Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Mattison

Where the dealers are making a market with a wide spread, but have in their possession an order to buy stocks at a higher price than they're bid, or for a lower price than they're offering, they want the investors and the institutions to see those better bids and offers.

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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults about me; Let me praise a little more, Let me be, when I am weary; Just a little bit more cheery, Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for. Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver, Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; Let me be a little meeker to the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me.

Gray Davis

I expect these bids on long-term energy contracts should stabilize the market and drive the price of electricity down. This is a key step in our efforts to keep the lights on in California at a reasonable price.

Cathy Elkies

I have enormous interest on this lot. This may blow you away. I have triple order bids of $10,000 on this lot.

Doug Elgin

We're under siege and I don't get it. We deserved every bid. We earned them. We deserved six bids and we should have had five, because I don't understand how they can look at Missouri State and not put them in.

Eliot Spitzer

First, before any bids were submitted, the defendants determined which insurance company would win the business. Second, they set a 'target' for the winner to submit as its bid,

David Frick

We've had a soil contamination problem, and our steel bids came in pretty dramatically over what we thought the estimate was going to be. Between those two, we've exhausted a good part of our contingency fund.

Larry Bush

The original bids for construction costs started out at $8 million, then it went to $12 million. To stop the bleeding, we've signed a contract for $13.5 million. It's locked in now.

Johnnie Burton

This sale represents a record in terms of the total volume of RIK gas sold, the number of bids received, and the total number of companies that made offers.

Ron Wilson

We deserved what we got in the second period.

Jim Bragg

We deserved to win this game. It was a game we needed to win and we deserved to win it because of the way we started to play. The players just talked to each other, and the second half was the way we need to play going into the playoffs.

Kevin Keegan

We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half.

Harry Redknapp

We deserved to win. There was no doubt about that. We were by far the better team but it didn't happen so we've got to go again.

Guus Hiddink

We deserved this win but we should have scored more than one goal.

Ian Millward

We deserved the win and were really exciting in the first half. We have been improving week by week and tonight the players got their rewards.

Kyle Wanvig

We deserved that one. We hit three posts and missed two open nets. ... It didn't seem like it was meant to be tonight.

Steve Stirling

We deserved better. I thought we played pretty well.

Ken Hitchcock

We deserved at least a point. Maybe two.

Ken Hitchcock

We want first badly. As hard as we've worked, we've earned that right. At one time, before we were decimated by injuries, we were first overall in points. Today and Friday are points we must have.

Sarah Harding

We've spent two years together and we've really struggled. We honestly haven't earned very much in that time. Next month we are finally picking up something for all the hard work. I can tell you, we've all been waiting for that money for so long.

Sandra Cisneros

I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it was hard to even get those because universities wouldn't hire me as a real writer.

John Stevens

We know him well and he has already earned our respect and admiration,

Richard Chamberlain

When you've never had much money and earned little as an actor the first two years, you tend to save your money.

Holly Lisle

I earned my writing stripes with a large man's shoebox overflowing with rejection slips... more than 100 before I got my first, 'Yes, we want this,' accompanied by a check.

Sheldon Brown

This win was even more enjoyable than last week, because we had to work harder for it. We really earned this one.

Natsuo Kirino

One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.

Al Aldridge

She earned the respect of her teammates through her performance. The team was smart enough to realize they needed her if they were going to reach their goals.

Del Ali

Missouri voters really aren't sure what's going on with the president.

Mitt Romney

I have a Missouri Fox Trotter. So mine's like a quarter horse, but just a much better gait - it moves very fast.

Stacie Temple

Really, Missouri has some pretty strong identification requirements in place as it is.

Larry Blakeney

I'm worried more about Troy than I am Missouri and they're probably worried more about Missouri than they are with Troy.

Matt Braeuer

I just think we played really well, under all the scrutiny of the Missouri Valley -- we pretty much shoved it right back in their face.

Jim Talent

I've been very active in Missouri.

Coventry Patmore

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Julian Fellowes

When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.

Michael R. Bloomberg

We have six weeks to go, ... With your help, we can make it happen.

Janice Dickinson

Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.

Bryan Clay

I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing.

Betty Shabazz

Have I gotten any threats? All I get is threats. I get at least six or seven a day.

Anthony Trollope

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Bob Eastwood

Sixty is just a number. I don't feel 60.

Jessie Pettit

Six times now, huh. That's not too bad.

Bam Margera

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

Linda Price

We're going to be with them a lot for at least the first six months, then slowly wean them. We're not just going to throw them into an apartment.

Carol Moseley Braun

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

Alvin Copeland

We've won state championships when we haven't won region. It's not over.

Jessica Smith

We have so many fatalities in our state from impaired drivers. This is another tool to get them off our roadways.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Susan B. Anthony

Better lose me than lose a state.

Ted Nugent

Every hateful statement ever made about me is a dirty lie.

Eric Maskin

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

Madeleine Albright

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

Madeleine Albright

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

Carlos Castaneda

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

Charles Caleb Colton

It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

Brian Weiss

All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.

Brian Cox

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

David Shuster

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

David Sedaris

This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.

David Sedaris

I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing.

David Koechner

What helps you as an actor when it comes to roles is that deeper understanding of so many different fractions of humanity. Because oftentimes, even in comedy, there is conflict.

Carl Sagan

Understanding is a kind of ecstasy