Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Williams

People are very value-conscious, ... buying close to the need.

People complain about gas prices, but they don't change their buying habits. We've been saying that gas prices have to hit $3 a gallon and stay there for six months to see a change in behavior.

People come to tech for that extra-special sizzle, not for the steak. By buying into Cisco they're buying into a market that's more moderate.

People buying generators sounds more like a smart insurance plan to protect some of their assets, rather than a sign they're living in fear. It may dampen people's outlook a little bit, but not in a way that would translate into weaker spending.

Normally, this is an event for people to gather information and start thinking about buying ticket packages, but we're selling the heck out of them. I think this shows how much excitement people have for this team and these players.

The Nasdaq will probably rebound tonight because of Yahoo and investors started factoring that in at the start, but there wasn't enough follow-through buying in high-tech and Internet shares,

The Nasdaq is just licking its wounds and trying to rebuild. There's a lot of cash on the sidelines and there's some mild buying here.

Affordability has deteriorated over the past year because consumers are buying more expensive cars, financing a larger portion of those purchases and paying higher interest rates on car loans.

A friend went to Safeway. She was buying a huge quantity of tampons and maxi pads.

Now, if anything, you should be buying these stocks because if anything, (the weakness) is going to be reversing itself.

Oil prices have been permanently on the rise, so it's clear that costs were higher. I'm slightly optimistic, but not enough for a big buying story.

The mood is negative. It could fall further, but whoever comes in now is buying cheap.

Dell has had a very focused strategy: Don't spend a lot on research and development, leverage the work of others, and deliver cookie-cutter servers and desktops cheaply. That lined up well with the market when saving money was in. But IT managers have to consider more than price now in making buying decisions.

A number of investors seem to be buying irrespective of price, and yields could actually go lower.

Michael Birch

Any company that goes through an integration, buying a new business, there are always risks. So as soon as we see that bedded down, a lot more comfortable we'll be. We still think that mining services, companies related to resources, will do really well next year.

Apple's announcement deterred investors from buying certain semiconductor-related stocks. But the New York market stabilized as a whole, and that is a big plus.

Sometimes it's not worth buying the cheap stuff.

Select H shares, like China Mobile and commodities, continue to generate buying interest.

Wesley Clark

Russia and China, when they were communist-like adversaries, they didn't participate. They're participating now in the world with us. They're trading monetary instruments. We're buying and selling goods back and forth, trading oil and so forth.

Right now we only have enough for a water buffalo. My prediction is that we end up buying two cows.

Right now there are just too many cross currents out there to make people feel confident enough and start buying on this value.

SARS and the chicken flu, all this reacted together causing people to be more conscious about their health so they spend more money buying organic.

It would be a great buying opportunity if the tower stocks got significantly hurt by news of a wireless merger,

These situations often provide buying opportunities, rather than reasons to sell stocks. We've seen all this before. They argue, and then they resolve things.

These schools are just buying games, buying wins. That's not fair, and it's not what's good for college basketball. ... There has to be some reward for people willing to play a good schedule and realizing that when you play good people, you're going to win some and you're going to lose some. We should reward the people that are willing to challenge their teams.

These rising prices impact those that are forced to decide between heating their homes, buying prescriptions and skipping a meal.

Shawn Johnson

The short-term folks that are worried about earnings are providing us long-term investors some great buying opportunities,

The shorts are running for cover, buying whatever they can to keep their already huge losses from getting bigger.

These exciting new programs are going to open doors for thousands of California families who may have thought buying their first home was impossible.

These developers are buying land, knowing it's on the San Andreas fault, and if you deny (their projects), they say you're denying them their property rights.

The stock will likely remain under pressure in the very near term due to the lowered growth rate for earnings per share. However, we would use the weakness in particular as a buying opportunity.

The stock looks cheap and management is buying back stock, but these aren't enough to drive performance given growing fundamental concerns.

The selling will likely ease this month, but strong buying won't return for a while longer -- as long as U.S. markets are down.