Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's only so much a Fed rate hike can do to thwart an inflation threat that's predominantly driven by oil prices. Raising the fed funds rate won't stop people from speculating about higher oil prices,

Michael Crichton

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.

Johnny Damon

I feel close. Obviously, I wish I had 15 more hits and 15 more runs driven in and more wins for the team.

However, they seem to have been driven into the neighborhoods.

Income growth for the quarter was driven by strong overall unit volume gains,

In Malta, many a policy or measure tends to be driven by expedience rather than conscience.In order to succeed we need to think forward all the time and not get stuck in the past.

Peter Thiel

If the whole U.S. was like Silicon Valley, we'd be in good shape. But now, the entire U.S. is not driven by technology, is not driven by innovation.

I'm like a little kid; I really am. Everything's a game for me. I'm just driven to win, even on the littlest, dumbest, silliest things.

E. B. White

I have nothing to hide. I've had my ups and downs, and went through something 20 years ago. I've been ridiculed and persecuted, but I'm not bitter. I've gone through an enormous change, and now my life is driven by Christ.

I have no one to whom I can talk upon such matters. I am all driven inwards, and thought turns sour when one lets it stagnate like that.

It's driven by the government doing a regulatory taking on a piece of property.

It's driven by economics now. This is a trend, not a fad.

It was tears all the way. That's driven us to work harder in the off season. That's been our goal all season to come home with the first place trophy.

It was a very weak quarter driven by gross margin and lower than expected revenue.

It's a normal pullback after a sharp rise that was driven more by speculation than fundamentals.

It's an incredible opportunity. Most of the wines that these guys make are already sold out, so it's not about driving sales. It has to do with this incredible wine, and what makes one so different from another. It has to do with why people are driven to make it, and why we can't get enough. Really, it's pinot for pinot's sake.

It's been a pretty graphic reflection of how much these nomination races are driven by momentum.

In our view, earnings improvement in the last two quarters has been driven primarily by better execution.

Cherie Blair

In my youngest days, the nuns at my grammar school drummed into us that we were in this world to make it a better place - not just for ourselves, but for other people, too. So from the very beginning, I've been driven by this idea that we have to make a difference, and it's one of the reasons I went into law in the first place.

I had driven out there, and my feeling was that something went wrong. It needs to be fixed.

I just looked up and saw the van one day. I think I had driven up there for about a month.

I have to think that the sale is being driven by Pilgrim Baxter -- they want to grow more aggressively than perhaps UAM is willing to commit, ... It seems Pilgrim Baxter is a square peg at UAM.

The minibus had just driven out of the garage when something exploded.

When you don't have the laws or the facts you try to try credibility and that's what I think has driven them to this strategy,

David Souter

Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools.

Public opinion on Iraq is overwhelmingly driven by events on the ground,

Larry Graham

(Prices) are going to be volatile and they're going to be driven by the weather. It's a very tight market right now.

Paolo Bacigalupi

The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right.

Ben Johnson

The things that are working here are locally driven right now.

There's been tremendous growth in the weather market, driven by funds that are participating in cross-commodity activity.

There's been explosive growth in mobile computing, driven by new features such as built-in wireless Internet connections and security features.

It's all driven by Microsoft at this point.

Sergio Garcia

The market is being driven by the rally in New York, but overall we have the typically thin volume for the month of December.