Adam Brown Quotations

It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.

As a first movie, 'The Hobbit' is not a bad place to start.

My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.

You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.

We're going to make a major impact at this university. This hasn't been done before not because the students can't collaborate, but because they haven't had the opportunity to do it.

He will be careful not to roil the markets but leave enough room for the Fed to do whatever it is going to do.

He really worked the strike zone and mixed up speeds well. He struck out six in the first three innings and four of them were looking. Anytime a pitcher can do that he's doing good things.

He was able to overcome everything. He's an inspiration to me and to others.

It is a very busy numbers week and today is one of the quieter days -- unless the (new homes) number today is a big surprise.

People are definitely expecting (the Jan. 31 minutes) to show similar language to the previous meeting, which is they are coming toward the end but they are not there yet.

Our feeling is that this is his first meeting (as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee) and ... we would be very surprised if he says anything that deviates from the party line -- he will be careful not to roil the markets but leave enough room for the Fed to do whatever it is going to do.

It is definitely on extremely light participation -- extremely. It's real, but it's been on lighter market volume than normal, so I would read less into it than I would in a normal week.

Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.

I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.

We would be very surprised if he says anything that deviates from the party line.

We had a big rally on Friday, so any weakness this morning is basically the market trying to unwind some of the strength from Friday.

As an individual investor, you're basically lending to the government for an additional 30 years compared to the 10-year note, but getting no extra risk premium. That being said, there will be structural demand for the new bond.

The budget situation might have had some effect on the decision-making to bring the bond back, but I don't think it was the overriding factor honestly.

This is a true collaboration. I had an idea of how I wanted to see, but I didn't have the knowledge or the background to do it. I'm very interested in restructuring the model of art, science and research. I think the current models need to be erased and we need to start fresh.

They are probably only going to change the language enough to give them the option to pause.

It's part of our community health and wellness program. There will be 10 fitness stations along the trail that will allow people to do low-impact exercises ? and anyone can use it, including children, the elderly and the physically challenged. We're not excluding anyone.

The language will give you an insight into whether there has been a shift in their feelings on the economy and on rates, or whether they feel they are getting to a reasonable level and they want to give themselves more flexibility.

If you look at all the speakers after the last Fed meeting, they've all held to the same line: Inflation is running on the higher side of where they're comfortable, and the growth effects from the hurricanes will be temporary.

Columbus has always been pretty up on country, but some of the stuff that's coming now is amazing.