Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gianni Agnelli

I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.

The only reason we are talking about this (wheel tax) is to get a vote (for the EMS budget), and I have a real problem with that. The feeling I'm getting here tonight is that I'm buying (Williams') vote so that he'll get the Capital Improvement Plan in gear for 2005.

Nikki Reed

I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something.

That was his big thing. He did that several times. He was extremely generous. He was always buying things, just doing whatever he could. He used his own money. He liked helping the kids because he didn't have any kids of his own. He was very good to the girls.

That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at their mercy. Japan must have its own resources.

We have a negative outlook on the telecom-services sector, preferring smaller, rural providers and one in Canada that, in our view, have stable margins and are paying out dividends and buying back stock.

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.

We have those indicators that kids are buying into the magnet school concept and that parents are supporting the magnet school concept.

Tokyo - still - offers the most tightly integrated infrastructure, where smooth, technology-driven experiences take place when engaging in everyday actions, such as verifying personal identity, paying for goods, and buying tickets.

Michael W. Smith

You are, in effect, selling the first fund and buying the second fund. And when you sell that fund, you have a taxable transaction.

We have been witnessing how the currency move is boosting exporters' profits. Buying momentum is quite strong, stimulated by robust earnings.

With the Fed expected to raise rates one or two more times and the economy doing well, we cannot recommend buying Treasuries. We would place short positions.

With the economy doing very well, the risks of the Fed hiking rates are even higher. We have no interest in buying Treasuries. It is not the right time.

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.

Most kids are buying and selling off school grounds.

When the 10-year yield got to 4.4 percent Tuesday, I said this was probably a short-term buying opportunity and that we would see some correction.

We haven't seen the peso at low 52 levels for a long time, so those who are not so optimistic are now hunting for bargains. They are buying dollars at these levels.

We continue to feel that overall buying patterns in the mid-market space are resulting in customers purchasing larger-scale ERP solutions, with multiple products and longer deployment cycles. In the future, this will likely extend revenue recognition for similar types of deals.

July was surprisingly strong -- consumers are on a buying spree, ... Remember the old saying 'Shop till they drop'? Now it has become 'Shop till they shop some more.'

Just because a fund has 'dividend growth' or 'rising dividends' in the name doesn't mean it's strictly following a strategy of buying stocks that have increased their dividend. Study the strategy of each fund and understand the portfolio.

Manufacturers are getting so much better at making and designing cars. The competition between manufacturers is ferocious, so reliability is still a big factor in a buying decision.

We have not paid and we are not paying monthly payments to Karin Stanford. The allegation is $10,000. We do not pay her any monthly compensation, ... Number two, we are not buying her, nor have we paid for a house for Karin Stanford, and third of all, the $35,000 she received was severance pay.

The problem that Johnson & Johnson and any company even half the size of Johnson & Johnson faces is buying something that can impact their growth rate, and that's not an easy task.

Alex Sanchez

I was thinking about not buying things, but then I needed to buy stuff.

I was excited. It makes buying a Mac so much more flexible and attractive.

Terry Hall

I tested a couple other products, and as far as I can see, it is complicated enough that one buying a product over the Internet has no way of knowing what product you're going to get.

It fell on its face. Buying Be has taken them down the path to destruction.

I think our market will see the same as the U.S. did -- some buying in the morning and then coming off in the afternoon.

Mary Hobbs

I think she had over 100 pairs of shoes and she was always buying more.