Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bryan Cranston

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

Typically, when commodity price estimates decline, so do the stocks. These are dangerous times.

Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create any more of.

We have more than doubled that (2005) outlook and we have done that on the back of some very strong energy and commodity prices, and not without a lot of other good news. I don't see how it can continue.

US Federal Reserve will definitely raise the interests rates, however, current oil price is undergoing a relatively long period of climbing. By taking that kind of situation into consideration, it is an inevitable tendency the price of oil and commodity will continue to rise.

Most commodity prices ended firmer last week and that has revived confidence in metal stocks.

Those are the ones that are very cyclical, and the economy has a big impact, but they become very cheap, ... Companies like some of the commodity semiconductors, the integrated device technology types.

I think people need to watch the commodity markets to know what's going on. That's where all the money is, where all the leverage is, it's the emerging market play.

While commodity prices have been rising Australia's interest rate spread has been narrowing.

We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, things of that nature, but that inflation doesn't always get passed on to the consumer level.

I would be interested in what those Fed members who are concerned about longer-term risks to the economy say in terms of any damage from higher energy prices and commodity prices.

Funds are throwing a lot of money at all the commodities, and most of the commodity markets have been rallying.

I expect higher commodity prices and escalating short-term interest rates to push regional growth down significantly in the second half of 2006.

I expect a weaker opening here due to a higher yen and a fall in U.S. stocks, while a halt in recent rises in oil, gold and other commodity prices is a plus.

Gold put in a pretty good performance. When the dollar has been strong, commodity prices have been weaker, and when the dollar has weakened there has been a rebound.

Gold is a hot commodity now, so more people, especially large hedge funds, are paying attention.

I think it definitely helps me. We're a commodity in today's game.

The purpose of the fund is to invest in habit-forming small ticket items which people think they can't live without, ... That turns out to (include) liquor and tobacco. But that's not it. I hate to tell you. The No. 1 habit-forming commodity is toilet paper.

He was a known commodity to a lot of the Indiana schools out there. They shied away because of his size.

David Ricardo

To alter the money value of commodities, by altering the value of money, and yet to raise the same money amount by taxes, is then undoubtedly to increase the burthens of society.

David Ricardo

The exchangeable value of all commodities rises as the difficulties of their production increase.

We still think commodity prices are at their peak and will gradually come off, but we've just pushed out the timing a little bit.

Carol Kane

I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.

We're fortunate that we live in a state that's deregulated because when the price of the commodity goes down the consumer sees a more immediate decrease in prices.

Leonard Boswell

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the country to market.

With these other events, there's a commodity of some sort. We're running a Web site as well, so we would like to drive traffic there. Our feeling is, particularly in terms of a press conference, everybody is welcome to cover it, but if you want to see the full-blown transcription or if you want to watch the whole thing, then our site ought to be the place to find that.

We've seen a recovery in gold and crude oil prices that has supported the commodity currencies.

Sharon Salzberg

There's no commodity we can take with us. There is only our lives, whether we live them wisely or whether we live them in ignorance. And this is everything.

We're at the top of the commodity cycle right now. Moderating demand and improving supply will see a fall in prices going forward.

Richard Griffiths

The reaction today will be fairly neutral because it's very near what analysts were forecasting. In terms of share price is going to be led more by the commodity prices.

Gautam Adani

Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.

Sarah Churchwell

Top-up fees mean that universities are increasingly under pressure to confer degrees upon students, who perceive the degree as a commodity they've purchased. Failure doesn't enter into anyone's calculations.

Adam Smith

The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.