Famous Quotes & Sayings

Quarterly earnings are still made up to be too important, in my judgment. There's too much focus on the short term by far.

Ron Pearson

quality funds in a well-diversified portfolio that earned 9.3 percent (all accounts) in the last 12 months, whereas the S&P 500 lost 14.8 percent.

Real estate stocks have had a good run, but once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start decrease. Shipping lines are in for a tough time.

Gary Payton

The simple fact is back in the day when (guard) Alvin Robertson and (guard) Derek Harper were guarding you, they could hand-check you and do everything else and you had to shoot over them. They were making it tough for you. You had to earn everything.

The team that wins (today) is going to earn a spot in the (regional) playoffs. It's sort of the third, final rubber game to see what goes on.

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

It's a strong result and importantly for investors they've maintained their earnings guidance.

It's a reward to our kids for their hard work for the last 115 or 116 days. To be able to play a championship game at their home place, they have earned the right to play it, but they haven't earned the right to win it.

Sendhil Mullainathan

It's 2014, and women are still paid less than men. Does this suggest that a gender pay gap is an unfortunately permanent fixture? Will it still be with us in 50 years? I would predict yes. But by that point, it will be men who will be earning less than women.

They haven't promised me anything. I think they want to see how I am, too. I am not going to be given anything. I think you have to earn it. And I'm fine with that.

Rick Nelson

They have met or exceeded earnings estimates -- in some quarters quite substantially -- every quarter since the IPO,

They have that kind of edge to them. I sat them down and talked about not saying too much. Just come out here, work hard and earn the respect of your peers. People know who you are.

There's a tendency to think that since we've done well it's automatic. But we've had to earn it. It's tougher since we have a target on us.

There seems to be a lot of economic momentum and earnings momentum fueling this market.

There's also a younger generation now earning money who grew up with computers, so they are comfortable with e-filing. They trust it.

There's a lot of things that haven't been told in the paper. It will come out. People who have known me for a long time, they realize that some of the stuff is ridiculous like promising scholarships, free meals. I've never done that, ever, ever, ever. These players have had to earn everything, every minute they've gotten on the court.

The risk is on the upside, because the market knows that we are at the end of the earnings cycle, it's just that earnings are not turning as fast as many had hoped.

The scary part of the whole thing is now this week we play a struggling team, Chicago, and everybody's going to try and give us the W before we've earned it,'' said Tice of Minnesota's nationally televised home opener Sunday night.

I've told the players since the start of the playoffs that they have earned the right to be here. They've responded. Everyone has stepped up and is doing what it takes.

George Herbert

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

You're not going to see a big rally through the end of the year, but I think the market will go higher than where it is now. I'm optimistic. I think the economy is improving even faster than people realize, and the fourth-quarter earnings are going to be really good.

You're going to pay taxes on the (withdrawn) earnings that you've accumulated. The government's also going to tack on a 10% withdrawal penalty.

Mark Turgeon

You never want to say you're in because you don't want to jinx yourself. We're going to prepare like we're in that tournament, and I think we've earned it.

Shirley Knight

I instinctively knew that if I only did films I'd probably become a movie star and earn a lot of money but I wouldn't be a great artist.

Richard M. Nixon

I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of pub

Grandma was a Grogan and had come from a section of Dobson known as Freetown. Grandma's father had earned his freedom by working nights and weekends.

Tamar Jacoby

For the most part these are hard working, family-oriented people who want to become Americans we should find a way for them to earn their way onto the right side of the law.

If I can get money from you, there must be some earnings there.

The market's reacting positively to those (earnings) numbers, and we're kind of getting toward the end of earnings season so there aren't a lot of negative surprises left.

The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will rise, but not dramatically. Interest rate sensitive stocks are starting to come back after falling in the last few weeks.

The medal stand was amazing. I still get tears in my eyes when I think about it. We are very proud of Michael and our other two children. They have all worked hard and earned everything they have. Michael has had to work harder to show people that he can do the same thing as everyone else.

James Buckley

The market has kept pace with earnings growth, so the market hasn't been particularly re-rated.

The market has gone up but earnings have gone up with it, so the market still hasn't been stretched on a valuation basis.