Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jose Garcia

The total last year was about 15 inches, and that puts it down as the 15th driest year on record. So with that dry last year combined with what we were experiencing so far this year, it really does not portend very well for the future.

The trend may continue as strong demand combined with uncertainties about gas and ethanol supplies in the coming weeks may keep prices on their upward course.

Noam Chomsky

In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region.

Robert Shapiro

If you look at the earnings prospects for the combined company, those prospects continue to grow, even in the short term,

Importantly for the Fed, the pace of real consumer spending slowed in March, and combined with early forecasts for lower vehicle and retail sales for April, suggests there is some scope for slower growth in the second quarter,

If Microsoft had not combined the two, you would still see the mainstream antivirus vendors all trying to premium-price all these things separately.

It was not a good night for us, combined with the fact that we were playing Providence on their Senior Night. We had problems defensively.

Chris Hernandez

It was probably the lowest combined score of any game I've ever been in.

It was a total team effort, ... Everyone contributed with great passing and setting combined with timely hitting and defense.

It's a combined effort. Everyone in the system and the community should be proud.

Justin Leonard

It's fun and the golf course is in perfect shape. There are no excuses. I think all of these things combined have helped me to play well here the last couple of years.

It's been a very nice progression. I said for us to be successful it had to be a combined effort of everyone: the players, the coaches, the parents, the administration and the community. There's been a lot of hard work and dedication that's gone into this program. I'm proud to be a little part of it.

Kent Conrad

It's the combination of massive tax cuts combined with massive spending on Iraq and Katrina when we already weren't able to pay our bills,

It's the reason I haven't thought about what-ifs. I've really liked watching the guys come together. This is a new team. We have very professional people. You take the professionalism and the way they combined their personalities, and it's fun to watch.

It's the power of the brand, combined with their judgment and creativity, that makes Budweiser successful.

In summary, while it is still early in the quarter, if these trends continue, combined with the anticipated highly competitive environment for technology products during the upcoming holiday season, we would expect to see further pressure on earnings from ongoing operations.

In our discussions with Transitional, we were impressed with the quality of its operations and the strategic potential of our combined company.

If you think about all of the components of a shuttle, all of the thousands of little things, combined with the weather, the probability of everything working is pretty much zero.

His leadership, combined with our all-senior defense, will make it much tougher to score on South Lakes this season.

The jobs and job opportunities for the vast majority will be unaffected. The possibility of an enhanced video package offered by the new combined company would be something that would be new and different for our customers.

There are some shareholders who want BT to hold on to Wireless because they feel the company could lose revenue that a combined company can enjoy, ... I expect the sale to go ahead. BT has called an analysts meeting for September 5 to outline its plans for BT Wireless.

They were combined into one task force to prevent duplication of effort.

Mike Carey

Without Meg, we struggle to score. That, combined with turnovers and missed foul shots make it tough to win.

Sales growth combined with slower store growth implies commercial takes a larger role.

The sweet spot continues to be midrange products. A lot of the features and functionality once only in the high end has migrated its way down to lower segments of market. That combined with the fact that many midrange products offer multiple tiers of storage is driving the growth.

The survey results combined with the drop in the unemployment rate indicate that the traditional labor supply is essentially exhausted.

There's enough talent there on defense, combined with what they have coming back on offense, to win the whole enchilada.

Richard Branson

I've taken a reduction in the price in order to get the deal done. We will reap our reward from the increased share price by holding our shares in this new combined company.

You need to understand how incentives work in organizations, how options are priced, combined with the complexities of the latest financial techniques. But you need to make it work in the real world...That's the gap we really want to bridge.

All of that combined gave us the impetus to do it.

The market is going to be terrible. The last couple days ? with all the earnings warnings coming ? investor sentiment has been shot combined with the summer season.

The increase in the combined market share with Nokia would be a positive in our view.

A good yield combined with a weakening US dollar should prove irresistible to global investors.