Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neelie Kroes

The payment cards industry in Europe remains national and some local players are preventing competition from developing.

That was her old system ? she didn't need a computer. We used to use thousands of those cards for ordering. She always had that dedication to the business.

That was a leap year, and he didn't run away. We're enjoying being with each other in our retirement. We never get bored. We play cards together, do crosswords and he likes to cook.

Valentine's Day is the second largest holiday for giving greeting cards after Christmas.

I stood in line ... to vote, and as they were handing out the plastic cards that you insert, some lady said to me, 'Judge, you sure this isn't preprogrammed.' So people still have their doubts.

We have a few good cards to play and we haven't been called to play any of them, so we'll see what happens.

Those deficiencies are noted, but at the same time, there is no mention about the Medicare discount cards that were introduced last year. These cards provide discounts between 30 and 40 percent or even more for uninsured patients.

John Carroll

I worked for Knight Ridder for 18 years and I know the Detroit Free Press was part of the company's pride back in the old days. Now it seems, viewed from the outside, that these papers are like cards in a deck: you shuffle them, you deal them, you fold them, and the meaning of them as an institution in the community seems to have been lost.

Rickey Henderson

I think playing cards gave me the opportunity to relax in the game.

I think people on the street were a little surprised that we weren't given full warning. Gift cards are increasing in importance and we think this season will represent 16 percent of sales.

I still had a lot of cards that didn't get ruined. I had a lot of stuff at home. But cards don't take water very well.

I still get cards -- people stop me...it touches your heart.

Tom Jordan

When it's a small fraction of what it's going to be, it's already played its cards and said, 'I'm going to be big,' ... That offers hope.

Week by week the government has had to change their case on ID cards as more and more defects are revealed.

You get to use your head. People think it's just whatever cards you get, but there's a lot of thought involved. There's math involved, trying to figure out what your chances are compared to others.

POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.

Poker couples on the WPT are like 'suited connectors' -- sequentially numbered cards of the same suit. Different in many ways, there are strengthened by their likenesses.

I felt like I ought to be doing something, and here I am doing something that is fun and that I like to do. I figured I would sell about six cars a month, and in my first 100 days I sold 50 cars, and now I've sold right around 120 cards in my first six months.

Phil Davis

Fuelling the growth of prepay cards is essential to realising our vision of a truly cashless society.

I would say there are very few fixed-rate cards left.

He has to respond to his base, accommodate at least certain elements of the elite, deal with a devastated country, and get the support of the international community. He may have a window of opportunity if he plays his cards well.

Riordan Roett

He doesn't have any money to offer, so the president doesn't really have any cards to play.

I'd just as soon get it over with. The wild cards are the out-of-town players. I don't know how serious they are.

ID cards are always free. We don't want anything to stand in the way of families being able to get them.

Gift cards are strongest when there's nothing to buy.

Eddie Izzard

Everyone gets cards at the beginning of life. I am transgender, I decided to be honest and tell everyone about it, and that's it.

We also send cards to acknowledge illnesses, births and deaths in the family. One officer who was out on leave for a while told me how much it meant to him that he got a card from us and that we were thinking of him during that time.

The other thing we're doing is making sure the customers pay with credit cards so they can get their money back more easily if the tickets can't be used.

We usually just play cards - there's always a card game going on. Or we sit around. Sit around and talk.

We are a full service florist with fresh-cut flowers, silk arrangements, balloons, table decorations, cake-a-grams, plush, greeting cards and candy.

We are looking for the owners of the cards to find out how they last used them,

Mike Conway

We're still keeping our cards close. It's an extremely important position in the city, one that you can't just rush out and find an applicant.

Bill Gates

Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.