Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tatsushi Shikano

Reflecting solid consumer spending, the real estate and retail sectors are likely to lead the improvement in the overall non-manufacturing sector.

Paul Patterson

Regulators often want to see some of the synergies and cost savings from these deals come back to the consumers in terms of lower rates or limited rate increases. Usually there are some givebacks in terms of rates.

Howard Archer

Relatively subdued consumer spending, intense domestic and international competition, and high input costs continue to dampen ... the sector.

Britt Beemer

Our research on holiday gift returns shows that it's only three percent of Americans who are real jerks and they indulge in consumer fraud and return abuse. The rest of us have to deal with the consequences.

David Emanuel

Our removal of those features was because we have become focused on search for consumers and businesses, and those features were not in line with our goals.

Anthony Chan

Our own studies have shown that consumers tend to switch over to non-store outlets in times of higher energy costs .

Stephen Baker

Part of the problem Sony has had in the past couple of years is that as the consumer electronics market has changed, ... A lot of it has been about lower prices and distribution and neither have been Sony's strong points.

Jon Miller

Our new corporate identity better reflects our expanded mission -- to make everyone's online experience better. Plus, consumers in the U.S. and around the world already know us by our initials.

O. Henry

Our mission has been to enable the service providers and network operators to deploy uninterrupted video throughout the home without interfering with other consumer devices and networking environments already in place.

Jun Ishii

Japan's economy keeps expanding and shows increasing signs that deflation is fading. Expectations for an end to deflation will help sustain growth.

Hirokaza Yuihama

I think it means the end of deflation is just around the corner. I wouldn't say Japan has gotten fully out of deflation, there is still some concern, but I think it's a very good sign.

Lyle Gramley

I think the Fed needs to worry about the possibility it's flirting with deflation if it lets this go too far. When nominal rates get down toward zero, the Fed starts running out of ammunition.

Jerry Jasinowski

The prospect of deflation is one that sends shudders through financial markets.

Robert Kiyosaki

Deflation isn't good, and inflation is easier to cure than deflation.

Robert Kiyosaki

In the simplest terms, inflation occurs when there's too much money in the system. On the flip side, deflation occurs when there are too few dollars in circulation.

Mitsushige Akino

Investors expect reports this week will show Japan's recovery from deflation and that's driving domestic demand-related stocks higher. The prospects for the steel industry are quite positive, supported by strong demand.

Masaaki Kanno

Consumption is strong and wages are rising, so the CPI trend is improving. In six months, deflation will be over.

Bob McIntosh

This number will be overlooked. The issue is not inflation. If anything, it's deflation because the economy is just so weak.

Michael Thomas

Recent events overseas have probably elevated the global economy to the top of the RBA's risk list,

Jason Schultz

Really, ... what we're talking about here is the U.S. struggling to find its place in an economy where the labor markets are just so vastly different.

Andrew Rudnick

Our relatively strong economy is showing itself in the real estate market.

James Fiorillo

Part of the problem to the ailing economy of Japan is the sloppy hiring practices in the 1980s.

Don Brunell

Our members (are) unified around the fact that without workers who are presently here, our economy is in trouble.

Doug Myers

People here are selling stocks. The GDP report might have been sort of a catalyst. Some people think the economy is either not slowing down enough or slowing down too much. In my time, I don't recall any soft landing.

Doug Myers

People here are selling stocks, ... The GDP report might have been sort of a catalyst. Some people think the economy is either not slowing down enough or slowing down too much. In my time, I don't recall any soft landing.

Dave Edwards

People like to give to where they live, and after these episodic events they tend to give more. A lot of this has more to do with the economy than with the cause.

Ron Lehman

Sustained job growth speaks well for Texas employers and the Texas economy.

John Prescott

Refurbishing I've done in the first three years and I'm still giving housing money, of course, to the north.

Jay Speer

People who live in higher-cost housing markets are really hurting.

E. Hicks

We never (talked about) housing because we thought it was too much of a hurdle.

Carl Brown

I think the spike in permits, in retrospect, should have been somewhat predictable. But the strength of the housing market throughout the year was surprising.

Ariel Sharon

It is an old project launched by Ariel Sharon when he was housing minister nearly 15 years ago,

Jeff Neal

It is my understanding that the housing in Middletown is privately owned and managed. It is not owned or managed by the state of Rhode Island.

S. Hughes

I think it will be considerably more. The way housing is, it doesn't matter who you market it to.

Anthony Chan

I would say that momentum (in the housing market) probably will not continue, since you don't see the same strength in permits that you do in construction,

Jeff Jones

Basically, what it means is we have a jobs to housing imbalance in the area,

John Howard

I won't indicate at this stage that I'm sympathetic to this or that possible change.

Tony Ryall

It does indicate that we need to rethink New Zealand's anti-smoking campaign.

Douglas Altabef

I think if you look at volume it would seem to indicate there very likely may be a return of investors. People who are more opportunistic have seen the signs. But a lot of people are waiting for clarity.

Nobutaka Machimura

I suppose such statements would not be accepted, ... seems to indicate that the second stage of negotiations has already begun.

Donald Schneider

I think the new discoveries are going to indicate that Pluto should not really be called a planet.

Pat Gillick

He's getting better. I thought this spring that he didn't indicate to me that he was that type of (one-dimensional) hitter. He indicated to me that he was a lot better.

Steve Pikiell

We're a team that needs a lot of things to go right for us to win. We're improving. Unfortunately, our record doesn't indicate that.

Melanie Rawn

Whenever I use an uncommon word, I try to indicate its meaning within the text.

Sylvester Croom

We've come a long way, ... Our record doesn't indicate it, and it's probably not satisfying to a lot of people, but it's going to take a while.

Kurt Ebenhoch

Our on-time performance was at its lowest point in the weeks leading up to the strike,

Mark McCormack

I was just leading out J.J. and Page, but we opened up a gap." ()

Michael Wallace

I think they needed to do it. They might as well do it now while they have a leading position.

I. Stone

I think there's some real fundamental support for the Governor, ... He's as tough as an old rope, and he'll be leading this state for a long time.

Steve Wood

That's what I'm most proud of about this team - the senior players are leading by example. It's a lovely thing to see.

Mark Ruffalo

I don't have to be a leading man. I can be a character actor. That's really what interests me anyway.

Bob Gilder

He can smell the Schwab Cup, ... and can smell being the leading money winner. And that's where he's headed.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

Jeremy Shockey

He's going to be leading us to the playoffs for a lot of years to come.

Mark Valley

'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.

Aaron Spelling

Stay tuned! I may not be here, but my show was picked up!

Wally Szczerbiak

Pick your poison. Try to stop K.G. or me . . . They wanted to play a small lineup, and we made them pay.

Phil Garner

Pick 'em out of a hat. We just need somebody. Nothing scientific in the formula.

Rabih Alameddine

I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.

Robin Hobb

I think there have always been male writers, female writers. As a reader, I never picked up a book and said, 'Oh, I can't read this - it's about a male,' and set it back down.

Denny Hamlin

That was pretty good, we picked up three-quarters of a second from practice.

Scott Lawson

I was pretty frustrated. I kind of got down on myself, but my teammates picked me back up and told me to keep shooting.

Billy Beane

I think it took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Uwe Reinhardt

Price (in the Swiss system) doesn't matter, because it's set by these negotiations.

Toni Simonetti

Suffice it to say that the price of the stock is an important part of the equation.

Kate Joncas

Some of these prices are pretty hefty. Who are these people?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?

Ashton Kutcher

I learned what a Birkin bag is from the price tag. You'll never forget what it is once you've paid for one.

David Briggs

I think (stock) prices have run up anticipating a recovery but I don't think the recovery's here yet,

Mike Fitzpatrick

It is not surprising that prices are retreating.

Jack Cox

I feel sorry for the (homeless) people. But what price do we pay?

Christopher Murray

Just like in real farming, you want to sell when prices are high.

Grady Little

Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.

Lois Frankel

Right now, the city, we're calm, we're under control, we're ready to go,

Samuel Pahlsson

Rested? I don't know, but I'm ready to go.

Paul Davis

I think this team is ready to get on a roll right now. I think this is the team you're going to start seeing.

Robinson Cano

I want to win a World Series, so I'm going down to spring training and get ready for the season.

Ben Broussard

I went up there ready to hit. I didn't want to take any pitches.

Christina Sims

The are just hopping ready to get there.

Ed Pinckney

That was a long time ago. I'm ready for another one.

M. Thompson

I was ready to take some shots. I'm not going to be shying away from shots.

Sydney Wayser

I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together.

David Wright

I had released all that was worst in me. It was a shame I had to kill them.

Jim Calhoun

I thought at first when he released it, it was going to be good, but it wasn't.

Jack Sheehan

He was immediately released to his place of employment.

Christian Gross

There is a JavaScript that has a lot of these things solved. Nobody's released it.

Lindsey Rice

She was just being released into a world of paranoia, and it wasn't good.

Rob Schneider

We're not getting released in Japan; I know that for a fact,

Alan Rusbridger

We're overjoyed that Rory has been released safe and sound.

Leslie Sloane

Yes, she has been released and she is doing better.

Shaharyar Khan

We have seen these reports and we are trying to find out whether he has said these things.

Gary Mickelson

There have been reports of higher-than-usual absenteeism at some locations.

Mickey Loomis

We've had firsthand reports that it's a mess.

Arthur Helps

Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness.

John Felmy

What you have is an important set of steps in terms of these are high-temperature, high-pressure facilities. And that's if you have not had any damage, and we know from preliminary reports that's not the case.

Tony Fratto

We're always willing to talk about how to make reports like this as useful as possible.

Susan Johnson

In Illinois, there are very scattered reports of true influenza.

Mark Berman

If the reports are accurate, it will be devastating.

James Atlas

I had no reports which described him as a stud,

Maurice Cheeks

I think it starts tomorrow. We have to start evaluating and find out where we are and see what it takes to get better.

Lauren Bacall

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Jay Hopson

It all starts with him. He can do it all.

Sven Eriksson

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench.

Joan Van Ark

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.

Leslie Sloane

She's OK. She starts work in about two weeks.

Jack Smith

We are going to take it to them. Zero-zero starts the game.

Mo Ibrahim

If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread.

Tim Ritchey

We will know more after he starts galloping,

Billy Corgan

The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.

Bethenny Frankel

I'm stronger than anything in my way. Holla!

Sena Drawer

I think they're each getting stronger and more used to one another on the court.

Michael Culver

I wrote: Vicki and Michael, stronger than fire.

Chris Sierzant

I have 14-year-olds that are stronger than some adults.

Rusty Agte

Her voice is much stronger than it was, and getting better each day.

Azar Nafisi

The more we die, the stronger we will become

Benjamin Disraeli

To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you

Elizabeth Bowen

Convention was our safeguard: could one have stronger?

Bill Condon

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

Cathy Moriarty

The way I grew up, when you're married, you have to stay married together.

Cecelia Ahern

sometimes we need all the glue we can get, just to hold ourselves together.

Carrie Brownstein

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.

Benoit Mandelbrot

The beauty of what I happened by extraordinary chance to put together is that nobody would have believed that this is possible, and certainly I didn't expect that it was possible. I just moved from step to step to step.

Arsene Wenger

Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.

Anton Corbijn

I never really enjoyed getting a portfolio together then sending it out; whereas, putting up the website is quite an enjoyable experience. The net's just a much faster and more modern way to distribute things, and you have to embrace it.

Fran Maier

I think they could all be complementary and get together over time.

Joe Tiller

That was much more accommodating than us getting together with Utah,

Carrie Fisher

You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!

Joan Bonvicini

That week was surreal. We were numb, we made it through it.

James Blake

It doesn't get better than this, ... If every week were like this I would never retire.

Pat Riley

I think he is a week away from conditioning.

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Michael Campbell

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

Doug MacIntyre

We may see another week or two of increases.