Famous Quotes & Sayings

The trucking industry is very competitive, so driving up the costs of hiring drivers has not really translated that much to price pressure for finished goods.

The trouble with measuring the economic cost of obesity is that it's very difficult to determine whether someone incurred medical expense because they were fat, or because they had heart disease, or they had this or that.

The truth is that statewide, funding for mental health has not kept up with the cost of it. And King County, particularly, feels it.

These aren't all massive projects. A lot is easy to do. From making sure there's two inches of pine needles to keeping soils (packed) down. Many projects are easy to manage and don't cost a lot.

These are not kinder, gentler times. One way or another, Northwest is going to drive its costs down, and some people are going to get run over in the process.

These prices are reflected in higher premiums as well as higher out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy.

This is a great way of perhaps doing targeted recruitment. With tuition increasing it's important for us to find ways to offset that cost for students.

This has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. We have lost sales. We can't rent anymore. We're losing money every day. There is no end defined at this time.

All for naught. That's the way I look at it. I can't dwell on things I did well in the game, knowing that one play kind of cost us the game, even though it happened before halftime. In my mind I still go back to that one play.

The combination now has good lift. It just feels good. Our products are better, our costs are lower, our team is more experienced. The machine works.

The idea is to utilize resources there to reduce the costs of going to the Moon .

The idea is greater collaboration with the suppliers and hopefully greater cost savings for us.

The hub carrier has shrunk in Denver, creating a much better opportunity. ... We'll be able to come in with a lower cost structure and provide lower fares.

The housing costs have risen astronomically in relation to wages. We see people doing less well at a time when housing is costing much more.

The flexibility in the cost savings is in the elements that make up the $8.9 million, including work rules and other initiatives that can lessen the pay cut impact.

The increase is due to the cost of living and the rising standard of living. It was expected.

Jeff Nelson

The increased cost of housing has hurt us as far as getting people from out of state, etc., to move to our area.

The important point is that we offer all our employees, full and part time, eligibility for health coverage that costs as little as $23 per month.

The indicator that economists use to predict the housing market is the affordability index -- the ratio of monthly income to monthly mortgage payments. As the economy picks up, the typical family's monthly income will slowly accelerate, but the monthly mortgage cost is quickly jumping, much faster than income could possibly move.

The difference, we have to purchase. It's a big cost to us.

You want to get your house in place before financing costs go up.

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace.

You've got fairly substantial fuel cost bills. People are just very concerned.

You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemployment insurance, the highest real estate costs -- and to now put this on? You're going to be in a position where the job growth isn't there, where people aren't making a decision to grow their business.

All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like the U.S.. That means they're controlling costs well on the manufacturing side, which isn't an easy thing to do.

The goal is to get more hybrid technology into the marketplace. Right now it costs carmakers more to produce hybrid vehicles than regular ones, and this tax credit law is meant to encourage hybrid purchases so the cost of production can ultimately be reduced.

The goal is to get more hybrid technology into the marketplace, ... Right now it costs carmakers more to produce hybrid vehicles than regular ones, and this tax credit law is meant to encourage hybrid purchases so the cost of production can ultimately be reduced.

The glow of the first week of an unrestricted generosity is wearing off, ... Now we're on to the stories of crime and cost and what are these guys going to do to the partisan balance.

Tim Wise

The dominant group is damaged even as it receives huge benefits. You pay for the privilege and the cost is enormous.

The effort was unbelievable; we fought hard to get back into it. We just made some mistakes at the end and it cost us.

Henry Wallace

The effect of the war has been to raise the cost of living in most Latin American countries much faster than the wages of labor.

The earnings reflect the severity of price declines. It also looks as though higher material costs also contributed to the drop.

The earnings momentum will accelerate. The gap between price increases and labor costs is very wide.