Famous Quotes & Sayings

Every time you drop the price by a factor of two, you roughly get a 10 times pickup of the number of people who will seriously consider buying it.

Studios were always out of reach for everyday people; people who a few years ago didn't know anything about recording are buying studio equipment.

No analyst, investment banker, consultant or even a fortune teller will be able to tell you when prices have hit bottom. You can start buying now, so as not to miss the opportunity...

James Brooks

The back months in live cattle and all the feeder contracts are showing some strength. Short-term fund buying and lower grain futures boosted the feeders.

Irwin Shaw

That, I think, is when things really took off, ... More and more people were buying the passes.

Consumer spending is going to be more restrained than it had been early last year. They will be buying things they need. They will not buy on impulse and will not buy frivolously. They will buy what they need and look for bargains.

Consumers in October continued on a buying spree, propelled by a very robust economy, ... Many came through with better figures than last year, even though last year the numbers were also very good.

Consumers have turned cautious. They have stopped buying things frivolously. Consumers do spend money today, but they will buy only what they need, will insist on good quality and fashion. But they will buy cautiously, and not buy extravagantly.

Consumers have more buying power due to the continued fall in unemployment, as well as higher wages.

Consumers continue to expand their online buying into new product categories as they become more comfortable shopping online, ... This mainstreaming of the Web into consumers' lives not only fuels online sales, but also creates new opportunities for retailers to successfully grow their online businesses.

Consumers are moving up the ladder and buying more sophisticated phones. Demand is still strong,

The news on U.S. Steel has prompted some buying of steelmakers. You cannot completely rule out the possibility of takeovers of Japanese companies.

The new project shows that investing in your own plant is more suitable than buying an established local brewery.

The odds of finding a world-class deposit are such that you would be better off buying a lottery ticket,

The numbers were nothing too special, it wasn't the most optimistic reading, ... We're just seeing a lot of resilience today. Some people are coming back in and buying on the new quarter.

Even Warren Buffett is buying gold because he sees the dollar as weak.

Craig Johnson

That's probably where some of those stores are buying them. It's flooding the market with really inexpensive, poor-quality stuff.

It's a 'holier-than-thou' approach. It says everyone else has to do this, but I'm better, I'm smarter, so I don't have to.' I'm not buying that.

It's all a charade. Norris is a superb salesman, but I'm not buying what he's selling.

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

Niall Ferguson

It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all.

It's not so much profiteering as panic buying out of fear there will be shortages later on.

It's not that people are not buying cell phones.

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,

Foreign investors are buying Japan with confidence. With economic recovery in sight, the investment environment is quite good.

Foreign buying has continued to be strong at the top end of the market.

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.

For anything less than five years, you shouldn't be buying common stocks. You want a return of your capital as well as a return on your capital.

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.

The fashion industry was just merciless to her because she wasn't buying a new, up-to-date gown.

The CD was supposed to be gone by now. But I suspect people are going to be buying CDs for a while yet.

Ben Howland

I'm not buying it. I grew up in Southern California. I'm not buying into (the notion) that has to be the image of L.A.

I'm not buying as much food as I used to. I am trying to clean out my cupboards more than I ever used to.