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.

Ron Finley

People in my neighborhood are so disconnected from the fresh food supply that kids don't know an eggplant from a sweet potato. We have to show them how to get grounded in the truest sense of the word.

Zlatan Milisic

Surely what do we do when such people are refusing the food passage?

Fisher DeBerry

Our team stayed in a little truck stop up there once and in the restaurant there, you could have your food prepared two ways: fried or deep-fried.

Bruce Rasmussen

Our staff members are distributing tents, blankets, food and plastic sheeting to survivors as quickly as we can right through the night.

Michael Jacobson

Our goal is to get it out of the food supply. There are healthier alternatives.

Roland Kampmeier

Roland had an adventurous spirit. He always said there were two things he didn't mind spending money on: good food and travel.

Robinson Cano

Playing in New York is special to me because you are surrounded by so many communities and a strong Latin community, including the Washington Heights neighborhood. I come to Washington Heights for real Dominican food that reminds me of my hometown, and it's a great place to visit.

C. S. Lewis

We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.

Bill Bryson

Clearly, some time ago makers and consumers of American junk food passed jointly through some kind of sensibility barrier in the endless quest for new taste sensations. Now they are a little like those desperate junkies who have tried every known drug and are finally reduced to mainlining toilet bowl cleanser in an effort to get still higher.

Dave Orzel

Spenser did a good job, and Brandon did a great job in his first varsity game. That was a tough position to put a freshman in, but he responded.

Jason Gerken

Our team is very consistent, and I think our freshmen will live up to how they've been billed.

Ed DeChellis

Our freshmen will be stronger, tougher, better, our sophomores will become juniors. We'll have some guys who have been through the wars.

Jason Tuggle

Our freshmen stepped up and made play after play. I'm really proud of this group and what they've already accomplished.

Amber Magner

Our freshmen haven't played as well since we shook it up earlier. So I think we might go with some new players.

Tom Corbett

Our freshman group last year was real good. It's been good, fun practices because the younger girls are really pushing the older girls.

Gene Watson

Our two freshmen ran exceptionally well. Down the road, they could help us out on the varsity team.

Dennis Martell

Our two freshman pitchers pitched outstanding today. They stepped up big for us and pitched the way you'd hope they would when you recruit them.

Mamoru Ashimoto

Other than the U.S. payrolls data, there isn't any fresh market-moving factor.

Beck

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

Joanna Lumley

I think that unless you can take judgments of right and wrong like an automaton, you must have emotions because that is our only way of moral guidance.

Charles Schumer

I think my constituents' view is very simple -- no rush to judgment, don't be hasty, don't do anything too quick.

Greg Mitchell

I have learned how people think about themselves and others. Law and rules prevent proper judgment!

Tom Wright

He was put into positions that tested very quickly his style and his judgment,

Lawrence Eagleburger

Milosevic, who in my judgment is a liar and a thief and a scoundrel,

Michael Chertoff

My judgment was that we had a battlefield commander, ... To go down there, I would have been doing Mike Brown's job.

Bible Bible

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Barbara Sher

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Vernon Geberth

That was not necessary to do what he did to her body. That's a utility to prevent screaming.

Cindy Sheehan

I think this is so urgent and necessary that this is what I have to do.

Adrian Edwards

It is not the U.N.'s wish to have these barricades and things in place, however, as part of security provisions for doing our work here, they have been necessary in the past.

Charles Ruff

It is neither necessary nor appropriate for the president to testify.

Christian Louboutin

It is extremely necessary to realize that the world doesn't only have one way of seeing things.

Jay Wright

He just did what was necessary to win the game. And having that weapon is valuable.

Brian Cashman

He's got time to do what's necessary to get us where we need to be.

Angus King

If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.

Amanda Schull

If it isn't necessary I would rather not subject my skin to too much, so if I don't have anything special to do for the day, I try not to wear any make up.

John Doe

We had no preconceived notions of what we were going to be,

Magda Apanowicz

I wanted to make it a really strong point to not watch 'Battlestar Galactica' before starting 'Caprica' because I was afraid it was going to give me a lot of pressure and preconceived notions of what it was going to be like.

Ray Allen

It seems the referees take these preconceived notions about what he's going to do. It's ridiculous some of the calls.

Nicolas Davila

A philosopher who adopts scientific notions predetermines his conclusions.

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.

Kate Joncas

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

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.

Christopher Murray

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

Tim Noest

If it doesn't get there, prices will rise again. They may not be able to find the ships.

John Eade

We're probably going to see more weakness in stock prices in the near-term,

Tom Kloza

One would wonder what the prices would be if it had actually been cold.

Pete Domenici

My constituents think somebody is rigging those prices and that they are getting ripped off.

Jim Reese

The prices are up because no one has wheat.

Sherry Scarberry

Someone has to be there with him 24/7, whether it be me or Robbie.

Scott McCallum

I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

Susumu Tonegawa

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting.

Deirdre O'Kane

I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.

James Wallace

From our standpoint, we're being very reasonable. It's up to (RIM) whether they want to be shutdown.

Steve Lambert

I would say that by the end of the month, we will know whether it can work.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

Barry Ritholtz

Unlike cheap stocks, inexpensive asset classes have a lower chance of big drawdowns (broad asset classes don't go to zero) and a higher probability of average or better returns.

Billy Corgan

Shave your head, wear a 'ZERO' shirt. Take away your identity. What do you have? You still have yourself.

Carl Paladino

Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?

Pete Domenici

If we can find the offsets we'll go down to zero across-the- board,

Aimee Mann

Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won't put these futures back together. All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn't be enough to bring me back to zero.

Billie Piper

The whole size zero debate is disgusting. My sister, who's 13, looks amazing - but she's already worried about her figure.

Chris Crutcher

Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn't give them stories in which it is used.

Ayn Rand

A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability, incompetence, suffering, disease, disaster, the lack, the fault, the flaw-the zero.

Cameron Sinclair

Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this architectural gem is unethical at best?