appraisal. If you had the same home with three different buyers and three different sellers, you could conceivably come up with three different prices.

We have the same number of buyers as last year.

Typically, 'good-faith negotiations' do not portray the buyer holding a gun to the seller's head. These negotiations have been tinged with bad-faith since April, when the City told property owners they had to be out of their homes by New Year's Eve. Mr. Green can pretend he's dealing in good faith, but he's really playing with a corked bat.

Tokyo shares followed the Nasdaq today. Also, trading was supported by those buyers who came back to the market now that Y2K-related concerns seem to have cleared.

Pierre Omidyar

What makes eBay successful - the real value and the real power at eBay - is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace.

Most of the buyers of luxury homes in Humboldt County are local.

Most investors were expecting a correction this morning after sharp gains in the past few days but when they saw that there wasn't much selling pressure, buyers came back and pushed up the market.

You can have no assumptions. The buyer profile was very general in details.

Wisconsin Energy would prefer to have the buyer take on that project.

Bill Porter

While you can sell a hot car designed for younger buyers to an old guy, you can't sell a stodgy old car to a young guy.

Most of these deals work because of cheap money. Money is getting more expensive. The potential buyers will be more cautious. They are reworking their numbers to see if they can get a return.

We are in the midst of a technology correction. I will be a buyer when I get a clear signal that the correction is over.

J. C. Watts

I think people knew that luxury buyers wanted something with more room and they wouldn't be happy with a minivan,

Robert Barry

We doubt a buyer gets in front of risk that a strike cripples GM North America. UAW negotiations tend to go down to the wire -- now March 31 -- so a GMAC sale is harder to envision before sometime in the second quarter.

Which is why they're in the large venues like the Ryerson and the Elgin. The press screenings are actually happening after their world premiere so the key press, the key buyers are in those public screenings and that is important.

Without a doubt, any post-election coordination between Rep. Buyer and the Pentagon over private voter contact information is completely inappropriate,

We'll get more buyers with yields around these levels. People won't want to call the end to the Fed rate cycle too quickly though, so I doubt we'll get a big rally.

We're not seeing a lot of conviction, either by buyers or sellers, so far this week.

New-car buyers can consider hybrids because they reduce pollution and save the environment, but they shouldn't expect to save money in the short-term. Our poll data uncovered false expectations. Forty-four percent said a hybrid would cost less than a conventional car to drive and maintain.

But as the economic news continues to improve ever so slightly, we're seeing buyers come out in force -- we would not be surprised to see that continue through year-end into early next year.

I have always said, however, that I would consider selling the team if a serious potential buyer could meet certain key conditions.

What you are talking about is called 'marginal utility to the consumer.' That's what companies invest to try to find: The new feature that a buyer is willing to pay new money for.

What we found is, the faster the site works, the shorter the path, the more people purchase. When Travelocity first went live, it took the online buyer a total of 13 screens to make a booking. Now, that's been reduced to just three.

Historically, every year that companies were net buyers of shares, as far back as we have data, the market has gone up. This year the market has gone up much less than it should have.

I suspect that there is a significant buyer out there, probably a central bank.

I think it has to be looked upon as a play to get new buyers in the franchise.

I think it's more a result of a fear of buyers being left behind.

Kate Warne

I think it's just carry over from yesterday. People are still very nervous about what's happening in the technology sector with earnings warnings. There's clearly some buyers stepping in today.

We've given our word that we will respond to every warranty. We recognize our obligation to the buyers to complete the work. We want happy buyers.

I always tell my buyers to visit a neighborhood at all times, day or night.