Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hugh Johnson

On the surface level it's a real simple story. Interest rates are rising and the outlook for the economy and earnings is darkening every step of the way.

Steven's a guy who has worked hard and has earned more playing time. That was a key play in the game, no question.

Stay with the big stocks with the big backlog and big trend of earnings and with management that have been there before,

Spend your tax refund. Because, really, you earned it.

Some of the good earnings reports and good guidance are reversing market psychology. In general, we're probably heading for a good earnings season.

That felt good and it is long overdue. Our guys earned it. They played hard and tough.

Looking forward to 2006, our newer products should grow to about 24 percent of revenues and earnings per share should grow 8 to 11 percent, representing top-tier growth for large-cap pharmaceutical companies.

Looking back, the S&P 500 is at four-and-a-half-year highs, so it seems the market had no problems with earnings last quarter.

David Healy

I think they're pretty smart to take the earnings hit now,

Charles Stanley

It is a year for modest economic growth and therefore modest earnings growth.

I think there's a kind of 'buyers' strike,' for lack of a better term. Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

I think there's a kind of 'buyers' strike,' for lack of a better term, ... Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

I think there is risk in the market. If there is weakening in the economy, then an earnings recovery gets pushed out further into 2002.

Jim earned this by working hard all year long. The school is so fortunate to have another state speech champion.

Last week we saw earnings pre-announcements and a higher-than-expected producer price index move stocks. Next week, we expect more earnings surprises and the CPI to provide the volatility.

John Davidson

Largely people are taking a look at historic information. They're looking at earnings and job cuts, and people are concerned. I think we're going to grind it out until earnings come back.

I think earnings will be good this quarter. The pre-announcement season was very innocuous.

Sidney Crosby

I was disappointed because I knew it was close, that I was in the mix. I have to realize it's up to me to earn another chance, though you don't know what's four years down the road. I still love getting up and going to the rink. I'm living my dream. I'm not taking anything for granted.

I think we earned some respect by getting a sixth seed. And if we didn't, we'll go out and try to earn some more.

I think we earned it. We grinded it out and we earned it.

I think we earned a 2-seed. We put together a nice win streak to end the season and improved.

Daniel Gibson

I think we're an extremely hungry team, knowing we just lost and knowing that nothing is going to be given to us. We have to go out there and take everything and earn it all.

I think we have to get through the earnings until we see a sustained advance.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Peter Green

I think that next week is going to be trying. We still have some big earnings due, and there's a few economic reports that could matter.

I think a lot of people are sitting on their hands, waiting for a little more meaningful earnings reports, ... Alcoa was better than expected and we have GE earnings at the end of the week, so maybe that will give us some direction.

I think it's pretty obvious that we opened some people's eyes the last few weeks. None of us expected a six seed, but I think it tells you a lot about how people view our conference. I just think this shows that we did earn some respect down the stretch.

I think this can sustain for the next day or two, at least until we get to all the earning and economic news in the second half of the week, ... Right now, the path of least resistance is still to the upside.

Mike Tice

I think this year that I proved that I worked hard for four years to earn my stripes, and hopefully there will be other organizations around the league that will see it that way. I love to teach. I love to teach.

It is not discretionary to pick a number that helps with an earnings target.

Zoe Koplowitz

I think that is such a tremendous gift. I know what it takes to earn that medal.

It is never about how much you earn. It is how much you spend relative to how much you earn that matters.

Subodh Kumar

I think we're in a situation where some earnings will miss (forecasts), but not as much as some bearish people expect. If this is the case, the S&P 500 is likely to remain in the trading range it's been in.