Famous Quotes & Sayings

We do have the wind of the Fed at our back. At some point this downturn we're in levels out.

David Jones

Without any question, the Fed is vastly different now in terms of openness and transparency. Greenspan's theme has been the more markets know, the better.

Jimmy Carter

We have to raise the money and then turn over the library to the federal government,

We don't see the Fed stopping before the second half of 2006. We are recommending investors sell Treasuries before yields move even higher.

Tony Iommi

We got fed up with, as soon as you mentioned Sabbath, the gloom and doom. I just wanted a lighter side of it to be looked on.

Howard Dean

We don't have a federal government that wants to help, so I'm glad you're doing this. This is all we've got.

Thus far, the Fed seemingly has no bite. Normally, when the Fed has raised short-term rates, long-term yields have also risen. Not this time.

We didn't see the big increase in Federal Reserve interest rates. I think that surprised a lot of the market.

Mitch Daniels

We are ready to do whatever can be done. I am happy to place transportation capabilities of the Guard at federal disposal, if that would be helpful.

Police were really fed up with Milosevic, ... So we needed to get rid of him together, with them.

Nobody knows when the Fed is going to quit raising rates. Once the market feels comfortable with that question, we will see it move one way or another.

Ronald Ross

On some peculiar pigmented cells found in two mosquitoes fed on malarial.

But at least we have the federal judge saying he should be released.

But, as usual, our offense fed off our defense, and we were able to pull away late.

I give him a C-minus. It's better than we've had, but we've got a long way to go to get this federal fiscal house in order. ... I would give him a much higher grade if he had vetoed just one (spending) bill.

David Vitter

I feel very strongly that we need a strong federal leader,

Jim Nabors

I feel the federal government can do a better job than the state.

Future Fed tightening is already discounted in the dollar.

Kate Warne

Fundamentally what we saw was the market picking up a little after the Fed said they were not going to do anything and the news was as expected.

George Soros

I don't think you will see the Fed jumping to interest rates,

Ron Hill

I don't think you want to fight the Fed going into the end of this year.

Given the president's gaping political wounds from Katrina, you're seeing the federal government weighing in with overwhelming force and supplies. The system is energized this time.

If it does happen, it'll be over time. It's not going to be like losing 1,000 oil industry jobs in Anchorage or even 1,000 federal jobs.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Frank White

He's got to be a real lowlife to do something like that at a time like this. It's the Louisiana way of doing business, I guess. But there is a quiet majority now that's sick and tired of this. People are fed up with these crooks.

I suspect the main focus of the day will be the Fed minutes. It looks like we'll get a strong start on the strength in overseas markets, but we'll probably be trading sideways until the minutes are released.

I suspect that on Fed decisions, the president has been very much influenced by Mr. Greenspan. Greenspan and Cheney go back.

I think it kind of lifted our team up and we fed off his energy.

I think it got to the point where we just got fed up. It was a gut check.

I think it's important to recognize that inflation is where the Fed wants (it) to be. They don't want to overshoot. I think they will pause real soon.

It comes down to rate fears. The Fed is going to have to get pretty aggressive. We're quite worried about the interest rate outlook.

There is enough strength in this report to suggest at least one more hike from the Fed and possibly more.

We've been wanting him to do that since Day 1. I think he was fed up.