Famous Quotes & Sayings

Any time you see a substantial deviation in returns with a fund compared to its category, it's usually because it's taken a substantial risk to get there. These funds aren't less risky now. It's just that the stocks they've invested in have finally started to come back.

At the plate, the girls were real patient which was nice to see. Facing live pitching compared to machine pitching is completely different. We took a lot of pitches and got the hits when it counted.

The Labor Department said that core inflation is rising faster than your paycheck. Through the first three months of this year overall inflation is up by 4.3%, last year the rate was 3.4%. Energy prices are up by 21.8% compared with 17.1% last year; core inflation, excluding food and energy, is up by 2.8% and March was the largest increase in all categories.

The level of concern has declined, especially compared to a decade ago. And the concern about the loss of jobs, we are definitely correlating to the unemployment rate.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

The constellation of the Pleiades is a small one compared with others which scientific instruments disclose to the wondering eyes of man.

All of our major businesses, namely semiconductor, telecom and LCD are seeing definite improvement compared with the second quarter.

It's just senseless. If people could see him now compared to how he looked before, they'd be shocked.

They go to the net, move the puck well and they're big and strong compared to us. They wore us down.

This compromise should be compared neither to the fragile and unsustainable status quo, nor to some idealized, universally comfortable end-state.

For 2006, we're saying California's median home price will go up by 10 percent, compared with a projected increase of 16 percent for 2005.

It's only inexpensive compared to an all-time, record-high price.

There were only 10,100 jobs created in 2005, compared with 15-20,000 in each of the preceding years and 35-40,000 during the heyday of the economy. Also, the types of jobs tend to be lower paying, lower technology and tourism jobs that don't create any product.

Mario Williams

It's actually an honor. He's a great player. Just to be compared to somebody like that, I take that very highly. I'm thankful.

Paul Wolfowitz

It is still a small sum compared with the damage that could be done if we fail to prevent the spread of the disease. International financing will be critical.

It means we're going to be off to a pretty slow start compared with last year.

It's a little uncommon, but it does happen. It's not one of those things that we issue every day, compared to flash flooding.

Jamie Dixon

It's a hand-off play. We dribble it over and hand it off. ... People say we're a football team playing basketball. We've heard it for the past couple of years now. They all say, 'Now we have to get ready to play the Steelers.' We think it's good to be compared to a team that's had so much success.

LeBron James

It puts a smile on my face to be compared to a legend. Year by year, as you play basketball, you've got to know the history of the game.

Stephen Lewis

It is worth noting that, in its revised forecasts for GDP growth, the OECD saw fit to raise its 1999 forecasts for most (euro-zone) member-countries, as compared with its June projections, but lowered those for Germany and Italy.

This is very different, because the equity market is actually about 28 percent overvalued compared to our models right now.

There's a very long transition for this species. Milk is easier to digest, especially compared to bamboo, and is more nutritious.

I try to get through each day just by remembering that what we're doing is a minor sacrifice compared to what workers are going through. We're just doing a little to help them a lot.

Alex Smith

It was definitely funny. But compared to his other seasons, it wasn't as good. I guess because with the other seasons, everything seemed so new. They really weren't as funny as his older stuff.

It was so fast it was amazing. The most interesting thing is the scope. This is huge compared to the tsunami.

It was real different, compared to the people and everything.

It was really scary. I mean, he was in a situation where he had the potential to die. Super Bowl, all that is nothing compared to someone's life. That was a very, very hard time, a very emotional time for our team.

It's a very strong week for auctions, compared to other weeks in the year. It's very unusual to have so much supply concentrated in one week.

Gore Vidal

I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.

Vehicle sales growth has been dramatic compared to last year. This suggests that the future demand for oil products will remain strong.

We're expecting a pretty tough first half of the year -- tech profits will be up about 10 percent this year compared to 30 percent last year, ... But by the second half of the year, the economy may brighten, earnings comparisons are easier and we could start to see an easier tech tape.

Throughout Florida, house prices are up dramatically. The question is: Are ours up higher compared to salaries?, ... I suspect they might be because we are a low-salary county.

As compared to two years ago, we're ahead, ... We've had some things we've had to work through. We had to get everybody on the same page, we had to get them all going in the right direction. And that's what we've done. That creates a good, positive atmosphere.

As people start driving them, they start finding more reasons to use them. They're practical, easy to park and get great gas mileage. I put US$5 worth of gas into mine when it's totally empty, compared to US$50 in my SUV.