Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Makepeace Thackeray

As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To men of gentle will.

Richard Hastings

Retailers know that many people will wait until after Christmas for the big purchases. So they don't want to go too far into the holidays with excess inventory that they eventually will heavily discount.

Richard Hastings

Retailers have very big orders from vendors ready for delivery right before and right after Christmas. They want to look really, really good. That's when they come out with the richest displays of winter merchandise, and it culminates with Valentine's Day.

Resorts generally are starting to feature Christmas, New Year's packages that include some kind of holiday entertainment.

Remember, there are still over 2 million unemployed workers and over 5 million are on part-time jobs. Christmas will be moderately better simply because last year was so bad. But unless this jobs picture improves, it's hard to say that the retail industry has finally turned the corner.

David Robertson

Remember the 'Christmas Story' movie? You can shoot your eye out?

Chris Paterson

Picking up nine points over Christmas sets us up for a crack at this title.

Andrew Martin

Our mission is to provide every last opportunity for a person to turn his or her life around. We don't give up easily. These men exemplify the true spirit of Christmas - looking inside yourself and finding hope.

I prefer to think the kid who took him has grown up now, and has his own kids. He now probably knows how important the spirit of Christmas is.

Investors are now reevaluating U.S.-dependent stocks as hopes slowly emerge for the Christmas season.

If you see a Christmas tree on its side, that means a danger area, so stay away from it. It could be thin ice, open water or a crack.

Larry Davis

In every game before Christmas except the Asheville game, we played well, but we had games in the second half down the stretch where we lost our poise a little bit. We didn't get shots we wanted. We overreacted.

If you prayed for a white Christmas, you should have been more specific.

Bruce Babbitt

In the spirit of the Christmas season I'm delivering a gift to the mining industry,

I just panicked. I didn't want her to see all the Christmas stuff up.

I just thank God that I made it to see her have a nice Christmas.

Kevin Madden

I just may use that photographer for my family Christmas photo.

Jessye Norman

I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I'll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language.

His legs, his groin mainly, have been his problem and we put him through a rigorous three-month program before Christmas and he passed. So we're confident of getting a full season out of him and of him giving us flexibility up forward.

Christmas won't be a blockbuster. Retailers are concentrating on getting as much sold at full price and have managed their stock better.

Christmas spending this season is likely to outperform most analysts middling expectations.

Mark Zandi

Christmas sales are shaping up to be OK.

Christmas proved to be less difficult than people were expecting. Retailers expected a dull Christmas, so they didn't overstock and have had less discounting to do.

Christmas of this past year, 2005, was actually worse than 2004. So at that time we knew the decision was made for us. We just couldn't keep going here; we had to close.

Christmas music works. When we hear the old songs it puts us in the mood. It's all about making people feel comfortable and stay and shop.

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home.

Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family.

Christmas is about giving, the holidays and family, and I could just imagine as a young person how he must have felt when that happened. We just want to try and give him something back, to leave him with a good feeling as he heads home to Calgary.

David Booth

Christmas is a big deal in our family. A regular tree from any old lot just wouldn't do.

Ellie Goulding

Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.

I'm worried right now that we could have the first negative Christmas selling season in two decades,

I like the retail group as a whole because now Wall Street has soured on these companies, ... They're worried about the consumer vitality. But don't forget we have an election coming up in November. That actually stirs confidence, interestingly enough. This could be another good Christmas season. Also this summer, we may not see a drought for most of the country, which means people's spending on home and hearth might be a little better than it was last year when it was so tough outside.

I'm convinced Apple's still a great story but at this price we need more evidence about how strong the December quarter will be. Give the stock a little time and in January we'll know how good Christmas was.