Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is a financial acquisition primarily. Oracle is buying PeopleSoft for its maintenance stream.

This has been happening, this sort of erosion of our buying power, if you will, for decades.

It's usually driven by who's buying whom, personalities and their influence with the board.

Janet Reno

Forcing PC manufacturers to take one Microsoft product as a condition of buying a monopoly product like Windows 95 is not only a violation of the court order but it's plain wrong,

Forget the decline from the June pace. What is important is the level of activity, and that is extraordinarily high, ... This market is showing no sign of weakness. With mortgage rates so low, it is no wonder that people are still out there buying homes. And with demand strong, construction is not going to fail.

James Norton

For a long time I had a vintage stall, where I sold men's vintage clothing, and my girlfriend was convinced it was just to do with a problem I had where I just couldn't stop buying senseless clothes, even if they didn't fit me.

There was tremendous buying momentum at the close, especially in the last 20 minutes. The shorts jumped in, the institutions ... It was a technical buyback. But it still was a very encouraging day as far as I am concerned. People are feeling more confident about this market now.

It reflects that people mostly still have their jobs, still have their money and people are still buying houses.

Kate Warne

This is the time to be buying integrated oils.

They're really crossing their fingers, because the disposable income is so low. It's going to take a lot to trigger that emotional buying habit.

Michael Kors

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap.

Jeff Davis

There's cash on the sidelines and a lack of buying commitment as people wait until they can sort out the earnings coming in this week, ... People are waiting to hear if any new trends developed at the end of the quarter, and what they can extrapolate from that about the second and third quarters. In that kind of environment, it's easy to have a little selling.

Rachel Corrie

When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.

Steve Jobs

We're really buying into Bob's vision, not the other way around.

People are cashing in and buying homes here -- even without a job. The job market is so good here many people are confident that they are going to find a job pretty fast.

Our utility rate has not been changed in at least 10 years. In some cases we are selling electricity for less then we are buying it for.

Nick Earls

I'm happy to work until I'm 70 if I'm able to. Actually, I'm happy to keep writing as long as people keep buying my books.

Steve Lyons

We're not thinking we're going to take a lot of people up front who are buying Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords and Nissan Altimas and suddenly tomorrow they're going to go shopping at a Ford store.

We are putting our media planning and buying into review. It's part of our best-practice approach; we periodically review all of our agencies.

We're doing whatever we can to make revenue. Customers are appreciating them because they're buying them, and it's actually fun for us because we used to be a controlled service, but now we're branching out.

This would be a tax increase on low and middle-income Americans. They are the ones who are buying the shoes and clothing and toys coming from China.

We can't keep them in stock. People are buying them by the handful. They are so cute and cheap.

Raymond Burr

I once had a long relationship with a lady, and wherever I went in the world, if I saw something she would look great in, a gown or gloves or a ring, I always knew what color she liked most. I knew her size, what material she appreciated most, and I spent the whole time buying gifts for her. And I loved her very much.

Tropicana is a great grocery brand. Tropicana is already showing growth, so PepsiCo is buying a company with momentum.

With the dollar weakness, we may have seen a great buying opportunity develop in recent sessions.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?

I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.

Pamela Adlon

I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.

With every minute, I was buying time for the runners.

Jeffrey Zeldman

With consumers buying two smartphones for every desktop computer they purchase, the demands, challenges and opportunities of the mobile space are reshaping our assumptions about design and user behaviour.

Fiji is a hot, hot market, but you can't expect to come here to get rich quick. Most of the people interested in First Landing see buying a home in Fiji as an investment and a lifestyle move. But maybe a third see it as money.

Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers.

Rand Paul

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.